Things We Did Before Reality

Things We Did Before Reality

Humorist Will Franken shows why he's San Francisco's Best Alternative to Psychedelic Drugs (SF Bay Guardian) in these relentlessly satirical, unnervingly funny half-hour long episodes.

Episodes

April 26, 2016 36 mins

For Your Chys Only
Thought Of Train
The English Reserve
Cathouse of the Mind
Good Fences Make Bad Neighbours
Apostrophising
Off with Their Heads and in with Our Bins
Out with The Him and in with The Her
Little Joe
Make It Happen
OBO!
The Sand Is Always Greener
Behind the Times with Rory Ginlott
Scott? Johnson? Barber?
Make It Happen Again
Little Julia
Make Make It Happen Happen
Twain of Thought

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Funny Story: Ilario
Funny Story: Shkolkamp
Funny Story: The Law Of The Code
The First Never Lasts
Promises, Promises
D's Not Far From F
Newsnose Paperpepper
Wiseguts
Quantity Is A Quality Unto Itself
Literally Corner
PR Not Amused 
Rain Imam
A Very Broad Spectrum
We Have Been A Computer
Mississippi Deltronica
Unenagu: "Gravel Threat"
The Victim Killer
Ding-Dong! Ouroboros Delivery!
Days In Days

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April 23, 2010 31 mins
  1. Introit: The Wild One
  2. A Visitor Arrives At 817 Cortland Ave.
  3. "There was a 13-year old. . ."
  4. He Has His One Thing He Does
  5. 3pm: 2-hr shift
  6. "Those two are something else."
  7. The 5 Wounds of R.P.
  8. No. 9
  9. No. 18
  10. "47 is the new 17!"
  11. No. 12
  12. Something Other Than No. 12
  13. "If you come within 50 feet. . ."
  14. Recessional: One (1) Nation Under God

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November 8, 2009 22 mins


Interproximal Stripping
Baby Teeth
Pearly Whites at the Pearly Gates
Interocclusal Registration
But What About Dental Care?
12 Year Molar
Gold Teeth, Yellow Teeth...

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October 23, 2009 3 mins


This is a short song called "Leonard Gravelin"

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October 7, 2009 31 mins


Chapitre Un: Je suis un homme noir.

M. Franken reçoit quelques messages.
M. Franken fait un voyage en Angleterre.
M. Franken va au magasin d'avantage.
M. Franken visite la station de radio.

Chapitre Deux: Où sont toutes les femmes noires?

Todd conseille Mike.
Mike fait un coup de fil à Comcast.
Mike accueille un visiteur.
Mike regarde un al...

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September 28, 2009 30 mins


The Rue de la Moo-Moo, part one
The First Beatles
So Much Talent. . .So Little Time
It's A Wonderful Tragedy
Recon Tango Charlie
Give Context A Chance
To Hell With Hemingway
Loose Marbles (a documentary)
What Is It You Do Again?
Molly Ringwald Cornflakes
The Shelter (a story)
The Rue de la Moo-Moo, part two (Good Night)

 

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September 27, 2009 28 mins


Life In The Afterlife
American Individual
The Importance of Being Inconvenient
Hate On The Windshield
Hate On The Stand
Lady Chatterly's E-Mail
No SROs For RSOs!
To Catch a Molestingbird
Wasn't That Funny?
Afterlife In The Life

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September 26, 2009 27 mins


The Great Indoors (a medley)
Sounds of Sounds 1
Just Following Orders (a tale)
Sounds of Sounds 2
Postmodern Hyperbole
Jazzistine
Rise and Shinerael
Area 48
Aye, We Need Ye Now. . .
The Great Indoors (slight return)

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The Sad Jar
The Sadder Jar
Jar-Gon
The Ironic Power Of -10
Giving Back To The Community Calendar
Open Language Barriers
Keeping Up Appearances
Two "Braves" And A Slave
Muhammed Scorsese's Latest
Our Lunch Specials
Lesbian Biscuit Interlude
Our Dessert Specials
Muhammad Scorsese 2 (Infidellas Reprise)
The Sad Kuffar

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September 24, 2009 30 mins


What Goes Up. . .
Postmodern Briar Patch
Knee-Jerk Bridge-Building
Salt Of The News
Casper The Friendly Club Kid
A Mother Of Big Fucking Deals
Brarbrara
The Eleventh Hour
Looking For Mr. Rainbow
Good Intentions Gone Bad (Briar Patch II)
. . .Must Come Down
Happy Thanksgiving (Emancipatory Anthem)

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September 23, 2009 34 mins


Texas Chainsaw Yuletide
Nyena Hyack & Mr. Hong
One Of Two Ways
The Brutality Nation
A Very Stupid Car
Life Changing Manifolds
Cheap Air-Fare
A Very Special City
The NIG-Word
Back The Way We Came (a medley in ree-verse)
It's Only Christmas (But I Like It)

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September 22, 2009 35 mins


Vicks Cough Turkey (OF 1)
Gnowy The Gnowing Knome
2+2=1984
SUSAN: Then And Now
CHILDREN: Yes Or No?
"It Followed Us Here. . ."
The Ball Of Mistrust (OF 2a)
Does My Sacrifice Turn You On?
Kitty-Cats And Dingoes (OF 2b)
Slippery When Liberated
What Windows Lead To
The Cute, The Bad & The Ugly
A 21st Century Dickens
A 21,000 Pill Salute (OF 3 [or 1])

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September 21, 2009 32 mins


Your Call
Gillette: The Best A Man Can Get?
Ready For My Close-Up
Biology In Heaven
The Little Girl In My Brain
TJ'sM&GG-NOA&CTM
Sticks and Stones and Hurtful Words
Personal Space (Main Title Theme)
Welcome To Jail. . .
Is It Ever Too Late To Be Early?
More To Michael Moore Than Meets The Mouth
Your Call II: Space Hassle

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September 20, 2009 29 mins


Live From Burning Man 2007!
Demographic Gender Shifts In Marketing
In Search Of The Perfect Take
This Envelope Was Made For Pushing
Lord, Hear Our Prayer. . .
Friday Is Unacceptable
Ejaculating Into The Swan
Our Feature Presentation
The Submarine Of The Subconscious: All Aboard!
"Soy Of The Earth", Verse 1
Dateline Has A Request
"Soy Of The Earth", Verse 2
Discovering The Big Black Stone Thing
The Submission Of The Subconscious: A...

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September 19, 2009 29 mins


My Lord!
Children Were the Future
Do You Know the Basics?
What They're Thinking. . .
Back From Break
Back From "Back From Break"
Michael Krenford Is Alone
Good Country Dancers
The 4th Part of My Trilogy
Rachel's Story
Michael Krenford Is NOT Alone

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September 18, 2009 33 mins


Special "Making Of" Featurette
Chief Woo-Um of the Suburbs
The Meddling Mother of Modern Times
A Magic Bed
3:17 a.m., Hell's Kitchen
25th Year Anniversary Special Edition
New York's Nicest
Special Police Department Version
"I'm A Fraud, Kid."
Little-Man and Davis
Password!
The Year Has Now Turned

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September 17, 2009 63 mins


Her Majesty
Here Comes the Sun
Because
You Never Give Me Your Money
Sun King
Mean Mr. Mustard
Polythene Pam
She Came in Through the Bathroom Window
Golden Slumbers
Carry That Weight
The End

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September 16, 2009 10 mins



The Chinese Olympics (runtime 9:06)

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September 15, 2009 6 mins



To Answer That Question (runtime 6:31)

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