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(LIVE) Disco Demolition Night (Entry 356.AC1919)

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History, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 18 September 2018

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

In which the war between album-oriented rock and its mortal enemy disco boils over into the worst baseball promotion in history, and Ken reveals what 1970s music they play in heaven. Certificate #25815.

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We are Ken Jennings and John Roderick. We speak to you from our present, which we can

0:16.0

only assume is your distant past, the turbulent time that was the early 21st century.

0:21.6

Fearing the great cataclysm that will surely befall our civilization, we began this

0:25.5

monumental reference of strange and obscure human knowledge.

0:28.8

These recordings represent our attempt to compile and preserve wonders and esoterica that would otherwise be lost.

0:35.0

So whether you're listening from an advanced civilization or have just reinvented the technology to decrypt our transmissions,

0:41.0

this is our legacy to you.

0:43.6

This is our time capsule.

0:45.5

This is the omnibus. Oh, You have accessed entry 356.

1:16.2

A.C.1919 certificate number 25815.

1:22.2

Disco demo. certificate number 25815.

1:24.0

Disco Demolition Night.

1:26.0

There may be more than records flying.

1:29.0

Kids are running around.

1:31.0

I don't see how the security guards really can do anything but apprehend a kid

1:37.0

or two and take them out. They're trying to rescue the batting cage now short center. So John you and I have spent considerable

1:47.4

time educating the far future about the importance of world's fairs and

1:51.2

expos one of our favorite things.

1:53.6

This is the first time though we have actually performed our historical duty

1:56.7

on an actual World's Fair ground.

1:59.1

That's right, a World's Fair that I would like to add on a personal note was the idea of my great Uncle Al.

2:06.5

Your Uncle Al thought of the 1962 Seattle.

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