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Grownups Read Things They Wrote as Kids

Dan Misener

Kids, Grown Up, Society & Culture, Grown Ups Read Things They Wrote, Grown Ups, Journals, Juvenilia, Performing Arts, Children, Young, K-12, Society & Culture/personal Journals, Cbc Radio, Education/k-12, Education, Diary, Adults Read Things They Wrote As Kids, Things, Grownups, Cbc, Stuff, Read, Kids & Family, Gurttwak, Grttwak, Grown-ups, Comedy, Personal Journals, Adults, Diaries, Arts, Arts/performing Arts

4.7 • 653 Ratings

🗓️ 27 August 2018

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Leah accepts an Oscar, Dylan starts a horse club, Brian gets a blood test at camp, and much more. Recorded live at the Royal Cinema in Toronto. Show notesThe Secret Life of CanadaSupport GRTTWaK. Become a patron.Photos from our Toronto eventRate or review GRTTWaK in iTunesJoin the email newsletterUpcoming live eventsMusic by Podington Bear and LullatoneClosing theme is “Oh Dear Diary” by SloanTwitterInstagramFacebook

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0:00.0	When Leah was in junior high, she was pretty sure she was going to have a successful career in the film industry.
0:07.5	So, in anticipation of her future success, Leah prepared a few remarks.
0:13.9	I'd like to thank the Academy for this prestigious award. It is my great honor to be nominated,
0:26.6	and now be the winner.
0:33.6	I'd also like to thank my five children and my husband, Kiano Reeves.
0:48.9	That's Leah, prepped and ready to win an Oscar.
0:53.1	I'm Dan Meisner, and. This right now is grown-ups read
0:58.2	things they wrote as kids. How are you doing Toronto? It is very nice to see you tonight.
1:06.8	This is a show where we go back in time to remember the good, the bad, and the awkward parts of
1:12.9	growing up. This time, recorded live at the Royal Cinema in Toronto, we have homesick letters
1:18.6	from camp, a contrarian position on teen smoking, travel diaries from jet-setting adolescents,
1:26.3	and much, much more. This stuff is weird, it is wonderful,
1:30.4	and, like Leah's acceptance speech, it is by definition premature. So think about who you were,
1:37.7	when you were a kid, and stick around.
1:51.4	When Brian L nine, he went to summer camp for the very first time.
1:57.4	Camp lasted a couple of weeks, and while he was there, Brian wrote letters home to his family to let them know what he was up to.
2:00.2	Live on stage in Toronto, here's Brian.
2:03.5	Let's go back to the real Summer of Love, 1993.
2:08.9	July 31st, 1993, Dear Mom and Dad, well, I'm here at camp, and even though I'm kind of homesick,
2:15.7	things are starting to get better.
2:17.9	Tomorrow we start hugs, that's a Hebrew word that means activities, and even though I'm kind of homesick, things are starting to get better. Tomorrow we start hugs, that's a Hebrew word that means activities, and almost everybody
2:22.6	says days will go much faster when they start.
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