{"id":148,"date":"2009-07-15T13:05:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-15T13:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/omeoflittlefaith\/2009\/07\/a-totally-fake-pocket-guide-interview.html"},"modified":"2009-07-15T13:05:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-15T13:05:00","slug":"a-totally-fake-pocket-guide-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/omeoflittlefaith\/2009\/07\/a-totally-fake-pocket-guide-interview.html","title":{"rendered":"A Totally Fake Pocket Guide Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"

You know how, <\/span>when people are interviewed on TV, it’s always with them looking to the side of the camera, presumably at an off-screen interviewer?<\/p>\n

That’s what the video below is.<\/p>\n

Only I’ll let you in on a little secret. There wasn’t really an interviewer there. And there wasn’t a lead-in question either. And it’s not really a camera, unless you count the built-in camera on my iMac as a “camera.” In other words, it’s a completely fake interview I conducted with myself, about my own books, using shoddy production techniques.<\/p>\n

Why? 1) Because I was tired of looking at the camera and talking about myself, thanks to this post<\/a> and this post<\/a>. 2) Because there was a squirrel scampering in an amusing manner outside my window. 3) Because that’s how the professionals do it. And if I am anything, it’s professional. (As evidenced by the elegant lighting, the opening graphics, and the high-quality theme song.)<\/p>\n

Enjoy.<\/p>\n

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