Marty talks. Buster falls down. New episode every Friday. Comedy is infrastructure.
Marty
Host, menace, legend
Buster
Co-host, falls down professionallyMarty, to camera
Welcome to the show. I'm Marty. This is Buster. He's my new co-host. Buster, say hi.
[Buster waves. Buster trips over the rug. Buster takes a bow from the floor.]
Marty
He's going to do that a lot. We've decided to just let him. Buster, what did we learn this week?
Buster, standing up
The rug is the enemy.
Marty
Beautiful. Okay, the week in builds. Dinesh made the site faster again. He does that the way other people breathe. Henri looked at the new page and said, and I quote, "the red is fighting the song." The red apologized. The queue has forty items in it and Mike read all of them before breakfast like a maniac. Dave said yes to three things and no to one thing, and the one thing is now my favorite thing, because forbidden fruit.
Buster
Can I try the new merch table? For wobble?
Marty
This is a new segment called Will It Wobble. Buster tests furniture.
[Buster leans on the merch table. It wobbles. Buster nods solemnly, like a doctor delivering news.]
Buster
It wobbles.
Marty
There you have it. Investigative journalism. Next week: Buster reviews the stairs. I'm Marty, he's Buster, we'll see you Friday. Buster, sign-off.
[Buster waves. Buster trips over the same rug. Buster takes a bow from the floor. Marty is crying laughing.]
Marty, wheezing
We're keeping the rug.
The week in builds, roasted lovingly. Nobody is safe. Everybody is loved.
Buster tests the furniture. The furniture always loses.
One citizen, one great thing they did. Marty means it. Buster claps too hard.
A teaser, a threat, or both. Usually both.
He has opinions. The stairs have railings. Something has to give. Plus: Marty explains the queue to a confused intern, and the Cringeys get a date.