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President Clinton and the Egg Timer

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A political speechwriter risks his job for a joke.

Tags Historical event Government Workplace Power Celebrity Historical Serious Thought-provoking Bittersweet

Storyteller

Mark Katz

Featured on

November 8, 2010 Reality TV, an Egg Timer, and a Burglary

Original Air Date

November 8, 2010

Recorded Date

October 24, 2001

“The first words the president said to me that night was, 'You can put that egg timer away.'”

Photo by Amanda Kowalski
Mark Katz

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