Comedy: Jordan Ranks America: May
Bullseye with Jesse Thorn
NPR
4.7 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 2 May 2010
⏱️ 3 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Every month you're on the Sound of Young America, Jordan Morris cuts through the fog of American |
| 0:07.2 | culture to tell us what's hot, what's not, and what made the list. |
| 0:13.0 | It's Jordan ranks America. |
| 0:18.5 | Some things are up in, some things are down. |
| 0:21.0 | Get ready America, you're about to get ranked. |
| 0:25.8 | New to the list this month, it's Stock Market Lingo, with bull markets, bear markets, and |
| 0:31.0 | now the new Octo Market, gabbling about worldwide cash has never been so much fun. |
| 0:41.4 | Falling in the rankings, it's analog clocks. |
| 0:44.6 | Sorry little tiktoks, these new digitals just have too much modern sheen on them. |
| 0:49.9 | Soon you'll be rotting on history's garbage heap, with the Betamax player, and the spear. |
| 0:56.4 | Rising fast this month, it's Almonds. |
| 0:59.8 | Grab a handful and eat them at the ballgame, or sneak a couple into that tedious office meeting, |
| 1:05.3 | so you can have a secret snack time while that boring old boss is yacking away about God knows what. |
| 1:15.2 | Knocked out of the top spot at number two, it's exercise. |
| 1:19.2 | While still very much in the national zeitgeist, this exhausting form of fun won't stay |
| 1:24.4 | popular long. As soon as tight buns go out of fashion, you're out of here exercise. |
| 1:32.4 | And snatching the top spot, it's the organic grocery store. |
| 1:36.9 | Paying eight bucks for a loaf of bread is a privilege when the cashiers all look so sexy. |
| 1:42.0 | Organic grocery store, you've got what it takes to keep us coming back for more. |
| 1:55.2 | You can catch Jordan Morris on Fuel TV's The Daily Habit, and on MaximumFun.org's own comedy |
| 2:02.4 | talk show, Jordan Jesse Go. That shows free on the web, or in iTunes, just search for Jordan Jesse Go. |
| 2:12.7 | Production of the Sound of Young America is supported in part by the Calgary Folk Festival, |
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