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Nick Mullen's Slave-Talking Pilot and Delilah's Sappy Radio Advice

from Dinner Pig · #99

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2 min

Callback to an actual ABC pilot Tim wrote on with Nick Mullen involving talking to slaves, then a tangent into radio host Delilah's absurdly saccharine advice and her habit of playing Celine Dion no matter the tragedy, and Steve Rannazzisi's fake 9/11 survivor lie.

In this bit6 moments
  • 38:35Tim wrote on an ABC pilot where Nick Mullen talks to slaves, getting permission from them to say the N-word when referring to Donald Trump.
  • 39:05The pilot featured guests like Esther Koo, Ali Wong, and Reza Aslan coming to talk to dead slaves through Nick as a medium.
  • 39:17Delilah's tragic loss of her son sent her into soft rock and elevator music as a coping mechanism.
  • 39:37People complained about the elevator music on her show until it was removed, though Tim thought it was actually nice background music.
  • 39:52Tim wonders if elevator music got ruined forever because it was playing in the Twin Towers during 9/11.
  • 40:16Steve Buscemi supposedly made it out of the towers, though Tim has only briefly met him.
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Nick MullenReza AslanSteve RanaziziSam TripoliEsther KooDelilahAli Wong

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