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It's “That Guy… Who Was in That Thing” meets "WTF" but with people even less well known! Sure it's fun to interview the crazy famous and ask them about the difficult years, but that's been done. Memories are plastic - we're getting the real dirt from people still crawling through it. Laura Scruggs is the playwright and Jake Scruggs is the technical guy who listens to a lot of “This American Life” and thinks that qualifies him to interview people.

Jan 30, 2017

01:02 - How did grandma meet "punk grandpa?"
01:44 - Why Laura chose to call her play "Punk Grandpa."
03:22 - First date and Dating before punk grandpa.
05:47 - Grandpa in the service.
09:36 - Mammoth Cave story.
13:44 - Ladies at the bank.
16:49 - Grandpa and the saxophone.
26:43 - Dr. story.
29:01 - Stolen Rock...


Jan 23, 2017

Our computer crashed during recording and the first 20 min of this episode has a lot of references to the lost part of the interview. I am very sorry about this as it does not make for an easy listen.

02:03 - Mitch O'Connell on Boing Boing. http://boingboing.net/?s=Mitch+O%27Connell
05:30 - The 12 Million Dollar Shark


Jan 16, 2017

03:01 - How did Richard start acting?
14:29 - Acting with a bunch of coeds at Cedar Point.
19:08 - The Detroit producer.
24:24 - High school mentor James Thornton.
28:36 - New York.
35:28 - Left New York and went back to Cincinnati.
36:28 - Chicago and Shirley Hamilton.
41:00 - Nice time to play the mandolin.
47:50 -...


Jan 9, 2017

00:49 - Laura interviews Jake. She starts by asking Jake's feelings about this podcast's journey.
04:55 - Laura and Jake met in a theatre class taught by previous podcast guest, Dan Taube, listen to his episodes here:
http://areyoufamousyet.libsyn.com/ignorance-is-bliss-dan-taube-interview-part-1-episode-12a


Jan 2, 2017

Note: Recorded on video, for non-podcast reasons, 50min before their store opened -- References to visuals things and disturbances may distract.

00:48 - How did David Gordin meet Ted Frankel?
02:27 - David at the trade show in Vegas.
10:14 - What it's like for David to be with Ted in Las Vegas at the toy trade show...