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Obscure with Michael Ian Black

S4 Episode 86 - It was not right. It was not fair

Obscure with Michael Ian Black

Misfit Toys

Books, Comedy, Literature, Audiobooks, Arts, Alternative Comedy

4.81.8K Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Some real moments of irritation from your host this week as he loses patience with both Bob AND Ted Dreiser. Now maybe it's on account of your host's sore back or maybe it's because your host thinks he knows better than one of the nation's great writers. Who can say.

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1:01.0

From the Jill Schwartz Memorial Library here in Sultry, Savannah. This is obscure season four in American Tragedy.

1:04.0

I'm your host, your friend, your ear lover, and literary mansplainer- chief, Michael, Ian Black.

1:11.6

And I've unlocked a new milestone, which I'm excited about, which is that my back now hurts

1:19.3

from playing piano.

1:21.5

Michael, your back hurts from playing piano.

1:23.6

How is such a thing possible?

1:24.7

I will tell you playing so long on the piano that, you know,

1:31.4

my bad posture started coming into effect. And I have always admired those pianists who,

1:39.2

you know, play so long that they create injuries for themselves. Well, I'm right on the cusp. I'm right there. You know,

1:47.5

I could easily be crippled for my piano playing. And it's very, very exciting. Just that I've

1:53.8

progressed enough that I can sit down at the piano and just go through a book of sheet music

1:59.7

and play so long that, yeah, my back hurts.

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