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Podcast on Spotify, they're streaming right now. Oh hey, this is Good One, a podcast about jokes. I'm your host,

Folster Senior Editor Jesse David Fox. This episode's guest is David Cross,

and his joke is Squagels.

For those who don't know, Squagels was a turn of a millennium invention by fast casual chain

Kosey. They were bagels but square. This seemed very annoying and stupid to David,

so we talked about it on stage from time to time.

However, on one faithful short film shoot,

the joke would change forever and ever as David found

Coasey marketing materials.

Oohhoo.

The results is one of the funniest, silliest bits of his career.

Though as you'll hear and we talk about there is a sill totally hold up to the test of time if it really ever did. The

is squagels we discuss the the value of silliness in the first place. In the

interview David points out that despite being you know the co-creator of Mr.

Show to this day as he prepares, the co-creator of Mr. Show, to this day, as he prepares for the

Okaman world tour, some will consider him a political comedian, when in reality, for him

it's about balancing political, with personal, with the silly.

It's something that became that much clear for him, as we talk about,

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