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What do you get when you mix real improvised stories with Howard Stern show staff members playing themselves? You get Show in the Hallway. Every episode is based on real plot lines that actually happen on the radio show. See all new Season 2 episodes this June featuring special guest stars including Beth Stern, Robert Schimmel, Richard Lewis, Jerry O’Connell, Robin Quivers and even Howard himself.
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Blog in the Hallway- Season 2 Episode 4: Artie's Chair
July 7, 2009 - 12:47pm
When you’re watching “Show In The Hallway” keep in mind the line between reality and scripted material is often blurred. In one scene in particular from “Artie’s Chair”, Sal complains to Richard about how Artie is constantly talking negatively about him on the air. The scene takes place in the bathroom just outside of the Stern Show hallway where Sal and Richard are pissing together. The bathroom has only one toilet. Sal and Richard weren’t taking turns but actually crossing streams. This seems like it was done for exaggerated comedic purposes only it wasn’t. This is what Sal and Richard actually do on a day to day basis! They claim it “saves time” because they are so busy. I’ve even heard them say “we do everything together”. Whatever the excuse is its just plain weird.
Blog in the Hallway- Season 2 Episode 3: In The Bag
July 7, 2009 - 12:46pm
A few real life events led to the conception of the final episode of season 2, “In The Bag”. For example one part of the story really did happen. Sal drove into Manhattan on a weekend and parked in the parking garage where Gary parks. When Sal went to pay the attendant told him he can park in Gary’s spot for free because Gary is never in on the weekends. After this true event Sal imagined it could be easy for him rent out Gary’s parking spot for half price. Sal didn’t do this but it did inspire one of the storylines for “In The Bag.”
The second real life event that impacted this episode was the chance meeting of one of the actors. Co-director Jason Katz and I were walking through Penn Station when we met Alex, a midget street performer dressed like Michael Jackson and dancing to his songs. This was months before season 2 was even in pre-production but we both know we had to have Little Alex on the second season. Alex didn’t speak English too well and it was tough getting a hold of him on the phone. There were times when he wouldn’t return our calls for weeks and we were worried we might miss out on the chance to work with him. Alex finally got in touch with us and it’s a good thing he did because he delivered a few of the funniest images in “Show In The Hallway” history.
Blog in the Hallway- Season 2 Episode 2: Mr Lotto
July 7, 2009 - 12:45pm
Season 2 of “Show In The Hallway” is full of celebrity cameos. You’ll see appearances by Richard Lewis, Jim Breuer, Robert Schimmel, Jerry O’Connell, and Colin Quinn among others. Surprisingly, filming with a scene with someone like Colin Quinn is a bit different than doing a scene with JD or Scott the Engineer. Here’s how shooting “Show In The Hallway” works with a celebrity works like Colin Quinn as an example.
Co-director Jason Katz and I saw Colin’s name on the schedule of upcoming guests on the Stern Show and we both immediately knew that we wanted a comic of his stature to be a part of the show. The procedure for shooting with celebrities has been to ask them to do the scene the day they come into the studio to do the show. Luckily Colin was a down to earth guy and agreed to do the scene with Sal and Doug Goodstein. Out of respect to the celebrities we shoot one take or sometimes two takes max. We do this for a few reasons. Usually the celebrity has limited time because they are doing other shows that day. Also, we don’t want to take advantage of them because they do the scene for free. The celebrity by this point has also done a pre-interview with HTV, Howard’s interview, a post-interview with HTV, an interview with Lisa G, and maybe even audio drops for the Wrap Up Show or another show. We don’t want to stretch them too thin so five minutes seems appropriate. Since, we have only about five minutes with them so we need to be on top of our game. Colin didn’t receive a script but was briefed by us on what the scene was about. Like a consummate professional he knew exactly what we wanted and executed the scene perfectly.
Colin Quinn’s scene is in episode 2 entitled “Mr. Lotto”. Check it out. I promise you want be disappointed.
Blog in the Hallway- Season 2 Episode 1: Quivers, Quivers, Quivers
July 7, 2009 - 12:43pm
When we started working on season 2 of “Show in the Hallway” one of our hopes for the new season was to do an episode with Robin Quivers. But would Robin really want to do our show? She probably had boats to party on and $800 bottles of wine to drink. However, to our surprise Robin agreed to do the episode. It wasn’t too hard coming up with a concept. Sal, Jason, and I knew right away we wanted to do a show about Robin and have her love interest be a younger man.
In one of Robin’s few acting roles since “Private Parts” Robin picks up right where she left off and did a tremendous job. In one scene she dines with a young male intern. Between takes Robin and Sandy, the actor playing the intern, got along pretty well. Perhaps we should have kept the cameras rolling because their conversations off camera are what we were looking for during the scene. Sandy asked Robin about her diet and her work on the show among other things. They seemed to be really getting along. Who knows? This could be a case of life imitating art.
Robin was great to work with. She was able to improv extremely well in every one of her scenes. Like a true professional she pulled it off naturally. I hope we can work with Robin again on season 3.
Photos by Chris Gagliardi.
Bios
Sal governale - Show Creator
Sal Governale, aka “Sal the Stockbroker,” comedy writer for the Howard Stern Show best known for his pranks, song parodies and street interviews takes his talents in a new direction by creating the first ever Sitcom for Howard Stern On Demand Television. "Show In the Hallway" was an idea created by Sal after hearing Howard say "There's always another show going on in my hallways". His concept was to take real members of the show and create fictional stories based on their real life experiences. Sal also performs stand up comedy across the country and you can see his schedule at www.horsetoothjackass.com.
Jason Katz - Writer/Director
Jason Katz began his "career" in this business in 2001 with the hit public access/You Tube sketch comedy TV show: The Fatty Mclards Show. During this time he worked as an editor for a talent agency, a few videography companies, some local radio shows and a number of comedians. He did some short films, and recently with a writer from law and order. During this time he was also a pizza delivery guy. In 2006 he became a full time editor and occasional producer at Howard TV. He is really cool and handsome, and most importantly, he loves peanut butter.
Justin Ciccotelli - Writer/Director
Justin has been working at Howard TV since October 2006 and currently works as a producer/director/writer on Howard TV’s comedy series “Show In The Hallway”. He is a Rhode Island College graduate and focused in Film Studies. Before that, Justin played varsity basketball for East Rockaway High School where he is the 1,245th all time leading scorer with 6 career points.