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  1. Posted

    With all your fish/this puns you're all forgetting that a sequel to this podcast could play on the sequel to analyse this. So someone has to convince PFT (a noted jazz skeptic if an old routine is to be believed) to like the 18 piece jazz ensemble The Big Phat Band.

     

    You're over thinking it. Convincing a non-jazz fan to like jazz should be called Analyze Scat.

     

    Analyze This : Analyze That :: Analyze Phish : Analyze Scat

     

    (Plus you could talk about animal shit)

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  2. Posted

    Just caught the first episode of Kroll Show on hulu. I thought it was pretty solid. The Wheels Ontario (Degrassi-esque show) was the standout skit to me. Tunes!

     

    My one complaint is that the skits are broken up into smaller chunks that you go back to once or twice (Human Giant did that too). I prefer to watch a skit start to finish instead of breaking it up... But I understand the reasoning for it, with these damn MTV kids and their shortened attention spans!

     

    People on imdb and hulu do not seem to be responding well, just like with CBBtv. I don't get that.

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    What is this, improv4ReggieTheus? Both Billy Merritt and Adam McKay have now dropped Reggie Theus' name into a scene. That's awesome.

     

    Matt really upped the level of the episode when he went into the nurse character the first time. That was a great choice, and it became a hilarious through line.

     

     

     

    ... And for that person who asked, Von's is a grocery store. I assume a Von's card is a 'rewards card' similar to most chain stores, with which you save a few cents on various shit if you have one.

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    Did anyone else notice that the guests all were wearing plaid shirts in their earwolf pictures? Just a little odd.

     

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    Also, Matt I think that the 2008-09 and 2009-10 Cavaliers were definitely the best teams in the NBA in those respective years. LeBron just choked. They should've beaten the Magic in 2009. The Magic had no business even getting to the Eastern Conference Finals, I mean the Celtics took them to 7 games without Kevin Garnett. The Cavs should've smoked the Magic and at least gotten to the finals. They had Mo Williams, Delonte West, Pavlovic, Varejao, Ben Wallace, Ilgauskas, JJ Hickson and LeBron in 2009. That's a really solid 8 man rotation.

     

    In 2010, the Celtics had no business beating the Cavs, other than Rondo playing otherworldly basketball. They won on veteran savvy and Rondo, while the Cavs sucked ass. They had Shaq, Mo Williams, Delonte West, Varejao, Ilgauskas, Hickson, Antawn Jamison, Telfair, LeBron, and Anthony Parker. That's an even better team than '09. They should've beaten the Celtics and definitely would've crushed the Lakers in the finals (2-0 in regular season).

     

    Those were solid teams, with the best record in the regular season, with the back to back MVP in LeBron. LeBron just choked when the playoffs came around. He needed Wade and Bosh to hold his hand.

     

    For the record, I hate LeBron and Kobe.

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    i think we're really lucky to have access to this show, especially for free! We'll probably look back at podcasts like this as a golden age of some kind.

     

    For sure, there's tons of free content for a wide variety of comedy tastes. I have nothing to really add to this so I'm just going to throw out another tangentially related qualm of mine. (Not directed at you or anyone in particular)

     

    I despise it when people say '____ was terrible' without any legitimate criticism behind it. Everybody should learn how to analyze and provide talking points if they're going to share an opinion, and be able to search within themselves to find out why they dislike something...

     

    New no-no, if you provide a well-thought-out opinion differing from mine, then I'll listen to it, see where you're coming from, and agree to disagree.

  10. Posted

    I just looked at my times listened to this episode. 7. And I still laugh like an asshole when I hear Ben ask in a creepily sexy way, "If you could jerk-off and sleep at the same time, would you do it?" Is it possible that anyone is as big an Earwuff loser/nerd as I?

     

    I listened twice, once solo, once with a friend while driving... But I have listened to the 'going to the break' theme about 30 times and considered cutting it out of the episode for a potential ringtone.

  11. Posted

    I don't really feel comfortable naming characters I don't like - I feel like these people are working on their schtick, and we're better off encouraging what we do like vs shitting on them for what we don't like. They'll figure it out if no one likes it at live shows when nobody laughs, etc.

     

    I detest a couple of characters, but why should I give the comedian a complex about it because other people probably love those same characters.

     

    I really hate it when I see characters I adore (like li'l Gary) get shat on, because I feel like they're going to get killed off or disappear as a result. I mean, the comics that most of us think of as the greatest geniuses are probabaly not appreciated by 90% of the population out there.

