Audience Warm-up with Mark Sweet
Interviewing Mark Sweet on the set of “The Big Bang Theory” for our season 12 extras.
Make Them Glad You Came
Mark Sweet instructing the audience before a live taping of MOM.
I had the pleasure of watching Mark at work first on an episode of Two and a Half Men back in 2007. That’s when I realized I wanted to film an extra documenting what it’s like to go to a live sitcom taping on the Warner Bros. lot so that fans around the world can experience it. I finally had that opportunity with “The Big Bang Theory Live” which is available on The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Blu-ray.
We also highlighted Mark in a featurette called “The Sweet Spot” on the season 12 release. Mark had a unique perspective in that he was in the front row for the taping of every episode of The Big Bang Theory in his role as audience warm-up.
Mark talking to the audience at a taping of The Big Bang Theory.
One comment Mark said in an interview that stood out to me was advice he received from his mother when he would do magic shows for kid’s birthday parties - “Make them glad you came.” Mark was only a kid at that time but the advice has been a hallmark of his life in entertainment.
To find out more about Mark, check out his website.
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