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472: Our Friend David
Act Eight

Speak Now Or Forever Hold Your Peace

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David demonstrates — in rhyme — how to make a wedding toast for people you never wanted to see married in the first place. From epsiode #389: Frenemies.

The show also includes never-before-heard excerpts from David’s book, Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish: A Novel. David recorded these less than two weeks before he died. David’s other books are Don’t Get Too Comfortable, Fraud, and Half Empty.

David in our cinema event from May.

Song:

“What'll I Do? ” by Nat King Cole

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