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747- My First Heist with Comedy Writer Dan O'Shannon

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4.1529 Ratings

🗓️ 12 July 2022

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Comedy writer Dan O'Shannon (Cheers, Frasier, Modern Family) shares a nostalgic story about his first heist- stealing a Playboy magazine. Listen to find out how he got busted!

Each week Hollywood’s most talented people in the entertainment industry share true, personal stories on the Story Worthy Podcast. Story Worthy celebrated 13 years of podcasting in July 2023 and has over 800 episodes recorded. Christine Blackburn is the creator, host and producer of Story Worthy, Story Smash the Storytelling Game Show, and My Life in 3 Songs exclusively on Spotify. 

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0:00.0

Hey, it's storyworthy.

0:02.5

Today on the show, comedy writer Dan O'Shenan talks about his first heist. I spot a Playboy magazine. Now, I've spotted them before, believe me. No one's looking, and I start to take it down and flip through it. And I see some pictures, and every cell in my body now starts telling me loudly, you want to own this magazine. And I'm thinking, I want to own this magazine. And so I needed

0:22.9

a plan. And I've always been a planner. So the plan I come up with is that I'm going to buy an issue

0:29.2

of the local newspaper, which was the Painesville Telegraph. I'm going to slide the magazine into the

0:34.0

newspaper. And then I'm going to buy the newspaper. Now, the newspaper is only a dime,

0:38.7

which gives me 15 cents change, which is exactly the cost of a shake, a chocolate shake.

0:43.9

So I'm going to get porn and ice cream. This is going to be the greatest trip of my life, right?

0:48.2

Today on the show, comedy writer Dan O'Shannon talks about his first heist. Stay close.

0:55.3

Hey, it's Dan O'Shannon, his first heist. Stay close. Hey, it's Dan O'Sannon and you're listening to Storyworthy.

1:10.1

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

1:14.9

Whether you're a longtime fan of the show of 12 years or you're a new fan, welcome to Storyworthy.

1:23.3

I do hope you guys enjoyed the show last week with comedian Roz Brown.

1:27.8

Ross Brown told a fast and interesting and amazing story.

1:32.9

And she told me at the top.

1:34.7

She said, this is the story everybody wants to hear.

1:38.5

And then when I heard the story, I was like, oh yeah, this would be like party starter story.

1:45.0

Basically, I want you to go back and hear it, but she was married for 17 years.

1:50.8

And then one day, her dog brings out a DVD that is titled My Special Picks.

1:59.9

And it's like her husband's DVD.

2:02.1

This is how he titles Dan.

2:05.7

Dan's, his mouth is already open.

2:07.9

This is how he titles his secrets, right?

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