April 11, 2019 • 32 mins
Ron and Carolina talk with Game of Thrones’ Peter Dinklage about his favorite poems.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Who's that man talking in my ear? He's Ron Bundy.
Hello everybody. I hope everybody is listening to this one,
the Ron Burgundy Podcast. I have a feeling this is
(00:20):
going to be a good one. Got a pretty good
feeling all the way down in my tippy toes. All
signs are pointing to the fact that this episode being entertaining,
fun to listen to, and something you'll you'll probably listen
to over and over again. Decoding the secret messages I've
(00:42):
buried deep in it. Actually, if you play this episode backwards,
you'll go clear. As my friends at the Scientology Center
like to say, Carolina, have you ever had a child
latte at your local Scientology Center? Now you should try it.
You're a pressive person if I've ever seen one. Anyway,
(01:03):
let me pull up our topic for this episode today.
From my business case is that that's a children's backpack.
Well I carry it like a briefcase. So and it
has a nice small section for my pencils your initials
on it. So let's see you boy, I'm I am
(01:24):
excited for this topic today. It's going to be a
good one and it's going to be risky. Carolina, tell
your mom at to pluggery. I don't think do you
remember what we discussed about today's topic, because it's actually
going to be the wait what then? Yeah, the note
you're handing me, it says today's topic is poetry. No no, no,
(01:47):
no no no no no no, no, no, no, nope, nope, nope, nope, nope, nope, nope,
nope No. That's what I thought. This was the show
where I was going to show everyone my sound machine.
It's pretty cool, right right? You know the sound machine
(02:08):
is cool? I think that there. Yes, it is. So
let's listen to all the sounds on my sound machine
today and we can do the poetry episode in. Let's
maybe we should pencil it in for a million billion
years from now. Okay, well, we discussed this, we booked
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a guest. We're doing this because you said you wanted
to add more culture to the show. So that's why
I didn't mean words. No, when I said culture, I
meant more exotic dancing with drums and scarves. Caroline, Please,
as a producer, you need to anticipate more. Don't make
me expell it out for you every day. When I
say cultural, I mean scarves and dancers. You know what
(02:55):
I always say no, I mean something. You just keep
on talking about scarves. I don't There isn't enough dancing
on this show, not enough dancing with scarves. And I've
said this from day one. Well, I don't know what
to tell you, because we're doing a poetry episode today
because that's what we discussed with the producers. Jesus, I
guess we're really doing this. Huh, This podcast right was fun, Carolina.
(03:19):
It's hard to say goodbye. It's not going to destroy
our show. To our listeners, you've really made my heart
so warm and big, and to the kids out there,
yes I'm your hero, but no, I'm not perfect, and
neither is Carolina obviously. Okay, well, we're not going to
lose our show. You don't just say goodbye. Um. You
know a lot of people actually find poetry interesting. Can
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we put the sound machine away for the rest of that, Carol?
And nobody thinks poetry is interesting? Okay. There's a whole
world outside of Sarah Lawrence, and that whole world thinks
you are a capital G geek. Alright, this episode is
social suicide. If you're asking me, can I actually we
just talk about one of my favorite poets and then
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we can just unplug that and then we'll plug it
back in when we do a SA Machine episode, which
we can talk about the producers later. Okay, Hi everyone,
this is Carolina um. Today we're doing a poetry episode.
I'm minored in nineteenth century poetry at Sarah Lawrence UM.
So today I wanted to tell our listeners about Emily Dickinson.
She was born in eighteen sixty. Her writing is heavily
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influenced by the metaphysical poets of the seventeenth century England. Wait, wait, wait, Emily,
Emily Dickinson. Yes, have you you've read her work? Are
you kidding me? She was one of my favorite go
go girls at Studio fifty four. No, we're talking about
different people. And did we loved the party? You know,
Emily Dickinson and I drank champagne from each other's belly buttons.
(04:49):
You know she was. Emily Dickinson was actually a recluse poet.
She rarely left the house, right. Oh, Emily left the house,
all right, But you know what, her pants didn't I'm
not following the pants didn't leave the house with her
because she didn't wear pants. She wore short shorts. You
could see her her butt outlined in them bang bang bang.
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It's the sound of her button and the shorts got her.
But was so cute. I want to move on. It's unbelievable.
She pooped out of it. Okay, well, you know what
our best it's weird to think about that. But had
to excrete feces because it was a gorgeous. But okay,
you know what our guest is about to call? Got it?
But can I tell you more Emily Dickinson's stories later? No,
(05:30):
thank you? Okay, Oh, this is actually exciting. You got
Mr Peter Dinklage. Yes, he was very excited to be
on the show. But he's he's just concerned. He wants
to make sure that it's we're in tiptop shape. Yes,
he's showing some personal poetry actedly so okay, poetry, well regardless,
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Peter Dinkridge has undo doubled lye dowd eatly A doubt Carolina,
help me out, undoubted Okay, without any doubted at lees.
Peter Dinkledge has one of the most beautiful voices in Hollywood.
Exact defined, distinguished, Yes, exactly. That's why we asked him
to read some of his favorite poems for us today
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and with that we will be back with Peter Dinklage
right after this. Welcome back Peter Dinkledge. There's no question
as one of the most beautiful, distinguished voices in all
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of Hollywood, and we are so happy to have him
here on the podcast. Calling in Peter. Are you there, Yes, Ron,
I'm here. Thank you for having me on your show.
We can't thank you enough, and we can't thank you
enough for being part of our poetry episode. Um. Of course,
you have done so many excellent roles throughout your career. Uh.
(07:00):
And you you've created what I would say is a
piece of iconic television history in the series Throne of Games. Um. Yeah,
I don't think that's right. What Carolyn, should I interrupt her?
Or please? It's called Game of Thrones, Ron, Like I
lost you there for a second. Yes, it's called Game
of Throne. You know what I had it written down wrong? Um? Okay,
(07:24):
tell us any any surprise this is the I believe
this is the final season coming up? Is that true?
That is true? Yes? And any surprises we can expect
from Thailand all manister again, that's a Triannister Tarrian. But
the whole series is sponsored by Thaylan All is that correct?
