Welcome to the dinner party.

This is your icebreaker.

So this is a joke my dad used to tell my dad was kind of like the king of bad jokes,

and this is my kind of go-to.

A mummy walks into a bar.

A bartender says, hey, you look like you need to unwind.

Rohn, I'm Brendan Francis Noonam.

And I'm Rico Gagliano.

And from APM American Public Media, this is The Dinner Party,

the culture show that gives you an edge in your weekend conversations.

You just got a joke from Peter Silberman of the band The Antlers.

That'll help break the ice.

They're releasing a new EP this week. That's way better than that joke.

By several orders of magnitude, I should say.

Later we speak with British comedy phenom Simon Amstel about his new one-man show, Numb.

Also coming up, star singer and music revivalist Michael Feinstein, and comedian Jimmy J.J. Walker answers your etiquette questions.

This show is going to be. Don't say it. Dino mite. No. But first, the news. But for you,

dear podcasters, let's skip the hourly NPR news and go straight to more show.

I'm Brendan Francis Nuneum. I'm Rico Gagliano. Welcome to the dinner party, the culture show that gives you an edge in your weekend conversations.

Later, Michael Feinstein, singer, pianist, and champion of the Great American Songbook, shares some of his favorite rare records.

Nice.

Ben Halen is in that songbook, right?

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