Last year, the Onion A.V. Club's list of the best music of 2007 included a little blurb about how, if the rules had allowed it, they would have included Patton Oswalt's comedy CD, Werewolves and Lollipops, on their list. To wit:
THE COMEDY ALBUM THAT WOULD'VE MADE THE BIG LIST IF WE ALLOWED COMEDY ALBUMS
Patton Oswalt's Werewolves And Lollipops actually made lots of our year-end lists, but since this is best-of music, we had to disqualify it. But that shouldn't stop you from buying it, because it's fall-down hilarious. While you're in the comedy section, check out the stand-up compilation Comedy Death-Ray; Patton's on there, too, along with David Cross, Maria Bamford, Neil Hamburger, The Office's Mindy Kaling, and lots more.
The fact that they thought so highly of the comedy that they had to mention it, that stuck with me. I figured, "I should really look into getting that CD." Now, I don't think highly enough of the A.V. Club that the mere mention of this CD was enough for me to run out and buy it (I kid, I think extremely highly of the A.V. Club, I'm just not one for comedy CDs), but it was enough for me to borrow said CD from the library when I saw it sitting on the racks more than a year after said mention.
Long story short (too late), the CD is hilarious, even fall-down so. A couple of weeks ago when Evan and I went out, I told him he had to listen to it. I tried to hook up my iPod to the car stereo, but it wouldn't work so I just made him listen to it on my headphones. (Side note: You know, there is really very little that is more funny than seeing someone you think is cool using headphones. Because the headphones automatically make that person un-cool, if only briefly. They are the ultimate levelers of the coolness field.) The CD is so funny that listening to Evan listen to it made me laugh.
Anywhos, I wanted to share it with you without making you bust out the headphones. A little treat for your Hump Day. (For future reference, this post was posted on a Wednesday.)
"Failure pile in a sadness bowl." Gets me every time.
love, molly
previous post title source: "The Book of Love," The Magnetic Fields
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