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Episode 707: Her Skill Wasn’t Being Nice, Her Skill Was Being Funny

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Peter Fenzel and Matthew Wrather pay tribute to Betty White on the 100th anniversary of her birth. They watch and describe a sampling of her work from her decades-spanning career, along the way upending the theory of comedy and describing why the loss of a beloved performer affects us so deeply.

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Further Reading
  • Overthinking It Podcast 622: Letter from a Birmingham Jail
  • Ernest Dowson
  • Life with Elizabeth
  • The Mary Tyler Moore Show
  • The Golden Girls

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    Episode 707: Her Skill Wasn’t Being Nice, Her Skill Was Being Funny originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

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