146 - The Birthday of Lee Marvin

[@timothysimmons3908]

That transition to the weather was smoother than Lee Marvin's slide through eternity

[@carolinemckee7009]

It's nice to listen to an existential crisis first thing in the morning while eating breakfast.

[@casadillapella3339]

Lee Marvin is stuck in a time loop, and has been aware for decades.

[@pokechao196]

I love that _rogue planets_ of all things are a recurring theme in this podcast.

[@MySerpentine]

My guess is that it's death.

[@davidmcnuffin64]

MySerpentine That’s what I was thinking!! Like it’s the thing people in NightVale seen before they die, that’s why you seen it in A Story About You and the Man Who is Not Short sees it in A Story About Them

[@MySerpentine]

@@davidmcnuffin64 Maybe it's what comes before birth, too, if he saw it before.

[@pokechao196]

@@MySerpentine This is the first time anyone's described being on its surface, instead of just reaching up towards it. I wonder if that's related to how Lee Marvin has been around for quite a while...

[@JimmyNails27]

@@davidmcnuffin64 I also thought that, although if Lee is stuck in s time loop, then he is functionally immortal. so how do we explain his having set foot on the sunless planet? Unless... our Lee Marvin is a ghost?

[@Echos.Art.Corner]

"I'm Lee Marvin, welcome to my birthday." .... Happy Birthday?

[@harrisonross2738]

"Death is only the end if you think the story is about you" Damn Lee, thanks for the existential crisis...and happy birthday! 30 is a special year. Some say it lasts forever...

[@trashedeggnog3858]

ah yes, my bi-monthly dose of existential crisis

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[@vincentmiller6977]

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[@yooooooo-kb7xk]

Happy Birthday Sir Lee Marvin!! :) 🎉🎉

[@MadsMcKay]

"Love your taste in shirts" made me feel special because I'm wearing my NVCR Intern shirt as I listen to this!

[@joegarza563]

Same ..but I am wearing a ninja turtle shirt

[@latieraeve]

Their watching you

[@joegarza563]

@@latieraeve this comment scared me

[@latieraeve]

@@joegarza563 they have always been there, you are now aware of their presence. Do not be alarmed they seem to like you

[@joegarza563]

@@latieraeve *sigh of relief * I have grown fond of them as well

[@HirundoArvensis]

My brother left us this year at age of 32. Thank you, this episode made me think a lot.

[@carcinogenicoak3057]

Life is not about goal-accomplishing, it’s about regret management.

[@justeundonut-moi.7979]

........ Sad but True

[@ReaperChild79]

Oh, Mood

[@adrienne-ukulelecraftsandm559]

This could probably be a proverb in the show

[@ClownDollThatHasContemptForYou]

Yeah no ,if you keep looking at regrets then you're not living.

[@RainbowMagicCosplay]

Man I'm experiencing some deja vu... anyone else?

[@yooooooo-kb7xk]

What a good episode!

[@squidjuice8486]

I like Lee Marvins voice. The imagery he provides is like a book

[@sabinem.702]

I like to listen to WTNV while doing chores around the house, but this episode stopped me so often it became useless to fight it. That was one existential crisis that spoke to me, 'cause it spoke for me. Wow, just wow!

[@ellafrangiamore]

I waited a few days so I could listen to this today on my birthday. Now I feel pretty insignificant but in a good almost comforting way 😂😂

[@sunnysea24]

I loved this rendition of the theme

[@IamParadoxic]

wait a moment, i agree with the description. haven't we been here before? Is our perception of time correct. or is it a mere illusion on which we try to grasp upon not realizing that to do so is in vain. or perhaps we have been before, in a different time and situation, different, but not entirely unlike this. whatever maybe the case, there is one thing that is true, it is Lee Marvin's 30th birthday.

[@redrasegarden]

Paradox I was thinking the same thing. Didn’t we already have an episode like this?

[@MySerpentine]

@@redrasegarden Yes, it was 139

[@ElkProductionGaming]

Thank you Night Vale, it's been a pleasure tonight as always.

