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    Jay was kind of a non-presence, but Cake Boss had me in tears. If it was, indeed, his last appearance, it was perhaps his all-time funniest. That gives Paul F. three of the best character appearances of the year in Werner (season premiere), Andrew Lloyd (Fourvel!) and Cake Boss (cake boss!).

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    The Pope was stone cold genius. As always, I'm amazed at Besser's ability to tap into touchy subjects while somehow never managing to be offensive. I love that his character wasn't bashing people that believe in God, but rather the disgusting hypocrisy of the catholic church. This episode might have sealed him as my current favorite comedian :)

     

    Oh, and Rooms: The Musical. Holy crap that was hilarious.

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    I thought Jerrod was an awesome first-time guest. Not all the first timers really "get" this show, but this guy jumped in and was more than willing to participate. I'd love to see him back.

     

    Is it safe to call this one another all-time great? Marissa Wompler and Paul Rust were truly in rare form.

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    First off, I love CBB. I've been listening since the Death Ray days and in my opinion it's the most consistently hilarious podcast. It's certainly my favorite, please keep up the great work.

     

    That being said Andy Kindler was truly awful. I hope that he doesn't return.

    No good?

     

    I mean, listen. Everyone is entitled to their opinion. But your opinion is objectively and factually wrong and stupid and I hate it.

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    Spider-Man 3 is like, bizarrely bad. So many great actors, a great director, some genuinely great action sequences.

     

    But man! What a disaster. I remember my horror as I watched the "Emo Peter Parker dancing down the street" scene at the midnight premiere. I distinctly remember audibly saying, "It's a dream sequence, right? This HAS to be a dream. It HAS to be! Wait, he's dancing AGAIN? And wha--he just slapped MJ in the face?? WAKE UP PETER PARKER!!!!"

     

    Bad. So incredibly bad.

     

    Which is why I'm so surprised at the somewhat "meh" reaction of The Amazing Spider-Man from critics. It has a 75% on RT, and I feel like, while not a masterpiece, the movie is really darn fun, has great performances, great set-pieces, and it gets the franchise back on stable ground after the debacle of S3. Seriously. There's no way they could do another Spidey without rebooting it after S3.

     

    Hey guys...why is Topher Grace in this movie, and why does his venom suit keep showing me his face instead of venom's?

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    The Literallies / Howdies first official categories. (Though I think Paul added an extra 'd' and called it the 'How-did-ees' which that might be even better...

    • Most blatant misuse of product placement. (Products that are unnecessary in a scene, but for the fact that a company paid for it to be there.)
    • Worst use of an accent.
    • Worst camera work / use of Dutch angles.
    • Worst facial hair in a movie.
    • Worst sports scene (from the last mini-episode)

    Nominees, guys?

    I think what we first need to do is finalize these categories. There's some real gems in this thread. I motion that we give everybody a couple days to get in final nomination ideas, close this thread, and then start a new thread where everyone votes for what they feel the best categories are (maybe a total of 10?).

     

    The way I've seen this done in various message boards is that everyone starts with 40 points (as an example), and you can assign as many points to each category as you want. (So if you really like "The Nicolas Cage Lifetime Achievement Award" category, you could give it 25 points). Then you assign your points around amongst your top 10 nominees. Then after a given time we'd count up the points, and whichever 10 have the most would be our categories.

     

    Anyone want to second this idea?

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    Why would newcomers from the TV show not get that there's characters on the podcast? There's characters on the TV version.

     

    It's been a bit of an odd run of episodes lately, Bob Zmuda not really being Tony Clifton, Adam Pally not really committing to being bro a few weeks ago. Before that, Tim Heidecker as himself but as a character version of himself, and last week the Burning Love episode was a bit different because it's characters from a pre-existing show. This isn't a criticism of those episodes at all, it's just that they're all slightly atypical first episodes for someone to listen to.

    I was thinking this as well. My first exposure to CBB was the interview with Patton Oswalt and Don DiMello, and it perfectly encompassed what the show was. I feel like if I had started out with any of the past few episodes, I would not have been sold on the show. All of them are fun enough, but none of them really captures the essence of what CBB is.

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    Andy was great. I'll always root for the guy who defends those of us who believe in a higher power, but he was hysterical anyway. Also loved Amy's Paltrow impression--in fact, my one problem with the episode is that I felt like she didn't get enough time to flesh out the character. I'd really like to hear her back for a more long-form interview.

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    best/worst Search Engine Query ( I forget the exact phrasings from each, but the following are all contenders: Twilight, Catwoman, I know who killed me...)

     

    --or if you wanted to inflict serious pain, it could be the Most Questionable Search Engine Query....

    I like this idea. I would almost want to broaden it to something like "Most Inexplicable Use of a Computer," that way we could include the crazy Speed 2 computer and all the insane computer stuff in Abduction. Or the 8-Bit Fish from Godzilla :lol:

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    Bless you Jacob for making this thread! I was hoping to get one started before the facebook page stole all our forum glory :lol:

    To be fair the award show wasn't my idea, but I couldn't believe the thread hadn't been made.

     

    I do think we should decide on a name for these awards. I like the "Literallies," I like the "Howdies," any other ideas? I'm blanking.

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    I feel like the scene with the alien parents walking into the supermarket in Mac and Me is my biggest WTF moment. Honestly nightmare-inducing scene. And it's a kids' movie!

     

    Most Unintentionally Incompetent Male Character (Willem DaFoe, Speed 2, for instance)

     

    Most Unintentionally Incompetent Female Character (Saundra Bullock, for either All About Steve or Speed 2)

     

    Best Villain (I've gotta say Sharon Stone for Catwoman)

     

    Worst Villain (It's gotta be Eddie Murphy right?)

     

    Worst "Best Friend" Character

     

    Most Inexplicable Side Character (a character whose presense in the movie just makes no sense. Like the Psychologist from The Room, or the forest hippie from Birdemic)

     

    Best Main-Character-Versus Himself-Faceoff

    (Superman vs. Clark Kent against Eddie Murphie vs. Eddie Murphy in Pluto Nash)

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  22. Posted

    Probably has already been suggested, but it's always hilarious when the gang reenacts a scene from the movie they're talking about. So I think it should become a regular feature. Pick the worst section of dialogue in the movie and reenact it.

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  23. Posted

    So Paul mentioned he'd love to do this (paraphrasing) on today's minisode, but he wants us fans to make the categories. Let's get thinking, shall we?

     

    Obviously we need a "Worst Movie" one, and Worst Actor, Actress, etc. That goes without saying. Here's some other ideas:

     

    Literally the Worst Sports Scene (this one was mentioned on the podcast)

     

    Literally the Worst Use of CGI (I nominate "Godzilla" and "The Creepy Joker Smiles in Old Dogs)

     

    Literally the Most Insane Screenplay (good-insane)

     

    Literally the Most Convoluted Screenplay (bad-insane. Read: Pluto Nash).

     

    You get it. They say "literally" a lot. Anyway...

     

    Best Scene in a Bad Movie (A scene in a terrible movie that's actually well-executed, like the explosion in Absuction)

     

    Most Insane Bathroom Scene (Think about it. There's a lot. Leprechaun in the Hood, Old Dogs, All About Steve...I could go on)

     

    Anyway, any other ideas?

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