Welcome to the dinner party download.

This is your icebreaker.

Oh, my name is Leslie, Leslie Caron.

I'm not the kind to tell a joke to start party conversation.

Not at all.

That's the last thing I would do.

I'm Rico, Galleant. That's the last thing I would do.

I'm Rico, Gagliano.

I'm Brendan Francis Nuneum, and from American Public Media,

this is the dinner party download.

The show that helps you win your next dinner party.

Our icebreaker this week came from the star of Gigi and of an American in Paris, Leslie Caron.

One of the few people in the world who can start our show by not telling a joke.

Indeed. Who are the others?

That's top secret.

Geez. Coming up, filmmaker and area man Robert Siegel,

human bed warmers, Jackie Mason's brother, Aguamanian caveman, food trendology, coconuts, and night control.

That's a band.

And a way of life.

But first, time for small talk.

So Rico, in the headlines this week, the list of dead awesome people grew.

It's very sad.

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