As I mentioned in my recap of the This American Life live show, this animation from season 2 is just great:
I still wish they would have animated John Hodgman's story about sneaking into the London zoo to steal a penguin, but the wolves who raised me taught me to eat my blessings as quickly as possible.
Posted by Gabe at 3:48 PM in Cute As Balls, Documentaries
Tags: Chris Ware | John Hodgman | Robert Krulwich | This American Life
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Bubble bottomed man.
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