CO2ISFUNNY | Some Stuff Weekly 01.15.2026

NATIONAL QUITTER'S DAY...

Came and went on Jan. 10. That is the day most people abandon their resolutions. Not me! I set the bar so low, I will be crushing 2026. For example, even though I have not yet read a book, I have LOOKED at a ton of books, and it is just a matter of time. That is the optimism we can all use a bit more of!

Here is some stuff I like and hope you like too...

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NFL DIVISIONAL WEEKEND

When I was a young whippersnapper--footloose and fancy free and ready to take on this hard and crusty old world-- I would often stop and think to myself WWMSD. That, of course, is What Would Michael Stipe Do? Turns out he would just do something that art school kids who turn millionaire rock stars do in their limited view of the world-- fly to Paris or Milan and write poetry he can turn into a hit song later. I say all that to say REM were terrible role models, but the soundtrack of my life they created still resonates. Here is a link to a fittingly lesser-known song We All Go Back To Where We Belong. Seems thematic for this week's games and Some Stuff Weekly!

Let's get to the picks!

  • SAT | BILLS @ BRONCOS | PICK: BILLS

    • This is not the year I would mess with Josh Allen. His wife was in True Grit for Pete's sake... and even though it was the inferior Coen Brothers remake, it was still pretty good. And that is something Josh seems to have a lot of--grit. Also, a food I still enjoy at breakfast with a bit of cheese and tobasco. Get yourself a bowl of spicy hominy and watch the Bills stampede over the Broncos.

  • SAT | 49ERS @ SEAHAWKS | PICK: 49ERS

    • For literally the 112th game in a row, the 49ers prove their team doesn't even need ACLs. That's how good they are. You could pluck their waterboys off the sidelines, add in a ticket taker and a parking lot attendant, and they will still pick off Sam Doh-nuld 8 times and crush the Seahawks' dreams. Brock Purdy still looks like a fresh-faced youngster who just mowed his neighbor's lawn. The world is better for it. 49ers win 78-1.

  • SUN | TEXANS @ PATRIOTS | PICK: TEXANS

    • CJ Stroud drops the ball a record 11 times, but it is enough to get past the Patriots. How, you ask? Simple. Tom Brady cheats. He tries to ruin the growing legend of Drake Maye with an Over-Inflate-Gate. He pumps up all the footballs to an astonishing 41 pounds, making them very difficult to throw. No pass goes further than 3 yards, and the Texans just look like they bench press more. If you wanna see a Patriot, go watch Hamilton. Davy Crockett and the Texans have other plans.

  • SUN | RAMS @ BEARS | PICK: RAMS

    • Finally--the last time I have to hear about anything Chicago-related until October, when the Cubs will lose in the baseball playoffs. When has a city ever had more excuses for not winning??? It's a cow, I mean a goat, I mean Bartman, blah blah blah. It's really just the fact that it is never warmer than 6 below and the sun literally never shines. In my head, I imagine former Soviet blocs of Eastern Europe were balmier. Get excited for a watered-down Lollapalooza, Chicago, because you will not be going to the Super Bowl. Stafford and the Rams win BIG!!!

THE BALLAD OF STATION WAGON

I saw my good buddy Dave Lake became a Some Stuff Weekly follower this week, which reminded me of all of the great times we used to have rocking across the country with our amazing band Station Wagon. So this nugget is for Dave...

If you happened to live in the incredibly small geographic footprint of Lawrence, KS/Kansas City in the middle part of the 90's, then you undoubtedly remember all of the college rocking, girlfriend swoonin', emo emotin' tunes that became the songs you marked time by. If you lived anywhere else in America, as most people do, then...you have no idea who we were. Your loss is all I can say! In only a handful of years, we did it all-- with songs about Anne Boleyn, The Bionic Woman, and even predicting the death of Jimmy Stewart a few years early (life was harder before the Internet!!!), America will never know all of the great songs it missed out on. Or the amazing friendships it formed.

Because Spotify is a Swedish company, and the Swedes have notoriously questionable musical taste, they have no idea if we were good or not, so they allowed us on (or at least couldn't legally prevent us from being on) their platform.

Check out all the Spotify hotness that was Grant, Ryan, Dave & Chris in 1994.

THE SHOW I AM WATCHING

The Thin Man

In what could easily be the greatest franchise of all-time, William Powell and the ridiculously funny Myrna Loy are a husband and wife duo drinking and detective-ing their way around Manhattan. They have never met a martini they didn't like, nor a case they couldn't solve. This is the first of six movies all based on the books by Dashiell Hammett, and while all are good, this one really shines.

Myrna Loy's career spanned 129 movies from 1925 to 1982, and she was always at her best when she was deviously funny.

FUN FACT: William Powell was engaged to Jean Harlow, who died tragically young in 1937, and even now, an empty crypt is next to her at Forest Lawn that was reserved for him, although he later chose to be buried in Cathedral City.

CLIP OF THE WEEK

OK, not sure this is the kind of humor America needs right now, but I thought this was a funny set and timely... Sorry for the audio not being great. THIS ONE IS NOT PG FOR FAIR WARNING...

CLICK THE IMAGE FOR THE VIDEO.

As always, you can check out my clips on the site (co2isfunny.com) or YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@co2isfunny).

COMEDIAN TO KNOW: KEITH GRABER

My very first night in Los Angeles, I went to see a friend in a show called Fudge Factor. Little did I know how it would change my life. On that night, I met the folks who would steer me into the standup comedy world, and I also met the brains behind the entire operation, Keith Graber. Over the last few years, I have been lucky enough to perform with Keith on tons of shows, and I can honestly say he is one of the funniest people I have ever met. He is a true Philadelphian, which put us immediately at odds. But we have worked through all that, and now I cannot only tolerate him, but I can appreciate his brilliant insights. I don't know anyone who does a stream of consciousness angry rant better! Check him out HERE!

He also does a TON of shows with the very lovely, very funny, very incredible Jessica Winther. 😍😍😍

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See you next week!