Ep. 02: "White Leather Carpet"
Roderick on the Line
Merlin Mann
4.8 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 21 September 2011
⏱️ 78 minutes
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Summary
The problems: topical storms; Wears-a-Hat guy (and the uniforms of his ruthless punishers); our touchy tattooed friends; an elegant Kanji solution; John’s numerous hauntings, visions, and visitations; Angelina Jolie’s insane bubble of insanity; the ubiquity of permanent sexface; why we’re not actually that fancy; the fakeness of fake benefits; the byzantine chili-canning fan and the art of earnest butchery; and why That’s Not Funny. It’s not. It’s not funny.
Ep. 02: “White Leather Carpet” - Roderick on the Line on Huffduffer
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| 0:00.0 | Hello. Hi John, how are you? I'm all Merlin. How are you? I'm all Merlin. How are you? I'm all Merlin. How are you? |
| 0:10.0 | I'm doing pretty well. I just had some food. I had a chili dog. No, really? I had limited time. I had limited time and I had to go through I had to approach that fork in the road |
| 0:27.1 | Do I go in hungry or do I go in chillyed? You approached the fork in the chili dog. Yeah. I love a chili dog. Well, I'm glad you mentioned that. |
| 0:38.0 | It was you that mentioned it, but I'm confirming which one are you again. |
| 0:44.0 | You're the starring on the sidekick right? |
| 0:48.0 | Let me go back to how much I love a chili dog. |
| 0:50.4 | You're Merv Griffin, I'm Arthur Treacher. You don't even get that. You're not even old enough to know who that is. |
| 0:56.0 | Arthur Treacher. He's fish and chips to you, right? |
| 0:58.0 | Oh, I, I know, you're right. I don't know. But I know who Merv Griffin is. |
| 1:02.0 | You kidding me? |
| 1:04.0 | Ooh. I think I just did it in Moranis Pit. |
| 1:08.0 | Merv Griffin is a lesser Johnny Carson. |
| 1:10.3 | Merv Griffin's a rich man. Do you know how rich he is he's rich he's rich he started the dating game |
| 1:15.9 | Hang on I think he produced the dating jeopardy. I think you're thinking of jeopardy. No, that's Chuck Berris. Well Chuck Berris |
| 1:24.2 | Which one was in the CIA? That Merv Griffin right? No Chuck Barrett was in the CIA but I think Merv Griffin was |
| 1:28.2 | the I think Merv Griffin was Chuck Barrett's mentor I mean all of this conjecture can be dismissed with one click of the internet. |
| 1:37.4 | I don't think that's accurate. I think it's like in England you got the Shadow Cabinet. |
| 1:41.2 | I think Mer Griffin is the Shadow Cabinet. Right. Merriffon is the Shadow Cabinet. |
| 1:43.0 | Right. I know that's what I'm saying. Merriffon controls 70s television. |
| 1:48.0 | Then I agree. I am the one who brought up chili dogs. |
| 1:52.0 | I try not to prepare for these things apart from eating, |
| 1:56.7 | but while I was eating my chili dog, |
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