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The Gist

Picked The Wrong Week To Stop Sniffing Glue

The Gist

Peach Fish Productions

Daily News, News

4.53.7K Ratings

🗓️ 5 October 2023

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

The 1978 movie Airplane! was a disruptive force in comedy filmmaking, redefining what (and who) was funny. We discuss what went into making the iconic film—from joke density to the line that Sigourney Weaver just wouldn't say—with two of the films writer-directors, Jim Abrahams and David Zucker. They have authored a new book, Surely, You Can't Be Serious: The True Story of Airplane! Plus, the Peace Corps is rejecting applicants for mental health issues. And a tragic death leads to more disinformation about public security from a public official. Produced by Joel Patterson and Corey Wara Email us at thegist@mikepesca.com To advertise on the show, visit: https://advertisecast.com/TheGist Subscribe to The Gist Subscribe: https://subscribe.mikepesca.com/ Follow Mikes Substack at: Pesca Profundities | Mike Pesca | Substack Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

It's Thursday, October 5th, 2023 from Peach Fish Productions.

0:07.4

It's the Gisdy Mike Pasca.

0:09.9

You probably heard about this tragedy that happened the other day in New York City because

0:13.9

when tragedies occur here, the world tends to know.

0:17.1

A 32-year-old named Ryan Carson was stabbed to death on the streets of Bedford, Stivots

0:22.7

at 4 a.m.

0:24.4

And the morning and the pain was acute among those mornings was Julia Salazar, who was

0:29.7

a New York state senator and chair of the Crime Victims Crime Corrections Committee.

0:35.1

She's also a Democratic Socialist, as was, I believe, I think this is true, Ryan Carson.

0:39.7

He certainly, if not, a registered member of any party believed in causes like that.

0:45.6

And Salazar was mourning his life, but then she also took to Twitter to say, quote,

0:50.2

New York has the largest police force in the United States.

0:53.1

The U.S. has one of the highest incarceration rates in the world, a staggering figure.

0:56.8

In fact, and yet our city's violent crime rate far outpaces comparable international cities,

1:01.9

which have far less policing in jails.

1:04.4

And she added, it's why I demand evidence-based policy changes instead.

1:09.7

Along with countless New Yorkers who care deeply about public safety, I rely on public

1:14.2

transit every single day.

1:15.2

I do not own a car.

1:16.5

I intimately claim that she was a crime victim, no reason, disbeliever.

1:20.2

I intimately understand the fear of waiting for a bus at night.

1:23.4

More cops hasn't helped, except more cops has helped and they do help.

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