Morgan Webb
Tuesday, August 26th, 2008 running time 09:30
The host of X-Play and Webb Alert, the rare and radiant Morgan Webb, stops by the shed for an exclusive interview
She's as brilliant as she is beautiful, and that's why it's such a thrill to have former TechTV star and current co-host of G4's X-Play and host of technology news show Webb Alert www.webbalert.com, Morgan Webb, stop by the shed for an exclusive interview.
She and Martin talk about life at G4 www.g4tv.com and how she goes about producing her hit technology news show, Webb Alert.
Highlights
John McCain
(
6:46, 6:46
)
Mike White
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3:16, 3:16
)
video game
(
0:28, 0:28
)
Steve Jobs
(
6:47, 6:47
)
John McCain
(
6:46, 6:46
)
Mike White
(
3:16, 3:16
)
video game
(
0:28, 0:28
)
Steve Jobs
(
6:47, 6:47
)
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" War. Episode of superstar has brought you by."
" Hello and welcome Internet superstar the show the covers the most important intriguing and just -- bunkers people and things online time. Internet Martin's sergeant."
" And today featured Internet superstar is the co host of the wildly popular video game show X play on G four as well as the host of what color your daily tech ground up at weather alert dot com. Let's take a look at a --"
" And finally teenagers as saying the world over an important they can get and and travel. Teenagers in Germany -- a lot of hot water after they created what is that the -- telling. The world's -- a questionnaire. Handed to them they're pretty creative -- at a lawn mower engine bicycle brake and -- offering -- and then drove like Democrat. Andy liberal in my -- the words row that German police didn't appreciate humor of Allah. They charge the kids of all kinds of moving violations including right satellite thing."
" Here's is why don't pay pal Morgan well not ignored Morgan. Actually it's great to talk to sell -- in our -- guy's opinion from the G four offices right now."
" I sure am we just asked me just finish this end. Now I'm getting harmonies and leveler."
" Yeah and I think it's still in doubt -- know that you're that you're you're Skype and and from G four and I didn't have about the experience weren't going to keep for the cat. They kind of treated me poorly."
" I'm sorry about that."
" Can you -- I hear I hear it's gotten a lot better I hear that things are looking up -- before."
" You know we're actually finally getting -- X play that we really always wanted to do which is great they've let us do that they've let us expands you. As you know show every day -- can easily topical and news oriented. I don't know why they let us do it but they did --"
" Probably because the people who are -- now are idiots like the ones who didn't read it when houses are and what a bunch in -- income groups of people sucked. No comments. -- hey how how that lack go Adams says they're doing my old hat now."
" Thursday fantastic he's actually at covering a Leipzig games convention right now so I'm guessing that he's sitting is somewhere in some German public's. Seventeen brought hours in front of them and three gallons of beer is -- of the grand I don't."
" Is labs that's where that I had academic and I went and."
" Love that guy pretty -- out how I. Felt like you guys you share an office with the network right."
" Exactly so can you did you wander around the office for a little while with your webcam there and and and -- Seacrest."
" We actually also work with the style network and you can always tell that works its style and who works -- Wandering around and check out the style girls and the guys tend to like this out girls are all little baby don't addresses in the -- little short -- bodily had to follow it enables."
" And the guys -- attraction over here and all the guys who are average people are there were like George so Mike White Sox and Stephens."
" And you know T shirts from getting networks likable than them and stuff that they don't have a chance that."
" So what alert is where I personally get Mike quick concise accurate and insightful belly don't dose of tact but. While longer and Morgan what we knew Clinton showed gather about how many sources do you pull from and it seems extremely comprehensive."
" Well this thing you know RSS readers really make it easy to basically skin and it. You know everybody out there and I was gonna in the morning I check my eighties these that the reader I got that out I think. You know 1500 unread stories a thousand unread stories and it first is -- any icons -- people about. You realize that a lot of -- write about the same story and you start to get your favorite sources that you know are gonna do a really good job of summing up the story and are gonna have been a lot of links and a lot of sources themselves right but basically I scanned at time and a half the blogs. And tossing out. -- tech mean check -- what's happening on day you can it get Fed. A snapshot of the -- and -- that day and try to bring it all together and got -- an -- has."