(07:46):
I know. No, it's on HBO, so there are no advertisers. Well,
I've got HBO. I did some bad network. I'm sorry, Peter, Yeah, yeah,
that's okay. Um, I can't give you any secrets or spoilers. Wrong,
I'm sorry. Fair enough. We'll just have to wait and
see what the gang at Hogwarts pulls off. I've seen
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the coloring books, right, the game of thrown coloring books.
One real question and we'll get into the poetry. The
dragons aren't real though, right, No, okay, that's all the facts,
because they look real, that's for sure, in the in
the coloring books, they look real. On the show, they
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look real. That's the only I've only seen excerpts of
the dragons on YouTube. That's all I've ever seen of
the show. And they are horrifying. They are horrifying. They are. Yes,
we have a great visual effects team. I love visual effects,
do you. Whenever I watch a movie, I always go
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to the back of the credit role and I see
who's in charge of visual effects, and if it's a
good one, then I'll watch the rest of the movie.
If not, I just say nope. Not for me. So
you know that names of different visual effects are Oh yes,
I know them as well as I mean those I
only watched the technical awards on all the awards shows,
only watched the technical parts. It's like scroll through you
(09:15):
know all the actors. Who cares give me the technical
technical people? Peter, are you? Are you a fan of poetry?
I am. I think it's sort of a lost art form.
I think, uh, I mean poetry has become I think
rat is a new form of poetry. It is right
(09:38):
country Western music. I think there's always been poetry. Sure, Well,
songs are a form of poetry. Of course they are.
That's what I meant. What what style of songwriting it is? Yes,
and of course Johnny Cash was a poet. He was
a poet. Yeah, and I understand you'll be reading two
poems to us today. And so you're a fan of poetry. Well,
(09:59):
I mean, I guess what I'm wondering is what made
you decide on poet? You know, I'll be honest with you.
Carolina forced us to do this episode today. I just
thought it would be nice to have some cultural texture
to our show, make a little more highbrow exactly. That's
what we're looking. We've been told by the powers would
(10:20):
be that we don't have enough highbrow episode, so this
is our attempt to kind of get a little more
PBS like PBS next on PBS. Well that's yeah, gently
than that usually I think you're thinking of PBS. McLear
news our on PBS. I haven't watched it. I watch,
(10:44):
I watched. I watched the NBA Finals on PBS all
the time. I don't know if that's Caroline. Um. You know,
we do a fact check at the end of the
episode so we can get to a lot of this.
It was that your doorbell. Do is there a pizza
being delivered? I think there's uh, well, I'm in the
woods right now, so I'm a little scared. There's somebody
at the door. Um, can you barricade yourself in? Do
(11:09):
you need us to send law enforcement? They left the package? Okay,
did you send me something wrong? I did? I sent
you copied my book just as a thank you. Yes,
and I sent you some Omaha steaks. But I forgot
to tell them and put them in dry eyes, so
they may they may be past I should I should
(11:30):
get out there before the critic yep, exactly because that's
fresh meat. Yeah. Well, Peter, why don't we begin with
your first poem? And can you can you tell us
who this the poet is and and the name of
the poet. It's a very short poem. Okay, I'll have
you guess if you're if you Caroline would know, you
know what. I'm up in the woods right now. We
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got a little, a little place up here, and because
of so much nature around, I thought, like them of
nature would be nice. What what part of the woods
are you in the Berkshires? I'd kind of want to
keep that a little private. Somewhere in man Main Canada,
Cottage country. Cottage Country, Canada. So cottage Country. Can you
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see Niagara Falls from your house? No? I cannot. Okay,
So you're somewhere north of Manhattan, not Canada, not that
far north. No, that would require a passport. Every time.
I will eventually find you, my friend, I will eventually
show up at your daughter. Yep, the stakes did so,
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I do know where you're like, but I'm going to
keep that. I'm gonna it's professional courtesy. I will not
reveal where you live in the woods. Okay, alright, So
we'll begin with our first time to the post. I
guess okay, this is my seven year old daughter. Just
wrote this this morning because I said I was going
to be on your show, and she said, I'll write
you a poem that wonderful. I love that sentiment. That's amazing.
(13:02):
It's untitled. It's untitled. Okay, and your daughter's name is
that's not important. Sassy, Sassy Molassie, Sassy Molassie. So this
is a poem written untitled by Sassy Milassie Dinklage and
read by her father, Peter Dicklich from the Throne of Games.
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Whenever You're ready, A gentle flower blows in the moonlight drown.
I think I lost you. Keep going, Carolyn, Yeah, we're here.
We just we just had something on the there's something
happened on the line. Star. I'll just start over. Sorry,
(13:45):
I think I think we're picking up a studio audience
somewhere where you are wrong. Oh you know what, that's
a ron sound machine. Ron. Let's just leave. Let's hear
the rest of the poem and let's just leave the
sound machine. A sorry about that. You can continue whenever
you're ready, sound machine. Okay, A gentle flower glows in
the moonlight. It sings and dances. Ron, what go ahead,
(14:18):
Peter door, No, that's it, that's the whole poem. Oh oh,
I see what you're doing. That's a that's a toilet
flushing sound. That is you got it? I know, isn't
it cool? Yeah? I know, but my daughter really put
a lot of thought into that poem. I'm so sorry,
(14:39):
m Ron, Let's leave it alone, Okay, Caroline, are you
with Ron? M Yeah, yeah, we're just going about this.
I'm so sorry. It's pretty The sound machine is great,
isn't it, Peter, This is really unprofessional. I'm really sorry.
We're just going to you know, if we want to
move on to the next poem. Run. No, that was
(15:01):
just transition music to the next poem. Um, let's alright,
Peter's whenever you're ready. I'm done. I've got it totally
out of my system. Yeah, I thought, uh with the hello,
Sorry sorry, sorry, sorry? You know what we're just I
(15:23):
just imagine what the poetry of it all. It was
more NPR than yeah, no exactly, you know anything. That
was the vibe that we're going to go for today.
