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    This podcast was done in the "lab room" at The Improv for some pre-fest shows for LAPodfest. There was barely anyone in the small room, and I think for many of them they might have been watching improv for the first time. They actually were pretty cool considering the environment. Also the audiences aren't really mic-ed that well on shows outside the UCB.

    That being said i4h is looking to tour more in 2016 to support some upcoming projects!

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    Mr. Too Much Moxie, you need to skip on to the Master Blaster runs Barter Town episode.

    Also, Case waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay Closed!

    I have a statute of limitations on how far back in the archives you can lecture me. 2013?!

    I will only be scolded on issues brought up in 2015. Maybe you should also skip to the SKM eps.

    That being said we record tomorrow (aug 5) if you'd like to take me to task on the air and give me a good talking to. We can also talk about the first season of Game of Thrones if you've caught up.

     

    Hey everybody, have you weighed in on the next Best Of ep?

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    First of all thanks for sticking with Case Closed. I've strongly disagreed with your positions on the last couple but I agree that it's great to have these kinds of discussions on a comedy podcast. And thanks to everyone who called in, even souprman.

     

    I think you're asking the impossible if you want us to stop debating the Cased Closed issues in the forum, though. Because they're these complicated, thorny issues, there's just no way to cover every angle in a single episode. And a lot of us do wish we could call in but aren't able to for scheduling reasons (happened to me twice) or stage fright or whatever reason. It seems like the more realistic (and more or less already followed) rule is that the debate doesn't carry over into subsequent episode threads. That way those of us who can't call in or feel like something wasn't covered that should have been get to say our piece and feel like we've contributed to the discussion.

     

    Long live Del! Can't wait to hear the DCM episode.

     

    I guess I feel the discussion comes on the forum before the Case Closed. Isn't everyone here just repeating the same argument they made two weeks ago but being nastier about it? Criticizing fellow forum members seems especially unfair.

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    Wow. I'm in NYC for the Del Close Marathon. (improv4humans live tomorrow, Saturday 1-5pm, at UCBeast) so I haven't read this til now. Even now I can't read all these long posts but I'm surprised at such negative reaction to this. I thought we had a pretty civil discussion with four people. And we are just people with opinions, not politicians representing public policy. I think it takes a certain amount of guts to come on the show so i thank kate, soup, and wax for that. To criticize them seems ridiculous. Think of the glass half full. How many shows have this kind of discussion opportunities with fans? There are so many podcasts where nothing of societal importance is ever discussed. Be proud that we are all actively involved in these kind of debates. It's not done enough. But do we have to get mean on this forum?Aren't we all on the same team? We all know that the real enemy is the part of the comedy industry that creates things like Entourage. If you are disappointed in me, well, that disappoints me. I hate to think that Case Closed makes the show lose any fans. I think spirited debate is entertaining. I honestly don't care about the SKM issue that much and I could easily debate the other side of the issue. I find it fun taking a challenging stance on an issue, and I think it can be inspiring for good comedy. I know a lot of people hate it, so I'm pretty sure we've only done CC once in 2015. And I try to do extra long show when we do it. So I'm sorry I disappoint you but after all, I am only humon.

    I also kind of wish the spirit of the forum after a Case Closed would be that since everybody is invited into the Thunderdome, then once the Case is Closed then the Case is Closed. It's like a gentlemen's (or gentlewoman's!) agreement. Otherwise it seems things always get nasty.

    Long live Del!

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    Help me build a sample running order for i4h show based on successful examples of each kind of segment we do. So what are some great Crap On Youtube we've done. What was the best What's Bothering You? Please list show # and time if you happen to know it.

     

    I'll use this to pitch so that the "buyer" can link to an example scene for each kind of segment we do.

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    Damn, yet another amazing episode. The book sketch reminded me of something I meant to ask Matt awhile ago. If I'm remembering correctly Matt you said in a previous episode (maybe in an audible ad?) that you're really into post-apocalyptic fiction. It's probably my favorite genre as well so I was wondering if you have any recommendations for post-apocalyptic books I might have missed. Here's some of my favorites:

     

    - A Canticle For Liebowitz (this list isn't ranked but this is the best, hands down)

    - Alas, Babylon

    - The Passage / The Twelve

    - On The Beach

    - I Am Legend

    - The Drowned World

    - The Stand

    - The Postman

    - Swan Song

    - The World Without Us (non fiction)

    - The Road

    - WOOL series

    - The Dog Stars

    - The Handmaid's Tale

    - The Earth Abides

    - Day Of The Triffids

    - Eternity Road

     

    I'd love to hear about any others that are worth my time. Cheers.

