Episode #162 "Neil Gaiman and Weird TV"

<p>Howdy folks:</p><p>Welcome to Michael Perry’s Voice Mail, episode 162. (Ignore Mike saying it’s episode #161, he’s off by one week, which is better than average, and we’re not gonna tell him for at least another week.)</p><p><strong>This episode is available to subscribers and non-subscribers alike. Click the player above to listen.</strong></p><p><strong>NOTE:</strong> <em>The </em><em>Neil Gaiman</em><em> story anchoring this episode originally appeared in a subscribers-only episode back in January of 2022, but Mike wished to revisit and share it more widely as a memorial to his late friend “ALR.” Also, the original episode did not include the bit about Mike chasing a cat-abusing red fox in his underwear.</em></p><p><strong>Included in today’s installment:</strong> Mike revisits two of the oddest television-related coincidences of his life, as described in his book <em>Peaceful Persistence</em>.</p><p>After you listen, you may be interested in <a target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CkKCLcdP9OE/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&#38;igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==">this note Mike wrote</a> when his friend Al (mentioned in this episode) died.</p><p>In the Tweet above, Neil Gaiman was referring to <a target="_blank" href="https://sneezingcow.com/product/coop-paperback/">this book</a>.</p><p>The book Mike mentions at the end of this episode is <em>Forty Acres Deep</em>. <a target="_blank" href="https://sneezingcow.com/product/forty-acres-deep-paperback/">More info here</a>.</p><p>P.S. They’re popular, so we keep printing more <em>Peaceful Persistence </em><a target="_blank" href="https://sneezingcow.com/product/peaceful-persistence-t-shirt/">shirts</a>...and there’s this <a target="_blank" href="https://sneezingcow.com/product/peaceful-persistence-combo-book-and-t-shirt-dnu/">book/shirt combo deal</a>.</p><p><em>For “Voice Mail” subscription options, click on the button below (it says “Subscribe Now” but you won’t actually be subscribed until you review your options and confirm):</em></p><p><em>Share this post w