Wonder Twins Activate! – The Secret Language of “You May Be Splendid Now”
by Karen Tortora-Lee on January 27, 2010
UP LATE WITH SKIP CARTER!
In the middle of these recent late night wars our country is once again divided. There’s Team Leno, Team Conan, and then there’s the small little group of insurgent insomniacs who stay up waaaay past all that to tune in for “Up Late with Skip Carter” (Local Channel 27′s second highest rated non-animal variety slash talk show). Every night at 2:30 his is the little talk show that could … but then couldn’t — as “tonight” happens to be the last episode (for a while at least) of this home grown chat-fest. Luckily, we’re there to see it play out. While the only people watching maybe be you, me, and the cameraman, Skip Carter (Nick Lehane), his twin sister Lacy (Lauren Glover) and his one-man-band Carl (Gabriel Millman) are, to borrow a phrase, dancing as fast as they can. And, viewing audience or not, this swan song is almost as “awwwwwww” inspiring as Bette Midler crooning to Johnny all those years ago.
