B2B 26 Let's Talk About Heathcliff

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We open with "(How Can I Get You) Alone?" by Heart, but once Jay has said his piece about not trying to sing like the singer who sing the song when YOU sing the song, Tice digs into a topic that he has been saving up for a long time: Heathcliff. Namely, the newspaper comic Heathcliff (who is the same as the cat from the animated series in the 80s), which in recent years has gone down a surrealist rabbit hole and built up a Twitter fandom. As Tice introduces Jay and Becca to the Heathcliff universe, we talk about the Garbage Ape, Garfield, furries, Wimpy, Mr. Magoo, phallic cannons, bubble gum, what bubble gum could be a euphemism for, ham helmets, ham skirts, and so much more. And no matter how nonsensical Heathcliff gets, one thing is made abundantly clear: Becca hates this. We then wrap things up with a rousing (or is it arousing?!) edition of the improv game Penthouse Forum.
An AV Club article on Healthcliff, including links to the Heathcliff Instagram.