14 - The Man in the Tan Jacket

[@requiem8841]

"...Normal human features." That's actually good to know since we had a 5 headed dragon.

[@nostop320]

is is it me? I have human features am I the man in the tan jacket? is it you? do YOU know? I don't know?

[@vincent-of-the-bog]

How do you know that having 5 dragon heads is not a normal human feature?

[@Yourlocaltankgirl8375]

Let's see, do you have hair?

[@toastghost9145]

I think the Secret Police ordering citizens to write down immediately any observations was the first intelligent decision they have made on-screen.

[@supernovaofdeath3537]

David Bost but there is a ban on writing

[@plantinapot9169]

SNOD they lifted the ban temporarily

[@micahconnor8954]

Well i think most of the things they do are intelligent, just not in the citizens benifit

[@woollypar353]

Then later when they checked their notes, they couldn't even read their own handwriting

[@willudgens]

"fear of the faceless old woman that lives secretly in your home" thanks i totally wanted nightmares

[@christianmoralesortiz4688]

Aww, she's not that bad, she's really nice and very helpful with alot of things!!!

[@icarusissleepy]

@@christianmoralesortiz4688 i know right? she helped me understand algebra, truly a great person

[@christianmoralesortiz4688]

@@icarusissleepy aye, Abuelita sin Cara is so wonderful!!!!!

[@LivingBasement]

Oh, yeah, just the other day she helped me finally understand how to calculate sales tax.

[@charlotteshenkenberger345]

Wait You're scared of her? I just had a cup of tea with her yesterday.

[@miaj7390]

Nightvale is the kind of fandom where you listen to the pilot and you don't think your into it yet but little do you know, you are into it by the first 5 minutes and you continue to watch and watch and watch

[@Dog-lg5ju]

Yes, exactly

[@Goldenbytes3]

What was talked about in ep 1? it was certainly not the dog park. We do not think about the dog park.

[@creamatory]

+GoldenBytes what dog park? there is no dog park.

[@snailfail9326]

this was me

[@jackie4995]

Dog park? No such thing.

[@fruitygarlic3601]

A love how Night Vale citizens can't properly remember the man in the tan jacket's appearance, but are easily able to identify the animal flesh his briefcase is made of.

[@JJ-oe5tm]

To be fair, deerskin is very distinctive, I prefer snakeskin however

[@acarter9806]

To be fair, identifying animal flesh on sight has been a core part of the curriculum for as long as anyone can know. It's essential if you want to do any kind of bloodstone rites. Seriously, just watch what happens if you use elk or moose instead.

[@pablokult248]

The obelisk is attracting a lot if cats *pauses video and stares at the five cats on my bed* i AM THE OBELISK

[@idawitt9915]

you're a four sided, tapering shaft made of stone?

[@dlahouss]

twenty øne sonofabitches that's what she said

[@wyrmeleon2002]

This made me so happy to read.

[@JohnB1217]

For the win!

[@FyreDrac]

i have 7 cats... WHY DO I HAVE SO MANY CATS?!!?!?

[@KhepriProd]

Everybody is saying "what great weather! I think that the best is WAITING FOR THE BUS IN THE RAIN IN THE RAIN WAITING FOR THE BUS IN THE RAIN

[@KhepriProd]

But I do like this one

[@jackwilliams8481]

right? that was so good.

[@finchbanning2156]

Same fam

[@finchbanning2156]

I think this one and the WAITING FOR THE BUS IN THE RAIN IN THE RAIN WAITING FOR THE BUS IN THE RAIN are my favorites

[@maxxx4242]

I liked Closer by the tiny.

[@carterg333]

"Happy 2013" Cecil says to me, a person currently living in 2020

[@leighreynolds6352]

Hahahaha, laughs in 2022

[@IceTheCrystal08]

*laughs in 2023*

[@cosmicghost763]

Laughs in 2024 in advance cus I won’t remember to do it then and if I do I’ll edit this Hi future me!! Hi!! Past me!!!!! 2023 was wild so get ready because it’s about to hit u like a truck

[@icarusissleepy]

*laughs in 2087*

[@SillyBroXD]

@@IceTheCrystal08 finally someone who isn’t in the past or future, hello

[@pollylittle7568]

Can we please talk about Cecil's gulp? "Gy-up"

[@misteruncanny]

guhl-uh(p)

[@nameredacted5487]

It's sad when they mention writing something down and you're immediately like, "They can't do that! There's a ban!" XD

[@Bartatron-ru7qd]

The ban _has_ been temporarily lifted.

