Combos: The Pale Blue Cope (Elephant Graveyard Radio Hour Ep. 4)
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- Опубліковано 8 лют 2025
- Disclaimer: This podcast is a work of parody, the voices used are impressions and not the actual guys.
Full episode now unshackled from the Patreon. After taking audiences on a voyage through the Cosmos, the iconic and infamously thirsty science man Neil DeGrasse Tyson has signed on as The Elephant Graveyard Radio Hour's newest guest host. Allow him to bring you along as he embarks on his newest adventure across New York City. Join him on his quest to discover and investigate the latest offerings found at his most beloved American fast food restaurants. Plus, hear some stories and great tunes along the way.
Credit to Redbar Radio for identifying and documenting the concept of the Carl Sagan cope, and to Scarsclub user Blueglass for coining the term Pale Blue Cope.
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This is the greatest thing I have listened to in such a long time, and I don’t think I know a single person I could send it to that would even mildly enjoy it
I like it but you don't know me 😤 so don't EVER step to me again!
When the shorter version came out, I sent it to 3 people. One person responded that it was genius, and the other 2 refused to acknowledge it. I decided to cut my losses and assumed the rest of my friends are philistines.
Freaking SAME! I might divorce my wife if she doesn’t laugh.
Same
Relatable af
It's good to know someone is still making actual art on UA-cam
Isn't it? Astonished by the quality of this.
Got up at 4am. Spent an hour and a half drinking coffee, eating shortbread, watching this. What a way to start my day. Now it is still dark out there, just a hint of dawn. I feel ready to take on whatever challenges the world has in store. I feel full of love. Back to bed it is.
Got me 😂
Sounds absolutely delightful
Algo must have scanned your comment bc this is me 11 days later
Are you Scottish?
@@heyhonpuds I wish I was.
Sometimes you are wandering in a media and life fugue state and suddenly you are confronted with the perfect thing to scratch the itch in your brain that was just beyond your reach. This was it. It’s really great art. Thanks a million
An opening of a forbidden rift, in which the comfort of our most nostalgic longings lay.
This comment.
real. I wish I was friends with this comment section irl- no clue who to send this to
@@Hunter-cl6bwyeah I've been wondering who to send it to as well? 🤔
"scratch the itch"? is that what zoomers call liking stuff?
I mean the Joe Rogan video was pretty good. But watching all these radio shows has been an absolute joy.
F u dude. I seen today the first time. Your rich ahh is privileged. I like it myself
Heart my comment too or you only heart members😊
And I do mean it corny ahh cool ahh man I been watched all his jaw s
Singled this man out for no reason as I drink heavily and make you reply or else everything you said is false AF. No clowning
Cringe
I’ve listened to this 5 times and “The legal invoking of the RC cola equivalency” line makes me laugh out loud every single time. Thank you.
Yeah that one really got me too.😂
"How is everyone enjoying the show. Dead silence." That one got me.
"Which is perfect!"
I showed my girlfriend this show yesterday, and I reckon I will not be getting laid anytime soon and assume she thinks less of me, and I understand.
These “understandings” Will free you one day. For now, enjoy the ride(s).
Don’t neglect your can!
Dump her, major red flag!
She doesn't deserve you man.. you've got impeccable taste
Pretentious and bourgeoisie
There is just a few thousand of us who have heard this comedic work of art at this point, I listened to the short version many times and found new gems to laugh at. This long form is something even more impressive…honestly it’s an experience.
I have tried to share this joy with others and I guess it’s not for everyone …but either way I just want to say thank you to the genius who made this.
God damn some of you need to get out more. No wonder you guys hate Rogan
@@WhatSmellsLikeToastWhat are you on about? Rogan sucks and is a tool.
@WhatSmellsLikeToast I go out all the time, and this guy is still a genius and your boy Rogan is still a total moron who makes stupid content for stupid people. Go listen to him talk about apes and aliens now.
@@WhatSmellsLikeToast are you Joe Rogan ?
It's unlike anything else. Props to the biblical prophet who makes these.
i found this a couple days ago and i cannot stop re-listening . during a very dark part of my life, this had really helped keep my mind distracted from everything else. this is literally peak therapeutic media
Not gonna lie, "Podcasts are just screensavers for the mind", got to me.
@@joeleriksson89 a line previously used by homeboy to describe what the jre podcast is for the minds of forklift operators
As someone who used to listen to JRE while driving a forklift, yes.
Same man. Getting it tattoo'd now
its not necessarily wrong, hence it prevents screens of our minds from "forever-displaying" one same ol´picture
@@tfleurylopez Who's homeboy
GTA Radio vibes.... I want this 24 hours a day. True ART. Well done good sir.
