It can be hard to know the right moment for something to happen.
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Note: The internet version of this episode contains un-beeped curse words. BEEPED VERSION.
Prologue
When Jordan was going into his senior year of high school in small town Utah, he and his buddies all lived together in a house, daring each other into Jackass-style pranks and stunts. There's one particular thing Jordan did that he did not want to talk to Ira about. (10 minutes)
But Wait, There's More!
Harmon Leon is a writer and comedian whose cocktail party story about “the-weirdest-gig-I-ever-did” is more weird—by a lot—than anyone else’s we’ve heard. He answered an ad several years ago that called for a hilarious sidekick to a celebrity on a hidden camera show. (30 minutes)
Harmon runs the storytelling series Tale. More on O.J. Simpson's short-lived prank show.
Song:
Pink Slip
One of the show's producers, Zoe Chace, tells Ira about a joke she made pretty soon after something terrible had happened.
And then Ira talks to Amy Silverman about something else being too soon, and how she finally figured out the right moment for it. Amy's blog about her daughter is at girlinapartyhat.com. (15 minutes)
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