So I think we're just gonna unplug the machine for
a second. It's totally unplugged. I've taken it off, put
it away. Okay, great, Ron unplugged it. So we're good. Um,
start your second poem whenever you're ready, Peter, please, sorry
(15:44):
about that again. Okay, This next poem is by Oscar Wilde.
You know his work wrong, He's amazing Oscar Wilde. I
believe Oscar wild irishman. Correct. Yes, from Dublin. One of
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one of his famous quotes was either this wallpaper has
to go, or or I have to go. Something like that.
He didn't like the wallpaper in the room he was staying. Well,
he had very good taste. Perhaps he didn't. I don't know.
I don't know that one, Oscar wild from Dublin. Yes again.
Another poem sort of dealing with with nature in the
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woods beautiful. Yeah, this one's called her Voice. The wild
be reels from bow to bow with his furry coat
and his gauzy wing, now in a lily cup and
now setting it just since I'm sorry, my elbow slipped.
(16:49):
My elbow slipped, Peter, I'm so sorry. You want to
take it from the beginning, are you? No? I just
think I don't know, Caroline, Yeah, you know, sure? This
is should I call back another time, do you think
or that would be provocative if you did call back.
You're getting you're having fun. I understand you're having fun
(17:11):
than having a great I don't want to interrupt your
Fun's just basically it was a misunderstanding. I think because
I thought one one one way and then I wasn't.
That's another toilet clushing. Um. Everything that machine is like
a comment on what I'm I think I'll say, you
(17:32):
don't have a lot of you know, we were throwing
fans pretty upset by this, That's all I gotta say.
It was so hard to get you booked because I'm
really appradual is packed and um, we feel really honored
to have as a guest. I did. I did a
lot of research on this, these tones. I think fans
of us for wild would really appreciate this rendition though.
(17:53):
Yeah no, and we really didn't want this to be
um anything that would upset you want to run, we
have to. I mean, I know this is over the phone,
but I even dressed up for this. I have and
well that's on that's on you. You don't have to
dress up. I'm in my box are briefs right now?
(18:18):
That's a visual I did not need. I had a
backup sound machine. This is not Carolin's fault. She did
unplug the first one. Yeah, it's Roun's podcast room, his rules,
he says. So sometimes he just shows up like this, Peter,
please go ahead and finish the poem. You have my word.
I will not hit another button. Let me just hit
(18:41):
let me just do a rapid fire and get it
out of my system. Yeah, get out of your system. Okay, Okay,
run Ron, I mean, because you're done, totally done, totally done. Okay.
(19:03):
You know, after a while, it probably would appreciate this.
He had a great He had a great sense of humor.
From what I remember, Doubliners is a laugh riot. That
being said, we should really get back if we want
the powers that be to be happy with this. That's right.
This is supposed to be high class. Okay, okay, just
keep going. Well, perhaps perhaps we'll come back to Perhaps
let me go through my manuscript here and perhaps we'll
(19:25):
come back. Um, it's a fine, finally bound gold leaf
manuscript that I had been working on. Yeah, I worked
on it all week. It's really beautiful. I wish you
could see it. All right, let's let's um a pub
by William Blake Bill Blake. Yeah, you know, well, William,
(19:47):
if anybody called them Bill, Nope, William Blake, you know
you should definitely respect him and his work by calling
him his proper name. Have the utmost. Most people like
it when you call you Ronald. Oh, I don't have
a problem with it. You can call me face for
all I care, as long as the check gashes, you know. Yeah, Okay,
(20:11):
all right, it's called laughing song. Oh beautiful, Oh God.
I have a button that says laugh on here. Okay,
I'm not gonna push it. Okay. Laughing song, uh, Laughing
song by William Blake. When the greenwoods laugh with the
voice of joy, and the dimpling stream runs laughing by,
when the air does laugh with our merry wit, and
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the green hill laughs with the noise of it, When
the meadows laugh with a lively green and the grasshopper
laughs in the merry scene, when Mary and Susan and
Emily with their sweet round matus sing ha ha, Okay,
(20:57):
I am really sorry this. I don't have any I
don't have an excuse for it. I don't that's it.
I think I think you know what I'm fine, but
I think it's disrespect to these writers. I Peter, if
you're mad at me, my friend, I don't blame you.
I didn't know if it sounded bodily, is all I'm saying.
(21:19):
If we could just get five more minutes, we really
need to fill this time quote. If we get five
more minutes with you, we will not do any more sounds.
I promise this is no more sounds. Hullo, Peter, Hello,
Shoot now I'm still here. Just really no, he's back,
(21:47):
Peter Danklich Sorry, one final poem? Do you have it
in you? Peter um? I mean, if you're done, I
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totally understand. It's just it's just no, it's hard flies
in the face of greatness. It's just I just draw
the literary minds out there. Please, I recommend not tuning in.
It's probably too late. What am I talking about. You've
already been listening. They've already been listening. Yeah, they can't.
I was just trying to spice things up a little bit.
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But it's my name, Ron, it's my name that you know.
It's true. It's true. You're right, it wasn't. When you
say my name, it equals Peter, it equals dinkleage. I
mean disparages poetry. That's what people are gonna be thinking.
You're right, we just don't want to be the headline.
Of course, you know what it will be because I'm involved.
(22:54):
It will be a headline because just me in my involvement. Now,
I try to I do everything I can to avoid
situations like this. I should have just researched here, Peter.
(23:18):
We really appreciate you taking the time out to read
us some poetry from your your mountain hideaway fortress somewhere
in the northeastern part of the United States. I know
where it is, but I won't reveal that. Um, you're
a class act, my friend. And don't forget to pull
those stakes off the front front stoop there we lost him.
(23:45):
Well that was Peter Dinklinch everyone. I really appreciate that. Okay,
thanks thanks for the stakes, Peter. Thanks again, Pal. Really,
the poems were great. They were really great. I honestly
don't think people are gonna have an issue with it.
I think it's just a new way to interpret and
enjoy poetry. You know what, I'm still on the line.
