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Obscure with Michael Ian Black

S4 Episode 105 - An Enormous Personal Hate for the Man

Obscure with Michael Ian Black

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4.81.8K Ratings

🗓️ 16 September 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Haven't we all felt hatred for The Man at some point? In Orville Mason's case, the man in question is the murderer of Roberta Alden. Is that Clyde Griffiths? It sure looks like it, and DA Mason is practically seething at the whichever rich wastrel did Ms. Alden in.

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0:00.0

From the former honeymoon capital of the world, not Niagara Falls, this is obscure season

0:14.5

four in American tragedy.

0:15.9

I'm your host, your friend, your ear lover, and literary mansplainer-in-chief, Michael

0:20.4

Ian Black.

0:21.8

Only a couple more episodes to be recorded here from the former honeymoon capital of the world.

0:27.6

Not Niagara Falls. Martha and I are making our return plans to Old Savani.

0:34.1

We will be returning there in about 10 days, 12 days, something like that.

0:40.3

We both celebrated birthdays this week, each others and our own.

0:45.3

And I wasn't here for some of that.

0:48.3

I wasn't here for Martha's birthday.

0:50.3

I was in Denver, but our daughter came in from New York City to visit along with a couple

0:54.8

of her friends.

0:55.8

So they had themselves a time eating grilled lamb and roasted veggies,

1:00.6

vegetables and store-bought cake.

1:03.9

And there's a donut place up here in the Poconos called Duck Donuts is what it's called.

1:08.7

And they're a terrific donut outfit.

1:11.6

You order the donut and then they make it for you right there.

1:15.6

So they'll have these warm donuts and you'll see them put the toppings on and

1:19.6

Martha got a bunch of those and brought them home and I finished the last one last evening.

1:26.6

Just a just a terrific donut.

1:30.1

Had some travel difficulties this week.

1:35.0

My flight from Denver, Colorado, where I was performing, was canceled.

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