welcome to week seventeen hundred and sixty eight of "truman" and there can scarcely have been a more momentous week in the show's history. i'm your host, michael conners, and this is a special edition of "tru talk", the forum where we discuss and analyze recent events with the show's award-winning creator and producer, christof. i remind viewers that as this is a living history, it is our practise to keep the image of truman on screen at all times. welcome.
before we start taking calls, the huge surge in ratings over the last few days, how do you hope to sustain that audience now that truman appears to have reconciled himself, returned to "normal"?
but recent events have been so dramatic, it does raise the perennial question. what keeps us watching one man twenty-four hours a day - eating, sleeping, working, sitting for hours in contemplation?
a window onto the human condition?
but how do you account for the popularity of those eight hours a day when truman sleeps?
let's go to some of those viewers' calls.
charlotte, north carolina, for christof.
you're on, caller. go ahead.
sacramento, california, you're on "tru talk".
of course truman has always been very much in on casting.
istanbul, turkey, you're on with world-renowned videographer, christof.
the hague for christof. the hague?. lost them. amagansett, long island, you're on "tru talk".
recording a human life from birth to death, that's still the intention? you still believe truman has more to contribute?
let's take another call. london, england you're on "tru talk".