[@nijahmckenzie9588]

Do you think the angel Cecil was referring to was Carlos?

[@genderlessgarbage]

Yes

[@mikudagod8311]

maybe

[@citruscorvidae]

Awwwe!!

[@stefanalexanderlungu1503]

Probably

[@merasmurry1460]

@Wyatt Tays witch erika?

[@Prophecyarmour]

I always imagined The Man In A Tan Jacket, Holding A Deerskin Suitcase, as someone in a green screen body suit; In A Tan Jacket, Holding A Deerskin Suitcase.

[@dawswastaken]

same! that sounds like a super fun cosplay idea actually.

[@TheBronzeDog]

Would explain why no one can really tell where he really was.

[@henazdenarion7594]

Damnit, Steve Carlsburg!

[@Leo-zn2mt]

Henaz Denarion Darn you Steve Carlsburg!!!

[@kingdenton6451]

+spageti llama fuck that Steve Carlsberg

[@camillevitiritti8056]

+Henaz Denarion Steve Carlsburg is the Moon Moon of Nightvale

[@Goldenbytes3]

+Camille Vitiritti DINKLEBERG!

[@cherrysda7815]

+GoldenBytes xD i was thinking the same thing

[@evelynellsworth6211]

"A world right beneath our feet." "A flower in the desert." Flowey, what did you do?!

[@ladymoon1638]

+Diana Nielson I was about to say the exact same thing XDD Hello, Welcome to Night Vale, fellow Undertale fan. Enjoy your stay, you may not ever want to leave.

[@DaftnPunk]

+Destony “Des” Pocius Howdy

[@ladymoon1638]

leila Moore ^-^ ohaiyo

[@__-do7rq]

Diana Nielson sees your Angelica profile pic... *SUBSCRIBES*

[@Taylermaed]

What didn’t he do lol

[@TheNumnutRandomness]

I really like that bit with the mom and her son. I'm not really sure why. I think it's because it's one of the more "down-to-earth" moments in WTNV. With all the weirdness going on it's a little nice to just take a look at people's lives who are in no way affiliated with Night Vale. I wish there were more moments like this. Or I wish the show was a little more normal. Or I wish I could go back in time and never pick up this podcast in the first place. Only I would never do that. I wouldn’t change any of this, really. Not for all the money - piles of money, some of it defunct money from defunct and absent governments - I wouldn’t give any of this back.

[@ellaheartz8389]

Well said, my dear friend. Well said.

[@connorjohnson8776]

well said fellow wtnv watcher/listener

[@RandomWizardArt]

and now the weather...

[@SoraKoudo]

‘Happy 2013!’ Me, weeping, running on the end of 2020: happy 2013 you funny little man

[@JayCraftArt]

"Write down what you can't comprehend" Writing? Cecil, are you trying to get us to do something illegal? No. Bad Cecil.

[@ninjago231]

Listening to WtNV at 3 in the morning, this is healthy.

[@gracereed1665]

Haha my life

[@gracereed1665]

Those goddamn flysalesmen

[@cursed_artist8351]

Go to sleep batman

[@shabadoha007]

Lol!

[@bambi.1imb0]

As everyone's unknown physiological therapist, Yes. totally normaly healthly okay. Why wouldn't listening to a four year old episode of a podcast at 3 am in the morning when practically no one is awake is totally normally healthly okay.

[@keythetrashking7491]

So I've started to read the book. I saw it in the library and thought "Oh, I know about that! i've heard on that podcast. I've been meaning to listen" I borrowed the book. I fell in love with the book. I started to listen to the podcast. I'm here now, at this episode. I'm terrified. KING CITY.

