Rachael Mason Chats With Charna Halpern
Bastion writer Rachael Mason took advantage of her friendship with iO (formerly ImprovOlympic) founder Charna Halpern, who we first interviewed in July of 2006, and sat her down for an interview.
Knowing she should never be able to write as fast as Charna talks, Rachael put her in front of her Mac and let Garage Band do the rest. Hilarity ensued. Susan Messing also makes a cameo. Charna talks about everything from "the interweb," to how the writers' strike is affecting her friends in showbiz, and dealing with an improviser who's past their prime. We're hoping Rachael will take advantage of more of her friends and ask them the really tough questions too. She will be sitting Susan down next, and a little birdie told us that an Andy Dick interview might follow soon after that.
Check out the 20 minute interview. It starts off with "holy shit," and it only gets better from there:
