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    07/27/1978

    lasagnacat

    2 HN recommenders · recommended in 6 months, 2020–2026

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    1:01:24 · 4.7M views · Feb 23, 2017

    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.

    HN cites it as the prime example of going absurdly deep on a tiny subject, and as a favorite among long YouTube videos.

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    6 comments from Hacker News

    1. @bdowlingNov 2020· in “Why's (Poignant) Guide to Ruby (2004)”

      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

      RecommendsView on HN
    2. @adzmMay 2023· in “The Odd Appeal Of Absurdly Long YouTube Videos”

      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

      RecommendsView on HN
    3. @adzmApr 2023· in “If Philip Glass Were a Film”

      I never realized this was also the score used in the 07/27/1978 episode of Lasagna Cat [0] which is also a great watch. [0] this video

      RecommendsView on HN
    4. @yellowappleDec 2020· in “Philip Glass: My problem is people don’t believe I write symphonies (2017)”

      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

      CitesView on HN
    5. @kickscondorMay 2021· in “●●|●●●●●|●●|●”

      These 'going deep' videos also bring to mind 'The Lasangacat Monologue': this video (Originally ran across this in HN comments btw)

      CitesView on HN