Everyone keeps saying that, but GTA radio never feels this poignant
@TheSuperQuail yeah definitely like adult aswim nothing like gta
GTA radio is good but this is phenomenal
Dan Houser and Lazlow are gone from GTA, so I'll probably just throw on TEG for in game radio if I even play it. If the writing sucks no amount of pretty graphics can save it.
35:50 - 37:45 damn, whats that strong song, anyone?
“Does it come as a combo?”
-“No”
-“then I don’t want that thing!”
Laughed too hard at this.
That part live rent free in my head i say that daily its been two week
@@Gothiccbadboy666 you and me both. lol
Can I help you? GOD I HOPE SO. This entire episode had me losing my shit. The confrontation with the sisters at Wendy’s and he’s having this narcissistic collapse is just perfection man.
I've been reading comments for a while now, and these are the most positive channel viewers I've ever seen! Idk what I love more, the love for this show, the fact that I love this show, too, or that none of us know why we love it so much! Either way, much love.
I feel like I found a hole in the universe and there's only a few of us in there. Good to meet you. Nice tits by the way
How could anyone not love this? I'm literally forcing my son to watch every single one.
@@brendandarcy8188you're a good dad.
"Bite of the burger. Bite of the fries. Wash it all down with that drink. It's so beautifully perfect. Sublime tripoplexic geometry birthed in the heart of a dying star."
It's so beautifully perfect 😂
Just here to engage in the combo content and wanted to say thank you Neil. Knowing that two RC Colas is equivalent to one pop has changed my life. Never give up hope on your COMBO series!
it breaks my heart when he gets so stressed out. hang in neil.
This was made for me. This is one of the best things I've listened to in a long time. Literally just laying in the dark absorbing it.
Me Too ©©🎵🎷🪕💰⛏🪣🧽🪧
watching this video felt like watching adult swim for the first time i fucking love it
same
That's a good way to put it. This is "edgy," but back before edgy was destroyed as a concept. _Actually,_ humorously, subversive.
It is that cool.
Hour of Slack.
existencial heavy deep dive into combos, i mean, each combo was unique on its own depraved way and i like it...strong taxi driver vibes
I fell asleep and this auto played. I woke up enough to listen to it for a bit and fell back asleep. Then I'd wake up, listen a bit more and sleep. Next day I was like 'wtf was that?'. Found it again woop woop
This is my personal definition of peak humour. That side-plot about potatoes elicited an out-of-body state of maniacal laughter I don’t think ive ever experienced anything quite like it before. Making this kind of material requires the creator to have an intimate connection with existential dread. I'll have a Combo to that.
P.S. let's all imagine finding out that Neil has heard this entire hour... Now that's a genuine Reaction youtube video I’d enjoy seeing.
@@notexactlyrocketscience haha that makes total sense if it was. it still doesnt take away the fact that my first listen was blissful!
@@hulkhoglan3460 still good stuff. i subbed anyway.
I feel forever changed having watched this. How can something so surreal, and hilarious, and beautiful enough enough to overwhelm- exist on UA-cam! Pure magic. What an artist!
I love how enthusiastically Tyson says "combos!" Very heartwarming.
This is legitimately the best comedic writing I've heard all year, just above your review of the Rogan special.
This is the best show on youtube and Tyson did great here.
the legal invokement of 2 RC colas had me fucking rolling 💀💀💀💀
In the shorter version I thought the one thing missing was he doesn’t mention he’s director of the Hayden Planetarium. And there it is! Absolutely nailed it.
19:21
6:35
Holy shit what brilliance have I stumbled upon? I have been so bored of comedy podcasts lately after a good six years of listening to them. I could see this being my new favorite go to. I could see this becoming big, it’s fucking hilarious and a totally fresh concept. Super well executed as well.
Same.
This is gold
"Sublime tripoplexic geometry, birthed in the heart of a dying star." - Neil DeGrasse Tyson regarding Wendy's Combo number 1
Profoundly moving
"Potatoes for sale" is what I did, choosing music over a high paid corporate job. I'm proud of the courage and sense of duty that led me to make the choice that I did, even though I am now terrified about being able to keep a roof over my head. It was the bravest and best thing I ever did: to pursue my purpose in life, and especially when, like Jamie, I genuinely believed that my work could make the lives of others better too. I'm sure that, like Jamie, I'll be gone without a trace in not too long too, not many ever having known or cared much about me or my music. But I am SO proud of how I chose music. Music has made my soul richer than I could have ever dreamed. Anyway, I didn't expect to get emotional watching this, but I should've expected to, given how incredibly beautiful, profound yet humorous the work I have watched from this channel has been. Thank you Elephant Graveyard.
