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Chris Tallman did a more than capable job filling in for Matt. My only gripe is with his unwillingness to fully commit to the fake movie titles. This could be because I've listened to way too much Pistol Shrimps Radio, but I knew as soon as Mark said John Leguizamo, Matt would have followed up with John Armuizamo, and I was a little bummed when it didn't happen. But we did get an Anvil and plenty of Han M'Boogie, so I can't complain too much.

True (pathetic) story related to the guest question: About a decade ago I emailed Coca Cola customer service with an idea for a version of the soda with only half the sugar. The idea being it would be healthier for you, but not have that nasty aspartame taste. No more than a few months later Coca Cola released a version with 50% less calories. Looking back I have zero doubt that this was just a coincidence, but at the time I was steamed and remembered emailing Coca Cola asking for some sort of restitution for my brilliant idea. Of course they never responded. Even worse, the new product was a total flop and was out of stores almost as soon as it was released. In fact, a quick internet search could not produce any information on this forgettable brand of Coca Cola. I guess the lesson is some million dollar ideas aren't really worth shit.

That was some HOF caliber off mike laughter in the first segment and some HOF caliber on mike laughter in the second segment.

Maybe he was talking about abandoning his planned set list and playing all covers of Fig'rin Dan and the Modal Nodes.

I am glad The Renegades because it gives me an excuse to share the greatest TV intro of all time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEPB4Fitw-c Also, Michael Pare was not in The Renegades, but a young Patrick Swayze (also mentioned in the episode) was.

I loved how stupidly and unsatisfyingly this episode ended only because it really seemed to irritate Paul. Also, fwiw, I think Henrik Ibsen would make a more convincing Klingon.

I was all set to give this episode a glowing review, but then Jimmy passed up a perfect opportunity to ask Paul when he first heard of the band U2. That just put me in a sour mood for the rest of the episode.

This was beautiful. This is what happens when five funny improvisers are willing to follow every "yes, and" to the bitter end, no matter how ridiculous.

I think Paul was trying to start an episode of Blue Turtlin'.

Thank god! I was worried Jason was no longer in The Dictator.

I appreciated James' shoutout to the PCPA theater. I worked there for a couple years after high school and they always put on good performances. This was a solid episode. James Urbaniak always seemed like an interesting conversationalist and person, and I'm happy to see that it's true.

Hoooo-leeee sheeeeeeit! I haven't heard the episode yet, but I hope they finally got their fuckin' t-shirts.

I'm thinking he reminds me a lot of Dan Bejar in that pic.

Would it be possible for Lauren to show off her basketball "expertise" every episode? This ep was a lot less weird than expected given Neil Campbell's involvement, but it still worked.

Can we pleasepleasePLEASE have Todd and Gino Lombardo on the same ep? You can make it my Christmas and birthday gifts.