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614 - Quarantined with Comedian Greg Proops

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4.1529 Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2020

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Comedian Greg Proops (The Smartest Man in the World, Whose Line Is It Anyway? & Schooled) and host Christine Blackburn talk about being quarantined during the coronavirus pandemic. Watch Story Smash the Storytelling Game Show on YouTube anytime! https://bit.ly/39OoTdw With your host Christine Blackburn and comedian Blaine Capatch, writer Danny Zuker, and many more talented people like Wayne Federman, MaryLynn Rajskub, Melissa Peterman, Ed Crasnick, Wendi McLendon-Covey, and Greg Proops! Four comedians spin the Story Worthy Wheel of Truth and tell a true 1 or 2 minute story on the topic they land. The "expert judges" comment and everyone laughs their ass off. Story Smash sold out consistently at the Hollywood Improv for 3 years. It's a blast! Check out the Story Smash website here - https://www.storysmashshow.com The Story Worthy Hour & 1/2 of Power is now once a month on the third Sunday at 5:00pm PST, at Flappers Comedy Club in Burbank California! Watch 7 true hilarious stories in 1 hour! More info on the website - https://www.storyworthypodcast.com Please follow for free, rate, and review Story Worthy on Apple Podcasts here - http://apple.co/1MceZ2Q It really helps. Follow Christine and Story Worthy on social media - Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/storyworthy Twitter - https://twitter.com/StoryWorthy Facebook - https://facebook.com/StoryWorthy and at ChristineBlackburn.com Thanks guys! Christine

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0:00.0

Hey, it's Christine from Storyworthy. Today on the show, me and comedian Greg Proops talk about being

0:09.9

quarantined. The news that we're getting, the numbers that we're seeing, the things that we hear

0:15.6

are week to two weeks old because we're so far behind testing and actually knowing the extent of it.

0:23.7

Be patient, stay confined. If it takes six months, it takes six months.

0:28.7

Today on the show, comedian Greg Proops and I talk about what we're doing while we're quarantined.

0:34.2

Stay close.

0:36.5

Hey, everybody.

0:39.2

It's me, Greg Proops, in quarantine.

0:41.0

And you're listening to Storyworthy.

0:41.7

Girl. Welcome to Storyworthy. My name is Christine Black Baron, and I'm from you from Los Angeles, California.

1:02.7

Whether you're a longtime fan or a new listener, welcome to Storyworthy. This is very exciting because I am on my very first Zoom, Zoom conference, and I picked

1:15.1

one of my favorite people in the world, Greg Proops, to join me. Hi, Greg Proops. Hi, Christine Blackburn.

1:20.8

How are you? I'm good. This is a bizarre time indeed. No doubt about that. Now, last week on Storyworthy, we had comedian Samson McCormick.

1:32.3

And Samson was talking about his favorite teacher that he ever had, and she was a teacher from second grade.

1:39.3

And anyway, but he was my last guest in person.

1:43.3

We recorded like two weeks ago when it wasn't like this complete

1:46.0

lockdown. Right. And anyway, go back, you guys. Listen to Samson McCormick. He is a charming

1:51.9

guy and it's a charming story. So go back and listen to that. But not right now, because as you

1:56.0

know, we're here with Greg Proops. Greg Proops, man, this is,'d just like to hear your take on it because I think about people like you

2:05.4

who like performing live is your bread and butter.

2:09.9

That's like, I mean, you do your podcast, of course, with Jennifer, but, you know, you do a lot

2:15.5

of touring around the entire world and now everything is halted.

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