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This piece follows a San Francisco panhandler (who is not homeless) on a quest to find an elusive delicacy known as Buffalo Turkey Butt.
* Note: If you have room in your show and you can ID me as follows, much obliged!
"Andy Raskin is the author of the forthcoming memoir, The Ramen King and I : How the Inventor of Instant Noodles Fixed My Love Life. More info at WWW dot Andy Raskin dot com."
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This piece follows a San Francisco panhandler (who is not homeless) on a quest to find an elusive delicacy known as Buffalo Turkey Butt.
* Note: If you have room in your show and you can ID me as follows, much obliged!
"Andy Raskin is the author of the forthcoming memoir, The Ramen King and I : How the Inventor of Instant Noodles Fixed My Love Life. More info at WWW dot Andy Raskin dot com."
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Review of Buffalo Turkey ButtThis piece starts out with a "wild turkey butt chase" and ends with a lesson on not judging people, told adeptly by Mr. Raskin and Hollister, a San Francisco panhandler who may have played congas with Bob Marley. As a vegetarian, all the talk of animal parts made me slightly woozy, but that's the nature of the Thanksgiving holiday. I whole-heartedly agree with the previous review that this should be on the air this Thanksgiving. |
Broadcast History
Aired on KQED's Hot Soup (San Francisco) and was featured on Transom.org
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Posted on March 03, 2008 at 08:50 AM | Permalink
Review of Buffalo Turkey Butt
This is an awesome piece. Just the title, "Buffalo Turkey Butt,' is compelling. The acts featuring Hollister, the homeless guy whom Andy meets in San Francisco, were top quality. His accent gave a lot of character to the piece. Andy also managed to record a lot of his meeting with Hollister, and hearing sound of them was much better than if we were just told what had happened when they visited such-and-such restaurant. It's fun to learn about this one guy's experience when he didn't ignore all the homeless people in San Francisco and actually befriended one of them. The piece is contemplative, quirky, and extremely entertaining. It has the ideal mix of humor and insight.