Scott Adsit: Live From WNYC

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Society & Culture

4.7 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2009

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Scott Adsit is a veteran of Chicago's Second City and plays Pete on NBC's 30 Rock. We'll also talk about how Scott's involvement in the series Moral Orel almost caused a rift in his family. This episode taped live at WNYC's Jerome L. Green Performance Space.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Natalie from Boston, Massachusetts.
0:03.0	Hi, I'm Aaron from New Jersey, the Sound of Young America's
0:05.0	and Independent Productions supported by listeners like me.
0:08.0	If you'd like to donate to support the show,
0:10.0	visit maximumfund.org and click on Donate.
0:13.0	It's the Sound of Young America, I'm Jesse Thorne.
0:21.0	This week's program was recorded live in New York City at WNYC Radio.
0:27.0	Let's go to this stage from my interview with Scott Ads.
0:30.0	Scott's a legend in the world of improv comedy,
0:33.0	especially at the second city, and it was at second city
0:36.0	where he met Tina Fey, who eventually cast him as her best pal
0:40.0	on NBC's 30 Rock.
0:42.0	At 30 Rock, he has the distinct privilege of being around Tracy Morgan
0:46.0	every single day.
0:48.0	Every writer has a small tape recorder.
0:51.0	And they just start up a conversation with Tracy,
0:54.0	bring it back to the room and start typing.
0:59.0	He's an amazing man with an amazing Lamborghini.
1:03.0	I haven't seen his Lamborghini.
1:04.0	Oh, it's orange.
1:05.0	He's in his ass.
1:07.0	Well, we're the circumstance now.
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