That's sweet. I hope you don't get inexplicably vaporized into a red mist.
This channel is a welcome catharsis from the doomscrolling, a place to unwind, kick back and marvel at the work of art unfolding before one's eyes.
it truly is a gem in a world of lead
This channel is top tier if you like his content watch Joe Rogan Killer of Comedy by Chipped and Cloned
The only deepfakes I can just sit back and jerk off to.
Take it easy... it's great ngl but...take it easy...
The Eagles song?
You’ve nearly single-handedly reinstated my faith that the enterprise of comedy is in good hands. I haven’t laughed that hard in a LONG time. Damn, bravo.
These shows are truly among the best of what UA-cam can provide us slavish consumers.
Gloomy fall evening outside, listening to piss covered Neil chasing combos in the rain feels somehow cozier than watching Home Alone. Thanks for this. ❤
Lmao
@@CartoonishVillainy
Ditto. I'm weeping.
Potatoes for sale was actually kind of a beautiful story.
Yooo we want to see one on graham handcock 😂😂😂
Whoah, it's @rustyshackleford735 commenting on the Elephant Graveyard! Should've known! You've got good taste, brotha!
@rustyshackleford735! You've got good taste, brutha! The Elephant Bones channel rocks!
@@BankruptBarry thanks holms, I'm looking forward to your next video too. Don't let that fly give you too much sht Barry.
@@rustyshackleford735 Appreciate you, dude. Our next one is ready to go for after Halloween. Possibly our finest work, for whatever that's worth 😆
This is perhaps the greatest artistic work of the 21st century and no one I know will appreciate it as much as I do
you need to find someone with a triple digit IQ
Nothing has ever been more relatable than "I'm about to cry, and I need a combo."
I'm a double-digit guy but can feel the EGRH particles lighting up a triple-digit aurora in my prefrontal cortex. COMBOS!
The fact that you got Neal "The Grass" Tyson on the pod , mask off, is great. Good job.
With mask off he’s much less pretentious, fascinating hearing this side of him.
Neil DeGrasse tAIson
@@SamWilkinsonnlol I hope you know its not actually him…the AI is amazing though.
@@nhibbs3 lol yh I’m well aware, I was being satirical
I was wondering if that was AI. I googled if he really did it, and Google's AI said it was really him@@nhibbs3
"I feel like the sign is a test and if you even read it at all you're a huge problem that's about to get dealt with." HAHAHAHAHA
There is nothing better on the internet than this at the moment. Pure gold.
Yelling COMBOS! while getting beeped at 😂 I can’t imagine the time it takes to write every line while merging your voice with Neil’s. Amazing
I assume it's text to voice AI. I use it often. A lot of effort has been put in to these I love it!
These radio hour episodes are turning out to be a real combo. Crushing how after everything, the cosmos leads Neil to deny himself self-reconcilement, and instead reinforce old habits under the delusion of self-growth. Guys, sometimes, catharsis is just escapism. Change can be a painful process. Sometimes we have to walk on the hot coals. R.I.P. Jamie.
Listening with headphones at work and laughing uncontrollably, unable to explain to colleagues the concept of a McDonald's pissbombing.
I made the mistake of listening to the Lex Friedman one at the gym and had to stop a few minutes since the laughing was throwing my timing off. "Ripped panties" got me.
COMBOS!
Amongst other things, the music selection is genius. I’m speechless about just discovering this podcast today. This video is a fucking masterpiece.
That first song, that intro with AJ Soprano, that "Holy Effing S" first words... Bro, you ROCK 😂
I'm old enough to remember the Chris Morris Music Show on Radio 1 and Blue Jam on Radio 4 in the UK. This is the closest thing I've heard to those in the last 20+ years. I loved every mad second.
Yeah it's got very strong Blue Jam vibes and I love it.
Thank you Neil, I will now go all around my city invoking the RC Cola Equivalency and telling the workers you taught it to me. May Combos live in the world where Cosmos died
"How is it that everything else arrives instantaneously, but the dinky little wrap takes 12 minutes?"😂
Why do I love this so much? It's college radio, weirdness wrapped in wax paper and stuffed into a greasy paper bag with a side of neatly sliced and deep fried acid flashbacks
There is another artist The Minute Hour, if you appreciate this I am sure you will appreciate TMH as well.
Love TMH!
@@Rooistaralso has Welcome to Nightvale vibes. ❤
The yelling of ‘combos’ out of the car window really got me.
