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Top Ten Videos of 2010: 3. Garfunkel & Oates, “Pregnant Women Are Smug”

Like one of my previous list-ees, original credit for bringing G&O to my attention is due to the WTF with Marc Maron podcast — specifically, a live episode from early 2010 that featured Kate Micucci (a.k.a. “Oates,” the brunette one). Her abundant charm came through in her conversation with Maron, and I found her solo voice-and-ukelele ditties delightful.[1. "The Nap Song" stuck with me in particular, which became oddly coincidental about a week later when I ended up taking a nap with a young lady — and by "taking a nap" I mean exactly that, you horndogs.] Googling for more, I discovered her having formed a duo with Riki Lindhome (a.k.a. “Garfunkel,” the blonde one) and I was an immediate fan. Continue reading

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Top Ten Videos of 2010: 5. Comedy Fights Malaria, “Bobby Bottleservice Gets Serious” [NSFW]

The twice-weekly podcast WTF with Marc Maron (see also: “Worthy Podcasts” in my home page sidebar) has given me a window into what is going on in the world of stand-up comedy, how it interconnects to the broader realm of show business, and the varying trials and triumphs of the comics from their own perspectives. On a somewhat less profound note, it has also pointed my attention to a lot of really goddamned funny people.

One of these is Nick Kroll. Continue reading

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Six Degrees of James Burke

Low on iPod fodder for the six-hour drive to my parents’ house, where I would spend this past Christmas, I discovered the podcast Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History and the historian James Burke, whose ideas about scholarship and the historical continuum blew my mind a little. They also led me to play a little game of historical “Six Degrees,” with results detailed hereunder. [...READ ON...] Continue reading

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