" Do you have a favorite place like a first place your -- who plays the because all we looked at one place to get your tech information what why would you recommend that people go to."
" That's really hard I say. Okay good that they're okay. Well Chris I would -- hectic having just -- a lot of people writing for them and they have a lot of different sections on the web site. And you know that something is going to be covered on -- tactic. I like personally this. And the perspective that techcrunch but a lot of stories. I would. Separately arts technique that just because it's so comprehensive. And then tech crunch because it like speed perspective that they can."
" Bring the stories you know like I'm Mike Arrington. I might have met him a couple of times the conference that kind of thing I here's the real firecracker. I have had a -- at some point but I've definitely heard definitely heard that."
" Well you're slow your show looks very very slick I got imagine you have a vast team of producers and editors working for."
" Oh yes that thirty or forty. -- do you have how many people do you have working on what report. I am well let's see we have myself. I actually did use at it and we haven't really fantastic and dedicated editor. Who's spent a lot of time openings and spit and polish and that kind of thing in. You know we'd do it you know I guess writing house you know lead to show. Shooting X play which started traveler I thought it was a fantastic idea started up. When it. X I was not a daily show. So I had a lot of extra times -- on outside projects and it's something that was all my it was great and yours explain it company's -- well. Now explain every single day and he can't."
" I don't know how you do it I don't know how you do act play every day and well Poehler comes out pretty much every day through."
" Yeah it's. -- it's hard to let go and let somebody else and it let somebody else helping -- stories and let somebody else popular -- but -- has definitely been something that I've had -- it has -- and that's."
" And let's not great product whoever is doing the work its I think it's bad that do you ever break stories you like item. John McCain to select Steve Jobs are running mate I didn't -- do that -- gum and chew up the stories."
" You know actually that was something that I had wanted to do in the beginning. And had been working hard with -- with a lot of different locks is trying to that kind of thing. -- I wish I could at that point eight. It's an -- Islamic I think it but. At this point has been really hard to do that he needs to be full time these aquarium and since I'm not fulltime and we don't have any. Plus -- keep all of that. A you know it's something that I -- you know and it's. I think."
" Yeah -- and a it looks to me like you're working on the show 48 hours a day should and that Judd and Morgan Webb yeah our Internet superstar."
" Am I am I. Went out there and think it's important intriguing and just plain bunkers you're both important and intriguing. I don't have -- a lifeline. Pilot. Internalized what alert every weekday as silly as you put up act intruder at web alert. Thanks so much morning. What other get out the door but isn't that limited overs are be sure to tune in tomorrow -- In the men seeking women section of Craigslist. And see if anyone actually response to instill and we'll -- Yeah. Yeah."
" So the other night that the video store waiting in this -- You know listen to this in you kids -- not yet talking about a mile square but still has some that was the bearded Turkey stocks out of that you. I'm very good faith. Why god created plays we don't have to -- and it is stored waste out of gas again. Places like there why hasn't gotten -- the place where you can just give videos delivered via task is the meal."
" Well that's what it deftly the annual entries once they've gotten that -- it's not new. Alfred www. Netflix got jobs flat superstar. It we're getting video whole -- audio out that the what do you think -- yeah I think David is it that www. Net without jobs superstar sign up we're going to hear what he."
" War. Episode of superstar has brought you by."
" Hello and welcome Internet superstar the show the covers the most important intriguing and just -- bunkers people and things online time. Internet Martin's sergeant."
