{"id":8303,"date":"2014-10-27T20:16:26","date_gmt":"2014-10-28T00:16:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=8303"},"modified":"2023-05-09T13:00:31","modified_gmt":"2023-05-09T17:00:31","slug":"podcast-look-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-look-day","title":{"rendered":"Podcast &#8211; Look Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_4_Episode_41_-_Look_Day.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virtual Memories Show:<br \/>\nSam Gross &#8211; Look Day<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;One thing I tell young cartoonists: a magazine is like going out on a date, and a book is like getting married. If you&#8217;re going out on a date, you don&#8217;t need a lawyer. If you&#8217;re doing a book, you get a lawyer.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8077\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-8303-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_4_Episode_41_-_Look_Day.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_4_Episode_41_-_Look_Day.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_4_Episode_41_-_Look_Day.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_4_Episode_41_-_Look_Day.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?powerpress_pinw=8303-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_4_Episode_41_-_Look_Day.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Season_4_Episode_41_-_Look_Day.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4itPQhel9GzH3WK2iXr4Zw\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/podcasts\/Interviews\/The-Virtual-Memories-Show-p1091071\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/feed\/podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/subscribe-to-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/samgross-e1414451581979.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8304\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-look-day\/samgross\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/samgross-e1414451581979.jpg?fit=440%2C385\" data-orig-size=\"440,385\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"samgross\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/samgross-e1414451581979.jpg?fit=525%2C459\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8304\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/samgross.jpg?resize=525%2C459\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"459\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sam Gross&#8217; gag panels warped me at a young age, so it was an honor to get him on mic to talk about his nearly six-decade cartooning career. We sat down in his studio to discuss the serious business of gags, how he went from drawing a Saul Steinberg nose to drawing a Sam Gross one, how he continues in his 80s to come up with a week&#8217;s worth of new gags for Look Day, how he once got a Vanishing New York tour from Charles Addams, how he revels in the &#8220;humor of the handicapped&#8221;, and the magazine he misses the most. <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_4_Episode_41_-_Look_Day.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Give it a listen!<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t know where I&#8217;m gonna go next. I&#8217;m not a finished product.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8078\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-8303-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_4_Episode_41_-_Look_Day.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_4_Episode_41_-_Look_Day.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_4_Episode_41_-_Look_Day.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_4_Episode_41_-_Look_Day.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?powerpress_pinw=8303-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_4_Episode_41_-_Look_Day.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Season_4_Episode_41_-_Look_Day.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4itPQhel9GzH3WK2iXr4Zw\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/podcasts\/Interviews\/The-Virtual-Memories-Show-p1091071\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/feed\/podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/subscribe-to-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Sam Gross on the Virtual Memories Show by Gil Roth, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/chimeraobscura\/15505252041\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5603\/15505252041_c45c85c048_z.jpg?resize=525%2C396&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Sam Gross on the Virtual Memories Show\" width=\"525\" height=\"396\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Season_4_Episode_41_-_Look_Day.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Enjoy the conversation!<\/a>\u00a0Then check out\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-archive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the archives<\/a>\u00a0for more great episodes! Related conversations:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podchast-parental-guidance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Roz Chast<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-mimi-pond-the-customer-is-always-wrong\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mimi Pond<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-much-abides\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ashton Applewhite<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-the-slippery-animal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bruce Jay Friedman<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-the-guy-who-drew-the-liver-spots\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Drew Friedman<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-visible-cities\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ben Katchor<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Follow <em>The Virtual Memories Show<\/em> on <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-virtual-memories-show\/id531173075\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iTunes<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/vmspod\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/VirtualMemoriesShow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/virtualmemoriespodcast.tumblr.