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Speaker 2: That is the voice of the great Howie Mandel. He's

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Speaker 2: the hilarious and very challenging world of comedy. Welcome to

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Speaker 2: Growing Up, a Lingo kids podcast. It helps kids discover

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Speaker 2: how to be whatever they want to be. Join us

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Speaker 2: today as we explore perfect recipes to make jokes and

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Speaker 2: what it takes to get up on a stage and

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Speaker 2: make people laugh. Let's get started. Hey, Luise, Oh, what

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Speaker 2: a beautiful day it is. I just saw Maxie running

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Speaker 3: Emily, Yeah, we're playing catch.

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Speaker 2: Well, looks like Maxie is a really good catcher.

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Speaker 3: Actually, you know what animals better on a baseball game?

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Speaker 2: No, which one a bet? Oh? Good one?

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Speaker 3: Thanks, Emily. My school's having a talent show in a

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Speaker 2: Ooh, that sounds fun. Are you telling jokes on stage?

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Speaker 3: Oh wow, I didn't know that in a comedy routine.

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Speaker 3: Here's another joke I have. The other day, I was

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Speaker 2: Oh, not bad at all. I think you're ready to go.

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Speaker 2: Wait, why is that?

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Speaker 2: Oh I see, Well, don't worry, Louise. That's called stage fright,

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Speaker 2: Yeah, even grown ups feel that way. But actually, I

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Speaker 3: Thanks. But at the game shows I have you to

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Speaker 2: Fortunately, I know just the right person who can help

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Speaker 2: He's our guest today.

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Speaker 2: And he's really funny too. Let's interview him and find

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Speaker 3: Let's go, Maxie, give me the baseball I need it

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Speaker 2: Hi everyone, I'm Emily and welcome to our Lingo Kids

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Speaker 2: Please welcome the amazing comedian mister Howie Mandell.

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Speaker 3: Emily, can I ask the first question, of course, Louise, Howie,

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Speaker 3: That's so cool? And were you always funny?

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Speaker 1: I don't remember thinking that anything I did was funny.

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Speaker 4: Going, what what what? What are you laughing at?

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Speaker 3: Oh, I think I get it, Like, instead of being

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Speaker 4: You know what it's like. It's like I like rides.

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Speaker 4: I was too afraid to do Deal or No Deal.

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Speaker 2: I love that dare to try new things, Luise, You

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Speaker 2: you're right, Emily, so Howie. I think this is a

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Speaker 2: What do you love most about telling jokes?

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Speaker 1: Sometimes I try to make myself laugh even when I'm sad,

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Speaker 3: Tawie.

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Speaker 3: I have one last question. How do I know what

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Speaker 3: So everything's okay as long as I love my own

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Speaker 2: what Emily? He never gets enough play?

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Speaker 3: Is it what I think it is?

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Speaker 2: to today's game show with Howie Mandel Louise. Care to explain

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Speaker 3: Sure?

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Speaker 3: The game is would you rather so? I'll give you

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Speaker 3: first one, would you rather do a show in a

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Speaker 1: I would rather do a show during a food fight

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Speaker 1: I would like to tell jokes more to dogs than cats,

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Speaker 1: And I'll tell you why, because dogs, if they have

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Speaker 1: I will always pick laughter over anything. The best feeling

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Speaker 1: But I've never had any fun sleeping. I've never even

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Speaker 1: If you take away one thing from today is just

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Speaker 1: to try to make your self happy. Happiness is the

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Speaker 1: best and most important thing. You don't have to have

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Speaker 2: Very true, and thank you so much for joining us today, Howie.

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Speaker 2: So Louise, what did you learn from talking to Howie?

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Speaker 3: Well, I've learned that it's okay if I don't always

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Speaker 3: you can get used to that feeling and even enjoy it,

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Speaker 2: Comedy is one of those things that you can only

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Speaker 2: really learn how to do by doing it, and it's

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Speaker 2: really been that way since the beginning of comedy. Oh

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Speaker 2: and what is that emily interesting question? Well, the kind

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Speaker 2: of comedy we know today as stand up comedy has

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Speaker 2: comedy in general is a lot.

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Speaker 3: Older, like two hundred three hundred years old.

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Speaker 2: Way older than that.

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Speaker 3: Actually, Oh, I wonder what comedians look like back then.

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Speaker 2: Well, Louise, I can think of a really cool example

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Speaker 3: What is it?

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Speaker 2: Well, I could tell you, or I could show you.

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Speaker 2: How about we take a little trip back in time

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Speaker 3: Back in time? How far back? Hmm?

