Gary Gulman

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582 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard May 2026 last heard 24 May

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This American Life · 676: Here’s Looking at You, Kid · 24 May 2026 podcast

And he says, the only person out there sticking anybody, which I don't know if they still use that expression, but I like that expression, sticking anybody out.

is Gary Goleman, a kid who never played football until this summer.

And I had goosebumps, and it was like a movie.

All happening just like the Jetsons had said.

It was uncanny.

Opening game of the real season, the coaches start him, this newbie player.

He sacks the opposing quarterback right away.

And on offense, they threw me the ball three times.

I caught every single one.

I mean, that night I go to my first high school party.

I'd never gone to a high school party, and it was such a letdown, because you see high school parties in movies.

They're so exciting, and there's sex, and I just sat on a couch.

I didn't drink, and it was an incredible letdown, but I was invited.

That's what's important.

You were there at the bad part.

You made it.

And then Sunday night, the night before school, a local newspaper reporter called me,

and interviewed me about this game.

He said that I was the talk of the town, and he talked about how everybody knew the ball was coming to me and they couldn't stop me.

And just like the Jetsons had said, there were going to be newspaper articles.

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