This is belated, but I wanted to express my sincere gratitude to everyone who made it out Monday night. Though the weather was AWFUL, you guys forged through anyway and made the show a spectacular one.
For those who couldn’t make it on Monday night, Chapter 6 will be available this Saturday morning, March 23!
I know, I know. I still have to watch this somehow unstreamable show and live-tweet it. THIS WILL HAPPEN.
(Courtesy CBS)
Anyway, some folks are freaking out because in the most recent episode of The History Channel’s The Bible, the character of Satan sorta kinda looked a lot like President Barack Obama. Whoops! I guarantee, my Bible will not feature any presidents, past or present.
Wow! What a busy week! I’ve been so wrapped up in very exciting secret behind-the-scenes OMGWTFBIBLE things that will make this show even more amazing (and other, more mundane, tasks) that I haven’t found any time to post. That and all the Jewish news this week has been kind of depressing and you can probably read sad things elsewhere. But we have a new Pope! How cute is the new Pope? He’s the cutest possible Pope! JUST LOOK AT THIS POPE!
Pope Cuteness IV
I know he’s technically “Pope Francis” but I can’t help but call him “Pope Grandpa.”
Anyway, there is a live taping on Monday! Woohoo! If you can make it, I’d love to see you there!
Chapter 6 – LIVE! With special guest Steve DeSiena!
Parkside Lounge (317 E. Houston Street)
Monday, March 18 – 7:15 PM
21+! FREE !
What if you can’t make it?
The live episode will be available online on Saturday, March 23. Everybody wins! Weee!
So the Pope abdicated recently. Apparently, that happened before and it was a whole big mess. Jason Novak and Mike Duncan made a short comic about it all at The Paris Review. It is hilarious and confusing and adorable and wonderful. Check it out!
(Thanks to Sophia Cello for sharing this with me.)
I don’t have much to say about David Brooks’ kinda weird walking tour of Midwood Jews, but this stuck out to me:
Nationwide, only 21 percent of non-Orthodox Jews between the ages of 18 and 29 are married. But an astounding 71 percent of Orthodox Jews are married at that age. And they are having four and five kids per couple. In the New York City area, for example, the Orthodox make up 32 percent of Jews over all. But the Orthodox make up 61 percent of Jewish children. Because the Orthodox are so fertile, in a few years, they will be the dominant group in New York Jewry.
Um, David, by “Because the Orthodox are so fertile” you meant “Because the Orthodox prohibit pre-marital sex and believe birth control is immoral,” but I guess that’s just splitting hairs.
I must apologize. This, which looks like a total mess, aired last night and I said nothing about it. I have failed somewhat in my duty to you as a funny Bible man.
Instead, I watched “Bob’s Burgers.” Because Jon Hamm was guest-voicing as a talking toilet. How could I not.
Anyway, at some point, I will do a time-shifted live-tweet this thing. Watch this space for date and time!
Check it out! Someone posted the entire King James Version of the bible on RapGenius, a site where Internet folk dissect and analyze rap lyrics. I can only assume that the only reason they didn’t use my translation is because it’s not finished yet.
Now!
Who wants to sign up there are start adding OMGWTFBIBLE jokes?
Chapter 5, with special guest Esther Werdiger, is now available, just in time for Purim! Listen in and learn about how Avram got involved with local politics for some reason!
Chapter 5 will be arriving on your Internet listening devices this Saturday! But to whet your palates for more biblical wackiness, I’m please to present our very first bonus episode. Recorded just before Chapter 5 was this Monday, in this special episode of the show, I’m joined by Jewniverse and Hello Giggles writer Julia Gazdag as we read an e-mail from a very special listener.
Enjoy!
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