241 episodes

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 38 - A Bearded Dragon

    S4 Episode 38 - A Bearded Dragon

    Clyde meets a fellow boarder, a Niles to his Frasier, a "brainless sprig" named Walter Dillard.

    • 29 min
    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

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