Robert Popper

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

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Society & Culture

4.7 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 31 August 2011

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Robert Popper is a British comedy writer behind projects like the BBC mock educational series "Look Around You" with Peter Serafinowicz and the new BBC America series "Friday Night Dinner". He's also an accomplished prankster. We'll talk to him about regressing to childhood in the company of your siblings and parents, the construction of some of his favorite comedy bits, and more.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Michael from Pittsburgh.
0:02.0	This is Laurel from Oakland.
0:04.0	Hey, I'm Allison from Cincinnati.
0:06.0	The Sound of Young America is an independent production
0:08.0	supported by listeners like me.
0:10.0	You should support this show, like I did.
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0:14.0	I'm Jesse Thorne, live on tape from my house in Los Angeles.
0:18.0	It's the Sound of Young America from maximumfund.org and PRI,
0:22.0	public radio, international.
0:24.0	It's the Sound of Young America.
0:26.0	I'm Shenny Jardin in for Jesse Thorne.
0:28.0	My guest is Robert Popper,
0:30.0	who's a producer and writer for the show Friday Night Dinner.
0:32.0	The show follows 20-something brothers Adam and Johnny as they go home
0:36.0	each Friday night for a Jewish family meal.
0:38.0	In this clip, grandma comes home for dinner
0:40.0	and brings gifts for everyone,
0:42.0	but she neglects one key player, her daughter.
0:44.0	Oh, this friend is the atom?
0:46.0	Oh, this friend is the atom?
0:48.0	Oh, this friend is the atom?
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