My Minute With Andre

My Minute With Andre

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  • Episode 20: More On Liddy Later

    MINUTE 20

     

    Library access to stream/borrow the movie (not comprehensive):

    www.kanopystreaming.com

    http://www.worldcat.org/title/my-dinner-with-andre/oclc/910115906/editions?editionsView=true&referer=br

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    Transcript:

    two people in my group had brought musical instruments, a flute and a drum, which, of course, are sacred instruments...was that sometimes the room would break up into six or seven different things going on at once, you know, six or seven different improvisations, all of which seemed, in some way, related to each other, it was...it was like a magnificent cobweb.

     

    Andre: And at one point, I noticed that Grotowski was at the center of one group huddled around a bunch of candles that they'd gathered together. And like a little child, fascinated by fire, I saw that he had his hand right in the flame and was holding it there. And as I approached his group, I wondered if I could do it. I put my left hand in the flame and I found I could hold it there for as long as I liked, and there was no burn and no pain. But when I tried to put my right hand in the flame, I couldn't hold it there for a second, so Grotowski said, "If it burns, try to change some little thing in yourself." And I tried to do that...didn't work.

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    25 min
  • Episode 19: I'd Bring Something With Wheels

    MINUTE 19

    So happy to be back! You can hear this podcast being mentioned on a great episode of Judge John Hodgman  here: http://www.maximumfun.org/judge-john-hodgman/judge-john-hodgman-episode-346-check-pleas

    Transcript:

    Andre: Now, you could easily see, cause we're talking about group trance, where the line between something like this, and something like Hitler's Nuremberg rallies is, in a way, a very thin line.

     

    Andre: Anyway, after about an hour of this wild, hypnotic dancing, Grotowski and I found ourselves sitting opposite each other in the middle of this whole thing, and we threw the teddy bear back and forth. You know, on one...on one level, you could say this is childish. And I gave the teddy bear suck, suddenly, at my breast, and then I threw the teddy bear to him, and he gave it suck at his breast, and then the teddy bear was thrown up into the air again, at which there was another explosion of form into...something, and these...suppose it like, you know, this is the...this...there's something like a kaleidoscope, like a human kaleidoscope, the evening was made up of shiftings of the kaleidoscope.

     

    Andre: Now, the only other things that I remember, other than constantly trying to guide this thing, which was always involved with either movement, rhythm, repetition or song...or chanting, because, uh,

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    20 min
  • Bonus #2.2: My Minute With Wally (Part Two of Two)

     

    In this special episode I recount the thrilling conclusion of the story of me meeting WALLACE SHAWN HIMSELF at Cincinnati Comic Expo this past weekend, with the help of podcaster and great friend of mine Alexandra Bowser!

    OUR GUEST:

    Alexandra Bowser makes Arthur Mommy Movie Time:

    https://www.arthurmommmymovietime.com

    https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/arthur-mommy-movie-time/id1227861542?mt=2

    https://www.facebook.com/ArthurMommyMovieTime/

     

    PEOPLE WHO MADE THE CINCINNATI TRIP POSSIBLE:

    Kristina May

    J.J. Pelechaty

    Alexandra Bowser

    Tara Dunderdale

    Talcott Starr

    Jillian Guyette

    Thank you and I love you all

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    35 min
  • Bonus #2.1: My Minute With Wally (Part One of Two)

    In this special episode I recount the first half of the story of me meeting WALLACE SHAWN HIMSELF at Cincinnati Comic Expo this past weekend, with the help of podcaster and great friend of mine Alexandra Bowser! Part two of this story will come out Friday so stick tuned.

    OUR GUEST:

    Alexandra Bowser makes Arthur Mommy Movie Time:

    https://www.arthurmommmymovietime.com

    https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/arthur-mommy-movie-time/id1227861542?mt=2

    https://www.facebook.com/ArthurMommyMovieTime/

     

    PEOPLE WHO MADE THE CINCINNATI TRIP POSSIBLE:

    Kristina May

    J.J. Pelechaty

    Alexandra Bowser

    Tara Dunderdale

    Talcott Starr

    Jillian Guyette

    Thank you and I love you all

    [email protected] with any questions/comments OR:

    Join our Facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/myminutewithandre

    Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/mmwapod

    Review us on iTunes and tell all your weirdo friends!

    Part 2 of this bonus ep will drop tomorrow, Friday the 29th.

    Thanks.

    33 min
  • Episode 18: Please No Bees! with Malcolm Whitfield

    MINUTE 18:

    We're moving to a once-weekly schedule on Wednesdays! Update your podcast calendars or just let those sweet episodes roll into your app as usual!

    Transcript:

    taking off their jewelry and their watches, and stowing it away, and making sure it's all secure. And then, slowly, people arrived, the way they would arrive at the theater, in ones and twos and tens and fifteens and what have you, and we were just sitting there, and we were singing this very beautiful song, and people started to sit with us and started to learn the song.

