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Says You! - A Quiz Show for Lovers of Words, Culture, and History

A Classic from the Isle of Martha's Vineyard

Says You! - A Quiz Show for Lovers of Words, Culture, and History

Pipit & Finch

Games, Comedy, Leisure

4.6772 Ratings

🗓️ 1 September 2017

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Enjoy this classic episode from the Vineyard Playhouse in Vineyard Haven, MA (SY-725R) with original host Richard Sher. Author and Harvard Law Professor Emeritus Alan Dershowitz took a seat as a guest at our table.

Host: Richard Sher

Musicians: Beetlebung Steel Band

Guest Player: Alan Dershowitz

Stereo Left: 

Carolyn Faye Fox, Arnie Reisman, Alan Dershowitz

Stereo Right: 

Flash Wiley, Francine Achbar, Barry Nolan

Rounds:

Round 1: Units of Measure

Round 2: Bluff - Wheeple

Round 3: Fictional Sports Trivia

Spotlight Round: Odd Man Out

Round 4: Buff - Chang

Round 5: First Fictional Locals

 

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to this week's edition of Says You with our guest, Alan Dershowitz, a man who knows how to mentally prepare himself for this game.

0:10.0

If you go out there and just give it your best, there's no such thing as a loser. Come on.

0:15.1

They do that in the Celtics games. Yeah. We hope you'll prepare for an hour of challenge that you'll look forward to a dignified test of intellect.

0:25.7

You're going to be sorry.

0:29.2

Dary just took off a sock, put it on his hand, and motioned obscenely to the audience.

0:34.7

From the aisle of Martha's vineyard in the see-off old Cape Cod comes this week's extravaganza

0:41.5

of the arcane vague and odd.

0:44.2

It's our game of wit and wordplay, a tutorial in fun.

0:48.7

So get ready, set, and psyched up.

0:51.2

We'll be back with quip and pun.

0:53.3

We both know the answer, but I think she knows it better than I.

0:56.8

Since you returns after this.

0:59.6

And now, a very special message for our podcast listeners who completed the Lib Sync survey.

1:05.1

We are ever so grateful.

1:07.1

Not grateful enough to send you a tote bag or a refrigerator magnet, but grateful nonetheless.

1:13.5

Thank you. From all of us here, it says you.

1:16.9

This week, Says You takes a break from the present and breaks into the archives to share a classic episode.

1:23.3

World-class wordplay with our original host, Richard Sherr.

1:30.1

Welcome to S You, a game of bluff and bluster, words and whimsy.

1:38.1

Now, join our panelist and your host, Richard Scher.

1:44.2

Thank you.

1:52.1

Thank you. On the stage of the Vineyard Playhouse

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