Pushkin.

The idea that you're going to be extinguished when you finally realize that that is the most factual fact about life, then you think, well, that wasn't very long.

It seems like it's going to last forever when you're a kid.

But then you start to realize it's shorter.

So if it's not going to last that long,

I think it would be a good idea to feel good about things as much as you can.

That was Alan Alda, I'm San Francisco and this is Talk Easy.

Welcome to the show. Oh, Hello everyone this is talk easy welcome

welcome, or if you have not been listening, welcome. We are on a brief hiatus until we return on August 25th with the one and only Whitney Cummings.

But until then, we are playing some of my favorite episodes over the past three years since we started the show in

I God I think it's April of 2016. I could be wrong, but I think it's that. And the one today is with Alan Alda. He really does not need an introduction. If you are unfamiliar with his work, I guess I would point you to Mash, if you have not seen

Mash, I could point you to any number of his films and television shows. my personal favorites, are the four seasons and crimes

and misdemeanors.

In this episode, we dive into his childhood in Burlesque, his ongoing battle with face blindness.

That is not a joke.

He actually has face blindness.

And how a brush with death gave him sort of renewed lease on life. There are a couple stories in this

interview. I only knew about this after the fact, but there are a couple stories

in this interview that even his

assistance and even one of his children did not know. So it is my attempt with

all of these episodes but especially with folks who are over the age of, I don't

75, that we come prepared and try to dive into some uncharted territory.

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