A while back, my friend Myles Berkowitz introduced me to the comedian Gary Gulman, initially sending me a link to his monologue about how states got their postal code abbreviations. It's just wonderful. So, too, are all the other videos Myles has sent me, and those I've tracked down. But this is the best place to start. This is an audio-only version. There's a shorter version he did on the Conan show, which of course means you can watch it rather than just listen, but this is better. It's a minute-and-a-half longer, mostly with the full set-up, which I suspect they asked him to cut for time on TV. For a couple of reasons, I almost posted the other, but in the end, this longer and more substantial version won out. (For those who would really prefer to actually see him perform the bit on Conan O'Brien's show -- or maybe you'd just want to watch it after to compare and take notes -- you can get to it here.) This bonus video is the reason I almost chose to post the TV version. This here is when Gulman returned to Conan's talk show a couple of years later, and the two talk about that earlier appearance and how Gulman came up with the idea for his piece about state abbreviations.
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