Obscure with Michael Ian Black

Obscure with Michael Ian Black

Michael Ian Black

Comedian Michael Ian Black is tackling a great work of literature. Actually, Tackling might be too strong a word. More like “light caressing” plus a lot of complaining. First he read the Thomas Hardy classic, Jude the Obscure.He had help from Jen Kirkman, Mike Birbiglia, Michael Showalter, and even his teenage daughter. Now he's back with a new book to read out loud and comment as he goes. Support this show and access bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/michaelianblack

29 minutes 25 seconds

S4 Episode 38 - A Bearded Dragon

Clyde meets a fellow boarder, a Niles to his Frasier, a "brainless sprig" named Walter Dillard. Dillard is eager to make Clyde's acquaintance upon learning his surname and to squire him around the bright lights of Lycurgus. It's no Nashville, where your host finds himself hanging about petting a bearded dragon or two. Could Walter Dillard be a bearded dragon himself???
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30 April 2024, 8:00 am
31 minutes 20 seconds

S4 Episode 37 - Hayseeds!

A sibling spat, if not an outright rivalry, is emerging between the Lycurgus Griffiths children over the arrival of the hayseed Clyde. And you know what happens when hayseeds show up - allergies!!!
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23 April 2024, 9:30 am
30 minutes 36 seconds

S4 Episode 36 - This Little Muskrat

Reporting from the docks today as your host gets ready to depart upon the high seas. Yes, it's a maritime adventure on this week's episode of Obscure. Your host is a guest of the Valiant Lady, the subject of our book the guest of the Griffiths Collar Company. Clyde finishes his tour of the factory and then takes his own tour of the fine residential neighborhoods of Lycurgus.
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16 April 2024, 8:00 am
33 minutes 30 seconds

S4 Episode 35 - In the Shrinking Room

Clyde is assigned to the dregs of the Griffiths Collar Manufacturing Concern. After a somewhat terse exchange with his cousin, Gilbert, Clyde is escorted through the manufactury, where he witnesses all the sights and sounds of a great collar concern. Fascinating stuff.
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9 April 2024, 9:00 am
33 minutes 11 seconds

S4 Episode 34 - A Literary Do-Si-Do

Clyde is making his way through Lygurgus, NY in seek of his fortune. We're getting a tour of the Griffiths Collar Making Factory as young Master Clyde of the Asa Griffiths clan presents himself at the office of his cousin Gilbert. A little cousin-on-cousin action on this episode of OBSCURE.
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2 April 2024, 9:00 am
31 minutes 6 seconds

S4 Episode 33 - With a Norman Wain Anecdote Enclosed

Those who know of my work no doubt also know the work of one of my besties, David Wain. His dad, Norman Wain, gave some business advice years ago that I remember in this episode of Obscure. Business is also very much on the mind of Clyde Griffiths and his uncle, the collar entrepreneur, Sam. Did Clyde just secure his future? Listen and find out!
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26 March 2024, 8:00 am
33 minutes 8 seconds

S4 Episode 32 - The 60 Year Old Bellhop

Clyde is about to meet his uncle, Samuel Griffith, who has come to Chicago and is staying at the very club in which Clyde's employ is now secured. But how to approach the Great Man? Would his uncle find him nothing more than an aged bellhop in laughable circumstances? Listen on and find out!
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19 March 2024, 9:00 am
33 minutes 39 seconds

S4 Episode 31 - A Bowl Filled With Vicodin

Your humble host is laid up with a blown-out back as he endeavors to feed your literary hunger. A surprise awaits Clyde in Chicago, which provides our young hero with a new opportunity... and new danger?!?
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12 March 2024, 8:30 am
33 minutes 6 seconds

S4 Episode 30 - Boxcar Clyde

It's been three years since the tragic events of Clyde's Kansas City days. What has he been doing in the ensuing years? How did he make his way to Chicago? What about his poor, pious parents? Did the rest of the gang end up in the pokey? Find out on this informative episode of Obscure!
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5 March 2024, 10:00 am
36 minutes 15 seconds

S4 Episode 29 - I Don't Care About the GD Boat Launch

My God, yet another episode with Bella talking about the goddamned boat lunch the Finchleys are building up at Greenwood Lake. Like the rest of the Griffiths clan, Michael doesn't care. Rich people and their rich people gossip. Not for him, thanks.
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27 February 2024, 10:00 am
32 minutes 11 seconds

S4 Episode 28 - Fykkn Wykeagy

No, it's not Welsh but it certainly is fun to say. This week, we're dealing with fancy ladies and chaps, in particular a certain Bella Griffiths angling for a summer at Greenwood Lake! Plus, a facile comparison of Clyde Griffiths, Sammy Glick, and Jay Gatsby.
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20 February 2024, 10:00 am
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