Welcome to the dinner party download.

This is your icebreaker.

So a guy walks into an empty bar and orders a beer.

The bartender comes down and gives him the beer and then walks all the way to the other end of the bar and he's sitting there watching TV.

Guy takes a drink of his beer and he hears his little voice go, hey, nice shirt.

Looks around, couldn't see anybody.

Takes another drink and he hears a voice go,

Love those pants.

I'm wondering what's going on.

Takes one more drink and then here's the voice again go,

Great shoes, where did you get those?

He said, bartender, come here.

Bartender walks bed down and goes,

listen, man, I don't think I'm going crazy,

but I keep hearing a voice and there's nobody else in the

bar but me. The bartender says, well, what did the voice keep saying? Well, he said nice pants,

nice shirt, and it loved my shoes. Bartender goes, oh, that's the nuts. They're complimentary.

I'm Brendan Francis Noonam. I'm Rico Gagliano, and from the Frank Stanton Studios in Los Angeles, this is the Dinner

Party download, the show that helps you win your next dinner party.

Our icebreaker this week came from Maddie Stout, the voice of Stitcher Radio.

Thank you very much, Matt.

And later we'll be speaking with our guest of honor, Pop Maestro Ed Harcourt.

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