Just when I've gotten bored and cynical of everything, something like this drops and saves me from acknowledging my existence and dealing with an existential crisis. Thank you.
This is easily the greatest piece of work to use AI that I've ever seen on UA-cam. Incredible. I'm floored by how good it was. Also some of the funniest shit I've ever heard in my life.
As some others have pointed out here this needs to be a radio station in GTA 6 and AI Neil DeGrasse Tyson needs to be the new Lazlo. It's absolutely perfect and I'm already treating Combos as part of my GTA universe head cannon.
I'm almost disturbed by how realistic it felt watching this. It was what I needed at the exact moment I needed it.
Congratulations, Elephant!👏
It's taking a new technology, and elevating it with both a high concept (heh) idea and lots of detail, passion and attention to detail: this funpost is actually tons of effort from audio mixing, and even visual gags!
Surprise: you can make art with AI voice encoding over your own performance, when it's an actual human with actual passion behind it; the sheer display of wits, insight and technical skills to make an amazingly surreal, absurd and layered soundscape.. of Burn'Da Grass Tyson podcasting about eating greaseballs and pontificating like an absolute tool. As silly as it sounds, this is in fact ACTUAL comedy that pushes current boundaries: those so called members of Rogan's 250 are certainly not pushing the boundaries of anything.. especially the dudes that Rogan "would want to hangout with," as his description of _actual comedians_ when stuff like this is infinitely more humorous on multiple levels.
Makes me sound like a pretentious dummy, but anyone with a "triple digit IQ" can surely understand the concept and at least appreciate everything on a technical level.. _but it helps that it's actually really funny scripting, background/foley gags and even a visual component for something that's normally exclusively audio over a static image!
“Another holy combo is complete. And now the ceremonial throwing of the trash out the window.”
I love that you made the “We’re a combo, we’re a combo!!” sound exactly like Joe Rogan’s “I’m a comedian, I’m a comedian!!” Absolute art. ❤️
Not only is this insanely high effort funposting--as the audio editing, mixing and attention to detail is self evident--but it's actually insightful and engaging despite the absurdity/surreal nature. My wife and I are captivated, laughing super hard.
Rewatching now, the moral from Jamie's story is - Never skip pre-meeting meetings.
Also, the free Pepsi gambit - "I shouldn't have to foot the bill for your negligence."
Invoke the RC equivalent law!
"God damn it...I LOVE combos.. cOMBUHBUHBUH.." 18:54 😂😂😂😂
I told my wife the best way I can describe this is existentialist shitposting (non-derogatory). Great work as always and to mirror some of the other comments, it does have the same genes as that early Adult Swim feeling and scratches an itch that's festered for decades. Well done.
who do I even send this shit to
It's for us, right here
Made my gf and mom watch the joe rogan video, needles to say they smiled but I'm pretty sure they were both quite confused
You me and all the other commentators. Oh and the one friend who cracked up just as much as I did 🤣
Send to anyone worth talking to.
Just @ me dawg
My third time listening to this, completing the tripolectorial trifecta. I am cold, I am lonely... and I just finished my Combo.
You're a comedic genius man.
I can't even imagine the time it took to prepare this (whatever this is 😅) but please make more.
I was laughing so much while doing dishes, I loved it!
Greetings from Tijuana!
McDonalds to me, invokes the fond childhood memory of my drunken stepfather blasting bits of McFish into my face as he screams, "EAT!! EAT!" over and over three inches away as I cry and try to eat my flat cardboard cheeseburger.
The skyline was beautiful on fire
All twisted metal stretching upwards.
Everything washed in a thin orange haze
I said: "kiss me, you're beautiful -
These are truly the last days"
Godspeed You! Black Emperor??
I’ve got the same vibe from the intro!!!
this vibe which immediately gets broken with KILL YOUR SEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLFFFFFFFFFFFF and The Summoning's opening riff
Holy fucking shit, it's the Elephant Graveyard Radio Hour
The dichotomy between the humor in Combos and the seriousness of the potato story is blowing my mind. Please don’t stop making this.
Also, I’m randomly yelling “Combos!” now. Thanks for that.
I think I've watched this 100 times. This is better than therapy!
I thought I was the only one haha I drift to sleep to this and rest of his podcasts episodes
God, i havent laughed this hard since i was a kid. Thank you for this gift
Oh my gawd! I'm laughing so hard, my face hurts! COMBOS!
