Comments on: You Look Nice Today

You Look Nice Today

stavrosthewonderchicken — Thu, 29 May 2008 01:58:47 -0800

You Look Nice Today | A Journal of Emotional Hygiene is one of those podcasts all the kids are talking about these days. It's just a few guys, you know, talking, but it's newish, amusing, and one of the guys is Metafilter's Very Own™ MerlinMann.

As always, the funny is subjective. Your mileage may vary. I like it, anyway.

By: three blind mice

three blind mice — Thu, 29 May 2008 02:16:46 -0800

Have you design skills and an interest in men's uniforms? Does the idea of a very tight crotch area and optional merit badges pique your curiosity? Well, we could use your help. Merit badges? This is creepy.

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Thu, 29 May 2008 02:29:13 -0800

Creepy or funny? YOU DECIDE!

By: From Bklyn

From Bklyn — Thu, 29 May 2008 02:42:46 -0800

OK! I WILL!

By: From Bklyn

From Bklyn — Thu, 29 May 2008 03:17:20 -0800

FUNNY! (Oh, jesus, FUNNY... wiping eyes, aching ribs)

By: From Bklyn

From Bklyn — Thu, 29 May 2008 03:17:38 -0800

I'm gonna go wash my car now...

By: Malor

Malor — Thu, 29 May 2008 03:36:39 -0800

That's right, folks. Post here once, and you're property.

By: Spacelegoman

Spacelegoman — Thu, 29 May 2008 04:09:56 -0800

Who the fuck talks about podcasts?

By: melorama

melorama — Thu, 29 May 2008 04:16:55 -0800

Talking about podcasts is like architecting about Elvis Costello.

By: melorama

melorama — Thu, 29 May 2008 04:20:20 -0800

That said, YLNT is perfectly funny, and is a great apertif to Tom Scharpling's The Best Show on WFMU podcast, where fans of YLNT (and vice versa) would find much to love. But I'm sorta biased.

By: Mblue

Mblue — Thu, 29 May 2008 04:29:57 -0800

Who the fuck talks about podcasts? Who the hell types about them?

By: middleclasstool

middleclasstool — Thu, 29 May 2008 05:49:57 -0800

It is funny as hell. There's a bit too much corpsing going on sometimes, but it's one of my favorite podcasts. Plus it taught me a new dance.

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Thu, 29 May 2008 05:51:12 -0800

That's right, folks. Post here once, and you're property. I would have thought the ™ was a give-away that that was a joke. No? Not obvious? Shouldn't have bothered then. Stinkface. Who the fuck talks about podcasts? You know, the kids. Also, get off my lawn.

By: grubi

grubi — Thu, 29 May 2008 06:19:46 -0800

I like this podcast. I heartily approve. But not everyone might dig the "three dudes sitting around acting silly" vibe. I do, though. It's what I do with my friends in normal conversation anyway.

By: bonecrusher

bonecrusher — Thu, 29 May 2008 06:40:48 -0800

I laughed. Out loud. A couple of times. Thumbs up for me.

By: Space Coyote

Space Coyote — Thu, 29 May 2008 06:41:09 -0800

tl;dl

By: greenie2600

greenie2600 — Thu, 29 May 2008 06:41:13 -0800

This is definitely amusing. I've never really done the podcast thing before, but I actually downloaded all of the episodes and burned them to CD-ROM so I could listen to them in my car on the way to work this morning. I now find myself doing The Fishstick at my desk.

By: cyclopticgaze

cyclopticgaze — Thu, 29 May 2008 06:50:44 -0800

This podcast taught me how to do the fishtick. For that, I will forever be in its debt.

By: ewagoner

ewagoner — Thu, 29 May 2008 07:04:45 -0800

Is this the thread where we post our Fishstick videos?

By: lysistrata

lysistrata — Thu, 29 May 2008 07:15:22 -0800

I was laughing within the first minute. Loved it. (I dream of the day a person can wear a fanny pack in peace. Of course they're right about it meaning I've given up but still, there's my water bottle and my bus pass and a pack of gum and my hands are still free to tie the noose.)

By: adamdschneider

adamdschneider — Thu, 29 May 2008 07:30:31 -0800

Talking about podcasts is like architecting about Elvis Costello. That could be cool.

By: PeterMcDermott

PeterMcDermott — Thu, 29 May 2008 07:59:55 -0800

So is Merlin Mann a nom-de-plume, or does he owe his parents a stiff beating?

