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524: I Was So High
Act Three

Bottom of the Eighth

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Comedian Wyatt Cenac tells the story of the first time he ever tried marijuana. He didn't smoke it. He ate a pot brownie. He then managed to convince himself that he had now acquired adult onset Down Syndrome. (And no, that does not exist.) (6 minutes)

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Wyatt Cenac

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“Shrooms” by The Lonely Island

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