    Andre: Now, there is, of course, as in any performance or improvisation, an instinct for when things are gonna get boring. So, at a certain point, it may only have taken an hour to get there, an hour and a half, I suddenly grabbed this teddy bear and threw it in the air, at which a hundred and forty or thirty people suddenly exploded, you know, it was like a...a Jackson Pollack painting, you know. Human beings exploded out of this tight little circle that was singing the song, and before I knew it, there were two circles, dancing, you know, one dancing clockwise, the other dancing counterclockwise, with this rhythm mostly from the waist down. In other words, like an American Indian dance, with this thumping, persistent rhythm.

    OUR GUEST:

    Malcolm Whitfield Is A Comedian:

    https://www.facebook.com/MalcolmWhitfieldComedy/

    https://www.instagram.com/marvelous_mal/

    www.twitter.com/marvelous_mal

    www.malcolmwhitfield.com

    HIs Radio Show:

    www.mixcloud.com/almosttuesday

    ACTUAL RESPONSES:

    Thanks to Thomas and Betzalel

    [email protected] with any questions/comments OR:

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    Thanks.

    34 min
  • Bonus #1.1 Listen to Jesse Thorn Again as The Turnaround Closes Up Shop

    Putting this back in the feed today to commemorate the last episode of The Turnaround with Jesse Thorn and his Reddit AMA (link below). Getting back on track with new MMWA episodes with Malcolm Whitfield/Episode 18 tomorrow morning.

    DO THE AMA: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/6t3859/i_just_interviewed_16_of_the_worlds_greatest/

    THEN LISTEN:

    Woody interviews Jesse Thorn, host of Bullseye for NPR and owner of the Maximum Fun podcast network about his new project The Turnaround, in which he interviews famous interviewers (such as Ira Glass, Terry Gross, Larry King and yes, Werner Herzog) about the art of asking questions and getting answers.

    We discuss:

    The Turnaround: http://www.maximumfun.org/shows/the-turnaround

    Bullseye  http://www.maximumfun.org/shows/bullseye

    Jordan, Jesse, Go! http://www.maximumfun.org/shows/jordan-jesse-go

    Judge John Hodgman: http://www.maximumfun.org/shows/judge-john-hodgman

    More great WAYO programming: wayofm.org and full Almost Tuesday Archives at mixcloud.com/almosttuesday

    54 min
  • Episode 17: A Clown Of Great Renown In My Hometown with Malcolm Whitfield

    MINUTE 17:

    Any suggestions for new/different segments to the show? Any suggestions for who should be a guest? Send an email or join the Facebook group!

    TRANSCRIPT:

    and you thank God for your life, and it...uh...it repeats itself over and over again, and this became our theme song. I really must play this thing for you one day because you just can't believe that a group of people who don't know how to sing could create something so beautiful. So, I decided that when the people arrived for the beehive that our group would already be there singing this very beautiful song, and that we would simply sing it over and over again.

    Andre: One of the people decided to bring her very large teddy bear, you know, well, she's a little afraid of this event, and...uh...somebody wanted to bring a...a sheet, and somebody else wanted to bring a large bowl of water, in case people got hot or thirsty, and somebody suggested that we have candles, that there be no artificial light, but candlelight. And I remember watching people preparing for this evening. Of course, there was no makeup, and there were no costumes, but it was exactly the way that people prepare for a performance, you know, people sort of taking

    OUR GUEST:

    Malcolm Whitfield Is A Comedian:

    https://www.facebook.com/MalcolmWhitfieldComedy/

    https://www.instagram.com/marvelous_mal/

    www.twitter.com/marvelous_mal

    www.malcolmwhitfield.com

    HIs Radio Show:

    www.mixcloud.com/almosttuesday

    ACTUAL RESPONSES:

    Thanks to Tyrion Lannister!

    [email protected] with any questions/comments OR:

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    Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/mmwapod

    Review us on iTunes and tell all your weirdo friends!

    Episode/Minute 18 drops Friday the 4th

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    31 min
  • Episode 16: The Dirty Little Secret Is That It Was Always Like That with Hayden Maxwell

     

    MINUTE: 16

    Late again, I'm sorry. Figuring out life stuff while doing the podcast has proven more challenging than I had originally imagined. Expect episode 16 tomorrow!

    TRANSCRIPT:

    And he said, "Well, certainly, in fact...why don't you, with your group, lead the beehive instead of participating in one?" Well, you know, I...I got very nervous, you know, and I said, "Well, what is a beehive?" He said, ''Well...a beehive is...at eight o'clock a hundred strangers come into a room." And I said, "Yes?" He said, "Yes, and whatever happens is a beehive." I said, "Yes, but what am I supposed to do?" He said, "That's up to you." I said, "No, no. I really don't want to do this. I'll just participate." And he said, "No, no. You lead the beehive."

