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We Heart Superman: Production Diary I
File Under: /podcasts/superman/diary
On Thursday the 27th, well past midnight, a post appeared on Craigslist: Male Voice Talent: Ever phone in an audition? (Cambridge)
It described a podcast in the style of an oldschool radio show, for which auditioners were asked to call and read a line to voicemail. The writer/director, up-and-coming standup comic Troy Minkowsky, and the producer -- me -- were three days from recording "We Heart Superman: Crisis of the Pink Kryptonite," and did not have a Lex Luthor.
The first call of the day came at 8AM. Someone hadn't read the times closely -- but enthusiasm is enthusiasm. I fielded a couple of emails that morning and shut off the ringer for the 11AM to 9PM audition window, hoping that the wakeup call would be a good omen.
"13 MISSED CALLS"
The response was unreal.
Steno pad in hand, I slipped back into the routine of sorting through long messages followed by mumbled names and millisecond phone numbers. (Running the box office at a theatre a couple of nights a week is good practice for playing producer.) By the next evening, Minkowsky and I had whittled a remarkable set of readers down to four, run callbacks (literally) by speakerphone, and completed an amazing cast with one mysterious voice actor: Mike Devine.
Superman was ready to fly.
-Matt Rasmussen, Producer
>HP: 1
>Neato. You're always involved in such awesome and wacky projects...
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