#1383 Out of Tights

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Society & Culture, History

4.6 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2020

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

On February 25, 2020, Clay Jenkinson appeared before a sold out crowd at the TCC Roper Performing Arts Center in Norfolk, Virginia for his new performance, "Talking out of Tights," an evening of humor and storytelling in which Jenkinson reflects on the comedic side of a life performing as Thomas Jefferson – the surprising encounters, the wigs, the arrests (!) – all for the love of the humanities. The show was sponsored by WHRV public radio. On this week's Jefferson Hour we hear excerpts from that performance, and also answer listener questions.

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0:00.0	Good Day Thomas Jefferson, our podcast listeners.
0:02.8	I was admonished last week for not reminding you that we count on your support for the show.
0:08.8	It doesn't have to be financial, although that helps.
0:12.3	It can be just writing us a letter, making
0:14.7	a suggestion on the show, critiquing the show. We appreciate all of that. But for those of you who
0:21.5	have the means and are willing, if you go to Jefferson Hour.com and click on donate
0:27.4	All the instructions are there and I am
0:31.1	Reminded continually to point out that Clay and I take nothing for this.
0:35.0	And it shows.
0:36.0	Yeah.
0:38.0	Okay, blah, bum, bum.
0:39.0	I'll be here all week.
0:40.0	Yeah, that's because you're...
0:41.0	I'm now on a comedian.
0:42.0	You're coming out of the horse,
0:43.5	walks into a bar.
0:44.6	Bartend it says, why the long face?
0:46.0	Yeah, boy, yeah, yeah, yeah.
0:47.4	Yeah, there was a couple others that were right on the edge.
0:51.2	You know you're getting old when your back goes out more often than you do.
0:54.0	Sometime that'll all be public and then you can answer for it. But this week's show, we take you to the Roper Theater and Clay's cleverly titled Out of Tights.
1:05.0	I didn't like that title.
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