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Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

Rob Corddry

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

NPR

Society & Culture

4.52.6K Ratings

🗓️ 22 December 2008

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Rob Corddry is an actor and comedian. For four years, he was a correspondent on The Daily Show. His most recent project is a web series for thewb.com called Children's Hospital.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi, I'm Ben from Norman, Oklahoma. The Sound of Young America is an independent production

0:05.1

supported by listeners like you and me. If you'd like to donate to support the show,

0:08.8

visit MaximumFun.org and click on donate. Live on tape from my house in Los Angeles. I'm Jesse

0:14.9

Thorn and this is the Sound of Young America from MaximumFun.org.

0:30.0

It's the Sound of Young America. I'm Jesse Thorn. My guest is the actor and comedian Rob

0:44.1

Cordray. Here he is covering the 2004 Boston Democratic National Convention for the Daily Show.

0:51.0

From Beacon Hill to Back Bay, from Burning Witches to Bussing Blacks, this city has something for

0:57.1

everyone. Unless you're Black. There's so much history here, like Fannual Hall,

1:06.5

Bunker Hill, the site of the Boston Tea Party. Of course everyone knows about this little piece of

1:12.5

Boston history. The Adam's in, where I treated Maureen Sullivan to my virginity, from 223.

1:20.3

Of course, Boston isn't all about my personal sexual history. It's also about entertainment.

1:29.2

Fenway Park, the world famous Green Monster. Growing up I had my own Green Monster.

1:36.5

Father Green.

1:41.6

But again, Boston's about so much more than my sexual history. Just ask my former scout

1:47.3

master Steve Mangone. I think Boston's an extremely unique city, and it's such a fast-moving type of

1:53.6

town. That seemed like a screwed-up kid, didn't you? Well, that's sort of harsh, Rob. I thought you

2:00.8

were a very happy scout, like all scouts who have many issues. So I had a lot of issues.

2:07.1

You, you had your share. It's the Sound of Young America. I'm Jesse Thorn. My guest on the program

2:13.9

Rob Cordray is probably best known as Correspondent on the Daily Show for about five years from 2002 to

2:21.4

2007 or so. He's also appeared in basically every comedic film released in the past, not quite

2:30.0

everyone, but most of the comedic films released in the past two years or so, including most recently

2:36.8

A Turn is the White House Press Secretary in the Oliver Stone Film. W, he has now

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