Hi, welcome to my podcast. It's called Fitzdog Radio. It is done in Venice Beach, California. It's

summer, 2024 and I've got a great guest today. Laura Kightlinger, a lot of

people know her,

some people don't.

She's one of the hottest writers for the last 25 years in LA.

She's a stand-up comic with five or six specials, HBO Comedy Central. Anyway, she'll be on later.

Right now, let's talk about it, The Olympics! I gotta tell you something, I've loved the Olympics I got to tell you something I've loved the Olympics since I can remember in

1976 Bruce Jen I'm sorry it's Caitlin but when I was a kid in 76

Caitlin was from my hometown of Tarritown, New York.

She had all the records at the high school, Sleepy Hollow High School,

and it was a very big deal.

And when she won the Olympics,

she had a parade through town and we all showed up and we cheered and it was a big

deal there's not too many people that captured the imagination of an Olympics

the way Caitlin Jenner did back then.

There was Olga Corbett.

There was Mark Spitz at a certain point.

There was obviously Michael Phelps. And now we have, uh, what's your name? The little tiny Olympic gymnast. Why am I forgetting her name?

Anyway, I've gotten way into it this year. It crept up on me. I didn't think I'd be excited me and the wife have watched

every fucking night maybe because she broke her foot we went on a bike ride a week ago

and she went over a curb went over the handlebars and broke her foot.

So, which is such a bummer because like summer is here, we want to go to the beach, and she's a dula and she has a baby that's about to be born,

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