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LARRY: Honey! You’ll never believe it! It’s incredible! They LOVE me!
JEANNE: Who loves you? For what? How could they?
LARRY: You remember that video. Of ME. From 1992.

JEANNE: THe one where you thrashed around making
LARRY [[interrupting]]:-MAKING BOAT NOISES for nineteen minutes! Yes! YES! PRECISELY! Somebody found it. EVERYBODY found it! It has EIGHT MILLION VIEWS ON YOUTUBE!

LARRY: They made a dance mix from my tugboat sounds! Then pretty girls with ukuleles did COVERS of the dance mix. HONEY. ANDY SAMBERG played ME on SNL. MAKING BOAT NOISES. THEY LOVE ME. THEY WANT WHAT I GOT.

[[LARRY stands outside, hawking his self-promoting merchandise.]]
SALTY: Actually what we loved was your LACK of self-awareness.

{{header: comeback time for WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: The video is called ‘Wagner’s Ring Cycle as Performed by a Tugboat’}}

#697; In which Fame finally arrives transcribed by in

LARRY: Honey! You’ll never believe it! It’s incredible! They LOVE me!
JEANNE: Who loves you? For what? How could they?
LARRY: You remember that video. Of ME. From 1992.

JEANNE: THe one where you thrashed around making
LARRY [[interrupting]]:-MAKING BOAT NOISES for nineteen minutes! Yes! YES! PRECISELY! Somebody found it. EVERYBODY found it! It has EIGHT MILLION VIEWS ON YOUTUBE!

LARRY: They made a dance mix from my tugboat sounds! Then pretty girls with ukuleles did COVERS of the dance mix. HONEY. ANDY SAMBERG played ME on SNL. MAKING BOAT NOISES. THEY LOVE ME. THEY WANT WHAT I GOT.

[[LARRY stands outside, hawking his self-promoting merchandise.]]
SALTY: Actually what we loved was your LACK of self-awareness.

{{header: comeback time for WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: The video is called ‘Wagner’s Ring Cycle as Performed by a Tugboat’}}

#697; In which Fame finally arrives transcribed by in

LARRY: Honey! You'll never believe it! It's incredible! They LOVE me!
JEANNE: Who loves you? For what? How could they?
LARRY: You remember that video. Of ME. From 1992.

JEANNE: THe one where you thrashed around making
LARRY [[interrupting]]:-MAKING BOAT NOISES for nineteen minutes! Yes! YES! PRECISELY! Somebody found it. EVERYBODY found it! It has EIGHT MILLION VIEWS ON YOUTUBE!

LARRY: They made a dance mix from my tugboat sounds! Then pretty girls with ukuleles did COVERS of the dance mix. HONEY. ANDY SAMBERG played ME on SNL. MAKING BOAT NOISES. THEY LOVE ME. THEY WANT WHAT I GOT.

[[LARRY stands outside, hawking his self-promoting merchandise.]]
SALTY: Actually what we loved was your LACK of self-awareness.

{{header: comeback time for WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: The video is called 'Wagner's Ring Cycle as Performed by a Tugboat'}}

The video is called 'Wagner's Ring Cycle as Performed by a Tugboat'

#697; In which Fame finally arrives

  — January 28th, 2011

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Applications open for Genius Northwest – an IRL gaming competition

May 8, 2026 by David Malki !

Last year, I participated in Genius Northwest, a gaming competition inspired by the Korean gameshow The Genius and its ilk.

It’s a reality show without the cameras — a 3-day, all-inclusive weekend retreat structured around a series of challenges and puzzles, in which personalities and dealmaking matter as much as playing games.

It’s truly a remarkable thing. I came in dead last in the competition, but I still had a great time participating.

The event is held annually in the Pacific Northwest (hence the name) and applications are now open to participate in the 2026 competition!

Learn more — and apply — at GeniusNW.com.


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