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Personally I always saw the font as not racist in the sense of being inherently racist, so much that using it with anything Asian automatically implies the most racist interpretation possible. So something that's borderline like "Fry Rice" becomes incredibly racist when you use that font.

Well, you're not required to choose a deity in version 2, unless I'm mistaken. So it might just be another of the many version 4 oversights. I don't see this as Sark "saving them for plot purposes" necessarily. It's a special situation involving Sir Richard, that makes sense within the narrative. I'm sure that if any of the characters had died before Sir RIchard, he (or she!) would be dead for good. I'm sure there is still a good chance of one or more of them dying next week.

Well, I said that I would be surprised if this wasn't Farts & Pro, but I am surprised. For multiple reasons. Not a bad surprise, mind you. This episode definitely looks interesting. I like that Scott is taking the show in new directions.

I don't know if the vagina deteriorates over time, but I know the taint doesn't because I listened to Kristen's performance of the Taint Monologues (well, Monologue).

I don't really remember that much specific comics' influences off the top of my head, and I wouldn't even know how to look it up. I know I've heard comics talk about Murphy, Cosby, Foxx, and Rock being great comedians on many occasions. Jon Daly's Cosby impression may sound like he's just trashing the guy, but he clearly knows Bill Cosby's routines very well so I imagine he must have listened to a lot of Bill Cosby as a kid. Like I said, I think the Comedy Central top 100 comedians list speaks volumes. I was actually surprised that black comedians scored as high as they did, in fact. I think it's safe to say that any comedian who placed in the Comedy Central list would have to have a lot of white admirers, especially the ones in the top 10. I do think there is a lot to be made fun of in the Def Comedy Jam scene, just like any other scene. I enjoyed the specificity and attention to detail in the one I mentioned earlier, but I will concede that it would have been less problematic coming from a black comic. That would make it more likely people assume he is making fun of a certain segment of the black comedy scene, rather than the black comedy scene overall. On a related note, how do you feel about white comics doing impressions of specific black people? For the sake of this discussion, let's assume they aren't wearing blackface, and focusing their impression on that specific person without using stereotypes of his or her race.

[Mantzoukas] GUYS. WHY AREN'T WE ALL TALKING ABOUT THE MAMA SCHAAL VOICEMAIL MASHUP? [/Mantzoukas] Seriously, that was so awesome.

I'm not going to argue with everyone you say, but this is such bullshit. I have heard many white comics say that they love almost all those people you say, in addition to Chris Rock, Bill Cosby... and plenty of other people you mention. There are SO many black comics that are prominent in white culture. I grew up listening to my dad's Cosby and Red Foxx records, and Eddie Murphy's Raw album was, so popular among us white boys when I was in junior high. Not to mention the EXPLOSIVE popularity of Chris Rock and Dave Chappelle... Pryor is part of the "holy trinity" with George Carlin and Lenny Bruce that all comics pretty much have to respect and say are great. But to act like white comics don't love or respect any other black comics is just bullshit. I mean, look at Comedy Central's top 100 list taht came out a few years ago--4 of the top 10 are black, with Richard Pryor at #1. Now if you want to have that discussion, I do think black comics suffer from racism on some levels--for example, networks and studios often are not very supportive and don't get what they're trying to do, making it much more difficult for them to have success outside of standup. I do think that black comics suffer obstacles that white comics don't, but lack of respect as a standup is not one of them. I still do want to get back to the question I posed before, though. Should accents just be considered off racist for comedians? If the answer is, "it's okay in certain situations," then what situations would you say are appropriate? This is the one thing I sincerely would like to hear you comment on, Shariq. You can ignore the other stuff I've said if you don't feel like replying, but I really want to hear your opinion on this.

Farts and Pro 3 seems like the perfect way to celebrate it. So perfect, I'll be surprised if they don't do it.

I liked Watkins' character too. Kinda subtle--she said some funny stuff here and there, but was also low-key and a good "straight" character. She interacted well with Neil's wacky character, and with Schaal (who is just wacky in general). I would like to see her interacting with other characters.

No, he is not. I think he does get a little extreme on matters of racial politics, and have disagreed with him many times. But it sucks that we can't have discussions about race without this kind of "reverse racism" bullshit. Andrew is obviously not being serious when he says white people suck, but when you see shit like this all the time it's hard to not feel that way on some level. Fucking white people. God dammit.

I have not heard the nerdist podcast where he talks about it, but will download it now. To me, the character was funny because it seemed like a very funny exaggeration of what Spanish-language radio DJs are really like. Whenever I have turned my radio to the Spanish-language station it seemed to be fairly similar to Kroll's character--constant, over-the-top, turning to the energy up to 11 announcing. But I am a white guy with middling Spanish who has only listened occasionally, so it might be that it is just playing to stereotypes based out of ignorance. For me, the dividing line is usually specificity. When you take something specific from a culture, exaggerate it, and parody it, I find it funny. What racists do is take those exaggerations and try to paint the whole race, in broad strokes. Still, I sometimes do wonder whether doing accents is just something that you should stay away from as a white person, because it will sound racist to people who don't know, and often racists will take that and interpret it in the worst way possible. And even if you go in with non-racist intentions, you can wind up giving people a reductionist stereotype view of that race. To give another example, I remember hearing a white comedian on Comedy Bang Bang (a long time ago, back when it was still Comedy Death Ray) do what I thought was a very funny and spot-on impression of a certain type of mediocre black comedian. To me it was funny, and I thought it was obvious that he was making fun of a certain specific type of hack comedian that you see among black comics--no better or worse than the many different kinds of hack white comedians out there. But at the same time, racists probably listened and thought "Yeah, that's why black standup comedy sucks!" So I'm kind of conflicted on wheter it's a good idea to do stuff like that or not. It helped that he later talked in his normal voice and the conversation they had kind of deconstructed the bit. And you would think among comedy nerds that no one would question that black comedians can be just as funny as white comedians, considering how many great and influential black standup comics there have been. But you never know...

