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Larry Miller Show

Jeff Fox

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4.6 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 18 January 2020

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Inspired by the movie "The Big Easy," Larry recalls some fond memories of working in that great American city, New Orleans. Larry also gives a tip of the hat to the late Buck Henry and recites the poem "Change" by Ella Wheeler Wilcox. https://LarryMillerShow.com

Quote of the week: "Three fingers of whiskey in a number four washtub."

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0:00.0	And now live from Level 5 productions on the Island of Mileronia, it's the Larry Miller Show. The Good evening Mr. and Mrs. America and everyone who's always wanted a brand new Searsucker suit. Hi folks and welcome back to the Larry Miller show.
0:39.0	I'm Larry Miller, but in a way aren't we all?
0:42.0	And boy, oh boy, it's beautiful here today.
0:46.0	I'm on the mainland, and of course so is Colonel Jeff.
0:49.0	We are going to be on Miloronia,
0:51.0	but well, there's a big cold going around and colder flu and the
0:56.5	colonel and I were talking about this of I don't even know the difference he
1:00.0	doesn't even know the difference maybe you don don't know the difference. Well I have
1:03.7	a cold, I have the flu. What's the difference? At any rate, he's feeling fine
1:11.2	much, much, much better and he said no I'm coming to stately
1:16.4	Miller Manor and let's do our show and I said and you are but you know what he did come and we're we're happy to be with
1:27.0	you guys so thank you and welcome and but well we're happy we always always we love show business we love our show and you know what that yes I've said it before and I'll say it again. The music helps so much. I love our music. That's of course the Buck Henry Orchestra and the Sioux Lion Dancers featuring Boy Tener Brad Simpson asking the musical question,
1:56.0	unlike warfare, how is it that in stand-up comedy you can bomb without killing and kill without bombing.
2:05.0	That's a good one, Brad.
2:07.0	And by the way, exactly true.
2:09.0	It's exactly true.
2:11.0	It made me think, and I was talking to the kernel about this. Why did show business have so many violent words to describe itself?
2:20.0	If you think about it, you've heard them all dying on stage. Oh, he was dying on stage or break a leg
2:27.5	Doing a hit on a show like Anderson Cooper sale of the Tonight's show. Yeah, I'm doing a hit on Anderson Cooper say or the Tonight Show? Yeah, I'm doing a hit on Anderson
2:34.5	Cooper. Oh, all right and things like knock them dead, knock them dead, or I
2:40.6	slayed them. You know, those are all pretty tough words, but bombing and killing are great examples,
2:50.0	Brad, and by the way, if you think about about it they actually mean two different things
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