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The case is closed but please don't think I have no empathy. I brought up hikers to try to show a sliding scale of empathy. Those reporters were doing their job like a fireman who dies in a fire. I have empathy for them for sure. A hiker carelessly hiking and putting others in danger gets less of my empathy.

I'm not going to continue this debate here but you are all welcome to Case Closed. Here are my criticisms/opinions that you can debate: 1. ML has repeatedly tried to parlay the Clinton affair into a career for heself. 2. I don't believe that she is a completely innocent victim who is above public criticism. She doesn't deserve slut-shaming but I believe she knowlingly slept with a married man; knowingly did something that could jeopardize the presidency; and she is a fame-monger. I also think she is a phony and a liar. (like all politicians pretty much) 3. Using her age as an excuse isn't an excuse. 4. She wanted to keep the blue dress to prove to the world that she had slept with Clinton. 5. Ultimately she is a bad choice to be the spokesperson for cyberbullying. * And just because I don't want Valerie to go to bed angry...when this all went down I was angry with Clinton too. Because he cheated on his wife who I love and also I believe the incident helped usher in the Bush era. But I think Clinton has regreted the incident and tried to leave it behind whereas I believe ML loves that it all happened as much as she says the opposite.

Check your timeline. The moment she decided to keep that cum stained dress is the moment she decided she wanted everyone to know she had an affair with Clinton. SNL, etc. just further proved she loves the limelight. If she was so hurt then why stay in the spotlight. Dont tell me being on SNL is a big payday. It's just fame.

Actually she did ask to become a household name by going on SNL, by hosting a reality dating show, Jenny Craig. She clearly loved being famous and she had nothing to be famous for but being an adulteress and saving a cum stained dress. If she had stepped out of the public eye then she wouldn't had gotten as much "bullying". Not all criticism is bullying. She is not beyond criticism. I was never mad at her for telling on Clinton or blowing him. I never thought "That whore!" She's not a slut whore she's a fame whore. I'm not just an Arkansan, my family is friends with the Clintons. So where is my empathy? With Hillary.

I just read her speech. It is shameful. Cabin in the woods is too good for her. She needs to go to an igloo. You have been invited to Case Closed!

No details. But since Podmass stopped reviewing the same podcasts every week, some fans picked up the reigns and write weekly recaps in the comment section. Thought that would be really helpful in terms of the Best Of shows for i4h.

I know humonity should be focused on ebola and ISIS but this is some serious shit.

Wow, when did this come out? That's a very specific concept.

I was already knew the word wonk. I was trying to remember the word wump when I was saying womp. Actually as was pointed out to me by a humon on twitter today I was trying to remember the term "mug wump": a texas term meaning one who sits on a fence (ie his mug is on one side of the fence and his wump in on the other). So "mug wump" is a joke playing off the Civil War term "mugwump".

In regards to bands...I can understand the criticisms of why bands give the show a different pace but I'm okay with that every once in a while. In regards to analyzing lyrics...yes I like to talk about them too but that seems to lengthen the time between scenes even more so if a lyric is really sticking out I guess we feel it is fair game to start a scene. In regards to me being a pretentious asshole. I was obviously kidding about other hosts being phonies. As far as short form goes I fucking hate it. What can I say? That's my opinion. I've expressed it. And yeah my anger is kind of a character. I'm not really as mad about some of these topics as I portray in the podcast. I'm amping it up for the performance and for the sake of inspiring a source for the improv. If you think it's tired, then yes I guess you are tired of me. Who am I not responding to on Case Closed? You lost me there.

Samuel French, The Last Bookstore, Skylight Books, and Wacko SoapPlant, but yes the theater would be best place to buy. Thanks for asking.

A long form has nothing to do with how long it is. A long form could be one minute long. Our nine minute setup wasn't setting up the rules of what we were going to do. We were having conversation which is supposedly entertaining in itself. How much of Whose Line do you really think they are making up on the spot? Most of the games are meant to feed into the bag of tricks that the producers know the performers to have in their back pockets. I'm not just shilling for my book but if you really want to know what my feelings on this are then it is all in the book. Right now I feel like I'm trying to convince someone that cotton candy isn't a food while they are in the middle of having fun at the circus.

