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November 30, 2014 7:59 AM

Neil Gaiman reads bad Neil Gaiman stories (SLYT).
posted by Cash4Lead (13 comments total)

When does he get to the cybermen episode?
posted by dng at 8:04 AM on November 30, 2014 [1 favorite]

Thanks for posting this. There's a lot of fun stuff there: Neil Gaiman and My Brightest Diamond in "Alternate Realty," John Hodgman's "Classical Complaints", Kristen Schaal in "Vader", and Maria Bamford and Thao Nguyen in "Park Ranger."

Also, this week the BBC released Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett's cameo bit from an upcoming radio version of Good Omens.
posted by Monsieur Caution at 8:20 AM on November 30, 2014 [5 favorites]

I've been laughing at this all week, the second to last one is obviously the best by far… but his timing really makes it.
posted by Another Fine Product From The Nonsense Factory at 8:30 AM on November 30, 2014 [2 favorites]

Characters named as nouns FTW.
posted by benzenedream at 11:07 AM on November 30, 2014

the second to last one is obviously the best by far

Agreed, even beyond the perfect reading, it's both the most believably Gaiman in style while taking things just that nudge further to see how close Neil toes the line around and sometimes over ridiculous.
posted by deludingmyself at 12:03 PM on November 30, 2014 [1 favorite]

The kiddo freaked out recently when her CD of Fortunately the Milk went missing. It was subsequently found and she's listened to it multiple times since - it really is a lovely reading.
posted by Artw at 12:07 PM on November 30, 2014 [1 favorite]

I want to hear more about John Olson.
posted by ChurchHatesTucker at 1:05 PM on November 30, 2014 [1 favorite]

I think the David Malki whose entry is read in the Bad Gaiman contest might be Wondermark's David Malki.
posted by TheWhiteSkull at 1:16 PM on November 30, 2014 [1 favorite]

This kind of stuff is particularly great for convincing my west coast friends that Minnesota is not a land of cows and uneducated hicks. Thanks MPR!
posted by miyabo at 1:17 PM on November 30, 2014 [2 favorites]

i was wondering the same thing, TheWhiteSkull
posted by rebent at 1:22 PM on November 30, 2014

Wondermark's David Malki! thinks so, too.

The exclamation mark is an essential part of his name.
posted by ckape at 1:28 PM on November 30, 2014 [1 favorite]

bad Neil Gaiman stories

REDUNDANCY
posted by pxe2000 at 5:51 PM on November 30, 2014 [2 favorites]

I was 100% on board with the john Olson story, really well written.
posted by empath at 8:44 PM on November 30, 2014