The Debasement Tapes
After rooting around in the Smells Like Yukon audio archives, we’re pleased to present three outtakes from the most recent segment “Men of Action.”
Included among these, um, rare gems is an epic four-minute-plus sequence that duplicates and expands upon the audio that you can’t really hear in the featured video on the segment’s Behind the Sounds page. As the clip reveals, Mark and Jesse forgot that the recorder was running for most of the time–yet, amazingly, the clip contains no profanity, unless you’re willing to include the disgusting manner in which Mark decimates an innocent bag of honey-Dijon potato chips.
Those among you who harbour an unhealthy obsession with Jesse and/or Mark may notice that their voices don’t sound quite right. Not sure why. Must be some sort of recording issue that only Jesse could resolve, but he’s rather disinclined to tackle jobs like that at the present time–seeing as how he’s vacationing in Australia. If you’re not sure who’s who when you’re listening to the dialogue, here’s a basic rule of thumb: Jesse has the deep, sultry bedroom voice that drives all the ladies (and select men) wild in a way that we can only assume the CRTC will eventually be forced to regulate. Mark is the one who talks with his mouth full.
Before long, we’ll be adding some new outtakes from previous segments, including some choice bits from Brent Bambury and the CBC Go production staff (“Hip Check”), as well as a Yutopian bartender who didn’t waste his big chance to smack Mark down (“The Barstools of Yutopia.”)