Eugene Mirman and Sarah Vowell hosted a show at the Peter Jay Sharp Theatre in New York City on December 8, 2011. It was a special show to benefit 826NYC. Before the festivities began, questions for the comedians were written on slips of paper by members of the audience. After Mike Birbiglia made us laugh, he joined Eugene and Sarah in answering some of them.
In the video’s finale, Sarah Vowell does her impression of Eugene Mirman, followed by Mike Birbiglia doing his impression of Sarah Vowell, followed by Sarah Vowell doing her impression of teenage John Flansburgh taking a nap, and finally we cut to John Flansburgh doing his impression of Sarah Vowell’s impression of napping teenage John Flansburgh.
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I would like to honor a very special musician. Logan Whitehurst was not just an amazing talent, but an incredibly giving person. Anyone that counted him as a friend knows what I’m talking about. Logan died of brain cancer five years ago today, at age 29. He was taken from us far too soon, and I for one will never forget his amazing work and generous spirit. I highly recommend you checking out Logan’s music, most of which is available for free download on the Logan Whitehurst Music Archive, including a cover of TMBG’s Weep Day. They Might Be Giants was Logan’s favorite band, and it shows in his music. Sadly, I never had the chance to see him perform. His final album, “Very Tiny Songs” which is still available for sale consists of 81 songs that were suggested by friends and fans of Logan. My song is the last on the album, because I submitted my idea two weeks late. He wrote and recorded the song anyway, and that’s Logan for you. I requested a song about spoonerisms, and I’m pretty sure that he would be cool with letting me share it with you. Please donate to the American Cancer Society in the memory of Logan Whitehurst.
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Emmy winner Bryan Cranston, who played father Hal on Malcolm in the Middle sings They Might Be Giants’ Grammy winning theme song for the show, “Boss of Me” in the style of Placido Domingo, Elvis Presley and Sammy Davis, Jr.
I think that this was recorded during a MitM wrap party.
