Hello kids, this is Risk.

The show where people tell true stories they never thought they'd dare to share.

I'm Kevin Allyson and every Thursday we release these special episodes that we're calling

classic Risk Singles.

Each of these episodes features just one story from our earlier years.

If you're new to Risk, you should know that the podcast can be very uncensored.

This week an all-time favorite story by Elna Baker.

It appeared on the very first holiday stories episode of Risk in December of 2011, and

it's called For the Love of Nubbins.

So I moved to New York to do acting, and I never auditioned.

I've actually still, I've never been cast once in anything.

The first acting job I actually was able to get was as a toy demonstrator at FAO shorts.

And it's an acting job.

You work retail, but basically you have to audition.

You read a monologue by Princess Pretty.

And then for two weeks, you have to rotate from toy to toy so they have confidence that

you can do this.

And there's like the fun toys, like I like being on jewelry because I would just make earrings

for myself all day, and yours is to give them to the kids I never did.

But then there were like sucky toys like band in the box where it's like maracas, a tambourine,

and clapper.

And you do that for eight hours.

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