Of those claims, only the one about me could possibly be true. Because the National Geographic TV show I interviewed with back in July is finally airing. It's called Flushed [1], and it's part of NatGeo's series on "Everyday Things." It's been showing for a week or two now, and the producer tells me it's a big success (although he laments the fact that the team did a lousy job of alerting their interviewees to its imminent broadcast). It's being rebroadcast Saturday at 10 PM and Sunday at 1:00 AM. Can any PoopReporter record it for me? I don't have cable.
In more Dave news, Angie's List Magazine recently dedicated a whole issue to the toilet. I was interviewed for the feature article, which boasts a big ol' picture of my handsome mug. They quote me at length pontificating about the Victorian origins of the flush toilet as a tool of elitism -- one of the major themes of my book [2]. Which means the article acts as a good introduction to what you'll get in April when the book finally comes out. Give it a read [3] -- my part starts on page sixteen.
Last Wednesday I did an interview with SpikeTV for their upcoming show MANswers. There's not much online about the show yet, but from what I can gather, it's like Mythbusters "for men" -- that is, it answers questions that Johnny Fratboy has always pondered. My segment, for instance, was to answer the burning question of our times: can you die from pooping?
The interview took place at Union Hall, a classy bar/bocce parlor here in Brooklyn. I talked about the death of Elvis [4], The Big Wiper's grandfather [5], and poor Patrick Webster [6]. Thanks to all the PoopReporters who helped me [7] dig up those subjects out of the archives. I got pictures with my phonecam -- the quality of which, unfortunately, turned out to be comparable to the subject of this website.
You're just going to have to trust the fact that that's me, and that I look like a movie star. And if the quality was better you could see that I'm wearing a brand new PoopReport t-shirt. Which leads to my next announcement: just in time for the holidays, I'm proud to introduce four new t-shirt designs, all created by Dan Meth [8], the same guy who did illustrations for The Journal of Ass Production #2 [9]. I think they look great:
In addition to the new designs, we now sell dark brown t-shirts alongside white and khaki. The holidays are coming soon -- need you look any further for the perfect gifts? [11]
And finally, one last bit of news: I got an email from Sumo Lounge [12], creators of hip beanbag [13] furniture [14]. Though I reminded them that my site is about poop and not trendy couches, they nevertheless insisted on sending me both of their products for no other reason than the fact that I have a website that entertains them. I skeptically agreed, and sure enough received two giant boxes, one of which was practically as tall as I am:
Free shit for no reason -- I guess this is what happens when you go totally Hollywood like me. I have no idea where I'll put these in my tiny apartment, but I'll keep you posted. 
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