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I'll tell you the hard truth of it all. Yes,
Game of Thrones is over things like this is all
I have left. You're looking for the next chapter of
your career and it's going to be fruitful, trust me,
now you know what. And I'm looking right I'm listening
to it right now. This is my life now, Ron.
Thank you, No, it's thank you. Ron. You made me
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realize that next half of my life is going to
be this. Peter, you're a class act, my friend. Next
time you're in southern California, look me up and I'll
take you to Hanniggans for some cod. Oh god, that
sounds so terrible. Well, it was an honor to have
(24:54):
you on the show, really was. Thank you, and I'm
so sorry you didn't work out as we previously discussed.
Peter Dinklage everyone, thanks again, my friend. All right, well,
well we'll go to another commercial here and we'll be
back with the Ron Burgundy Podcast. Welcome back, Ron Burgundy Podcast.
(25:26):
And Carolina, I am not gonna say I told you so,
but this poetry episode was never gonna work out. I
think the sound machine was an unfortunate circumstance that we
had to deal with um and I think, well it
wasn't going to go away. I'm sorry, right, because we
were at cross purposes. I mean today burned into my
(25:47):
brain was the sound effects episode, and then you spring
this poetry thing on me. Okay, well, I you know,
I think we should send him an apology letter or
a bottle of Actually, I'm looking through my my calendar here,
my hard copy calendar book that I keep. Oh brother,
(26:08):
what's going on? You were right? I have a circle
and start poetry episode today, So well to send him
a thank you gift or yes, well he's got the
stakes waiting for him. Yes, oh I know, send him
a sound machine. Yes, he'll love that. It's kind of
a kind of a slam dunk present, if you ask me.
(26:30):
I don't think he's going to appreciate that, especially after
today's episode. I think it'll actually probably upset him exactly. Yeah, okay,
that was the last one that totally was Yeah. Um,
this one's gonna be heavy one. Do you want to
do fact checks? Let's do our fact check. Absolutely. Um,
I'm just gonna run through a couple of these Game
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of Thrones no throne up games, completely understandable. People mix
that up all the time. Um. The series is not
sponsored by Tail and All or any other pharmaceutical company
and Hogwarts takes no part in in Hogwarts is the
Harry Potter world. I know you've been catching up on
the books and you love them. I got him mixed up,
(27:12):
it's hard. And then the NBING Finals has never been
aired on PBS before. But um, those I mean are
sort of fine. I think what was more upsetting to
me was that he kept on calling me Caroline, and
I mean I was too nervous to correct him. He's
a famous actor, but you started calling me Caroline. Did
(27:32):
you notice that? Who? What is your name? It's Carolina
and it's always been Carolina since I was born. Yes,
and you've never, like once messed around with Caroline. No,
not even close, not even close, not ever. Okay, well,
(27:53):
we officially now know your name is, without fail, Carolina. Great. Okay,
that's why it's good to do these fact checks. Yeah, yeah, great,
thank you, Carolina. Final thoughts here. You'd like to start
my final thoughts with with a poem I have for you.
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Roses are red, Violets are blue. Peter Dinklage lives at
four four seven Hammerstead Road in the town of New Duncan,
New York. That's upstate. You take the forty four UH
for about seventy minutes outside of Manhattan. You then make
a right at the old Red Barn, Uh Farmer McDougall's
(28:40):
Red Barn. Do you ask anyone in the neighborhood, they'll
know where it is. You go down a dirt road
for about two and a half miles. You stop at
the old Oak Tree, and then it's a hard left
and near this beautiful little river is his house. And
it's unmistakable. It's it's painted a robin's egg blue and
it says the dank which is on the on the
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front post, uh the end. Pretty good poem. It's not,
it's more of directions to his house. I think we
shouldn't maybe take that out. Thank you for joining us
on the Ron Burgundy Podcast, Carolina. Thank you for clearing
up the controversy about your name, and we will see
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you next time when you listen on wherever podcasts can
be listened to. Still confused by the whole concept, Thank you,
Ron Burgundy. By bye. Stay tuned for scenes from the
next episode of the Ron Burgundy Podcast. On the next
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Ron Burgundy Podcast, Shakespeare What Buckingham Palace, Tower of London, England?
Fish and chips, the English language. What do all these
things have in common? That's right, they came from England.
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Is that what you said, Caroline? Yeah, I just didn't
know what's happening. Finally, King Arthur and the Knights of
the round Table said enough is enough. They kicked everyone out,
gave Henry the Eighth the Turkey leg and the rest,
as they say, a stray. Wait, we didn't get that.
What did you say? The rash aka? The rest is history?
(30:28):
We got it. Why why is English food so bad?
The food? It's really about it being kind of studgy,
keeping you warm, keeping you full, rather than like a
culinary experience studgy. Yes, I like that word because we
don't have that word over here. I'm just gonna get
that down, write down that word, Carolina stodgy, and use
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it in my speech tomorrow at the Community Center. Because
the first thing I do when I visit London is
I order it unicorn steak and get a big flagon
of mead. I'm a shine of a shadeer i am,
and I'm leaving foggy London town. Yeah. I think I'm
getting better. I think it needs work. But there is
(31:12):
a part of every British subject who rus the day.
When four comes around, They're like, oh gosh, we have
our own firework day on the fifth of November. Well
it's not a competition, were kind of. You don't have
to yell at me or those your real teeth. These
are actually my baby teeth. I don't know if it's
a British thing, but I've only ever had one set
(31:34):
of teeth. Ron. That's so crazy. Ron only has his
baby I only have my baby teeth. Well, maybe you
are British. The Ron Burgundy Podcast is a production of
I Heart Radio podcast Network and Funnier Die. I'm Ron Burgundy.
I'm the host, writer and executive producer. Carolina Barlow is
(31:57):
my co host, writer and producer. The show was also
produced by Whitney Hodeck, Jack O'Brien, Miles Gray, and Nick Stump.
Our executive producer is Mike Farrah. Our consulting producer is
Andrew Steel. Our associate producer is Anna Hosnier. Our writer
is Jake Pogos. Our production supervisor is Colin McDougall. This
episode was engineered, mixed, and edited by Nick Stump. Until
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Next Time, This is Ron Burgundy.
