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A Conversation Between Ed Sullivan and the Biggest Star in TV

Milton Berle (L), seen here holding "Uncle Miltie"

For this week’s Conversation Piece, Whim contributor and notorious joke thief Matt Passet travels in back in time to Golden Age of Television, an era when the CBS audience was more than just old people and NBC actually had viewers.

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A Conversation Between Two Latin American Despots Beloved by Left-Leaning Hollywood Icons

Hugo Chavez (L), Fidel Castro Body Double #7 (R)

Matt Passet, gringo capitalista sucio, difunde mentiras sobre nuestros grandes líderes Fidel Castro and Hugo Chavez en esta conversación inventada para la revista de mierda de propaganda estadounidense, Whim Quarterly.

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A Conversation Between Two Actors Drafting on the Success of Their Siblings

Billy Baldwin. Or possibly Daniel. No way to know.

Guest contributor Nat Passet, less successful brother of Whim’s Matt Passet, takes over Conversation Pieces this week. What follows is a discussion overheard by Nat at the bar of a San Fernando Chili’s.

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A Conversation Between Martin Luther and Martin Luther King, Jr. – Two Men with (Coincidentally?) Similar Names

Martin Luther, seen here making the original "wall post"

Whim contributor Matt Passet, a man who makes over 95 theses every single day, nails another conversation to the internet’s door. This week: a talk between the two most similarly named spiritual leaders this side of Millard and Mallard Fillmore.

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A Conversation Between Charles Lindbergh and Amelia Earhart – Two Pilots I Know Very Little About

The Spirit of St. Louis

Having just returned from a mysterious disappearance, Whim contributor Matt Passet builds on last week’s conversation by reporting on an exchange between the two biggest icons of 20th century aviation.

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A Conversation Between Captain Sully Sullenberger and That jetBlue Flight Attendant Who Did Something That People Are Pretending Was Heroic

Inflatable Aircraft Escape Slide

Matt Passet, the Whim contributor with the fewest frequent flier miles, eavesdrops on radio chatter between the two biggest icons of 21st century aviation.

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