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Make My Day with Josh Gondelman

Make My Day Episode 35: Candlemania, a Livestream Hanukkah Special with Gary Gulman, Emmy Blotnick, and Niccole Thurman

Make My Day with Josh Gondelman

Radio Point

News, Society & Culture, Comedy, Politics

4.9754 Ratings

🗓️ 15 December 2020

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Gary Gulman (The Great Depresh), Emmy Blotnick (Party Nights), and Niccole Thurman (Shrill, Grace & Frankie) compete to cheer Josh up! This episode was recorded as a livestream Make My Day show a couple of weeks ago, and it's the first one where the contestants compete AGAINST each other! No spoilers, but it ends with a big donation to Fair Fight to help protect voting rights ($1,347 including ticket sales for the livestream). Plus, pep talks based on requests from the live audience! Donate to Fair Fight: https://fairfight.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Oh my gosh, hello everyone. Hi. This is, this is it. We're doing the show. This is me. I'm Josh

0:11.2

Gondelman. Welcome everyone at home to make my day. It's a comedy game show. It's a podcast.

0:16.9

And right now, you're watching me, but I can't, I can't see you. This is very exciting.

0:22.6

I'm so thrilled you're here. The show, if you don't know, is, as I said, a comedy game show,

0:27.7

because the world is a hard place. So we try to make it a little nicer, a little more friendly

0:32.8

and gentle for a little while every week. I have three guests tonight. They're amazing.

0:38.4

They're going to play a series of games designed for them to try to cheer me up with their answers. Usually,

0:44.2

the contestants on the show play individually or collaboratively. Tonight, it's competitive

0:49.3

for the first time ever. Three guests playing against each other. This is huge dynamic. This is

0:54.1

different.

0:54.9

The winner will receive a $100 donation to the cause of their choice, which I hope is fair fight,

1:01.7

Stacey Abrams organization for promoting voting rights, because that is what a portion of everyone's

1:06.8

ticket went to. So thank you so much for doing that. This is so exciting. Also, at the end, each contestant will give pep talks requested by members of our audience. We have a

1:16.9

bunch. If someone needs a pep talk on a certain subject, throw it in the chat. We'll see if we can get

1:21.8

to it. I have a bunch that people told me when they bought the tickets. Oh, also, this is our Make My Day Hanukkah special.

1:30.4

It's a welcome place for people who don't celebrate Hanukkah,

1:33.5

but it's a Hanukkah special.

1:36.4

I know this might be a surprise to some people,

1:38.5

but this is how, as a Jew, I feel every time I walk into Walgreens

1:42.8

from Thanksgiving through Christmas.

1:45.3

Just like, oh, more Christmas than I expected in my ears and in my eyes.

1:50.5

So enjoy Extra Hanukkah, folks. It's time to introduce tonight's contestants. I am so psyched.

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