The Daily Whatever, May 14th: Politics, Journalism, and Comedy with guest Amy Fallon

For the love of all that is holy, Substack, save the chat with the video! As usual we had a rollicking sidebar in the chat with many of our favorite people, who all helped me give a warm welcome to the inimitable

Amy Fallon

from

Bring The A-Game

!

Thanks, Amy for being such a great sport, and for being willing to hold court with me to talk about journalism, politics, comedy, the death of print media, the Pope, and so much more. My dear co-host

Dana DuBois

was taking pup Kira to get ACL surgery, but Amy helped me cover a lot of ground and keep the group engaged.

Check out Amy’s latest on taking a comedy class as a means to get more work:

I can’t get a job so now I’ve done a… crash comedy course

And - we of course asked our famous question—what’s the most GenX song of all time?

Amy took us into a niche of GenX music that was absolutely INESCAPABLE at the time—a brilliant goldmine of bubblegum pop that influenced so many of us.

• “I Think We’re Alone Now” — Tiffany

• “Lost In Your Eyes” — Debbie Gibson

• and from the first Kylie invasion, back in the late 80s, “The Locomotion” — Kylie Minogue

Thanks so much for joining me, Amy! Talking with you was a blast, and like so many in the comments said, we could listen to that Aussie/UK blended accent all day!

Join us for more great guests and topics this week!

Love you, Mean it! Bye! XOXOXOX