" And today featured Internet superstar is the co host of the wildly popular video game show X play on G four as well as the host of what color your daily tech ground up at weather alert dot com. Let's take a look at a --"
" And finally teenagers as saying the world over an important they can get and and travel. Teenagers in Germany -- a lot of hot water after they created what is that the -- telling. The world's -- a questionnaire. Handed to them they're pretty creative -- at a lawn mower engine bicycle brake and -- offering -- and then drove like Democrat. Andy liberal in my -- the words row that German police didn't appreciate humor of Allah. They charge the kids of all kinds of moving violations including right satellite thing."
" Here's is why don't pay pal Morgan well not ignored Morgan. Actually it's great to talk to sell -- in our -- guy's opinion from the G four offices right now."
" I sure am we just asked me just finish this end. Now I'm getting harmonies and leveler."
" Yeah and I think it's still in doubt -- know that you're that you're you're Skype and and from G four and I didn't have about the experience weren't going to keep for the cat. They kind of treated me poorly."
" I'm sorry about that."
" Can you -- I hear I hear it's gotten a lot better I hear that things are looking up -- before."
" You know we're actually finally getting -- X play that we really always wanted to do which is great they've let us do that they've let us expands you. As you know show every day -- can easily topical and news oriented. I don't know why they let us do it but they did --"
" Probably because the people who are -- now are idiots like the ones who didn't read it when houses are and what a bunch in -- income groups of people sucked. No comments. -- hey how how that lack go Adams says they're doing my old hat now."
" Thursday fantastic he's actually at covering a Leipzig games convention right now so I'm guessing that he's sitting is somewhere in some German public's. Seventeen brought hours in front of them and three gallons of beer is -- of the grand I don't."
" Is labs that's where that I had academic and I went and."
" Love that guy pretty -- out how I. Felt like you guys you share an office with the network right."
" Exactly so can you did you wander around the office for a little while with your webcam there and and and -- Seacrest."
" We actually also work with the style network and you can always tell that works its style and who works -- Wandering around and check out the style girls and the guys tend to like this out girls are all little baby don't addresses in the -- little short -- bodily had to follow it enables."
" And the guys -- attraction over here and all the guys who are average people are there were like George so Mike White Sox and Stephens."
" And you know T shirts from getting networks likable than them and stuff that they don't have a chance that."
" So what alert is where I personally get Mike quick concise accurate and insightful belly don't dose of tact but. While longer and Morgan what we knew Clinton showed gather about how many sources do you pull from and it seems extremely comprehensive."
" Well this thing you know RSS readers really make it easy to basically skin and it. You know everybody out there and I was gonna in the morning I check my eighties these that the reader I got that out I think. You know 1500 unread stories a thousand unread stories and it first is -- any icons -- people about. You realize that a lot of -- write about the same story and you start to get your favorite sources that you know are gonna do a really good job of summing up the story and are gonna have been a lot of links and a lot of sources themselves right but basically I scanned at time and a half the blogs. And tossing out. -- tech mean check -- what's happening on day you can it get Fed. A snapshot of the -- and -- that day and try to bring it all together and got -- an -- has."
" Do you have a favorite place like a first place your -- who plays the because all we looked at one place to get your tech information what why would you recommend that people go to."
" That's really hard I say. Okay good that they're okay. Well Chris I would -- hectic having just -- a lot of people writing for them and they have a lot of different sections on the web site. And you know that something is going to be covered on -- tactic. I like personally this. And the perspective that techcrunch but a lot of stories. I would. Separately arts technique that just because it's so comprehensive. And then tech crunch because it like speed perspective that they can."
" Bring the stories you know like I'm Mike Arrington. I might have met him a couple of times the conference that kind of thing I here's the real firecracker. I have had a -- at some point but I've definitely heard definitely heard that."
" Well you're slow your show looks very very slick I got imagine you have a vast team of producers and editors working for."
