Great find on that interview. It took me most of the morning at work to get through, but totally worth it. Thanks!

In reply to this comment by lucky760:
First heard of Gale Sayers this morning in an interview of Patton Oswalt by Adam Carolla. Interestingly, Patton Oswalt says he watches videos of Gale Sayers on the field to inspire his comedy writing.

Yeah, these things are so personal. I thought that scene was excellent, so I'll give it a go. Have you seen the HBO series 'bored to death'? It has a similar quirky, gentle humour to that scene, but perhaps even more gentle. Some people (like me) love it, but others find it boring.

In reply to this comment by griefer_queafer:
Hey man. Indeed, it is the one directed by Noah Baumbach. The film is actually not great, but i think its pretty good, and worth a watch. Not for everyone, but if you enjoyed this scene, you will probably like the movie. Give it a shot. Its dated, but its a classic, IMO.

Deano, you're a star! Ta.

In reply to this comment by Deano:
*promote

Hey, nice one - thanks!

In reply to this comment by necrontyr:
*quality

Ha! Thanks for the promote. Everyone seems keen to comment, but we can't seem to get that last fucking vote!

I'm starting to get a little fixated on it...

In reply to this comment by Deano:
I'm sure he mis-clicked.

Thanks Deano, for your kind support. Tell Rasch, who downvoted it! What kind of person...

In reply to this comment by Deano:
This is a classic song. And I say that with no trace of irony.

Hey, just saw your comment on a sift of mine - good form, very funny. John had a way with words, didn't he?

In reply to this comment by bananafone:
expecting someone to know who someone is by just referring to their first name and then calling them an idiot when they don't know who it is... is ridiculous.

I'll let John sum it up for me: "Shut the fuck up."

Oh I have the book. I was seriously obsessed with that site.

In reply to this comment by Njal:
@kymbos
The site is closed but there is a book.
http://www.amazon.com/Not-Proud-Smorgasbord-Scott-Huot/dp/0689877978

Hey, thanks for the promote man!

In reply to this comment by marinara:
*promote

Welcome - I look forward to your hiphop sifts!

Thanks for the promote. League of Gentlemen is brilliant dark comedy.

You're a gentleman - I've responded in kind for shitbag from the future: sophisticated comedy.

In reply to this comment by youdiejoe:
>> ^kymbos:
I'm in the unique position of having extremely high quality and underrated videos that end up in my pq. Everyone else's appear to be rubbish.
You wouldn't understand...


I upvoted your Teddy Thompson vids, good stuff.

Yeah, I found the link and have started watching. Given that it goes for over an hour, i'll have to find time to get through it. It's amazing enough that the experiment has been undertaken by the Portuguese, but it's even more incredible that it's not all over the news across the world. doesn't fit with the storyline, so let's just ignore the facts...

In reply to this comment by Skeeve:
Anytime. If you are still interested in the topic check out http://www.cato.org/event.php?eventid=5887 for a video of a talk given by Glenn Greenwald about the same subject.

In reply to this comment by kymbos:
Scratch that - it didn't like firefox, but it works in IE. Fascinating post, and very interesting findings. Thanks!

Scratch that - it didn't like firefox, but it works in IE. Fascinating post, and very interesting findings. Thanks!

I'm getting a blank screen when I click on your link. Is it me or you? Help me out? I'd love to read the article.

In reply to this comment by Skeeve:
I invite all of you arguing about the harms of drug decriminalization to take a look at Portugal. In 2001 Portugal decriminalized all drugs and it "has been an unquestionable success, leading to improvements in virtually every relevant category and enabling Portugal to manage drug-related problems (and drug usage rates) far better than most Western nations that continue to treat adult drug consumption as a criminal offense," (http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/03/14/portugal/).

All of the statistics show impressive declines in drug use, HIV infection and show a marked increase in people seeking therapy for drug abuse. A lot can be learned from their example.