People who attend my panels at comic conventions sometimes say that I'm a good interviewer. They're wrong. My buddy Paul Harris, whose radio programs are heard in different cities around this country, is a good interviewer. A lot of what I know about the art/craft, I learned from listening to him and occasionally being interviewed by the guy. It has a lot to do with understanding where the interviewee needs to go and getting him or her there.
Over on his weblog, Paul has a short but interesting essay up on why he doesn't like to socialize with an interviewee before or even during an interview. This segues into a clip from a recent Jimmy Fallon taping…actually, a clip of what went on back in the studios while commercials were rolling. If Mr. Fallon's show was always this entertaining, I might watch it.