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It's a book club, but funny!
Comedian Michael Ian Black is tackling a great work of literature: Wuthering Heights.
Join Michael's weekly book club as he reads aloud from a classic and asks people like Jen Kirkman, Mike Birbiglia, Michael Showalter, and even his teenage kids to weigh in with their perspectives. 
Season 1: Thomas Hardy's Jude the Obscure. The book is bleak, but Michael does a lot of accent work.
Season 2: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. It's alive, and it's just a big buddy. Also, more accent work.
Season 3: Wuthering Heights. It's a love story? Who knows
Season 4: American Tragedy. Also a potential title of this podcast
Support this show and access bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/michaelianblack

Obscure with Michael Ian Black Misfit Toys

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It's a book club, but funny!
Comedian Michael Ian Black is tackling a great work of literature: Wuthering Heights.
Join Michael's weekly book club as he reads aloud from a classic and asks people like Jen Kirkman, Mike Birbiglia, Michael Showalter, and even his teenage kids to weigh in with their perspectives. 
Season 1: Thomas Hardy's Jude the Obscure. The book is bleak, but Michael does a lot of accent work.
Season 2: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. It's alive, and it's just a big buddy. Also, more accent work.
Season 3: Wuthering Heights. It's a love story? Who knows
Season 4: American Tragedy. Also a potential title of this podcast
Support this show and access bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/michaelianblack

    S4 Episode 37 - Hayseeds!

    S4 Episode 37 - Hayseeds!

    A sibling spat, if not an outright rivalry, is emerging between the Lycurgus Griffiths children over the arrival of the hayseed Clyde

    • 31 min
    S4 Episode 36 - This Little Muskrat

    S4 Episode 36 - This Little Muskrat

    It's a maritime adventure on this week's episode of Obscure.

    • 30 min
    S4 Episode 35 - In the Shrinking Room

    S4 Episode 35 - In the Shrinking Room

    Clyde is assigned to the dregs of the Griffiths Collar Manufacturing Concern.

    • 33 min
    S4 Episode 34 - A Literary Do-Si-Do

    S4 Episode 34 - A Literary Do-Si-Do

    A little cousin-on-cousin action!

    • 33 min
    S4 Episode 33 - With a Norman Wain Anecdote Enclosed

    S4 Episode 33 - With a Norman Wain Anecdote Enclosed

    Did Clyde just secure his future? Listen and find out!

    • 31 min
    S4 Episode 32 - The 60 Year Old Bellhop

    S4 Episode 32 - The 60 Year Old Bellhop

    Clyde is about to meet his uncle, Samuel Griffith, who has come to Chicago and is staying at the very club in which Clyde's employ is now secured.

    • 33 min

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