Episode 286: Best of 2014
The Dinner Party Download
American Public Media
4.6 • 821 Ratings
🗓️ 2 January 2015
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
We are kicking off 2015 by rounding-up some of our (and your!) favorite moments from 2014. Actor Jeffrey Tambor talks parenting — in real life and television … Grilled cheese sandwiches fall from the sky … Anjelica Huston will not be forgotten … A collection of all-star etiquette wisdom from Billy Eichner, Mel Brooks, Betty […]
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Dinner Party Download. This is your icebreaker. |
| 0:05.0 | What does Geronimo say when he jumps off a cliff? |
| 0:09.0 | Me! |
| 0:11.0 | I'm Brendan Francis Nuneum. |
| 0:17.0 | I'm Rico Gagliano and from APM American Public Media, this is The Dinner Party Download, the culture show that helps you win your dinner party. |
| 0:24.9 | You just got a joke from movie star Greta Gerwig. |
| 0:27.3 | That'll help break the ice. |
| 0:29.0 | And believe it or not, that was one of the best jokes we've heard all year, which is why we chose it to kick off this, our annual best of dinner party download episode. |
| 0:37.2 | Don't worry, it gets better. Coming up, you will hear some of our favorite moments of 2014 |
| 0:41.7 | featuring Angelica Houston, Jeffrey Tambour, and etiquette advice from Mel Brooks, because, of course. |
| 0:47.6 | Plus, musician Jesse Ware DJs your dinner party. We blast off with science guy Bill Nye, |
| 0:52.4 | writer Marlon James evokes the spirit of Bob Marley, |
| 0:55.4 | and it rains grilled cheese. Crazy, but first, small talk. This is the part of the show where |
| 1:00.5 | journalists tell us about odd news items they'll be talking about at parties. Here's a mashup of our |
| 1:05.1 | favorites, starting with this one from Fast Company magazine's Rahan Harmancy. I'm going to be |
| 1:09.9 | talking about a $2 million dog. |
| 1:13.2 | Really? |
| 1:13.8 | Is this like a new TV show, like Million Dollar Man? |
| 1:16.7 | Is it half robot? |
| 1:18.0 | It's a $2 million actual dog. |
| 1:20.0 | What makes it worth $2 million? |
| 1:21.8 | Well, it's a Tibetan Mastiff that was just sold at a pet expo in China. |
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