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The Colonel Fan and Military History Obsession
from I'm A Comedy · #100
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3 minTim and Ray riff extensively on a recurring fan character called 'the Colonel,' imagining his grilling, patriotism, hatred of Canada, and hypothetical grilling of Ray about military history and MacArthur losing China.
- 36:57The Colonel is a listener who loves the show, loves his country, and is imagined grilling burgers in a USA apron while listening to Whitney Houston's national anthem.
- 37:33Tim wouldn't walk by the Colonel's house in San Francisco because he's uncertain how the meeting would go.
- 37:58If you walk into a colonel's house, he'd shoot you—that's just what colonels do.
- 38:28Tim assumes the Colonel would notice immediately that Tim only owns one black shirt, making that his opening observation.
- 38:49After assessing Tim's wardrobe, the Colonel's second question would naturally pivot to discussing Prussia.
- 39:01Tim insists that MacArthur lost China and that he actually does have a gray shirt in addition to his black one.
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