Chapter 28: Walt Whitman, featuring James Adomian

The Dead Authors Podcast

Paul F. Tompkins

Arts, Conan, Andy, Snl, Machine, Tompkins, 826, Daly, Maya, Books, Time, Tompkast, Travel, Ucb, Mcsweeneys, Rudolph, Superego, Comedy

4.9 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 3 December 2013

⏱️ 59 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Chapter 28: H.G. Wells (Paul F. Tompkins) welcomes Walt Whitman (James Adomian) to the podcast to discuss his work, but then this happened instead.

Thanks to The Time Travel Mart and 826LA.

826 National is a nonprofit organization that provides strategic leadership, administration, and other resources to ensure the success of its network of eight writing and tutoring centers. 826 centers offer a variety of inventive programs that provide under-resourced students, ages 6-18, with opportunities to explore their creativity and improve their writing skills. We also aim to help teachers get their classes excited about writing. Our mission is based on the understanding that great leaps in learning can happen with one-on-one attention, and that strong writing skills are fundamental to future success. Last year our tutoring centers — located in Ann Arbor, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Seattle and Washington, DC — served over 29,000 students.

For more information: http://826national.org/chapters/

Visit The Time Travel Mart online: http://826la.org/store/

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	This Podcast is intended as Entertainment for Grownups and to spread awareness of 826 LA, a non-profit writing and tutoring center for children ages 6 to 18. For a full schedule of 826 LA's events and programs, including the Echo Park Time Travel Mart, visit 826.org.
0:16.4	And now here is the host of the Dead Authors Podcast, Mr. H.G. Wells. Hello listener and welcome to Chappelle. Welles.
0:23.0	Hello listener and welcome to chapter 28 of the Dead Authors podcast.
0:28.0	I am H.G. Wells, host of that Self-Sain Podcast,
0:31.0	and I congratulate you on your successful download and or streaming
0:34.9	configuration. Being the owner and operator on a time machine I am no stranger to
0:39.9	technical glitches, snafoos, nor even the occasional flub on bungle.
0:44.5	Why it was only just last week that I was preparing the time machine for another adventure
0:48.3	when I accidentally spilled a cup of Earl Gray into the workings.
0:52.4	There was a sizzle of electricity, a flash of bright light, and before you could say accidental time journey, I found myself standing on a Hollywood sound stage.
1:02.0	The preponderance of oversized cardigans and high-waisted dungarees surrounding me left no doubt
1:07.3	that I had landed somewhere on the fulcrum betwixt the 1980s and 90s.
1:12.0	As I took in the details of my situation, I found myself beset on all sides by
1:16.5	costumers, cameraman, sound engineers and the like, and their apologetic difference in averted eyes
1:21.8	made it clear at once that I was the star of a television show.
1:25.6	Needless to say, I've found this unusual.
1:28.4	Admittedly, I've always had a bit of a flare for the dramatic, but to be cast in the lead role of a television program
1:34.4	only seconds after having landed in this time stream, well it was simply too much for my scientific
1:39.8	mind to accept.
1:40.8	Just then, a young lady from the makeup department approached me for a final touch-up. I glanced in her mirror, only to face an image that was not my own, but that of actor Scott Bakula. I let out an audible, oh boy, and quickly excused myself to collect my faults.
1:57.0	Grabbing a script from a nearby production assistant, I began skimming the pages, and you believe it it wasn't half bad
2:04.9	Something along the lines of a chap striving to put right what once went wrong and hoping each time that his next leap would be the leap home
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Paul F. Tompkins, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Paul F. Tompkins and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.