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Mike Tyson Scores Knockout on Broadway

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    The New York Post’s Michael Riedel on the boxing champ’s one-man Broadway show.

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Cohost of today at a talk on PB has just told event I certainly do we still do well -- talked -- you like to call it done.

What -- -- on PBS now OK and then -- some traditional members who have thing correction yes it's a show called us mashed.

It was probably the most popular television show in the history of television from well welcome to absorb program Margaret Obama's real good morning -- I just filmed the first episode the second season -- national long ago and I had three -- so.

I -- each one.

And it just for -- very beginning sometime this very good because I -- whether gonna kick your other show right.

-- yes they did but you came to my rescue it I had this little plot.

They were madam because like pan -- plays a fatal invested in share and so they say we can this -- and the show is destroyed our our investments on Broadway.

So I plan a little item in page six that they were getting revenge on -- it was the same day I showed up on your show to talk about it and that afternoon.

The casting director called it's -- your your back on smash so what have you to thank them for my television -- Other crime walk in my adopted were responsible for global credit whenever we saw -- this woman come on this 10 so fascinated.

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Stars people's religions.

'cause I think they're all volatile around column from.

-- I don't pictures just one way to get to -- foreign -- -- Evans a goal of justice -- -- Sick of this conversation.

A lot of factors just one way to get there so.

What does have -- -- conversation a lot of fat Florio.

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Universal life church instrument.

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It is only one way to get to evidence -- have to exceptions pressure personal -- This is citizens like you your wanna get to something percent and consider where you know there you -- if you wanted -- -- central part.

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So we have -- not occurred to him so while.

Valuations got a book all the book of Mormon girl.

Yeah I can -- -- kind of capitalizing I think on the success of the smash Broadway Show.

Well why don't know a short -- not one but it's but that's -- -- book about growing up and a Mormon Church mutant.

Mentioned marriage you -- characters molded I was fascinated we're gonna lose a lot of good this is great no declared a vital to -- -- show by noon today I got activity taxis and usually in this Mike Tyson thing.

I did -- I was here -- last year.

Singing the praises of Hugh Jack there was one man show I've got to tell you Hugh Jackman doesn't have a patch on Mike Tyson now you may have surmise I'm not exactly upon boxing history of boxing so I'm kind of think you know -- is going to be dreadful terrible.

Tyson is terrific personal he's fantastic mimic it is great impressions of Don King.

And Mitch green remember Mitch green that -- clocked up in -- and in the eighties sure had a brilliant brilliant.

Imitation of Robin Givens he says I'm gonna.

I'm -- Youssef only white voice now.

And this show you would love it because he uses the show to settle scores and attack the people he hates and he fool latins Robin Givens and he -- Stan -- He's very charismatic moves really really well he can't -- big words as he himself cheerfully admits.

But he speaks out your words that you can't say in the radio with a conviction have a great method actor.

Doesn't have to say about the birth women mirrored.

He does deal with -- he does deal with a one -- -- jail.

Very briefly and he says that he was he was railroaded -- He says when he went to jail he discovered Islam and it changed his life so good things come out of of convictions that he does not -- he's guilty of -- -- -- calls on Sunday it does I would urge I need your listeners to try to get there this weekend because it is it was a real surprise to me I thought it was just terrific.

And runs about draw our urged about two hours but you know it's really up to -- -- -- -- kind of goes where he wants to go it doesn't really start on time to be outstanding get -- 830 and search then and you can drink during the show which I recommend that people drink quite a bit in fact and as you know here in New York there was this -- I went on Twitter and threatened to shoot all the people up in the in the theater I don't little reporting on that.

And what happened was the guy was bombed out of his mind during the show and they -- -- and because he was so angry try to get revenge on them by sending this idiotic -- Talking with -- Margaret owners provide in an area.

Rave review from Mike Tyson's -- additional source Rancho.

Mortar idea that won an award went from the local Mormon about a -- -- -- war go to Mike Tyson naive or whether grow Warner know our own -- And I don't water and that's.

I sold warrior class are thought that was great yeah yeah let's get to the why would you go to Mike -- quarter noninterest and and are back.

I interviewed him a thousand times as I've read about his jokes overheard him know.

You don't wanna see -- -- actually dances constitutional you know -- the thing about Warner here segment here.

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There's just the mainland Hawaii won't be hosted a book of Mormon there's an inexplicable.

I don't -- -- average in my combine Turkey inviting you to the Mormon -- county saw his lifelong prosperity in the -- -- -- -- -- So I'm very disappointed don't want is a sophisticated.

No New Yorkers lived here in Washington DC all his life.

And -- -- -- -- ever thinks that's an handicapped by the -- -- holding don't know behind the -- Obama had to guess it's okay.

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