Deranged millionaire John Hodgman recently stopped by Craig Ferguson's The Late, Late Show to discuss mustaches, Dr. Who and The Church of Satan.

Check out this terrific Red Bull Music Academy interview with legendary joy creators, The Free Design. As most of you know, the band wrote and performed the delightful JJGO! opening song, "Love You". And while I'm certainly partial to that classic (we played it at our wedding), I also recommend nearly all of the songs on "Kites are Fun", especially the other popular wedding tune "I Found Love".

Their story is an engaging read. Apparently, they not only appeared on the Tonight Show and Merv Griffin - but also on Captain Kangaroo! Perfect match!

It also features this clip of "Umbrellas" which I had never heard before. Friend, if this doesn't start your morning with a smile, then your bliss button is in need of repair.

Rob Baedeker of Kasper Hauser spent two weeks renting out all of his possessions - includin his daughter's bike and his dog. The result was this great Newsweek article, which you should read right now. CNN had him on today to chat about it, and you can watch the segment above.

Here's a little taste of the Hodg on tour, courtesy of our friend Adam Pranica.

Sometimes, folks go above and beyond what is asked of them. Listener Jamie McCormick, in addition to submitting her theories as to when the first Dracula spoke the first "Bleh!", also generously provided a list of more recent cultural references to that odd vampire parody sound. This was a tremendously kind gesture given that it will (probably) have no impact on whether she wins the coveted prize.

McCormick noted that "Bleh!" was chanted repeatedly by a vampire character in the "Pink Plasma" episode of "The Pink Panther" (episode 78, from 1975); spouted by Count Drakeula in the "Ducky Horror Picture Show" episode of Duck Tales (episode 32 from 1988); and uttered nearly continuously by Count Blah, a friend of Greg the Bunny.

I’ve included all of them here to bring some animated levity to your otherwise-predictably-gory Halloween viewing.

"Blehs!" start around 3:16.



First “bleh!” around 4:17.

Editor's note: Language NSFW, despite featuring a bunny.

On a related cartoon note, Anna Brawley wrote in to say that she thought there was an old Bugs Bunny short with the same plot as “Pink Plasma” that was made in the 1940s; but I think she is referring to “Transylvania 6-5000” which does feature Bugs getting chased by Dracula, but which was actually made in 1963. It isn’t the winner, and it isn’t big on “bleh!”, but you should absolutely watch it anyway. It’s truly a classic.

Fun new video from They Might Be Giants - just in time for Halloween!

TMBG also has a terrific new rarities release available called "Album Raises New and Troubling Questions". It contains loads of unreleased tracks and is therefore required listening for the devoted fan. You can grab it here.

Kathleen Madigan delivered a sharp political set on The Tonight Show Wednesday night.

This important video was directed by Tom Scharpling on behalf of our friend, Mr. John Hodgman. It concerns the lifestyle of a DERANGED MILLIONAIRE. Featured in this video are Vernon Reid of Living Colour, Brooke Shields, ?uestlove and OTHER MAJOR CELEBRITIES.

It is your duty to WATCH the video, and to VOTE FUNNY the video. It is an easy duty to fulfill, as the video is TREMENDOUS. Then, simply order Hodgman's final book in his trilogy of all world knowledge, THAT IS ALL.

Also: Dick Cavett behaves boorishly.

Yeah, that's rapping.

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