" Oh yes that thirty or forty. -- do you have how many people do you have working on what report. I am well let's see we have myself. I actually did use at it and we haven't really fantastic and dedicated editor. Who's spent a lot of time openings and spit and polish and that kind of thing in. You know we'd do it you know I guess writing house you know lead to show. Shooting X play which started traveler I thought it was a fantastic idea started up. When it. X I was not a daily show. So I had a lot of extra times -- on outside projects and it's something that was all my it was great and yours explain it company's -- well. Now explain every single day and he can't."
" I don't know how you do it I don't know how you do act play every day and well Poehler comes out pretty much every day through."
" Yeah it's. -- it's hard to let go and let somebody else and it let somebody else helping -- stories and let somebody else popular -- but -- has definitely been something that I've had -- it has -- and that's."
" And let's not great product whoever is doing the work its I think it's bad that do you ever break stories you like item. John McCain to select Steve Jobs are running mate I didn't -- do that -- gum and chew up the stories."
" You know actually that was something that I had wanted to do in the beginning. And had been working hard with -- with a lot of different locks is trying to that kind of thing. -- I wish I could at that point eight. It's an -- Islamic I think it but. At this point has been really hard to do that he needs to be full time these aquarium and since I'm not fulltime and we don't have any. Plus -- keep all of that. A you know it's something that I -- you know and it's. I think."
" Yeah -- and a it looks to me like you're working on the show 48 hours a day should and that Judd and Morgan Webb yeah our Internet superstar."
" Am I am I. Went out there and think it's important intriguing and just plain bunkers you're both important and intriguing. I don't have -- a lifeline. Pilot. Internalized what alert every weekday as silly as you put up act intruder at web alert. Thanks so much morning. What other get out the door but isn't that limited overs are be sure to tune in tomorrow -- In the men seeking women section of Craigslist. And see if anyone actually response to instill and we'll -- Yeah. Yeah."
" So the other night that the video store waiting in this -- You know listen to this in you kids -- not yet talking about a mile square but still has some that was the bearded Turkey stocks out of that you. I'm very good faith. Why god created plays we don't have to -- and it is stored waste out of gas again. Places like there why hasn't gotten -- the place where you can just give videos delivered via task is the meal."
" Well that's what it deftly the annual entries once they've gotten that -- it's not new. Alfred www. Netflix got jobs flat superstar. It we're getting video whole -- audio out that the what do you think -- yeah I think David is it that www. Net without jobs superstar sign up we're going to hear what he."
MediaMisfit
Started discussion: August 26, 2008 @ 6:37am GMT
Love for the Webbster
I LOVE Webb Alert. It actually is one of the first sources I go to everyday for my news as well. I hate that she doesn't have as much time to put into it because I can only imagin how great it would be if she did.
I love that she is always changing up the way she looks. It sucks that she works for G4 and I'm assuming she is under a non-compete. Maybe Revision3 can work something out with her because she is awwwwwesome!
GeekSpeaker
about 1 year ago
She should put Sessler in a suitcase, dump G4, move to teh internets, unpack Sessler and set-up shop. And I agree, she is awesome!:)
enendar
about 1 year ago
Webb Alert is great! I start off most my mornings with Webb Alert. I used to watch cable news while waking up but honestly I hated all the pointless banter and half the stories they covered were crap. Webb Alert is a great round up of good interesting stories and not always tech. The special TED.com episodes are really interesting too.
you_will_know
about 1 year ago
I love webbalert too. It's a great gimmick-free show that get's straight to the point. I've always thought it was very well put together and must take ages to produce so it was interesting to hear her talk about the process. As someone else mentioned though it's a shame she's had to step back a bit and can't spend as much time on it as she'd like.