Who's that man talking in my ear? He's Ron Bundy.
Hello everybody. I hope everybody is listening to this one,
the Ron Burgundy Podcast. I have a feeling this is
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going to be a good one. Got a pretty good
feeling all the way down in my tippy toes. All
signs are pointing to the fact that this episode being entertaining,
fun to listen to, and something you'll you'll probably listen
to over and over again. Decoding the secret messages I've
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buried deep in it. Actually, if you play this episode backwards,
you'll go clear. As my friends at the Scientology Center
like to say, Carolina, have you ever had a child
latte at your local Scientology Center? Now you should try it.
You're a pressive person if I've ever seen one. Anyway,
(01:03):
let me pull up our topic for this episode today.
From my business case is that that's a children's backpack.
Well I carry it like a briefcase. So and it
has a nice small section for my pencils your initials
on it. So let's see you boy, I'm I am
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excited for this topic today. It's going to be a
good one and it's going to be risky. Carolina, tell
your mom at to pluggery. I don't think do you
remember what we discussed about today's topic, because it's actually
going to be the wait what then? Yeah, the note
you're handing me, it says today's topic is poetry. No no, no,
(01:47):
no no no no no no, no, no, no, nope, nope, nope, nope, nope, nope, nope,
nope No. That's what I thought. This was the show
where I was going to show everyone my sound machine.
It's pretty cool, right right? You know the sound machine
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is cool? I think that there. Yes, it is. So
let's listen to all the sounds on my sound machine
today and we can do the poetry episode in. Let's
maybe we should pencil it in for a million billion
years from now. Okay, well, we discussed this, we booked
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a guest. We're doing this because you said you wanted
to add more culture to the show. So that's why
I didn't mean words. No, when I said culture, I
meant more exotic dancing with drums and scarves. Caroline, Please,
as a producer, you need to anticipate more. Don't make
me expell it out for you every day. When I
say cultural, I mean scarves and dancers. You know what
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I always say no, I mean something. You just keep
on talking about scarves. I don't There isn't enough dancing
on this show, not enough dancing with scarves. And I've
said this from day one. Well, I don't know what
to tell you, because we're doing a poetry episode today
because that's what we discussed with the producers. Jesus, I
guess we're really doing this. Huh, This podcast right was fun, Carolina.
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It's hard to say goodbye. It's not going to destroy
our show. To our listeners, you've really made my heart
so warm and big, and to the kids out there,
yes I'm your hero, but no, I'm not perfect, and
neither is Carolina obviously. Okay, well, we're not going to
lose our show. You don't just say goodbye. Um. You
know a lot of people actually find poetry interesting. Can
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we put the sound machine away for the rest of that, Carol?
And nobody thinks poetry is interesting? Okay. There's a whole
world outside of Sarah Lawrence, and that whole world thinks
you are a capital G geek. Alright, this episode is
social suicide. If you're asking me, can I actually we
just talk about one of my favorite poets and then
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we can just unplug that and then we'll plug it
back in when we do a SA Machine episode, which
we can talk about the producers later. Okay, Hi everyone,
this is Carolina um. Today we're doing a poetry episode.
I'm minored in nineteenth century poetry at Sarah Lawrence UM.
So today I wanted to tell our listeners about Emily Dickinson.
She was born in eighteen sixty. Her writing is heavily
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influenced by the metaphysical poets of the seventeenth century England. Wait, wait, wait, Emily,
Emily Dickinson. Yes, have you you've read her work? Are
you kidding me? She was one of my favorite go
go girls at Studio fifty four. No, we're talking about
different people. And did we loved the party? You know,
Emily Dickinson and I drank champagne from each other's belly buttons.
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You know she was. Emily Dickinson was actually a recluse poet.
She rarely left the house, right. Oh, Emily left the house,
all right, But you know what, her pants didn't I'm
not following the pants didn't leave the house with her
because she didn't wear pants. She wore short shorts. You
could see her her butt outlined in them bang bang bang.
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It's the sound of her button and the shorts got her.
But was so cute. I want to move on. It's unbelievable.
She pooped out of it. Okay, well, you know what
our best it's weird to think about that. But had
to excrete feces because it was a gorgeous. But okay,
you know what our guest is about to call? Got it?
But can I tell you more Emily Dickinson's stories later? No,
(05:30):
thank you? Okay, Oh, this is actually exciting. You got
Mr Peter Dinklage. Yes, he was very excited to be
on the show. But he's he's just concerned. He wants
to make sure that it's we're in tiptop shape. Yes,
he's showing some personal poetry actedly so okay, poetry, well regardless,
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Peter Dinkridge has undo doubled lye dowd eatly A doubt Carolina,
help me out, undoubted Okay, without any doubted at lees.
Peter Dinkledge has one of the most beautiful voices in Hollywood.
Exact defined, distinguished, Yes, exactly. That's why we asked him
to read some of his favorite poems for us today
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and with that we will be back with Peter Dinklage
right after this. Welcome back Peter Dinkledge. There's no question
as one of the most beautiful, distinguished voices in all
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of Hollywood, and we are so happy to have him
here on the podcast. Calling in Peter. Are you there, Yes, Ron,
I'm here. Thank you for having me on your show.
We can't thank you enough, and we can't thank you
enough for being part of our poetry episode. Um. Of course,
you have done so many excellent roles throughout your career. Uh.
(07:00):
And you you've created what I would say is a
piece of iconic television history in the series Throne of Games. Um. Yeah,
I don't think that's right. What Carolyn, should I interrupt her?
Or please? It's called Game of Thrones, Ron, Like I
lost you there for a second. Yes, it's called Game
of Throne. You know what I had it written down wrong? Um? Okay,
(07:24):
tell us any any surprise this is the I believe
this is the final season coming up? Is that true?
That is true? Yes? And any surprises we can expect
from Thailand all manister again, that's a Triannister Tarrian. But
the whole series is sponsored by Thaylan All is that correct?
