So, I see Grant Lawrence has Mamma Yamma guest hosting on his excellent CBC Radio 3 show. For those of you who don’t know about R3, what’s wrong with you? If you’re into finding out about all the cool Canadian music that’s out there, it’s THE place to be. [Edit: Oops! misread the post. It's actually a podcast he did. It's still an audio-only thing, though, so the basic question still stands, 'cept it's only an hour instead of 3. And, I suppose, they can start again and edit and such before we hear it. Other than that, though, it's entirely the same thing!]
But that’s beside the point, really. It’s got me wondering…
If you’re guest hosting a radio show with a puppet, how do you do that? It’s a puppet, and – we’re all adults, here, we know how puppets work, right? – so, really, if it’s radio, is there a point in Ali Eisner, who is the puppet master behind Mamma Yamma actually showing up with the Mamma Yamma puppet? Nobody can see it except those two because it’s radio. For all we know, Grant does his show wearing nothing but boxers and an old tank top.
It’s a bit of an odd situation regardless, isn’t it? If she shows up and actually uses the puppet, then Grant’s talking to a puppet character for 3 hours when nobody can actually SEE that he’s talking to a puppet. If he’s not, then he’s co-hosting with a woman who’s going to be talking to him like a Yam puppet for three hours.
I’m not sure which is stranger, but I do know that obviously these people are professionals because I don’t know if I’d be able to keep a straight face talking to a woman who is talking to me as a giant yam for three hours.