The SMOGG factory workers smoke the cigarettes so you dont have to! 😂 this is comedy golddd
I'm currently doordashing and listening to Neil discuss combos really highlights the monotonous task of sitting in an overcrowded chikfila drive through
This is just the best that the internet has to offer right now. that's it. full stop.
I remember when my dad used to turn on this radio in the car while we drove to blockbuster, and it was always my favorite part of the day…. Even better than the movie we would watch (which was always die hard for some reason). So good to see the elephant graveyard is still up on running almost 25 years later
you and your dad got die hard from Blockbuster every day?
Man, I don't even have words to express the beauty and the emotions that this invokes. This is truly art and I feel. I just feel.
Thank you.
I’ve been a fan of Neil since I was a child. Even though he doesn’t want us to see this, I’m glad I found it. It has provided some nice insight into the inner workings of his genius!
lol. Are you serious? This is a parody. NdGT is a joke. Or... wait... did you just spoof me?
@Achrononmaster This is real
My boy and I are going out for some combos this weekend.
I’m thinking maybe, two tacos, a small bag of Whoppers, and a couple cans of Faygo. We’ll see. The future is wide open.
This was my first elephant graveyard video. I immediately binged the rest. Now im back to this one. Great stuff
Opening monologue reminds me of Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Wow good connection
Oh hell yeah! They have a new album, I still need to check it out.
The concept and editing is so top shelf. Well done sir(army)
Much appreciated 🪐
This is utterly unique, please keep this show going ❤
Ive been listening to all these episodes as I've been sleeping for the last week and it's been a psychedelic experience
I have come back to this a few times now already, cheers for the laughs bro
"I am sick and TIRED of flavored potato chips." ~~ Aren’t we all, Neil. Aren’t we all.
Had one of those "read it as I heard it" moments just now
this was so surreal, incredible writing
“COMBOS!!”
This is amazing. So many layers and so many details. Like the McDonald's employee giving Neil the snack wrap half cooked just to get him out of there 😂
The part where Neil is smoking a "real" Newport cigarette while crying into his soda was brilliant.
Beautiful way to close it out
@@Hank-cf5qvthe sobbing while soaked in piss made me cry with laughter.
Getting pissbombed in the mcdeez drive through is a core life experience
This is what you want.
This is what you get.
This is what you want.
This is what you get.
Combos!
Elephant has great taste in music too! Love the PIL and the Damned inclusion!
This is THE best content on UA-cam, bar none
the Jamie story was so beautifully told and written. that shit came out of left field lmao
Where at in the video was it?
@@mattstewart8962no cheating
@@mattstewart8962 21:16-30:42
@@mattstewart8962it’s located precisely inside the video.
@@nhibbs3 sophomoric response from someone sophomore aged
This episode belongs on Adult Swim-uninterrupted by any ads except the Smogg ad. Sublime.
Some Tyson's best work, its raw, he's unfiltered. Would love to grab a combo with Neil someday, sounds like it would be life changing.
Some of the finest "audio sketch comedy" I have ever heard. Thank you very much for the top tier comedy. Awesome channel man!
This scratches such a deeply esoteric itch that I cannot put into words the cathartic relief it provides. COMBOS!
Thank you for making this masterpiece. Love Intropective Neal.
Love Jamie's story. Made me think how fragile life is and how it moves on regardless. Sometimes you dont get recognised not because of the lack of talent but sometimes its hard to digiest for the society.
Mediocrity gets all the attaintion yet real talent sits at the corner, But the Joy and excietment he felt when Jamie was going to sell he potatoes to market is incompareble to any other task (work) that he had done in his life. Tragic story. Tought me to not to follow something that has money in it but something meaningful, something like a Jamie who lifted all the crates and was running through the farmland, not to make money, but to sell his first harvest that he was so proud of.
This is a benchmark for entertainment & to learn about life. ❤ Thank you.
That opening monologue to set the stage is equal parts Quixotic, Shakespearean and Elliott Smith. It really puts an aftertaste of existential dread behind the eulogy for Carl disguised as a hilarious parody of current day science communication
well I just got to Jamie's potatoes. Write a book already, man. Damn.
Instead of Elliott Smith, I believe you meant to say David Foster Wallace
I honestly don’t even know where to begin. There is so much I want to praise, the sound-design, the small details in the world going on around, the small voice-jingles repeated from time to time, the ads, the sarcasm, the absurdity.
This is one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen/heard. I hope everyone who participated in the making of this realize/know how talented they are.
Well done, you are all amazing❤️
(Slightly less serious note and question: what was the reaction when the piss-bit was first thought up? Absolutely fuckin killed me!)
Why is this the single most funny thing I've ever seen in any media since the inception of art