[@keythetrashking7491]

King city king city king city. King city. King city king city King city!!!!!! King city! King city.... .... -_-

[@tranquilghost]

Mood

[@Taylermaed]

KING CITY

[@bluefox5331]

is the book different than the podcast? I am totally new to this

[@keythetrashking7491]

@bluefox5331 lmao love getting this notification years later. The book (books now, I believe) is different to the podcast in the sense that it's not from Cecil's pov and goes into more detail about certain aspects of the town. Part of it I remember is from the perspective of The Old Woman Who Lives In Your House, another is from the definitely not angels that live with the one woman. I'd definitely recommend reading the books, they're good

[@MM-ry2ys]

as I was listening to Cecil describe the angel, I was like “uh are you talking about Carlos” but then I heard the rest

[@paigemartin-holder2949]

I'd prefer to live in night vale rather than my own country right now

[@chizuliebert6736]

I'm sorry :o

[@alienallysen5739]

me too

[@mikudagod8311]

true

[@JacksDiving]

Hopefully you live in Russia or something.. cuz if you're talking about the USA you should be lucky to live here in some countries you wouldn't even be able to listen to a program called welcome to nightvale it would be against the law

[@skrytetemnoty7590]

Jack Johnson Night Vale is located in the USA.

[@marinao4412]

when he was describing what he felt like when the angel called I half expected him to say "and the angel's name.... was Carlos"

[@LivingBasement]

One of my favorite parts of this series is just how gay Cecil is. The guy spends more time gushing over Carlos' hair than he does talking about people literally dying. It's wonderful.

[@traumaeat3r]

SAMEEE i was like "honey are you sure your crush didn't just call you and you had a full blown crisis?"

[@DeedeeDirt]

night vale feels like the desert version of the tiny mountain town i grew up in tbh. we had ufo sightings, aliens that lived under the mountain, interdimensional beings, a cult that would not eat anything that grows under ground or wear any earth tones, lots of weird happenings.

[@lark7655]

hahaha whsat the flip?

[@aislinnkerr5618]

You really said this and then never came back to give us context 🥺

[@kgddugvjj]

where is it i must live there

[@LivingBasement]

I once found a cult underneath the stairs of my old school. To this day I still have no idea how they got down there.

[@kjreese9433]

*me starting night vale* haha podcasts are stupid this is gonna be dumb *watches 14 episodes in a day*

[@martadentro666]

same tbh

[@Lexipop398]

Eeeeeyup

[@pinkys6063]

same!

[@trashedeggnog3858]

Kate Reese I SAW DAT TARDIS PROFILE PIC

[@salamencerobot]

me with TAZ tbh and now this.

[@purpleshutin]

When he mentioned 2013 I remembered just how old this series is. It's 2024 as I'm typing this

[@TheFearChannel]

Instrumental weathers are the best.

[@teagan4211]

WAITING FOR THE BUS IN THE RAIN IN THE RAIN WAIT-WAITING FOR THE BUS IN THE RAIN

[@oliverjustdeblesser8706]

Teagan Faulkenburg mozart would be proud.

[@teagan4211]

Adam Schofield you known it!!

[@dawswastaken]

yessss

[@meower808]

Teagan Faulkenburg Yes. Just. Yes.

[@the_cosmic_alexolotl2282]

Tan jacket... IT'S FORD

[@vanessacarlo783]

Remember when Ford was in another dimension? He went to Night Vale. Mhm, that's what happened

[@alannahscott7234]

+Vanessa Carlo that would be so cool!

[@memekid6475]

yessssss

[@jackie4995]

Headcanon accepted

[@queenfia6173]

grunkle ford the fly salesmen from oregon

[@hotpoketz7382]

While I watched this, I slowly drifted off to sleep and dreamt of my dad and killer whales, As Well as a large amount of pencils, for a short period of time.

[@Cowonahill_]

An obelisk on the ground attracts cats, but an obelisk in the mind attracts visions of pencils.

[@alisonbrei4789]

Same!!

[@mistertea603]

...huh...

[@fruitygarlic3601]

Sigmund Freud would nut upon hearing your dream.

[@hiimanawkwardhuman8278]

Hot Poketz . I have a freind who did that but her dream was bears and such

[@realleon2328]

the bit with the mom and son was very heartwarming

[@downtownletdown8493]

X3 wario the Prince of light that should have been a character quick where is $10,000 we need this to be a thing!

[@realleon2328]

I also salute your bagels of hope. All komaedas heed hope bagels

[@downtownletdown8493]

beautiful wario​ yes yes they do thank you nicoB

[@selenakirby9809]

Was it... STEVE CARLSBURG?!

[@speculus8645]

No, it was JOHN CENA.

