December 28th, 1991 - January 3, 1992 This week Ken welcomes Las Vegas comedian behind the new special "Highly Intelligent", Shanna Christmas. Ken and Shanna discuss the heat, growing up in Las Vegas, how they were both 6'3" at age 14, being a jock, the nerd school, buying booze underage, hanging in night clubs, enjoying the word "Geriatric", dumb kids Ken grew up with, Jerry's Kids, how you never see teenage boys, having your own TV, wrestling, skillsets younger people miss out on, 1-900 spank lines, being between the Holidays, being born at Christmas, John Goodman, New Year's Eve, Moonlighting, unlikely movie stars, working at hotels, staying home on New Year's Eve, avoiding the strip, Marky Mark, the hit on the head cool guy character cliche, Family Matters, canceling shows that are already made, Sinbad, never watching stand up growing up, forgetting Sidney Poitier directed Ghost Dad, Fox making moves, In Living Color super bowl half time show, Summer Seasons, Beverly Hills 90210, befriending the homeless/downtrodden in the 80s and fixing all their problems with a bath, Murphy Brown, Blossom, Home Improvement, JTT posters, child acting aging weirdly, Ken's bias against the South, Rescue 9-1-1, homework, Neil Breen, New Year's Day, Jetsons meet the Flintstones, Jake and the Fatman, Wilfred Brimley, the technology on The Flintstones, Lisa Bonet, A Different World, how Ken wanted to go to an all black university, Hanging with Mr. Cooper, Holly Robinson, how there are no black people on Seinfeld, Soapdish, America's Most Wanted, Married...with Children, Martin, and how Ken should write a book.

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