Episode 108 — Jersey Brawls

[Episode 108 — Jersey Brawls]

Holy charts, this has immediately rocketed to the top of my Best of Who Charted 2012 list. Jessica St. Clair is incredible.

 

 

For the second straight show, the previous top moments of 2012 discussion has been obliterated.

 

Twenty minutes before getting into the first chart is highly unorthodox, but A-OK when the guest is the most delightful person in the podcast universe. Howard + Jessica = Pure Magic

[Episode 192 — Best of 2012 Pt 1]

 

For real? Can anyone quote me a funny line she said?

 

Not off the top of my head (I listened on Monday morning), but I just thought the whole characterization was great, and the times that she would say something increasingly mumbled to the bewilderment of the others were really funny.

 

This first clip with Lizzy Caplan just leaves me totally, utterly, inexplicably cold. Like, the only episode of CBB I couldn't finish listening to. What is wrong with me?

 

It wasn't my least favorite or anything, but I was pretty disappointed with the episode too. I really like all three of the guests, and there was some funny stuff there, but I agree that it just felt flat. I was really surprised it made the top 10.

[Episode 52 — Reindeer Games]

 

They introduce him around the 1 minute mark.

 

And now I'm asking myself "How did this get missed?"

[Episode 192 — Best of 2012 Pt 1]

St. Vincent audibly groaning after a Foam Corner joke is my favorite moment of the year.

 

This was amazing. And it sounded 100% genuine.

 

I was hoping Finger Guns and Friends Without Words would finish higher, too. I had forgotten how good the Lauren Lapkus character was on the latter. Also, he often goes relatively unnoticed (as much as possible) and unpraised, but the Choctaw was ON FIRE during that segment.

[Episode 52 — Reindeer Games]

Eight minutes in and wondering if they're going to actually introduce our dear Wie-Wie.

[Episode 49 — California Raisins]

"What were they an ad for?" is one of the funniest lines in the history of this show.

[Episode 107.5 — 12/21/12 TWO CHARTED 46]

Holy crap, this episode.

 

I was thinking the same thing about this whole episode making the entire 'best moment' discussion practically irrelevant. Having seen the photos on Twitter earlier in the day, the build-up as Howard was opening the package was pretty amazing. Awesome job by the guy who made that monstrosity.

[Episode 15 — Late 70's TV]

My favorite part of the Thor clip was how he said "strength feat" rather than "feat of strength".

[Episode 107 — Rock Your Brody]

Brody was a delight as always.

 

"Enjoy It" is indeed excellent.

[Episode 44 — Modern Rock Station]

Good call. I think it's a mirrored photo, because the guitar is "upside-down" as strung for a lefty.

[Episode 83 — Mayans]

"I feel like people just loved ones and twos in that line-up of numbers."

 

Aaaand zeroes!

[Episode 38 — Rockabilly]

Well, that (at least the first time) was an accident, so no.

[Episode 191 — 2012 Holiday Spectacular]

One of those episodes where every minute was perfect.

 

 

That sums it up pretty well. I love these episodes where everyone is obviously having a lot of fun and just going with the flow.

 

Waiting three weeks for a totally new episode will be tough, but obviously the Best Ofs will be great.

[Episode 19 — The Christmas Womptacular]

I HAVE truly learned the meaning of "Womping it up" today. What a wonderful podcast.

[Jeff Q&A]

Here's an easy one that I've always wondered - Who says "This has been an Earwolf Media production..." at the beginning of the Earwolf outro?

[Episode 125 — That’s So Schaal]

Great show, Kristen is the best. It's a shame that the Sklars apparently don't watch Bob's Burgers given that it's one of the 3-5 funniest shows on TV and it stars several of their friends.

[Episode 58 — Basset Hound Lips]

Question about the Hurricane Jon Cryer skit: did Chuck Lorre and Hugh Laurie become the same person?

 

I was wondering the same thing.

 

Great episode!

[Episode 18 — Yo, Is This Racist?]

Thanks for the explanation, pretty much what I figured.

 

What do you guys think?

 

Honestly, it doesn't make a bit of difference to me since I download shows directly from the site. But I do think the reasoning behind it is good.

[Episode 43 — CA: Neo-Seoul]

"You know what? This 'mungbean' person makes a good point, and he/she must have felt really strongly about it in order to create a forum account just to say it. Let's cancel the podcast." - Jeff and/or Scott in some insane alternate universe

[Episode 18 — Yo, Is This Racist?]

So why is this on Earwolf Presents when it's an older episode of a regular podcast?

 

I think they did a similar thing with Nerd Poker, albeit an episode 1-2 weeks old rather than a month or so. They've also done with the premiere episodes of some new regular shows. My guess is that it makes new shows more visible by pushing them out to people who subscribe to Presents but don't necessarily visit the site.

[Episode 106.5 — 12/14/12 TWO CHARTED 45]

Man, once I put the New Order song together with the idea for the restaurant, I laughed very hard. Good work, Howie.

 

Not only did I love the restaurant idea, but that's one of my favorite New Order songs, which really put it over the top.

[Episode 106.5 — 12/14/12 TWO CHARTED 45]

Eighty-plus minutes of Tooch was the perfect start to my weekend.

 

I genuinely love Iso Lunch and would absolutely eat at a place like that.

 

I feel like they were on the cusp of a great idea with the cemetery cafe when someone brought up the idea of memberships, but they didn't quite get there - The "membership" should be buying a plot in the cemetery itself. Start a new cemetery with that idea and you're not offending anyone (or their loved ones) who wouldn't want a cafe in their cemetery. If you're spending money on a cemetery plot, why not get to enjoy it while you're still alive?

[Episode 40 — CA: Slave Ship]

It was kind of weird how Andrew semi-corrected himself and said something like "slave ship - well, ship with slaves", but then they still repeatedly said "slave ship" and called the episode that. Other than the stowaway, I'm not even sure that there actually were any slaves on the ship.

 

Doona Bae's white character in this segment was the worst (not necessarily the most offensive) race-shifted character in the movie, mostly due to the weird make-up job, but also due to her inability to speak without a fairly heavy accent.

[Episode 124.5 — Sklarbro County 29]

Wayne unwittingly using "Henderson" as a random last name in a fictional legal case was pretty amazing.

[Episode 39 — Cloud Atlas]

This week is going to be amazing.

 

I saw Cloud Atlas and actually liked it (at least 5/6 of it), but the race/gender-bending make-up was not only poorly done (in most cases), but needlessly gimmicky since there wasn't really any common thread or recurring traits among, say, all of Tom Hanks' characters.