As I type this, I'm about to host the final two
Fresh Air programs of the year: Friday's
Fresh Air with Terry Gross on NPR, and its sister show
Fresh Air Weekend,which airs guess when. And they're both fun shows.
Fresh Air Weekend is a critics' roundup for 2011, which has Maureen Corrigan on the year's best books, Ken Tucker on the year's best rock music, David Edelstein on the year's best movies -- and me, Jerry Mathers as the Beaver, on the year's best TV.
And the Friday show collects two of Terry's favorite interviews of the year... talking to cable TV satirists who found themselves on Broadway.
How did they get there? Practice, practice, practice.
Who are they?
Trey Parker and Matt Stone, from Comedy Central's South Park, talking about their hit Broadway musical, The Book of Mormon.
And Stephen Colbert, of Comedy Central's The Colbert Report, talking about his supporting role in a New York Philharmonic revival of Stephen Sondheim's Company.
Hear them all. Trade with friends.