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ask.metafilter.com > 390446 > Comedian-Sleeping-in-Cars-near-Opera-and-Dance

Comedian Sleeping in Cars near Opera and Dance

2+ hour, 30+ min ago   (126+ words) Would it be possible to sleep in a car near Cooperstown, NY and Beckett, Mass, in the coming weeks?I'm going to Glimmerglass Festival near Cooperstown and Jacob's Pillow near Beckett, Mass in the next couple of weeks. Accommodation doesn't…...

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ask.metafilter.com > 388398 > Gen-X-expressed-in-novels

Gen X expressed in novels

7+ mon, 2+ week ago   (79+ words) If you were around during Gen X' heyday: What novels, would you say, feel extremely Gen X, and why? (Apart from "Generation X" itself.)Like, what do they express, in your eyes, about the soul of Gen X? For me…...

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ask.metafilter.com > 388318 > Give-me-some-comedy

Give me some comedy! - netflix streaming 2025 | Ask MetaFilter

7+ mon, 3+ week ago   (144+ words) What are your favorite Netflix standup comedy specials from this year or last?I'm flying for the holidays, and I like to watch stand up comedy specials when I'm on the plane. Can you recommend good stand-up specials from this…...

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ask.metafilter.com > 388303 > Who-are-the-best-kid-friendly-comedians

Who are the best kid friendly comedians?

7+ mon, 3+ week ago   (96+ words) Having considerable trouble with this [RIP Cosby]. Something to play audio in the background while the kids play legos. Looking for folks with real charm, wit, musicality to their language, and also not terrible people. Bonus points for being contemporary....

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ask.metafilter.com > 388268 > Guam-On-a-Tuesday

Guam? On a Tuesday?? - AsYetUntitled DaveJohns | Ask MetaFilter

7+ mon, 4+ week ago   (99+ words) Low-stakes question, I'm just curious...I was watching a show of the round-table-discussion type where someone was relating an amusing anecdote that happened to involve Guam, and in the middle of it made a side-joke that seemed to be a…...

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ask.metafilter.com > 388250 > Great-funny-writers-about-artifacts-of-pop-culture

Great, funny writers about artifacts of pop culture

8+ mon, 1+ day ago   (100+ words) I am assigning my 12th graders to write with humor about some cultural artifact that they love but that they also know is kind of trash. I would like an example of someone writing in this mode. Lindy West's Shit, Actually…...

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ask.metafilter.com > 388096 > Funny-you-should-ask

Funny you should ask.

8+ mon, 2+ week ago   (91+ words) After a little fighting it out here, I'm inspired: What are your personal Top 10 Comedy Movies of all time - from any country, in any language? I'm going to use these answers to compile a Metafilter Top 100 - then watch them all!...

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ask.metafilter.com > 387955 > Help-me-identify-this-movie

Help me identify this movie?

8+ mon, 3+ week ago   (258+ words) I vaguely remember watching at least part of the TV broadcast of some movie roughly 35 years ago. I'm fairly confident it was released in the 80s, or perhaps 70s. I hope that's ringing a bell, because that's about the extent of what…...

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ask.metafilter.com > 387882 > Costume-prop-balancing-advice

Costume prop balancing advice

9+ mon, 5+ day ago   (50+ words) My daughterwants to dress up as Strawberry Cookie for Comicon. We have a small green backpack and an oversized (hollow) lollipop. What's the best way to keep the lollipop from pitching out of the rucksack and/or sagging headfirst towards…...

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ask.metafilter.com > 387791 > Looking-for-piano-improv

Looking for piano improv

9+ mon, 1+ week ago   (54+ words) Looking for video(s) of a man who would take audience prompts for a pop song and a composer and after making a few notes would improvise a piece of music meeting the criteria. I thought I saw it on the…...