Normally, listening to NPR is an excercise in building up ones tolerance to boredom and idiocy. Take, for example, the interview I heard a part of today with someone who wrote a book on the concept of “happiness…” it was bland if forgettable up until the point where he started to go leftwingnut and expressed shock and dismay that after 9-11, the American people got angry and wanted vengeance. Well… duh, Spanky.
However, on rare occasions NPR can be damned funny. “Car Talk,” of course, and “Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me.” And today they actually had me laughing out loud at two stories, one read by David Sedaris, the other by Julia Sweeney. Listen to them here: A Very Special Sedaris Christmas
The Sedaris bit is a theater reviewer tearing apart several Christmas plays… being staged by children. The Sweeney bit is the annual Christmas newsletter from a family in a state of collapse. The theater critique starts at about 7:00, Sweeney’s bit follows at 15:00. Sweeney’s storyincludes what is perhaps the best name for a baby EVAR.
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Just listened to it. Wow. That was a bit … dark. Funny, but dark.