Jacob Quote #224
Quote from Jacob in Read-A-Thon
Jacob: Clarence, Raheem, it is an honor to embark with you on the inaugural voyage of This Abbott Life. Producer Gregory and I...
Gregory: Mr. Eddie. [looks to camera]
Jacob: We understand that the world needs your stories, and this podcast is going to be a window into the very soul of Abbott. Soft, inviting intros, rhetorical questions dripping with pregnant pauses, the Ira Glass model.
Clarence: What type of pauses?
Raheem: What's an Ira Glass?
Jacob: Ira Glass? The godfather of podcasting, the podfather?
Clarence: Oh, you mean Joe Budden.
Jacob: Well, I-I think he pronounces it Biden, but we will work on diction when the mics are hot.
Clarence: You've never heard of Joe Budden? Here. [indistinct chatter through earbuds] [bleeping]
Jacob: Whoa! Okay. [students both laugh] I'm not sure how Mr. Budden's mother would feel about that podcast.
Abbott Elementary Quotes
‘Read-A-Thon’ Quotes
Quote from Barbara
Barbara: You know, if it wasn't for one of Melissa's speeches, I never would have watched The King's Speech.
Melissa: Mm-hmm.
Barbara: But I tell you what. That Colin Powell sure can act. Mm!
Quote from Ava
Jacob: Anyways, here is something to go off of for Episode 1. But, you know, make it your own. Wherever the story takes you, go there.
Ava: Y'all be careful. That equipment ain't cheap. You think just anybody can start a podcast? Please!
[aside to camera:]
Ava: Oh, you haven't heard of the Coleman Podcast Network? It's a couple of Housewife recaps, Banana Mouth, my screenwriting-advice podcast, Catch These Fade Ins, not to mention my ASMR endeavors. [whispering] But Spotify made me take those down. [ASMR eating noises]
Quote from Jacob
Jacob: Janine! Did you see the big news?
Janine: Oh, my God. Did the multi-color pushpins come in?
Jacob: No. Well, I mean, yes, that is huge. But, uh, I got two sign-ups for after-school podcast club.
Janine: Oh! Two. Two? Wow! That... That's enough to tango.
Jacob: I cannot wait to get started. I'm picturing This American Life meets Pod Save America with the research of The Daily, the storytelling of The Moth, all while, like, redefining the form, à la Radiolab.
Janine: How many white podcasts do you listen to?
Jacob: Hundreds. I listen at triple speed, though, you know, to fit them all in. Actually, this conversation kind of feels like it's in slow motion. But I am so informed.