[@kristinbassett28]

STEVE????!!!!!!!

[@the_hermit_joxter]

Aww cas is a bee

[@klillym1461]

Goddamnit Steve Carlsburg

[@knightofkek4602]

the traffic section said everything that was happening in my mom's car as we where listing to it while driving

[@Netherdan]

Was it a blue square-ish car with 4 wheels and an engine that works most of the time?

[@ThefirstTimelady]

When he said today's sponsor was gulping, I was actually gulping down some water

[@Riley-nw6jv]

SAME

[@stressedoutazim3931]

1:05 water park never existed 2:00 man in tan jacket 3:32 night Vale career fair 4:16 key note speaker at career fair 4:53 update on bowling alley city 6:45 Cecil's call to war 7:40 is it steve 8:25 update on man in tan jacket 9:30 budget shortfall and whisper 10:05 had nothing to do with her lavish birthday party 10:28 gonna have to start mugging ppl 11:07 tapping was pretty relaxing 11:13 children's fun science fact birds meaning 12:39 now a word from our sponsors gulping 12:59 fear of the faceless old woman 15:00 update on man 15:40 ugh the sun 16:10 lifted ban on pens and say hey police 22:57 e sharp

[@whatdoyouwantyoutwat4133]

20:41 my face became hot....I'm pretty sure u were referring to Carlos?

[@damianford7483]

Carlos is an angel confirmed

[@moth5949]

" Or she wants to go back in time and insist on using a condom." *unplugs earbuds and dies of laughter in the middle of reading and writing workshop* I am so done with you cecil.

[@traumaeat3r]

Sometimes this show gives me such Gravity Falls vibes (or just yk voilent but no sexual content vibes) and then i just hear something like that and am like 😃😃 Oh.

[@moth5949]

@@traumaeat3r HELP I WAS 13 WHEN I WROTE THIS COMMENT 💀why did i format it like that brotha euuugghhh 😭

[@traumaeat3r]

@@moth5949 LMAOOOOOO dw we've all been there XD

[@Leo-zn2mt]

Don't you hate it when inanimate objects don't do as there told?

[@alisonbrei4789]

Ikr also YEAH NEPeta

[@skylarthequietone3085]

ye

[@user-ts4fd6id3j]

So true,.

[@mmmmmmok5292]

its been 8 years have you learned the difference between "there" and "they're"?

[@patriasilverio1012]

"I'm still not sure why an angel would have to use a telephone.." Can we just talk about the fact that he really said this..?

[@Duncanisanerd]

I've watched 14 episodes of this in 2 days, and the second day isn't even over! XD I love night vale

[@hiperloid]

What a nice weather

[@mrowley6963]

Silence will fall when the question is asked.

[@austinbeshers5477]

+Popcorn Kitty dave

[@S_P03]

BUT IN ALL HONESTY WHAT THE FUCK IS THE DOCTORS NAME?!

[@emilbrain121]

Meghan Rowley was it STEVE CARLSBERG?!

[@trashedeggnog3858]

M Rowley IS THE MAN IN THE TAN SUIT A SLIENCE

[@TheShelbyaa]

ive tried so many things. asmr, rain sound, nothing works. but for some reason this podcast relaxes me and. helps me sleep. also i listen to this instead if music

[@Loki023]

I listened to Cecil's voice as I fell asleep, and dreamed of the Man in the Tan Jacket. He had a face that looked like a face, and his jacket was tan!

[@mackenzie.l-b8528]

the obelisk sure does attract cats. I'm living to this with two cats sitting on me.

[@emeraldkat2167]

I am here thanks to the obelisk. It is so attractive!

[@brehipkin4438]

Laughed out loud at 17:45 XD i love this fandom so much.

[@themcjarhead1383]

As a great man once said "WHAT IS THIS?!"

[@auroraeve7882]

+TheMinecraftJarhead as Sweeney Todd and Mrs. Lovett once said "what is this?" "what is this?" "smells like piss" "smells like- ewww" (i don't think anyone will get the reference but i couldn't help myself )

[@themcjarhead1383]

Aurora Eve No, I am an uncultured swine.

[@lifeandotherabsurdities9942]

I definitely got it and I love you for it.

[@BTTUCKER]

@@auroraeve7882 oh, somebody got the reference! you delightful musical aficionado.

