Episode 1.15 Timelessishness
White People Making Rap Videos, An Episode of Ishes, Put Things in Slow Motion to Make Them Awesome
Show Notes
In which we laugh our way through a podcast about the world’s greatest humor website: homestarrunner.com. Why is it still funny? How does “funny” (of all things) manage to endure? What role does humor play in culture? How do things become timeless(ish)?
Chapters
- Intro (0:49)
- White People Making Rap Videos (0:49–6:26)
- An Episode of Ishes (6:26–16:43)
- Put Things in Slow Motion to Make Them Awesome (16:43–26:26)
- Conclusion (26:26–28:06)
- Bloopers (28:06–28:49)
Music
- “Everybody, Everybody”—click “Songs, Music, and Balance Transfers” for this and many other songs.
- “Winning Slowly Theme”—nothing new or unusual about this.
Links
By “links” we basically just mean: go read Hyperbole and a Half and watch things on HomeStarRunner.com.
- HomeStarRunner.com
- History section on Wikipedia (actually rather interesting!)
- Fish Eye Lens
- The System is Down
- Teen Girl Squad
- Strongbad emails
- A Folky Tale
- Senor Cardgage Mortgage
- Hyperbole and a Half
- The origin of “Clean All The Things”: “This is Why I’ll Never Be An Adult” (minor profanity warning)
- “The Alot is Better Than You at Everything”
- “Lampshade Hanging” (warning: if you click that link, it will take you to TVTropes.com… and you will waste all your time forever.)