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old talk

noun

  1. superficial chatting

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


verb

  1. (intr) to indulge in such chatting

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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He says coming across an old “Talk Radio” Playbill around 2018 reminded him it was time to return to the stage.

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“First-time voter, longtime listener,” said Seth De Wees, a 68-year-old formerly homeless veteran, riffing on the old talk radio call-in line as he stood up to shake Elder’s hand at Texas Pit Bar-B-Que in Lake Forest.

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One, a bit from an old talk show, featured Michaeli and then newsman Yair Lapid climbing out from behind a couch, pretending they’d just had sex.

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But the subtitle provides an opening to disrupt the old talk and make space for new ideas.

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You might have seen these on old talk shows or even in The New York Times, but there is pleasure in old jokes, and freshness of material may matter less for his act.

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