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They don't"},{"speaker":"Announcer","startTime":2640.37,"endTime":2642.554,"body":"use Uber. They call an ambulance just"},{"speaker":"Announcer","startTime":2642.602,"endTime":2646.724,"body":"in case. After the show, this woman"},{"speaker":"Announcer","startTime":2646.772,"endTime":2647.796,"body":"comes up to me, she goes, oh,"},{"speaker":"Announcer","startTime":2647.828,"endTime":2649.788,"body":"you were so funny. I couldn't believe"},{"speaker":"Announcer","startTime":2649.844,"endTime":2651.572,"body":"it when you said you were 65."},{"speaker":"Announcer","startTime":2651.636,"endTime":2653.164,"body":"I said to my friend, he doesn't"},{"speaker":"Announcer","startTime":2653.212,"endTime":2655.332,"body":"look 65. But now that I see"},{"speaker":"Announcer","startTime":2655.356,"endTime":2657.36,"body":"you up close, you kind of do."},{"speaker":"Announcer","startTime":2661.74,"endTime":2663.148,"body":"But it's not just my group, the"},{"speaker":"Announcer","startTime":2663.164,"endTime":2664.812,"body":"baby boomers who are getting up there."},{"speaker":"Announcer","startTime":2664.916,"endTime":2667.276,"body":"Generation X is 52 years old now,"},{"speaker":"Announcer","startTime":2667.308,"endTime":2669.396,"body":"ladies and gentlemen. Remember them? The punk"},{"speaker":"Announcer","startTime":2669.428,"endTime":2671.932,"body":"rockers they're getting. Just the other day"},{"speaker":"Announcer","startTime":2671.956,"endTime":2673.308,"body":"I saw it, a guy wearing a"},{"speaker":"Announcer","startTime":2673.324,"endTime":2676.972,"body":"mohawk toupee. I couldn't believe it. Tight"},{"speaker":"Announcer","startTime":2677.036,"endTime":2681.884,"body":"black jeans, size 46 waistline, combat boots"},{"speaker":"Announcer","startTime":2681.932,"endTime":2686.596,"body":"with velcro straps. Don't try to change"},{"speaker":"Announcer","startTime":2686.628,"endTime":2689.124,"body":"your looks. That's a slippery slope. I"},{"speaker":"Announcer","startTime":2689.132,"endTime":2690.508,"body":"have a friend of mine who. He"},{"speaker":"Announcer","startTime":2690.524,"endTime":2692.948,"body":"wears a toupee. Bald is cool now,"},{"speaker":"Announcer","startTime":2693.004,"endTime":2694.812,"body":"right? But no, he wears a toupee."},{"speaker":"Announcer","startTime":2694.916,"endTime":2697.006,"body":"He goes on vacation, leaves his toupee"},{"speaker":"Announcer","startTime":2697.038,"endTime":2698.246,"body":"in his hotel room to go swim"},{"speaker":"Announcer","startTime":2698.278,"endTime":2699.918,"body":"in. He comes back and it's gone."},{"speaker":"Announcer","startTime":2700.014,"endTime":2704.238,"body":"Never found it. Cost him $900. He"},{"speaker":"Announcer","startTime":2704.254,"endTime":2706.102,"body":"wasn't happy with my reaction. Wow, what"},{"speaker":"Announcer","startTime":2706.126,"endTime":2709.53,"body":"a bummer to lose your hair twice."},{"speaker":"Announcer","startTime":2713.83,"endTime":2715.278,"body":"I think as we get older, we"},{"speaker":"Announcer","startTime":2715.294,"endTime":2716.758,"body":"should take time and look back at"},{"speaker":"Announcer","startTime":2716.774,"endTime":2718.126,"body":"all the wonderful things that we've done"},{"speaker":"Announcer","startTime":2718.158,"endTime":2719.822,"body":"and appreciate all that stuff, you know?"},{"speaker":"Announcer","startTime":2719.846,"endTime":2721.996,"body":"For example, just last year, I celebrated"},{"speaker":"Announcer","startTime":2722.078,"endTime":2729.472,"body":"30 years of marriage. Thank you. Four"},{"speaker":"Announcer","startTime":2729.616,"endTime":2736.2,"body":"incredible women and just one, my beautiful"},{"speaker":"Announcer","startTime":2736.24,"endTime":2738.22,"body":"wife, Cara, who I love and fear."