‘‘It s not really Bob Dylan, Frank Possemato said. ‘‘It s my friend Dave doing his voice, and we have a picture of Bob Dylan. It says, ‘Live via satellite: Bob Dylan.
That seems to be the most well-known one. It s gotten the most hits. People like what they see, according to comments posted online.
‘‘I was laughing so hard it hurt!! reads a comment posted by a viewer on YouTube.
‘‘Too funny! Actually, I think Bob would have liked this interview, too. Click here for videos Playing off each other The Possematos play slightly different roles on the show.
Frank, a 30-year-old graduate student studying English, plays the straight man to his brother Joseph, a mustachioed 33-year-old who is also in graduate school, studying history. The crew is rounded out with friends and Chris Schultz, who answered an ad on the Web site Craigslist to play ‘‘storm trooper TKJ8103 in one of the show s more popular skits. Joseph is always on.
Ask him if he plays the straight man on ‘‘Weymouth After Dark, and he replies: ‘‘That s a personal question. Ask him about the story behind an artificial plant that has been featured in every episode, and he replies it s actually a real plant that has lasted since the Carboniferous Era. ‘‘It s an evolutionary strategy, he said of the fern.
‘‘It has evolved to survive in this modern age. It pretends to be a fake plant, so that it doesn t get thrown out. But in actuality, it s real and it lives for a very long time.
New location The pair originally filmed their show in the Weymouth Cable Access studios, but a transition in ownership of that town s channel put the show on hold. In the interim, the brothers and their friends shot an hour-long special called ‘‘Weymouth After Dark: The Movie or ‘‘The Quest for the Bridgewater Triangle. After a break for school, they looked to get back on television.
They found that programming director Kim Matthews had left Weymouth and gone to Taunton Cable Access. Happy with the original partnership, the brothers decided to motor down Route 24 to shoot the show. ‘‘They really wanted to preserve the Weymouth feel the show had before, said Matthews, citing the omnipresent plant and continuing banter about Weymouth.
‘‘They definitely have personalities. It s a little different from anything else you d see. Jack Encarnacao may be reached at jencarnacao@ledger.
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