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Great episode of the Frot this week. We welcomed San Francisco comedian Matt Louv, The Museum of Comedy, live in the frotquarters. He told us about his trip to Facebook HQ to hear Deepak Chopra (Deepak being an obsession of Matt’s), read a few more OKCupid emails, discussed arguments about and critical reactions to Django Unchained, and the self-help phenomenon in general. In the midst of that, we did a phoner with Jessob Reisbeck of KMPH Fox 26 (my hometown news station, as a Fresno County native), the guy who got the first interview with Kai the Hitchhiking Hatchet Hero and continues to bring us exclusive updates (such as the one above). Humorous, exciting, informative – you know, just the usual stuff we do. Naturally, we also covered the story of the couple addicted to coffee enemas and a guy afraid to poop at his girlfriend’s house.

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As everyone expected since three seconds after it happened, Kai the Homeless Hitchhiking Hatchet Hero (yes, I know that he prefers to be known as “home-free,” not “homeless,” but it’s a little late for that) has spawned his very own autotune (well, multiple autotunes, this one courtesy of the Gregory Bros). It’s not really surprising that it lends itself well to autotune, since Kai prefaced his interview with a fourth-wall-breaking inspirational message that wouldn’t have been out of place as the spoken-word bridge of any up-with-people pop song. And of course, the interview had a natural chorus, and I think we all already knew what it was. SMASH SMASH SUH-MAAAASH.

I love Kai, but I am a little concerned that all this is going to ruin his life. Above almost all else, the life of a chilled-out drifter relies on anonymity. So as much as I want to know more about him, his message is more powerful if “Kai” remains but a last-nameless, exact-ageless idea, roaming from town to town inspiring the populace with his beautiful words and bashing sex offenders’ heads in with camping tools. It’s important we savor this moment, while his only outstanding warrant is for keeping it real. Be excellent to each other, bros.

Updates below.

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Excuse my non-movie-related digression here, but I just saw this story over on WarmingGlow and thought it deserved an immediate double post because it’s probably the greatest thing I’ve ever seen. Basically, Kai here is a homeless hitchhiker. The other day, a 300-pound lunatic picked Kai up in his truck in Fresno. Then the guy told Kai he raped a 14-year-old in the Virgin Islands once, declared himself Jesus, and pinned an innocent bystander with his truck and bum rushed a few women. Luckily Kai had a hatchet in his pack, and Kai smashed the guy in the head with the blunt end before he could hurt anyone else. An event Kai describes as “f*ckin’ gnarly man. It was like the biggest wave I’ve ever ridden in my life,” in probably the greatest local news interview of all time, with Fox affiliate KMPH. We Fresnans don’t have a lot to be proud of, but I think Kai just shot to the top of the list. Sorry, Kevin Federline.

If you watch any unedited news interview today, let it be this one:

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