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BEST of Dating with Comedian Melinda Hill and Host Christine Blackburn

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4.1529 Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2013

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Comedian Melinda Hill (Romantic Encounters) talks about her Facebook status and Christine brags about winning The Dating Game, today on the Best of Story Worthy. 

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

When Joe Biden was elected, gas cost $243.

0:04.4

Biden started choking oil production his very first day.

0:08.1

Now, five bucks a gallon.

0:11.0

John Federman backs Biden and parts of the Green New Deal.

0:15.0

Journalists call Federman a left-wing champion.

0:18.4

I'm proud to run on the same ticket as a Joe Biden. You're out of gas.

0:23.8

Biden's out of time. Fetterman's out of the question. NRC is responsible for the content of

0:29.2

this advertising. Welcome to the Story Worthy podcast.

0:43.7

Here are your hosts, Christine Blackburn and Honest Finney.

0:51.4

Welcome to Storyworthy.

0:52.9

My name is Christine Blackburn, and I'm here with Hanas Finney, and this is a best-of-story Storyworthy. My name is Christine Blackburn, and I'm here with Hanna Sfini, and this is a best of storyworthy.

0:58.3

That's right. It's the best of dating. Dating. That's the topic.

1:02.3

There will be two stories. Our own beloved Christine Blackburn will tell her dating game story.

1:08.0

That's right, the dating game story.

1:09.6

And Melinda Hill, who is known as the queen of dating online. Well, it's because she has a web series called Romantic Encounters, which is really all about her dating. Right, exactly. So she's going to tell us a story about a particular dating experience. I think it's about Facebook is what it's about. It's about dating and the Facebook age.

1:28.1

I think that's exactly what it is. Ooh, that made it sound really, that sounds highfalutin. The Facebook age. Especially the word highfalutin, that's very popular. Yeah, the kids love the kids love the ought 90s thing where they say, ah, buy crickety. Now here's the thing. I loves me some interweb. Here's the thing about my story.

1:44.7

Okay.

1:45.0

It's titled the dating game because it's about me going on the dating game when I first got to L.A. And I told this story on Storyworthy like two and a half years ago. And in Internet time, this is millennia ago. And so once again, when we're going to do this best of, I like the story, but when I listen

2:01.6

to the way I tell it, of course I hate it. Well, yeah, right. I mean, that is a combination of improving your technique and also the fact that no one can stand to listen themselves to do anything in the past. It's like, this is the thing about, I'm getting back in the stand of comedy, and the whole point is you're supposed to record yourself every time and listen to it, and it's got to help you. And I hate, hate, hate, hate, hate listening to myself do material when I already know what the material is. I can't listen to myself. But why is that? You don't know how to step away and be critical of like, I should wait as long. I think it's incredibly hard for anybody and well no i just but

2:35.7

but technically can't you listen to it and think like i should have waited long here or i should

2:40.4

have tagged that here i should have that's what you want to do the hard part is getting past first

2:44.2

of all the sound of your own voice which no one hears their voice the reason i read an explanation

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