'Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt' Star Tituss Burgess

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🗓️ 29 January 2019

⏱️ 30 minutes

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It's Tuesday. Burgess is one of the stars of the hit Netflix show 'Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.' He gets real on playing an extrovert (as an introvert), going from rural Georgia to Broadway, and his love for 99-cent stores. Tweet @NPRItsBeenAMin with feels.

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0:00.0	I must start by acknowledging something that we share in common.
0:05.3	I was creeping through your Instagram page as I do with all of my guests before I interview them.
0:10.1	And I discovered that you are a big fan of a 99 cent store.
0:14.8	Don't.
0:15.8	I just did.
0:17.0	Like, you don't, I guess you do understand.
0:19.2	Like, I, there are a few things that send me into a place of euphoria instantaneously.
0:30.0	From NPR, I'm Sam Sanders.
0:34.4	It's been a minute.
0:35.6	Titus Burgess really, really, really loves 99 cent stores.
0:39.3	If you look at his Instagram, there are these videos of him like walking the aisles, confessing
0:45.2	his love to just about everything on every shelf.
0:48.6	It is intense.
0:50.0	99 cent store most closely resemble jazz.
0:53.9	Dutel.
0:54.9	So, there for one thing and you come out with all sorts of gadgets and doodads that would
1:00.0	make sense to anyone else, but once you have assembled the composition, I mean, it is just
1:05.5	the best improvisation I think I have ever discovered in retail form.
1:10.7	My guest today is Titus Burgess, veteran Broadway actor, star of the Netflix show Unbreakable
1:16.1	Kimmy Schmidt, and lover of 99 cent stores.
1:20.3	What I found out with Titus in this chat is that his career, like his relationship with
1:24.7	99 cent stores, it's jazz.
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