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Stephen recounts his first experiences with music, as well as another love of his life.
Originally posted Friday, January 1st, 2010
00:00:00 - Episode begins, Music: "My Little Girl" on "Let's Square Dance, Vol. 4"
00:00:42 - Intro by David Chen. Introduces Stephen with a mention of his role as “Judge” on the television series “Reba”
00:02:58 - David also mentions Stephen’s role as a judge on the television series “The Drew Carey Show” and the film “Debating Robert Lee”
00:03:24 - Stephen mentions an episode of “The Drew Cary Show” in which they must “dance naked”
00:04:20 - David mentions, “So you danced naked, are you saying?”
00:04:27 - Stephen mentions, “...well in my life I dance naked...”
00:05:54 - Story 1 in-cue: “I recognize that when you’re young, one of the biggest events of your life is school and at school there’s hardly anything more noteworthy than new kids.”
00:13:17 - Stephen mentions, “...and I’m sure it can make someone homicidal.”
00:14:43 - Stephen mentions, “...and it must have sounded like a parrot being hit by a lawnmower.”
00:23:20 - Story 1 out-cue: “Right after that, I auditioned for my first school play. A comedy.” Music fades up to "My Little Girl" on "Let's Square Dance, Vol. 4"
00:23:56- Story 2 in-cue, music fades down: “It should be mentioned for the record that I believe in love at first sight.”
00:24:24 - Stephen mentions, “...and young gay men wearing powder blue sweaters and corduroy pants...”
00:36:37 - Story 2 out-cue, music fades up as Stephen says: “The music started and within seconds I was transported. So moved by something so profound I couldn’t breath and neither could Beth. I held her hand tightly to steady myself, unsure as to whether the real Miss Hard-To-Get was sitting besides me, or was untouchable as the beauty in the air around us.” Music: Piano Concerto No. 3 by Sergei Rachmaninoff
00:37:23 - Episode outro with David Chen: “That was ‘Miss Hard-To-Get’...”
00:38:43 - Stephen tells a story about finding out what happened to Claire
00:40:27 - Stephen mentions the film “Blind Dating” (2006) with Chris Pine
00:40:55 - Stephen mentions, “She said she was going to have a glass of wine for the first time in her life, cause she didn’t drink, she was doing that Mormon thing. So I got her a glass of wine...”
00:41:18 - Stephen mentions the film “Saw III”
00:41:57 - Stephen mentions, “...apparently someone on the second row started to die during the resurrection part of the symphony...”
00:42:06 - Stephen mentions, “...this man on the second row goes into some kind of rigor mortis...”
00:48:46 - Music fades up to Piano Concerto No. 3 by Sergei Rachmaninoff
00:50:58 - End
Musical Works
| Title | Artist | Album | Label | Year | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| My Little Girl | RCA Victor Square Dance Orchestra | My Little Girl. | Hallmark | 00:00 | |
| Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, I. Allegro ma non tanto | Sergey Rachmaninov | Serge Rachmaninoff: Piano Concertos Nos. 1-4/Rhapsody On a Theme By Paginini. | Philips | 1993 | 00:00 |
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