My Brother, My Brother And Me: MBMBaM 448: Bird Words

February 25, 2019 2:40 PM

This episode features some of the narrowest narrow-casting yet recorded in human history, which is to say: If you've got a science report about Birds due at school tomorrow morning, we've absolutely got you on this one. Suggested talking points: Justin's Soundboard, Snowblower Preferences, Hot Grapes?, Eight Paper Towel Rolls, Moist Magazines, AI Taxi, 50 Avian Descriptors
posted by Tevin (10 comments total)

the last segment ruined me. i could not tell if travis confusing adjectives and nouns was a bit or not.
posted by JimBennett at 1:04 AM on February 26, 2019

"Fatherlike" had me laughing at the wheel.
posted by The corpse in the library at 5:44 PM on February 26, 2019 [1 favorite]

Bless whoever added “bebeaked” to the tags on this one.
posted by gladly at 9:44 AM on February 27, 2019 [6 favorites]

Meghan Trainor's press release gave me, like, millennial PTSD. I was literally involuntarily screaming. It was every bad Twitter attempt-at-meme from a corporation in rapid horrific succession. I'm still not over it.
posted by WidgetAlley at 11:22 AM on February 27, 2019 [4 favorites]

I had seen the Meghan Trainor press release on Twitter, and as soon as he said a Munch Squad without food, I knew where we were headed. Frankly, with all the talk of smashing junk and getting wet, maybe Munch Squad is still a valid name...
posted by Rock Steady at 12:28 PM on February 27, 2019

That Meghan Trainor PR made me think, “whoever wrote that is too old to be writing things like that.” And I’m a gen-Xer.
posted by ardgedee at 4:34 AM on February 28, 2019

Piece de resistance (that's French for 'wig snatch')

That's French

for 'wig snatch'

Piece de resistance

Wig snatch

French
posted by meese at 9:41 AM on February 28, 2019 [2 favorites]

BEAKS
posted by tchemgrrl at 10:34 AM on February 28, 2019 [3 favorites]

whoever wrote that is too old to be writing things like that

It was so unrelentingly horrible that I am inclined to think it was intentionally horrible, with the aim of it going viral.
posted by Rock Steady at 12:03 PM on February 28, 2019 [2 favorites]

The first time I saw that press release was the writer of it saying "Yes folks it's a joke, I wrote it this way as a joke" so the extended goofing on it didn't really work for me because I had that specific context. This isn't a criticism just an observation of how comedy requires a specific context to work.
posted by bleep at 5:08 PM on March 2, 2019