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Speaker 2: I'm thinking some five hundred years or so? Should do

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Speaker 3: Five hundred years? Where are we going?

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Speaker 2: You're about to find out?

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Speaker 3: Let's go.

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Speaker 2: Whoa, where are we careful with that?

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Speaker 3: Pig Luise? Oh sorry, piggy, Let's.

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Speaker 2: Try to figure out where we are exactly.

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Speaker 3: Look, here's a flyer, It says art thou ready for

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Speaker 3: Edinburgh's greatest jester. Why is this English? So weird? Oh? Good?

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Speaker 2: Find Edinburgh is in Scotland and that sounds like English

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Speaker 2: from very old times.

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Speaker 3: Louise, Oh, okay, so Scotland. Maybe we'll hear some bagpipes.

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Speaker 2: That'll be fun.

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Speaker 3: What else to this say? If thou saickest laughter, look

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Speaker 3: no further for Nikola the Queen's fool, shall deliver the

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Speaker 3: finest entertainment. Queen's fool sounds pretty funny.

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Speaker 2: Oh, now I know why the go forward que brought

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Speaker 2: us here. Nikola was the court jester for a very

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Speaker 3: Whoa, so we're really back in the day of kings

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Speaker 3: and queens. But wait, you said jester, and so does

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Speaker 3: this flyer? What did jester?

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Speaker 2: Oh, it's basically someone who entertains the king or queen

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Speaker 3: Oh that's cool. Hey, let's go see Nikola. I bet

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Speaker 3: she's a lot of fun. Let's do it.

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Speaker 2: If she's the queen's jester, she's probably in the castle,

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Speaker 3: Wait are those actual nights guarding the doors? They certainly

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Speaker 3: seem to be A good knight always finds another good night.

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Speaker 3: Oh wait, is that woman over there the jester?

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Speaker 2: Correct, that's Nikola, the Queen's fool. I love her outfit,

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Speaker 2: by the way, it's very colorful.

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Speaker 3: So the court jester's job is to make the queen laugh, right, Yeah,

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Speaker 3: basically that sounds hard.

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Speaker 2: But Nikola was so good at her job. She knew

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Speaker 3: You know, Emily, when I've seen gestures and movies and

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Speaker 3: TV shows about nights, I just thought they were, I

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Speaker 3: don't know, kind of silly. But now that I see Nicola,

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Speaker 3: I see that they're very special.

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Speaker 2: Oh what makes you say that?

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Speaker 3: Well, everyone else in the court is very serious around

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Speaker 3: the Queen, like they're kind of afraid of her, but

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Speaker 3: Nikola is the only one who makes her laugh and smile.

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Speaker 2: Oh that's a great observation. Having the job to entertain

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Speaker 2: someone that powerful really is a special power. Remember what

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Speaker 2: Howie said about laughter being away to make us feel

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Speaker 2: better when we're sad or upset. Comedians have been doing

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Speaker 3: That's amazing. I want to do it, Emily, I want

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Speaker 3: to do my stand up. Now you do? Yep, Let's

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Speaker 3: go back to the lab so I can keep working

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Speaker 3: on it before the big day.

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Speaker 5: You got it, And now please welcome our next student

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Speaker 5: for today's talent show. Here to make us all laugh

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Speaker 5: with some hilarious stand up comedy. It's Louise.

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Speaker 3: Oh my turn, Good luck, Louise. Hi everyone, I have

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Speaker 3: a few jokes for you today. You know, I don't

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Speaker 3: trust theirs. They're always up to something, bless you. Uh well,

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Speaker 3: let's try something else. I want to hear two short

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Speaker 3: jokes and a long joke. Joke, joke, joke? Uh okay,

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Speaker 3: I haven't finished the joke yet. All right, thank you

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Speaker 3: very much.

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Speaker 2: You got a tough crowd today, Louise, how did you feel,

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Speaker 2: you know what?

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Speaker 3: Not too bad? Actually, if it can happen to Howie Mandel,

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Speaker 3: it can happen to me too. And I kind of

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Speaker 2: That's okay. It's all about practicing, Louise, and having fun

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Speaker 2: while you do it. You sure you're okay?

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Speaker 3: Yep, I'm fine.

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Speaker 2: Well, congratulations, you were a really brave night today.

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Speaker 3: Thanks Emily Bow, who knew comedy with such serious business.

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Speaker 2: Thanks for joining us on this episode of Growing Up.

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Speaker 2: I hope this episode made you laugh, smile and learn

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Speaker 2: about the joy of comedy. Dream big, and always stay curious. Louise,

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Speaker 2: Are you ready for more adventure?

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Speaker 3: There's more?

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