It could be the greatest compilation of all-time. It's Conan on Dave's show and Dave on Conan's show.
My new favorite thing is Dave and Conan talking about Bob Crane (Col. Hogan on Hogan's Heroes).
The innocence of Part 1 gives way to turbulence and controversy as Part 2 mostly consists of Letterman commenting on the Tonight Show situation in 2010. It's still kind of fun though. Don't miss the last Conan interview from 2012.
Wednesday, August 29, 2018
Thursday, August 23, 2018
K-Mart Music Archive Online
There is an online archive where you can listen to the tapes played over the K-Mart PA from 1989 to 1993.
It's available here. Can I recommend July 1990? What a fine vintage.
And I should say don't listen to the Christmas tapes yet because you'll sink into a nostalgic depression.
Here's a mystery... Periodically, someone will say, in between songs, "Security, please report to aisle 3" or something to that effect. So why is that recorded on the tape (which is played on a loop)? I can only surmise that K-Mart didn't have security but wanted people to think that they did. That's a good idea, as far as it goes, but when you have the guy with the radio voice doing the announcement (and not the woman who actually works there speaking into a drive-thru quality mic) anyone can figure out that it's a ruse.
It's available here. Can I recommend July 1990? What a fine vintage.
And I should say don't listen to the Christmas tapes yet because you'll sink into a nostalgic depression.
Here's a mystery... Periodically, someone will say, in between songs, "Security, please report to aisle 3" or something to that effect. So why is that recorded on the tape (which is played on a loop)? I can only surmise that K-Mart didn't have security but wanted people to think that they did. That's a good idea, as far as it goes, but when you have the guy with the radio voice doing the announcement (and not the woman who actually works there speaking into a drive-thru quality mic) anyone can figure out that it's a ruse.
Monday, August 20, 2018
Chris Gethard Show - What's In the Dumpster?
This is excellent.
I'm not familiar with the Chris Gethard Show but had to watch this episode where Paul Scheer and Jason Mantzoukas guest and try to determine "what's in the dumpster".
I'm not familiar with the Chris Gethard Show but had to watch this episode where Paul Scheer and Jason Mantzoukas guest and try to determine "what's in the dumpster".
Wednesday, August 15, 2018
Game Grumps - A Week of Garfield
In honor of the 30th anniversary of the birth of Garfield, the Game Grumps play "A Week of Garfield" which came out for Nintendo but only game out in Japan.
Don't. Just don't, ok?
Don't. Just don't, ok?
Tuesday, August 14, 2018
Saturday, August 4, 2018
An Examination of Weird Sports Rules
The SB Nation series "Weird Rules" explains the stories behind the most obscure and weirdest rules in sports.
As sports organizations don't add rules to the rule book for their own amusement, the most interesting thing is often not the rule, but the story behind the rule - what were players doing that was so blatant that it needed to be outlawed in writing.
This is the case in this episode, "One guy mercilessly trolled the NHL into creating a better rule book":
But another reason this topic can be interesting is how the rules themselves can be gamed to gain specific advantages in specific situations. For instance, why would someone intentionally try to block a free throw?
As sports organizations don't add rules to the rule book for their own amusement, the most interesting thing is often not the rule, but the story behind the rule - what were players doing that was so blatant that it needed to be outlawed in writing.
This is the case in this episode, "One guy mercilessly trolled the NHL into creating a better rule book":
But another reason this topic can be interesting is how the rules themselves can be gamed to gain specific advantages in specific situations. For instance, why would someone intentionally try to block a free throw?
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