I like the old-school vibe of these “Wake Up Seattle” videos. They remind me of the un-curated, random sort of things you’d see in the early days of the internet.
It has some relationship to the production values of skits on the old Seattle “Almost Live” show (which to me has some classic funny bits from a time when people were less angry and more capable of laughing at themselves.) Portlandia has some of that point of view where people are making fun of things they love…or something.
“Wake Up Seattle” isn’t making fun of anyone it’s just Alex walking around Seattle striking up conversations. It’s refreshing, sometimes funny and interesting to see actual people just talking. In this episode I learned something about amateur hockey, pickleball and that Green Lake is a human-made lake built to hold all the goose shit in Seattle.
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