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770- Meeting The Hugging Amma with Comedian Kirk Fox

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4.1529 Ratings

🗓️ 13 December 2022

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Comic/Actor Kirk Fox (Parks and Recreation, Community, The Comedy Store) attended an event at a Hilton Hotel to meet and hopefully get a quick hug from Amma-The Hugging Saint. Listen to the entire episode wherever you hear podcasts. 

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. Today on the show, comedian Kirk Fox talks about meeting the hugging alma.

0:07.3

We were the last two to enter this. So we went in there. There was 10,000 people. And they were all sitting on the floor. They all had their shoes off. So that was 20,000 feet immediately. And it was awful.

0:23.4

They sat us down immediately.

0:25.2

She wasn't out yet.

0:26.7

We took our shoes off.

0:28.2

And then they passed out these little vials of holy water.

0:32.3

And I actually drank mine.

0:36.2

Today on the show, comedian Kirk Fox talks about meeting the hugging Alma.

0:41.0

Stay close.

0:42.4

Guess what? Guess who's here?

0:44.0

Kirk Fox on Storyworthy.

1:01.5

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

1:09.2

Whether you're a longtime fan of the show or a new listener, welcome to Storyworthy. I hope you guys enjoyed the story last week by Adam Carolla.

1:13.2

Adam talks about installing a closet in the wrong house. That's right. It is so funny. Adam Carolla, as a lot of you might know, is a

1:19.9

carpenter by trade. And early on in his life, I'm not sure if he was in his 20s or what, but he had to go install this closet.

1:30.5

And it is the funniest story. So go back, you guys. Listen to Adam Carolla talking about

1:35.8

installing a closet in the wrong house. It's super funny. But not today. Stick with me today.

1:42.1

Because today I have on comedian Kirk Fox, and he talks

1:45.5

about meeting the hugging alma. You don't know what the hugging alma is? Well, stay tuned because you're

1:52.0

going to find out. Also, I want to remind you guys that I am putting up the shows from the last 12 years,

1:58.0

and I'm repeating stories because they are definitely still storyworthy.

2:02.7

And in the meantime, I'm spending more time on my show, My Life in Three Songs.

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