Episode 448: Alcatraz Part I - Bird Is the Word
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The Fucking Birds of Stroud
Stroud didn't understand basic scientific or medical facts and everything was colored by the fact that the birds were almost drowning in their own excrement. He confused decomposition with the effects of the disease he was studying, but still presented everything as fact. Stroud had all the insight of a medieval doctor performing medicine based on anecdotal evidence and his own feelings. "I wonder if birds could all communicate to each other where they're like, oh God, where are you going? Are you going to Stroud's cell?" says writer-director Judd Apatow.
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