Completely Conspicuous Episode 80: Does Anybody Remember Laughter?

Part 1 of my conversation with special guest Ric Dube (http://www.morelosttime.com) about the decline of humor in print. 

Topics:

- Jay and Ric reminisce about the origins of Laphos

- The Onion took college humor to another level

- The humor magazine is dead

- SPY magazine's revolutionary impact

- Irony takes over

- Sketch comedy movies

- Comedy on the Web

- Ric's latest movie pitch: The Bipolar Express 

- Pinhead of the Week

Music:

- St. Vincent - Actor Out of Work 

- Sunset Rubdown - Idiot Heart 

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The St. Vincent song is on the album Actor on 4AD Records. Find out more at http://www.myspace.com/stvincent and download the track at http://www.insound.com.

The Sunset Rubdown song is on the album Dragonslayer on Jagjaguwar Records. Find out more at http://www.sunsetrubdown.net/ and download the song at http://www.jagjaguwar.com/mp3.php.

The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Find out more about Senor Breitling at http://clickyclickymusic.com and http://www.keepingsomedarksecrets.com. Additional music used in the show is by Me and Boris the Bull, which is the brainchild of the mighty Mark Campbell; find out more at http://www.myspace.com/meandboristhebull.

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