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Ding dong! Join your culture consultants, Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang, on an unforgettable journey into the beating heart of CULTURE. Alongside sizzling special guests, they GET INTO the hottest pop-culture moments of the day and the formative cultural experiences that turned them into Culturistas. P...

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Here (Pantheon Graphic Library)

Richard McGuire

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Two Guys, Five Rings: Matt + Bowen at the Olympics in Milan

This was mentioned as Mariah Carey's latest album, from which she performed the song "Nothing Is Impossible" during the opening ceremony.

And then she sang her song. nothing is impossible. And we actually agreed in our seats that nothing was. And it's off of her latest album, Here For It All, which we were there for it all.

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What you think of me is none of my business by Terry Cole-Whittaker (1979-05-03)

Terry Cole‐Whittaker

Mentioned 1 year ago

"Rode Hard And Put Away Wet" (w/ Will Ferrell & Harper Steele)

Will Ferrell mentioned that his mother had a self-help book with this title on her shelf, and that the book's message was his mantra as a child and while traveling across the country with Harper.

Here's a book that my mom literally had a self-help book on her shelf. Called It's None of My Business What You Think of Me.

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It Ends with Us

Colleen Hoover

Mentioned 1 year ago

"An Attack On Leos" (w/ Matt, Bowen & Friends)

It was mentioned that the book is famous, but a sequel was supposed to be in the works, and it doesn't seem like it's happening anymore because of the drama surrounding it.

but see that this is the thing it's like the behavior effects the work so much yeah so yeah well well that's the summer that's the summer i think we will earnestly start

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Princess Cupcake Jones and the Missing Tutu (Princess Cupcake Jones Series)

Ylleya Fields

Mentioned 1 year ago

"An Attack On Leos" (w/ Matt, Bowen & Friends)

It was compared to the plot of a theme park ride where a lot of musicians have to play a big show.

You know, that's like actually the plot of Princess Tauties by you dip. It's like we have to get a lot of musicians to play a big show. It's like okay, cool. This is a theme park ride right?

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It's Not That Complicated

Ari Parker

Mentioned 1 year ago

"An Attack On Leos" (w/ Matt, Bowen & Friends)

It was mentioned that if you read her book, you would know that she had tougher relationships with her mother and sister, who both passed away recently.

if you read her book you know those were tougher relationships and sometimes social in months that are the most difficult to lose so i really hope she's okay and i didn't mean to make light at that

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I'm Mostly Here to Enjoy Myself

Glynnis MacNicol

Mentioned 1 year ago

"White, Fair and Blessed" (w/ Matt & Bowen)

They briefly mentioned "I'm Mostly Here to Enjoy Myself" as a memoir about seeking pleasure in middle age by author and podcaster Glynis McNicol.

Like a recent episode with author and podcaster Glynis McNicol on her new memoir, "I'm Mostly Here to Enjoy Myself."

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Red, White & Royal Blue

Casey McQuiston

Mentioned 1 year ago

"Toxically Benevolent" (w/ Matt & Bowen)

It was mentioned as the book written by Casey McQuiston, who also wrote the audio mystery podcast, "Does This Murder Make Me Look Gay?".

From the writer of Amazon Prime's Red, White and Royal Blue comes a hilarious and demented new audio mystery.

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Mean Boys

Geoffrey Mak

Mentioned 1 year ago

"Toxically Benevolent" (w/ Matt & Bowen)

The book, Mean Boys, was mentioned in relation to the concept of culture and politics flowing downhill from culture, and it was suggested that it might be worth exploring the themes of the book further.

And actually kind of on face value, it kind of speaks to Mean Boys a little bit, too, because that book is a lot about how culture, about politics flows downhill from culture, like and just about like interesting things to think about as of late.

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Status and Culture

W. David Marx

Mentioned 1 year ago

"Toxically Benevolent" (w/ Matt & Bowen)

It was mentioned in the context of a timetable about how evaluations of certain trends change over time, using Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill as an example. The book, Status and Culture, explores how our desire for social rank creates taste, identity, art, fashion and constant change.

So he has a timetable in there for how long it takes for something.

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The School of Life

The School of Life

Mentioned 1 year ago

"Good Walz" (w/ Matt & Bowen)

Bowen recommended it for people to look up on YouTube, they were mentioned to have made books and videos on subjects like early bedtimes and simplified lifestyles.

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Zuri the Zebra and the Rainbow Race for Kindness (S.H.I.N.E.'s Kindness Adventures Book 2)

Kaitlyn Vasilko

Mentioned 1 year ago

"Good Walz" (w/ Matt & Bowen)

It was mentioned as a seminal standup album by Gabe Liedman, containing jokes about algorithms before they were a common topic.

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Fifty Shades of Grey 10th Anniversary Edition (Fifty Shades of Grey Series, 1)

E L James

Mentioned 1 year ago

"Good Walz" (w/ Matt & Bowen)

It was referenced during a discussion about Kamala Harris's running mate selection, with a humorous comparison to the book's themes of dominance and submission.

Ding dong last culture is calling back at the table back at the Fifty Shades table

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John Steinbeck

East of Eden (Oprah's Book Club)

It was discussed as a significant work of Steinbeck's, and a challenging read, particularly regarding its themes of good and evil, as represented through characters with names beginning with 'C' and 'A'. Abra's name was inspired by a character in the book.

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So, Cain kills Abel. Spoiler.

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It was discussed as a significant work of Steinbeck's, and a challenging read, particularly regarding its themes of good and evil, as represented through characters with names beginning with 'C' and 'A'. Abra's name was inspired by a character in the book.

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So, Cain kills Abel. Spoiler.

It's an intense book.

It is so intense and my parents had always described her as the good girl and I was like, what does this mean?

But she ends up being the love interest. That's what she is.

