Man at His Worst | The Press Box (Ep. 575)

The Press Box

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4.4 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2019

⏱️ 54 minutes

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The alleged attack on actor Jussie Smollett (03:00), Esquire in 2019 (26:30), and the first real dumb controversy of the 2020 presidential campaign (39:30). Hosts: Bryan Curtis and David Shoemaker Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	What's up guys, it's Liz Kelly and welcome to the Ringer Podcast Network.
0:05.1	Each day starting on Monday, February 18th, the big picture will be hosting six Oscar
0:09.3	preview videos leading up to Sunday's ceremony.
0:12.1	Sean Fennesy hosts with a variety of other ringer staffers covering everything you need
0:15.8	to know about this season's Oscar race.
0:18.6	You can watch these videos at youtube.com slash the ringer or catch the highlights on the
0:22.9	ringer's Instagram and Twitter.
0:28.9	David Comedy Central announced that in its post daily show slot, it is pursuing a politics
0:37.6	free show hosted by David Spade, late of Saturday Night Live.
0:45.0	What I want to know is, who is your ideal person to host a politics free comedy show?
0:53.5	Wow.
0:54.5	Well, last time I saw David Spade, he was on Norm McDonald's Netflix show and I think
0:58.4	Norm McDonald should get a vote in this conversation.
1:01.2	No matter what, just for sheer, I mean, you can't turn away because of the power of his
1:06.6	awkwardness.
1:07.6	If you want to, okay, I love that also that it's a news story that Comedy Central is going
1:12.4	apolitical for a half hour slot and there's just this treasured time slot.
1:18.3	I mean, obviously, if you're saying something that's non-political or apolitical, you've
1:22.9	got to go like Jerry Seinfeld, right?
1:25.1	Or something even more like family, if you want to go the more like family friendly
1:29.5	route, you could say, Jeff Foxworthy springs to mind, although he might be even too
1:35.5	anodine for that.
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