Welcome to the Dinner Party Download. This is your icebreaker.

Here's a joke for you. What do you call a man with nobody and just a nose?

I don't know. Nobody knows.

I'm Brendan Francis Nuneum.

I'm Rico Gagliano and from APM American Public Media, this is The Dinner Party Download,

the culture show that gives you an edge in your weekend conversations.

You just got a joke from Tatiana Maslani.

That'll help rake the ice.

She's the Emmy-nominated star of the hit TV show, Orphan Black, which makes her just the person

to kick off this our first ever

all television episode. Yes, coming up, we'll hear from other giants of the small screen.

Some of these conversations are new, some of them are vintage, all of them are excellent.

That's right, because it's spring, time to stay indoors, eat clarendon, and watch shows.

Yes, avoid sunshine and fresh air at all costs.

Speaking of which, here's Norman Lear,

producer of some of the most groundbreaking TV in history,

including all in the family,

telling us about the first time he got addicted to the tube

just after World War II.

Yes, my wife, my child and I,

drew about to California.

I was going to look for work as a publicist.

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