Episode 74 — Kumail Nanjiani, Our Close Friend

[Episode 74 — Kumail Nanjiani, Our Close Friend]

I wonder how many elderly people claw-foot tubs have murdered.

[Episode 74 — Kumail Nanjiani, Our Close Friend]

 

 

I am one of these faces !

Jesus Fucking Christ. Why are they still sending out the old version?

 

 

I mean, I was happy to fill in, but I'd appreciate some proper promotion. My speech is fucking epic.

[Episode 74 — Kumail Nanjiani, Our Close Friend]

Long-time first-time what?

Long-time cat fixer; first-time spelunker into that dark, musty cave we call showbiz.

 

Apologies for the lack of clarification. I assumed it was obvious.

[Is Engineer Cody Real?]

What kind of nonsensical question is this? Engineer cody is an occupation.

 

"Durr, guys, is farmer real? Is bank teller real? Is arthroscopic surgeon real?"

[Episode 74 — Kumail Nanjiani, Our Close Friend]

Hi guys I'm a long-time first-time. Show business, comic books and video games is one of my favorite hobbies so this was one of my favorite eps.

 

Oh, and as someone who knows someone who knows someone who works in video games (not to name drop, but it's Warren Spector), I actually know why they're called cut scenes: It's because all of the characters that appear in them have to be circumcised.

[EPISODE 104.5 — Minisode 104.5]

It would be pretty freaking great if they got Cobie Smulders or Taran Killam as the guest for this ep.

[Red rover, red rover, send Eugene right over. He's wanted for distributing child pornography.]

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[Episode 100.5 — Minisode 100.5]

Watched Xanadu yesterday. It's horrendous, as expected.

 

Can't say I didn't enjoy the hell out of some of the music. I'm a sucker for that ELO cheese. I've listened to "I'm Alive" about a dozen times in the past 24 hours. The 40s/80s mashup song was pretty cool, too, though far too long. Wasn't nearly as fond of those drippy ONJ ballads, though.

 

I guess it's a testament to the movie's music that it was able to be turned into a pretty successful (and by most accounts, a genuinely good) stage musical. Haven't seen it, but I'd be interested if a tour ever came through my neck of the woods.

 

Everything beyond the music is pretty much horrible. Incoherent story, godawful acting (an unbelievably wooden performance by Michael Beck in particular) and laughably bad special effects, even for the time. But what's most striking is how ineptly it's shot. It's just lazy and cheap - obviously shot on crappy sets in sound stages with absolutely no interesting cinematography.

 

And god, going to Xanadu looks exhausting and not at all fun. Apparently one has to be part of a heavily rehearsed group dance and/or skating routine in order to get in. And the waitresses don't serve drinks! They just dance around with empty trays.

 

Poor Gene Kelly. He really gave it the ol' college try.

[Episode 2 — The Betsy Podcast]

I was wondering if this particular Lapkus character was going to make an appearance.

 

She was called Tracy in her original CBB appearance, so obviously that one was going to change.

 

Couldn't stop laughing when it was revealed her birth name was Amanda Knox. I'm pretty sure it was a coincidence that Lapkus named this particular character Amanda, but it was so perfect when Betsy knocked it out of the park.

[Episode 95.5 — Minisode 95.5]

Alan wanted to hatefuck that monkey so fucking bad.

[Temptation - Tyler Perry]

Did Perry actually intend for the marriage counselor being Judith to be a surprise?

 

Between the subtitle, "Confessions of a Marriage Counselor" and the whole "my sister/a friend of mine" trope, I thought it was supposed to be obvious from the outset that the titular marriage counselor was Judith.

 

I honestly don't know. This was my first Tyler Perry film so I don't have a good grasp of his work.

[Temptation - Tyler Perry]

Did anyone else find it very The Room-esque?

 

Specifically how insane and inconsistent the characters are and how cartoonishly it portrays infidelity (which, of course, is the evil woman's fault)?

[Temptation - Tyler Perry]

Just saw it.

 

Wow.

 

Judith's childhood dream was to be a marriage counselor and Brice's childhood dream was to be a pharmacist at a small pharmacy. What bland, oddly specific life goals these kids had!

 

What the fuck was Kim Kardashian's job, exactly? Did she get a salary simply for walking around the office making bitchy comments about co-workers' hair, makeup, and clothing?

 

I got a real kick out of that ridiculous old-timey truck of theirs. What a dumb visual metaphor for their modest rural upbringing and naivete.

 

What was the point of that trip to New Orleans? Like, from a business perspective? What were they supposed to be doing?

 

In the good reverend's defense, her daughter did look legitimately possessed in that one scene where she started cackling like a crazy person.

[Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close]

It's not as bad as Crash

Maybe if you're referring specifically to Sandra Bullock's performances.

[That's it for this week's Comedy Bang Bang. Help control the pet population. Have your pet spayed or neutered...]

That's it for this week's Comedy Bang Bang. Help control the pet population. Have your pet spayed or neutered. Then mail all of the dog testicles to me, Scott Aukerman. I need them. I need all of them. All of the world's dog testicles. Send them to me. Every single one.

[Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close]

Greetings, folks! Long time listener; first time caller. Love the show.

 

Here's my inaugural suggestion (and I'm kind of shocked it doesn't have a thread on the forum yet):

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_quK9SEGYE

 

Without a doubt my most hated film of the last decade, and probably the worst Best Picture nominee ever. AV Club's review gives you a pretty good idea of what to expect.

 

It's borderline unwatchable, and utterly shameless in its exploitation of September 11.

 

Just pure fucking trash. Oscar bait at its absolute worst.

 

Please watch it, PJ&J.