Bonus: Simon Rich reads from 'Hits & Misses'

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

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🗓️ 21 September 2020

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Simon Rich is a novelist and screenwriter who has worked on Saturday Night Live. He created and wrote for the show Man Seeking Woman and Miracle Workers, a very funny anthology series starring Daniel Radcliffe and Steve Buscemi. His latest work can be seen in An American Pickle from HBO Max. The movie is based on a short story Simon wrote in 2013. A while back, Simon was able to swing by and read a few selections from his most recent short story collection, Hits and Misses. They say history is written by the victors. Celebrating the exploits of so-called great men. The Washingtons. The Lincolns. The Paul Reveres. And history is never, ever, written by the horses these great men rode. Until now.

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0:00.0	Bullseye with Jesse Thorn is a production of MaximumFun.org and is distributed by NPR.
0:10.3	It's Bullseye, I'm Jesse Thorn.
0:21.6	You know Simon Rich?
0:22.6	He's a writer.
0:23.6	He worked on SNL for a while, making some of that shows all-timer sketches.
0:28.4	He created and wrote for the show Man Seeking Woman and Miracle Workers, a very funny
0:32.9	anthology show with Daniel Radcliffe and Steve Buscemi.
0:37.5	He has written often for The New Yorker recently.
0:41.6	He wrote the new movie American Pickle in it Seth Rogan plays Herschel Greenbaum, a guy
0:46.8	who immigrates to Brooklyn from Eastern Europe to pursue the American Dream only.
0:51.8	Instead of that, he falls into a giant vat of pickles.
0:55.7	When the Pickling Juice somehow preserves him for a century and when he wakes up in modern
1:00.6	New York City, the only living relative he can find is his great grandson, played by Seth
1:06.2	Rogan.
1:07.5	The movie is based on a short story.
1:10.0	Simon wrote in 2013 and take it from me.
1:12.7	Simon is a wonderful short story writer.
1:15.9	We were actually lucky enough to have Simon come by and read a few selections from his most
1:19.7	recent short story collection Hitz and Mrs.
1:22.6	This one is called Riding Solo, The Oatsy Story.
1:26.0	So how do I set this up?
1:27.7	They say history is written by the victors, celebrating the exploits of the great men,
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