Episode 32: Andy Borowitz, Cornography, Tipping Tips
The Dinner Party Download
American Public Media
4.6 • 821 Ratings
🗓️ 25 September 2009
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
This week: Brendan sizes up humorist Andy Borowitz…we unearth a corny communist plot…and Rico gets tips on tipping.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Dinner Party Download. |
| 0:04.0 | This is your icebreaker. |
| 0:06.0 | Okay, here's one. |
| 0:07.1 | Why didn't the Buddhist vacuum in the corner? |
| 0:10.4 | Because he has no attachment. |
| 0:16.2 | I'm Rico, Gagliano. |
| 0:17.9 | I'm Brendan Francis Nuneum. |
| 0:19.5 | And from the Francis Stanton Studios in Los Angeles, this is the dinner party download, the show |
| 0:24.3 | that helps you win your next dinner party. |
| 0:26.4 | Our icebreaker this week came from comedian Natasha Lagerro. |
| 0:30.2 | She's a regular on the TV show, Chelsea Lately. |
| 0:32.9 | And later, we'll be speaking with our guest of honor, humorist Andy Barowitz. |
| 0:37.1 | But first, small talk. |
| 0:42.8 | So, Brendan, this week the news read like the liner notes for a hip-hop album. |
| 0:47.4 | Which I often see you reading. |
| 0:48.8 | When am I not? |
| 0:50.8 | The G20 kicked off in Pittsburgh. |
| 0:52.8 | That's a hard crew. |
| 0:54.0 | The gang of six released their health care proposal. I have all their comic books. Am I Not? The G20 kicked off in Pittsburgh. That's a hard crew. |
| 0:57.1 | The gang of six released their health care proposal. |
| 0:58.6 | I have all their comic books. |
| 1:05.5 | And General McChrystal, aka Method Man, said he needed more troops in Afghanistan. |
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