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doctorfrog posted:I've gotten used to the occasional Sedaris story, but this other guy just should never be on radio.
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I really like his autobiographical/real-world stuff, but I agree that the animal fables don't work and just end up becoming tiresome. There'll be one or two "David Sedaris" turns of phrase or wit that I enjoy but I'll still be waiting for the whole thing to end.
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doctorfrog posted:I think my least favorite are the droll fiction stories about animals doing boring human things and having uninteresting arguments, told in a nasal monotone by the author. David Sedaris and one other dude does them sometimes. I've gotten used to the occasional Sedaris story, but this other guy just should never be on radio. Thank God! Last time I said as much I was told I was crazy. Pointless, go-nowhere fictional stories are the death of a good TAL episode.
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Jan 6, 2013 04:43
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I'll hop on that train. I liked a lot of Sedaris's written work and the occasional radio bit, but I really am sick of his fictional animal stuff. And the worst is when its from a live recording. So not only do we get less stellar audio, we get an audience who is laughing their asses off at this inane stuff. It reminds me of that Simpsons joke when Homer yells at the TV to be funny when they're watching A Prairie Home Companion/Garrison Keillor reading on stage and the audience is going crazy.
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soggybagel posted:I'll hop on that train. I liked a lot of Sedaris's written work and the occasional radio bit, but I really am sick of his fictional animal stuff. And the worst is when its from a live recording. So not only do we get less stellar audio, we get an audience who is laughing their asses off at this inane stuff. It reminds me of that Simpsons joke when Homer yells at the TV to be funny when they're watching A Prairie Home Companion/Garrison Keillor reading on stage and the audience is going crazy. Ditto. I've loved every Sedaris book until his animal fables one. Does anyone else have trouble paying attention to TAL's fiction segments in general?
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Jan 9, 2013 18:29
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hope and vaseline posted:Ditto. I've loved every Sedaris book until his animal fables one. Yes, though I did like the weird David Rakoff rhyming cockroach-Seuss conversation.
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Jan 9, 2013 19:36
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hope and vaseline posted:Does anyone else have trouble paying attention to TAL's fiction segments in general? I do, but that's because I listen to TAL for the oral history aspect, rather than "witty" fictional accounts that try to impersonate the oral history aspect. Also, that Honduras thing was pretty drat sad.
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Jan 9, 2013 19:40
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fivre posted:Yes, though I did like the weird David Rakoff rhyming cockroach-Seuss conversation. I'm in the same boat, loved all the memoir stuff David Sedaris has done, not a fan of the animals. However, I LOVE David Rakoff. The episode they dedicated to him after he died was really touching. I also loved that rhyming piece and can't wait to pick up his last book when it's published.
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hope and vaseline posted:Does anyone else have trouble paying attention to TAL's fiction segments in general?
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hope and vaseline posted:Ditto. I've loved every Sedaris book until his animal fables one. That said, I saw Ira Glass in the same theater it was the best live show of any kind I've ever seen. If you ever have a chance to see him, do it immediately. He's extremely engaging and knows how to put on a show, even if it is just him talking into a mic.
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Jan 10, 2013 08:59
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I'm definitely not a fan of the fiction parts of TAL. They're good stories, most of the time, but that's not why I listen to the podcast. I really only get irritated when it's a "real life fake story", where they don't tell you at the beginning that it's a fake story, and only at the end do you realize that the "valuable life lesson learned" was fiction. 
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Jan 10, 2013 17:52
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This episode was just trippy. Fred Armisen's impression kept getting better throughout the show. Here's that weekend update bit by the way. http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/web-exclusive-update-fred-as-ira-glass/1428371/
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hope and vaseline posted:This episode was just trippy. Fred Armisen's impression kept getting better throughout the show. Here's that weekend update bit by the way. http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/web-exclusive-update-fred-as-ira-glass/1428371/ Haha that's great.
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I was never the biggest fan of calamari in the first place but goddamn, now I pretty much can't trust anything that's deep fried. So thanks TAL for making me eat healthier! 
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Jan 14, 2013 19:50
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Man that was definitely a contrast between the two stories "Haha, I wonder how much pig rear end in a top hat I've eaten, I hope the next story is funny too." 
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AngryBooch posted:I was never the biggest fan of calamari in the first place but goddamn, now I pretty much can't trust anything that's deep fried. So thanks TAL for making me eat healthier! If anything that story just proves the unsung power of tartar sauce.
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Jan 15, 2013 20:03
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My standards for food are pretty low because the whole time I was listening I was like "drat I could go for some calamari/pig-rear end in a top hat right now".
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Jan 15, 2013 20:35
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Eating a gyro is probably the worst time for the first act of this episode to come on my headphones. It could be anything!
