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    "Beyond the Mat" is one of those ones that's interesting to revisit every so often, seeing as a lot of things have changed in the wrestling landscape since then, whether it's deaths or other instances of reality butting in making you look at things in a different light.

    While I haven't seen Beyond The Mat yet, it's been near the top of my "to-watch" queue since being discussed on Jonah Raydio. Particularly:

     

     

    A scene in which one wrestler comes to the horrified realization (late into adulthood) that he is the product of incest. Comedy Tragedy gold!

     

    Apropos of nothing: Welcome back, Shariq.

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    I feel like Daly tried to link this character to Andi Callahan RN; a man who assumed the identity of a medical professional for twisted personal reasons. Scott maybe didn't make the connection.

    Whereas I took Byron's gravelly muttering (after he revealed that Kate sleeps au naturel) as a hint that he would eventually be revealed as Don Dimelo in disguise.

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    Exactly. Scott's demand for silence during 'Would You Rather' is one of the funniest bits on the show, for me. Especially when he busts out a "Shut the fuck up!" to an unsuspecting guest.

     

    "Would You Rather" is also a grand experiment in evolving a comedy bit over time. Consider the following permutations over the four-year history of the show:

     

    • Theme song plays while the guests regularly talk over it

    • Scott cuts off the theme song whenever he grows tired of it

    • Scott starts insisting that people shut the fuck up for the full duration of the WYR theme

    • Variations on "We all know how this is played, so…GO!"

    • Scott introduces a formal explanation (still beginning with "We all know how this is played…") that he reads verbatim each episode

    • Scott introduces the Would You Rather Pile (which is not a pile of Would You Rathers that Scott is going to use, like you would use wood from a woodpile)

    • Scott introduces the notion that the floor will close for questions and there will be no warning.

     

    He talked about his fondness for running gags in this AV Club interview from last year. (Search the page for "running gag".) It's not a product of being "precious" or lazy; it's a conscious decision to establish a pattern and then break that pattern in favor of a new one.

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    I was outraged (not really) at Garlin just throwing PFT aside as best dressed comedian. Aziz definitely dresses well but in my opinion PFT has him beat in that department!

    Mr. Tomkpins' sartorial style often lends itself to being (and sometimes literally is) complemented by a straw boater.

     

    Whereas Mr. Ansari would pimp-slap anyone who dared utter the phrase "straw boater" in his presence, which explains the awkward tension during his CBB appearance with The Washington Monugents.

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    The disputes over how to pronounce gifs are on the level of which way to face the toilet roll or if the open end of the pillowcase should face out or in. It's dangerous territory!

    The leading consonant sound in "Graphics Interchange Format" is a hard G. How you gonna argue that its acronym starts with a "J" sound?

     

    (As to the presumed authority of GIF's inventor, Isaac Asimov spent a lifetime contemplating the profound implications of artificial life, yet still sounded ridiculous

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    So happy that Patton is back on the podcast circuit

    Yes. I'd love to hear Patton on a "Get Lost" episode of Kurt Braunohler's K Ohle podcast.

     

    I love hearing a guest crack up from hearing the movies chart for the first time.

    Also, yes. I always enjoyed listening to Scott force first-time CBB guests to sit through the entire "Would You Rather" theme song in (attempted) silence. The episode with Garfunkel & Oates and Weird Al was particularly amazing.

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