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607 - Teaching Special Ed with Comedian Joe Manente

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4.1 • 529 Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2020

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Comic Joe Manente (4th Wall Comedy Cafe) was a substitute teacher for Los Angeles Unified School District. One day, he was sent to teach Special Ed, and folks, it did not go as planned. Listen to find out what happened! This episode is sponsored by Bark, the smart way to keep kids safe online. Head over to Bark.us and use the promo code STORY. You'll get an entire month FREE! And as you know, when you support my sponsors, you support me! Thank you!And visit Story Worthy's website here! Please subscribe, rate, and review Story Worthy on Apple Podcasts here. It really helps me, thank you! And check out the funniest game show in LA, Story Smash! It's EVERY month at the Hollywood Improv! PLUS it's podcast on Story Worthy. Follow me on Social Media here guys- Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and at ChristineBlackburn.com. Thank you!Privacy Policy and California Privacy Notice.

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Hey, it's Christine from Storyworthy. Today on the show, comedian Joe Menente talks about a day of substitute teaching

0:39.1

that he'll never forget. The phone rings and I pick it up and I'm like, oh, hey, coach Dan,

0:45.9

you know, how are you doing? It's, you know, you need to report to the swimming pool immediately.

0:50.3

And I'm like, well, what seems to be the problem is it is just get down here

0:54.4

immediately. And I'm like, I froze up. There's just, you know, there's 30 kids standing in,

0:59.8

looking in horror out at this swimming pool. And I'm going, Jesus Christ, this is horrendous,

1:04.5

you know, and I look out across the swimming pool. And I'm expecting to see two dead children, you know, just floating in the

1:12.4

shallow out of the pool. And it's just so much worse. Today on Storyworthy, comedian Joe Manente

1:17.8

talks about a day substitute teaching that he'll never forget. In fact, none of us will. Stay

1:23.9

close. Hey, this is Joe Manente, and you're listening to Storyworthy.

1:30.2

Explosion!

1:32.8

Wait a moment.

1:34.0

I get the real one, explode.

1:34.9

All right.

1:35.8

Explosion! Welcome to Storyworthy.

1:49.6

My name is Christine Blackburn, and I'm coming to you from Los Angeles, California.

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Whether you're a longtime fan of the show or a new listener, welcome to Storyworthy.

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