It's a book club, but funny! Comedian Michael Ian Black is tackling a great work of literature: Wuthering Heights. Join Michael's weekly book club as he reads aloud from a classic and asks people like Jen Kirkman, Mike Birbiglia, Michael Showalter, and even his teenage kids to weigh in with their perspectives. Season 1: Thomas Hardy's Jude the Obscure. The book is bleak, but Michael does a lot of accent work. Season 2: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. It's alive, and it's just a big buddy. Also,…
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Your host begins with a congratulatory message towards himself for being a real trooper. Trouper? Some thoughts on trooping follow. As for Clyde, a man has died over at Auburn and our sad hero is feeling pretty low about it. How soon until our own dear Clyde meets his own end? Support Obscure! Read Michael's substack Follow Michael on Twitter Follow Michael on Instagram See Privacy Policy at…
Your host has returned from the wilds of Oregon to the wilds of Connecticut. We begin with complaints about the local church rummage sale and continues on to various observations about this and that before revisiting the death house where Clyde awaits his fate. Support Obscure! Read Michael's substack Follow Michael on Twitter Follow Michael on Instagram See Privacy Policy at…
Well, the fundraising for Clyde's appeal does not seem to be going very well. Mama Griffiths has vowed to raise the necessary cash to free her boy from the jaws of death. Alas, the good people of Albany and Buffalo and parts nearby, have no patience for the young Clyde. And, frankly, nor does your host. NOR DOES YOUR HOST!!! Support Obscure! Read Michael's substack Follow Michael on Twitter Follow…
Your host waxes pedantic as he begins today's episode from Bigfoot Country. Time away spurs reflection, and your host is both away and reflecting. A quick and dirty definition of "wealth" accompanies a dissection of the difference between the free and the not-so-free, such as one Clyde Griffiths. Yes, it's a contemplative episode of Obscure this week. Support Obscure! Read Michael's substack…
Your host has decamped to Bigfoot Country for the next few episodes as he seeks the mighty Sasquatch, along with Chris Elliott and the lovely Sarah Tomko. Yes, moviemaking is afoot (BIG foot), and while I go gallivanting all over the deep woods, poor Clyde is confined to a lousy cell in a terrible prison and it's all he can do to keep his spirits up. Can Mama Bear help? Or will she, too, fall prey…
As a rash plagues your very successful actor host, Clyde's poor mother has arrived in Bridgeburg to comfort her not very successful son. What will become of the two poor Griffiths, mama and son? Can a simple pious woman rescue her condemned boy from the clutches of death? Let's be honest: probably not. Support Obscure! Read Michael's substack Follow Michael on Twitter Follow Michael on Instagram…
Your host opines on the nature of the tension between the American branches of the sacred and the profane in a quarter-backed notion that the book "An American Tragedy" can be viewed as a metaphor for the nation itself. Too much? Perhaps. Meanwhile Clyde waits to die. Support Obscure! Read Michael's substack Follow Michael on Twitter Follow Michael on Instagram See Privacy Policy at…
Your host opines on pathogen-bearing animals, Tony Danza, and the acting profession before delving into a brand new chapter! Clyde Griffiths is waiting to be fried up like a basket of shrimp but, hopefully, not before seeing his mama one more time. Support Obscure! Read Michael's substack Follow Michael on Twitter Follow Michael on Instagram See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and…
Maybe people suck. Hard to say, exactly, but as we plow forward from testimony to closing arguments, here we are: the same human vices that have plagued the species for millennia are on full display both in Clyde Griffith's time and our own. Such a terrible state of affairs plagues the human condition! But what're we gonna do? Cry about it? Of course not! A new chapter is at hand. Support Obscure!…
Your host reflects on his occasional love for athletic prowess, little of which he possesses. Plus, a sneeze or two might erupt on the podcast owing to allergy season, as we FINALLY end Clyde's testimony. Lo these many pages have come and gone and still no sense of whether the fella's going fry or not! I mean, the trial has done nothing but convince me that he ought to, but will they convict?…