Abridgment: Howard Shepherd and Dave Shepherd leave out all the unimportant parts as they talk about abridgment. We feature the masters of abridgment, the Reduced Shakespeare Company.
We’ve been away. While we were gone, the Nerd Number died. But now you can leave an audio message with our MyChingo button. (1:52)
Definitions of “abridge,” plus some related words (4:16)
Music bumper from “Trifle 3″ by Fuzzy Logic (10:16)
In April, Dave interviewed the RSC (that’s the Reduced Shakespeare Company, not that “Royal” bunch). (10:58)
Song: “Left Out” by A Void (19:28)
Rude word of the week: “half-assed” (22:53)
Music bumper from “Make Me Understand” by Matt Thorpe. (25:21)
Intentions and functions of abridgment (26:13)
Music courtesy of The Podsafe Music Network
Theme music by Kick the Cat
time: 32:54
size: 30.2 Mb
rating: PG (Our Rude Word is about as rude as we get this week.)
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