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  1. Posted

    I always laugh when I listen to i4h, however this episode was different. I didn't find it funny when Matt Besser was breaking down country music sub-genres for 15 minutes while a cymbal repeatedly crashed in the background. I also didn't laugh when they were discussing how to better market the podcast. It seems like that should take place off-air, and these were guests after all.

    The improv doesn't necessarily come from comedic scenarios. Sometimes the fun/challenge is finding comedy in non-comedic things. You're missing the point.

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    I think a lot of people saw Yeezus as a step down from My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, which is probably the best rap album of our generation. Not that Yeezus isn't great, but anyway Matt's point is that it's irritating when these huge artists automatically top these "best of" lists when smaller artists that are trying to do cool new things get no recognition.

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    This was a weird listen (although I was fighting the good fight in the AV Club comments , Matt!) because I buy a lot of albums. I don't get the appeal of only buying one song. Music is about discovery maaaaaaaan.

     

    My favorite albums of the year came from

    Local Natives, the National, Atoms for Peace, Deerhunter (Monomania is by FAR my favorite album of the year), Arcade Fire, Phoenix, MGMT ( incredibly under-rated album), Dragoon and Ducktails.

  8. Posted

    I'm trying to narrow down my top ten of the year and it's literally impossible. This year was so fantastic that there are at least 20 absolutely essential listens, and even those were off the top of my head. This year is too good. Anyway we can expand the typical Top 10?

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    I was hoping Batman Returns was on the list. It's set at Christmas-time.

    Batman Returns is a great film! I just watched it yesterday, actually. Maybe Burton's best movie. Not a great Batman story, maybe, but a fun superhero movies with great performances and amazing cinematography.

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  11. Posted

    Listen guys, I know that it's meta that we're giving criticism about a podcast that sarcastically complimented our criticism and was actually in and of itself an entire meta episode about meta constructive criticism of podcasts and comedy and comedy podcasts but I don't want this to be a forum where we just talk about the criticism of the episode and the criticism of the criticism of the episode and not the episode itself you know?

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  12. Posted

    The Halloween ep was perhaps my episode of the year. And the general consensus is that this is the best year for CBB ever. The only reason there was even a small amount of dissent is because

    A. Pete Holmes is divisive

    B. Bret Gelman wasn't in the Halloween ep.

     

    But even with that, everyone loved Gabrus and the Halloween ep went down a treat!

     

    That's it, really. CBB is perhaps my favorite piece of entertainment in the world. It saddens me that Scott would be so bummed by the reaction to two episodes when the entire year has clearly been an absolute smash. We love Scott and all that he does. And on top of having a consistently brilliant podcast he's had the best TV Comedy of the year.

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    Pete Holmes is excited by Pete Holmes. His standup is fine, not particularly distinctive, but well-crafted. But he's a disaster in this format. CBB is an improv show, and Pete is just selfish. The spirit of the show was lost on him, it seemed. Gabrus and Murphy were stuck being one-note stereotypes (albeit hilarious ones) because any time they would attempt to expand on their characters or heighten the scenarios he would be like, "Hey, I wonder what Jerry Seinfeld would say in this situation?" and then burst out into thirty seconds of Joker-laughter, completely derailing anything.

     

    I should stop. I hate it when people hate on things that I love and I know a lot of people love Pete Holmes. I think he can be funny--his appearance on HDTGM is a highlight--but he ruined a potentially great episode to me and came across as totally self absorbed.

     

    EDIT: Ok, one more thing. Doesn't Pete realize that people haven't been impressed by Robin Williams, Jerry Seinfeld or Al Pacino impressions for like 10 years? How hack is that? And the fact that he insists upon inserting them in every podcast appearance is so insane.

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  19. Posted

    God, I just can't take Pete Holmes. He just doesn't collaborate. He has to be the center of attention at all times, find any and every excuse to break into terrible impressions and laugh his face off at his own terrible puns. You've got these great, up-and-coming comedians on the show and he won't let them be funny, because it has to be him.

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