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It taint misbehavin'!

My heart almost stopped during the pause between Scott asking "You gonna stay a while?" and then singing Staind-style "Stay a while!"

X-Men #94 Is when the Uncanny era started!

Agreed! So funny to launch into a scene after an improvisor expresses such a visceral distaste for the subject matter. Matt did the same thing with Jessica St. Clair and Silence of the Lambs, and it's a great comedic instinct.

An honest mistake (Bachelor Brothers, babe), but that line was from Neil Campbell.

Is Netflix still minimizing the window when the end credits start? Are pictures of missing kids still on milk cartons? Did they ever figure out how they cram all that graham into Golden Grahams, definitively? Earwolf, hit me up when you google this shit for me.

@be easy on me, Have you listened to Low-Hanging Fruit? James' character work on CBB and other podcasts and appearances (including his album, which is why I mentioned it) is so insanely diverse and fun (and readily available) that I can't believe I even need to mention characters such as Huell Howser, Jesse Ventura, Gary Busey, Christopher Hitchens, Walt Whitman, Vincent Price, George W. Bush, Todd Glass, etc etc etc. These do not rely on any gross-out, shouty, 'shock-jock' behavior (which is an applied term I personally do not even agree using as a descriptor outside of Leykis). The track 'Gay Villains' features not only Price and the Sheriff of Nottingham, but a bevy of characters ranging from Frank Gorshen's Riddler to Ursula the Sea Witch to the Jungle Book's Kaa the Python. The man is a caricature machine. One could make an argument that maybe James should hold off on being 'gross' characters on CBB ('fevered egos' is a more accurate descriptor for the people James portrays), but that's entirely subjective to one's own tastes. But to argue Adomian is an obnoxious, shock value one-trick pony? That is patently false.

Great selection! Loved all of these scenes the first time around. That Atlantis sketch tickled me so much that I've re-listened to it at least ten times, and the song is great! What I love about Best Ofs is that they remind me of other sketches I love, and now I'm going to go back and listen to the NASA/Real Doll sketch.

Also, Seth must really know some things about canning and craft hobbies. Between this ep and the last one with his astronaut's wife character, one could make a pretty solid case.

THE SWEATY ZEPHYR IS AN AMAZING NAME FOR A TRAIN

Sweet! Next Time on Lonny is so funny! I'm happy to see CBB introducing it to the listeners! The second season is so bonkers. So many comedians getting in there and mixing it up; Lonnie's star is definitely rising. I'm about to listen, so in case they don't mention it, Alex Anfanger (Lonnie) has some face time as one of Adam Scott's cronies The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.

OH my! Rory is a great Todd guest. I love his cat character, and he is indeed sillier than Todd, which is amazing because Rory will blindside Todd during the bits.

I can second Henry Phillips' appearances. I tried to keep up with Todd's show, but they are very long episodes and I have so many subscriptions that they would start piling up in my podcast queue and give me anxiety. So now I check in every month or so to see who has guested, then download at my leisure. Regarding the recognizable, guaranteed good time guests (Kirkman, Adomian, PFT, etc) vs other lesser-known but definitely talented guests, the chances of missing a Henry Phillips are high if you're not regularly listening. I won't recognize certain names and skip the episodes. But when I was cold-listening to the show as a subscriber, sometimes there would be insane nuggets of comedic gold in there that would have otherwise never been heard. It's bitter fruit, knowing such hilarity awaits but not having the time to dedicate to a 2-3.5 hour podcast. OH! Danny Lobell's appearances are also very funny.

