Lewis Black, Syl Johnson & Annie Hart

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

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Society & Culture

4.7 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 29 July 2014

⏱️ 69 minutes

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[r] Hear Jesse’s interview with one of comedy’s greatest grumps: Lewis Black. He didn’t become a stand-up until his mid-thirties. Find out why he left the theater for comedy and why he actually considers himself a family comic. The answer will surprise you. Then Jesse talks to Syl Johnson – the soul singer who has been sampled on countless hip-hop records -- about turning down the record deal that ended up going to Al Green. Andrew Noz shares some of his favorite hip hop tracks, and Annie Hart of Au Revoir Simone reveals the hardcore song that changed her life.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm D.W. from Houston.
0:03.0	Hi, I'm Kristen from San Francisco.
0:05.6	Hi, I'm Graham from Vancouver, Canada.
0:09.3	Bullseye with Jesse Thorn is produced independently and supported by listeners like you and me.
0:13.9	You should support the show like I did. It's easy.
0:16.6	Just visit MaximumFun.org-flashdonate.
0:19.9	Yes.
0:21.7	I'm Jesse Thorn, Lewis Black this week on the show.
0:25.6	How did you start your career in theater?
0:29.4	This was the hook.
0:31.4	They usually have a talent show in high school.
0:33.8	Usually the talent show is two old bitties in a attic going through pictures and then they...
0:39.5	Someone sings a song and someone does a dance and it's just...
0:42.9	Lewis, I don't mean to interrupt your story.
0:45.2	But usually a talent show... I know the song in the dance part.
0:49.6	What is the two old bitties in an attic going through pictures?
0:53.0	That's not part of a talent show. That is something that really is.
0:56.4	You've got to remember it's 1964.
0:59.7	It's 1966.
1:01.3	You know, seriously, we had two ants in an attic looking at pictures and that would be like the start off point.
1:09.1	Oh, it's like a con... It's like a sketch or something?
1:11.6	Yeah, a little thing that helped open it up.
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