The Night I Met Bono with Comic Steve Belanger
Story Worthy
Story Worthy Media
4.1 • 529 Ratings
🗓️ 31 July 2014
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Steve Belanger (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, The Gamut with Steve Belanger) had a bad day. An acting gig in DC was not going according to plan, his pregnant wife was in NY ready to deliver their firstborn, and it was his birthday. But a random encounter with one of his musical heroes changed everything.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, this is Honest from Storyworthy. |
| 0:01.7 | I just wanted to thank you for listening to the show. And listen, the very best thing you can do for us, tell your friends. Send them a link. People are silly. Send them a link to StoryWithopcast.com or our iTunes page and say, hey, you should listen to this. That's all you have to do. That's all you have to do. Hi, my name is Steve Belanger, and I'm in Alka. Wait, wait, that's right. |
| 0:22.6 | You're listening to Storyworthy. all you have to do. Hi, my name is Steve Belanger, and I'm in Alka. |
| 0:21.0 | Wait, wait, that's right. |
| 0:22.6 | You're listening to Storyworthy. |
| 0:37.0 | Here are your host, Christine Blackburn, Welcome to the Storyworthy podcast. |
| 0:39.0 | Here are your hosts, Christine Blackburn and Hannes Finney. |
| 0:51.4 | Welcome to Storyworthy. |
| 0:52.9 | My name is Christine Blackburn, and I'm here with Hannes Finney. We're coming to you from Dublin, Ireland. Woo! Why you might ask? Because our guest tonight, Steve Belanger. No, you're supposed to ask me why. Oh, my God. Yes and me. Okay, why? God damn it, what the fucking improv is all. It's all dead now. Forget it. We should just skip the whole show. |
| 1:11.3 | Leave. |
| 1:12.1 | We're in Dublin, Ireland. Why you might ask? Why are we there? Because that is the birthplace of Paul David Hewson. And that is a man also known as Bono. That's right. His stage name, of course, is Bono. Yeah, what is it with his, it's him and Sting. it's like you can't Paul |
| 1:26.9 | Houston, that sounds like a pretty good game. |
| 1:28.0 | Well, Sting is English. |
| 1:29.0 | He's not, he's not Irish. |
| 1:30.3 | I'm just saying. |
| 1:30.7 | That's all fucking saying. |
| 1:31.2 | No, it's like you can't Paul Houston? That sounds like a pretty good name. |
| 1:28.6 | Well, Sting is English. |
| 1:29.1 | He's not, he's not Irish. |
| 1:30.3 | I'm just saying. |
| 1:30.7 | No, it's not the same. Australia. We're here in Dublin because tonight, our guest, Steve Belanger, he brings forth a topic the night I met Bono. Yes. And this is so intriguing to me. |
| 1:42.7 | It is, it is. |
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