Some Dumb Joke (with Abby McEnany)

Keeping Records

Headgum

Comedy, Society & Culture, Places & Travel, Comedy Interviews, Documentary

5 • 726 Ratings

🗓️ 20 August 2021

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Writer, comedian, actress, improviser (and if I'm being honest? friend!) Abby McEnany is on the podcast, and she's brought her deep, deep passion for the United States Postal Service. (UPS is also close to her but for different reasons.) Vincent D'Onofrio, brand-name ibuprofen, Abby's kickass nephews, and President Jimmy Carter himself are all going to space. Ok, President Carter himself isn't going, but the aliens do need to know about everything he's been up to. Abby's Artifacts Procedural crime dramas (audio-visual) Mail (human institution and interaction) Advil (molecule) The knowledge of Abby's nephews' existences (human being) A record of Jimmy Carter's post-presidency (historical record) Watch Abby in the season premiere of Work in Progress on Showtime, on Sunday, August 22nd. -- Follow the show @keepingrecordspod Advertise on Keeping Records via Gumball.fm See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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0:00.0	This is a head gum original.
0:03.0	In 1977, NASA sent two solid gold records into space, so that aliens might find them and understand life on Earth.
0:20.0	I sent greetings on behalf of the people of our planet and friendly wishes to all who may encounter this voyage.
0:27.8	Now, we're making new records with our friends.
0:31.7	Good-journal-a-un-un-n-hannihua.
0:34.7	We step out of our solar system into the universe seeking only peace and friendship.
0:42.9	We know full well that our planet and all its inhabitants are but a small part of this immense universe that surrounds us.
0:52.8	Hello from the children of planet Earth.
0:57.9	Ooh.
0:59.4	Well, well, well, well, well, well, well.
1:02.8	Caleb?
1:03.9	Shelby, Joelle.
1:05.1	You beat me in Madden yesterday.
1:06.7	I did, but only barely, which was surprising because you didn't play well enough for it to be a close game.
1:13.7	I'm sorry to say.
1:14.8	Well, I don't think I have to be good at everything.
1:17.3	Yeah, I mean, really one of the funniest things you've said to me in a long time, and you say funny stuff around me was we're playing Madden and I think I went up like 14 to nothing on Shelby or something. And she goes, unprompted, she goes, you go, you go, you go, you go, you go, I don't have to
1:30.5	be good at this video game.
1:31.3	I'm good at other things.
1:34.8	Which really made me laugh, to be honest.
1:37.1	Some people have some gifts and talents and some people have other gifts and talents.
1:42.4	And so.
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