Sorry Talalaban, I say this with peace & love, peace & love, but you are wrong. There is no way someone could read our book and think you use the same tecniques to do short form and long form.

part 2 was two shows put together.

A humon on twitter made the perfect analogy that I was searching to make during the podcast. Short form is to improv what karoke is to music. Sometime you'll see someone do karaoke and they kick ass and actually give you goose bumps. You are entertained and they are fulfilled as well. But how do you compare somebody covering a song in karaoke to someone performing thier own song with a band? If I consistantly kicked ass at karaoke I think I'd want to try out fronting a band eventually. Portland, I think you should do whatever makes you happy but I bet you'd get more satisfaction in every way doing a long form over a short form. I'd rather bomb at long form than suceed at short form. Climb the mountian not the rock wall because the journey is more,,,wait for it...pure. To me one of the true tests of comedy is how does it hold up the next day. Can you recount the way a short form scene went? Rarely. A good long form scene is as good as a good sketch because it is one. Have you guys worked with our book? Try a form like The Movie! That's the most fun I've ever had doing long form and it has the perfect audience pleasing format.

I'm glad you feel that way. Yes, we do run a school and just wrote a book about improv so I do have more opinions about improv than just about anything. Seems weird that I would not share that with my audience. I never named those guys or made it about them. Fact is I really don't think that short form is the same discipline at all. I never said anything about "purity" since I don't believe them to be the same. If I were to consider them the same discipline then of course long form is more pure. Short form provides each game with its own bells and whistles before the scene even starts. If you want to argue that then you are invited to Case Closed.

I'm just being honest about a sentiment that is pretty universal about short form to long formers. I admited that I am bitter and envious of their success. I literally went to a pitch this week where the tv executive wanted i4h to be more like Whose Line. That affects my life and makes me bitter. And even besides that I find the set ups of short form to be ridiculous and worth making fun of. Actually I felt like I was holding back. I didn't even mention what's going on the show RIot. I could go on for hours about Wayne Brady. I also think Carrot Top is worth making fun of and he is not indicative of "today's comics".

I would have no problem with German U-Boat. I don't have a problem with most nouns besides foods. It's when they say an obscure SAT type word like "percutaneous". Seems like more an effort to stump us than inspire us. If I had someone on from Whose Line, what is the topic supposed to be without me insulting them? I don't have anything against those guys but I just hate a million things about short form. The biggest being how it negatively effects my long form pitches to tv networks. I think it's good for college kids learning to be on stage and do "comedy" for the first time, but after that it's time to move on if you want to be a real comedian. To me it's no different than watching someone play pictionairy. Didn't I cover my (bitter) hatred of short form on one of the Ask the UCB episodes?

I'm sorry I said that. It was very howard stern show of me.

I assume you're calling my character a jerk? I would never say something rude like that. #blessed

Sorry we have not found a good way to do this yet. We're looking for a foreign distributor now.

Cool, give me some links. I'm always looking for new music. If they live in LA all the better.

Sorry I did assume it was same person. But I took your "support real music" seriously. I guess I think the guys I've had on the show represent the most righteous way to navigate the music industry. You can't get more real.

So those are the labels your friends are on? Drag the River isn't punk? I just searched for Hardly Art music on youtube. The first two songs that come up are by Deep Time and Hunx. Never been a fan of really simple Ramones knock-offs. On Sacred Bones records first video that came up was by Folkazoid which sounded like wispey goth bullshit. DTR makes these bands look like weepy babies. The Men on Sacred Bones I did like but honestly they sound like a poor man's Hallelujah the Hills. Please give me a more specific example of good music before you insult the my taste and my friends.

Armen deserved a spanking on this show to be sure, but please know that the guy is a hilarious comedian. He has one thing that it takes most comedians years to develop and that is his brand. He knows what makes him funny and where to fit in a comedy. Please enjoy his work in our series Inside the Master Class. http://www.ucbcomedy.com/media/46