},{"speaker":"Announcer","startTime":2739.52,"endTime":2741.936,"body":"We have celebrated many moments together. Right"},{"speaker":"Announcer","startTime":2741.968,"endTime":2743.792,"body":"now, we're celebrating a moment. Right now,"},{"speaker":"Announcer","startTime":2743.856,"endTime":2746.272,"body":"right at this very moment, all four"},{"speaker":"Announcer","startTime":2746.296,"endTime":2747.858,"body":"of our breasts are starting to. At"},{"speaker":"Announcer","startTime":2747.874,"endTime":2754.618,"body":"the very same time, I live 15"},{"speaker":"Announcer","startTime":2754.674,"endTime":2757.746,"body":"minutes from Google headquarters. Yeah, think about"},{"speaker":"Announcer","startTime":2757.778,"endTime":2760.346,"body":"that. Google, probably the most recognized word"},{"speaker":"Announcer","startTime":2760.378,"endTime":2762.442,"body":"in the world right now, 15 minutes"},{"speaker":"Announcer","startTime":2762.466,"endTime":2764.418,"body":"from my house. Imagine if Google were"},{"speaker":"Announcer","startTime":2764.434,"endTime":2766.058,"body":"developed somewhere else, like, I don't know,"},{"speaker":"Announcer","startTime":2766.114,"endTime":2768.282,"body":"New Jersey. Your search results would be"},{"speaker":"Announcer","startTime":2768.306,"endTime":2770.762,"body":"totally different. You type in, where's the"},{"speaker":"Announcer","startTime":2770.786,"endTime":2772.818,"body":"best place to buy an iPad? Pier"},{"speaker":"Announcer","startTime":2772.874,"endTime":2779.758,"body":"twelve, midnight. Bring cash. My favorite thing"},{"speaker":"Announcer","startTime":2779.774,"endTime":2782.022,"body":"on the Internet is Craigslist. Did you"},{"speaker":"Announcer","startTime":2782.046,"endTime":2784.006,"body":"like that? I love it. Like America's"},{"speaker":"Announcer","startTime":2784.038,"endTime":2786.126,"body":"classified. As you know, if you click"},{"speaker":"Announcer","startTime":2786.158,"endTime":2788.046,"body":"on free, you can see people all"},{"speaker":"Announcer","startTime":2788.078,"endTime":2789.51,"body":"around you who are just giving stuff"},{"speaker":"Announcer","startTime":2789.55,"endTime":2791.166,"body":"away. You know, you can post stuff"},{"speaker":"Announcer","startTime":2791.198,"endTime":2792.702,"body":"and get rid of it. If I'm"},{"speaker":"Announcer","startTime":2792.726,"endTime":2794.73,"body":"not doing nothing, I post for fun."},{"speaker":"Announcer","startTime":2795.87,"endTime":2799.182,"body":"A laser printer plus urine stain mattress"},{"speaker":"Announcer","startTime":2799.286,"endTime":2800.45,"body":"must take both."},{"speaker":"R. Scott Edwards","startTime":2804.24,"endTime":2806.384,"body":"Well, that was Dan st. Paul live"},{"speaker":"R. Scott Edwards","startTime":2806.432,"endTime":2808.672,"body":"on stage. Man, what a fun interview"},{"speaker":"R. Scott Edwards","startTime":2808.816,"endTime":2810.272,"body":"this guy's done at all when it"},{"speaker":"R. Scott Edwards","startTime":2810.296,"endTime":2811.824,"body":"comes to stand up comedy and found"},{"speaker":"R. Scott Edwards","startTime":2811.872,"endTime":2814.272,"body":"so many different ways to make a"},{"speaker":"R. Scott Edwards","startTime":2814.296,"endTime":2816.304,"body":"living for him and his bride kara"},{"speaker":"R. Scott Edwards","startTime":2816.432,"endTime":2819.52,"body":"and their son, Roy. Just a fun"},{"speaker":"R. Scott Edwards","startTime":2819.56,"endTime":2821.432,"body":"interview to do. If you get a"},{"speaker":"R. Scott Edwards","startTime":2821.456,"endTime":2826.096,"body":"chance, check out dansaintpaulcomedy.com. a very talented"},{"speaker":"R. Scott Edwards","startTime":2826.128,"endTime":2827.832,"body":"stand up comic. We appreciate that he"},{"speaker":"R. Scott Edwards","startTime":2827.856,"endTime":2829.856,"body":"came on the show. Hey, thanks for"},{"speaker":"R. Scott Edwards","startTime":2829.888,"endTime":2831.512,"body":"listening. We'll be back next week with"},{"speaker":"R. Scott Edwards","startTime":2831.536,"endTime":2834.614,"body":"some straight stand up comedy. All right,"},{"speaker":"R. Scott Edwards","startTime":2834.782,"endTime":2835.662,"body":"bye."},{"speaker":"Announcer","startTime":2835.846,"endTime":2837.606,"body":"We hope you enjoyed this episode of"},{"speaker":"Announcer","startTime":2837.638,"endTime":2839.57,"body":"stand up comedy. 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