Scrolling through my list of "Tones," here, I find them to be too understated for my feelings about this piece.

Certainly, it's "Amusing" - and the humor builds upon itself. Brussell's patience in letting the story grow is outstanding. What begins as an odd little story that brings me back to my youth (perhaps misspent listening to my own "Hooked on Classics" album) becomes a great comic romp as the elements repeat themselves to great effect. I found myself frowning, then smiling, then chuckling, then laughing by the time the story ended.

This is "Unusual" in several ways. Primarily, the music played sounds amateurish at first, as an audible tape click of the "Hooked on Classics" recording cues it in without any engineered fade. This happens again, and again, until I realized that it's part of the fun. By the end, hearing the tape player click on just adds to the swirl of silliness. The tale itself is more than unusual. It's bizarre. Beautifully so... except, perhaps, for Bob.

What's "Surprising" to me is that I enjoyed this story as much as I did. I like how raw it is, and how it comes across as a stream-of-consciousness recollection. The content is pretty basic - it's right there in the title of the piece. The genius is how Brussell is able to take these absurdist elements and weave them together to make a solid piece of comedy.