Dave Chappelle. Ricky Gervais. And a handful of other comedians of lesser note suddenly seem, for reasons largely occult to people who are otherwise fans of trans folks, to have chosen the trans experience to make mock of. So right up front and from the outset, it should be said this is not that. This is a weekday afternoon in 1976 when a class I was taking in video production at New York's School of Visual Arts decided to take a trip to see how a real TV show was made.