Le Show For The Week Of January 5, 2025
Le Show
Harry Shearer
4.6 • 972 Ratings
🗓️ 5 January 2025
⏱️ 56 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | here it is from deep inside your audio device of choice ladies gentlemen it's not every day |
| 0:10.3 | or every week or every year for goodness sake that one finds oneself about eight blocks away from a |
| 0:20.4 | terrorist event. |
| 0:22.5 | But that was my New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, not that this is about me. |
| 0:28.2 | But yeah, one of the salient facts about the French Quarter of New Orleans, which was not really covered by the mass of coverage, |
| 0:41.6 | is that it's really two different neighborhoods, two different areas. |
| 0:46.8 | You have the tourist part, which you saw, which you've seen, if you've ever been to New Orleans. |
| 0:52.9 | And then there's the hidden away residential part, which I'm not going to tell you how to find. |
| 0:58.7 | We don't want you there. |
| 1:00.2 | No, we want you there, but, you know, one at a time. |
| 1:04.9 | Obviously, this guy, I'm not going to mention his name. |
| 1:08.9 | His name should be forgotten as soon as possible. |
| 1:11.8 | It's the least we can do. We remember the names of people we honor, so why wouldn't we forget |
| 1:17.1 | the people, the names of the people we dishonor? He came from Texas. Thank you, Governor Abbott. |
| 1:24.6 | Governor Abbott was sending migrants from Texas to other cities recently. |
| 1:32.9 | And this time he sent a Texan. |
| 1:36.0 | Born and bred. |
| 1:39.2 | The motives, the psychology, all of that have been relentlessly poured over by the talking heads this week. |
| 1:55.5 | But I have to share with you, ladies and gentlemen, the insight dubious, though it may be, of a local. |
| 2:07.3 | Bourbon Street is not where we go, as I said, it's a tourist attraction. |
| 2:13.8 | I don't think you go to the tourist attractions in any town that you live in, maybe occasionally, but not regularly. |
| 2:23.3 | And it has been the site of attractions over the years throughout the year. |
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