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Inspiring the meme 'Lonely Virgil' seen here at lonelyvirgil.net *the Million Dollar Man has showed up at our church once. I guess he's something of an evangelist inspirational-speaker guy. He was a very nice man btw.

btw: I realized I sounded like an a-hole 'throwing in requests' like I'm not a fanboy who's just thankful I'm getting free podcasts you guys work hard on. I really am thankful (and often in awe) at what you guys do for us (again for free!).

My mind must be blending together Fogelnest Files and HDTGM episodes (my 2 faves along with 2Charted) but I guess I can still hope for JDR as a sit-in 1-on-1 guest. My other request might be Adam Carolla. When he isn't ranting or complaining he actually has a spooky keen memory of crazy and obscure television, commercials, toys etc from the 1970s and 80s sort of era. Also, just show him some Huell Howser 'California Gold' clips and Carolla is in his glory. *this reminds me to throw Dana Gould in there too. He also seems to have keen memory of old classic TV and pop culture references.

Thank God Bob Odenkirk is finally getting some kind of respect and I sincerely hope some kind of big mainstream money as well. Nobody deserves it more than he does. Rumor is that 'Better Call Saul' is the Breaking Bad 'Spin-off': http://www.bettercallsaul.com/

Andy Kindler (possibly versus the squirrel) but Kindler.. is there some way to have him as a kind of regular monthly round-up guest kinda co-host. Nobody can find the clips that infuriate Kindler like Jake can. And there is never enough Fred Stoller. My request for a new guest would be the great June Diane Raphael.

Nobody will hold you responsible for an act of self-defense.

I don't know if enough of the young comics today fully appreciate (or do they even know) just how much of a game-changer 'Fernwood Tonight' really was? It doesn't seem that way now when nearly everyone automatically grasps that it's a 'fake' or 'mock talkshow' but they were doing that when quite frankly the average person wasnt accustomed to such things. Anyway, just huge massive props to Fernwood because that was way ahead of its time.

I read this on the internet (so it must be true) but it said that Ernie Black Ghost Buster Hudson actually auditioned to be the voice actor of his own character in the 'Cartoon Ghostbusters' and didn't get the role. It went to Arsenio Hall instead. Wow.. wow.. this movie didn't just end Hudson's big chance at leading roles in big films but somehow demoted him to 'not getting black ghostbuster roles'. No Justice No Peace Hollywood!

Oh what a great choice! This movie really was the first personal 'How did this get made?' movie experience in my life. I mean.. where I was sincerely annoyed with that very question long after viewing it. Anyone old enough to remember when this was a VHS rental you 'reserved' a week in advance and then you and all your roommates and probably friends came over? It was a big deal. And this was one everyone insisted was pretty awesome! And I just... could not... comprehend how.. I mean it made me angry! I'm not going to rewatch it. I can still remember being constantly annoyed at baffling choices, convoluted logic, holes and gaps and corny moments and I want the HDTGM peeps to take me through it again! *What might have annoyed me above all this - I think I believed Ernie 'The Black Ghostbuster' Hudson was finally going to get his due. Then realizing this movie set him back to .. well just being 'the black ghostbuster' for probably the rest of his never recoverable celebrity career

If anyone deserves success its these guys. JDR is amazing and if she doesn't get a big break (or a medium one) then I dont know what the hell is going on anymore. Well.. I guess 'Big Bang Theory' is still a mega-smash hit with monster ratings. We would still have that going for us. Punching myself in the head now thanks bye.

Bang-on. Your post triggered all the memories. The years was probably 1980 and my parents and friends came home from an office party where, using this new corporate 'BetaMax' i think they had seen a video of a 1978 'Off The Wall' stand-up special featuring Robin Williams coked out of his mind. For some culturally specific reasons our parents could not stop fucking talking about ......."this guy.. this guy.. whats his name. .not the Threes Company guy but .. ya Robin Williams OH MY GADDD... this guy.. give him a cup and he goes off on it... he literally climbs the stage.. you can say anything and he can make it funny!! Its like he just makes it up as he goes along!!.. and the ENERGY!"

I loved this episode and like Paul said - its actually a perfect movie for the core concept of HDTGM? It's not just 'bad' but should have been caught out, it should have the cash and acting power to work, and, it really had the writers who 'could' have fixed it. But baffling the world - the stupid thing was somehow made and released as it was? The guys really did sum up everything i remembered. A somewhat cool surreal 'world' was uhh.. well made and presented yes. Then.. seemed to have no good explanation. Then seemed to be improv'ed by actors on their day off (from some other full-time projects) And great advice from the guest - whenever you hear a movie is the 'dream project' of a successful director or producer or writer ......... red flag. red flag! someone DID let them have a lot of cash and nobody to call them out as they dicked and whimsied around in their world of imagination.

A place where I can spot Fred Stoller on a daily basis sounds like the happiest damn place on Earth to me!

I believe these 'EDM' things must be relatively easy because I KNOW I have no idea how to write music and doubt I know exactly what a 'chord' or 'octave' is supposed to be, yet, I had this Music Maker Pro and 'Fruity Loops' and some other DAW. To be honest I just dicked around for enough hours to figure out how to use the software. Around hour 10 I figured out how to layer beats, bongos, add some synthesizer and then a recording of myself 'rapping' Bob Odenkirk lines. Put it on Facebook for stupid laughs. Numerous people wanted to know where I got the song and were somehow impressed and treated it as a genuine single of some real importance. And sorry I have no idea what happened to the song - lucky for you guys. JDR is way to sexy in her guest photo.

This should be interesting. I just remember this having a sort of ... Willy Wonka/Beatlesesque retro-arty sorta look and feel (and i think it was done well?) and of course Williams is the zany madcap toy inventor? So what seems to be the unique thing is that it might have been the first movies to introduce Rappers into costarring roles? I remember I did not like that. As a general rule I find almost every rapper sucks at acting. Possible exception being Snoop Dog or someone else I don't care about. I remember I never did really know or care about what the movie was meant to be about or had any desire to think of it again. Until now!