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The Dinner Party: Denny's Hobbit menu, the first morse code, King Louie’s blood

Take Two translates the day’s headlines for Southern California, making sense of the news and cultural events that affect our lives. Produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from October 2012 – June 2021. Hosted by A Martinez.

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The Dinner Party: Denny's Hobbit menu, the first morse code, King Louie’s blood

Rico Gagliano from the Dinner Party talks with Alex Cohen about the Hobbit menu at Denny’s, the first emergency morse code sent to ships, and the discovery of King Louie’s blood on a handkerchief.

Jamie McDonald attempts to eat every item on the Denny's Hobbit menu:

Denny's commercial for their Hobbit menu: