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Go Fact Yourself

Ep. 9: Pete Holmes & Annabelle Gurwitch

Go Fact Yourself

MaximumFun.org

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

4.6786 Ratings

🗓️ 6 April 2018

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

This episode is SO MUCH FUN! Pete Holmes and Annabelle Gurwitch grace Go Fact Yourself with their wit, joy and, yes, abject frustration. And we learn fun facts about the performers. For example, Pete Holmes reveals that The New Yorker rejected his avocado cartoon, and calls into question the magazine’s editorial judgment. J. Keith reminds Annabelle Gurwitch that they both appeared in a pilot together that was so unmemorable...he had to tell her what it was. J. Keith Van Straaten and Helen Hong sink to new lows with questions like, “What’s the difference between a treaty and an accord?”, and “What’s the difference between arbitration and mediation?” It’s madness! In the end, we’ll find out which of our guests can be crowned the winner. Pete Holmes’ areas of expertise are Vegan Nutrition, Judd Apatow Movies, and Mad Men. Annabelle Gurwitch claims to know about Joni Mitchell's Blue, Commercials from the 1970s, and Secessionist Painters in Vienna. You know, painters like Gustav Klimt and Rudolf von Alt. Spoiler alert: Gurwitch does not get a chance to demonstrate her expertise of that subject. Appearing in this episode: J. Keith van Straaten Helen Hong Annabelle Gurwitch, New York Times bestselling author whose new book Wherever You Go, There They Are is available for purchase Pete Holmes, of HBO’s Crashing, just picked up for a third season With guest experts: Allan Havey, actor and comedian Rodney Allen Rippy actor and former fast food pitch man 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.

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0:00.0

Are you a real know-it-all?

0:08.0

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

0:11.7

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

0:16.7

Well, guess what?

0:17.7

You can go fact yourself.

0:19.7

Hi, everyone. Welcome can go fact yourself.

0:28.6

Hi everyone, welcome to Go Fact Yourself, the show where we take the smartest people we know and make them look dumb. And then, smart again! I'm Helen Hong, and now from the Angel City Brewery in downtown Los Angeles,

0:34.6

here's our moderator, Jay Keith Van Stratton.

0:36.6

Thank you, Helen Hong. Thanks,

0:38.4

everybody. Wow. Helen, I get feedback from people all the time, by which I mean once.

0:46.9

And what they all tell me is they enjoy our lighthearted banter at the beginning of the show.

0:51.4

Wow, that's amazing because I always think it's a little weird.

0:57.0

Today on GoFact Yourself, two guests will compete to answer questions about facts they know,

1:01.9

facts they might not know, and frankly, facts they should know. Plus, we'll meet actual experts on two

1:06.1

very different topics, and finally we'll declare one of our guests the winner of today's show.

1:10.0

Let's get started and meet the first of today's guests helen who's up first she is an actress in new

1:15.0

York times best-selling author of four books including wherever you go there they are it's

1:20.3

Annabel Gerwich Annabelle Gerwich ladies and gentlemen

1:22.9

hi welcome Annabelle congratulations on being a New York Times best-selling author.

1:29.3

Seriously.

1:30.3

Tell us about how you transition from being a successful actor and host into being a writer.

1:35.3

Failure.

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