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The Dinner Party Download

Episode 118: Little Dragon and Big Small Talk

The Dinner Party Download

American Public Media

Society & Culture

4.6821 Ratings

🗓️ 14 October 2011

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

This week: As we ready for next week’s hour-long show premiere, we serve up two more courses from the DPD test kitchen. You’ll hear suggestions for your dinner party soundtrack from Swedish band Little Dragon. Plus, author Alexander Maksik flies into a moth-joke trap.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to the dinner party download. This is your icebreaker.

0:06.0

Here's a little joke. So a man goes to a doctor and he says, Doctor, I think I'm a moth.

0:13.0

And the doctor says, well, you need a psychiatrist. He said, yeah, yeah, I know, but your light was on.

0:17.0

I'm Rico Galliano. I'm Brendan Francis Noonam, and this is the on.

0:22.4

I'm Rico Gagliano.

0:27.8

I'm Brendan Francis Nuneum, and this is the dinner party download, the show that helps you win this weekend's dinner party.

0:29.0

Although this time around, we have already sort of failed you, actually.

0:32.4

Yeah, because we just gave you a joke from author Alexander Maxick to help break the ice.

0:37.1

That's right, great writer, by the way.

0:38.3

His new book is called You Deserve Nothing.

0:40.2

Yes, but it turns out that the audience deserves an apology because a few months ago,

0:45.8

we had another guest on the show telling the same joke.

0:49.2

In fact, here it is.

0:50.7

So this moth flies into a doctor's office. He sees the doctor.

0:55.4

He says, Doc, you've got to help me.

0:56.9

And he says, I'm having a hard time.

0:57.6

I'm really depressed.

0:58.5

I don't know what I'm going to do.

1:00.3

You know, can't help me, please.

1:01.5

And he says, I can't help you.

1:02.7

I'm a chiropractor.

1:15.3

He says, you need to. David Hidalgo of the band Los Lobos, ladies and gentlemen, just as mildly funny the second time around.

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