It was like his big like it was after grapes. He wrote grapes of wrath and he was like, I'm going to write my masterpiece.

Episode: "Google Search Apple Box Pizza Shop" (w/ Abra Taba...

It was discussed as a complex and intense read, with characters having both good and evil traits, and focusing on the biblical story of Cain and Abel.

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It's an intense book.

It is so intense and my parents had always described her as the good girl and I was like, what does this mean?

It's a love triangle?

It was like his big like it was after grapes. He wrote grapes of wrath and he was like, I'm going to write my masterpiece.

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Stephen Chbosky

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

It was mentioned as a book that was likely read by many high schoolers, so it was put on the list.

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This is a very important book. If you're in high school, you've probably read it.

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Episode: The Top 200 Moments in Culture History

It was mentioned as a book that was likely read by many high schoolers, so it was put on the list.

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This is a very important book. If you're in high school, you've probably read it.

Episode: "Oscars: The Season Begins" (w/ Brandon Scott Jone...

It was mentioned as a great book, referencing its popularity and quality, though neither speaker had personally read it.

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Yeah, remember that book?

I do love that, but that book is a great book.

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Shonda Rhimes

Year of Yes

How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person

The podcasters talked about Shonda Rhimes's book 'Year of Yes' and how Rhimes wrote it about saying yes, which is how she got a busy schedule. The podcasters also said that the book felt like something they would have written.

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How'd I get away with murder? And Bridgerton anal sex did it was there go She wrote a book about saying yes because she

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Episode: "Kunt 4 The Summer" (w/ Sudi Green)

The podcasters talked about Shonda Rhimes's book 'Year of Yes' and how Rhimes wrote it about saying yes, which is how she got a busy schedule. The podcasters also said that the book felt like something they would have written.

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How'd I get away with murder? And Bridgerton anal sex did it was there go She wrote a book about saying yes because she

Yes, many times. That's how she got a busy schedule

Episode: "Big Gay Iconography" (w/ Padma Lakshmi)

Padma mentioned reading it and enjoying celebrity autobiographies in general, and that she consumes them even if she doesn't fully agree with the content.

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The other thing I read was 'The Year of Yes'.

Episode: "Big Gay Iconography" (w/ Padma Lakshmi)

Padma mentioned reading the book, specifically noting that she enjoys celebrity autobiographies, in general.

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The other thing I read was 'The Year of Yes'.

Oh, Stunderheim.

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Lindy West

Shrill

Notes from a Loud Woman

The podcast discussed the Hulu show 'Shrill', which is based on Lindy West's book. Aidy Bryant mentioned incorporating some personal stories into the second season of the show, particularly a scene involving vomiting and saying 'I love you'.

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It's based on Lindy's like work. Yeah, her book.

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The podcast discussed the Hulu show 'Shrill', which is based on Lindy West's book. Aidy Bryant mentioned incorporating some personal stories into the second season of the show, particularly a scene involving vomiting and saying 'I love you'.

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It's based on Lindy's like work. Yeah, her book.

I feel like the first season especially we were like a lot tighter to the book and now the second season we definitely like are a little bit looser.

And then when you're, when you're doing it, like, and like when you're like acting like the experience that you've already had, is it, does it, does it like scramble your brain a little bit to be like, I got to like stick to like what this authentically was or?

And so there's pieces of, you know, that, and that's what a writer's room is. It's like you're breaking the story together and adding little pieces to build a whole thing.

And definitely, I mean like in the second season there's a scene where I like barf and then we like say spoiler, like say I love you to each other. And that was like something that did happen to me.

Episode: "Ellen (and the Year 2016)" (w/ Sudi Green)

Matt Rogers mentioned purchasing Lindy West's book 'Shrill' for $2.50, expressing excitement about it, though possibly questioning why it was on sale so soon after its release.

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I just bought Lindy Westbrook Shrill for 250 outside on my way in here and I was so excited to buy it for 250 but then I thought it just came out why sit on sale for 250

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Martha Beck

Steering by Starlight

Find Your Right Life, No Matter What!

It was recommended as a new-age book with a kooky language, but the author was said to have a very fun sense of humor and it was described as a helpful tool in dealing with difficult situations.

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Oh called Steering by Starlight and it's very It's very new age a kooky language But the the writer is very self-aware about and has a very fun sense of humor about it

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It was recommended as a new-age book with a kooky language, but the author was said to have a very fun sense of humor and it was described as a helpful tool in dealing with difficult situations.

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Oh called Steering by Starlight and it's very It's very new age a kooky language But the the writer is very self-aware about and has a very fun sense of humor about it

Actually, I hear Tammy and on every single page and it's like really being it's a very helpful tool right now Oh, yeah, but I also the message is like Pretend like you've already won.

and it's not delusion It's actually like a helpful way to like melt away any kind of like invented belief

starbird by stargazing starbird by stargazing.

I realize you don't need to impress this person because you've already won.

Episode: "Ms. Sadie Cohen" (w/ Tami Sagher)

It was highly recommended due to its insightful exercises, particularly those focused on identifying happiness and drawing lines between past experiences.

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can't recommend it enough

she has so many amazing exercises

think of a time that you were so incredibly happy and fulfilled and like yourself and you know what I mean like yeah and pick now a time that you were the opposite and then you can draw that straight line between how one thing led to the other

Episode: "Ms. Sadie Cohen" (w/ Tami Sagher)

It was highly recommended for its exercises, such as drawing a straight line between a time of great happiness and a time of the opposite, and the 'shackles on, shackles off' exercise.

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Can't recommend it enough.

She has so many amazing exercises.

So one of them is like think of a time that you were so incredibly happy and fulfilled and like yourself and you know what I mean like yeah and pick now a time that you were the opposite and then you can draw that straight line between how one thing led to the other.

