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What a great episode! B'now we all know how great the gang in the hatch is. And Sarah was a great as a guest who has been at both Crotch-5 and Taint-7. Loved Aaron bringing back "double-blood" and introducing "double-egg". Am I silly because I kept imagining a birthing room with Sarah and the "hatch gang" playing "mid-whiffle-ball"? Welp, that's been comment.

I love everything Jay and Ran do! Ed Helms is a terrific guest, actor, etc. Super episode. But I have to give David Huntsberger a shout-out for his amazing Dick Vitale impression! I love "High Vi"!!!!!! He's a triple-h, baby. High, humorous and hilarious! A diaper dandy! A PTPer!!! I just bought the live episode from LA Podfest. Everyone should get it! Support the show!!!

For the benefit of David's many PBO fans that may not be loyal listeners to Earwolf's fantastic Sklarbro Country (and Sklarbro County) podcast, please be advised that he makes regular appearances on that podcast in the persona of basketball's Dick Vitale. David is multi-talented and his hilarious Dickie V impressions are not to be missed. So, subscribe to Sklarbro Country and catch David as "High Vi". You can thank me later. BTW, David was a guest on Sklarbro Episode 38. They did a great interview and even worked in a mention of yours truly at the 40 minute mark. Peace.

I am sorry if my starting new threads is a bother to anyone, but my daughter just sent me this link. http://rookiemag.com...man-tig-notaro/ and I thought all the Blastronauts would appreciate it if I shared it.

As always, I loved this episode. Kyle just seems like he would be the best friend in the world. He's such a good listener and, even if/when he disagrees with his friends, he lets them express themselves. Of course, the Trump, Craig, Bill Maher and other humor was hilarious. I love Kyle's stories of growing up and his cross country story was great. I find him to be so relatable and his humor is so gentle and sly. Calling Tig "chatty" and a complainer and calling David a negative trash-talker was so funny. I could listen to him all day. We Blastronauts are lucky to have three such wonderful friends. I look forward to hearing them all together again. (AND Aaron.) Welp, that's been comment. p.s. NotBettyWhite, I think Sarah's dog was named Duck. I could be wrong.

I loved David's solo effort. Part of the reason PBO is so great is that each of the hosts is a unique personality, but they blend so well and with such real affection and humor. I found David's mother's segment to be very sweet. He described her as a "hippy-type" and I think I got some of that from her remarks. But I also got it from David when he was so insistent on telling someone who was in one of his dreams about it in case they had the same dream. That just struck me as a sweet, hippy-type notion. What would it mean if they HAD the same dream?Yet, it seemed important to David. Cool. Having had one face-to-face conversation with David, I can say he seems to be super-sweet, sincere and open-minded. If I may respectfully disagree with solareena's comment above. I think the beauty of PBO is that they do not debate the pros-cons of the subjects they feature. This gives guests a chance to fully express themselves without keeping their defenses up. There was a show on atheism. I hope there will be show on Religious Belief, or some such topic in the future. The hosts ask some challenging questions, but keep it light and funny. When I received some not-super-positive comments on one of my appearances, David and Tig came to my defense and I truly appreciated it. I think the ability to listen to opinions that one doesn't necessarily hold and resist the temptation to debate and win is a sign of maturity (and class). Finally, David is a very, very funny guy. He does some great impressions and has a ton of very funny material. I look forward to seeing him, the next time he ventures east. Welp, that's been comment! Oh, buy Humanitis and Explosion Land!!!!

