From the Jill Schwartz Memorial Library here in Sultry, Savannah, this is Obscure Season 4 in American Tragedy.

I'm your host, your friend, your ear lover, and literary mansplainer in chief, Michael Ian Black, Supine, as always on the Jack-Jack

Reading Throne, this time joined by Hare Oli, my big dumb Labrador Trever, who has taken up residence

right at the foot of the Jack-Jack Memorial Reading Throne.

It's hot out there, you know, in the summer for a lab.

And so he prefers to stay, as I do, in the air conditioning.

We were just hanging out on the porch, having some lunch, the dogs, the wife, myself,

chit-chatting about this and that. And the other thing, including, by the way, the wife, myself, chit-chatting about this and that and the other thing,

including, by the way, her entirely incorrect opinion about Waffle House, which she doesn't

care for. And I don't know how you live in the American South and not enjoy Waffle House.

Just first things first. The waffles are very good.

Let's just, let's just get that out of the way because everybody's going to say,

well, how are the waffles? They're very good. But I rarely get the Waffle at Waffle House.

Well, I rarely go to Waffle House, but when I do, I enjoy it. Last night, it was about midnight.

I was driving home from someplace, and wanted a, I was feeling peckish, hadn't really eaten,

and hours and hours, went to Waffle House, got myself an omelet. I said, I'd like a spinach

and mushroom omelet with Swiss cheese. They said, we don't have

spinach. We're Waffle House. I said, all right, well, I'll just have the, the mushroom omelet and Swiss cheese. They said, we don't have Swiss cheese. We're Waffle House. I said, well, what kind of cheese do you have? They said, we're Waffle House. I said, oh, okay, American cheese will be fine. And it was. And I got a

hash brown and a nice big glass of water with it, and it was a terrific midnight meal. And yet,

you know, Martha said, I like Cracker Barrel better. But that's apples and oranges. It's two different things. If you're going to compare Cracker Barrel to something, compare Cracker Barrel better. But that's apples and oranges. It's two different things. If you're going to

compare Cracker Barrel to something, compare Cracker Barrel to Denny's. Denny's is the apt comparison

or Shonies or some such thing. Waffle House doesn't really have a comparison. It is an institution

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