WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.393 --> 00:00:03.143 (dramatic music) 2 00:00:05.319 --> 00:00:08.660 (gentle music) 3 00:00:08.660 --> 00:00:09.750 - Roth. - Yes Lauren? 4 00:00:09.750 --> 00:00:10.840 - Do you wanna remember some guys? 5 00:00:10.840 --> 00:00:11.673 - Yes. 6 00:00:11.673 --> 00:00:13.146 - Welcome to Emergency Football Show Weekly. 7 00:00:13.146 --> 00:00:16.288 - This calls for an emergency podcast! (airhorn noises) 8 00:00:16.313 --> 00:00:19.245 - Here at Deadspin, we are committed to bringing you 9 00:00:19.245 --> 00:00:21.769 top quality blog and video content. 10 00:00:21.769 --> 00:00:24.570 (deep existential sigh) 11 00:00:24.570 --> 00:00:26.640 But in order for our writers to you bring you the quality 12 00:00:26.640 --> 00:00:29.100 analysis you deserve, we have to make sure they are 13 00:00:29.100 --> 00:00:31.254 well-rested and not too overwhelmed. 14 00:00:31.254 --> 00:00:33.430 - Writing is a solitary act, 15 00:00:33.430 --> 00:00:35.640 whereas production is constant collaboration. 16 00:00:35.640 --> 00:00:37.290 To ensure our bloggers have all the peace 17 00:00:37.290 --> 00:00:39.610 and solitude they need, we've developed alternative 18 00:00:39.610 --> 00:00:42.170 strategies to making videos. 19 00:00:42.170 --> 00:00:45.780 Behind every great blogger on camera is one producer 20 00:00:45.780 --> 00:00:46.613 in a green suit. 21 00:00:49.366 --> 00:00:50.199 - What? 22 00:00:52.410 --> 00:00:54.201 - He's truly amazing. 23 00:00:55.776 --> 00:00:56.609 (ping pong ball bounce) 24 00:01:00.730 --> 00:01:01.563 - Action. 25 00:01:03.190 --> 00:01:06.632 (ping pong balls bouncing) 26 00:01:06.632 --> 00:01:07.465 And to camera. 27 00:01:07.465 --> 00:01:09.970 - Over Jorge's poses we use compositing to create 28 00:01:09.970 --> 00:01:12.760 naturalistic renderings of each of the writers. 29 00:01:12.760 --> 00:01:15.990 - Herschel Walker was just an other worldly kind of 30 00:01:15.990 --> 00:01:18.490 athletic freak. 31 00:01:18.490 --> 00:01:19.508 - All the videos are dubbed. 32 00:01:20.100 --> 00:01:22.620 You know, of course we have state of the art visual effects 33 00:01:22.620 --> 00:01:25.432 and compositing software too. But without great audio 34 00:01:25.432 --> 00:01:27.210 it'd just be an eye trick. 35 00:01:27.210 --> 00:01:28.630 - Roth? - Yeah, Lauren. 36 00:01:28.630 --> 00:01:29.463 What's up? 37 00:01:29.463 --> 00:01:30.296 - Do you wanna remember some guys? 38 00:01:30.296 --> 00:01:31.129 - Sure! 39 00:01:31.129 --> 00:01:32.540 - When I remember some guys I can take my time 40 00:01:32.548 --> 00:01:34.010 and come up with a witty comeback about 41 00:01:34.010 --> 00:01:36.670 Dan Pasqua's manicotti and then go into the podcast booth 42 00:01:36.670 --> 00:01:38.000 and record the conversation. 43 00:01:38.000 --> 00:01:41.027 The lead time has led to some really incredible moments. 