People
Doing the show was like painting the George Washington Bridge. As soon as you finished one end, you started right in on the other.
— Jack Paar
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
Comparing a show to painting a giant bridge, the speaker means the work never ends: by the time one end is done, the other needs redoing. It's a vivid image of a relentless, repeating job where finishing merely sends you back to the start.
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