Programme 4: Make the Scene (near NYC)
A surreal, retro-inspired television experience blending film, live performance, & talk show elements into an immersive, analog-style event.
Join Master of ceremonies Ted Leo
on the rhodes piano David Nagler
The Jib Calhoun Show
Jib’s guest host: Dan Epstein talks with Programme 4 creator Rachel lichtman
From fondue parties to cocktail lounges to art galleries to cinemas to festivals to star studded live variety showcases, Make the Scene is an analog, local broadcast television happeningdesigned to be collectively experienced in person, an immersive, wall-to-wall carpeted presentation that transports you to an aspirational world of tomorrow, today!
Make the Scene screenings will include a feature-length video presentation of Programme 4, plus creator Rachel Lichtman, special guest stars, talk show-style Q&A’s, Rhodes pianos, and more. Larger productions will evoke broadcast network upfronts of the 60’s and 70’s, a surreal sales presentation featuring a cavalcade of stars and the satirical UHF television and AM radio of Golden Sands.
The list of luminaries involved in this world of adult kicks is both impressive and expensive looking, and the live showcases will reflect as much: Aimee Mann, Michael Penn, Ted Leo, The Sklar Brothers, Dana Gould, Michael McKean, Patton Oswalt, Jon Wurster, Rich Koz, Eugene Mirman, Michael Spicer, Mitch Easter, Kelley Stoltz, Dorit Chrysler, Tammy Faye Starlite, Juliana Hatfield, Trace Beaulieu, Frank Conniff, Joel Murray, Jon Langford, Wilco’s Pat Sansone and Mikael Jorgensen, Josh Kantor, Dag Juhlin, Dave Hill, Buffalo Tom’s BillJanovitz, Jay Gonzalez of the Drive By Truckers & many more!
Programme 4 is a switched-on world from the televisionary mind of Rachel Lichtman, currently featuring an hour long broadcast of television, and three installments of the scripted comedy audio series Easy AM 66, a satirical Beautiful Music radio station, the third of which was released as a comedy album in 2024. The new half hour of television will premiere exclusively to live audiences in 2026.
Rachel Lichtman is a visual artist, comedy writer, and conjurer of groovy worlds.
Her work has featured a cavalcade of notable actors, comics and musicians, and she has
produced, directed and written documentaries, live stage shows, full-length music shows, art installations, title sequences and over four billion music videos.
She is currently producing more deep-shag Programme 4 magic and figuring out how to install those lucite stairs that light up when you walk on them.
All proceeds support WFMU
Starts 8PM ET