Episode 231: Geoffrey Rush, and Aubrey Plaza & LeVar Burton LIVE
The Dinner Party Download
American Public Media
4.6 • 821 Ratings
🗓️ 14 December 2013
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Oscar-winning thespian Geoffrey Rush goes from burlesque to “The Book Thief”… “Parks and Recreation’s” Aubrey Plaza will not be mean on command … LeVar Burton, of “Reading Rainbow” fame, gets all Dirty Harry on a book “vandal”… We learn about a phone call that changed rock-and-roll history… rock critic and musician Joey Sweeney plays the […]
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| 0:20.4 | Welcome to the show. This is your icebreaker. Donate at dinner party download.org. Welcome to the show. |
| 0:21.6 | This is your icebreaker. |
| 0:23.4 | Okay, here's a joke. |
| 0:25.6 | Two penguins are crossing an iceberg. |
| 0:27.6 | One penguin turns to the other penguin and says, you look like you're wearing a |
| 0:30.6 | a tuxedo. |
| 0:31.6 | The other penguin says, well, maybe I am. |
| 0:36.0 | That's a joke? |
| 0:37.0 | Nobody ever laughs at it, but I always thought it was funny. |
| 0:42.9 | I'm Rico Gagliano. |
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| 0:53.2 | You just got a semi-joke from Andrew Bajalski, director of computer chess, |
| 0:58.0 | which just got nominated for a Spirit Award for Best Low Budget Film. |
| 1:01.0 | That'll help break the ice. |
| 1:02.0 | Maybe in Antarctica. |
| 1:04.0 | Or somewhere. |
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