And then you can draw that straight line between how one thing led to the other wow and it and once you do that exercise you're like oh my god I did not even see that and it's 100 true.

She also has this really cool exercise called shackles on shackles off.

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Mariah Carey

The Meaning of Mariah Carey

It was mentioned that the speaker had really internalized the book and followed Mariah's story, expressing care for her and her wellbeing as a fan.

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I really really like internalized her book I really have followed her story and like Just she's such an incredible artist and such a legend that I just want to make sure that we're setting people up f...

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It was mentioned that the speaker had really internalized the book and followed Mariah's story, expressing care for her and her wellbeing as a fan.

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I really really like internalized her book I really have followed her story and like Just she's such an incredible artist and such a legend that I just want to make sure that we're setting people up for success

Episode: "The Meaning of Mariah Carey": A Book Club Moment

It was described as a modern-day Toni Morrison book with raw details, beautifully written, and emotionally impactful. It was also highly recommended for its honesty, exploration of universal themes, and celebration of Mariah's music.

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The New York Times bestseller that is now my favorite book is, it's more than just a book to me. It's a piece of living history. It's a historical document.

It read like a modern day Toni Morrison book. It read like something so like to borrow a phrase from Asia O'Hara, like etched in sorrow.

You see Michaela Angela Davis's name on the cover and you're like, okay, she's being very upfront about having a ghost writer. Good for her. But from the beginning, you read that you read this book and you're like, okay, there's so much raw detail here in specific detail here that it could only have come from her.

Reading this was very, it actually was very emotional for me.

It's passionately written and written with care and detail and research into her own family history. I mean, this is a labor of love. You can tell.

Episode: "The Zombies Ensue" (w/ Peppermint)

The book was highly anticipated, and Mariah seemed very happy with the way it was received. The early years of her life and her marriage to Tommy Mottola were described as harrowing and crazy.

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And right now I'm holding up The Meaning of Mariah Carey, which is the highly anticipated book by the one true queen, Mariah.

And she should. I am well into the audio book right now, which I'm reading, which I'm listening to rather while I'm reading it, which gives an amazing- Full immersion.

And we can say that next week we are going to have a culture catch up and this culture catch up is going to be a little bit different. We are having The Meaning of Mariah Carey book club.

So everyone out there who has not yet picked up the book or who has picked up the book but is sort of leisurely reading it, understand next week we're going to be doing a close read, a discussion on the book.

And then right now I'm on the glitter chapters, which are something else. And I'm also, as I'm reading the book, I'm sort of revisiting the music and God, I have to say Mariah Carey is the culture that made me say culture was for me.

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Agatha Christie

The Murder on the Links

One of Agatha Christie's early Poirot books was being read by one of the podcasters, indicating enjoyment of the mystery genre.

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I'm reading Murder on the Links right now. It's one of her early ones. Early Poirot's.

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One of Agatha Christie's early Poirot books was being read by one of the podcasters, indicating enjoyment of the mystery genre.

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I'm reading Murder on the Links right now. It's one of her early ones. Early Poirot's.

Episode: "Luke, You Are My Fodder" (w/ Matt & Bowen)

Matt Rogers mentioned that he was considering reading some Agatha Christie books, including 'Murder on the Links', due to his newfound appreciation for mysteries.

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I think I might start reading some Agatha Christie books to be honest girl, Murder on the Links.

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Alan Menken

Little Shop of Horrors

Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

It was discussed as a beloved musical with great music, storytelling and jokes, despite getting a bit weird in the second act. Its writing was considered genius due to its creator, Howard Ashman.

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Little Shop of Horrors is my all-time favorite and it gives what it needs to give.

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It was discussed as a beloved musical with great music, storytelling and jokes, despite getting a bit weird in the second act. Its writing was considered genius due to its creator, Howard Ashman.

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Little Shop of Horrors is my all-time favorite and it gives what it needs to give.

It reads like surgery like she says this line she takes two steps and then turns and says this line which is why every performance of it and production of it no matter what the scale is base level good because the music and the storytelling is good.

So it's not relying on a star or a big budget it's just a good story with good music with good jokes it's howard ashman it's like oh it's so good like the writing is so then you realize it is howard ashman and you're like oh of course this is genius.

But act two story wise for me like it gets weird but the that music is truly unbelievable and I remember not to be a nerd but I wrote when I was in college during musical theatre history I had to do like a big deep dive on a musical and of course I picked that one.

Episode: "Patti Lupone Marked It” (w/ Cole Escola)

Cole Escola saw a concert performance of this show starring Ellen Greene. He described it as incredible and reverential, and that the audience was gagging.

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...Ellen Greene "Little Shop" concert at City Center.

Episode: "Patti Lupone Marked It” (w/ Cole Escola)

It was mentioned as a concert featuring Ellen Greene that a guest described as incredibly moving and inspiring a sense of reverence from the audience.

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Because did you guys see it?

But like I heard it was fucking I mean like talk about like ovation for like every line reading and she was like ripping Her heart out everyone's hearts out like the whole audience was like respectful

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Helen Molesworth

Precious

The History and Mystery of Gems Across Time

Bowen Yang referenced Precious, a movie based on Sapphire's novel, and mentioned how Monique's performance earned her an Oscar but also led to her being blacklisted by certain parts of Hollywood.

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Immediately after yeah How do me a word winner in an incredible performance? Oh, yeah, and then disgraced and blacklisted by certain sections of Hollywood for on for shitty reasons

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Episode: "The Brown Recluse" (w/ Mo Fry Pasic)

Bowen Yang referenced Precious, a movie based on Sapphire's novel, and mentioned how Monique's performance earned her an Oscar but also led to her being blacklisted by certain parts of Hollywood.

