I’ve long enjoyed Joe Mathlete Explains Today’s Marmaduke, a blog in which someone named Joe Mathlete explains the contents of the cartoon Marmaduke.
Well, Mathlete recently got recruited to a Houston arts and culture website called 29-95. And while he’s continuing his Marmaduke shtick, he’s also doing all kinds of new things, like watching an episode of Everybody Loves Raymond on mute:
It starts off with Ray and his hulking autistic brother in a hotel together for some reason. They start playing a game where they see who can spin Ray’s wedding ring on the table the longest. Because it’s either this or a comically uncomfortable bedsharing plot, and they’ve probably already done a show where the brothers had to share a bed, Ray’s brother loses Ray’s ring down an air vent while he’s in the bathroom. Ray comes in and they do like three slow doubletakes, because of comedy.
I’m happy to see Mathlete doing more stuff on the internet (presumably for money), and, despite the fact that I never ever want to visit Houston—even though it reportedly does five things better than Seattle—29-95 looks like a surprisingly great city blog.
I periodically remember Joe Mathlete Explains Today’s Marmaduke and then catch up on two or three months’ worth of posts. Always hilarious.
Nothing beats Saved By the Bell Quote of the Day, though.