Wondery Presents: This Job Is History

Dumb People Town

All Things Comedy, Jason Sklar, Randy Sklar, Dan Van Kirk

Comedy

4.6 • 5.3K Ratings

🗓️ 17 November 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	Hey guys, think your job stinks.
0:02.0	Well, just wait to you hear what it was like to be a funeral
0:05.4	clown.
0:05.8	A what?
0:06.4	Daniel.
0:07.0	A funeral.
0:07.8	And you dug ditches in your life.
0:09.3	You've done a lot of things.
0:10.7	Long before all human knowledge was in your pocket,
0:13.6	people had some pretty bizarre professions.
0:15.4	Luckily, you don't have to see a sin eater or barber surgeon now,
0:19.5	but you'll find out what it's like to get surgery with a shave.
0:23.9	Wonder is new podcast.
0:25.1	This job is history is hosted by Chris Parnell from Saturday Night Live
0:28.3	and Rick and Morty.
0:29.2	Steeped in factual history.
0:31.2	This brilliantly funny podcast delves into the quirky and absurd jobs
0:34.8	of the past with hilarious interviews that are infused with
0:37.0	fascinatingly true Easter eggs.
0:38.7	So calm and get weird with us each week as improv comedians from the
0:42.1	groundlings and UCB act out their old fashioned gig from another time.
0:46.1	You'll be glad your guidance counselor didn't recommend any of these jobs.
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