We interrupt this holiday weekend to bring you all back down to reality… reality television, that is.
The Male Half is on primetime network television tonight. This is the second night of semifinal madness at the Alex Theatre, taped April 14. Eight-two days later it arrives on our screen, diced, sliced, fused, melded and shaped into a two-hour episode which documents the crowning of five more Finalists.
There will no doubt be some time-shifting.
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We will be back later on to provide our impressions– The Male Half as performer, The Female Half as audience member during the grueling five-hour taping.
Below is a photo of the “green room” (a large tent-like structure in the Alex parking lot), stitched together from three separate photos. To the left is the monitor. Two crews each conducted an interview simultaneously, at all times. Twenty-one comics arrived, went into makeup, waited, assembled backstage in clumps of five or so. Each then went on, did their thing, interacted with the judges, exited, returned to the tent, submitted to an exit interview, then was held captive while the process dragged on through all 21. (Check out the large-size panorama– and other pics– by clicking on the album link at the bottom of the pic.)
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The Male Half went on first. Here’s the (real) order from that night:
The Male Half
Jerry Rocha
Roy Wood, Jr.
Fortune Feimster
Kurt Metzger
Laurie Kilmartin
Tommy Johnagin
James Adomian
Cristela Alonzo
Maronzio Vance
Mike Vecchione
Guy Torry
Jacob Sirof
Nikki Glaser
Nick Cobb
Jason Nash
Tom Shillue
Claudia Cogan
Taylor Williamson
Carmen Lynch
David Cope
Have fun following along at home.