The Dollop on Houdini vs. Margery Crandon

[grunion]

If you’ve never listened to a podcast called The Dollop, be warned that it is crude and sinks to the lowest depths of the humor to be found in each topic. But frequently very funny.

In a recent episode they tell the sick story of Houdini’s rivalry with scam-artist/sex worker/medium Margery Crandon and her surgeon husband. Quite a story it is.

Link here.

 

[Spektator]

Couldn't get into it. Comedians who laugh at their own stuff ... nah.

 

[grunion]

Couldn't get into it. Comedians who laugh at their own stuff ... nah.

I hear ya. The premise is that each episode one guy reads a well-researched story from history and the other guy extemporaneously riffs on it.

I never realized that a big lure of Psychics at the time was that they were sex workers but it makes perfect sense and is well-documented here.

 

[gabeygoat]

If you’ve never listened to a podcast called The Dollop, be warned that it is crude and sinks to the lowest depths of the humor to be found in each topic. But frequently very funny.

In a recent episode they tell the sick story of Houdini’s rivalry with scam-artist/sex worker/medium Margery Crandon and her surgeon husband. Quite a story it is.

Link here.

I’ve never thought of it as that crude