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We are very happy to announce that after 344 days of homelessness, Dan Allen has found an apartment. If u do not know the story of Dan Allen’s homeless stint, here it is in its abridged version (aka the one Dan Allen is unable to tell due to incredible long windedness).
After a particularly rough breakup, Dan assesses his past relationships. He comes to the realization that he is rather fond of Jewish women and joins Jdate. Due to his incredible shmoozing abilities, he scores a free weekend getaway for Jewish singles in Connecticut. Here he meets and falls in love with a Parisian Jewish woman that lives in London. After she gets over the fact that she met a non-Jew at a Jewish singles retreat, she falls in love with Dan.
The lovebirds agree that Dan will move to London and convert to the tribe. Dan quites his job, gives up his room in his apartment and buys a plane ticket to London. Three days before Dan is set to board the plane, the charming English woman informs him, in a charming English accent that his presence is no longer requested in London.
Without a home or a job, the apartment surfing begins. In a constant spiral of dog sitting, cat sitting, couch crashing and staying at comic friends apartments when they are on the road, Dan establishes himself as the premiere homeless comedian on the circuit.
Only a group of highly trained professionals could ever explain how Dan made it to 344 days. Oddly, Dan was disappointed with himself for not making it to a full 365 days. This episode of in the tank is a celebration of Dan finding an apartment and a chance to look back on this incredible yet ridiculous experience he likes to call a social experiment. We are joined by some of the many folks that got Dan through this past year.
Don’t worry, even though he is no longer homeless, there is plenty more about Dan to make fun of.
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Episode 128 | Dan Allen Finds a Home
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Great stuff, thank you all for taking care of my precious son. I can tell by the way you make fun of him that you really care and love him. He is a great son and I love him very much. I know, I know, ah, Dan your Mommy loves you. Believe it or not he was so shy in the 3rd grade that I went to a parent teacher’s conference and ask how my son Dan Allen was doing and the teacher didn’t have a Dan Allen in his class, he only had a Dan Hunt, Dan was so shy he didn’t tell the teacher his real name for 3 weeks. Then in the 7th grade he started acting at school plays and nobody even knew he could talk until he got up on stage. Thanks again everybody who helped him out through his homelessness. My love to all of youse guys and gals. I’m from upstate NY. I’ll have to come and see ya’ll someday, maybe I can stay with you all as I am homeless myself. (Just kidding) But, really with the way the economy is aren’t we all a just a paycheck away from homelessness?