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Thank goodness I Love Films returned! Thank you, Scott and Scott. I'm glad that I've made it 40 minutes into this episode and so far you've barely managed to mention the title of the album. Finally a music podcast done right!

Scott's usual air of bewildered wonder made it difficult to gauge his sincerity discussing U2. As I am indifferent (at best) toward the band, it usually seemed like Scott was sarcastically talking about how awesome they were. And it felt like Adam was playing along in his dry way. I know at some points they were legitimately excited to be listening, but I felt like their viewpoint was far from that of a fawning fanboy. It was fun to listen to the two of them goof around and be nutty, basically I put up with the U2 discussion just to hear that. It's hard to hear Scott away from CBB so I'll take what I can get.

Matt's a great guest on this live episode of Doug Benson's podcast. Matt kills it, really, with some of the best jokes of the episode. Maybe I'm biased but I felt he got way more than his share of the big laughs. There's some great Besser friction as well with some of the other guests. Well worth a listen, fellow i4h fans!

Great episode. Two things nobody has remarked on that I found particularly hilarious. First, Matt giving Lauren crap about "spotting" someone doing sit-ups. I love it when Matt does this, focuses on an unimportant detail. Second, the amazing call-back when (sorry I can't remember her name) did the man character and Lauren (?) said "Oh I thought you were a confident woman." That was so unexpected and hilarious. That's all, Great episode!

I was looking at the photos, and it appears that Matt has a 5-shot drink in front of him. 5 shots?!? I live in Portland and love my coffee, but I don't know that I've ever gone past 4. You've found a way to be even more my hero, Matt!

This was great. So much fun in this episode. I just want to mention how much I enjoyed Betsy Sodaro's poem, it caught me off guard with how hilarious it was. I also liked how PFT had a whole new character ready to go (well, mostly ready) which I did not expect. Plus other things but I'll stop listing them, we all heard it.

Off to a good start with that subtle "flipping through a vagina" callback. I'm only five minutes in and I feel like this is going to be epic. Doug is hilarious on CBB and Matt is always ridiculous so why am I writing and not listening?

I used to tell people, when they asked what episodes of I4H to start with, that they should listen to any of them except for the live ones which are a little weak. In the last few months tho, the live episodes have been amazing and this one is another of them. Great guests, hilarious improv, but what else should I expect?

I didn't have time to listen to the whole thing, but I did get far enough to hear the exciting return of Teach. Punch out, Teach.

I was also glad to hear My Wife. For those looking for more Scotty A and Pauly FT saying "my wife" they really should check out the newest Dead Author's Podcast where, as mentioned in this very episode, Scott plays the author of 'A Christmas Carol' and finds a way to work in a "my wife" or two. Great cross-podcast comedy there.

Not only is there Sean Conroy and Billy Merrit, but Paul Rust? AND a new Case Closed? AND AND that crazy surprisingly reasonable guy from the trumpet video? Why, why, WHY did I have plans last Thursday when this was on VPN? New no-no, if you're going to have an awesome cast on a live VPN episode I'm unable to watch, then you have to put together a super fun segment with some crazy guy from the internet. That's right, put together a good show for a live taping, and make it even better with well-planned production values. New no-no! The greatest podcast in the universe is still the greatest podcast in the universe.

Loved the callback to the Simpson's "I regret nothing!" guy. I think of him often as well.

Wow. I thought this was going to be like a new season of the Earwolf Challenge, but hosted by Andy Daly. Now that I've heard the clip, I can't believe that it is going to be like a million times better. Also, it makes perfect sense that Andy is concerned whether or not some of the contributors are alive. We'll have to wait and see. In fact, it sounds so awesome I'm surprised that Jeff Ullrich hasn't cancelled it already.

I love the new merch, need to order a few more things. It's great to support the network without actually, you know, donating.

Kyle's new Teach character is awesome. The rest of the show was good too, great guest, lots of fun, but the bit with Teach and Li'l Tig smoking and "learnin" really cracked me up.

Love the little skit at the end there, just them hanging out and eating cheesy fries.

Thanks so much for pointing out the Breaking Bad spoilers. I love the alternate ending to Forrest Gump. Hilarious. The Coen Brothers still do really solid endings for their movies. 'A Serious Man' has a great abrupt ending. Burn After Reading's ending is also amazing, in that it wraps up that nothing really happened throughout the movie. I guess that's what happens when you're able to make small movies that nobody really sees but still are critical favorites. Great podcast by the way, not sure if I've ever mentioned it but I love it!

Tom's description of the live song sounding like each band member was on a separate stage, unable to hear one another, and just guessing what song they are all playing... that was the best way I can think of to describe why I don't like Phish. This podcast is great because I love how earnest Harris is and how he appreciates how bad the music sounds almost as quickly as the guest. Great episode. Can't wait for the concert episode, and I'd love to hear some Besser and Mantzoukas on here. Might be a little tough since the real charm of the podcast is people trashing the terrible music, but I'm pretty sure they can mock it and love it at the same time.

I'm really liking the way they've played with their B-story arcs. Whether it's bookending the show (like with the dolls, or the madhouse in the season premier) or the zany ongoing stories (the vampire, or Tim Meadow's narration, Cop Swap, etc) they have done some amazing and creative things. I loved Season One but Season Two makes it look like a pile of garbage being fought over by hobos in the alleyway outside of the old Franklin Ave studio. Can't wait for season three!

I'm thinking of taking a standup class at ComedySportz. They offer Improv classes as well. http://www.portlandcomedy.com/workshops/index.html The Brody Theater downtown offers classes too. http://www.brodytheater.com/classes.html I've never actually been to either. I chose ComedySportz for my classes because of the scheduling, and it's pretty close to my work. Best of luck! Let us know how it goes.

My heart wants to like "and scene" but my mind tells me that the fast cut to music, and then a fast cut to them talking about the next thing is just more effective. Much like the battles over potato chips and personal relationships, my heart loses again!

I just want to say I emailed a bit with Thomas and he's a cool guy. So you know, nice to give a shoutout to him in this thread. Also enjoyed your quick thinking in the episode. You're pretty cool for an intern that isn't 17 years old, or hanging out by the pool talking to hotties.

I have the dog/head shirt and didn't mind wearing it until like the fourth stranger asked if it was a picture of me on it. Now I feel like most people see some weirdo walking around with a picture of himself on his shirt so there goes that. As for sexy robots, I won't commit to whether I would or would not have sex with the I4H robot given the chance, I don't see myself wearing the shirt that shows my hand in that category. Just call me modest.

I'd say the main story of this thread is how great an episode it was. I agree. The B story seems to be a lot of plugs for I4H. Which is nice 'cause it's the best podcast in the universe. My favorite tho is the C story of this thread: being nostalgic. A perfect excuse for me to throw in a mention of Plane Breaks. I miss Plane Breaks.

Also on a re-listen. I am looking in the Earwolf store for the Comedy Death Ray Tooth-gernail. When will this item finally become available?