Patt Morrison Thurs, 11/13

PATT MORRISON SCHEDULE

Thursday, November 13, 2008

1-3 p.m.

 

 

1:00 – 1:20

OPEN

 

 

 

1:20 – 2:00

Roy Blount Jr.'s "Alphabet Juice"

"The Energies, Gists, and Spirits of Letters, Words, and Combinations Thereof; Their Roots, Bones, Innards, Piths, Pips, and Secret Parts, Tinctures, Tonics, and Essences; With Examples of Their Usage Foul and Savory" -- read his subtitle slowly, savoring the sound and sense of the words, and you experience the flavor of Roy Blount Jr.'s versatile intelligence and easy-loping style.  Author of 20 books on a wide range of things, from the first woman president of the United States to what barnyard animals are thinking, in his latest offering he illustrates that "through centuries of knockabout breeding and intimate contact with the human body" some words "have absorbed the uncanny power to carry the ring of truth."  Roy Blount Jr. is here to say why.

 

Guest: 

Roy Blount Jr., author, song writer, television and radio personality.  He is a panelist on NPR's "Wait,Wait… Don't Tell Me," which can be heard on KPCC Saturdays and Sundays at 11 a.m.

IN STUDIO

 

 

 

2:00 -3:00

John Hodgman has "More Information Than You Require"

Stumped on how to cook an owl? Buy a computer? Win at Hollywood gambling? Famous minor television personality John Hodgman answers those questions and more in his new book, “More Information Than You Require.” Hodgman started out as a literary agent and some-time scribbler of fake trivia—“a nobody”— before rocketing to overnight stardom on The Daily Show and then as the impersonation of a PC computer in Apple’s famous “Get a Mac” ad campaign. He's here with answers to all manner of questions you never even knew you wanted to ask.

 

Guest:

John Hodgman, former professional literary agent and current famous minor television personality.  He is the "resident expert" on "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" and has written fiction, essays, and profiles for publications such as the New York Times Magazine and Men's Journal.

IN STUDIO