Ep 249 - The Nerd, by Larry Shue

Overdue

Headgum

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

4.6 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 10 July 2017

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Larry Shue's 1981 play The Nerd is about a gumption-less architect trying to extract a painful person from his life. Did we mention it's a comedy?

We cover the play's plot (including its final reveal), the allure of answering machines, anonymous favors, and the Nintendo Switch.

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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	Hey everybody, welcome to Overdo.
0:44.0	This is a podcast about the books that you've been meeting to read.
0:47.0	My name is Craig.
0:48.0	My name is Andrew and that's right folks, the Nintendo Switch is here in my house.
0:53.0	It was available on Amazon and even though I don't technically probably have the money
0:58.0	to spend on it.
0:59.7	I charged it.
1:00.7	Chiching.
1:01.7	It's my credit card.
1:03.7	Yeah.
1:04.7	Because I'm going to want it eventually to play the Mario game in three months.
1:12.0	It's me.
1:13.4	Poor Mario.
1:17.0	It's me, delayed gratification.
1:18.5	So yeah, it's here.
1:19.5	It's in the house.
1:20.5	It's switching.
1:21.5	It's clicking.
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