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Carl Tart joins us to talk the Universal Studios Special effects show today on

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I'm Scott Gerner joined by Mike Carlson. Yeah that's true. It's way better. I often think about like going back in time and like going to these old like tapings. These TV tapings and they seem like super fun but I think it's just because it's like nostalgia brain.

Because like I imagine like Alf, going back and seeing a live Alf would be like, like going to see the

Rolling Stones in their prime.

Potentially except like Alf, I don't know that Alf did have an audience because there were so many

like difficulties with the puppet.

Everyone hated the puppet is my recollection of reading about it.

I think so, yeah, and the dad like stormed off on

but I think it was so many like special, like small wonder didn't have an audience.

Right. Too many special effects, even though there's a laugh track. Right. But that being said, the idea of seeing Alf, yes absolutely.

Jason Sheridan, any show you would like to see taped live? I feel like three

cameras sitcom tapings are a nightmare regardless like it's just

even without a say that you just keep re-seeing the same thing again and again with

minor changes but what if if Alf was there?

I mean, if Alf was there, that'd be cool if he was like talking to everyone and

hamming it up and like cursing when he messed up.

But I don't know that that's how it played out.

If they could keep it to an hour, then yeah,

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