(07:46):
I know. No, it's on HBO, so there are no advertisers. Well,
I've got HBO. I did some bad network. I'm sorry, Peter, Yeah, yeah,
that's okay. Um, I can't give you any secrets or spoilers. Wrong,
I'm sorry. Fair enough. We'll just have to wait and
see what the gang at Hogwarts pulls off. I've seen
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the coloring books, right, the game of thrown coloring books.
One real question and we'll get into the poetry. The
dragons aren't real though, right, No, okay, that's all the facts,
because they look real, that's for sure, in the in
the coloring books, they look real. On the show, they
(08:30):
look real. That's the only I've only seen excerpts of
the dragons on YouTube. That's all I've ever seen of
the show. And they are horrifying. They are horrifying. They are. Yes,
we have a great visual effects team. I love visual effects,
do you. Whenever I watch a movie, I always go
(08:51):
to the back of the credit role and I see
who's in charge of visual effects, and if it's a
good one, then I'll watch the rest of the movie.
If not, I just say nope. Not for me. So
you know that names of different visual effects are Oh yes,
I know them as well as I mean those I
only watched the technical awards on all the awards shows,
only watched the technical parts. It's like scroll through you
(09:15):
know all the actors. Who cares give me the technical
technical people? Peter, are you? Are you a fan of poetry?
I am. I think it's sort of a lost art form.
I think, uh, I mean poetry has become I think
rat is a new form of poetry. It is right
(09:38):
country Western music. I think there's always been poetry. Sure, Well,
songs are a form of poetry. Of course they are.
That's what I meant. What what style of songwriting it is? Yes,
and of course Johnny Cash was a poet. He was
a poet. Yeah, and I understand you'll be reading two
poems to us today. And so you're a fan of poetry. Well,
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I mean, I guess what I'm wondering is what made
you decide on poet? You know, I'll be honest with you.
Carolina forced us to do this episode today. I just
thought it would be nice to have some cultural texture
to our show, make a little more highbrow exactly. That's
what we're looking. We've been told by the powers would
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be that we don't have enough highbrow episode, so this
is our attempt to kind of get a little more
PBS like PBS next on PBS. Well that's yeah, gently
than that usually I think you're thinking of PBS. McLear
news our on PBS. I haven't watched it. I watch,
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I watched. I watched the NBA Finals on PBS all
the time. I don't know if that's Caroline. Um. You know,
we do a fact check at the end of the
episode so we can get to a lot of this.
It was that your doorbell. Do is there a pizza
being delivered? I think there's uh, well, I'm in the
woods right now, so I'm a little scared. There's somebody
at the door. Um, can you barricade yourself in? Do
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you need us to send law enforcement? They left the package? Okay,
did you send me something wrong? I did? I sent
you copied my book just as a thank you. Yes,
and I sent you some Omaha steaks. But I forgot
to tell them and put them in dry eyes, so
they may they may be past I should I should
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get out there before the critic yep, exactly because that's
fresh meat. Yeah. Well, Peter, why don't we begin with
your first poem? And can you can you tell us
who this the poet is and and the name of
the poet. It's a very short poem. Okay, I'll have
you guess if you're if you Caroline would know, you
know what. I'm up in the woods right now. We
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got a little, a little place up here, and because
of so much nature around, I thought, like them of
nature would be nice. What what part of the woods
are you in the Berkshires? I'd kind of want to
keep that a little private. Somewhere in man Main Canada,
Cottage country. Cottage Country, Canada. So cottage Country. Can you
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see Niagara Falls from your house? No? I cannot. Okay,
So you're somewhere north of Manhattan, not Canada, not that
far north. No, that would require a passport. Every time.
I will eventually find you, my friend, I will eventually
show up at your daughter. Yep, the stakes did so,
(12:40):
I do know where you're like, but I'm going to
keep that. I'm gonna it's professional courtesy. I will not
reveal where you live in the woods. Okay, alright, So
we'll begin with our first time to the post. I
guess okay, this is my seven year old daughter. Just
wrote this this morning because I said I was going
to be on your show, and she said, I'll write
you a poem that wonderful. I love that sentiment. That's amazing.
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It's untitled. It's untitled. Okay, and your daughter's name is
that's not important. Sassy, Sassy Molassie, Sassy Molassie. So this
is a poem written untitled by Sassy Milassie Dinklage and
read by her father, Peter Dicklich from the Throne of Games.
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Whenever You're ready, A gentle flower blows in the moonlight drown.
I think I lost you. Keep going, Carolyn, Yeah, we're here.
We just we just had something on the there's something
happened on the line. Star. I'll just start over. Sorry,
(13:45):
I think I think we're picking up a studio audience
somewhere where you are wrong. Oh you know what, that's
a ron sound machine. Ron. Let's just leave. Let's hear
the rest of the poem and let's just leave the
sound machine. A sorry about that. You can continue whenever
you're ready, sound machine. Okay, A gentle flower glows in
the moonlight. It sings and dances. Ron, what go ahead,
(14:18):
Peter door, No, that's it, that's the whole poem. Oh oh,
I see what you're doing. That's a that's a toilet
flushing sound. That is you got it? I know, isn't
it cool? Yeah? I know, but my daughter really put
a lot of thought into that poem. I'm so sorry,
(14:39):
m Ron, Let's leave it alone, Okay, Caroline, are you
with Ron? M Yeah, yeah, we're just going about this.
I'm so sorry. It's pretty The sound machine is great,
isn't it, Peter, This is really unprofessional. I'm really sorry.
We're just going to you know, if we want to
move on to the next poem. Run. No, that was
(15:01):
just transition music to the next poem. Um, let's alright,
Peter's whenever you're ready. I'm done. I've got it totally
out of my system. Yeah, I thought, uh with the hello,
Sorry sorry, sorry, sorry? You know what we're just I
(15:23):
just imagine what the poetry of it all. It was
more NPR than yeah, no exactly, you know anything. That
was the vibe that we're going to go for today.
So I think we're just gonna unplug the machine for
a second. It's totally unplugged. I've taken it off, put
it away. Okay, great, Ron unplugged it. So we're good. Um,
start your second poem whenever you're ready, Peter, please, sorry
(15:44):
about that again. Okay, This next poem is by Oscar Wilde.