I loved the Sklarbro Country episode with TO. Great interview and wonderful handling of a guest with whom they did not completely agree on all subjects. I write as a life-long fan of Houston baseball. First, the Astros deserve all of the comments Ran and Jay heaped on them. I love Ran and Jay for their humor and humanity. The Astros are a bad team with bad ownership who has let a recent World Series team degrade to a sub-minor league level. No contest. But let me plead my case for showing Houston baseball some love. I was born in Texas and was raised in a number of little oil towns in east Texas. Some of my earliest memories were of endless drives across the barren plains past refineries, ranches and farms. And somewhere, back in my memory, I can see a structure rising some distance from the freeway. My dad would point to it and say that they were building a “domed stadium”. I didn’t even know what that meant. But Dad seemed to think it was a big deal, so I took note. Over months and years, on the many trips our family took visiting friends or relatives, we would pass that spot and see this massive structure rise. Once the domed roof began to be installed, the special nature of this building became evident, even to a young boy like me. A year or two later, we would watch the Colt .45s playing one of their last games in old Colt stadium and get a close-up view of the “domed stadium” as it was completed. My dad bought me a Colt .45s pennant and cap. I still have the cap. It wasn’t called “the Astrodome” at first. It was “the domed stadium”. My dad saw the first exhibition game when Mickey Mantle hit the first ever home run there. And soon he brought his young family to watch the newly-renamed Houston Astros play in the “8th Wonder of the World”. In the early to mid 1960s, it was an engineering marvel. It was a more innocent time when people could be un-ironically awed by such things. Not far from the “domed stadium”, Houston mission control was making history with NASA. The Astros were named after the new-fangled astronauts, the “star voyagers”, who were the heroes of the day, back when the media built heroes and did not gleefully tear them down. The groundskeeping crew wore “space suits”, orange jumpsuits with space helmets, to drag the infield dirt. The scoreboard featured crude animation on a biggest-of-its-kind display that projected monochrome pictures of the players and exhortations and cheers for the crowd. Homeruns and wins by the home team were celebrated with a “fireworks display” of colored lights that featured a steam-snorting longhorn bull and a six-gun shooting cowboy dancing a jig. And the crowd loved it! The Astrodome, as it came to be called, had deep fences and low-scoring games that were not much fun for very young kids to watch. But one such game that Dad brought us to featured something special. At the seventh inning stretch, a man in a flight suit walked out to the pitcher’s mound wearing a jet pack. He launched himself high into the air, nearly to the roof. He circled the playing field with a deafening roar and then landed back where he started. The whole thing lasted maybe fifteen seconds and lives in my 53-year-old memory still. When I was ten, I joined the Astro Buddies fan club. My Astro Buddy was Jim Wynn, the Toy Cannon. He and Doug “Red Rooster” Rader were the first two players to hit balls up into the blue seats. A toy cannon and a red rooster were painted on the seats where those balls landed. The fan club gave its members free tickets to several games and discounted tickets to several more. My mother or the mother of my friends would drive us kids to the dome and drop us off and leave us there to enjoy the game. They would come back and pick us up afterward. It was safe to do that back then. The Astros weren’t ever the best team. Often they were bad. They had some good players, even some great ones back then. Joe Morgan came to my elementary school one day. Larry Dierker won 20 games, pitched a no-hitter, became an announcer and eventually managed the team. Later Nolan Ryan, J.R. Richard, Mike Scott and other great players graced our rosters. But my guys were Wynn, Rader, Cedeno, Alou, Blasingame, Menke, Gladding, Edwards, and Watson. Not many hall-of-famers. And I didn’t find out that the Astroturf, once a modern marvel, was widely hated by players and caused injuries until many years later. No, the Houston Astros haven’t won a World Series. They got swept in the one they made it to. They aren’t the Cardinals. They are not even the Mets. But they are the team my dad introduced me to. And if they get moved to another city and have their name changed, they will always live in my memory, just like my dad does. So, I don’t mind the razzing and jokes. They are well-earned and deserved. But spare a thought for the generation of kids for whom the Colt .45s and then the Astros were the first big-time sports team we ever saw. It was a more innocent age and we were all a lot younger. I hope the youngsters of today have something special like that for their dads to share with them.

I had the pleasure of seeing Kyle Dunnigan performing stand-up at the Village Underground (Comedy Cellar) in New York City on Friday night (9/20/13). I have seen Kyle do stand-up as part of two live PBO shows in Brooklyn and at the MGM Foxwoods opening for Sarah Silverman. He is consistently funny. He has a lot of material and really knows how to work a crowd. If anyone is in the New York City area, I strongly recommend checking comedycellar.com and looking at the "lineup" tab to see if Kyle is performing. Make the effort to see him. It is so worth it! I'm not sure how long he will be in New York, so I would recommend that Los Angeles-area comedy fans keep an eye open for him at UCB or Largo or wherever else he may perform. On a personal note, when my daughter and I arrived at the club, Kyle was sitting near the door and he greeted us warmly. After Kyle's set, my daughter bumped into him and he invited us to join him after the show. We ended up sitting at a nearby bar right next to a table full of comedians. We didn't want to impose ourselves on these guys who all knew each other and were talking shop. But it was fun to "eavesdrop" and be around Kyle and the other comics who I've seen perform for years. When we left, Kyle thanked us for coming out to see him and it made us feel so special. So, I just have to thank Kyle for the special treatment and urge all Blastronauts to make the effort to see him if you can. Of course, I love Tig and David and Aaron and I would likewise make every effort to see them, buy their CDs and support their careers and all Blastronauts should do likewise. It is a real treat to get to hear these amazing comedic talents for free every week, as all Blastronauts know! Welp, that's been rave review!