     

    Canticle is definitely top 5.

    WOOL will hopefully be a movie some day soon.

    I've read all your list except The 12. I haven't heard of it. Will have to look it up.

    I hate the Road.

     

     

    Margaret Atwood's recent trilogy starting with Oryx & Crake is top of the genre. Would make a great tv show!

     

    Here are some other classics...

    Farnham's Freehold

    Damnation Alley

    The Afterblight Chronicles

    Mockingbird

    Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang

    On Wings of Song

    Emprise

    Dome

    Greybeard

    Aftermath

    The Late Great Planet Earth

    Riddley Walker

    Lucifer's Hammer

    Z for Zachariah

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    Wolf & Iron

    Make Room, Make Room

    In the Drift

    Plague Year

    Dayworld

    The Pesthouse

    *some of these are maybe more dystopian than PA but those two genres often intersect

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  17. Posted

    Okay how about this...we keep Case Closed but always make sure it is 1) at the end of an episode 2) there has already been at least 1 hour of show 3) robot warning is given for CC haters. 4) Won't do CC more than once a month if that

     

    What I'd like is humons to know that 1) CC will never be fair like a Presidential debate because Master Blaster runs barter town 2) Matty B is humon too. If you prick me I bleed. So please if I'm going to hang out here don't just jerk my chain to jerk my chain. Let's have the CC's occur organically.

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    First off, thank you for coming to see me in Vancouver. I was sincerely surprised the show had that many fans there. A truly beautiful city.

     

    I just went to see Matt Besser in Vancouver do I4H last weekend. And to the great outrage of my girlfriend, during the Q&A portion Matt said how it's okay to say the N-word and then proceeded to say it. It completely ruined the night for her, and so I can see how Case Closed could put people off of the show. Which is to say that I guess I'm leaning more towards putting Case Closed in a bonus episode.

     

    In the context of a discussion about a word I can't use the word? Then why wasn't she outraged that I also used the words "cunt" "faggot" and "retard" in the same discussion? I'd love for someone to make me a list of the words that can never get said and possibly rank them. I'm not even kidding. I've always been facinated by this concept that some words can't be uttered in any context. In this case the lecture hall on a college campus where just such discussions were meant to be had.

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    Once again this isn't a political talk show. We can't pre interview everyone for the show to measure their "qualifications". I'm not anymore qualified on a topic than who I am debating. I always just allow whomever shows up to do it. Case Closed will never be fair. Master Blaster rules barter town and that's it.

     

    Brett and I want to know why can't the people who don't like Case Closed just end the show at the robot's warning? I don't get mad at my pizza because I don't like pizza crust.

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    I have not and will not read your long posts. This is not a politcal talk show. I am not a pundit, nor a politician. I like that we are regular joes giving our opinions and that leads to improv. We have Case Closed to give listeners a chance to give their opinion. We invited multiple people from this forum and only one guy showed up. But if you're going to go with the spirit of the show, when the case is closed, the case is closed. You can go ahead and express your freedom of speech, but opening closed case is not humon. So don't bully me...

    Please try using the Your Best Story thread to express your opinion on a societal problem which is have not pissed you off on yet.

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  25. Posted

    Listening to this episode right now, I wish that Matt got one of the guys defending Monica Lewinski in the last thread rather than some random guy on Twitter. This dude is making terrible arguments, he can barely state his point. This is not a fair representation of the argument why Monica Lewinski does not deserve the criticism she has received.

     

    This has been a reoccurring problem with Case Closed. Some random person is plucked from Twitter then they come on the air and it turns out that they can't defend their point to save their lives.

    The people in the other thread were making much better arguments! Matt, can you bring someone onto case closed that actually knows what they are talking about??

    Thomas invited everyone on this forum who had a strong opinion to join the Case Closed. I even told him to have mutiple callers on at the same time if need be. Only this guy showed up.

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