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   In article <1162827598.100956.29460@e3g2000cwe.googlegroups.com>,   
    nebusj@rpi.edu wrote:   
      
   >        Was it done on the normal set, with full-size skeleton figures?   
   >  Or was it a miniature reconstruction?   
      
   Normal set, actual full-size skeletons.  It was pretty fun.   
      
   The clay animation show was May 15, 2003, according to what I have   
   written on the videotape label.  Someday I will transfer my Conan VHS   
   tapes to DVD, just as soon as I'm able to get my hands on a device that   
   converts analog video to digital video.  (I'm still paying off the   
   credit card bill for my shiny new computer, but once the fat paychecks   
   start coming in from my new employer...)   
      
   Two other problems I can see with doing a new show as clay animation,   
   skeletons, or whatever:  first of all, the guests would pretty much have   
   to be of the Abe Vigoda or Dr. Joyce Brothers variety, because you   
   couldn't get too many "big-name" guests to agree to it.  And second, the   
   temptation would be there to expressly tailor the comedy and   
   conversation toward the show's final form, and I think that would be   
   less funny than using the audio of an old episode, which allowed it to   
   be played straight.   
      
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