Krampus, the Anti-Santa: A Brief History

The History of Fun

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Film Reviews, Tv & Film, Hobbies, Video Games, Leisure

4.8 • 605 Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2018

⏱️ 40 minutes

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0:00.0	Hello, welcome to the history of fun where we explore the hidden back stories of the things you love.
0:14.1	My name is Russ Frustick, and today I'm joined by Allegra Frank.
0:16.6	Hello, Allegra.
0:17.4	Hello, Russ.
0:18.7	Oh, that's my voice. I'm a newscaster.
0:20.9	And I'm also joined by Chris Plant, who is our expert today on a very interesting topic.
0:27.7	And a topic that I wouldn't say is, quote, fun, but I think it's fun and silly.
0:33.1	It's incredibly fun.
0:34.7	Oh, now I'm really excited.
0:36.8	I will get you there, because I am here to defend the fun. Oh, okay. Now I'm really excited. I will get you there because I am here to defend the fun of my topic.
0:43.0	Okay.
0:45.0	Normally I would do kind of the elevator pitch, right?
0:48.8	Sure.
0:49.6	But today.
0:50.9	Last time you did this, you didn't do one either.
0:53.0	So now you're giving up on that entirely.
0:55.2	Two weeks-time.
0:55.6	No, no, no, this is kind of that.
0:57.4	It's still kind of the same thing.
0:59.4	Go with me.
1:00.2	I'm going to read an excerpt from the New York Times.
1:05.2	Okay.
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