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Immediately after yeah How do me a word winner in an incredible performance? Oh, yeah, and then disgraced and blacklisted by certain sections of Hollywood for on for shitty reasons

Episode: "Something's Wrong With You, Precious" (w/ Billy D...

It was discussed as a film and the book it was based on. It was described as a hard-hitting and emotionally intense story that some people might not be ready for.

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guys does anyone know what the movie Precious is based on?

Precious has never been... or the novel pushed by Sapphire... they have never been elevated... for the sake of their subtlety.

it's to tell a hard and an aggressive story that you may or may not be ready for and it goes whenever the choice is okay should this be, you know, a one or a 10, Precious says we need a new number, we need a larger number like yep.

Precious knows I wouldn't accept the, you know what I'm talking about, you know what I'm talking about, specific acts of physical and sexual abuse.

Precious based on the novel pushed by sapphire

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Gregory Maguire

Wicked Collector’s Edition

The Inspiration for the Smash Broadway Musical and the Upcoming Major Motion Picture

Amy Jo Jackson discussed 'Wicked' in terms of its vocal demands and mentioned wanting to play Madame Morrible in the production.

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I think Madame Moribble as a role has aged very well.

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Amy Jo Jackson discussed 'Wicked' in terms of its vocal demands and mentioned wanting to play Madame Morrible in the production.

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I think Madame Moribble as a role has aged very well.

Episode: "I Don't Think So, Honey!" LIVE (Part One)

Amy Jo Jackson criticized the musical adaptation of the book for being commercialized and focusing on the women's rivalry over a man, rather than their relationship.

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Gregory Maguire wrote this rich, complex, beautiful, political novel and Steven Schwartz turned it into some slick, over-produced, commercialized pop clap trap.

How dare you purport that your show is about this rich relationship between these two strong women when all you do is pit them against one another over a man for two-thirds of your script.

And that's not how it went down in the novel, you didn't have to do it that way, but you did it that way because it was easier and that's what keeps preteens and their parents spending money at your goddamn show.

Episode: "I Don't Think So, Honey!" LIVE (Part One)

It was criticised for being over-produced, with a focus on a weak love triangle and not following the original political themes of the book.

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Gregory Maguire wrote this rich complex beautiful political novel and Steven Schwartz turned it into some slick over-produced commercialized pop clap trap.

How dare you purport that your show is about this rich relationship between these two strong women when all you do is pit them against one another over a man for two thirds of your script.

And that's not how it went down in the novel.

You didn't have to do it that way but you did it that way because it was easier and that's what keeps preteens and their parents spending money at your goddamn show.

And Fiero no thank you.

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Hal Leonard Corporation

The Drowsy Chaperone Songbook

A Musical Within a Comedy (PIANO, VOIX, GU)

It was mentioned as a musical Sutton Foster starred in, with a quote about it being a cold shit that was a hit despite its initial lack of popularity.

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And it was like the cheap one on TKTS and we went and saw this show in perfect seats like and it was unbelievable and you would have just left that theater thinking well that was really good too bad n...

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Episode: “When They Fly, I Cry” (w/ Jeff Hiller)

It was mentioned as a musical Sutton Foster starred in, with a quote about it being a cold shit that was a hit despite its initial lack of popularity.

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And it was like the cheap one on TKTS and we went and saw this show in perfect seats like and it was unbelievable and you would have just left that theater thinking well that was really good too bad no one's talking about it but then it like was so big at the Tonys people love it it's like this cold shit.

Episode: "Patti Lupone Marked It” (w/ Cole Escola)

It was mentioned as the show Cole Escola saw after getting cheap tickets through the TKTS booth. He described Sutton Foster's performance as absolutely incredible.

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...so we got tickets to see the preview of "The Drowsy Chaperone" and she gagged the house down.

Episode: "Patti Lupone Marked It” (w/ Cole Escola)

It was a musical that was mentioned in the context of a conversation about favorite live performances and the show off number in it.

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So we got tickets to see the preview of drowsy chaperone and she gagged the House down

There's a number called show off.

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Jerry Herman

Hello, Dolly! (Score)

Cole Escola saw a Broadway performance on his 30th birthday. He described the experience as bringing back the pure joy of theatre, even with some audience distractions. He recommended seeing Bette Midler's version.

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...and then that night I saw "Hello, Dolly!" and then the day after I saw "Glass Menagerie" with...

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Cole Escola saw a Broadway performance on his 30th birthday. He described the experience as bringing back the pure joy of theatre, even with some audience distractions. He recommended seeing Bette Midler's version.

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...and then that night I saw "Hello, Dolly!" and then the day after I saw "Glass Menagerie" with...

...it was like that feeling but in the audience, just like, just like watching. Yeah. Yeah, yeah like it brought that feeling up of just like pure joy, like theatre joy...

...it's Bette Midler in "Hello, Dolly!". I mean come on.

...I think you can still I would if you can I think you can they're ridiculously expensive I'm like today Tex and it's nothing's opening up.

Episode: "Patti Lupone Marked It” (w/ Cole Escola)

It was a Broadway show described as bringing a feeling of pure joy, similar to the excitement of high school theater. It was mentioned in the context of a birthday celebration with a few funny stories about other audience members' behavior.

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Oh, oh this is this is um important to this show.

It was like that feeling but in the audience just like just like watching.

It's bet midler and hello.

I'm sure Gavin creel This this actor taylor trench who is I I think he's gonna get a tony.

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William Styron

Sophie's Choice

It was mentioned in context of the speaker listening to it during a sad train ride.

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Am I feeling enlisted of Frank Oceans blonde and read Sophie's Choice at the same damn time?

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Episode: "I Don't Think So, Honey!" LIVE (Part One)

It was mentioned in context of the speaker listening to it during a sad train ride.

