And how does he pull out not just the story in that moment, but how that person's background, who that person is? How does that impact the trajectory of that episode? Those of you who don't know Bill Pruitt, he's an Emmy Award winning producer. He's a soulful, beautiful person. And we speak to him today here on Voices of Swell to really drop into his aesthetic as a storyteller. I'm going to put some of his credits down here in the description
WILLIAM PRUITT
@billpruitt · 2:39
What do they want? And what's in their way? Those are the stories that fascinate me the most. And again, thank you for your kind words thoughts about me and my career. I am interested in continuing the conversation more rigorously. Thanks. Bye
Voices of Swell
@voices · 1:09
It's how we are connecting because we're so stuck. Does this change the way you are going to move towards your next story? Let's say you're doing a travel story, knowing that so many of us cannot travel, how do you as an agent for us, as a creator and a visionary to paint the world through this medium so that we can drop into that canvas that you create for us, knowing that we can't get out ourselves
Swell Team
@Swell · 0:15
WILLIAM PRUITT
@billpruitt · 1:52
So it's in the veil of romanticism that I look at the world and try to offer up a meal of sorts, just as a chef would you're hungry for pasta? Let me give you that if it's solid, you're craving. Let me offer you that. That's typically how I go about it. I hope that answers your question. And thanks again. Bye
Voices of Swell
@voices · 3:11
And the idea of you sort of procuring a world for us as a director producer, where you assign, like, this romance to traveling and you invite us to come in and to do that with you. And it is an invitation. And it's a conscious invitation because you have sort of the Rick Steve of the world who are back in the day when he was doing travel shows. They were so very informative. But you really felt the kind of, like stiffness
WILLIAM PRUITT
@billpruitt · 2:48
But this idea of us surrendering to our phones, our screens is a big one because it can be so resplendent and it can be tragic and all too disappointing. But I do take the idea of it seriously. So I'm going to change up the topic a little bit. I'm going to throw out to you. Surprise. When have you been surprised by an entertainment? When have you been surprised by something you thought was going to happen and didn't or that happened?
Deborah Pardes
@DBPardes · 2:15
And I was one of the very few people in the audience because it was lots of South African people at that point because they knew who Sugar Man was. But I was this very innocent person about to see this documentary of this dead guy and the fact that he wasn't dead. And I found out in this documentary about this man that's very much alive, which is the whole purpose of the documentary
More like it on the run. Sounds like they're criminals. But I'm just sort of fascinated if you could provide some insight into how that show operated production wise, when there are so many things that need to go right. Just plane tickets for everybody, making sure that they're no gears missing. My head hurts just thinking about it. But thank you for being here. Got cut off there at the end. But yes, thank you for being here
WILLIAM PRUITT
@billpruitt · 1:53
Man, thank you so much for that comment about my work, and particularly on The Amazing Race. It remains a series that I'm incredibly proud of having been associated with, but just know that there are, at any given time, 1500 people employed on on this CBS game show