2011 Comedy Special

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

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Society & Culture

4.7 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 22 December 2011

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Once a year the small staff here at The Sound of Young America compiles the best comedy we've heard from the past year. Our selections may not be poignant, they may not contribute to a broader understanding of our world, but hey, at least they're funny. Hear from Patton Oswalt, Tig Notaro, Mike Birbiglia and many many others this week on the Sound of Young America's 2011 comedy special.

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0:00.0	Hey, I'm Dorothy from Redlands, California.
0:02.5	Hey, I'm Jared from Minneapolis.
0:04.3	Hey, this is Robert from Washington, D.C.
0:06.9	The sound of young America is produced
0:08.7	independently and supported by listeners like you and me.
0:11.5	You should support the show like I did.
0:13.2	Visit maximumfund.org slash donate.
0:16.2	Do it.
0:17.0	I'm Jesse Thorne, live on tape from my house in Los Angeles.
0:20.2	It's the sound of young America from maximumfund.org
0:23.5	and PRI, public radio, international.
0:30.7	Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to the 2011 Sound of Young America Comedy Spectacular.
0:38.5	Every year we get our heads together here at maximumfund.org, World Headquarters, and talk
0:42.2	about what our favorite comedy releases were in the past 365 days or so.
0:48.4	We've got all kinds of brilliant comedians coming your way in this hour.
0:52.3	Mark Marin, Patton Oswald, Tignotaro, Mike Verbiglia, but before we get to all of those,
0:58.2	let's kick things off with Wyatt Senac.
1:00.9	He's a correspondent on the Daily Show.
1:03.8	And he doesn't love television, but if he's sick of one thing, it's those people who hate
1:10.1	television, or at least talk about how they hate television.
1:14.0	I think part of the reason I get so annoyed by people who hate television is because I
1:18.6	have a neighbor who is one of these TV hating people.
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