Woof.

April 20, 2009 7:34 PM

One reason a dog can be such a comfort when you're feeling blue is that he doesn't try to find out why.

Sarah Vowell wasn't the only guest to the city of Poughkeepsie. Bill Plympton made an appearance in fine form, and I was able to grab a souvenir. Enjoy!

posted by Smart Dalek to MetaFilter-related at 7:34 PM (35 comments total)

oh my god this is the stupidest slow motion meme ever. Love it!
posted by jessamyn at 7:35 PM on April 20

*one (1) manly tear of joy*
posted by Kattullus at 7:38 PM on April 20

I love Sarah to death but that looks like a still from a horror movie.

But awesome regardless.
posted by cortex at 7:53 PM on April 20 [4 favorites]

             v not mathowie
posted by Liver at 8:29 PM on April 20

"Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read." -- Groucho Marx
posted by Chocolate Pickle at 8:31 PM on April 20 [4 favorites]

Po'Town shout out! Dems my peeps.
posted by spicynuts at 8:49 PM on April 20

10/20/09?
posted by tellurian at 8:49 PM on April 20 [1 favorite]

What's the origin of the "Not Matt Haughey" thing? (I googled, and looked at the wiki, but I'm not finding where it starts.)
posted by ocherdraco at 8:54 PM on April 20

I think it was here ocherdraco. I think this was the pic.
posted by tellurian at 9:19 PM on April 20

Damnit, I took that photo!
posted by jessamyn at 9:28 PM on April 20

My first thought upon seeing that photo was "Why would anybody think Stephen Colbert was Matt Haughey in the first place?"

I really need new glasses.
posted by DingoMutt at 9:41 PM on April 20

(oh, wait, and now I see the comments in jessamyn's link and wonder if maybe that was the point in the first place and now I'm just being a moron ... never mind :P )
posted by DingoMutt at 9:46 PM on April 20

Even a stopped meme is right twice every five years.
posted by dersins at 10:03 PM on April 20

what
posted by agropyron at 10:18 PM on April 20

What you really need is a picture of Zachary Quinto holding that sign. Good on Ed, though.
posted by Caduceus at 10:33 PM on April 20 [1 favorite]

You know else wasn't Matt Haughey? That's right: Senator Dan Quayle.
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 10:40 PM on April 20 [1 favorite]

Other people who are not other people? adammathes, jessamyn.

TOO BAD FOR HIM, says I.
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 11:08 PM on April 20

Bill Plympton is great.

If Bill Plympton were Matt Haughey, my mind would be blown beyond repair. So thanks for clearing that up.
posted by louche mustachio at 2:16 AM on April 21

Not Matt Haughey (or his baby).
posted by gman at 5:25 AM on April 21

This, however, is Matt Haughey. You know, the guy from Meta Filler.com.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 5:54 AM on April 21 [1 favorite]

Meta Filler.com would have been a good URL to aptly describe most of my contributions.
posted by gman at 6:04 AM on April 21

Wow Sarah Vowell looks demonic and quite unhappy to be holding up some sign up for a nerdy inside joke.
posted by chococat at 6:22 AM on April 21

"10/20/09?"

That's the European date format.
posted by Eideteker at 6:56 AM on April 21

MetaFilter:Meta Filler.
posted by The Bellman at 6:57 AM on April 21

So, wait, jessamyn, were you actually on TDS?
posted by middleclasstool at 7:05 AM on April 21

What you really need is a picture of Zachary Quinto holding that sign

I really wish I had access to do the anti-version of this meme. How great would it be to get Quinto to do the menacing Sylar look with a sign that says "I AM Matt Haughey"?

It would just get weirder and funnier as it went further afield; eventually getting any celebrity you could to pose as Matt. Colbert? Sure, Sam Jackson? Uh, ok, Cool!... Lucy Liu? Awesome! The cheetah from Harold and Kumar? Well now you're just being silly...

We could set up a gallery on the Wiki to document the memes run.
posted by quin at 8:12 AM on April 21

So, wait, jessamyn, were you actually on TDS?

I met Ed Helms very briefly at the Democratic National Convention 04, though one of the other people in our little blogger aerie did manage to get ridiculed by Samantha B on the tv.
posted by jessamyn at 9:00 AM on April 21

what
posted by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 at 9:19 AM on April 21

now we need mathowie to do his best imitation of Andy Bernard singing Country Roads or maybe something by Michael McDonald.
posted by shmegegge at 10:14 AM on April 21

Is this him?
posted by desjardins at 10:37 AM on April 21

So Matt Haughey is like the new hotness to Spartacus' old-and-bustedness? Relatively speaking, of course.
posted by owtytrof at 10:55 AM on April 21

So did John Hodgman actually regret taking that "I am not mathowie" pic or was he joking?
posted by ODiV at 11:02 AM on April 21

He regretted it maybe a little because MATHOWIE WAS NOT THERE, but otherwise I don't think so.
posted by jessamyn at 11:04 AM on April 21

Yeah, immediately after I hit post I felt kind of stupid for essentially saying "Hay guys, was John Hodgman, noted humorist, joking?"
posted by ODiV at 11:24 AM on April 21

What was mathowie doing in prison?
posted by PeterMcDermott at 4:26 PM on April 22