Tom's rants about NPR

[Shaggy 2 Grote]

I agree that news commentators need more interesting clothes.

[yesno]

I like the radio and print for substantive news, but then I'll see something on TV, like video from a small village somewhere, that is so much more interesting than radio's usual "play some ambient sounds and a few seconds of untranslated speech" routine.  I also like travel shows.

Newscasters should wear clothes like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkT54BetFBI

[cutout]

My vision of Hell is having all of my limbs restrained while Ira Glass reads aloud from the Huffington Post archives - FOREVER.

Or, Michelle Malkin reading from anything for any length of time.

[Kim Kelly]

I heard maybe 14 seconds of Prairie Home Companion yesterday and felt like driving my car into a ditch or something.

[masterofsparks]

I heard maybe 14 seconds of Prairie Home Companion yesterday and felt like driving my car into a ditch or something.

You mean you didn't find Guy Noir highlarious?

[buffcoat]

Did Al Jazeera ever win his Quixotic races for public office in New York?  He was great as Grandpa Munster.

[nec13]

Did Al Jazeera ever win his Quixotic races for public office in New York?  He was great as Grandpa Munster.

Ahem. That's Dr. Al Jazeera to you.

[Brother Bruno]

I unfortunately missed Tom's rant but the sound and tone of Garrison Kellior's voice actually makes me physically ill and I'm not exaggerating..

[cordobafett]

I know what you mean, actually...I can hear every lip smack and salival bubble when he talks. If he were to have a discussion with Click and Clack the world might collapse in on itself.

[buffcoat]

I know what you mean, actually...I can hear every lip smack and salival bubble when he talks. If he were to have a discussion with Click and Clack the world might collapse in on itself.

That would be a lot of phlegm.

[masterofsparks]

I know what you mean, actually...I can hear every lip smack and salival bubble when he talks. If he were to have a discussion with Click and Clack the world might collapse in on itself.

That would be a lot of phlegm.

It might not be so bad, since Keillor's dumb stories would be drowned out by Click and Clack laughing themselves silly at everything the other one said.

[Christina]

I know what you mean, actually...I can hear every lip smack and salival bubble when he talks. If he were to have a discussion with Click and Clack the world might collapse in on itself.

That would be a lot of phlegm.

It might not be so bad, since Keillor's dumb stories would be drowned out by Click and Clack laughing themselves silly at everything the other one said.

All served on a fluffy cushion of This American Life bed music. Any track from a Boards of Canada album would do it.

[Kid Pain]

tom's impression of ira glass throwing a tantrum at an intern is one of my most cherished moments of the best show.