#411 (recap): Its all fun and games until someone explains the joke

Published: July 8, 2019, 3:17 a.m.

TBTL may have half-assed Summer Games Week (as well as the pronunciation of chorizo and allium), but Ann, Mike and Bobby are most definitely full-assing this week\u2019s LRB. Bobby just got back from Blue Jays Loonie Dog Night in Toronto, and the Great White North isn\u2019t looking so great these days. Ann is standing ready to rescue her dearest Justin, though he now has competition for her affection from a handsome young new Scottish fellow. And Mike is suffering from a bout of sociopolitical indigestion after the President\u2019s \u201cperp rally,\u201d though a gelatin-suspended seafood sample didn\u2019t help. Plus, a blissfully short breakdown of TBTL\u2019s quizzes, an apropos reminder that\xa0 the worst wounds are the emotional ones (with examples!), and an audio postcard from middle-aged transcontinental mom-iish type Hillary, recorded after a harrowing Hungarian pedicab ride. Remember: Come to our picnic on July 26th! Bring anything you like as long as it isn\u2019t aspic. And, go listen to Spectacular Failures, edited by our own P-Fletch!