Ruth Wisse (Encore)

The Eric Metaxas Show

Metaxas Media

Religion & Spirituality

4.7 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 21 September 2021

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Ruth Wisse shares her fascinating life story which she's compiled in her new book, "Free As A Jew: A Personal Memoir of National Self-Liberation." (Encore Presentation)

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Eric Metaxis show with your host, Eric Metaxus.
0:15.3	Hey, folks, happy Monday. It's the Eric Metaxus show. Today, I forget who we're talking to, but I know who we're talking to right now.
0:24.2	You're naked. I think it's Victoria Jackson. Victoria, I hear your voice.
0:29.6	Yeah, my husband's walking around with no shirt on, knowing I'm on the air right now.
0:36.3	I wanted to talk to you because I know you were friends with Norman McDonald.
0:40.1	Norm McDonald passed away a few days ago, kind of shocking everybody, 61 years old.
0:45.6	I can't see Victoria, by the way.
0:46.9	There she is.
0:47.4	Victoria, you knew Norm.
0:49.7	You worked on SNL.
0:51.5	He worked on SNL.
0:53.0	I only recently appreciated how extraordinary he was, how he wasn't afraid to say anything.
1:02.2	And you knew him.
1:03.9	How did you know him?
1:04.9	I mean, did you know him on SNL?
1:08.6	No, I was on before him.
1:11.0	What happened was I was asked to be the host of a Palm Springs show, and they gave me some stand-up comics tapes, VHS.
1:22.4	It was probably, I don't know, 90, I don't know.
1:26.6	And I looked through the mall, and I didn't like any of the stand-ups.
1:30.4	I was like, I was the host of this show.
1:33.8	And they said, I could pick the talent.
1:36.1	I'm like, really?
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