By: PeterMcDermott

PeterMcDermott — Thu, 29 May 2008 08:03:48 -0800

Also, if my surname was Mann, I'd be obliged to name my firstborn Yo-letmeholdadollar

By: srboisvert

srboisvert — Thu, 29 May 2008 08:33:07 -0800

Excellent. Now I can get rid of my imaginary friends.

By: fixedgear

fixedgear — Thu, 29 May 2008 08:33:31 -0800

tl;dl Sorry, I'm old. What does this mean?

By: ewagoner

ewagoner — Thu, 29 May 2008 09:02:35 -0800

fixedgear: It's an indication that the poster is far too busy to type out the sentence "It was too long, so I didn't listen", much less to actually listen to the linked media.

By: fixedgear

fixedgear — Thu, 29 May 2008 09:08:35 -0800

Thanks much.

By: condour75

condour75 — Thu, 29 May 2008 09:42:36 -0800

Great podcast, unfortunately they're not doing one this week. If you want a chuckle every few hours, follow Merlin's twitters too. One of my favorites in recent days:

In the minutes it takes Photoshop to launch, it should show an 80s action montage of the app applying camo paint & strapping on many knives.

By: Del Far

Del Far — Thu, 29 May 2008 10:11:16 -0800

Oh wow, how did I not think of posting this podcast!? I love this podcast and only after 3 episodes it shot up to my top 5 podcast list, it amazingly funny and i really appreciate just having the random convo compared to every tech/videogame podcast that i listen to that usually have the same news.

By: joshrholloway

joshrholloway — Thu, 29 May 2008 10:44:22 -0800

"'Course I been tempted! I'm a fancy corporate lawyer who might be a chicken!"

By: CitrusFreak12

CitrusFreak12 — Thu, 29 May 2008 11:19:29 -0800

I'm three minutes into it and I've been cracking up pretty much the whole time. Thank you.

By: CitrusFreak12

CitrusFreak12 — Thu, 29 May 2008 11:22:24 -0800

Heh, this post and you have been twittered, Stav.

By: RakDaddy

RakDaddy — Thu, 29 May 2008 12:00:02 -0800

Dogpiling on. Driving to work with YLNT is like carpooling with three funny geeks who happen to be massive coprophiliacs.

By: gofargogo

gofargogo — Thu, 29 May 2008 12:05:03 -0800

Metafilter: like carpooling with three funny geeks who happen to be massive coprophiliacs.

By: cgomez

cgomez — Thu, 29 May 2008 14:05:14 -0800

Who doesn't love YLNT? It's a hard-hitting and informative look into modern medicine; I urge you all to join the fight against Sacks-Minnelli disease.

By: i_cola

i_cola — Thu, 29 May 2008 14:19:45 -0800

And that, Ladies & Gentlemen, is why people write scripts. So, so bad. But then, there's always room for something on the internet. I guess I'm not nerdy enough to get a laugh out of this. However, I will be able to make a note of those who like this and judge them harshly in other threads where humour is involved. I could have changed my duvet cover instead of listening to this. Ruin my domestic routine why don't you Stav?

By: YoungAmerican

YoungAmerican — Thu, 29 May 2008 14:22:47 -0800

Watch out for the MONSTERS OF PODCASTING TOUR, featuring You Look Nice Today and Jordan, Jesse Go! coming to your town in 2008! (OK, so far, we're only coming to San Francisco... but we may come to Los Angeles!)

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Thu, 29 May 2008 17:51:32 -0800

YLNT and JJGO! fit precisely together in my mind, Jesse/YoungAmerican. Love both 'casts immensely. I really like listening to smart, funny, clearly life-loving folks sit around and make the funny together, if only in part because I wish I was there scaling the ziggurat of comedy along with 'em. Sadly, comedy ziggurats are few and far between in the hinterlands of Korea, although I do spot the occasional comedy shanty off in the distance.

By: i_cola

i_cola — Fri, 30 May 2008 06:07:52 -0800

You want to get out more Stav...Look out for The Mighty Boosh amongst others. They may be getting paid but they're sitting atop the ziggurat wondering what the hell those spotty, white boys are doing scrabbling around in the undergrowth way down there.

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 05:36:10 -0800

Look out for The Mighty Boosh amongst others I think I see the ways in which our tastes in comedy diverge much more clearly now.

By: bjrn

bjrn — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 09:26:22 -0800

I could have changed my duvet cover instead of listening to this. You could have changed your duvet cover while listening to this!

By: ph00dz

ph00dz — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 05:18:40 -0800

Wow... this turned out to be really funny. Pleasant surprise!