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Go Fact Yourself

Ep. 127: Mike Pesca & Ellen Acuario

Go Fact Yourself

MaximumFun.org

Comedy, Podcast, Arts, Trivia, Angel City, Game Show, Quiz, Helen Hong, J. Keith Van Straaten

4.6786 Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2023

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

Prepare to be properly whelmed by a brand new episode of Go Fact Yourself! Comedian Ellen Acuario faces off against journalist Mike Pesca to answer trivia about the many things we love about film.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi, it's Helen. Just wanted to give you a heads up that in this episode, my audio might sound

0:05.5

not so great because I am not feeling so great. I am really, really sick and was feeling

0:12.6

really sick when we recorded this episode. So in a fit of coughing sinus issue, I might have

0:20.5

somehow messed up the audio on my computer.

0:23.1

I don't know what exactly happened, but if it sounds a little janky, that is what's going on,

0:27.3

and I apologize.

0:28.3

But hopefully you'll enjoy hearing me anyway.

0:31.6

So let's get to it.

0:39.5

Are you a real no-it-all? Do you annoy your family by shouting the answers while watching Jeopardy?

0:44.2

Do you drive people crazy when you start a sentence with, well, actually?

0:50.2

Well, guess what?

0:52.3

You can go fack to yourself. Hi, everyone. Welcome to Go Fact Yourself, the show where we quiz the smartest people we know and find out why they love what they love. I'm Helen Hong. And now, recording remotely from our homes in Los Angeles, here's our moderator, Jay Keith

1:12.0

Van Stratton. Thank you so much, Helen. Nice to see you. Nice to see you, Jay Keith. Now, Helen,

1:16.5

I don't know if you can hear, but I am sitting mere yards from an actual picket that is happening

1:21.6

outside of CBS Television City. You're in the thick of the writer's strike. I am, and I know

1:27.3

that's an important issue to you as well.

1:29.2

You've been very vocal about that.

1:30.6

It is. I've been very vocal.

1:32.2

So for those of you that are not in the entertainment industry, there is a Writers Guild of America,

1:37.6

which is the Screenwriters Guild, are striking right now against, quote, unquote,

1:43.3

the man.

1:48.7

Basically, Netflix and Amazon and Hulu and, you know, CBS and all the big studios. They've been making record profits, but not

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