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Learn To Laugh Again with The Captain, Babushka and Molly (along with other sordid characters they call a crew) as they sail the seas of Humor, Hilarity and Jocularity. Each week The Captain plays comedy and novelty music of a strange and twisted nature as well as stand-up comedy from comedians throughout the ages. So strap in and allow your funny bone to be tickled as this old pirate tries to find humor in all things.

Plain Heathen Mischief ups the existential ante, as Joel King, a defrocked Baptist minister, finds life even more bedeviling once he's served six months for a career-ending crime he might not even have committed. Now his incommunicado wife wants a divorce, the teenage vixen of his disgrace is suing him for a cool $5 million, a fresh start in Montana offers no hope for ex-cons of any religious persuasion, and the refuge provided by his sister turns as nasty as his parole officer. Talk about a crisis of faith.

This collection of sharply observed animal-themed tales is a delight, told with David Sedaris's trademark blend of hilarity and goodnaturedness. Though the characters may not be human, the situations in these stories bear an uncanny resemblance to the insanity of our own everyday interactions.