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A Few Amazing Things

A Few Amazing Things

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The sky is falling! Somehow, we’re supposed to celebrate ML King and Trump’s inauguration on the same day. How the fuck are we supposed to wrap our heads around THAT?

I’m not even gonna try. I’m sitting this one out. As the other Elvis sang, “Well I used to be disgusted; Now I try to be amused.” That’s my mantra from now on. When the abyss laughs at us, what can we do but laugh back?

So here’s some cool shit to help distract you from all the uncool shit hitting the uncool fans in our supremely uncool historical moment. Glad to be here with you. At least there’s that.


Before Between Two Ferns existed, Gordon Keith was perfecting the inept, borderline offensive interview. There’s some kind of transmission happening in this “conversation” with Zach that would have major comedic implications.


This is one of those stories so cool it doesn’t matter whether it’s true or not. The point is that it could be true. Sometimes, that’s plenty. When Bob visited Dave.

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