S3E1: The Attack

First Day Back

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Comedy, Society & Culture, Personal Journals

4.6 • 657 Ratings

🗓️ 23 January 2019

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

What happens on stage to set in motion comedian Jason’s Weem’s first day back story? On May 3, 2017, Jason collapsed at a Philadelphia comedy club after suffering a near fatal asthma attack. We hear a blow-by-blow account of Jason’s night as it shifts from raucous to downright terrifying.

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0:00.0	Hi, a quick note before we start.
0:02.2	If you have young listeners with you,
0:03.9	please be advised that this podcast contains strong language.
0:07.7	Okay, let's start the show.
0:12.2	Hi, that's a noise right now.
0:13.8	I'm all the way from Beigoy and back from heaven.
0:16.8	Pick it up for Jason.
0:18.6	Ring!
0:21.5	Yes.
0:25.4	I'm alive, motherfuckers.
0:28.3	Oh, I'm so happy. I'm alive.
0:34.5	Jason Weems is one of Baltimore's biggest comedians.
0:39.7	One night, while he was performing, he had a severe asthma attack on stage.
0:43.0	When his eyes went back in his head, it was like, everything changed.
0:45.6	I screamed, someone called 911, we need help.
0:47.1	And I knew he had kids.
0:50.7	And so I was like, am I watching somebody's dad die?
0:54.3	The attack was so bad, his heart stopped.
0:55.5	I mean, he was dead.
0:56.5	He was totally dead.
0:59.9	It was an awful thing to see.
1:03.5	I'm Talia Bacassas, and this is First Day Back,
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