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The legendary comedy duo of Brooks and Reiner teach us the secrets of longevity, poet Richard Wilbur whimsically explores the nature of shame, and Stan Grossman tells Jerry Lundegaard, “We’re not a bank, Jerry.”
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The Ventures, Bill Justice and others give us a taste of a bygone art form: rock songs without lyrics where the guitar riffs and driving beats provide all the story we need. And we honor Tony Bennett’s 95th birthday with Alec Baldwin’s hilarious Saturday Night Live impressions of the legendary crooner.
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Likes mud likes mud, this X means the horse likes mud – “Guys and Dolls”, horse racing, and the great foot race between Jerry and Duncan.
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The blood curdling howl of a schnauzer in a frightful urban legend, and the Wild West saga of Henry McCartey, alias Henry Antrim, alias William Antrim, alias Billy Bonney, alias Billy the Kid.
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Bruce Springsteen’s song reflecting on his second trip to the altar and Woody Allen wondering how the word “Oldsmobile” showed up in one of the Dead Sea Scrolls found near the Gulf of Aqaba.
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The big band leaders of the 30’s and 40’s referred to them as canaries and saw them as a necessary distraction from what they enjoyed most: elaborate instrumental arrangements. They knew that only their male fans would be left, and perhaps not even them, if they completely abandoned female vocalists like The Two Helens: Forest and Ward.
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In Podcast #27, we will explore the questions: Are my standards too high, too exacting for me to be truly happy? Why do I sometimes feel like I should get a “job” or do some kind of “work”? Does thinking about maybe getting a job make me better than other people? Am I worried that if I quit borrowing money from my friends, they’ll think I’m stuck-up?
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A salute to more early country musicians, especially the broken-hearted like George Jones, “who may not be walkin’ tall but he’s tryin’, and at least he’s learned how to stand on his own two knees.”
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This week you’ll hear from two of the pioneers of country music, plus a General Motors ad from the 2008 recession: Take this car……please.
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She was the second woman inducted into the Rock ’n Roll Hall of Fame and today few people remember her name, and he is the most famous composer from Brazil but spent much of his life playing the piano in a movie theater.