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The Moth

The Moth Podcast: A Blue Bonus

The Moth

The Moth

Arts, Performing Arts

4.625.9K Ratings

🗓️ 7 March 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

On this bonus episode, in honor of The Blue Man Group's NYC exit, we're playing a favorite story about, you guessed it, The Blue Man Group. This episode was hosted by Marc Sollinger. Storyteller: After many years in the legendary Blue Man Group, John Grady makes a profound connection with an audience member. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Imagine a delicious patty nestled between two buns with cheese and ketchup.

0:04.7

It's not a burger.

0:05.6

That patty is actually sausage, which makes this a sandwich.

0:08.6

A breakfast sausage sandwich, the new 199 sausage sandwich from McDonald's.

0:12.8

Made with RSPCA, short pork.

0:15.6

Until 11am.

0:16.6

Price and participation may vary.

0:17.8

Up charges and fees apply to delivery.

0:19.2

Subjects of availability.

0:22.6

Welcome to the Moth podcast. I'm Mark Solinger, coming at you with a special bonus episode.

0:28.2

We're feeling a little blue today because we learned the Blue Man Group just ended its New York run.

0:33.4

And no, I do not apologize for the pun. The Blue Man Group is still going with shows in Boston, Las Vegas, and Berlin,

0:40.3

but its New York closing reminded us of one of our favorite stories from our archive,

0:45.1

and we thought we'd share it with you.

0:47.1

Oh, and if you're not familiar with the Blue Man Group, well, just listen to the story.

0:51.7

John Grady told this at a Moth Main stage that we produced in collaboration with Blue Man group,

0:56.6

with musical interludes performed by Blue Men,

0:59.4

and held at Astor Place Theater, the now former New York City home of Blue Man.

1:04.4

The theme of the night was, appropriately enough, tangled up in blue.

1:08.2

Here's John, live at the morning.

1:14.0

Great. tangled up in blue. Here's Don, live at the moon. There we go.

1:18.6

So I spent eight years of my life here in New York City

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