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The Brighter Side

Episode 24: The Road

The Brighter Side

The Last Podcast Network

Amber Nelson, Last Podcast Network, Leisure, Comedy, Ed Larson, Society & Culture

4.7636 Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2015

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

On a long and lonesome highway, east of Omaha, you can listen to the engine moanin' out it's one note song. You can think about the woman, or the girl you knew the night before. That's right, we're talking about the road. Joining the crew today is Danny Bedrosian of Parliament Funkadelic and Marie Anderson of the Reformed Whores!

Transcript

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0:00.0

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0:08.9

And hey, you're all be all on the bright side.

0:22.5

I said in my paycheck, call for my mother boost.

0:26.5

That's okay, and now I've got it to be.

0:30.9

All right side, you got to be on the bright side.

0:33.5

You got to be on the bright side.

0:36.3

Chuga, chugga, choo-choo-choo-choo-choo. All right. I've got an act that I've worked on for years and years that I love, and I can't wait to hit the road and see the great wild world. Chugga, chug-chug-a-choo-choo-choo-choo-choo-ch-choo. Oh, there's looks like there's a meth addict on the train.

1:10.9

Okay, chew. Oh, there's looks like there's a meth addict on the train. Okay, no big deal. Chugga, chugga, choo, chew. Oh, looks like a woman's giving birth. And I just want to do my act. And then look at all these crazy things happening around me. I can't. Gosh, I love it.

1:13.6

All right, everybody. Welcome to Brightest Island.

1:15.7

We're talking about the road.

1:19.2

Just stories from the road. That was my improvised riff.

1:21.0

Yeah. You like the chag-chug-chug-chug-choo-choo.

1:23.2

Very emotional. I love it. You just assume that everyone's just

1:26.1

living in the belly of a fucking empty train car.

1:30.1

That's how Amber sees herself on the road.

1:32.5

Oh, the circus on the fucking train.

1:35.2

I don't buy no tickets.

1:37.4

No.

1:38.5

I mean, we'll get to this later, but I think that trains and buses are the way to go.

1:43.1

Depending on where, if you have to go cross country

1:45.3

and you have a short amount of time. I think it's a very old and very hilarious way of looking at traveling and I love the chug-a-chug-chug-a-choo-choo-choochooch. I wish we could all just chug-a-chug-choo all the time. Oh, I love it. They don't check your ID. You can bring a bomb on the train.

1:42.1

Come on.

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