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The Smartest Man in the World

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The Smartest Man in the World

Greg Proops

Comedy

4.62.5K Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2022

⏱️ 106 minutes

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Summary

In the newest missive from the Fortress of Proopitude, Greg and Jennifer lecture on lettuce, Lou Reed and Loretta Lynn.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Randy Lewis, y'all, Ray and I are all once again the smart player of the World Proof

0:18.6

Guys, thanks to the either of this time from the celebrities, confines of the fortress of Pribitude located right here in lower California.

0:30.6

You'll never ride alone, you'll never walk alone because Jennifer and I are with you always.

0:35.7

Hi Jennifer, how are you tonight? Good, how are you? I'm very well. It's such a pleasure to be here with the smartest woman in the world.

0:47.7

This was a hit, the year that, um, satisfaction 1965. So Beatles, Stones, uh, you know.

0:57.3

It has such a great party sound. Uh, doesn't it? Yeah, at one time I was playing this at City Lights and

1:06.2

Lord, this is a goody. Lawrence Fillingett walked in and he paused and I kind of had that mortified feeling like

1:12.9

he's gonna think this is so kitschy that I'm playing this and he, he paused and he said,

1:19.7

it's been a long time since I've heard this and he's, and he stood there and, and,

1:23.8

right, dug it, you know, it was, it was great. That's awesome. I love how you started at top drawer here.

1:30.4

Your story chick exactly is three syllables to get to Lawrence Frill and Getty walked in and you were playing

1:35.8

in crowd by Ramsay Lewis. As you do. And the thing that was, was great was,

1:40.7

the people coming into the store, I loved it. That, it made them happy, which is, of course,

1:45.2

something that, uh, those of us working at City Lights try, try to keep it at a low.

1:51.3

You mean the people coming in and joining themselves by buying beatnakes,

1:54.2

books and things that they thought were esoteric and cool? Yeah. And then you get, they shut,

1:57.8

got shut down by the staff of City Lights who had no interest in their needs.

2:01.3

Well, that, that just meant that Scott was gonna blast that Cecil Taylor.

2:05.7

Right. That's what I was gonna say. The thing is it's not just that, um,

2:08.5

Ramsay Lewis is the coolest, which he is.

2:12.9

It's that, if it's up, that are up against Cecil Taylor. And I love Cecil Taylor.

2:17.6

Right. But Cecil Taylor's not for shopping.

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