I would have never thought of "solo" host episodes! And as much as I love David, Kyle and Aaron, this was terrific! It just made me love Tig even more than I already do. She has such humor, compassion and humanity in her sweet voice. What a wonderful mother (or father) she will be! I am looking forward to hearing the fellas on their own. I can't say I have a really strong grasp of "religious science" based on this podcast, but Stephanie was a great guest who was funny and had great chemistry with Tig.

I loved this episode, as I love every Country and County episode. This one was so personal and sweet. I love it when the Wonder Twins' guest is a long-time friend with such deep connections. I LOVED hearing Steely Dan! My favorite band on my favorite podcast (along with Prof. Blastoff) is too good! Drinking game idea: Take a shot every time Ran or Jays says "in that moment". PEACE! I'm out! (drops microphone)

What a great episode and guest!! I have always struggled with my feelings toward people with differences. Anna's insight and intelligent good humor was wonderful. I think of all the PBO episodes this one touched me and maybe helped me the most. And the way Tig, David, Kyle and David interacted with Anna was so funny, sweet and natural it just makes me love them all so much more. Welp, that's been comment.

I love the live episodes! I wish every Blastronaut could get the chance to see the gang live! The love they have for each other is so sweet and they bring the audience into it effortlessly. I love Tig's energy, Kyle's imagination, David's sincerity and Aaron's foibles. And they bring out something informative and entertaining in EVERY guest.

I just saw the PBO tour at the Bell House in Brooklyn last night. AWESOME!!! I saw the gang the first time they did a live podcast from NYC and this one was even better. To any Blastronauts out there, make every effort to come out to see them. There is a great Q&A with Tig and super-funny stand-up from all of the guys (and girl). The best part may be the live podcast where you feel like you are down in the hatch with your best friends. After the show everyone was so nice and signed autographs and took pictures. I cannot recommend this show enough. I got to meet a number of Blastronaut friends who traveled from as far away as Colorado to be at the NYC show!!! It was the best time I have had in ages. My daughter even got a special birthday wish (Happy Birthday, Dan) from Tig!!!!! Get your tickets NOW!!!!

And what about "Don't Taint the Punky"?

How great would this be? My cellphone rings. I answer it. It's Tig. She's calling me as a lifeline for "Name That Punky". Kyle delivers an agitated "Oh! PUNKY!" I think and then answer, "I can name that Punky in eight words. Punky has just been caught playing with matches." And it's the correct answer! A true Blastronaut fantasy! Al Madrigal is a great guest and had very interesting stories about character and how to judge it. It reminded me of a place I used to work. In order to determine if his workforce was loyal, an old boss used to place "blind ads" in the paper to see if any of them would respond. ENGINEERS and MANUFACTURING SUPERVISOR - Immediate placement with competitive pay and benefits. Send your resume to P.O. Box XYZ City, State. I thought is was a devious way to test the character (and job dis-satisfaction) of his staff. I loved Kyle's story about not being able to find Target, a huge store with a target as its logo. He missed the target. So ironic. Another awesome show from the hatch. Just got my tickets for the May 7 show at the Bell House in Brooklyn!! Who else is going? Welp, that's been comment!

I thought Abe Kunin did a great job! Mathematics has many interesting facets and he did his best to touch on several . There was the usual great back and forth with the hosts. Abe mentioned how hard it is to hear what is going on as a phone-in guest. I can totally vouch for that. There can be a delay and some distortion on the line and, as a guest, one doesn't want to step on any funny lines or bring the show to a halt. He did really well on that score. Part Two, anyone?

It was so great to hear the gang recognize Evita and Megan with a shout-out! (And a gentleman I do not know, but who must be a great fan too.) These two gals are so nice and do so much to promote PBO. Sometimes I daydream about a PBO video podcast where the superfans could be the guests and ask questions and interact with the gang in the hatch. PBO fans LOVE the show and vice versa. Shehoo! should replace Yahoo! as your homepage/search engine of choice! Welp, that's been comment!

So great to hear the whole gang back in the hatch! Loved Kyle's Seinfeld! David needs to break out his Dick Vitale impression now that we are approaching March Madness! (Woof, woof!) When Del LaRue said he didn't know what his name was I nearly lost it! So funny. (Woof, woof!) I can't believe I'm going to miss Kyle's UConn appearance! Everyone should go see him. He is one of the best stand-ups working today! (Woof, woof!) Welp, that's been comment! (Woof, woof!)

