I listened to a handful of This American Life episodes this weekend. I simultaneously enjoyed the subtle naturalism and was annoyed by the wry smugness. My antidote was Kasper Hauser’s hilarious parody. Those guys are amazing! If you’ve heard even 10 seconds of This American Life, I recommend it.
“I was one of those kids who grew up literally less than 400 miles from the beach. Other kids would go home after school? I would go home and think about the beach.”
“You really loved the beach.”
“It was my favorite. My second favorite thing in the world.”
“You favorite was… peeing?”
“What?”
(Guitar intro from ‘These Days’)
I am enjoying the Kasper Hauser podcast greatly. When I saw the titles, I worried it would be kinda played out and lame (Captain Kirk? Really? Wacky items on restaurant menu? Lawyer commericials? Hitler jokes?) But they’re all smart and funny with deliberate, bizarre vocabulary. Then I was like: “Who am *I* to worry about something being played out? What am I, the Minister of What Is Hip”? Then I laughed at their lawyer commercial. Then I desperately wanted to BE Kasper Hauser. So badly! Make it happen, world! Almost half of their episodes are the probably-easy-to-produce “Wedding Announcements” but they’re all funny, so why not? WHY NOT? I LOVE IT.
Maybe everyone already knows about Kasper Hauser.
Maybe they’re played [...]
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