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Published: Oct. 31, 2014, 11 a.m.

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Show Notes

\\nIn 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)?\\n
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Chapters

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• Intro (0:49)
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• White People Making Rap Videos (0:49–6:26)
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• An Episode of Ishes (6:26–16:43)
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• Put Things in Slow Motion to Make Them Awesome (16:43–26:26)
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• Conclusion (26:26–28:06)
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• Bloopers (28:06–28:49)
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Music

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• “Everybody, Everybody” – click “Songs, Music, and Balance Transfers” for this and many other songs.
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• “Winning Slowly Theme” – nothing new or unusual about this.
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Links

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By “links” we basically just mean: go read Hyperbole and a Half and watch things on HomeStarRunner.com.

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• HomeStarRunner.com
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  • History section on Wikipedia (actually rather interesting!)
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  • Fish Eye Lens
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  • The System is Down
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  • Teen Girl Squad
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  • Strongbad emails
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    • Trevor the Vampire
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    • Trogdor
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      • The game
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  • A Folky Tale
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  • Senor Cardgage Mortgage
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• Hyperbole and a Half
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  • The origin of “Clean All The Things”: “This is Why I’ll Never Be An Adult” (minor profanity warning)
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  • “The Alot is Better Than You at Everything”
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• “Lampshade Hanging” (warning: if you click that link, it will take you to TVTropes.com… and you will waste all your time forever.
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