"

Am I feeling enlisted of Frank Oceans blonde and read Sophie's Choice at the same damn time?

Episode: "Advanced Actresses" (w/ Tyler Coates)

Tyler considered Meryl Streep's performance in 'Sophie's Choice' to be one of the best on screen performances ever captured.

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I think, is like one of the all time best on screen performances ever, ever captured.

Episode: "I Don't Think So, Honey!" LIVE (Part One)

It was mentioned as part of a commute, suggesting a melancholic mood and a desire to read it at a particular time.

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Am I feelings enlisted of Frank Oceans blonde and read Sophie's Choice at the same damn time?

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Stephen Sondheim

Sunday In The Park With George (Applause Musical Library)

Henry was inspired by Larry Owens performing Sunday in the Park with George at a piano bar. It inspired him to explore Sondheim's work more.

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This guy named Larry Owens, who I had never met, came in and sang Sunday in the Park with George.

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Episode: "Die Zauberflöte (He Makes Us Sing)" (w/ Henry Kop...

Henry was inspired by Larry Owens performing Sunday in the Park with George at a piano bar. It inspired him to explore Sondheim's work more.

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This guy named Larry Owens, who I had never met, came in and sang Sunday in the Park with George.

Episode: "I Put One Finger Up and said YES!" (w/ Michael Ha...

Matt Rogers and his partner were carrying their new cat home and the song 'Finishing the Hat' came on, which inspired them to name the cat George after the musical.

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we just got a new cat and he's named after, um, Finishing the Hat, his name is George, George, Sunday in the Park with George, because we were carrying him home and trying to figure out names and Finishing the Hat weirdly came on, wow

and I think this is Mandy Patinkin, he's like, this, how do you know this stuff? And I'm like, common knowledge to us, yeah

Episode: "Die Zauberflöte (He Makes Us Sing)" (w/ Henry Kop...

Bowen Yang noted his appreciation for Stephen Sondheim's work growing from Henry's piano bar events, and that he subsequently watched the entire production of Sunday in the Park with George on Youtube.

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after the new year I watched All of Sunday In The Park With George it's all on YouTube

this guy named Larry Owens who I had never met came in and sang Sunday In The Park With George which you wouldn't think the opening number which you wouldn't think is like a showstopper yeah everyone left out of their season amazing

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David L. Bahnsen

Full-Time

Work and the Meaning of Life

It was a recommendation, expressed with great enthusiasm, in the context of a discussion about the quality of Kelly Clarkson's latest album and its refreshing sound.

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I am personally offended and disappointed if you all haven't streamed Meaning of Life or bought Kelly Clarkson's album, Meaning of Life, on iTunes or streams, Streamed it on Spotify because it is so f...

— Episode: "Drag Mother" (w/ Guy Branum)

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It was a recommendation, expressed with great enthusiasm, in the context of a discussion about the quality of Kelly Clarkson's latest album and its refreshing sound.

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I am personally offended and disappointed if you all haven't streamed Meaning of Life or bought Kelly Clarkson's album, Meaning of Life, on iTunes or streams, Streamed it on Spotify because it is so fucking good.

She sounds so much better than she ever has, which is crazy to even say. But it's the first time she's sounded alive and awake in her music and not bored.

Episode: "Drag Mother" (w/ Guy Branum)

It was described as a very good album by Kelly Clarkson, and Matt Rogers expressed offense that the listeners may not have streamed or purchased it, specifically through iTunes or Spotify.

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I am personally offended and disappointed if you all haven't streamed Meaning of Life or bought Kelly Clarkson's album, Meaning of Life, on iTunes or streams, Streamed it on Spotify because it is so fucking good.

She sounds so much better than she ever has, which is crazy to even say.

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Leo Tolstoy

War and Peace

Casey Jost mentioned it as an example of a book that was too long and boring, and thus he did not want to read it.

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War and Peace more like War and Peace out. I'm not reading you.

— Episode: "I Don't Think So, Honey! 9" (Part One)

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Episode: "I Don't Think So, Honey! 9" (Part One)

Casey Jost mentioned it as an example of a book that was too long and boring, and thus he did not want to read it.

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War and Peace more like War and Peace out. I'm not reading you.

Episode: "I Don't Think So, Honey! 9" (Part One)

Casey Jost used it as an example of a long book that he would not read due to its length and perceived boredom.

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War and Peace. More like War and Peace out. I'm not reading you.

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Michelle Alexander

The New Jim Crow

Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

Joel Kim Booster briefly mentioned 'The New Jim Crow' by Michelle Alexander as a joke during his 'I Don't Think So, Honey' segment, before deciding against elaborating further.

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I was gonna say The New Jim Crow. We don't need a new one, honey.

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Joel Kim Booster briefly mentioned 'The New Jim Crow' by Michelle Alexander as a joke during his 'I Don't Think So, Honey' segment, before deciding against elaborating further.

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I was gonna say The New Jim Crow. We don't need a new one, honey.

Episode: "I Have Had Three Arrests" (w/ Liza Treyger)

It was suggested that listeners read this book to better understand the harsh realities depicted in the later seasons of Orange Is The New Black, which was becoming more bleak.

