Episode 197: Jamie Foxx, Macklemore, and Gollum’s Grandparents
The Dinner Party Download
American Public Media
4.6 • 821 Ratings
🗓️ 18 April 2013
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
This week: Oscar-winner Jamie Foxx plays Django and table tennis… JEOPARDY! champ Ken Jennings answers our *etiquette* questions (minus the buzzer)… “Thrift Shop” rap stars Macklemore & Ryan Lewis spin a playful party playlist… “The Splendid Table’s” Lynne Rosetto-Kasper is haunted by the ghost of Christmas-party past… “The Hobbit” FX mastermind Joe Letteri traces Gollum’s family tree back to Sherlock Holmes… And speaking of which, Rico learns to think like Sherlock Holmes. Plus: Brazilian food rising, monkeys with no rhythm, and zen dogs.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the dinner party. This is your icebreaker. |
| 0:06.0 | You've probably heard this before, but what did the Zen Buddhist say to the hot dog guy? |
| 0:11.0 | I don't know. |
| 0:12.0 | Make me one with everything. |
| 0:14.0 | I'm Brendan Francis Nuneum. |
| 0:19.0 | I'm Rico Gagliano and from APM American Public Media, this is The Dinner Party Download, |
| 0:24.9 | the show that helps you win this week's dinner parties. |
| 0:27.5 | You just got a joke from author and greatest jeopardy contestant of all time, Ken Jennings. |
| 0:32.0 | That'll help break the ice. |
| 0:33.1 | We'll be speaking with him later. |
| 0:34.7 | Also coming up, actor Jamie Fox, star the movie Django Unchained, |
| 0:38.7 | which comes out on DVD this week. Plus, superstar hip-hop duo Mack Lamore and Ryan Lewis |
| 0:43.0 | suggest tunes to play at your holiday party. And if you're wondering why we're talking about |
| 0:47.4 | the holidays, that's because this is an encore rebroadcast of a show that first aired in December. |
| 0:52.1 | It's a great one, so we're giving you the gift of hearing it again. |
| 0:55.0 | You are welcome. |
| 0:56.3 | So cast your mind back to a time of sugar plums and draodles when, as at any dinner |
| 1:00.6 | party, we started with small talk. |
| 1:05.0 | All week long, you've been hearing these headlines. |
| 1:07.2 | In the fiscal cliff negotiations, we're close to a deal. But progress appears to have stalled. |
| 1:12.4 | Robert Bork, one of the most famous conservatives, has died at the age of 85. |
| 1:17.4 | South Korea has its first female president ever. |
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