    Andre: Well, I was terrified, Wally, I mean, in a way, I felt on stage. I did it anyway.

    Wally: God, well...tell me about it.

    Andre: You see, there was this song. I have a tape of it, I can play it for you one day. And it's just unbelievably beautiful. You see, one of the women in our group knew a few fragments of this song of Saint Francis, and it's a song in which you thank God for your eyes, and you thank God for your heart, and you thank God for your

    OUR GUEST:

    Hayden Maxwell is a Podcaster and Comedian:

    twitter.com/OnlytheBest4HM

    PERFORMING LIVE THIS SUNDAY:

    8pm @ Vital Joint in Brooklyn:

    https://www.facebook.com/events/1260138010775580/

    His Podcast, Only The Best For Hayden Maxwell

    Find it on Apple Podcasts

    And Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/haydenmaxwell

    And Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/onlythebestforhaydenmaxwell/

    ACTUAL RESPONSES:

    Thanks to Suzy!

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    Episode/Minute 17 drops Wednesday the 2nd

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    47 min
  • Episode 15: You're Probably A Narcissist As Well with Hayden Maxwell

    MINUTE: 15

    Late again, I'm sorry. Figuring out life stuff while doing the podcast has proven more challenging than I had originally imagined. Expect episode 16 tomorrow!

    TRANSCRIPT:

    Who am I? Why am I here? Where do I come from...and where am I going? But instead of applying them to a role, you apply them to yourself.

    Wally: Hmm.

    Andre: Or, to look at it a little differently in a way, it's like going right back to childhood, where a group of children simply come into a room, or are brought into a room, without toys, and begin to play. Grown-ups were learning how to play again.

    Wally: So, you would...uh...all sit together somewhere and...uh...you would play in some way but what would you actually do?

    Andre: Well, I could give you a good example. You see, we worked...uh...together for a week in the city before we went off to our forest and, of course, Grotowski was there in the city, too, and...I heard that every night, he conducted something called a beehive, and I loved the sound of this beehive so...a night or two before we were supposed to go off to the country, I grabbed him by the collar, and I said, "Listen, about this beehive, you know, I'd kind of like to participate in one, just...instinctively, I feel it would be something interesting."

    OUR GUEST:

    Hayden Maxwell is a Podcaster and Comedian:

    twitter.com/OnlytheBest4HM

    PERFORMING LIVE THIS SUNDAY:

    8pm @ Vital Joint in Brooklyn:

    https://www.facebook.com/events/1260138010775580/

    His Podcast, Only The Best For Hayden Maxwell

    Find it on Apple Podcasts

    And Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/haydenmaxwell

    And Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/onlythebestforhaydenmaxwell/

    ACTUAL RESPONSES:

    Thanks to Suzy!

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    Join our Facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/myminutewithandre

    Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/mmwapod

    Review us on iTunes and tell all your weirdo friends!

    Episode/Minute 16 drops Saturday the 29th

    Thanks.

    47 min
  • Episode 14: His Truth Lies Lower with Dewey Lovett

    MINUTE 14:

    What is the difference between ourselves and the parts we play, on stage and in life?

    Transcript:

    --someone to have an impulse to do something. Now, in a way that's...that's something like a...a theatrical improvisation, uh, you know, if you were a director working on a play by Chekhov, you might have the actors playing the mother, the son, and the uncle all sit around in a room and do a made-up scene that isn't in the play, for instance, you might say to them "All right, let's say that it's a rainy Sunday afternoon on Sorin's estate and you're all trapped in the drawing room together." And then everyone would improvise, saying and doing what their character might say and do in that circumstance.

     

    Andre: Except that in this type of improvisation, the kind we did in Poland, the theme is oneself. So, you follow the same law of improvisation, which is that you do whatever your impulse, as the character, tells you to do, but in this case, you're the character. So there's no imaginary situation to hide behind and there's no other person to hide behind. What you're doing, in fact, is you're asking those same questions that Stanislavsky said the actor should constantly ask himself as a character:

    OUR GUEST:

    Dewey Lovett Is A Comedian:

    www.twitter.com/dewey_lovett

    Catch her show WTF with Marc Maron Hosted by Dewey Lovett Sponsored by Stamps.com in New York

    ACTUAL RESPONSES:

    Thanks to Jake and Suzy!

    [email protected] with any questions/comments OR:

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    Episode/Minute 15 drops Wednesday the 26th

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    39 min

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A twice-weekly chat exploring in greater-than-necessary detail each minute of the classic 1981 film My Dinner With Andre from start to finish. Hosted by comedian (not a film scholar) Woody Battaglia.…