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Beautiful Stories From Anonymous People

48-Year-Old Grandpa

Beautiful Stories From Anonymous People

Chris Gethard

Society & Culture

4.89K Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2023

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

A truck driver describes his wild past as a bass guitar player in a band. He discusses crazy near-death experiences including a moped accident that led to many broken bones and meeting his future wife. He also opens up to Geth about leaving the music scene when his son was born and how he felt when he found out his daughter tried pot.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello to everybody who is made stronger by all the things that didn't kill him.

0:10.0

It's beautiful anonymous.

0:11.7

One hour, one phone call, no names, no holds book.

0:16.6

I'd rather go one-on-one.

0:21.6

I think it'll be more fun than I'll get to know you and you'll get to know me.

0:29.6

Hi everybody, Chris Gether.

0:31.1

Here, welcome to another episode of Beautiful Anonymous.

0:33.6

And look, I know that last week I thanked everybody who came to beautiful anonymous.

0:38.1

But if I'm being honest, I'm still processing those feelings.

0:41.1

And the amount of comedians who were on the comedy shows who texted me and said,

0:45.6

wow, your audience is the kindest people.

0:48.6

The amount of times I met people who worked at the different venues we were at who said,

0:52.6

these are the nicest people I've ever been around.

0:55.6

I have to tell you, at least half a dozen people over the weekend came up to me to say,

0:59.6

not just high, but to just say, like, how are you doing?

1:01.6

This seems like a lot.

1:02.6

It's overwhelming to have all these people in your responsible for it.

1:05.6

The beautiful anonymous community is by far one of the nicest communities all of these people have encountered.

1:13.6

That room just felt like it was full of so much positivity and love.

1:16.6

And I can't thank you enough, not just the people who managed to come for many years now.

1:21.6

All of you who listen quietly in your own homes, maybe you post in the Facebook group,

1:26.6

maybe you tweet about the show once in a while.

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