Make My Day Episode 15: Those Are My Boys with Maria Sherman

Make My Day with Josh Gondelman

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News, Society & Culture, Comedy, Politics

4.9 • 754 Ratings

🗓️ 28 July 2020

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Maria Sherman (author of Larger Than Life: The History of Boy Bands From NKOTB to BTS) competes to cheer Josh up! Maria creates the next big boy band during a game of Best Band Ever, setting an all time Make My Day high score! She then donates her $100 grand prize to Rogelio Hernandez's efforts to feed uhoused people in Los Angeles. Plus, pep talks for dogs who are afraid of fireworks and teachers (whether or not they are afraid of fireworks)! BUY MARIA'S BOOK: https://www.blackdogandleventhal.com/titles/maria-sherman/larger-than-life/9780762468904/ Check out LA Community Fridges: www.instagram.com/lacommunityfridge Make a contribution to Rogelio Hernandez on Venmo: @rogiebro Follow Maria on Twitter: www.twitter.com/mariasherm Find a classroom to help fund via DonorsChoose: www.donorschoose.org Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, this is Josh Gondelman.
0:05.6	No, I'm sorry, I'm Josh Gondelman, and this is Make My Day, a comedy game show.
0:10.9	The world is a stressful place to live, and so every week for about 25 minutes, 30 minutes, 22 minutes, 31 minutes, we try to make it a little more pleasant.
0:20.0	Here's how the show works. I play a game with one guest who is guaranteed to win because they're the only contestant.
0:25.6	Throughout the game we play, I assign the points based on how much they cheer me up personally and how much each answer delights me.
0:31.6	The winner and only contestant then wins a $100 donation to the charity or aid cause of their choice.
0:37.5	And we each give a pep talk to the person or people of our choice.
0:41.7	Because the show isn't all about me, it's just mostly about me.
0:44.9	My guest today is a senior writer for Jezebel and the author of the brand new book,
0:49.4	Larger Than Life, which is a fascinating and beautifully illustrated book about boy bands and their fans.
0:54.9	Welcome to the show, Maria Sherman.
0:56.9	Hey, Maria, how are you doing?
0:58.2	I'm good. Thanks for having me. I did not illustrate the book.
1:02.2	That's, yeah, okay, yes. Who did?
1:04.1	His name is Alex Fine. He's this incredible illustrator out of Baltimore.
1:08.2	He was really responsive to all of my notes, which were mostly about like Harry
1:11.7	Stiles dimples and like jawline to cheekbone ratio. Now, do you say Harry Styles is more jawline or more
1:17.9	cheekbone? Oh, um, jawline. Wait, no, what does he look like? I started him all day long.
1:25.6	I was just thinking dimples and I was like, he didn't ask about that.
1:28.6	What else happens on that face?
1:30.0	He's very dimply.
1:31.2	He is very dimply.
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