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Yeah, I remember that sad scene happen and I had been watching all day and night and so the sun was coming up and at like five in the morning that happened. And I just bawled. Oh, God. That's bleak. Yeah, no. That was... The season is wild. Our friend Alan actually is the actor that played the... The back of a hard... The back of a hard. Alan Eisenberg. He's cute. He looks like a savage bro, right? Like one of the Freds. He's truly the nicest guy. No, but like the brothers. He looks like one of the savage brothers. Oh, one of the savage brothers. Oh my God, bitch. Yes. Right? A little? A cute little... Back in the day, I used to say I would hop on Fred Savage. He was like a most adorable little kid. I thought he was cute and the Macau. Oh, not talking about that. I'm talking about when he got older when he had the mole in Austin Powers. Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. I would hop on. He's cute. Who are your number one fuck crushes right now? Right now. Right now? I'm tough. I'm basic. Yeah, Matt's gonna say a white guy. I am, no. Shawn Mendes. Oh, not really. Not really. Okay, that's good. Yay! Oh, God. Matt's woke. I'm permissible. Oh, God. I don't have one right now. I don't really have a celeb crush. Actually, you know who I like pretty much always want to fuck, but I like rediscovered recently is Shawn Williams Scott. Oh yeah. I don't know if I want to say it. We can't say it. We can't say it, but I recently he came to mind for good reason. For good reason and he's, and you know, he was a sex symbol back in the Brittany era. Remember? For me, like number one was Shawn Williams Scott hottest dude. Really? Yeah. Okay. There's something about Stifler being like the emblem of toxic masculinity. Yeah. But like just, I don't know. The tortured abused boys in us are like, we want to stuff. I know, I know. We want to fuck a Stifler so bad. Yeah, I watch bad, bad porn because I do a lot of material about porn and I've been researching in like the baddest porn that's meanest. Most women watch it. It's the most viewed by women. So all like the rough ass gangbangs are like they don't care about women. It's like women are watching the gangbangs. Whenever I watch straight porn, I am always, it's always like rough. I don't know. I hate it. Damn you guys. Come on, Bowen. You are obsessed with being a woke, you're obsessed with your woke image. Now come forth and say that you watch really bad anal straight porn. Come forward and say you watch it. I don't. I truly don't. What porn do you watch? Get into it and be very real. Lately I've been like, I just, I'm researching and I'm fascinated by like group stuff and like three, like three at three enough. I'm just like, okay, what are the politics of play? There's so much going on. It's like, okay, how are these parents? How are these permutations happening? Why? How is the person being left out feeling it's there's so much going on. I've had one for some so fascinating. Really? I've never done anything. It was the best thing in my life. Really chasing that again and it will never. I don't know. Cause then I had, I had a threesome and it was bad, bad, bad before it was the perfect number. Well, I would have another three, but the foursome was like, I do a joke about this, but legit they were in the front row of a comedy show and the guy was so hot that I walked on stage. I was like, I'm not going to do my set. And then after the show, he came up to me and I was like, I'll be at this bar. It was at Caroline's. I was like, come meet me at Lily's. Oh my God. And so we met and then the four, there was like a girl and two guys. And then after we all had a drink, they were like, listen, we're not together. We're actually all here from out of town. We have a hotel room with Coke and Molly and we would love for you to come. And I was like, all right. Holy fucking shit. That's incredible. Have you ever had group sex? Um, oh God. But the politics are nice. What do you mean? Oh God. That means yes. Uh, recently and my fucking sister is going to listen to this. Who cares? Yeah, grow up. These people on these people on Grindr are like, hey, we have this like monthly like meetup of like all Asian dudes. And I was like, great. Hell yeah. This was it was like this is the most pathetic thing I've ever been a part of. Well, that's still be continued. It was that might be a whole page right now. This is okay. This is this is all you need to know. I walk in and everyone's clothed and everyone's just everyone's clothes and they're in their underwear and they're sitting there. And then there's like one it was like a fucking it was like a camp icebreaker where this one guy is like, Hey, so um, all right. So what we're doing is you're new. So, um, you got to say what your name is, what you're into. What your name is, um, how old you are and what you're into. And I was like, fuck that. Okay. Look around for the cameras at that point. Yeah. What the fuck is this? What is this? This is like a social experiment. And so it was dumb. It was dumb, dumb, dumb. And I like for many moments, like I only stay there for like 20 ish minutes and I just like put my clothes on and put my clothes on. Nothing happened. Stuff happened. But then I was just like little tug little pull, but I felt like neglected. I was like, no one's like, no one's really doing it. Like no one's paying attention. And I was like, Oh, this is so interesting. And I have to like look into this. Wow. I was like, this is just so interesting. Okay. I was like, I had sex with someone and I was like, okay, I'm gonna do a case studies. And I was just like, okay, I have to go. I've only had sex with one other person and I've been in love every time. And it's a good. And it's sexy sacred. I've had sex with hundreds of people. And every single one of them I've been in love with sex. Sacred. Sacred. And so as masturbation, what? You think sex? Oh, I'm sorry. I was confused. Okay. All right. We have to do. I don't think so honey. We have to. But as a hot date, Tbh. I'm doing this caveat show called unteachable. Okay. Oh yes. I like unteachable another plug. Okay. I can go first. Great. This is not a rod or something. So honey, his time starts now. I don't think so honey flakes. Here's the fucking deal. Here's the cute human being thing to do guys. If you make explicit plans with someone show up because I'm going to show up and guess what I am a human being who could have done something else with my night. Also, I don't think so honey flakes. When you flake a second time on top of a flake then imagine the audacity of flaking out three maybe four times. Wow. 30 seconds. This is like one of the worst things you can be is someone who is not reliable. Oh my God. How embarrassing for you and how I don't think so honey worthy to be known for the fact that you cannot be relied on. 15 seconds. I pray for you. I pray. Flakes, there's a reason that your name after something that fucking sucks which is five seconds. Flakes another serial I don't like and flakes on dandruff bitch. You are that. And that's one minute. That was a very slow burn. You know I never am slow and controlled. That was a control. I'm always fast and loopy doppy. Loopy doppy fast and loopy doppy. Wow. Flakes suck. Feeling a cuckoo Lulu as Catherine Cohen. Have you been flaked by this guy for multiple times? Oh honey. Is it someone I know? Yeah. Romantically. Yeah. Okay. You know who I'm talking about. This isn't just flakes but you know what I hate on top of that and but I don't want to do my I don't think so honey is like let's stop texting and come hang out with me. