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We had a"},{"speaker":"Tom Dreesen","startTime":3723.98,"endTime":3726.8,"body":"group that they traveled in"},{"speaker":"Tom Dreesen","startTime":3726.8,"endTime":3730.88,"body":"threes and fours if you looked"},{"speaker":"Tom Dreesen","startTime":3726.8,"endTime":3730.88,"body":"at them, that cross eyed that"},{"speaker":"Tom Dreesen","startTime":3730.88,"endTime":3733.16,"body":"beat the tar out of you they"},{"speaker":"Tom Dreesen","startTime":3730.88,"endTime":3733.16,"body":"were black and white we call"},{"speaker":"Tom Dreesen","startTime":3733.16,"endTime":3734.0,"body":"them nuns."},{"speaker":"Tom Dreesen","startTime":3737.36,"endTime":3740.21,"body":"My nuns in school Sister"},{"speaker":"Tom Dreesen","startTime":3737.36,"endTime":3740.21,"body":"Catherine Margaret sister Margie"},{"speaker":"Tom Dreesen","startTime":3740.21,"endTime":3743.24,"body":"at a Sister Bernadette Mary's"},{"speaker":"Tom Dreesen","startTime":3740.21,"endTime":3743.24,"body":"Sister Maria Andre sister and CO"},{"speaker":"Tom Dreesen","startTime":3743.24,"endTime":3746.42,"body":"sister Matilda, Sister Thomas"},{"speaker":"Tom Dreesen","startTime":3743.24,"endTime":3746.42,"body":"Sita and sister Madonna trees."},{"speaker":"Tom Dreesen","startTime":3746.51,"endTime":3748.76,"body":"I'll put those eight nuns up"},{"speaker":"Tom Dreesen","startTime":3746.51,"endTime":3748.76,"body":"against any SWAT team in"},{"speaker":"Tom Dreesen","startTime":3748.76,"endTime":3753.41,"body":"America. I don't think I'll ever"},{"speaker":"Tom Dreesen","startTime":3748.76,"endTime":3753.41,"body":"get married again. I think I'll"},{"speaker":"Tom Dreesen","startTime":3753.41,"endTime":3755.75,"body":"just get a dog you know, because"},{"speaker":"Tom Dreesen","startTime":3753.41,"endTime":3755.75,"body":"the dog is man's best friend. It"},{"speaker":"Tom Dreesen","startTime":3755.75,"endTime":3758.27,"body":"really is. My buddy said my wife"},{"speaker":"Tom Dreesen","startTime":3755.75,"endTime":3758.27,"body":"is my best friend. I said that"},{"speaker":"Tom Dreesen","startTime":3758.27,"endTime":3761.0,"body":"dog is man's best friend. Put"},{"speaker":"Tom Dreesen","startTime":3758.27,"endTime":3761.0,"body":"your wife and your dog in the"},{"speaker":"Tom Dreesen","startTime":3761.0,"endTime":3763.67,"body":"trunk of your car. Leave them"},{"speaker":"Tom Dreesen","startTime":3761.0,"endTime":3763.67,"body":"there for an hour open the trunk"},{"speaker":"Tom Dreesen","startTime":3763.7,"endTime":3765.17,"body":"see was was happy to see you."},{"speaker":"Scott Edwards","startTime":3768.09,"endTime":3770.4,"body":"Well, you can see"},{"speaker":"Scott Edwards","startTime":3768.09,"endTime":3770.4,"body":"why Tom has been such a"},{"speaker":"Scott Edwards","startTime":3770.4,"endTime":3775.23,"body":"successful entertainer. For over"},{"speaker":"Scott Edwards","startTime":3770.4,"endTime":3775.23,"body":"four decades. He's an amazing"},{"speaker":"Scott Edwards","startTime":3775.77,"endTime":3780.63,"body":"comic, and that stand up comedy"},{"speaker":"Scott Edwards","startTime":3775.77,"endTime":3780.63,"body":"led him to a career that people"},{"speaker":"Scott Edwards","startTime":3780.63,"endTime":3784.65,"body":"can only dream of. Thanks for"},{"speaker":"Scott Edwards","startTime":3780.63,"endTime":3784.65,"body":"listening to this very important"},{"speaker":"Scott Edwards","startTime":3784.65,"endTime":3788.1,"body":"interview. I hope you enjoyed"},{"speaker":"Scott Edwards","startTime":3784.65,"endTime":3788.1,"body":"listening to it as much as I had"},{"speaker":"Scott Edwards","startTime":3788.28,"endTime":3791.49,"body":"making it. And we'll see you"},{"speaker":"Scott Edwards","startTime":3788.28,"endTime":3791.49,"body":"next week with another great"},{"speaker":"Scott Edwards","startTime":3791.49,"endTime":3793.14,"body":"show. Bye."},{"speaker":"Announcer","startTime":3794.04,"endTime":3796.62,"body":"We hope you enjoyed"},{"speaker":"Announcer","startTime":3794.04,"endTime":3796.62,"body":"this episode of Stand Up Comedy"},{"speaker":"Announcer","startTime":3796.62,"endTime":3799.74,"body":"your host and emcee. 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