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Introducing Edge of Fame (and Norm Macdonald AMA)

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WBUR

Reddit, Technology

4.22.7K Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2018

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Check out a new podcast from WBUR and the Washington Post called Edge of Fame.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Produced by the iLab at WBUR Boston.

0:07.0

Greetings, Amory. Uh-oh. Now what? Well, I know you're freaking out, right? Because

0:16.6

it's Sunday, we don't release endless thread episodes on Sunday. We do not. But we are a

0:22.5

show about things found on Reddit and you know what redditors love. Pizza? Yes, and just joking.

0:29.2

Jokes, they love jokes. Yeah, especially if they're like nine minute, nor McDonald jokes. And so,

0:34.7

I wanted to put a little teaser in our feed for Reddit and nor McDonald fans. Nor McDonald

0:40.0

of SNL's weekend update and comedy genius fame is one of the subjects of WBUR's upcoming podcast

0:46.7

Edge of Fame. This podcast is made with the Washington Post, which by the way also has a presence

0:52.4

on Reddit. Ben, if you try to say something like brand synergy right now, I'm gonna smack you.

0:57.8

I would smack myself first. But truly, we think you'll dig this new podcast Edge of Fame.

1:02.5

Nor McDonald is also doing an AMA on Reddit this week. Ask me anything, eh? All right, I'm into it.

1:09.6

Yeah, this is where like, redditors can ask, nor anything. And he answers those questions. He'll

1:14.4

be doing that on Monday the 29th. But today, nor McDonald's epic, moth joke. You'll hear a little

1:21.7

bit of Edge of Fame's host as well, Jeff Edgers. Take a gander. But for me, norms leaving SNL was

1:28.4

just the beginning. He starred in a movie called Dirty Work that didn't make a ton of money at the

1:33.2

box office, but was still very funny. He starred in two different sitcoms, and he developed a weird

1:39.8

sideline as one of the world's greatest late night talk show guests. I mean, one time he went on

1:45.4

Conan and told this moth joke. Seriously, you could boil this joke down to its essentials and tell

1:51.0

it in 20 seconds. You probably know it. The moth goes to a doctor because he's depressed.

1:57.0

A moth goes into a podiatrist's office, and the podiatrist office says, what's the problem?

2:02.9

And the moth says, what's the problem? Where do I begin, man? He goes, I go to work for a

2:10.0

Gregory Linovich. And all day long, I work.

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