Letterman - NPR's Sarah Vowell on Sarah Palin - 10-06-2008

[susanbanks44]

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[calmblueocean]

1. Very funny.

I love Sarah Vowell's sense of humor.

[Lorien]

2. Lol! she's great

love her segments on "This American Life' too.

[badgerpup]

3. Wow...

This is my first encounter with her...she's dangerous.
Her voice is so young- she sounds so perky and 'light'...and there's one helluva brain armed with a razor-sharp wit behind it.
:spray::applause:

Underestimate at your peril, I would think...:hide::yoiks:

:kick:

[pacalo]

4. She's adorable! Thanks for the clip.

[Beregond2]

5. I hadn't heard of her before I saw this last night.

She's delightful.

[beac]

6. She's one of my favorites.

You can listen to her some of her pieces at the 'This American Life' website: http://www.thislife.org/Search.aspx?searchFor=sarah%20vowell


Go here for clips from the audiobook version of her The Partly Cloudy Patriot-- featuring Seth Green and Stephen Colbert, among others, providing the voices of politicians: http://www.mcsweeneys.net/links/vowell/

[xxqqqzme]

34. She was also on TDS w/ Jon last night.

That is where I first saw her. Jon likes to have her on & joke around.

[Lifetimedem]

7. She is great

I have never heard of her either but I am buying her book

[1monster]

15. I would buy her book, but she was just a little too late in asking me to do so WHILE I still had

money. That's all gone already. :(

[knitter4democracy]

28. Library?

Man, I hope we can hang onto our libraries.

[KitSileya]

8. I've never heard of her before, but goodness gracious!

Watching the clip, I was just amazed at her wit and ability to sum things up o clearly and funnily. She quipped so delightfully, stumped for Joe Biden so charmingly, related history so enlighteningly that I must go see if I can find more of her on youtube. Has she been guest on other talk shows?

[GinaMaria]

23. iirc she's been on the Daily Show with Jon, but that was some time ago

[rebel with a cause]

33. I believe she was on The Daily show last night also.

I was multi-tasking while it was on, so I will have to catch a repeat of it today. She is interesting to listen to.

[ForeignSpectator]

35. How about the Daily Show? She's on yesterday's episode on the full episode player...

http://www.thedailyshow.com/full-episodes/index.jhtml?episodeId=187567

[Muttocracy]

40. see line 6 above - she does both family humor and history on TAL. nt

[rosesaylavee]

9. She is so funny

Thank you!

[Hand]

10. For all you "firkin" fans, btw...

Wikipedia sez:

A Firkin is an old English unit of volume. The name is derived from the Middle Dutch word vierdekijn, which means fourth, i.e. a fourth of a full-size barrel.

Nor need you mind the serial ordeal
Of being watched from forty cellar holes
As if by eye pairs out of forty firkins.
— Robert Frost, "Directive"

For beer and ale a firkin is equal to nine imperial gallons or a quarter of a barrel (40.91481 litres). Casks in this size (themselves called firkins) are the most common container for cask ale.

For wine the firkin had a larger size, namely a third of a tun. A tun being 210 gallons in the UK and 252 fluid gallons in the US, thus a wine firkin is about 318 L (318.226 or 317.975). It is also called tertian or, preferably, puncheon (in the US also shortened to pon).

Butter and soap used to be sold by the firkin, too. In these cases it was rather a measure of mass, 56 lb (25.4 kg) and 64 lb (29.0 kg) respectively.

The term firkin is currently used to refer to antique wooden buckets, usually with wood handle and lid, about 10 inches (250 mm) high and 10 inches in diameter (about 10L or 2-3 dry gallons in capacity), formerly used to store sugar and other items.

The firkin (a firkin of water) is the base unit of mass in the humorous FFF System.

[iamthebandfanman]

11. lol

she made me snort

[progressoid]

12. I loved her "Assassination Vacation"

Will have to check out this one too.

[ihavenobias]

13. K & R

[mucifer]

14. Dave has her and David Sedaris and Amy Sederis on fairly regularly.

Assassination Vacation was fun book, too.

[dbmk]

16. She is extremely funny n/t

[OakCliffDem]

17. Kick

[Glenda]

18. "our current dumbass president"

:rofl:

[msanthrope]

19. Okay--I bought 3 of her books---one to sit proudly in the bathroom

reading rack along with David Sedaris and two for gifts.......

[stlsaxman]

20. I recognised her immediately as the voice of "Violet" in "The Incredibles"

what a gem she is!

:loveya:

[FourScore]

21. She's adorable! Thanks for posting. n/t

[DrZeeLit]

22. OMG -- she looks like my Agnes Dreary doll!

p.s. She's GREAT! I love her... I don't recall her on NPR (which is the only radio station I get in VT). Wow! What a breath of fresh air. No offense to Teri Gross. I'm still laughing here.... a firkin?

[Muttocracy]

39. her sister is a twin, too, though I don't know if they're fraternal or identical. nt

[torbird]

24. I appreciate her humor and politics

BUT, she has a face for radio and a voice (my GOD!!) for silent film. Dear Lord.

[Batgirl]

29. Hmmmph.

I happen to think she has her own style of cuteness, but what does my, or your -- estimation of her physical attractiveness have to do with anything? She's a writer who often reads her stuff on NPR, where her unique voice is considered a positive quality.

She has tons of fans, including me, who don't think it would be preferable for her to look and sound like some local TV newsreader.

[Muttocracy]

38. no, it's clear you don't appreciate her at all. nt

[Moody]

25. Ha Ha! "Please do while you still have money" she is great!

[Yavin4]

26. I Think of Sarah Vowell As Lisa Simpson All Grown Up

nt

[Muttocracy]

37. that's a perfect comparison. nt

[hamsterjill]

27. First exposure

This is my first exposure to her, too, but it's won't be my last.

What a hoot!!!

[progressivebydesign]

30. Wow.. that was great! Love that Letterman has interesting people on.

Loved her sarcasm about the media coverage of Biden.

I'll have to find her book.. Winthrop was an ancestor of mine.

[ailsagirl]

31. She's wonderful!

[victordrazen]

32. What a smart, clever woman

Why isn't she wildly famous, instead of the awful Sarah Palin?

[Muttocracy]

36. OMG! This Biden junkie adores her beginning :)

[susanwy]

41. Oh Sweet Sarah!

It is good to see her out and about! I love her on This American Life and have read most of her books (list below for those who are curious). I look forward to her new book, although I may have to charge it.

* 1997 Radio On: A Listener's Diary ISBN 0-312-18301-1
* 2000 Take the Cannoli: Stories From the New World ISBN 0-7432-0540-5
* 2002 The Partly Cloudy Patriot ISBN 0-7432-4380-3
* 2005 Assassination Vacation ISBN 0-7432-6003-1
* 2008 The Wordy Shipmates ISBN 1-5944-8999-8


:loveya:

[eppur_se_muova]

42. Thanks to Letterman for introducing her to a wider audience!

I hadn't heard of her before, but fell in love right away!