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AngryBooch posted:I was never the biggest fan of calamari in the first place but goddamn, now I pretty much can't trust anything that's deep fried. So thanks TAL for making me eat healthier! Yeah but like the journalist said, if you eat sausage and stuff, you're eating something akin to pig rear end in a top hat.
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I tend to see calamari as questionably-prepared bar food or an unwanted appetizer. Nothing against it, it just shows up on the menu at every TGI Friday-type place that you're forced to meet at when no one can agree where to eat. After reading Jacques Pepin's autobiography, it's hard to be grossed out. The book isn't disgusting or anything, he just likes offal a whole bunch, ate a lot of it as a kid in France, and for a short time, worked in a butcher shop/restaurant in Harlem. It was the only place in America that had a clientele who either had to eat the stuff, or actively sought it out for cultural cuisine. It was a bit humbling to read. Personal anecdote, a friend and I used to eat dried apricots and peaches at work and our code word for them was "hog anus," or "H.A." when in polite company.
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Most of the time when I get calamari its not all rings, there's the little tentacly bits too, so I doubt I've ever eaten hog anus in disguise.
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I will continue to eat fried calamari/pig butthole because that poo poo is delicious.
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tnimark posted:I will continue to eat fried calamari/pig butthole because that poo poo is delicious. The Vietnamese place near me makes bomb rear end calamari with a great dipping sauce, but they're also kinda cheap so now I'll never get the thought out of a corner of my mind that I may be eating pig rear end in a top hat. I mean, I'm still getting it because it loving rules, but that drat thought.
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Is the android app not updating for new episodes for anyone else? Last one its showing up for me was Dec 21.
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Works for me, you got the new version right? It's so much better than the old one it's incredible.
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Do I just not "get" David Sedaris or was his segment in the Deception episode kinda boring and meandering and not at all as hilarious as the audience thought it was? I was also kinda hoping for a better resolution to that busboy story than "I got paid crap and left," but it was a good look into a world I would (thankfully) never interact with personally, which is what This American Life does best.
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GrandpaPants posted:Do I just not "get" David Sedaris or was his segment in the Deception episode kinda boring and meandering and not at all as hilarious as the audience thought it was? I was also kinda hoping for a better resolution to that busboy story than "I got paid crap and left," but it was a good look into a world I would (thankfully) never interact with personally, which is what This American Life does best.
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GrandpaPants posted:Do I just not "get" David Sedaris or was his segment in the Deception episode kinda boring and meandering and not at all as hilarious as the audience thought it was? I was also kinda hoping for a better resolution to that busboy story than "I got paid crap and left," but it was a good look into a world I would (thankfully) never interact with personally, which is what This American Life does best. Huh, I actually liked both of those segments but didn't care at all for the story about the "Analyze This" guy.
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Sometimes you don't get a Simpsons joke until years later. The parent-murderer-adolescent in the last episode had a TV movie made about him with Neil Patrick Harris playing his part. There was something familiar about this. I'm standing there, folding laundry. Why is this so familiar? Early Simpsons episode, when Bart appears to have killed Principal Skinner, there is a TV movie dramatization of the event... with the part of Bart being played by Neil Patrick Harris. Also I usually like historical stuff but the Jackson story bored me to tears. Where the hell was Sarah Vowel?
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Yeah I skipped the Jackson story after about 5-10 minutes. I would be happy to never have to listen to Sarah Vowell's loving voice ever again.
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FitFortDanga posted:I would be happy to never have to listen to Sarah Vowell's loving voice ever again.
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tnimark posted:Oh boy am I not on board with this. Ditto. I pretty much have a huge grin whenever she's doing a piece.
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First ever two-parter episode starts this weekend. I'm intrigued.
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CaptainYesterday posted:First ever two-parter episode starts this weekend. I'm intrigued. Is it a single story split over two weeks or a single theme shared across two weeks?
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I hope the theme is Cliffhangers.
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I bought the TAL app and was wondering if anyone could recommend some good episodes from the vault.
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Gio posted:I bought the TAL app and was wondering if anyone could recommend some good episodes from the vault. Anything and everything involving Scott Carrier, who doesn't contribute anymore, unfortunately. Particularly episode 181.
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Check out the favorites from the TAL site, there's some good selections there. I'm surprised A Night at the Weiner's Circle isn't in the One Location page, it's an early classic.
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patricius posted:Anything and everything involving Scott Carrier, who doesn't contribute anymore, unfortunately. Particularly episode 181. Scott carrier has a magical site called Prisoner of Zion that has an archive of most of his TAL segments and contributions to other radio shows. Check out Running After Antelope as well. Blergh, meant to edit my previous post. hope and vaseline fucked around with this message at 18:28 on Feb 16, 2013 |
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sinistarded posted:Is it a single story split over two weeks or a single theme shared across two weeks? Single story, two weeks. It's about a high school in Chicago that's had 29 shootings.
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