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steve_dash_o

This American Life

Mar 25, 2007 13:36

My favorite radio program, "This American Life", last week premiered their brand new Showtime television series. The entire episode can be seen for free at the Showtime website. I recommend it. Despite how convenient it is to not need a cable decoder box, I can't help but be tempted to sign up for Showtime again simply so I can watch this show ( Read more... )

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photojenp March 25 2007, 20:36:13 UTC

We love This American Life whenever we happen upon it in the car. Missed my chance, due to laziness, to get tickets to it when they were traveling here earlier this year. My favorite story, so far, was act 2 in an episode called Houses of Ill Repute (http://www.thislife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?episode=325).

steve_dash_o March 25 2007, 23:52:14 UTC

That was a good episode all around! I think, of those stories, the one about the old man whose building turned into a crack house was the most interesting to me.

recharge138 March 26 2007, 16:48:10 UTC

Giant Dr. is pretty much the exact same joke as the extemely tall cop in Police Squad!/Naked Gun.

steve_dash_o March 26 2007, 16:54:43 UTC

Is the extremely tall cop an actual extremely tall cop, or somebody on another guy's shoulders who just talks about how he's giant and offers platitudes? The *actual* giant doctor is, I think, just a followup joke on the giant doctor routine that Turk and JD do. It's that routine I was referring to in my entry.

recharge138 March 26 2007, 16:57:41 UTC

I was referring to actual tall doctor, who started doing bits that are basically rip offs of the naked gun jokes. The original routine Turk/JD do is awesome, I will agree.