Episode 269: Mel Brooks, Greta Gerwig, and AC Newman
The Dinner Party Download
American Public Media
4.6 • 821 Ratings
🗓️ 6 September 2014
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
This week: Comedy legend Mel Brooks reanimates “Young Frankenstein” then offers priceless etiquette advice (warning: may include death threats, flatulence, gallows humor, and uncontrollable laughter)… Actress Greta Gerwig (“Frances Ha”) tries a love story on for size… AC Newman of indie rock super-group The New Pornographers spins a party soundtrack that’s so cool, it’ll annoy you… […]
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Dinner Party Download. This is your icebreaker. |
| 0:06.0 | What does Geronimo say when he jumps off a cliff? |
| 0:10.0 | Me! |
| 0:12.0 | I'm Brendan Francis Noonam. |
| 0:18.0 | I'm Rico Gagliano and from APM American Public Media, this is The Dinner Party Download, |
| 0:24.1 | the culture show that helps you win your dinner parties. |
| 0:26.6 | You just got a joke from actor and writer Greta Gerwig. |
| 0:29.6 | That'll help break the ice. |
| 0:31.0 | She contributed to a new literary collection called Warned Stories, and we'll hear more from her later. |
| 0:36.0 | Plus, it's the 40th anniversary of the movie Young |
| 0:38.3 | Frankenstein. So we invited its director to come by and celebrate Mel Brooks joins us to talk |
| 0:44.1 | about his career and answer your etiquette questions. It's going to be great. Also coming up, |
| 0:48.2 | A.C. Newman, front man of Canadian pop band The New Pornographers shares a dinner party playlist |
| 0:53.3 | and we learn about North America's |
| 0:54.9 | first cat cafe. |
| 0:56.4 | Bring your Clarendon. |
| 0:57.2 | Indeed. |
| 0:57.6 | But first, as at any dinner party, we start with small talk. |
| 1:03.2 | All week, you've been hearing these headlines. |
| 1:05.5 | Joan Rivers, the famous comedian, has passed away. |
| 1:09.5 | A federal jury has convicted former Virginia governor Bob McDonnell and his wife Maureen of corruption. |
| 1:15.7 | NFL kickoff is upon us. |
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