A Top Chef Finale Afterparty
SPONTANEANATION with Paul F. Tompkins
Paul F. Tompkins
4.9 • 4.1K Ratings
🗓️ 16 August 2015
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
Paul F. Tompkins welcomes fans of repeating words to this thing called SPONTANEANATION! This week, Paulsspecial guest is singer-songwriter Jonathan Coulton! They chat about phone etiquette, thank-you notes, and what Jonathan's grandparent nickname would be. Paul is then joined by Janet Varney, Hal Lublin, and Annie Savage to improvise a story set at a Top Chef Finale Afterparty. And as always, Eban Schletter (only the best) scores it all on piano!The next LIVE SPONTANEANATION will be recorded at Largo onSaturday, September 12th, with special guests Kristen Schaal & Superego! Last time, Thomas Lennon and Paul covered a Joy Division song for the live audience ONLY. What will happen before your very eyes next time? Get your tickets now: bit.ly/SPONT915 Download the Howl app or go to Howl.FM and use the promo code spont for a one month free trial of Howl Premium!
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome. Welcome, my friends. Welcome to this thing called Spontaneation. What kind of thing is it? What kind of thing has it been today? That's a reference to Aaron Sorkin. |
| 0:22.4 | There's many shows he always names one episode. |
| 0:25.4 | What kind of day has it been? |
| 0:28.1 | He likes to repeat stuff. |
| 0:30.0 | Hey, who doesn't? |
| 0:33.2 | Who doesn't like to say a thing they've said before? |
| 0:39.5 | Guys, I want you to take a moment to realize how satisfying that is. |
| 0:44.0 | Because here's why you've mastered something. |
| 0:48.0 | Let's say you say a word, like, fire truck. |
| 0:56.0 | Now, I've said that word word before Let me tell you something |
| 0:57.3 | It felt great to know I still got it |
| 0:59.8 | Fire truck fire truck fire truck |
| 1:01.8 | I'll say it all the live long day |
| 1:04.2 | Why isn't that in the song |
| 1:06.6 | I've been saying the word fire truck |
| 1:10.6 | All the live long day |
| 1:14.2 | I have a mental illness |
| 1:18.0 | It's the only word I say |
| 1:21.0 | Except for this song |
| 1:21.9 | Wouldn't that be wonderful to see somebody |
| 1:25.8 | Doing that in concert |
| 1:27.3 | That's a trick question I know that would that be wonderful to see somebody doing that in concert? |
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