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Podcast: The Parting Shot with H. Alan Scott
Episode: Jack Whitehall Trades Punchlines for Suburban Anxiety in The Burbs
Description: Comedian Jack Whitehall is trading punchlines for the āgood type of nervesā in the new seriesĀ The Burbs. In this latest role, the British comedian navigates the āuncomfortable territoriesā of neighborhood life, a setting he finds surprisingly familiar. āI grew up in the suburbs of Londonāa very suburban street with a creepy Victorian house and a ghostly figure, who was usually just my father.ā In this remake of the 1989 film of the same name, Whitehall and Keke Palmer play a couple who move back to his small suburban town, only to discoverĀ itāsĀ not exactly what they were bargaining for...