Everyone’s a comedian

Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen

PRX

Arts

4.6 • 675 Ratings

🗓️ 2 August 2018

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Ken Jennings got famous for his record-breaking run on “Jeopardy!” But he stayed famous for his keen wit, and he joins Kurt Andersen to talk about his new book on the history and future of comedy, “Planet Funny.” Mira T. Lee explains how a Picasso painting, “Girl in a Mirror,” found its way into her debut novel. And the versatile 8-person vocal ensemble, Roomful of Teeth, performs their hauntingly beautiful music in our studio.

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0:00.0	From PRX
0:03.4	This is Studio 360.
0:09.8	I'm Curtis, and I'm sitting on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.
0:12.9	This first level of garden.
0:14.2	This is Thomas Jefferson's vegetable garden.
0:16.1	I like to have the roasted chicken base.
0:17.7	Very well done.
0:18.9	Editing is all about timing.
0:20.6	I try to get a little bit away from the actual subject.
0:23.2	You must get sick of your own voice, right?
0:25.6	Studio 360.
0:27.6	It's good.
0:28.2	Anderson.
0:29.5	Less than a minute now.
0:30.4	Tool time for 200.
0:32.4	That is Ken Jennings, who holds the record for the longest winning streak on Jeopardy.
0:37.7	It's not a show known for being very funny.
0:41.7	Alex Trebek tries, but it's got his moments.
0:44.6	Here's an episode with Jennings from 2004.
0:47.0	This term for a long-handled gardening tool can also mean an immoral pleasure seeker.
0:53.0	Ken?
0:53.3	What's a hoe?
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