You know his work wrong, He's amazing Oscar Wilde. I
believe Oscar wild irishman. Correct. Yes, from Dublin. One of
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one of his famous quotes was either this wallpaper has
to go, or or I have to go. Something like that.
He didn't like the wallpaper in the room he was staying. Well,
he had very good taste. Perhaps he didn't. I don't know.
I don't know that one, Oscar wild from Dublin. Yes again.
Another poem sort of dealing with with nature in the
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woods beautiful. Yeah, this one's called her Voice. The wild
be reels from bow to bow with his furry coat
and his gauzy wing, now in a lily cup and
now setting it just since I'm sorry, my elbow slipped.
(16:49):
My elbow slipped, Peter, I'm so sorry. You want to
take it from the beginning, are you? No? I just
think I don't know, Caroline, Yeah, you know, sure? This
is should I call back another time, do you think
or that would be provocative if you did call back.
You're getting you're having fun. I understand you're having fun
(17:11):
than having a great I don't want to interrupt your
Fun's just basically it was a misunderstanding. I think because
I thought one one one way and then I wasn't.
That's another toilet clushing. Um. Everything that machine is like
a comment on what I'm I think I'll say, you
(17:32):
don't have a lot of you know, we were throwing
fans pretty upset by this, That's all I gotta say.
It was so hard to get you booked because I'm
really appradual is packed and um, we feel really honored
to have as a guest. I did. I did a
lot of research on this, these tones. I think fans
of us for wild would really appreciate this rendition though.
(17:53):
Yeah no, and we really didn't want this to be
um anything that would upset you want to run, we
have to. I mean, I know this is over the phone,
but I even dressed up for this. I have and
well that's on that's on you. You don't have to
dress up. I'm in my box are briefs right now?
(18:18):
That's a visual I did not need. I had a
backup sound machine. This is not Carolin's fault. She did
unplug the first one. Yeah, it's Roun's podcast room, his rules,
he says. So sometimes he just shows up like this, Peter,
please go ahead and finish the poem. You have my word.
I will not hit another button. Let me just hit
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let me just do a rapid fire and get it
out of my system. Yeah, get out of your system. Okay, Okay,
run Ron, I mean, because you're done, totally done, totally done. Okay.
(19:03):
You know, after a while, it probably would appreciate this.
He had a great He had a great sense of humor.
From what I remember, Doubliners is a laugh riot. That
being said, we should really get back if we want
the powers that be to be happy with this. That's right.
This is supposed to be high class. Okay, okay, just
keep going. Well, perhaps perhaps we'll come back to Perhaps
let me go through my manuscript here and perhaps we'll
(19:25):
come back. Um, it's a fine, finally bound gold leaf
manuscript that I had been working on. Yeah, I worked
on it all week. It's really beautiful. I wish you
could see it. All right, let's let's um a pub
by William Blake Bill Blake. Yeah, you know, well, William,
(19:47):
if anybody called them Bill, Nope, William Blake, you know
you should definitely respect him and his work by calling
him his proper name. Have the utmost. Most people like
it when you call you Ronald. Oh, I don't have
a problem with it. You can call me face for
all I care, as long as the check gashes, you know. Yeah, Okay,
(20:11):
all right, it's called laughing song. Oh beautiful, Oh God.
I have a button that says laugh on here. Okay,
I'm not gonna push it. Okay. Laughing song, uh, Laughing
song by William Blake. When the greenwoods laugh with the
voice of joy, and the dimpling stream runs laughing by,
when the air does laugh with our merry wit, and
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the green hill laughs with the noise of it, When
the meadows laugh with a lively green and the grasshopper
laughs in the merry scene, when Mary and Susan and
Emily with their sweet round matus sing ha ha, Okay,
(20:57):
I am really sorry this. I don't have any I
don't have an excuse for it. I don't that's it.
I think I think you know what I'm fine, but
I think it's disrespect to these writers. I Peter, if
you're mad at me, my friend, I don't blame you.
I didn't know if it sounded bodily, is all I'm saying.
(21:19):
If we could just get five more minutes, we really
need to fill this time quote. If we get five
more minutes with you, we will not do any more sounds.
I promise this is no more sounds. Hullo, Peter, Hello,
Shoot now I'm still here. Just really no, he's back,
(21:47):
Peter Danklich Sorry, one final poem? Do you have it
in you? Peter um? I mean, if you're done, I
(22:11):
totally understand. It's just it's just no, it's hard flies
in the face of greatness. It's just I just draw
the literary minds out there. Please, I recommend not tuning in.
It's probably too late. What am I talking about. You've
already been listening. They've already been listening. Yeah, they can't.
I was just trying to spice things up a little bit.
(22:31):
But it's my name, Ron, it's my name that you know.
It's true. It's true. You're right, it wasn't. When you
say my name, it equals Peter, it equals dinkleage. I
mean disparages poetry. That's what people are gonna be thinking.
You're right, we just don't want to be the headline.
Of course, you know what it will be because I'm involved.
(22:54):
It will be a headline because just me in my involvement. Now,
I try to I do everything I can to avoid
situations like this. I should have just researched here, Peter.
(23:18):
We really appreciate you taking the time out to read
us some poetry from your your mountain hideaway fortress somewhere
in the northeastern part of the United States. I know
where it is, but I won't reveal that. Um, you're
a class act, my friend. And don't forget to pull
those stakes off the front front stoop there we lost him.
(23:45):
Well that was Peter Dinklinch everyone. I really appreciate that. Okay,
thanks thanks for the stakes, Peter. Thanks again, Pal. Really,
the poems were great. They were really great. I honestly
don't think people are gonna have an issue with it.
I think it's just a new way to interpret and
enjoy poetry. You know what, I'm still on the line.
(24:07):
I'll tell you the hard truth of it all. Yes,
Game of Thrones is over things like this is all
I have left. You're looking for the next chapter of
your career and it's going to be fruitful, trust me,
now you know what. And I'm looking right I'm listening
to it right now. This is my life now, Ron.