     

    I agree. I mean we are all obviously allowed to voice our opinion, but I think that's pointless to just spew hate. The comedian would most likely never see it anyway, and they shouldn't tailor a character specifically to a few outlying opinions. Plus, characters are a work in progress, especially in the first appearance or two. If you don't click with one, just accept it as a lesser episode and give it another go next week. They're not going to all be masterpieces.

     

    Basically, just leave it to the professionals. They'll figure it out.

     

    I do think that a lot of hate for characters has to do with perception by the audience. Since it's a character, they don't do a set-up followed by a punchline. It's a meandering, evolving thing so figuring out the point of the bit might be difficult for some. There's layers to a character like Nancy, all under a weird umbrella that you have to get past. The bad standup is her gimmick, but there's a lot more bits weaving into that (wheelchair, bus obsession, 'I didn't even have to go to college', grandma, clothes from a bucket, etc.) Each bit should be seen as a joke in a set, so saying you flat out dislike a character is a blanket statement to me.

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    Giving the old "fuck you" to the fans of the show really doesn't seem like Scottabot's style. I think this whole thing has gotten way blown out of proportion. People are allowed to not like certain aspects of a program.

     

    I didn't mean release an episode out of malice, so I guess I used 'fuck you' too cavalierly... I meant an entire episode should be a theme/bit that happens to irk certain people. If I were Scott, I'd probably do something like that just for fun. It might be a 5-percenter episode, but that's not necessarily a bad thing.

  13. Posted

    1. As I said in her last appearance, Nancy is great. For anyone that thinks her character was overwhelming, come on, Pamela Murphy knows what she's doing. She totally took her foot off the gas when Neil's character showed up and let him take center stage for a bit. Kristen and her had an interesting dynamic as well. I could see people not liking a bit, like her bad comedy, or her counting things, but not liking a character because of a voice is kind of stupid.

     

    2. As a fuck you to the people who dislike characters because of a voice, I suggest an episode with the guests: Merrill Schindler, Neil Hamburger, Lil Gary, Nancy, and Lauren Lapkus' student.

     

    3. PFT is not overusing characters. He does each maybe 2-3 times per year, that's plenty of separation... Plus he and Scott have such great chemistry, and PFT's insane comedy brain always makes for a very good episode. I'm not even a huge fan of ALW, I much prefer Ice-T and John C. Reilly (really needs to come back), but every ALW episode is great.

     

    4. Neil Campbell is hilarious. Am I the only one assuming he was made fun of by a teen recently, and then developed this character? More Neil please.

     

    5. I'm listing another thing.

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  17. Posted

    Bottom 3, from awful to less awful:

     

    Pitch Slapped - Ugh. Scheer couldn't save this one. That Hana girl got on my nerves big time.

     

    Key/Peele, Novak, Cenac - Felt really weak, especially the first half hour. Key and Peele's characters helped it a little.

     

    Adam Pally / Casey Wilson - Underwhelming because I liked Casey and Adam's previous appearances a lot.

  18. Posted

    i am slightly angry at the sessions spoiler. its a movie that came out in the last 6 months and he gave away the ending and only said "spoiler alert" after he spoiled it. i understand if its a movie from five years ago but this is to soon

     

    Come on man. I haven't seen the movie yet either, and I know nothing about the story at all; but based on reading a brief synopsis or seeing a trailer I could've told you he'd die.

     

    1. Super sick guy wants to get laid before he dies.

    2. Hires a sex surrogate to have sex with.

    3. It's an indie drama...

     

    Hmm... Odds are he's going to die. It's not like the guy was going to bang Helen Hunt and she'd magically cure his ailment. This is clearly a movie "about the journey to the destination, not the destination".

  21. Posted

    It was directed by the man who co-wrote Empire Strikes back Lawrence Kasdan

     

    The script is based on a a story by the same man who wrote the story Shawshank Redemption.

     

    Really man? You can name drop Empire Strikes Back's screenwriter, but can't remember Stephen King?

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  22. Posted

    I found that Adam Pally non-character work funny too but top 10 really?

     

    I really liked Pally barely staying in character, but I didn't vote for the episode since I wasn't thrilled pre-Bro. The first half hour was just Andy and Scott talking... Not that there's anything wrong with that since it was still funny, but for a best-of-the-year I expect a high level of hilarity the entire episode.

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    Now I haven't seen this movie but I'm going to assume something:

     

    1. When Affleck puts the money in the mailboxes, that happens in the evening or at night.

     

    If that's the case, then what's to stop the mailmen from just taking loose cash that they find when delivering mail? One mailman could take all of that money if it's on his route. I mean nobody checks their mailbox until the mailman puts more mail in it.

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