I wonder if this whole water plane thing was planned from the beginning, or if he came up with it on the spot? Would be interesting if it had been planned from the start. In a way it makes sense that things are so difficult--like, if they had stayed on the ship, they could have gotten there a day or two earlier, and then when they took Spaklett down the water elementals may have still been alive, and they could have helped in the battle with the king... okay, unlikely that Sark had things planned out in THAT much detail, but interesting to think about. Anyway, if they do get wiped next week, that will suck but I'm looking forward to their next adventure.

What makes you assume El Chupacabra is Mexican? What makes the character racist? Are there any specific Mexican or Latino stereotypes within the character? Or is it because any time you do a silly character with an accent that could be taken to represent a minority, it is automatically racist? I'm not saying this to be contrarian. I am genuinely asking for clarification.

I wonder what happens if Sparklett dies? Is there any way our heroes could use the crown or something?

I'm going to play devil's advocate here and say there is a difference between liking something and being heavily into the scene for something. To take skinhead punk as an example: if you just like the genre's music, and only listen to that, and only go to the concerts of one or two bands that aren't racist, and aren't an active member of the community, that's one thing. But if you're an active, hardcore, skinhead punk you pretty much have to be associating with racists on a regular basis. That should turn you off no matter how much you love the music. Of course this doesn't address the question of whether it is accurate to label black metal as "racist" overall. I'm not going to say for sure because I'm not an expert on the matter either, but it looks to me like Andrew is totally wrong.

Mildred, THANK YOU FOR POINTING OUT SARK'S MISTAKE!!! For Sir Richard! And for Glinnish Moor!!

OK the people this caller is talking about are so obviously racist, I see no reason to even discuss it. I have a very funny afro story that a teacher told me once. She was a black college student in the 70s, and as we know getting an afro was very popular. At the time she was cultivating a very big afro, and constantly getting shit from her mom about it. Her mom would of course say she looked silly, and of course she would accuse her mom of stifling black pride and enabling white standards of beauty by disparaging her natural African hair (even though she was actually styling it to make it bigger). So at one point when she was about 19, she was riding in the car with her mom and once again her mom complained about her hair and how it was crowding her as they drove. Sullenly, she took the lighter from the dashboard and lit a cigarette. As she was driving, she smells hair burning and notices she has accidentally set her hair on fire with the cigarette. Her first instinct, she said, was actually an instinct to try and quickly put it out before her mom noticed because she didn't want to get even MORE shit about her hair. But trying to pat it out didn't work, and as she was starting to panic her mom also noticed, screamed, and stopped the car. They immediately smothered the hair, screaming, and when it was over her mom said "You are cutting that hair shorter." She didn't argue.

I've been listening from Japan since the podcast started...

I feel it's worth pointing out that asking about nationality is a big things with white people and other white people. White people love going into detail about how "I'm half-Irish, and Italian, and part Portuguese, etc." So it is possible that they just thought the caller was another white person. based on self-description, probably not, but still. I think this is a very situational thing. There are lots of situations in which asking where someone is from (or about their nationality) is natural and not at all racist, but a lot of situations where it is clearly racist.

I got your joke, man. But apparently no one got mine.

HOLY CRAP. In addition to a B-B-B-BONUS-S-S-S episode of CBB with two awesome guests, we also have 2 episodes featuring guests that rarely do podcasts (O'Brien, Cheech & Chong). Plus a great lineup in I4H, and even Yo! Is This Racist looks like it covers a fairly fresh topic. Could this be the best day in Earwolf history ever? P.S. Hey VampiresVampiresVampires, I think you need to go dig yourself a hole in the ground, and quick.

Would this still be funny if I know almost nothing about Entourage? I have downloaded this episode but am currently putting it in my queue. As much as I like the people involved it looked like it might be too heavy on inside jokes, and if they're just talking about Entourage, that makes me want to push it back even more. I will probably get to it eventually, but right now it's a low priority, and reading everyone's description doesn't make me want to move it up.

Jerrod is so much fun to listen to. After hearing this episode I immediately went looking for appearances on other shows and downloaded his Sklarbro County episode. Note to Earwolf: More Jerrod please! I would love to hear him on Who Charted?.

There is a difference between being proud of your heritage as a southerner, and being a part of the whole "southern pride" bandwagon. Just like there is a difference between being proud of your American heritage in some ways, and being a jingoistic "America love it or leave it these colors don't run!" type of patriot. There are plenty of great things about the south, and southerners have every right to point out that the vast majority of people from their states are not racist. As long as you have a balanced enough view that you're not buying into the romanticized view of the south, and admit that there has been a lot of fucked up, racist shit in its past that you need to work extra hard to distance yourself from.

Oh my god! I had totally forgotten about Bruce Willis in a bunny suit. Again, how could you not think the movie would be good after hearing all this? The fact that it managed to be this crazy and yet not entertaining is a mystery.