[@thefandombard4774]

Cicels voice is so soothing to die falling asleep or u know just fall asleep to

[@VohnExel]

I remember that the revelation about The Man in the Tan Jacket in this episode was so cool and exciting...knowing what I do now, being all caught up and having read the book, I wonder about how this episode unfolded and why much of it was just retconned away.

[@shippnets5758]

I randomly said aloud that my favorite part is the weather and my brother responded with, "My favorite part is when you died." I stuttered over my words saying back, "Well just so you know. I have no intention of being an intern at the radio station." Now I'm sitting here, laughing because he has no idea what I mean.

[@joceybear303]

sometimes Cecil talks like Vsauce. Sometimes like how Vsauce would talk if he was insane. You know?

[@MURDERPILLOW.]

If?

[@ellencontreras6829]

me: * being so into this episode * youtube: lets put an add in the middle of her peaceful listening and daydreaming me: * startled with an add about shampoo with lizzo singing in the background *

[@jackie4995]

"And write down everything you cannot comprehend" Wasn't writing banned?

[@surfacedwellingscum7808]

The ban was temporarily lifted

[@maia1240]

CAS? CAS IS THAT YOU?

[@nostop320]

I have seen a hawk, they are seen when my dad is... around.... oh no my dad is the hawk god

[@a-bird-lover]

I found a dead hawk, _what does it meannn_

[@johnniallen502]

Oh the weather was lovely today!

[@glowingandconfused]

Going back and listening to old episodes is so great, because you notice all the little details like Huntokar that you missed before

[@hadesvillarreal8862]

I just read a spn crossover with good omens and they mentioned Night Vale. Castiel was referred to the man in the tan jacket, that was how they knew him there!!!

[@skh770]

Got a name? I'd like to read that!

[@hadesvillarreal8862]

@@skh770 ill do my best to find it again!

[@AlmaChroma]

Did anyone else think of Castiel?

[@silverobscurity]

That was my first thought! Especially when he mentioned the angels..

[@alison6437]

And now we know Castiel's part time job

[@tanam.1471]

And this is right after he mentioned pie in the last episode. And the Man Who Is Not Tall & The Man Who Is Not Short

[@zay7244]

+Alma Chroma Yass, Castiel.

[@keythetrashking7491]

+Tana L. “Makara” M. I immediately thought of Sam and Dean (snd he knife). The fact that I'm a girl makes me think the fiancee was Charlie and I was possessed.

[@athenaestrada8656]

14:53 the Word/Phrase Association Machine that runs constantly in my brain: "a healthy dose of PROLONGED EYE CON TACT. (prolonged eye contact!) PROLONGED EYE CONTACT (prolonged eye con tact!)" 15:31 GOD that was startling but funny. Radio Cecil was DEFINITELY trying not to curse right before"kidding", sjjdhfh Edit: i'm a fool who jumped the gun(/lh) & he's quoting the secret police, but it's still funny bc he keeps his cadence & composure even while initiating the secret police officer's voice.

[@nixthephoenix605]

Ok now Im commenting on the episode I want to comment. Is it just me, or is the "Write down all that you cannot comprehend" somehow soothing? It's like, we have this experience that is so beyond us, but if we can put our thoughts to paper, even if we can't mke sense of it, the unknowable is more certain? idk, its just a cool line

[@nixthephoenix605]

Also I was fighting slimes when the weather came on, and that made that task very intense

[@masonyork6543]

what if the man in the tan jacket is castiel?

[@insanetavros7685]

Then someone needs to alert Dean about where his angel is

[@artnaturally203]

Maybe Nightvale is where Cas goes when he disappears for weeks at a time and when he comes back he is very reluctant to say where he's been...

[@Strwbrychaee]

"happy 2013" ...new to this and its 2017

[@JJ-oe5tm]

2020

[@nopeimout3182]

Yeah I'm hella late

[@decafgirl9341]

I am now choosing to believe that the call only took a minute and he spent the rest of the weather spinning in circles in his chair like a teenage girl who just got asked out. You can't stop me!

[@ainelorray6138]

The weather is so good on this one

[@nerdpiggy]

This weather was one of the best.

[@StudioThirtyEight]

As an editor for a small town paper, I can confirm that the banishing of employees to sand wastes is more common than you might think.

[@sjei.]

