CRAIG CONLEY (Prof. Oddfellow) is recognized by Encarta as “America’s most creative and diligent scholar of letters, words and punctuation.” He has been called a “language fanatic” by Page Six gossip columnist Cindy Adams, a “cult hero” by Publisher’s Weekly, a “monk for the modern age” by George Parker, and “a true Renaissance man of the modern era, diving headfirst into comprehensive, open-minded study of realms obscured or merely obscure” by Clint Marsh. An eccentric scholar, Conley’s ideas are often decades ahead of their time. He invented the concept of the “virtual pet” in 1980, fifteen years before the debut of the popular “Tamagotchi” in Japan. His virtual pet, actually a rare flower, still thrives and has reached an incomprehensible size. Conley’s website is OneLetterWords.com.
Today's giant shark sitting on a rooftop while polishing boots, smoking a cigar, and wearing a monocle is fromTirra Lirra Rhymes Old and New by Laura Richards and illustrated by Marguerite Davis, 1902.
Our custom widget that checks for duplicated images suggested this unlikely pairing. But the skeleton seems to be contemplating the question. Click each image for its source.
The full show is archived here, with our set beginning at 28:20 (snippet player below). Thank you, DJ Heather Perkins, for identifying our music as coming from a parallel universe and for calling our Prof. Oddfellow work "amazing ... you will not be disappointed."