Episode 140 — Ron Swanson Off

[admin 330]

I think we have a new best friend and his name is Nick Offerman! The ex-con and star of Parks and Recreation makes his Comedy Bang Bang debut this week and gives all you Parks and Rec die-hards a glimpse into the tear-jerking story of how Ron Swanson came to be. Also joining us is Paul Giamatti who trades audition and rejection stories with Nick. To put it simply: This episode is diminutive!

[Julia 477]

It's so nice of Scott to not participate in the Hollywood blacklist of Paul Giamatti. From Big Momma's House and Big Fat Liar to Fred Claus, Paul is a legend.

[NaylorBen 72]

Nice to have someone else who's 'over the line' at Parks and Rec, instead of one of those lowly writers. More of a straight interview for the first half of the episode but I enjoyed it, Nick Offerman is an interesting guy.

 

Great job on the new forum guys.

[takehomejoke 670]

Too Big to Fail - was that title describing Paul Giamatti's Golden Globes beard?

 

I'll be here all week

[jarshall 25]

episode was over before i knew it. a sure sign that i'm being thoroughly entertained. great episode again.

 

forum looks so much better now. good job.

[CrustyDustReceptacle 154]

I'm only 30 minutes in right now, but I feel like this episode is going to be the one that makes me finally commit to catching up on P&R. Job well done, Earwolf!

 

P.S. The new forum looks AWESOME.

[Tombrien 50]

OMG! Congrats on being plugged on the show, Yotam! yyutim peauurl.

[banjoteeth 11]

Great great interview.

[mattman92ish 823]

fucking hysterical GREAT JOB!

[CapricaSixSixSix 100]

James Adomian continues to amaze me.

[JoshDallasRazo 1]

Real great to hear Nick Offerman on the show. Also, with him moving to New York, I haven't had much James Adomian in my life. I forgot how amzaing he is.

[rachelpi 228]

This episode was amazing, what a treat! When I was watching the Golden Globes last night, I was rubbing my paws together with giddy delight over Giamatti's loss, knowing it would fuel the impression....little did I know he would be on the very next episode! Offerman's little giggle absolutely slayed me.

[makinithappen 26]

Was there weird super-quiet music and muffled talking throughout the whole episode? I kept having to take my earbuds out to see if it was my neighbors. Not that it mattered. Great episode as always.

[ColinDenney 100]

 

the earwolf tumblr...

[DustinMartian 89]

Preston,

 

We did have some sound blocking issues from a musical guest next door but I'm pretty sure it isn't present throughout the entire episode. Of course, we weren't going to withhold such a great episode due to any unfortunate sound issues. I'm glad it didn't infringe on your ability to enjoy the episode though!

 

I'll take all the blame. Aqua seafoam shame.

 

- Engineer Dustin

[Bucho 188]

I would love to hear Scott Okerman and Nick Aufferman do some more of this again one day please. So nice to hear award winning podcast guest* James Adomian working his magic again too.

 

* I'm not even making this up as some kind of fanciful compliment. Word on the street is James has literally won at least one award simply for being a splendid podcast guest.

[DanielWetteroff 2]

Great episode! Glad Nick Offerman came by, I love him as Ron Swanson and he has an excellent podcasting voice.

[raxozellet 86]

The real Giamatti needs to get on CBB so we can have a Giamatti-off!

[matthewcohen 18]

I had to turn it off. I love this show but that giamatti character is scraping the blackboard.

[Trujillo 31]

The only problem I had with this episode was that I was praying the Ron Swanson off would end with Paul Giamatti exploding and then re-constituting himself after some complaining. When an Adomian character goes crazy the episode becomes an instant classic. Great episode nonetheless

[Butt Park 85]

CBB is by far my favorite podcast, but "Paul Giamatti" is just awful. Please never have him on again, I hate having to turn off the podcast before the plugs section.

[Foam Corner 94]

Pay no attention to the negative posts, Mr. Giamatti. Most of us love you. Even though you're fat and bald and gross and ugly.

[juliantheguy 0]

Thank you so much for "Hulkster in Heaven". I had this on cassette tape and now own Hulk Hogan and the Wrestling Boot Band on CD. So happy to sing along to the break music.

[sarahride 83]

Oh man, I feel bad for the peeps who aren't into Adomian's Paul Giamatti. I think it's brilliant, whereas the last time he did Dov Charney, I was more than happy to slam my keyboard shut.

[NaylorBen 72]

I'm always surprised by how divisive Adomians' characters are. I mean yeah there's some I like a lot more than others but the fact that people can utterly hate one and yet love another seems weird to me.