Episode 41: "You-know-what-icide Season"
Date
Dec 16, 2011
Guests
Ted Leo
Ramona Singer
Origin of the episode title
A coy reference to the holidays, thought to be the time of year in which the suicide ("you-know-what-icide") rate is highest.
Discussed
Monolgue
- Julie grapples with being fruit-drink drunk at the Patti Lupone/Mandy Patinkin show.
- She discusses an episode of The Talk she saw while on the treadmill.
- Julie inducts a new member into the Redhead Hall of Fame, Elizabeth Kucinich
- reads Spoony's final recap of Bored-walk Empirezzzzzz
Interviews
- On this week's episode of How Was Your Week, rock legend and wonderful friend TED LEO comes over to play acoustic versions of his songs, and then, as a bonus, covers Concrete Blonde AND does a special unplugged version of the How Was Your Week theme song!
- Then, in the shortest-ever interview on the show, Real Housewife of New York City and Wine, Jewelry and Skin Care Entrepreneur RAMONA SINGER tells Julie what her favorite Christmas carol is, explains why she never learned to act "socially correct," and unveils her new business endeavor--a new brand of Italian Red Wine.
Trivia
- Julie has never seen Miracle on 34th Street, nor does she want to.
- Julie hates "Here Comes Santa Claus"
- Girl Drink Drunk
