# Marcel the Shell on YouTube

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marcel-the-shell-on-youtube/598478>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 3, 2011, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marcel-the-shell-on-youtube/598478 "2011-10-03T21:03:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Troppus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a587f6/32.png) [@Troppus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troppus)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2011, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marcel-the-shell-on-youtube/598478/1 "2011-10-03T21:03:51Z")

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Guess what I wear as a hat? [A lentil](http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=VF9-sEbqDvU#!).  
Terribly cute claymation

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**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2011, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marcel-the-shell-on-youtube/598478/2 "2011-10-03T21:06:00Z")

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Love Marcel. It’s done by former SNL cast member[Jenny Slate](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenny_Slate).

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**Author:** ![Troppus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a587f6/32.png) [@Troppus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troppus)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2011, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marcel-the-shell-on-youtube/598478/3 "2011-10-03T21:10:16Z")

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> [@Bob Ducca](#):
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> Love Marcel. It’s done by former SNL cast member[Jenny Slate](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenny_Slate).

Ah, I remember her! F-bomb girl!

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**Author:** ![Cayuga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Cayuga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cayuga)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2011, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marcel-the-shell-on-youtube/598478/4 "2011-10-03T21:37:06Z")

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Hardly a dinner goes by that my wife and daughter don’t quote something from this video. It is pretty darned adorable, due to the writing and, most of all, Slate’s vocal work.

I invited some friends from upstate to come and eat salad, so — that’s just how it looks right now.

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**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2011, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marcel-the-shell-on-youtube/598478/5 "2011-10-03T22:10:43Z")

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So _that’s_ where my daughter has been quoting from.