September 2009
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August 2009
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The first two minutes of tonight’s show is dedicated to Harry Freedman. In Soviet Russia, antimetabole transpose you!
Tonight's Show: Weeks-ToLive Syndrome--Future... →
Friday's Topic: Memento Mori
What do Sir Alec Guiness and Queen Latifah have in common, besides titles of nobility and mega-hit rap albums?
ANSWER: They both have less than a month to live in two films called “The Last Holiday” (him, 1950; her, 2006). Coincidence? Hardly. Doctors report a shocking increase in Weeks-ToLive syndrome, a disease that afflicts the idea-deprived. We at “Shut Up, Weirdo” care deeply for...
“At work, am up to my eyeballs in Ted Kennedy trivia. Example: Chappaquiddick is...”
“We’ve got to do something about those people who can’t get insurance. There has...”
– Bob Collier, in the NY Times, explaining how safety nets work on his planet.
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“Even when it’s bad, it’s still pretty good :-)”
– Listener Oddbjørn on our podcast.
“Que te vaya bien.”
– Have a good one in spanish.
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Due to some strange spacetime distortion, people who listened to our show over the Internet heard a shocking amount of inadvertent profanity while people who heard our show live over the airwaves did not. And that’s how we make the FCC our b*tch.
i just called wfmu.
nedhepburn:
i didn’t plan any of it.
“Tonight’s Show: Poo. Yuck. I Hate That (But I don’t know why!)...”
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Hey, Andy's Doing a Stand-Up Gig: Sept. 14 at...
If you like “Shut Up, Weirdo” and other things that are borderline-funny most of the time, then you should come out and see Andy perform stand-up on Monday, Sept. 14, at Comix (353 W. 14th St., NYC) at their new-talent show. The show starts at 9:30pm, but get there by 9.
If you call to reserve (212-524-2500) by Sept. 1 and mention me, Andy Cohen, by name, admission is $10 ($15 at...
Personas
Mark: Oooh, pretty ... http://personas.media.mit.edu/personasWeb
Andy: But not very accurate. It says I’m a gay, jet-setting magician and motivational speaker who’s the shittiest reunion host ever. I beg to differ.
Friday's Topic: Irrational Hatreds
This week we talk about things you hate even though you know you don’t have a good reason to hate them—or suspect you don’t have a good reason.
Nick the Bard (who suggested the topic) somehow hates dogs, not because of their inherent doggyness (which is totally understandable—am I right, cat people?), but because of an old Kal Kan dog-food commercial that rubbed him the...
Still Available: The Sextastic 'Shut Up, Weirdo'...
Copies are still available of our Sexed-Up, Super-Sexy, Sextastic 2010 Calendar. All you have to do is click here and pledge $75 or more to WFMU, specifying “Shut Up, Weirdo” as your premium of choice in the left column (see under “Friday”). Pledge higher amounts and you’ll get even better swag, straight from the WFMU Warehouse of Wonderment. Do it today—2010 is...
Guess Who's 'Paling Around With Terrorists' Now.... →
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