# "I'd Rather Eat Pants" on NPR's Morning Edition **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 17, 2002, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-rather-eat-pants-on-nprs-morning-edition/143418 "2002-12-17T21:44:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-rather-eat-pants-on-nprs-morning-edition/143418/41 "2002-12-23T13:18:40Z")
Nice of them to allow how it sucked, though. ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-rather-eat-pants-on-nprs-morning-edition/143418/42 "2002-12-23T17:24:00Z")
I laughed at how many people roasted it, but gave it the backhanded compliment of being the only thing to get them out of bed and on the way to work. That’s exactly what it did for me! ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-rather-eat-pants-on-nprs-morning-edition/143418/43 "2002-12-23T17:42:42Z")
Now if NPR made a ten minute comedy slot featuring **Cervaise** in the shower, their market share would rocket! ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_of\_Graymatter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/74df32/32.png) [@Baron\_of\_Graymatter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_of_Graymatter)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-rather-eat-pants-on-nprs-morning-edition/143418/44 "2002-12-23T18:15:32Z")
If it’s true that radio is dead, then _I’d Rather Eat Pants_ just drove the stake through it’s heart… ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-rather-eat-pants-on-nprs-morning-edition/143418/45 "2002-12-23T21:02:41Z")
I heard all five parts while driving to work. I also drive bamboo shoots into my fingernails for fun. It got worse and worse. it seemed like the producers couldn’t say no to anyone who wanted to be in it, so they added more and more characters, and left out the jokes. If they wanted to hear radio humor, all they had to do was buy a tape of an old Jack Benny show. Trent Lott was a **lot** funnier. ---
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-rather-eat-pants-on-nprs-morning-edition/143418/46 "2002-12-23T23:56:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tuckerfan \* > \*\*Heh, I just heard _Morning Edition_ read from their letters and the vast majority of listeners **hated** this dreck, so I doubt they’ll be inflicting anything of the like on us anytime soon. 😃 \*\* What amazed me was that they found anyone who liked it. ---
**Author:** ![pesch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pesch/32/4925_2.png) [@pesch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pesch)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2002, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-rather-eat-pants-on-nprs-morning-edition/143418/47 "2002-12-24T00:32:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Voyager \* > \*\*I heard all five parts while driving to work. I also drive bamboo shoots into my fingernails for fun. \*\* Now THAT’S funny. This represents the second time since I signed on that a thread was so universal in its condemnation. Wish I could remember the first, but I do remember making the exact same comment. Hell, even “Freddy Got Fingered” found ONE fan (only one I believe, but still . . . ) ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2002, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-rather-eat-pants-on-nprs-morning-edition/143418/48 "2002-12-24T00:46:10Z")
I did like Ed Asner’s performance, especially against the surfer dude’s, but I thought the rest were pretty forgettable. Though I did get a kick out of the name “Jimmy Jimmy”. I guess I did like it at that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-rather-eat-pants-on-nprs-morning-edition/143418.md?page=2)