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VERMONT VOICES : JOSIAH GLUCK
Thursday is all about , and we ’ ll have time to tweak things sometimes on Fridays , if it ’ s not a terribly busy day for me . Friday , we ’ ll be there to catch whatever little bits and bobs come my way , work with the artist , or record or mix some stuff for the house band . More often than not , if it ’ s a big musical monologue , or the cold open has music , or there ’ s a sketch with music , we will rehearse those things on Friday . And if it ’ s a musical monologue , it ’ s usually on the rundown for the day . From 10:30 to 11:30 , we ’ re rehearsing the monologue . And then , you realize at 11 o ’ clock they still haven ’ t started yet . So , those can be long days . On Saturday , I get in around 9:30 , and the house band starts rehearsing any music that they may have specifically for a sketch . Then we do sketch runthroughs . Then , at around 5:30 , the guest band comes in , and we have an hour to work with them to make sure everyone ’ s happy with it . In theory , nothing should have to get changed , because it ’ s exactly how we left it , although there are those bands that come in and you finish up on Thursday and it ’ s like , “ Okay , we ’ ve got to take all this stuff out , because we have a gig in Boston on Friday ,” but then we ’ ll put it all back in on Saturday . Part of Saturday is spent doing line check and making sure everything got plugged back in . And then , typically what happens is , after we do that , then they usually rehearse Weekend Update , which is basically the last thing to be written . And then there ’ s a dress rehearsal from 8 p . m . to 10 p . m . And then we ’ re on the air live from 11:30 p . m . to 1 a . m .
JS : I had the chance to sit in with you on both the dress rehearsal of a Saturday Night Live performance recently and a final taping . You mentioned dress rehearsal from 8 p . m . to 10 p . m . and then the show from 11:30 p . m . to 1 a . m ., but you left out the most interesting part , which is what happens between 10 p . m . and 11:30 p . m ., in between the dress rehearsal and the show . Can you let us in on that ?
JG : Well , it ’ s really just a question of what sketches they feel worked or didn ’ t work . The main thing that happens is they reorder the show , if need be . It could be for certain things , like when a sketch that was the cold open has been cut , and some other sketches are now turned into the cold open . A cold open is typically political in nature , but sometimes there might be something where , “ Well , that other sketch was really good , and the political thing , it ’ s not really hitting .” But things also get cut for time , too . We can do a dress rehearsal that usually has 30 minutes too much material for a 90-minute show . And then we ’ ll go into the air show knowing that we ’ re six or seven minutes heavy , anyway . And we know that once we get past 12:30 , something ’ s going to get cut . Something ’ s going to fall off the rundown . And you really have to listen very carefully to hear what ’ s going on . You ’ ve got to be ready to roll .
JS : At Saturday Night Live , you ’ ve worked with countless artists . Prince , Brandi Carlile , Adele , Paul McCartney , Taylor Swift , Miley Cyrus , Michael Bublé , Sheryl Crow , Lady Gaga , Rihanna — the list goes on and on . Tell me a few of your favorite experiences . What were some really meaningful moments , either because they were music heroes of yours that you ’ ve got to work with , or because you were really im-
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