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The '59 Les Paul Standard (Entry 466.PS3302)

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History, Society & Culture

4.62.7K Ratings

🗓️ 16 August 2018

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

In which John explains why there are only 643 of the greatest guitar ever made, and Kirk Hammett of Metallica pays $2 million for a Fleetwood Mac hand-me-down. Certificate #30784.

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Oh, he's cute. Mr. I can never sleep when I'm traveling. He's hugging his pillow like a sloth on a branch.

0:10.0

He couldn't sleep before. Now listen to him. Sounds like an elephant with a chest infection.

0:15.0

Well, they call him a dreamer. And now they're right.

0:19.0

All aboard, Mr. I can never sleep when I'm traveling.

0:23.0

Find all the comfort you need in the quiet lounge.

0:26.0

Piando Ferries, there is another way. We are Ken Jennings and John Roderick.

0:41.0

We are ken Jennings and John Roderick. We speak to you from our present, which we can

0:46.0

only assume is your distant past, the turbulent time that was the early 21st century.

0:51.3

Fearing the great cataclysm that will surely befall our civilization, we began this

0:55.6

monumental reference of strange and obscure human knowledge.

0:58.9

These recordings represent our attempt to compile and preserve wonders and esoterica that would otherwise be lost.

1:05.4

So whether you're listening from an advanced civilization or have just reinvented the technology

1:09.5

to decrypt our transmissions, this is our legacy to you.

1:13.4

This is our time capsule.

1:15.4

This is the omnibus. Oh, You have accessed entry 466 dot PS 3302 certificate number 3074, the 59 Les Paul standard. Oh, So one of the things that surprised me when I first met you a long time ago, now seems like an era ago. It was for our listeners. It was a different geological era.

2:27.0

Right.

2:28.0

One of the things that surprised me was that you are a tremendous fan of rock and roll.

2:33.0

Your knowledge of esoterica

2:36.0

is why you're famous, but you also are a real avid consumer

2:40.0

of media across all spectra.

2:43.0

I love the rock, I love the roll.

2:45.0

You do?

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