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. There's something wrong with us at large. Come over. We don't say what we want. Totally. We do not say what we want. We don't. I've been on dates recently and I'm just being gonna be like I just kind of want to ask this guy to come over but like I have to get so drunk to get there. And I have to like have a full fucking douche. Like my hole needs to be squeaky clean. Why don't you just invite someone over and then not have sex with them? Rub dicks. I've done that. I've done that. But I just every now and then I'm like I want to have sex. I want to do it. Well, that's wonderful. Okay anyway. I don't think so many people who knock on the bathroom door of a public restroom bitch. I'm inside my fucking speaking of my whole being squeaky clean. It is a fucking you got to dredge that shit out now because I'm having the most erratic shit one day it's solid little little dibs the other day and then today it was green and all liquid and I can't Lisa's disgusted. Same to me. I know. Sorry. And it's just I have to. It's an emotional roller coaster every time I walk into any toilet much less a public one where I am my most vulnerable and for you to break that to just encroach on that peaceful time in my life that I'm trying to like make sacred for myself taking a shit is sacred and sorry what? I'm sorry. I just think I got confused. But if you knock on the door, something is wrong with you. The door is locked. Take a fucking hit. Don't knock on the door. Don't rush me. Okay. Unless you're spending a lot of time in the toilet in which case I have my thing is don't knock when they do not when they do not start. I just don't trust that they're not just sitting on their phones and if you're sitting on your phone, I need to pee fine fine. Well, I'm just I'm shitting there and I know that there's people waiting. If it's a Starbucks then definitely I will try to get out of their ASAP. But how dumb would you feel as someone online who just saw a closed public restroom door and just stood there waiting and then like someone was like, is there someone in there and you open the door and there's no one there really happens, hun. That's why you because we not you know, you don't have to knock first. First you just turn the fucking door knob. And if that's locked then you don't have to. And then that's the end of the road. And then the person inside hears that you've you've sort of jiggled the knob and that's all they need to know. I think this is all rooted in the fact that you're having bad shit. I'm having such bad. I think your brain is crazy right now because your shit is wild. Yeah, that's probably a brain is crazy because my shit as well. You know my situation is very similar. Okay. Are you ready? Yeah. I don't think so, honey. And her time starts now. I don't think so, honey. Comics that fight for that thing. PC culture is ruining everything. We can't make fun of them. Oh, I'm sick of all these people are like, let us say faggot, but then hate Hannah Gatsby special. And it's like, why can't she say what she wants? You're fighting for your right to say awful shit about anyone. And then whenever anyone says anything about white men, you have meltdowns. She was treated awful out the show. I hosted someone went up after and was like, I hated that. I'm not. Oh, I'm just a white guy. I'm very unique. She got heckled at her gala. Multiple times these dudes are they stalked the guy at Netflix being like, why would you give her a special? They're wild and out. And then they're fighting for like Chappelle to be able to say tranny, but not for a woman to just talk about her experience. And then they say it's not comedy and it's annoying. And it's like, you're just not funny enough. You're not edgy. You're not playing devil's advocate. You're the status quo. You're saying the things that people have been saying for 50 years and it's annoying. It's not PC culture. You're not good enough and you're boring. And that's one minute and you are fucking dead. Sorry, I said all the bad words in there. No, no, no, no. That's not the point. You this is the thing. This is why everyone at JFL was fucking all these fucking dipshits were freaking out over Hannah Gatsby. It was because it's a woman that they looked at and they're like, I can't fuck that. Oh, but why is she successful? Yeah, they don't have a problem with Eliza. We also don't have a problem with all these dudes not being funny. Yeah, literally. God, why can't you just move on? The point. You said this. You are not. You're proving it. Oh, yeah. You're saying nothing Hannah Gatsby's ever said is funny. That's not funny. Yeah, hilarious joke. Why are you spending your time then on this like statement? If your problem is the fact that in your eyes she's spending time talking about her reality. What you are doing right now is what you're taking space to talk about your quote unquote oppression, which is a fake and B not a joke. So what where is your point? Shut the fuck up. It's not funny. You are like anyone who thinks they are the gatekeeper of comedy. Oh fuck yourself. Oh fucking out. And everyone yesterday retweeting Leslie Jones like yeah, we should be able to say whatever we want. It's like, why doesn't she have those rights either? Right. Why are you spending your time shutting her down? But you just want to scream at people and say awful things. And then you get mad when people talk about white men and you don't want to be grouped in, but you want to do jokes about, I don't know. I'm not gay, but if I was, you want to do that. And you still see it so much. Although these men are just proving Hannah's point in the end where whole point is like white men just like commandeer every fucking thing and then for them to react this way is even like whatever these other people in the world. Do you guys know who I'm talking about? This guy who's defending Southern mama on social media. Oh, I haven't seen that shit. Is it a comic we know? Yes. It's crazy to me. You've got to check this gatekeeper thing. No one owns art. This is an art form and you want to stand up there and you stand up there and you get a reaction the way that you can. And you're just jealous dude. I don't know. You're just jealous. And you can't do that. Like if it's successful, that means people react to it. So it's like what move on move on. Wow. We were running on a fiery fucking. No, I love it. Well, come on. This is not the time. No, I was rageful. No, I was rageful after I left. Oh, yeah. After the show after I left, Jeff, I was just like annoyed with someone who's like, I think it's just traditionalists. And I'm like, no, these are fucking hateful big. It's like, I don't give them. But you can't traditionalist. The thing you can't do is hear these people. You cannot hear these people out or give them space. You can't be like, well, we need to listen to all perspectives. No, if there's, if you tolerate intolerance intolerance wins. Literally the last thing I want to say is when you looked like that variety show, the comics to the comics to watch, it's so crazy to me because he did this thing that was like, uh, I'm like, he obviously was the one like of the people, whatever. Also Taylor Tomlinson was on that show doing class doing, but also doing classic stand up comedy. You know what I mean? If you want to just go up there and tell jokes, that's how you do it. You just didn't have any jokes. You just didn't fuck. You're not, you're not at that level. Like, you know, not everyone is fucking alternative or whatever. There's a lot of really amazing stand up comics right now. That was, that was a show where all of that coexisted beautifully. And exactly until that last moment. And it was so, such garbage. Fucked fucking sucked fucking sucked. Glad he went last pretty cinematic though. Truly. It was a known to follow. We said this to Dulce. We were like, it was a thrill to just watch him and watch anyone bomb like that hard at all. I've never seen someone something like that happen. Anyway, oh my God. Well, we have, we had a true legend with us tonight. This is, and also literally I looked at her at the pool and I'm like, why the fuck hasn't lies? That's what you know? Well, because so the first time I was booked to, I don't think so honey. I had to cancel and I thought you guys were mad at me the whole time and that's why I wasn't at the podcast. So I never messaged about it. Do it like people do like 10, 12 people do it every single time. It's been killing me. No, no, no, no. This is one of the funniest people in the world. I truly think that if you don't go see her at Lincoln Lodge in late August, August 24th and 25th in Chicago, I really think you're really fucking stupid. You're just fucking stupid. I don't respect you if you don't go see her show and I'm sorry, that's my truth and that is I'm the gatekeeper. And we are the gatekeepers of this. Yes. Okay. Well, we love you Lisa. Let's end on a quick little diddy. Go ahead. Who do you think you are? Vodging in on me and my guitar. For the rest of that song, get the rent soundtrack. Ooh, bye. Forever dog. This has been a Forever Dog production.

