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Maker Series: Artisanal Firewood | CBC Radio (Comedy/Satire)

CBC Comedy · 2.5M views · 2015-09-09 · 2:51

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Overview

A satirical CBC Radio This Is That sketch profiling a Vancouver artisanal firewood company that sells bundles of kindling for $1000.

On Hacker News

HN uses it as a punchline reference when a product or trend seems like a parody of artisanal premium goods.

Discussed on HN; no positive recommendation is recorded in this export · HN mentions 2018–2024

Topics

Satire & parody
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What people said

082349872349872 · 2024-12 · Joke / meme

trimming the ink sticks reminded me of nothing so much as [VIDEO] ! > IRL the substrata (objective-C? PowerPC?) get cleaned out real artists ship, and shipping (like cherry blossoming) is ephemeral? 花の雲 鐘は上野か 浅草か

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odysseus · 2022-07 · Joke / meme

I feel like this article lays the groundwork for a high quality artisanal eyeglass cleaning video. Reminds me just a touch of [VIDEO]

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leoff · 2022-06 · Joke / meme

At first I thought this was a parody like the Artisanal Firewood video ( [VIDEO] ). It seems like a lot of this process could and should be automated to improve consistency and quality.

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Sources

Video by CBC Comedy, played through YouTube.

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