Wondery Presents: This Job is History

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4.6 • 51.6K Ratings

🗓️ 27 December 2022

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Where the oddest jobs from the past meet a comedian from the present… and it’s awkward! On this weekly show, Chris Parnell (SNL, Rick and Morty) welcomes guests who have held some of human history’s most unexpected and downright bizarre jobs: funeral clowns, garden hermits, VHS clerks, and everything in between. With the help of his tireless producer, Chris hears from the essential workers from decades and centuries past. Because before there were actual medical doctors, there were barber surgeons. And before there was Instacart, there were milkmen. Wondery’s This Job Is History is a funny, absurd, and informative look into how time can change the way we live and work.

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0:00.0	You think your job stinks?
0:01.9	Just wait until you hear what it was like
0:04.5	to be a funeral clown.
0:07.0	Long before all of human knowledge was in your pocket,
0:09.8	people had some pretty bizarre professions.
0:12.2	Luckily, you don't have to come in contact
0:14.6	with a sin eater or a barber surgeon now,
0:18.0	but you're about to find out what it's like
0:20.0	to get surgery with an afternoon shave.
0:23.2	One Dries new podcast, This Job Is History
0:25.6	is hosted by Chris Parnell from Saturday Night Live
0:28.4	and Rick and Morty.
0:29.5	Steeped in factual history,
0:30.8	this brilliantly funny podcast delves into quirky
0:33.5	and absurd jobs from the past with hilarious interviews
0:36.8	that are infused with fascinatingly true easter eggs.
0:40.5	Come get weird with us each week
0:42.4	as improv comedians from groundlings
0:44.7	and UCB act out their old-fashioned gigs
0:47.7	from another time.
0:48.9	You'll be glad your guidance counselor
0:50.5	didn't recommend any of these jobs.
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