Mike Read hosted a Q&A with Chevy Chase and it went full Partridge/David Brent
Mike Read insane choice. All the right questions on the wrong topics. Too much time spent on too little information. And vice versa for both
— Jonathan Sloman (!) (@SquidyUK) January 13, 2018
Chevy Chase historically isn’t an easy interviewee, but tonight he was trying so hard to salvage an event before going down with the ship.
— Jonathan Sloman (!) (@SquidyUK) January 13, 2018
And the atmosphere! Hammersmith Apollo is about a three-thousand seater. Three thousand people’s auras all going from sunlight to treacle.
— Jonathan Sloman (!) (@SquidyUK) January 13, 2018
Imagine interviewing a founding member of Saturday Night Live and never mentioning anyone in the cast. Be like asking a Beatle about tennis.
— Jonathan Sloman (!) (@SquidyUK) January 13, 2018
Don’t think I’ve ever seen another show that had people walking out literally shaking their heads in disgust. A real Springtime For Hitler.
— Jonathan Sloman (!) (@SquidyUK) January 13, 2018
A number of people have tweeted me asking if I mean “UKIP Calypso Mike Read”. Using those exact words. Sorry to confirm that it was.
— Jonathan Sloman (!) (@SquidyUK) January 13, 2018
I suspect some people in the Chevy Chase audience might have been there because they are fans in Community. Not one mention of it tonight.
— Jonathan Sloman (!) (@SquidyUK) January 13, 2018
Did you know Chevy Chase once made a Film Noir take on the invisible man story directed by John Carpenter? You wouldn’t have tonight.
— Jonathan Sloman (!) (@SquidyUK) January 13, 2018
Mike Read asked Chevy Chase if he grew up reading the same American comics as him, like Little Lulu and Casper The Friendly Ghost. His face!
— Jonathan Sloman (!) (@SquidyUK) January 13, 2018
Didn’t learn much about Chevy Chase, but learnt a lot about Mike Read. I bet if you go to the meet-and-greet it’s Mike Read you meet instead
— Jonathan Sloman (!) (@SquidyUK) January 13, 2018
Talked about riffing dialogue in a fixed story, a la Fletch. And a lot about playing jazz piano for a hobby. Did Mike Read spot a link? Nah.
— Jonathan Sloman (!) (@SquidyUK) January 13, 2018
Mike Read asked Chevy Chase to do the Three Amigos “dance”. Assumed he meant the salute, but no, he wanted Chase to do My Little Buttercup.
— Jonathan Sloman (!) (@SquidyUK) January 13, 2018
I went to a recording of The Kumars where Chevy Chase guested. That’s a better interview, and its fictional host is deliberately incompetent
— Jonathan Sloman (!) (@SquidyUK) January 13, 2018
Noticed the guitar sat ominously onstage from the start. Thought “Chevy can’t play guitar, can he”. Turns out neither can Mike Read
— Jonathan Sloman (!) (@SquidyUK) January 14, 2018
Here’s what Read had to say about it.
All set for #ChevyChase @EventimApollo pic.twitter.com/BVtrH5sJ7Y
— Mike Read (@MikeReadUK) January 13, 2018
And in reply this guy seems to speak for the entire audience.
No you weren’t… worst interview ever! @ChevyChaseToGo was warm, funny, charming and looked fantastic. You were dry, unengaged, awkward and arrogant. The sound problems at the beginning didn’t help but you all but ruined a wonderful night for thousands… #chevychase #mikeread
— Marc Hockley (@MarcHockley) January 13, 2018