"The suitcase is full of flies." It's the lord of the flies confirmed

[@lynnclaywood4043]

'Man in a tan jacket and carrying a deer-skin suitcase' is PEAK cosplay material.

[@ihjtmq]

Fuck, I saw a pidgeon today! ...Am I screwed, or am I fine??

[@jackryan5880]

IHJTMQ probably fine

[@fishcutter395]

IHJTMQ I imagine you're fine as I saw a hawk today and was followed home by some hooded figures...

[@Dw3llerr]

SO, my headphones started dying and losing sound in one ear during this and I honestly thought it was something they did with the audio at first.

[@corylusbluefox9482]

I gulped. You gulped. Cecil gulped. The man in the tan jacket gulped. We all gulped.

[@verdeice53]

I'm new. I listen to an episode once a day. Early, so I don't have to hear the world moving. I listened to desert bluffs last night. I liked his voice. I dreamed of a strange world last night. A radio station deep in the desert. All alone. It was sunny. The sun was bright enough that the sand felt like it was screaming. Such a glistening yellow that sand was. I did not enter the station. The dream. I can't remember the rest. Today's weather was nice.

[@Gossamaggs]

I listen to this on drive way to school, so when I got an ad for A Quiet Place, I was not looking at my phone to see what it was, so the clattering and gasping at the beginning very much sounded like Cecil had been murdered.

[@everyones-a-cryptic]

I got an ad right when he said the weather and didn't skip bc I assumed that was just the weather today

[@angelphantomhive1512]

6:20 for all you future Nightvalians.

[@pyrosianheir]

The man in the tan jacket may be real, but Carlos is certainly Cecil's dream. :D

[@johntheherbalistg8756]

"...presumptive war... unknown enemy we can't even be sure of..." I see Nightvale suffers under a similar MSM to the rest of America 🤣🤣🤣

[@yakazi7500]

What an awesome weather we are having today!

[@oliolioxenfree6010]

angels with telephones? How the hell did Cas get here?

[@Netherdan]

You here for the obelisk?

[@ninachezem2776]

2 Comercial free hours of E# scares me the most about this episode

[@miasyme5637]

This episode man in a tan jacket Last episode two men, one tall one short, in a black car ITS SUPERNATURAL

[@roslynclaudia4289]

I'm re listening to all of night vale in a random order and I can't remember if I've relistened to this yet or not. How apropos

[@DefinitlyAWormOnAString]

Coincidentally put this one on just in time to listen to it into the new year? Fascinating

[@cmelton6796]

The angel calling was just Carlos with his perfect hair, cut alarmingly short

[@moonandstar6467]

"which actually was a pretty relaxing sound to fall asleep to" cecil likes asmr, nice

[@forgemakesstuff2734]

me being a stupid immature teenager: **whispers** if you blink you miss the cuss word-- but like actually this is a really good podcast and i somehow found a way to keep the family computer near my room so i can sneak out and listen to it until midnight--

[@MandaPanda3100]

I think this was my favorite weather so far.

[@keokawasaki7833]

Its amazing how clevery woven the stories are in night vale. These accounts of tan jacket man and the woman driving her child in the car, and the nighvale novel, its leaves me speechless

[@ghostexboi2380]

After reading the book and listening to this... I have chills

[@09lawso]

I want some orange milk...

[@christianmoralesortiz4688]

Cecil: watch put for the Man in a tan jacket. Me: .......ya mean Castiel???!!!

[@technicallyatart2636]

cecils gulp fucking floored me, that was the last thing i expected

[@obelleblue]

The weather was so nice today!! Very energizing.

[@SiiKei]

I read the WTNV book last week and I like how so much of this episode is connected to it. The man in the tan jacket, the faceless old woman living in your house and the mom and son in the car - obviously Diane and Josh.

[@aloneandalowly]

Cecil having a moment because he talked to an angel asmr

[@isabelmagnolia5198]

at the beginning of weather, the music reminded me of Inspector Gadget

[@MarlinsPaperAnimations]

16:10 Wait... PENS ARE BANED?! How am i going to draw?!

[@aaronchristopher8910]

Is it strange that the "story about you" is surprisingly accurate.

[@vzdub79]

I can imagine nightvale being put into a dance. the dance would be on the floor thinking about existence.

[@vzdub79]

hi