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Almost Famous with Writer/Creator Jon Hotchkiss

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4.1529 Ratings

🗓️ 21 December 2015

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Writer/director/producer Jon Hotchkiss (AdorablePuppiesInc.com) got a little bit famous and got a whole lot lucky at a local Costco...what happened then? Listen and find out! Here's a few links to help you get the most out of Story Worthy- if you're listening on an iPhone, all you need to do is tap the cover art while the show is playing, and you'll see the episode notes, including the links. There is one to subscribe, http://bit.ly/2eSlJZw please do! There's one to our Facebook page and to our email address. We'd love to hear from you, either there, or on our survey at wondery.com/survey. You'll also find some special deals courtesy of our sponsors like Hello Fresh (promo code STORY30) Casper Mattress, and Audible (promo code STORYWORTHY). It's good karma guys! See our Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and our California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0

Storyworthy Media, the best in story-driven content.

0:07.4

Hi, it's John Hotchkiss, and you're listening to Storyworthy. Keep listening and find out if a reverse mortgage is right for you.

0:34.1

Welcome to the Story Worthy podcast.

0:39.9

Here are your hosts, Christine Blackburn and Hannes Finney.

0:52.6

Welcome to Storyworthy.

0:54.3

My name is Christine Blackburn, and I'm here with Hanas Finney.

0:57.4

And we're coming to you from outside.

0:59.6

We're on Vine Avenue near Selma in Hollywood, California.

1:03.6

And we're looking down at Frank Sinatra Star on the Hall of Fame.

1:09.0

You mean on the Hollywood Walk of Fame?

1:10.6

Hollywood Walk of Fame, exactly. I was testing you to see whether you would understand that I made no sense there. Yes. Yes. Oddly, we're here for any number of reasons. Personally, I love Frank Sinatra Star because it's in a driveway. One of the greatest stars of the 20th century. And it just so happened that where his star is is now

1:29.2

being driven over every day but you're talking about the corner of vine in hollywood no no no it's

1:33.5

on vine but it's uh south it's south close to selma okay and uh yeah and then there are people that

1:40.3

you've never heard of who have walk of fame stars and they're like at the corner

1:44.9

of hollywood and vine and you're like uh fibber mcgee what and who is this and that's what

1:49.6

you're saying they're almost famous that's what you're thinking they're almost famous and fame

1:53.1

is fleeting and weird and you never and and things change you know that's right and we're

1:58.1

here tonight because our guest john hodgekkiss, he brings forth the topic,

2:01.9

almost famous.

2:02.8

Almost famous.

2:03.5

He was not in the movie, almost famous. No, no, no. It's not about the movie. That was what we talked about with David Wilde. We're not talking about that almost famous. Nice name drop. You want to pick that up there? You know, David Wilde, who's often, I am Corolla, who we had on a fifth anniversary.

2:17.8

Oh, the names are dropping like flies here.

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