Episode 42: Humbug (in which Michael Anderson doesn’t dance, not once!)

2021-05-08

Zaki Hasan of The San Francisco Chronicle joins me to discuss a first for The X-Files...COMEDY! Well, not necessarily, but in any case this is the first darkly humorous and deeply strange episode to be written by Darin Morgan, brother of Glen Morgan. Zaki and I discuss the sociocultural impact of the series as a whole and try to place it in a modern context, before diving into the ins and outs of this episode, which is basically a whodunit that is rather easy to figure out... Though it doesn't really matter because you're really...

Zaki and I discuss the sociocultural impact of the series as a whole and try to place it in a modern context, before diving into the ins and outs of this episode, which is basically a whodunit that is rather easy to figure out... Though it doesn't really matter because you're really here for the compassionate sideshow spectacle that features actors playing people with deformities or enhancements, as well as actual people with these characteristics - such as 90s alternative superstars Jim Rose and The Enigma...as themselves...kind of.

Anyway, it's a cool episode and it yielded a fun discussion.

Dig in.

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