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Obscure with Michael Ian Black

S4 Episode 43 - I'd Never Join a Club That Would Have Me as a Member

Obscure with Michael Ian Black

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4.81.8K Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2024

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

The old Groucho line has rarely been more apropos than in this week's episode. Everybody's turning their back on poor Clyde. The hottie Sondra, the matriarchal Elizabeth Griffiths, and in fact the entire Griffiths clan, save one of the Griffiths girls. And, on top of everything else, we have to deal with the name "Bertine," of which your host is NOT a fan.

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0:00.0

From the Jill Schwartz Memorial Library here in Saltree, Savannah, Georgia, this is obscure season four in American tragedy.

0:14.4

I am your host, your ear lover, and literary.

0:18.4

Mansplainer in chief Michael Ian Black, and just enjoying myself one of those perfect spring days you get here in the

0:25.9

south you don't get too many perfect spring days in the northeast what you get

0:31.4

is winter winter winter, winter, winter, rain, and then a horrible summer.

0:38.6

Every now and again you get a pleasant day in May and early June, but rarely do you have a spring in the full sense of the word where

0:50.6

months go by of temperate weather but you get that in the south

0:55.6

starting in February and into March you get this just this great weather and

1:00.1

it's continued now into May.

1:03.6

We've had some hot days and certainly with more to come.

1:06.3

But today it is in the low 80s and moderate humidity

1:11.2

and you can just you can walk around with a spring and your step and a smile on your face because

1:17.0

it's just a sunny glorious southern day. My daughter's home, She's been home for several days now. We've been enjoying

1:25.8

having her around, spending some time with her at the swimming pool. You know, we

1:31.6

joined a little swim club there at the local hotel. They've got a private

1:35.3

little club that you can join. We did that and we've been hanging out by the swimming pool a little bit.

1:40.7

I've been indulging in my new drink of choice for the summer. It's an iced

1:45.2

latte with honey and cinnamon. I get it at the local coffee shopy and I've had it

1:51.8

three or four times. It's just a delight. It's a little bit, it's a little

1:55.9

bit sweet but it cuts that coffee taste which I don't love so much. So, you know, it all kind of

2:01.3

of balances out. Anyway, the point is, the larger point is,

2:05.4

I really got nothing to complain about for a change,

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