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Overdue

Ep 195 - The Beggar's Opera, by John Gay

Overdue

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Books, Literature, Craig Getting, Andrew Cunningham, Arts, Podcasts, Comedy

4.62.4K Ratings

🗓️ 29 August 2016

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

With The Beggar's Opera, John Gay attempted to skewer 18th-century British government, the rich, and Italian operas. Did his satire succeed? Maybe you'll find out on this rather free-wheeling episode.

Off-topic topics include: the firm of Borowitz, Onion and Yankovic; the Ginger Ale Dimension; 99 Degrees; and "Celebration by Kool & the Gang" a new musical by Kool & the Gang.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

This is a headgun podcast.

0:06.0

While Andrew and Craig believe the joy of discovery is crucial to enjoying any well-told

0:10.3

tale, they will not shy away from spoiling specific story beats when necessary.

0:16.5

Plus these are books you should have read by now.

0:30.0

Andrew, how many commercials do you watch these days?

0:46.9

Like in a given period of time or like this is an this general this isn't an Ipsos

0:52.4

pulled.

0:53.4

I'm going to like remember like 13 14 commercials just lately.

0:59.4

I didn't mean whatever's on 14 whatever's on who.

1:04.4

Okay, that's fine.

1:05.4

Welcome to Overdo.

1:06.4

This is a podcast about the books even meeting to read.

1:09.0

My name is Craig.

1:10.0

My name is Andrew and I've there's a commercial right now that's bothering me and I just need

1:14.7

to tell talk to you about it.

1:16.1

Tell me more about it.

1:17.1

It's a it's a commercial for ginger ale.

1:20.1

Okay.

1:21.1

Which should be innocuous enough right ginger ale is refreshing.

1:23.9

It's a delicious drink right now like well every I mean we live in the old spice guy

1:28.8

code age of ads where everything has to be weird as I'll get out so and the worst.

1:35.6

So what would you say if I told you that there's a can to dry ad where a woman goes to

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