Obscure with Michael Ian Black

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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 a

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April 02, 2024 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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34min
March 26, 2024 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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32min
March 19, 2024 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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34min
March 12, 2024 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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34min
March 05, 2024 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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34min
February 27, 2024 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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37min
February 20, 2024 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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33min
February 13, 2024 S4 Episode 27 - What a Mook
There's mooks aplenty on another tantalizing episode of Obscure. One from contemporary times, and several from the book. Plus: we fail to find a good definition for "macerating wheel"!
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35min
February 07, 2024 S4 Episode 26 - Hit and Run!
Those meddlesome kids are causing mayhem - absolute mayhem - out there in Kansas City, MO. They're running over girls and crashing cars and engaging in high-speed car chases. It's madness with these kids!
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34min
January 30, 2024 S4 Episode 25 - Incessant Pouting and Jibber-Jabbering
"Gee, but you're mean." The fact is, these two young people are exhausting. Clyde and Hortense continue their back-and-forth and we're forced to endure their irritating pas de deux. More bickering, more dilly-dallying. And maybe Hortense is on her period. Not sure. Plus, a book recommendation!
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32min

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