07/27/1978

lasagnacat · 4.7M views · 2017-02-23 · 1:01:24

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Overview

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.

On Hacker News

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

Recommended by 2 HN people across 3 months · HN mentions 2020–2026

Topics

Arts & entertainment (other)Satire & parody Philosophy & ethics

What people said

adzm · 2023-05 · Recommendation
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. [VIDEO]
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adzm · 2023-04 · Recommendation
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] [VIDEO]
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bdowling · 2020-11 · Recommendation
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. [VIDEO]
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