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Featuring many quotes from Barbara Ehrenreich's book Dancing in the Streets: A History of Collective Joy.
Ever heard of the comedic stylings of Larry Griswold? Me either. Unfamiliarity is part of what made this clip of him performing in the 50s so incredible. Well, what's he's doing is incredible, whether you've heard of him or not.
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How filthy is your apartment, or the food you eat? How clean does cleaning your place make it? Do you really want to know?
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Arj Barker on why he's the sickest Buddhist alive yo!
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The Matt Stone and Trey Parker (of South Park and Team America fame) musical Book of Mormon won 9 Tony Awards this past weekend. Â Who know Mormons were so hip? Â
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July 1st was Canada Day. Many people painted red maple leaves on their faces and sang O Canada: a dreadful, outdated, whiny piece of music.
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An exhaustive and humourous inventory of everything that's wrong with Protestantism. Enjoy.
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Comedian Louis C.K. pays homage to George Carlin, and George Carlin lays down a tour de force send up of political language.
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Check out this brilliant routine about football.Â
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A look at a TV series that's skewering some of the less savoury aspects of postmodern culture.
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