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  Re: Languages
  By: Ed Vance to All on Wed Jan 22 2025 23:44:02

 > ...began to think about The Night Show years ago when Jack Parr was the host

Close.  It's actually, The Tonight Show from 1957-1962.  Johnny Carson was my
favorite host, followed by Steve Allen who kicked off the series way back in
1954.

 > Jack would (whisper?) tell a short story ( or joke) to one of the guest.
 > Each guest would say the story to another guest but in another language.
 > When the story was told to the last member of the group they would tell Jack
 > and the audience in English what they heard and most times the story was
 > very different than it was first told

Ah, the old cascaiding story bit.  I remember doing that with a bunch of kids
when I was young.  The results were the same, even when it's just one language.
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