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Go Fact Yourself

Ep 18: Tom Bergeron & Jodi Miller

Go Fact Yourself

MaximumFun.org

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

4.6786 Ratings

🗓️ 17 August 2018

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Jodi Miller is a stand-up comedian and actress. She’s also known for her appearance on America’s Got Talent where she explained how guys are like cats. Her comedy album No Child Left Behind is available now. Tom Bergeron has been a fixture on ABC for decades, hosting shows like Dancing with the Stars and America’s Funniest Home Videos. In this episode, we’ll hear about Jodi’s experience on America’s Got Talent and why her relationship with her cat might be an abusive one. We’ll also learn about Tom’s career as a host and a particularly embarrassing moment that he had to deal with on television. What’s the difference? What’s the difference between a “handrail” and a “banister”? What’s the difference between a “coat” and a “jacket?” Areas of Expertise Jodi Miller: The Exorcist, serial killers, and Jack Daniels. Tom Bergeron: Silent-film comedians, The Andy Griffith Show, and the curious casting history of The Wizard of Oz. Appearing in this episode: J. Keith van Straaten Helen Hong Jodi Miller Tom Bergeron With guest experts: ET Tecosky, U.S. Brand ambassador for Jack Daniels. Clint Howard, an actor with a 50+ year career, with appearances in recent project Solo: A Star Wars Story and the upcoming festival film Apple Seed. Go Fact Yourself was devised by Jim Newman and J. Keith van Straaten, and produced in collaboration with Maximum Fun. The show is recorded at the Angel City Brewery in downtown Los Angeles. Theme Song by Jonathan Green David McKeever is the Live Sound Engineer. Maximum Fun's Senior Producer is Laura Swisher The show is edited by Julian Burrell.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Are you a real no-it-all?

0:06.9

Do you annoy your family by shouting the answers while watching Jeopardy?

0:10.7

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

0:15.4

Well, guess what?

0:17.0

You can go fact yourself.

0:21.6

Hi everyone, welcome to go fact yourself. Hi everyone.

0:23.0

Welcome to Go Fact Yourself, the show where we take the smartest people we know and make them look dumb.

0:28.0

And then smart again.

0:29.5

I'm Helen Hong, and now from the Angel City Brewery in downtown Los Angeles, here's our moderator, Jay Keith Van Stratton.

0:36.4

Thank you, everybody. Thank you, Helen Hong. Helen, how are you? I'm very well. How are you, Jay Keith Van Stratton. Thank you, everybody. Thank you, Helen Hong.

0:38.8

Helen, how are you?

0:39.8

I'm very well. How are you, Jake?

0:41.4

Helen, I'm very curious the answer to this question.

0:43.6

What have you been up to since the last recording of our episodes of GoFact Yourself?

0:48.0

I went to the bathroom.

0:50.3

Wow.

0:51.1

I had a sip of water.

0:52.6

Uh-huh.

0:53.4

And back for more.

0:55.0

The resilient Helen Hong.

0:56.7

Today on GoFack yourself, two guests will compete to answer questions about facts they know,

1:00.2

facts they might not know, and frankly, facts they should know.

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