Episode 38: Terry Gilliam, Japanese Heists and Cupcakes for Grownups

The Dinner Party Download

American Public Media

Society & Culture

4.6 • 821 Ratings

🗓️ 18 December 2009

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

This Week: Filmmaker Terry Gilliam holds the devil at bay… We learn about Japan’s most infamous heist… and Brendan meets a cupcake he actually likes. PLUS the Pixies’ Black Francis breaks the ice… and download a song from rock orchestra Citay.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the dinner party download.
0:04.0	This is your icebreaker.
0:06.0	All right, this is a joke, and I got this joke from Joey Santiago.
0:10.0	Okay, knock, knock.
0:12.0	Who's there?
0:14.0	Frank Sinatra.
0:15.0	Frank Sinatra, who?
0:16.0	Come on.
0:22.8	I'm Rico Gallagliano.
0:30.7	I'm Brendan Francis Nuneum, and from the Frankstanton Studios in Los Angeles, this is the dinner party download, the show that helps you win your next dinner party.
0:36.1	Our icebreaker this week was indeed from Black Francis of Rock and Roll Heroes, The Pixies.
0:37.2	And my middle namesake. And coming up, director Terry Gilliam, Charles Dickens' toothpick, the coolest robbery ever,
0:43.3	blistering guitar got Sitae, and a cupcake Brendan actually likes.
0:47.3	Believe it, but first, time for Small Talk.
0:50.3	So Rico, the big headline this week, you couldn't avoid it.
0:56.7	Tiger Woods caught sexting Joe Lieberman.
0:59.9	It's true.
1:01.3	No, it's not.
1:02.1	I'm just kidding.
1:03.5	But for just a second, like every newspaper editor in America was quietly thanking God for the early Christmas present.
1:10.1	Meanwhile, for actual news, you may not believe is true.
1:13.5	We spoke to our colleagues at Marketplace.
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