Steve Buscemi’s ‘Park Bench’ Was Doing Viral Talk TV Before Viral Talk TV Existed
A decade before Kareem Rahma clipped a microphone to a Metro card and started asking New Yorkers for their Subway Takes, Steve Buscemi created an Emmy-winning talk show by chatting with folks on a park bench. Buscemi had come up with the idea after directing a series of promotional shorts for the band Vampire Weekend,…