Same Name Friends
The Brian Lehrer Show
WNYC
4.6 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 1 November 2023
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
In honor of Bret Michaels adopting a heroic dog named Bret Michaels, we hear from listeners about people (or animals) they've met with the same exact name as them.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Brian Lear on WNYC and we'll wrap up today's show with your calls answering maybe you |
| 0:15.0 | rather peculiar question. |
| 0:17.6 | Have you ever met another human being or maybe a dog or a cat or another animal with the |
| 0:23.4 | exact same name as you two one two four three three WNYC two one two four three nine six nine |
| 0:32.8 | two have I ever what what is he asking have you ever met someone with the exact same name |
| 0:39.8 | as you human or other species and if so how did it go two one two four three WNYC caller |
| 0:48.1 | text two one two four three three nine six nine two and I don't just mean the same first name |
| 0:54.7 | as you but someone who shares your first name and your last name I know a bunch of you Brian's |
| 0:59.7 | out there love that we share the same first name I hear the glee in your voices when you get on |
| 1:04.6 | the air when you take your call it say hi Brian but are there any Brian Learers out there listening |
| 1:12.4 | right now I did once get a letter from a young Brian Learer who said he wanted to do talk shows |
| 1:16.8 | like this some day too that would have been a funny co-host situation had it ever come to pass |
| 1:22.5 | Brian Lear and Brian Lear in the morning on WNYC huh but I never met the guy never heard of him |
| 1:30.6 | getting a show good luck out there whoever Brian Lear you are but why do I ask this today it's |
| 1:36.8 | not because of that we ran into a very cute story published in the Washington Post last week |
| 1:41.5 | where Brett Michaels the rock star frontman of poison adopted a heroic stray six-year-old husky |
| 1:51.9 | named Brett Michaels the husky game some internal internet fame after donating blood to a sickly |
| 2:00.4 | young kitten in desperate need of a transfusion maybe heard that story news of the good dog Brett |
| 2:07.2 | spread to rock star dog lover Brett Michaels one of his three German chepherds had recently passed away |
| 2:14.3 | leaving room in his heart and his pack for doggy Brett Michaels companionship crazy as part of |
| 2:23.3 | the story the person originally brought the stray husky to the Nebraska Humane Society was also |
| 2:30.0 | named Brett Michaels what that part makes no sense but listeners we want to hear your story does |
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