I enjoy listening to the live episodes. I think they capture the love the audience has for the guys AAAAAND gal. Regarding hope, I think it is a built-in mental process that may be related to faith. Hope is the desire for an outcome. Faith is the belief that the outcome will occur. Hope is also having an opinion on how one wants the future to go, which doesn’t sound that remarkable. In desperate times, hope can keep you going when you have no tangible reason to think things will work out. I had the biggest smile on my face when Tig called me “Steven Something”. I was thrilled to be described as “very popular” in the same breath as Sascha Cohen. Thank you to Tig for the shout-out. It did wonders for my ego. Oh, Aaron’s acting out of the Indiana Jones clip with Kyle picking out the theme on the keyboard was CLASSIC! A tour de force! Welp, that’s been comment!

What a super episode! David Huntsberger was a great guest. So funny and his Dick Vitale impression was over the top! Vitale on PCP was bonkers! And thank you to Randy and Jason and David for the lovely shout-out and podcast love. There are not three nicer, funnier, more talented guys in the world than them. And I would hasten to add Tig and Kyle (and Aaron) to that list. Professor Blastoff and Sklarbro County/Country are tops in podcasting entertainment and to get a shout-out from each in the same week just puts my ego on overdrive.

I wasn't at the SF show. It sounded like the crowd was not miked well, but that didn't bother me. I loved listening to this show. I smiled and laughed through the whole thing. I love the slightly nervous energy that Tig "putting people on the spot" produces. And she is so sweet, it's not like Don Rickles going after you. Kyle's stand-up is so great. I thought the whole crew did great ensemble work on an "improv" basis. I did not think Aaron "died". He has a low-energy delivery and he opened. I thought he did fine. This was a greatest hits show with swamp rock, Punky, Trump, Happy Birthday Dan, wrangling, you name it! Professor Blastoff conquers the world!

What was this episode about? I'm not sure, but I loved it nonetheless. I swear I have real-life friends that I love, but the gang in the hatch feel just like that. I can see them as they talk and I smile knowing that Kyle will chip in some weird thought or that David will not miss a beat with his tag. And I couldn't love Tig any more that I do. What a sincere, sweet bunch of guys (AND gal). I loved that Aaron got wrangled as he was trying to say that the 7-11 drink size that got banned by NYC's nanny-mayor is called the Big Gulp! Perfect. I love the guest-less (or host-ful) episodes almost as much as I love being the guest myself! Hee hee. Oh, Punky.

I would like to give a big salute to Kyle for going to Iraq to entertain the troops. What a wonderfully selfless thing to do for people who are themselves doing something amazingly selfless on behalf of us all. Kyle is an amazing talent and a wonderful guy. I love all of the hatch-dwellers so much. The PBO podcast is a joy in my life.

Just an additional thought to add to my previous. (I can never get all the ideas out in a neat way.) The bullies who called me gay were expressing their deep insecurity about their own sexuality perhaps or at least deflecting anyone possibly calling them gay by their pre-emptive first strike. And they may have subconsciously been trying to eliminate competition for the available females by tarring me with a socially unacceptable label. All and all a most unpleasant period of my life. To paraphrase Dennis Miller, "Nothing so fascinates me as my own sex life and so bores me as anyone else's."

I liked this episode a lot. Sascha is a great guest. I thought a lot of this episode was spent discussing labeling. I guess there are those who need to categorize and label, but I don't know how much that adds to human knowledge. The best way to understand someone is to get to know them one-on-one. When I was in my early teens, I was bullied a lot. I was new to town, kind of a nerd and got good grades. The epithet most commonly thrown my way was the f-word (meaning gay). It later occurred to me how this epithet was particularly effective at marginalizing someone. I was a straight male, dying to have a girlfriend. But having been labeled gay, it would take a pretty special girl to become friends with me. It probably didn't help me make male friends either. So I became isolated. Happily, I moved a few years later and made lots of friends and finally got a girlfriend! I actually moved back to the first town after just two years and had become so confident and changed so much that I was never bullied at all there again. I'd like to send a shout-out to all the Blastronauts who attended the #PBOparty on Twitter last night. Family stuff kept me from participating, but the PBO community is so nice and so welcoming, I suggest everybody participate! Welp, that's been comment.