Andy Karl: 'Groundhog Day' Seven Days A Week

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🗓️ 11 August 2017

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Tony Nominee Andy Karl from Broadway's Groundhog Day shares what makes the script irresistible and his thoughts on movies turned musicals. This episode originally aired on May 12, 2017.

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0:00.0	Gregory Warner here to tell you about NPR's new international podcast, it's called Rough Translation.
0:07.0	Each week we're going to take you to a different country to hear a story that reflects back
0:10.2	on something that we are talking about here in the United States.
0:13.8	Maybe get a perspective shift.
0:16.0	Travel with us.
0:17.0	Rough Translation is on NPR1 or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:21.0	Hey Cecil.
0:25.0	Hey Fira.
0:26.8	Our guest on today's Ask Me Another Stars in the Musical Groundhog Day, which is about
0:30.8	a man stuck living the same day over and over.
0:35.1	So speed round in Groundhog Day, what's the name of Phil Conner's high school classmate
0:41.7	who sells insurance?
0:43.2	Ned Ryerson.
0:44.2	Right.
0:45.2	Okay, let's see if you can get this one.
0:46.5	What's the name of Phil Conner's high school classmate who sells insurance?
0:52.2	I think you just asked me that.
0:53.4	Oh, I'm sorry.
0:54.4	We were looking for Ned Ryerson.
0:56.3	So, let's ask a question.
0:57.3	What's the name of Phil Conner's high school classmate who sells insurance?
1:02.3	Make it stop.
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