[@curiousfungus]

If nightvale decided to launch a quarterly newspaper that you could subscribe to I'd totally be into that

[@aumathewarriormouse2549]

I don't think Lee Marvin is ever going to that sunless planet. Like... Kenny.

[@jcat379]

The conference room stuff is giving me Stanley Parable vibes.

[@notawebii6985]

I love the contemplation of existence this show shoves in my skull, I adore it

[@chroamathebrute]

I can see that Lee Marvin has influenced Cecil quite a bit

[@faegentry7131]

Listening to this with my headphones in so it's all I can hear and staring at my ceiling with the blue and green lights I have,a little before,and during,and after midnight was so surreal

[@EldritchCutie32]

I listen to nightvale at work and two days in a row I've listened to an episode titled, "the birthday of Lee Marvin"

[@aeonubis6488]

I have such a hard time falling asleep but not going to lie I've listened to this every night for the past 2 weeks and it puts me straight to sleep.

[@smol_chilli_pepper]

I love episodes like this

[@evilbetty9423]

The "death is only the end" line is oddly comforting.

[@coreyeverett5500]

I can't believe this episode almost exclusively used Disparition's "through stone" album. I obsessed over this one in particular for a while and can recognize it in the episodes. What a treat!

[@nodnarb232001]

Through Stone is legit some of his finest work

[@nodnarb232001]

"My life, like all lives, is more a list of 'I nevers', than 'I haves'." Fuck... *Fuck.*

[@JimmyNails27]

Just when I'm ready to give up on Nightvale for being too ponderous they produce a pitch perfect episode like this one.

[@davidegaruti2582]

Yeah it changed tone a lot from afther the initial misterius night vale in which a coshack appeared and in which street cleaning day frightend us , To the mayoral run between a five headed dragon and a faceless old woman , to the more somber tone it took afther the beagle , it's been a wild ride ...

[@C0SM1CPR1NC3]

I can't believe we have to wait even longer for last episode's cliffhanger to be resolved

[@chrismeyer7696]

Time works differently in Night Vale....

[@hawk222]

The Tragedy of Lee Marvin a.k.a. Happy 30th Birthday, Lee Marvin!

[@carmentascione4802]

146 maybe my favorite episode ever

[@griffinkilday590]

This episode really chilled me. Night Vale usually does a little (duh), but this episode more than usual

[@shadowwatcher3957]

This show is just so amazing!

[@peebeejay8213]

"I love your taste in shirts!" I'm wearing a shirt that says "Come a little closer and I'll reach you about rabies" LMAO

[@barakameek]

best yet. MORE!

[@meatman2754]

this episode is sometimes the only thing keeping me alive

[@trolltoll2825]

Woohoo! New episode!

[@aquagirl555]

the ending is starting to sound like the 'pirates who never do anything song' which makes me giggle

[@marsexplosion]

narrator: every evenings disappointment is the next mornings hope me: HISS WHERE IS CECIL !!! narrator: I’m Lee Marvin- me: oh hi mr Marvin 🥰🥰☺️🥰💕💓 nvm 💕💘🥰 happy birthday 🥰☺️💕😔💓🎊

[@galladegamerletsplays]

Happy 30th, Lee!

[@JP-mg5hy]

Happy Birthday Lee Marvin!

[@aro_kc459]

To quote Tony Stark, "Part of the journey is the end".

[@secoura]

We have indeed been here before, and we will be here again...and again and again and again.

[@quillthompson7231]

Happy 30th birthday Lee Marvin!!

[@alschain7231]

This is fucking beautiful **inserts THIS ART HURT ME.gif**

[@justeundonut-moi.7979]

20:00 🎵There's a million things I haven't done !!!🎵

[@MacTechG4]

Remember, the episode “Huntokarb” explains Night Vale, what it is and how time flows, or doesn’t...

[@katkat5020]

There isn't much to see in Poland anyway, mr Marvin. But I can send you a postcard!

[@gamingvampireking1704]

All hail

[@remanjecarter2787]

*ALL HAIL*

[@orangesfortropicana4585]

All hail

[@ocernia1895]

ALL HAIL

[@sleepyselkiesiren]

*all hail*

[@hecticdmc]

ALL HAIL

[@abbydunne5363]

I was so ready for cecil then I hear this and its giving me an existential crisis. send help its too late for this.

