Fake News Headlines: The Game Show
The Political Orphanage
Andrew Heaton
4.9 • 1000 Ratings
🗓️ 26 February 2021
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
We're gamifying funny headlines! Everyone on the show gets a funny headline, but some are real and some are fake news. Each team hears the headlines, asks probing questions, then guesses which is real and which is fictitious.
Host: Andrew Heaton
Team Captains: Andrew Young and Jeremey Kareken
Guests: Nicholas Sperdute, Brian Sack, Jack Helmuth, Andrea Jones-Rooy
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| 0:00.0 | It is Friday and I am tired of being thoughtful and tired of reading and I'm not going to do it anymore. |
| 0:06.6 | I'm going to discuss funny headlines with some of my funny friends this week. |
| 0:11.1 | Way more funny friends than usual. |
| 0:13.0 | Actually double the amount of funny friends than usual and on top of that |
| 0:16.8 | most of them are going to lie to me and to you. |
| 0:20.4 | I'm going to explain that format in a moment but first I want to introduce the guests. Let's kick it off to the team captains. Hello, Andrew Young. |
| 0:27.0 | Hello. You've been on before, and you're funny. |
| 0:30.0 | Yes, welcome, Hedon. And thank you very much. A pleasure to be here. I'm honored to be on the show and you've risen you're now in a leadership position within this comedy framework. |
| 0:39.0 | It was inevitable any time I'm entered into a group I try to seize power. |
| 0:42.8 | Yes, that is true. |
| 0:44.2 | And the two people that are on your team today |
| 0:47.1 | are Dr. Andrea Jones Roy, a comedian and political science professor. |
| 0:51.2 | Hello Andrea. |
| 0:52.1 | Hello, thank you for having me. Thank you for having me on your esteemed team. |
| 0:56.0 | Oh, very welcome. |
| 0:58.0 | Yes. |
| 0:59.0 | Yep, and on top of that you also have Jack Helmouth, |
| 1:02.0 | who is one of the co-hosts of |
| 1:03.2 | questionable material hello jack hello Andrew Eden I'm not a doctor yes that's true we've |
| 1:08.6 | only got one doctor in the house at the moment yeah however we do have another team leader that is Jeremy Kerrick and hello Jeremy. |
| 1:15.0 | Hi, I have an MFA. |
| 1:17.0 | Okay, good. |
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