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🗓️ 31 May 2019
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Fred Armisen investigates the secrets of Studio 8G in a new edition of The Late Nightly.
Then, hear some summer reading recommendations from Lena Dunham, Jake Tapper and Ana Gasteyer.
Finally, Late Night writer Ben Warheit and field producer Amanda Cowper debate whether movies should be enjoyed in a theater or at home in Late Night Debate Club.
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0:00.0 | Hey everybody, Seth Meyers here. It's the end of the week and beginning of the weekend. |
0:05.7 | We hope you'll sit back, relax and enjoy this summer Friday edition of the Late Night |
0:09.6 | podcast. |
0:12.1 | On today's show, Fred Armas who investigates the mysteries of Studio 8G in a new edition |
0:19.4 | of The Late Nightly, then you'll hear some summer entertainment recommendations from |
0:22.9 | So Late Night Yes. And finally, two of our staffers go head to head in a round of Late Night |
0:27.8 | to Base Club. Now let's get to the show. |
0:42.4 | For in-depth reporting on all things Late Night, I'm Fred Armason. This is The Late Nightly. |
0:56.8 | Today, a closer look at our studio, Studio 8G, and how, as the home to over 70 years |
1:02.8 | of television, this studio's storied past still seems to echo into the present. A chill |
1:08.9 | up the back of a cameraman's neck. A rattle in the ear of our band leader. When the |
1:14.1 | show ends, what is it exactly that goes bump into Late Night? It's Friday, May 31, 2019. |
1:26.8 | After Late Night finishes taping in Studio 8G and the crew leaves for the night, the halls |
1:37.3 | become quiet, eerie, abandoned. |
1:42.2 | Hi, Fred. Except for all of the security guards. If anyone has seen ghosts of 8G past, |
1:49.4 | surely it would be them. |
1:50.6 | Oh, hey, Jim. I have a question for you. Have you ever seen any spirits in these halls? |
1:55.8 | Yeah, the barcots right over there. But I'm pretty sure I set this polish it off if you |
2:00.6 | know what I mean. |
2:01.6 | I note to the audience here that Jim is making a drinky, drinking motion by tipping his thumb |
2:05.7 | into his mouth. No, Jim, I mean like ghost spirits. Ghost? The only ghost around here |
2:12.2 | are comedy careers. |
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