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Hillary Rodham Clinton

What Happened

It was described as a 'fucking good book' and 'juicy' and included several literary references within its first 40 pages, including Anne Lamott, Mary Oliver and Les Misrables. It was mentioned being read early in the morning.

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So, uh Oh, are our mighty wind fans out there? All our Christopher Guest fans. I just read that first thing in the morning and really like spent all my extra time. I was like supposed to get some writ...

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Episode: "The Beyoncé Narrative" (w/ Ruby Karp)

It was described as a 'fucking good book' and 'juicy' and included several literary references within its first 40 pages, including Anne Lamott, Mary Oliver and Les Misrables. It was mentioned being read early in the morning.

"

So, uh Oh, are our mighty wind fans out there? All our Christopher Guest fans. I just read that first thing in the morning and really like spent all my extra time. I was like supposed to get some writing done, but all I spent all my time just reading it and I was like, God, this is a really fucking good book.

I'm enjoying. It's real juicy and she's getting real. She has a whole fucking paragraph sentence that says I'd have been a damn good president and I was like, yeah. And she drops Anne Lamotte, Mary Oliver, Les Mis references within the first like 40 pages of the book.

Episode: "The Beyoncé Narrative" (w/ Ruby Karp)

It was described as a 'fucking good book' and 'juicy,' containing personal anecdotes and references to other works, such as Anne Lamott and Mary Oliver. It was mentioned that the author stated that she would have been a 'damn good president.'

"

So, uh Oh, are our mighty wind fans out there? All our Christopher Guest fans. I just read that first thing in the morning and really like spent all my extra time. I was like supposed to get some writing done, but all I spent all my time just reading it and I was like, God, this is a really fucking good book.

Yeah, I went to the Barnes & Noble and honestly, there wasn't the frenzy that I thought there would be. Right? Like, I really thought there was going to be like a whole table of like only What Happened books. I thought this was this huge moment, but I had to look for the book.

She has a whole fucking paragraph sentence that says I'd have been a damn good president and I was like, yeah. And she drops Anne Lamotte, Mary Oliver, Les Mis references within the first like 40 pages of the book.

I woke up this morning at 7 a.m. and I didn't stay up until midnight. Why 7 a.m.? Just because you Oh, I just went to I had an early night. Okay. But I even stayed up till midnight to refresh my Kindle to see if Hillary Rodham Clinton Rodham. Rodham Clinton's new book What Happened or is Matt like to call it? What Happened was everyone's posting this Fred Willard thing like What Happened from the mighty wind? Sure. So, uh

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Cory Allen

Brave New You

A Road Map to Believing That More Is Possible

It was mentioned that Rose McGowan had a new book out called 'Brave', which the hosts were looking forward to reading.

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And it was like a two-part interview with her and then actually when they came back from commercial break, the ladies were talking about it more after she had left.

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Episode: "Gay Ne Sais Quoi" (w/ Janeane Garofalo)

It was mentioned that Rose McGowan had a new book out called 'Brave', which the hosts were looking forward to reading.

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And it was like a two-part interview with her and then actually when they came back from commercial break, the ladies were talking about it more after she had left.

And it's true. Whoopi Goldberg was like making this point about what Rose had said and they start playing Whoopi off and then she turns to the camera and she goes, maybe don't play me off now.

Rose McGowan on The View...she now has her new book called Brave, which I can't wait to read.

Episode: "Gay Ne Sais Quoi" (w/ Janeane Garofalo)

It was mentioned that Rose McGowan had a new book out called Brave, which the speakers were looking forward to reading.

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And it was like a two-part interview with her and then actually when they came back from commercial break, the ladies were talking about it more after she had left. And it's true. Whoopi Goldberg was like making this point about what Rose had said and they start playing Whoopi off and then she turns to the camera and she goes, maybe don't play me off now. Like maybe this isn't the time to do this.

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