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I'm Jesse Thorn and this is the Sound of Young America from MaximumFund.org.

You know, I think my wife said it best not too long ago when she turned to me and she said,

you know Dana, you might not be the smartest guy in the world.

You might not be the best looking guy in the world. You might not be the funniest guy in the world.

That's all I wanted to say.

It's the Sound of Young America. I'm Jesse Thorn. My guest on the program is

comedian Dana Gould. He's a stand-up comic and has been for many years as well as a writer

for both small and large screen, most notably for six years. He was a writer and producer on

the Simpsons C. Stacey's writing things for the big screen. His brand new stand-up comedy CD

and DVD is called Let Me Put My Thoughts in You. It marks his return to the stage or at least to

the stage is a 45 minute big star act after he largely left stand-up comedy for writing for

five or eight years. Dana, welcome to the Sound of Young America. It's great to have you.

Hello youth. Don't worry, this is a public radio show. We can call it the Sound of Young America.

At the end of the day, you're looking at 53-year-olds. Since this is a public radio show,

let me change my voice. Okay, good. Hello.

Smoking like a man who has done a lot of both commercial and public radio. Yes. You grew up in

the Northeast in a big, it sounded like a really intense family. Yeah.

I compare my family to the Manson family and the only thing I can think is at least the Manson's

had a rank. Reading you talking about your family, my stepmother is from

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