2 HN users recommended this comedy video3 months2020–2026score 3
Years with an HN recommendation, 2007–2026
HN cites it as the prime example of going absurdly deep on a tiny subject, and as a favorite among long YouTube videos.
An hour-long absurdist Lasagna Cat video in which John Blyth Barrymore muses philosophically on a single Garfield strip. It is set to the full score of Philip Glass's Kundun.
“I love this deep absurd analysis of a single Garfield comic.” (HN, 2023)
I prefer `lasagnacat` for my existential/surreal Garfield riffs. [link] My favorite may be this one, a one-hour single-take monologue about finding the meaning of life in a Garfield strip. [this video]
Hour-long monologue on finding meaning in a Garfield strip.
It's only an hour, but I love this deep absurd analysis of a single Garfield comic. An hour long, set to the music of Kundun by Philip Glass. [this video]
I'd listened to Philip Glass quite a bit through studying music in high school (including some exposure from the drum and bugle corps scene), but hilariously enough it's his composition for Kundun that stuck with me: [this video]
I love how in the slide with "It was the goose that created value", the goose has its wings raised. The goose is ... triumphant. Ascendant. Its arc is complete: after being valued at $0, the goose is recognized for the inexhaustible source of value it is. The goose is vindicated . And finally, in the denouement, we see the goose in serene repose. "It is the Goose itself," we are told, in bold, confident lettering. This is what matters. Not the eggs. I hope lasagnacat can come back, do a special on this, and hire John Barrymore for the narration, as a spiritual sequel to their Pipe Strip video ( [this video] ).
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