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Mar 25Liked by Josh Gondelman

Wait. You get to meet the marvelous Greg Davies? He's my spirit animal.

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Mar 26Liked by Josh Gondelman

I’m so excited for taskmaster fever to sweep America! If you haven’t already, I also recommend checking out the foam finger charades!

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Mar 25Liked by Josh Gondelman

dear josh,

this is all wonderful, as always. i mean, marvelous, of course.

in particular, this very much got me: "season, a word that they pronounce as 'series' in the U.K."

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The Taskmaster segment was so exhilarating

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Mar 27Liked by Josh Gondelman

Hi Josh! New-ish subscriber to the newletter here, so I am not sure if this is the right place for my request. I am wondering if you have, or if not, if you could make, a playlist of your pick-me-up songs? I like the ones I have heard since being subscribed and think a playlist of them would really be swell. (side note- went to a diner recently and they had old yearbooks from the neighborhood high school to peruse while dining and I chose the oldest they had- 1941. All the inscriptions were telling the owner "best of luck to a swell girl" and I was like, "damn, 'swell' is the hot new way to refer to a friend!!" but also in the theatre section of the yearbook was a lot of 1941 teens in blackface, so it wasn't a total win!!!) in any case, please consider my humble request, and we look forward to seeing you in May in Seattle!

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Mar 26Liked by Josh Gondelman

That is so cool that you’re interviewing Greg and Alex!! Is it going to be broadcast or streamed?

and btw there is a Taskmaster app for AppleTV (and I assume other boxes) where they have all the shows from the UK and many other countries! Taskmaster Finland is weird but fun

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Mar 25Liked by Josh Gondelman

Small clarification: It is perfectly safe (for eating) to buy the evening discounted sushi and sashimi at the markets in Japan. I worked near Niigata about two decades ago. The primary danger is being elbowed (sharp) by the little old ladies that are fighting to get to the counter.

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