Unusual Hobbies with Writer Dan O'Shannon

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4.1 • 529 Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2017

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Writer Dan O'Shannon (Cheers, Frasier, Modern Family, The Odd Couple) talks about the unusual hobby of collecting Airchecks. Then, later in the program, Dan offers advice about writing for television. Here's a few links to help you get the most out of Story Worthy- if you're listening on an iPhone, all you need to do is tap the cover art while the show is playing, and you'll see the episode notes, including the links. There is one to subscribe, http://bit.ly/2eSlJZw please do! There's one to our Facebook page and to our email address. We'd love to hear from you, either there, or on our survey at wondery.com/survey. You'll also find some special deals courtesy of our sponsors like Hello Fresh (promo code STORY30) Casper Mattress, and Audible (promo code STORYWORTHY). It's good karma guys! See our Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and our California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Christine from Storyworthy.
0:05.0	Do you ever wonder what to do with old cassette tapes and reel-to-reel tapes?
0:09.0	And I'll find that people are selling old real-to-reel tapes.
0:12.0	They find in attics, in basements, and garage sales.
0:15.0	Did you know people are out there willing to buy them?
0:18.0	And I would collect these tapes and I would digitize them once I got to the point
0:23.3	where we were digitizing everything. And I'd get the real to real player out and I'd put these
0:27.4	tapes on and I would capture these sounds. Some of the tapes were so old that they will actually
0:31.4	literally crumple and kill themselves. They will break apart as they're going through the heads
0:36.4	and so I've got it plugged into my computer and I I'm literally capturing the sounds as the tapes destroy themselves.
0:42.8	Today we talk with six-time Emmy Award-winning comedy writer Dan O'Sannon about collecting tapes and creating air checks.
0:50.8	Stay close.
0:53.6	Hey, it's Dan O'Shannon, and you're listening to Storyworthy.
1:16.3	My name is Christine Blackburn, and I'm coming to you from Beverly Hills, California.
1:21.0	I am so glad you guys tuned in today, whether you're a longtime fan of the show or a new listener,
1:25.6	welcome to Storyworthy.
1:27.2	I hope you guys enjoyed the
1:28.1	story last week, The Heckler by comedian Rich Scheidner. Now, I have to say, I could have talked
1:33.2	to Rich all day, honestly. He is such an interesting person, and he's so truthful and so open
1:40.8	about what went on in the 80s in terms of the comedy boom and what was going on in
1:45.7	comedy. So if you're a fan of stand-up comedy in any way, you have to get Rich's book. It's called
1:51.5	Kicking Through the Ashes. And I'm telling you, it's a thick book. I'll say that. It's actually
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