WAH?! Oh my god! I can't wait to listen to this!~

My point was she is ACTUALLY young, and even the smartest 20 year-olds are relatively inexperienced. The fact that you consider this behavior routine/shtick is what I am addressing. You don't get why people 'like' this 'shtick'; this comic 'routine.' Routine is a manner in which someone deals with something, like, say, every so often, someone older than you can't believe you've never heard of something that they consider common knowledge. You may have a fine-tuned response to that, sharpened from previous conversations of the same nature, and so you break the faux-tension with the 'routine,'-- the comedic response-- and then the conversation continues. Conversation is not a 'routine'. She's not trying to fool anyone, like she does know what everything is but plays dumb. THAT would be a routine. I have no opinion of Shelby's stand-up. I've not seen enough of it. The fact that you find it mediocre is not surprising. She's been doing it for probably two to three years, and you don't seem to like her anyway. My point was, again, that if you're looking for SHTICK— a comedic routine— then that is stand-up. Conversations by their nature are not shtick or routine unless the participants are not being authentic. EDIT: Regarding Nubile Agape specifically, the first segment with Shelby and Kulap consisted of a few moments wherein Scott poked fun at her for her lack of knowledge when it comes to SAG and the WGA (you know, those things that everybody knows everything about). The other moment worthy of mention was the brief aside when Shelby was not sure she used 'nubile' correctly. By the time Aaron Neville shows up, Scott has already made it a running joke to make fun of Shelby for her age, which he and Aaron do continuously, and THAT is shtick, i.e. running 'bits.'

Less a routine and more she is actually very young and may not have known what certain things are yet, which led to great ribbing by Scott & Co, who were more than glad to take hilarious potshots at Shelby's knowledge gaps despite her youthful successes. Google her stand up if you're looking for her actual routines.

I'm an hour into this ep and I JUST got that Barzelona Marriott is a play on Perez Hilton. Geeeeez lol

"OH GOD" —Me, as soon as Scott said 'Barzelona Marriott' in the intro

My word, I can't believe that was already so many episodes ago!

Of course this great episode warrants a re-listen of the first St. Clair/Parham/Mantzoukas episode. "THERE AIN'T NO FISH AT THE PHISH SHOW!"

Jessica's fear of scary things and the resulting scene really hit home for me. As a child I had horror movie baseball cards with all sorts of scary movie mainstays on them, but I never watched any of the films (and of course my parents would not let me) until I finally decided to in my mid-20's and watched Nightmare on Elm Street and Texas Chainsaw Massacre. I still have never seen any Friday the 13th films, Halloween, Child's Play, Hellraiser, etc etc. I was so scared of scary things that I didn't really enjoy the Simpsons Tree House of Horror episodes, and there was a Halloween-inspired episode of Chris Elliot's Get A Life where his home is haunted, and a face appears in the wall and bellows scary lines and I COULD. NOT. HANDLE IT. There was also that SNICK show Are You Afraid of the Dark? and I could not watch it because the answer to that question was YES YES I AM VERY AFRAID OF THE DARK. OH! And Silence of the Lambs! I've still never seen that whole movie. I've seen all of the Buffalo Bill stuff (Great big fat person, yippie dog, gets the hose, tucking his goods between his legs etc), Lector's escape with the aforementioned elevator, and the night vision goggles ending, and that's it. I really enjoyed this discussion of Jessica's fears and the way she is obsessed with them by having her friends describe the plots of these things to her. The scene that came out of it really gripped me, because at times it felt like Jessica was being a completely game improvisor playing a character, but then would start getting very upset with the scene as everyone else danced around her real fears. It was SUPER-compelling to listen to for this reason.

Loved this episode. Love Parham, St. Clair and of course the Zouks. Quick question to anyone who may know the answer: When Jason says he knows where the scene is going with the teen runaway Kool-Aid man and the hobos, was he saying that it was leading to some sort of scene from a tv show or film and that he was getting the reference? If that is the case, does anyone know what they were referencing?

Oh shoot, guys, I haven't read through the thread to see if it's been mentioned and time stamped, but does anyone know what episode it's on where they listen to the clip from Radiolab explaining what improv is, and then they do that scene about speaking French at a party and all that, and if you do know, is it on one of the episodes within the Best Of parameters?

I don't know what you guys expected Scott & Scott to say on the matter of Woody Allen outside of them joking to get him on the show to ask him if he likes U2 and whether or not he molested Dylan. They acknowledge it right there. Outside of that context, Woody Allen pretty much exists as a character— one from numerous comedic films that whether we like it or not are ingrained in our comedic culture— for Scott and a million other comedians to do an impression of while injecting him into whatever scene they want, like Entourage. I'm not saying there is not meaningful discussion to be had about that controversy. There is. We're not going to find a direct address of it on U Talkin' U2 to Me?, and personally I prefer it that way because Woody Allen's whole situation is depressing, and has been for a while.

That last line was the perfect capper to this great episode.