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Post number 6688

palegirl — Sat, 31 Mar 2001 07:01:54 -0800

"Maybe Dats Your Pwoblem Too" (real audio) I just had to share this three and a half minute bonus track from the superpowers episode of this american life. it made my day.
p.s: this episode features chris ware

By: bison

bison — Sat, 31 Mar 2001 15:46:32 -0800

thanks for posting this, palegirl! this made my day, too. Chris Ware is the best.

By: redfoxtail

redfoxtail — Sat, 31 Mar 2001 17:09:07 -0800

Yes, awesome (though people who haven't gone to the "This American Life" page should know that while the episode features Chris Ware, the reading in the audio file is poet James W. Hall ). I'm really sorry I missed hearing this episode. The whole thing sounds great, but I'm especially sorry to have missed the Ware interview. Chris Ware is my hero.

By: kindall

kindall — Sat, 31 Mar 2001 19:33:59 -0800

I'm sorry, this was just lame. It's not as if you can make up backstory for Spiderman because you happen to be ignorant of the real one (and apparently uninclined to do five minutes' worth of research on the topic), even if you're a "poet." The "hero" Hall was talking about may have had the same name as Spiderman, but he was definitely not the real Spiderman. Spiderman is Peter Parker and he does not talk like Elmer Fudd, for God's sake.

By: palegirl

palegirl — Sat, 31 Mar 2001 20:10:21 -0800

right. and how funny was ira calling him on it? it was great. great!

By: kindall

kindall — Sat, 31 Mar 2001 21:09:02 -0800

Oh, Ira let him off way too easy.