Episode 182: Non-Canonical Suspenders
Back to Work
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4.7 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 12 August 2014
⏱️ 87 minutes
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Summary
TOPIC: Thinking, Thinking, Thinking.
This week, Dan and Merlin talk about the inextricable links between thoughts, feelings, and behavior. They also take some time to fondly remember Robin Williams.
Links for this episode:
- BIOGRAPHY: Robin Williams Lifetime
Williams was bullied badly during childhood for being chubby and would often spend much of his time playing alone in the family's large home to avoid his tormentors. Eventually, he conquered his overweight label though by joining the wrestling and tracks teams, and realised he could make the other children laugh as a way of gaining respect from them. - Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life: Steve Martin: 9781416553656: Amazon.com: Books
- Chris Evans (actor) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Christopher Robert "Chris" Evans (born June 13, 1981)[1] is an American actor and film director. Evans is best known for his superhero roles as Johnny Storm / Human Torch in Fantastic Four (2005) and Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007) - [VIDEO] Craig Ferguson and Robin Williams Interview
- ThereIsHelp - Mefi Wiki
- Remembering Robin Williams | Best Of MetaFilter
Among many stories and reminiscences, some members recall their IRL experiences with Robin Williams, "mensch, great talent... genuine soul" - ‘Captain America’ Star Chris Evans is Ready to Leave the Marvel Universe
- For A More Ordered Life, Organize Like A Chef : The Salt : NPR
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| 0:00.0 | Well, good morning, Merlin. |
| 0:02.8 | Good morning. |
| 0:04.8 | Good morning. |
| 0:05.8 | Good morning, good sir. |
| 0:08.0 | How are you? |
| 0:09.0 | How are you? |
| 0:10.0 | How's everything going with it? |
| 0:11.0 | Oh man, mine neck of the woods? |
| 0:12.6 | Man, it's a bleak time of year here in San Francisco. |
| 0:16.8 | Oh bleak. |
| 0:18.2 | It's a bleak. |
| 0:19.2 | It was acute for a while, but now it's not a so much. |
| 0:22.2 | That's a no good boss. |
| 0:24.9 | It's a cool dry humid warm San Francisco morning. |
| 0:33.4 | The poop is everywhere. |
| 0:35.4 | I saw you were tweeting about something that everybody was wearing hipster jeans and |
| 0:41.4 | the watin and either something going on in your neighborhood. |
| 0:44.0 | It's like, oh my god, it's. |
| 0:46.1 | What was that? |
| 0:47.1 | Well, there's a large, there's a large wang like park through the center, I guess, horizon |
| 0:54.9 | of San Francisco called Golden Gate Park and they do a thing there every year called |
| 0:57.7 | outside lands. |
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