[@sarcastixfoxdragon6166]

I totally didn't frantically rescroll when I saw the title, only to realize there was not one not two but THREE episodes titled "The Birthday Of Lee Matin". No. That wasn't me.

[@rainbowzebra361]

The music, what is happening? Where is Cecil? Doesn't the planet have something to do with Huntokar? Is Lee Marvin trapped in a time loop? Goodnight Lee Marvin, Happy Birthday. Have a Great Day :)

[@Gerokero]

💖

[@boiledprawn99]

Nice.

[@charles-rr7jn]

yo. this episode came hard.

[@FionnFisher]

"A place where money is not made, but is procured from those who deserve it less." Is this how the US government works?

[@ChatookaMusic]

I'm only further convinced that the dark planet is the afterlife. especially considering that at the end of the story about you you are said to touch it and the story ends with that, but in the story about us it is said that you died at the end.

[@rossrivera725]

- I'm not crying. - - You're crying. -

[@redrasegarden]

Wait. Didn’t we do one of these episodes? And we agreed never again?

[@Sorkabeth]

Will real closed captions be added at some point? Or are there transcripts for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing? As a Hard of Hearing person, potential new listener, I can hear some tone and inflection but not the words clearly.

[@latieraeve]

There's a tumblr that has transcripts for every episode

[@Sorkabeth]

@@latieraeve how quickly after a new one comes out do the transcripts go up? (It is *very* frustrating to have to wait a long time after hearing audiences get things for someone to remember the d/Deaf and Hard of Hearing and those with Auditory Processing challenges...)

[@jamesclark6864]

Just saw the title of episode 150. What is going on? Also, in Pioneer Days, the double exposure is why there’s two chicken-headed toddlers, instead of just one seen standing sentinel.

[@Bookdragon6660]

WHAT STORY LEE? YOU CAN'T EVEN DIE!

[@remanjecarter2787]

A story about _____

[@JustAlfy]

This is a story about you?

[@Kei-Kei]

Spit that shit Lee! 👩‍💻

[@conechiwa7]

Lucky man never had to eat kale!

[@AllTheAcethetics]

Happy 30th birthday!...again?

[@playboilarsonandlilkeeb495]

Why am I awake again?

[@kevincurran1250]

The intro is half good and half sad but we got no cecil

[@thefoolishkat]

Wait he's never been married but he was divorced? How's that possible

[@echothenardier8053]

Has anyone else gotten the sense, through this episode and the other Lee’s 30th birthday episode, that Lee is going to try ending the cycle by killing himself?

[@evilbetty9423]

I was thinking that, but what happens when Lee Marvin dies?

[@echothenardier8053]

Evil Betty That’s the thing, we don’t know what will happen, and neither does he. He might not be as certain as he seems that it will end the cycle. He could simply wake up at 5 AM again with the cycle still going. Maybe when he kills himself he causes a split in the time line he’s in, a timeline that was the result of other splits in the timeline caused by other Marvin’s doing the same. Maybe his death will lead to another apocalypse. Maybe he is unique to this universe just as Carlos may be to Night Vale Proper (no dark planet), and his death leads to the apocalypse or some catastrophic event. The possibilities are endless

[@echothenardier8053]

Wait, wasn’t there an episode where Marvin’s death was mentioned? Edit: Yeah, we were told he was dead, but then he hosted the episode that followed!

[@MySerpentine]

Oh FFS, we were just here.

[@Zhuravliov]

Am I the only one who always skips the weather?

[@Duck-de9dw]

neat

[@jacysmith5781]

This Lee Marvin was not born under a wandering star.

[@gracegogis9432]

it's too late for this

[@shaggmiester3196]

Grace G while also too early

[@carolinebulgarelli1362]

........ happy birthday....?

[@CallMeTess]

wait-

[@just_peace]

Ignore this Exit Death is only

[@lashraith2721]

Did you come here to explain death to me?