44 00:01:41.027 --> 00:01:44.010 - Dan Pasqua, one thing I definitely remember about 45 00:01:44.010 --> 00:01:45.300 Dan Pasqua is- 46 00:01:45.300 --> 00:01:47.219 Yeah I don't really follow baseball very closely, 47 00:01:47.227 --> 00:01:49.333 I never cared for it very much. 48 00:01:49.333 --> 00:01:50.166 It's slow. 49 00:01:50.175 --> 00:01:52.600 You put me in a room with somebody like Davey Johnson 50 00:01:52.600 --> 00:01:54.470 who was the manager of the Mets in 1986, 51 00:01:54.470 --> 00:01:55.845 apparently, I will absolutely 52 00:01:55.845 --> 00:01:56.678 make an ass out of myself. 53 00:01:56.678 --> 00:01:58.470 - ...about it- - (Borat-esque) Mah wife. 54 00:02:01.790 --> 00:02:04.760 So when they put Jorge in the suit and have him stand 55 00:02:04.760 --> 00:02:07.240 in for me, things tend to go a lot better. 56 00:02:07.240 --> 00:02:12.000 (gentle music) (ping pong ball bouncing) 57 00:02:12.000 --> 00:02:14.260 - Hey dad. Yeah no, I'm just at work. 58 00:02:14.260 --> 00:02:16.300 I have one of the best jobs in the world. 59 00:02:16.300 --> 00:02:19.680 I'm very lucky to come to work and walk in the shoes 60 00:02:19.680 --> 00:02:21.310 of each one of these guys. 61 00:02:21.310 --> 00:02:25.420 Even if that sometimes means cooking and eating 50 eggs 62 00:02:25.420 --> 00:02:27.341 at the same time in the same video. 63 00:02:27.341 --> 00:02:31.950 That was a tough day at the office but it's the work. 64 00:02:31.950 --> 00:02:33.130 You gotta power through. 65 00:02:33.130 --> 00:02:34.240 - Action. 66 00:02:34.240 --> 00:02:36.315 Alright become Roth, give me more. 67 00:02:36.315 --> 00:02:37.223 (ball bounces) 68 00:02:37.231 --> 00:02:40.640 Yes, and now lean forward and curve from the sternum. 69 00:02:40.640 --> 00:02:42.230 Yes, good. 70 00:02:42.230 --> 00:02:43.110 There it is. (ball bounces) 71 00:02:43.110 --> 00:02:45.580 Alright and go, yeah, good. (balls bounce) 72 00:02:45.580 --> 00:02:47.510 No more, I'm gonna need more. 73 00:02:47.510 --> 00:02:49.360 Like from the inside, yes. 74 00:02:49.360 --> 00:02:50.931 Good, yes okay. 75 00:02:50.931 --> 00:02:52.623 Dude are we rolling on this? 76 00:02:53.670 --> 00:02:54.873 Are you rolling? - Oh fuck. 77 00:02:54.873 --> 00:02:56.203 (sigh) - It's okay one more time. 78 00:02:56.203 --> 00:02:57.603 One more time. Everything's fine. 79 00:02:57.603 --> 00:02:58.436 It's good, let's go. 80 00:02:58.436 --> 00:03:01.519 - It's tough to read the comments on the videos sometimes. 81 00:03:01.519 --> 00:03:06.200 Some people really don't like the concept of video 82 00:03:06.200 --> 00:03:08.430 on a blog website. 83 00:03:08.430 --> 00:03:11.420 They don't consider all the careful posing that it took 84 00:03:11.420 --> 00:03:13.950 to bring them a studio video piece. 85 00:03:13.950 --> 00:03:15.440 To me that hurts. 86 00:03:15.440 --> 00:03:17.662 But no one has ever commented on whether the writers 87 00:03:17.662 --> 00:03:19.800 in the videos look real. 88 00:03:19.800 --> 00:03:22.100 That means we're doing our job well. 89 00:03:22.100 --> 00:03:23.593 - Now reach for the cards. 90 00:03:24.898 --> 00:03:25.731 (ping pong ball rolls) 91 00:03:25.731 --> 00:03:28.339 (ping pong ball bounces)