Being Jim Davis

Seriously, there are a LOT of these things.     Today's Garfield  shows a surprising non-disregard for accuracy in its cultural references. This podcast, on the other hand, shows nothing but contempt for accuracy of any kind.  Today's strip

Ok, here's your Star Wars  thing. It's probably obliquely related to today's Garfield  strip in some ingenious way.     Yeah, I know. The lego one was better. Today's strip

You might have heard a nasty rumor going around on social media about us misspelling the name of this week's special guest host, Alex D'Arata-Wolfe. It is FALSE; the clear implication that we ever made any attempt to spell it the correct way is scurrilous and insulting. Anyway, here's a Garfield , and here's another one of these things.     And here's the very first hit on Google when yo...

Yes, it's going to be a real great week. I mean, just look at some of this stuff! Why would somebody make that? Who was their intended audience, and what does its existence say about the human species?     Anyway, I think Chris forgot to mention in yesterday's podcast description I wrote that we have a guest host this week! In the form of some guy name Alex D'Arata-Wolfe! So that's cool....

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Today is Sunday, which means it's the last episode I have to edit. Until all the other, future episodes I have to edit: a never-ending stream of Garfields flowing unceasingly into infinity. Ugh. Anyway, here's this: Today's strip

In today's episode of Being Jim Davis  we something something something. Or whatever. Today's strip

We kick off today's episode with some wild and baseless speculation about how eighteenth century British philosopher David Hume would have regarded the difference between Count Duckula and non-Count Quackula. It's pretty much downhill from there.  Today's strip

Today's Garfield is another Jim Davis riff on Spring and Springtime. I guess I should probably embed a performance of Stravinsky's Rite of Spring or something like that. But instead, here's more Fats Waller. God, I love Fats Waller. People treat him like a novelty act, but he's just so fucking good. So so so so fucking good. Today's strip

Jon didn't want to talk with me about The Three-Body Problem , that Chinese Science Fiction novel everyone's talking about. I guess because he's an uncultured boob. You know who did  read The Three-Body Problem ? President Barack Obama , that's who! Maybe I should see if he wants to team up on a Hagar the Horrible  podcast or something... Anyway, here's a better recording of Fats Waller'...

Well, look, I'm not going to embed photos from my feet-only Instagram account all week. And I'm certainly not going to sit here and write out a summary of what happens in today's episode. I mean, who even remembers? So here's a video of Fats Waller performing his classic song "Your Feet's Too Big." It is, honestly, not his best ever recording of this number, but it's a pretty entertaining cli...

So recently a lot of people have written in to say that they would really like  to subscribe to my Instagram account where I only post pictures of my feet , but what with work and family all the recent surprising and dramatic political developments, they just haven't been able to find the time. Well, listeners, fear not! Here's a sampler: A post shared by Christopher Winter (@i.am.the.worst)...

Thank you for downloading Being Thomas Jefferson,  the world's ONLY daily podcast dedicated to the Lazy Susan. On today's episode, we'll continue our analysis of the renaissance in LS style and design that occurred in the mid-1950s following technological innovations developed by engineer and soy-sauce magnate George Hall. Of particular interest in our discussion will be the ensuing impact on...

Calmly we walk through this April’s day,    Metropolitan poetry here and there,    In the park sit pauper and rentier,    The screaming children, the motor-car    Fugitive about us, running away,    Between the worker and the millionaire    Number provides all distances,    It is Nineteen Thirty-Seven now,    Many grea...

Boy, you talk about a clever disguise; that isn't Jon Arbuckle after all. It's Connie Chung! Here's another Star Trek thing that exists for some reason. Today's strip Dr. Sparkle's Day by Day  blog

Literally no one has ever written in to complain that we don't spend enough time on the podcast arguing about whether something is or isn't a particular kind of irony. Just sayin'. Anyway, here's a Star Trek thing. Today's strip Dr. Sparkle's Day by Day blog

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Finally this week is over! Today's strip

Here's some more embedded videos! Today's strip

Okay, yesterday someone wrote in to say he/she actually does read and appreciate these things. But it sounded like what the person really appreciated was the embedded YouTube videos. So here goes. Enjoy! Today's strip

Let's get this straight: I have no intention -- none whatsoever -- of writing any episode summaries at all this week. Honestly, what is the point? Only a vanishingly small, infinitesimal fraction of the world's population even listen to this podcast. And of those who do, one presumes that the vast majority subscribe automatically via iTunes, Overcast, Stitcher, etc. and never even see the episode...

"What's this?" you may be asking yourself, "Yet another episode of Being Jim Davis published without any accompanying text?" Well that's right, buttercup. And what of it? I have neither the time nor the inclination to punish myself by listening   to this shambolic ear-trash just so that I can summarize it for you here. I mean, I lived through today's episode once already while we were recordi...

This episode doesn't have any accompanying text either. So sue us! Today's strip