The popular literary journal McSweeney's is best known for their regular volumes of frequently hilarious and usually bizarre writings by underground authors and comedians, as well as for their live "happenings" around America that feature readings and performances by popular comedians and musicians. The magazine recently started a new venture, a DVD subscription service called Wholphin. So far, the series has presented original material from the likes of Bob Odenkirk and Alexander Payne. The third disc is out now, and it's filled with interesting oddities, including a Japanese episode of I Dream of Genie, set to new dialogue by Daniel "Lemony Snicket" Handler and others, and a short film by Miguel Arteta of Chuck and Buck and The Good Girl, written by Me and You and Everyone We Know's Miranda July, and starring July, John C. Reilly, and Mike White. And finally, it apparently features Patton Oswalt "staring into the camera for five minutes." You can't find that at Blockbuster.
Wholphin will release a new disc each quarter, and can only be gotten here.
And if you were wondering, a wholphin is totally real and happens when a dolphin and a whale get Biblical.
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