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Graydon Carter

πŸ‘€ Speaker
756 total appearances

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Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth
More Rosebud in NYC - Graydon Carter

Waterboarding?

Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth
More Rosebud in NYC - Graydon Carter

You mean being tortured?

Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth
More Rosebud in NYC - Graydon Carter

Yes.

Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth
More Rosebud in NYC - Graydon Carter

He said it was one of the most horrible experiences of his life.

Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth
More Rosebud in NYC - Graydon Carter

He hired a guy.

Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth
More Rosebud in NYC - Graydon Carter

There was a firm.

Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth
More Rosebud in NYC - Graydon Carter

To experience what it's like to be waterboarded.

Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth
More Rosebud in NYC - Graydon Carter

But then I would send him on this course of self-improvement.

Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth
More Rosebud in NYC - Graydon Carter

where we would tidy him up and get him a proper suit made and go to a Savile Row tailor and get shoes made for him and get a proper haircut and get his nails done.

Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth
More Rosebud in NYC - Graydon Carter

And then I'd heard about this.

Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth
More Rosebud in NYC - Graydon Carter

There were these sisters on 57th Street called the Jay Sisters, and they were Brazilian sisters who invented a lot of waxing operations.

Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth
More Rosebud in NYC - Graydon Carter

And they invented the bikini wax, for instance, for women.

Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth
More Rosebud in NYC - Graydon Carter

But they also invented something for men called...

Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth
More Rosebud in NYC - Graydon Carter

and I'd heard about this called the back, the crack and the sack.

Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth
More Rosebud in NYC - Graydon Carter

Oh yes.

Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth
More Rosebud in NYC - Graydon Carter

So I thought I called Christopher and I said, okay, the last thing, let's, let's try this.

Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth
More Rosebud in NYC - Graydon Carter

And I, it took him a while to understand what I was talking about.

Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth
More Rosebud in NYC - Graydon Carter

And then he just sort of shuddered and he said, I'll, I'll try it.

Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth
More Rosebud in NYC - Graydon Carter

Anyway, he goes up to 57th street, the J sisters, um, wax him.

Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth
More Rosebud in NYC - Graydon Carter

He comes back.