[That ship has sailed.]

Join us for a look at comedy in Taiwan and a story that almost sounds like an April Fool’s joke. We’ll take a closer look at the Ever Given, the ship that stopped traffic in the Suez Canal, and tell you about two other recent accidents involving the Taiwanese parent company Evergreen!   

PLUS:

How big the boat would look if it put down anchor in Taipei

The best memes the internet has “Ever Given”, in Hashtag Taiwan with Leslie Liao 

What makes Taiwan great for comedy? Staś Butler heads to 23 Comedy to find out!

LINKS:

This app lets you put the Ever Given wherever you want: https://evergiven-everywhere.glitch.me/ 

Longest ships in the world: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_longest_ships 

List of Evergreen ship names: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden-class_container_ship 

Second Evergreen ship incident: http://www.maritimebulletin.net/2021/03/27/ever-given-sister-ship-ever-gentle-troubled-in-taipei-taiwan/ 

Evergreen Truck incident (Chinese, via LTN): https://ec.ltn.com.tw/article/breakingnews/3480857 

More about the Suez Canal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suez_Canal 

Is the ship still stuck? https://istheshipstillstuck.com/ 

Enjoy the best of Taipei’s comedy scene at Two Three: https://www.facebook.com/TwoThreeComedy 

Learn more about Taiwan NextGen Foundation: https://www.facebook.com/NextGenTaiwan 

To catch more performances by the Formosa Improv Group: https://www.facebook.com/FormosaImprovGroup