Thank you, No, it's thank you. Ron. You made me
(24:29):
realize that next half of my life is going to
be this. Peter, you're a class act, my friend. Next
time you're in southern California, look me up and I'll
take you to Hanniggans for some cod. Oh god, that
sounds so terrible. Well, it was an honor to have
(24:54):
you on the show, really was. Thank you, and I'm
so sorry you didn't work out as we previously discussed.
Peter Dinklage everyone, thanks again, my friend. All right, well,
well we'll go to another commercial here and we'll be
back with the Ron Burgundy Podcast. Welcome back, Ron Burgundy Podcast.
(25:26):
And Carolina, I am not gonna say I told you so,
but this poetry episode was never gonna work out. I
think the sound machine was an unfortunate circumstance that we
had to deal with um and I think, well it
wasn't going to go away. I'm sorry, right, because we
were at cross purposes. I mean today burned into my
(25:47):
brain was the sound effects episode, and then you spring
this poetry thing on me. Okay, well, I you know,
I think we should send him an apology letter or
a bottle of Actually, I'm looking through my my calendar here,
my hard copy calendar book that I keep. Oh brother,
(26:08):
what's going on? You were right? I have a circle
and start poetry episode today, So well to send him
a thank you gift or yes, well he's got the
stakes waiting for him. Yes, oh I know, send him
a sound machine. Yes, he'll love that. It's kind of
a kind of a slam dunk present, if you ask me.
(26:30):
I don't think he's going to appreciate that, especially after
today's episode. I think it'll actually probably upset him exactly. Yeah, okay,
that was the last one that totally was Yeah. Um,
this one's gonna be heavy one. Do you want to
do fact checks? Let's do our fact check. Absolutely. Um,
I'm just gonna run through a couple of these Game
(26:52):
of Thrones no throne up games, completely understandable. People mix
that up all the time. Um. The series is not
sponsored by Tail and All or any other pharmaceutical company
and Hogwarts takes no part in in Hogwarts is the
Harry Potter world. I know you've been catching up on
the books and you love them. I got him mixed up,
(27:12):
it's hard. And then the NBING Finals has never been
aired on PBS before. But um, those I mean are
sort of fine. I think what was more upsetting to
me was that he kept on calling me Caroline, and
I mean I was too nervous to correct him. He's
a famous actor, but you started calling me Caroline. Did
(27:32):
you notice that? Who? What is your name? It's Carolina
and it's always been Carolina since I was born. Yes,
and you've never, like once messed around with Caroline. No,
not even close, not even close, not ever. Okay, well,
(27:53):
we officially now know your name is, without fail, Carolina. Great. Okay,
that's why it's good to do these fact checks. Yeah, yeah, great,
thank you, Carolina. Final thoughts here. You'd like to start
my final thoughts with with a poem I have for you.
(28:16):
Roses are red, Violets are blue. Peter Dinklage lives at
four four seven Hammerstead Road in the town of New Duncan,
New York. That's upstate. You take the forty four UH
for about seventy minutes outside of Manhattan. You then make
a right at the old Red Barn, Uh Farmer McDougall's
(28:40):
Red Barn. Do you ask anyone in the neighborhood, they'll
know where it is. You go down a dirt road
for about two and a half miles. You stop at
the old Oak Tree, and then it's a hard left
and near this beautiful little river is his house. And
it's unmistakable. It's it's painted a robin's egg blue and
it says the dank which is on the on the
(29:01):
front post, uh the end. Pretty good poem. It's not,
it's more of directions to his house. I think we
shouldn't maybe take that out. Thank you for joining us
on the Ron Burgundy Podcast, Carolina. Thank you for clearing
up the controversy about your name, and we will see
(29:22):
you next time when you listen on wherever podcasts can
be listened to. Still confused by the whole concept, Thank you,
Ron Burgundy. By bye. Stay tuned for scenes from the
next episode of the Ron Burgundy Podcast. On the next
(29:42):
Ron Burgundy Podcast, Shakespeare What Buckingham Palace, Tower of London, England?
Fish and chips, the English language. What do all these
things have in common? That's right, they came from England.
(30:04):
Is that what you said, Caroline? Yeah, I just didn't
know what's happening. Finally, King Arthur and the Knights of
the round Table said enough is enough. They kicked everyone out,
gave Henry the Eighth the Turkey leg and the rest,
as they say, a stray. Wait, we didn't get that.
What did you say? The rash aka? The rest is history?
(30:28):
We got it. Why why is English food so bad?
The food? It's really about it being kind of studgy,
keeping you warm, keeping you full, rather than like a
culinary experience studgy. Yes, I like that word because we
don't have that word over here. I'm just gonna get
that down, write down that word, Carolina stodgy, and use
(30:49):
it in my speech tomorrow at the Community Center. Because
the first thing I do when I visit London is
I order it unicorn steak and get a big flagon
of mead. I'm a shine of a shadeer i am,
and I'm leaving foggy London town. Yeah. I think I'm
getting better. I think it needs work. But there is
(31:12):
a part of every British subject who rus the day.
When four comes around, They're like, oh gosh, we have
our own firework day on the fifth of November. Well
it's not a competition, were kind of. You don't have
to yell at me or those your real teeth. These
are actually my baby teeth. I don't know if it's
a British thing, but I've only ever had one set
(31:34):
of teeth. Ron. That's so crazy. Ron only has his
baby I only have my baby teeth. Well, maybe you
are British. The Ron Burgundy Podcast is a production of
I Heart Radio podcast Network and Funnier Die. I'm Ron Burgundy.
I'm the host, writer and executive producer. Carolina Barlow is
(31:57):
my co host, writer and producer. The show was also
produced by Whitney Hodeck, Jack O'Brien, Miles Gray, and Nick Stump.
Our executive producer is Mike Farrah. Our consulting producer is
Andrew Steel. Our associate producer is Anna Hosnier. Our writer
is Jake Pogos. Our production supervisor is Colin McDougall. This
episode was engineered, mixed, and edited by Nick Stump. Until
(32:22):
Next Time, This is Ron Burgundy.
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