About The Show

Keith Explains! is a show on the access cable system in Cupertino, California. Because of agreements with other cable systems, it can also be seen on some other cable systems as well. See here for a list of where the show should be available, and when.

Who is involved?

Loretta Beavers is the producer; Keith Stattenfield is the host and main ranter, and a motley crew of folks help out on camera and audio.

Why are they doing this show?

Vanity, mostly.

No, really. Why are they doing this show?

Um, gimme a second here. We're doing this show to, um, to save mankind! Yea! Save mankind from, um, bad things! Really bad things! So bad we don't want to go into any details or anything, but trust us -- we're doing this show to save mankind from really bad things.

And, for the skeptics out there who doubt us: Observe that mankind still exists. It's working. Our show is the sole thing that is saving mankind from these undescribable bad things which would have, had our show not been around, destroyed us already.

So there.

So, if you had to describe the show using two words, the first word being the name for a small children's toy and the second word meaning a cut in wood, how would you describe the show?

"Top notch."

Now, really describe it.

It's mostly Keith, sitting in front of the camera, ranting for about a half hour about something. We don't do a lot of tricky camera stuff, because that's hard. We don't have many roll-ins or graphics or other stuff like that, because it's hard. Plus, it distracts from the pure intensity that is Keith.

I love the show! I'd like you to have this seven million dollars I recently found in my couch. How do I send it to you?

Ha! Like we'd fall for that trick a third time. Oh, sure, the first time - well, anyone could fall for that one the first time. After all, the letter seemed so sincere, except for the fact that they'd mispelled my name as "Resident", and $110 didn't seem like an outrageous amount for the wire transfer fee. But, after that, we'd learned our lesson, and would not fall for that kind of scam again, unless it came in a second letter which actually spelled my name right and which looked hand written, or maybe one of those nice handwritten fonts which are just as good as handwriting anyway.

But not this time. If you want to send me seven million dollars, you're going to have to come over here and deliver it yourself.

What if I just want to send you email?

Oh. We'll still take that; at keith@keithexplains.com or loretta@keithexplains.com.

How do you make the show?

Well, first, something happens that really steams Keith. That's not hard; something happens that really steams Keith every couple days, so he just saves them up until the taping night. Then, lots of caffeine is consumed - almost all of it by Keith. Then, tape starts rolling, the title credits fly by, and the show has begun. About twenty six minutes into it, someone throws cold water on Keith to get him to stop, and then we run the end credits, and put the tape on the nice shelf by the door where it will eventually get beamed out to you, our appreciative audience.