The Eulogy Myth

The Gist

Mike Pesca

News, Politics, Arts, Daily News

4.4 • 3.6K Ratings

🗓️ 6 December 2018

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

On The Gist, stop wishing Jews happy holidays if Hanukkah has already passed. How do you explain wit? James Geary attempted to answer that question with his new book, Wit’s End: What Wit Is, How It Works, and Why We Need It, but quickly found that the only way to write about comedy is to write comedy. He joins us to discuss the difficulties of examining this subject, the various types of wit, and why Buster Keaton is a master of the form. In the Spiel, eulogies are the best part of any funeral, particularly a president’s. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This program may contain explicit language.
0:03.1	Also, we have a newsletter coming out.
0:05.8	It's at slate.com slash gistnews.
0:08.9	Now on with the possibly filthy show.
0:15.6	It's Wednesday, December 5th, 2018, from slate.
0:18.2	It's the gist I might pass guess why I was asked to do
0:21.3	an ad, a little thank you holiday thing for a stature.
0:24.7	One of the fine services where you can hear this podcast,
0:28.1	a stature, Google Play, Spotify, Apple Podcast,
0:31.5	Overcast, I use Overcast.
0:33.5	Whatever you're listening to now,
0:34.9	I'm sure that would work.
0:36.2	We do have a proof of that right now, sample size one,
0:39.7	but it seems like that thing will also work.
0:41.8	I do not actually know why it's derogor
0:45.8	to mention every kind of podcast apps
0:48.2	as you're listening to a podcast.
0:50.1	It's like using a sticker to advertise a tangerine
0:53.6	on the skin of a banana.
0:55.1	You're already into the banana.
0:57.3	There's also I guess the tangerine out there.
0:59.6	So, I don't know, or maybe I'm just,
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