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tumblr<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/virtualmemories.libsyn.com\/rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RSS<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>About our Guest<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sam_Gross\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sam Gross<\/a> has been publishing cartoons since the 1950s. His cartoons have appeared in <em>The New Yorker<\/em> since 1969. He served as the cartoon editor of <em>National Lampoon<\/em> and <em>Parents<\/em> magazines, and was president of the Cartoonists Guild. He has published numerous collections, including <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1585679895\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1585679895&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing&amp;linkId=ZWVMWB7FTVBVATUB\">I Am Blind and My Dog is Dead<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1585679895\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>. You can buy reproductions of his art\u00a0at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.condenaststore.com\/-st\/Sam-Gross-Cartoons-Prints_c146279_.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Conde Nast Store<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16063\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16063\" style=\"width: 525px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2020-2.jpeg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"16063\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-look-day\/img_2020-2\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2020-2-scaled.jpeg?fit=2560%2C1920\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1920\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot S95&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1413040075&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;10.701&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.1&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_2020 (2)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Sam in his studio, October 11, 2014&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2020-2-scaled.jpeg?fit=525%2C394\" class=\"size-large wp-image-16063\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2020-2.jpeg?resize=525%2C394\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2020-2-scaled.jpeg?resize=620%2C465 620w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2020-2-scaled.jpeg?resize=440%2C330 440w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2020-2-scaled.jpeg?resize=768%2C576 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2020-2-scaled.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1152 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2020-2-scaled.jpeg?resize=2048%2C1536 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2020-2-scaled.jpeg?w=1050 1050w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16063\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sam in his studio, October 11, 2014<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>Credits: This episode\u2019s music is <\/em>Funny Little Frog<em>\u00a0by Belle &amp; Sebastian. The conversation was recorded at Mr. Gross&#8217; studio on a pair of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B002SQJLA4\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B002SQJLA4&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing&amp;linkId=64RDM7RI2SABXGPL\">Blue enCORE 200 microphones<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B002SQJLA4\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> feeding into a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00KCXMBES\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B00KCXMBES&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing&amp;linkId=DRHR6463DEQ4TO3N\">Zoom H5<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B00KCXMBES\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> digital recorder. The intro and outro were recorded on a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B002VA464S\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B002VA464S&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing\">Blue Yeti USB Microphone<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B002VA464S\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>. Processing was done in Audacity and Garage Band. Photo of Mr. Gross by me.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virtual Memories Show: Sam Gross &#8211; Look Day &#8220;One thing I tell young cartoonists: a magazine is like going out on a date, and a book is like getting married. If you&#8217;re going out on a date, you don&#8217;t need a lawyer. If you&#8217;re doing a book, you get a lawyer.&#8221; Sam Gross&#8217; gag panels &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-look-day\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Podcast &#8211; Look Day&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16060,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[27,26,1183,19],"tags":[3003,3001,2985,2997,1014,2871,3008,2995,2998,3006,2342,1373,3009,1010,3010,2983,3000,2984,2991,3004,2989,2986,2992,3002,2996,2982,3007,2993,2987,2990,2994,322,2999,2979,2980,1487,2600,2988,2870,2599,1727,3005,1655,1543,2981],"class_list":["post-8303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-big-business","category-comics","category-podcasts","category-urban-issues","tag-anthony-taber","tag-barrons","tag-bo-brown","tag-bobby-london","tag-bruce-jay-friedman","tag-charles-addams","tag-charles-rodrigues","tag-charlie-wilson","tag-cosmopolitan","tag-dick-olden","tag-emily-dickinson","tag-ernest-hemingway","tag-frank-modell","tag-gahan-wilson","tag-george-price","tag-harry-mason","tag-helen-gurley-brown","tag-john-gallagher","tag-larry-barth","tag-man-ray","tag-marion-nichols","tag-marvin-townsend","tag-matty-simmons","tag-michael-musto","tag-mk-brown","tag-national-lampoon","tag-new-scientist","tag-norman-cousins","tag-paul-krassner","tag-playboy","tag-punch","tag-raymond-chandler","tag-rex-stout","tag-richard-gehr","tag-robert-mankoff","tag-roz-chast","tag-sam-gross","tag-saturday-evening-post","tag-saul-steinberg","tag-shary-flenniken","tag-the-new-yorker","tag-tom-hachtman","tag-tom-tomorrow","tag-village-voice","tag-virgil-partch"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sgrosscomp.jpg?fit=1838%2C800","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4C7K-29V","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9773,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-177-mk-brown","url_meta":{"origin":8303,"position":0},"title":"Episode 177 &#8211; MK Brown","author":"Gil","date":"July 18, 2016","format":"audio","excerpt":"Virtual Memories Show #177: MK Brown \"I have a folder of work that I can never print, but you just have to get them out.\" Legendary cartoonist MK Brown joins the show to talk about her lifetime in comics and art, her years with B. 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