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There's also a great crossover Comedy Bang Bang episode that has Scott welcoming PFT, Tom and Weird Al as guests. And another CBB episode has PFT, Jon Wurster and frequent Best Show guests Aimee Mann and Ted Leo.

Okay, I know the podcast doesn't do TV, but perhaps we can still discuss these two examples of comedians becoming exactly what they once parodied. The clip Tom Scharpling plays on the Best Show of Gervais talking about the pathos in Derek is one of the most most douchey things I've ever heard. Derek is so perfectly wrong-headed that it's insane that it came from the same man who co-created The Office. It almost taints the memory of the Office for me - just like Ricky continuously trotting out the Brent character does. I have to conclude that Stephen Merchant had a much larger influence on The Office than he is given credit for. As for Ja'mie Private School Girl, all I can do is shake my head. What the heck happened to Chris Lilley? Granted, this character was simply wrong to base a solo series around in the first place. Honestly, there's so little of what made the character so genuinely funny in Summer Heights High and We Can Be Heroes. It just seems like in the new series that Lilley goes goes for the laziest jokes every single time. Hopefully he can right the ship with the Jonah series due out next year. So am I nuts for being so disappointed with Chris Lilley and Ricky Gervais?

Seriously, the shout out that Tom gave Paul F. Tompkins legitimately was beautiful. Two true geniuses.

"I didn't say Cat Stevens. I said Carol Stevens." - Tom Scharpling.

This guest lineup is insane!!!!!

Are you hinting at something, Jake? Please god be hinting at something Jake!

I think my biggest problem with it - and I kind of alluded to it in my original post without much detail - is that I don't think Ja'mie should have ever been given a solo series. Ja'mie worked perfectly in We Can Be Heroes and Summer Heights High as part of an ensemble. She's of course a horrible, horrible person who says horrible, horrible things. To me, that worked when you balanced her with, say, Jonah and Mr. G. Mr. G was pretty awful himself, but in a totally different way. Jonah acted out, but his heart was in the right place. So with each episode giving each of them equal time, it worked really well. I don't think watching Ja'mie say horrible things for 30 straight minutes for six episodes was particularly funny. And the jokes just seemed tired to me. I don't think Private School Girl brought anything new to the character. It's an attempt to recapture and heighen what made the character popular - but IMO the character was great in measured doses. That said, I think you can say that about almost all of Lilley's characters. I think only Mr. G and Jonah are well-rounded enough to carry a solo series. Maybe the prison guard from Angry Boys as well.

Seriously! I like Gino too, but Wompler and Reardon are still tops for me!

I still say it was Ben Stiller.

How amazing was Bob Ducca singing 'Wrecking Ball'? The answer is - VERY.

This was so tough, but here's what I went for: 197 - Please Claire-ify (Tim Heidecker, Paul Rust, Jon Daly) 200 - Halfway To China (Jason Mantzoukas, Andy Daly) 204 - The Pepper Men (Zach Galifianakis, Jon Daly, Neil Campbell) 205 - Titans of Comedy (Anthony Jeselnik, Eugene Mirman, Nathan Fielder, Eugene Cordero) 215 - Time Bobby 2 (Bobby Moynihan, Paul F. Tompkins) 222 - A Peanut In The Rain (Paul F. Tompkins, Gillian Jacobs, Mike Hanford) 227 - All Farted Out (Brian Posehn, Jon Daly) - My #1 favorite of the year 238 - Marissa Wompler's Birthday Pool Party LIVE (Jessica St. Clair, Lennon Parham, Jason Mantzoukas, Brian Huskey, Melissa Rauch) 241 - The Stallone Bros. (Paul Scheer, Nick Kroll) Live from Toronto (Sean Cullen, Paul F. Tompkins) This year was so amazing that two all-time classic episodes - 219 Farts and Procreation 3 (Adam Scott, Harris Wittels, Chelsea Peretti) & 240 #TheWorldsEnd (Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost) - didn't quite make my list. That's how amazingly good this year has been IMO.

Mall McCartney!!!

Guys we need to make sure that Mall McCartney makes it to the best of countdown! Yeah baby, yeah!

The Bob Ducca comeback in recent months has been fantastic!

Yeah I really enjoyed hearing his side of the story.

The mere idea of of having Harris, Besser, Auckerman and Scharpling on the same podcast boggles my mind!

I was hoping for the return of Surfer Blarn.

June, I'm pretty sure it's "reason for the Me-son", not "reason for the season". But, good use of the phrase regardless!

I don't know the exact mini-ep, but it would have been from last fall. I'm sure you know, but that was all an elaborate comedy bit, which he carried off on Twitter and several podcasts.

I wonder if Big S Silverman will be on the B-B-B-B-B-B-BONUS-S-S-S-S episode this week to promote her HBO special?

This was just the best thing ever.

That was really fun! I am not super familiar with Cam'ron and Brandon, but Cam was a great first-timer! And I can never get enough of The Mind, Body and Soul!

#WoolerysAWad

Listening to this ep of The Fogelnest Files and re-listening to the Halloween III ep of 'How Did This Get Made' has now melded the 'Kars 4 Kids' jingle and the Shamrock mask song in my head. "Four may days til Kars 4 Kids. Kars 4 Kids. Kars 4 Kids. Four more days til Kars 4 Kids - donate your car today!"

SCHARPLING!!!!!! Amazing news. I cannot wait for this.