AlaskaLoneWolf
about 1 year ago
I know what you mean about cable, CNN, even the nightly news has been slackin' lately. Not to mention that, for the most part, I can get on the computer and get the real deal, sometimes AS it happens... Who needs TV, unless you're watching a movie... Not to mention Revision3 pumping out new kick ass shows. They never cease to provide awesome new sh**
Will_Stutler
about 1 year ago
first of all it was great to see morgan again.....i was a die hard fan or tech tv for many years as most of us were, seeing Morgan again...well it was like seeing an old friend, even though we had never met before
guys the netflix ad at the end was freakin awesome, i laughed for like 10 minutes after seeing it
guys the netflix ad at the end was freakin awesome, i laughed for like 10 minutes after seeing it
Cybersuchus
about 1 year ago
Always great to see Morgan guest star on a Rev 3 show. She certainly deserves internet superstar status. Webb Alert is one of my first stops on the internet when I wake up. The way she distills the tech news is just great. It reminds me somewhat of what Tech Live could have been. It would be nice to hear what her thoughts are about what happened between G4 and Tech TV (both her and Adam), but it doesn't look like that is going to happen for some time. I'm also glad to hear that X-Play has started becoming closer to what it used to be (and what Extended Play was before it). Not sure what caused the changing of the guard over at G4, but it seems to have been for the better.
FirestoneX
about 1 year ago
ah yes, Morgan Webb, the forbidden fruit. How I would like to pluck thee from your branch and suckle on your delicious juices.
Oh Morgan, my delicate fruit, so high up, so deep in your root. I reach for you, but to no avail. Your much to sweet to be held by just any male. How I wish you would fall down to me, for I know my loves stronger than even gravity. But there you still cling so high on your branch, so I sit watching hoping just for a chance, to hold out my arms whenever you sway, and catch you my lovely if you were to fall one day. And into my arm's I'll hold you so tight, And you will now know that everythings alright. I will look at you with my eyes filled with tears, and you will say shhhh, I am finally here. We will love till the end of time..... and even for longer you will be mine.
:rolleyes:
Oh Morgan, my delicate fruit, so high up, so deep in your root. I reach for you, but to no avail. Your much to sweet to be held by just any male. How I wish you would fall down to me, for I know my loves stronger than even gravity. But there you still cling so high on your branch, so I sit watching hoping just for a chance, to hold out my arms whenever you sway, and catch you my lovely if you were to fall one day. And into my arm's I'll hold you so tight, And you will now know that everythings alright. I will look at you with my eyes filled with tears, and you will say shhhh, I am finally here. We will love till the end of time..... and even for longer you will be mine.
:rolleyes:
RottNKorpse
about 1 year ago
I watch every episode of Webb Alert and have since she first started it because it is well done and always contain useful & interesting news around the world of tech. I too wish she would leave G4...I hate G4 so much.
Morgan Webb FTW!
one word: creepy
Morgan Webb FTW!
In reply to FirestoneX:
ah yes, Morgan Webb, the forbidden fruit. How I would like to pluck thee from your branch and suckle on your delicious juices.
Oh Morgan, my delicate fruit, so high up, so deep in your root. I reach for you, but to no avail. Your much to sweet to be held by just any male. How I wish you would fall down to me, for I know my loves stronger than even gravity. But there you still cling so high on your branch, so I sit watching hoping just for a chance, to hold out my arms whenever you sway, and catch you my lovely if you were to fall one day. And into my arm's I'll hold you so tight, And you will now know that everythings alright. I will look at you with my eyes filled with tears, and you will say shhhh, I am finally here. We will love till the end of time..... and even for longer you will be mine.
:rolleyes:
Oh Morgan, my delicate fruit, so high up, so deep in your root. I reach for you, but to no avail. Your much to sweet to be held by just any male. How I wish you would fall down to me, for I know my loves stronger than even gravity. But there you still cling so high on your branch, so I sit watching hoping just for a chance, to hold out my arms whenever you sway, and catch you my lovely if you were to fall one day. And into my arm's I'll hold you so tight, And you will now know that everythings alright. I will look at you with my eyes filled with tears, and you will say shhhh, I am finally here. We will love till the end of time..... and even for longer you will be mine.
:rolleyes:
one word: creepy









And what he had to say about G4TV was definitely held back; I want to see full expression upon them sometime. Uncensored, unfiltered, the real deal.