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Are we past the max fun drive yet this week? I donate but it's like public radio at this point where I don't even bother turning it on during pledge drive week.
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| # ? Apr 23, 2013 13:13 |
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| # ? May 20, 2013 17:28 |
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Yep, max fun drive is done so you don't have to sully your ears with their dirty, dirty begging.
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| # ? Apr 23, 2013 15:13 |
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I totally lost it with the Terminator bit.
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| # ? Apr 23, 2013 16:48 |
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Any recommendation for other podcasts on the MF network? There's way too many for me to check out and if you like MBMAaM you're bound to have good taste.
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| # ? Apr 23, 2013 16:59 |
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Chuck Bartowski posted:Any recommendation for other podcasts on the MF network? There's way too many for me to check out and if you like MBMAaM you're bound to have good taste. Throwing Shade, Memory Palace, and Stop Podcasting Yourself when they have a good guest on.
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| # ? Apr 23, 2013 17:01 |
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Chuck Bartowski posted:Any recommendation for other podcasts on the MF network? There's way too many for me to check out and if you like MBMAaM you're bound to have good taste. I'm still working through the huge backlog that they have, but I really like Stop Podcasting Yourself. It's got a very approachable conversational tone to it so while it's not as outright funny as MBMBaM it's certainly entertaining. Edit - To a lesser extent I'd also recommend Judge John Hodgman and Throwing Shade, although the former varies from case to case and the latter requires you to be on board with their kinda insincere sense of humour. Daius fucked around with this message at Apr 23, 2013 around 17:07 |
| # ? Apr 23, 2013 17:04 |
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Throwing Shade is something I would show to a person that didn't understand the concept of "yes, and"
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| # ? Apr 23, 2013 17:51 |
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Chuck Bartowski posted:Any recommendation for other podcasts on the MF network? There's way too many for me to check out and if you like MBMAaM you're bound to have good taste. Judge John Hodgman is mostly great, though they do get the occasional clunker of a case. Memory Palace is great, it's super well-produced and also incredibly short. Bullseye is great if you like the guests, but can be hit or miss if you don't care.
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| # ? Apr 23, 2013 19:29 |
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Al! posted:Are we past the max fun drive yet this week? I donate but it's like public radio at this point where I don't even bother turning it on during pledge drive week. If you're into Dan Savage at all, I'd at least check out the first pledge drive episode, since they got him to help with some choice yahoos. Things got interesting to say the least.
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| # ? Apr 24, 2013 03:22 |
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Crindee posted:Holy poo poo the "Annihilator" discussion during this week's Extreme Restraints ad killed me. Justin's quick "uh oh!" after "my boyfriend is small -- only six inches" had me laughing like a god drat maniac while walking through crowded NYC streets.
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| # ? Apr 25, 2013 12:12 |
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I feel like the less actual, serious advice the brothers give, the better. They usually give sound advice, but it's boring to hear Travis talk for five minutes about who pays for dinner.
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| # ? Apr 29, 2013 00:51 |
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Kevin DuBrow posted:I feel like the less actual, serious advice the brothers give, the better. They usually give sound advice, but it's boring to hear Travis talk for five minutes about who pays for dinner. I disagree with this but I certainly prefer ridiculous nonsense.
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| # ? Apr 29, 2013 08:54 |
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Al! posted:Throwing Shade, Memory Palace, and Stop Podcasting Yourself when they have a good guest on. Stop Podcasting Yourself always. The best SPYs are actually the guestless ones. And for some reason they have a whole entourage of hilarious Canadian comics you've never heard of. Also PFT. SPY is the funniest show, goddamn
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| # ? Apr 29, 2013 13:39 |
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To extrapolate, because I consider myself kind of a dyed-in-the-wool MFster: JJGO! used to be extremely funny and now it's still pretty funny, but they've undergone a major tonal shift in the past few months. Jesse has become a little more esoteric and Jordan has become more subdued, the guests have become less central to the show and more low-key, and even the production is softer and quieter, it seems. It used to be a wacky show that had classic quotables spilling over the rim, but now it's mostly about a guy in a tweed jacket trading nostalgia riffs with his stoner friend in a hushed, post-ironic murmur. IDK, it's still got some great moments these days, but it's far and away not the best MF show. JJHO is a must listen. Not all episodes are extremely hilarious, but John Hodgman is a well-put-together man with a lot of actual sane life advice that's always fascinating to listen to, even if the case is banal. Plus, he's very quick-witted and every few episodes the litigants are large enough personalities that he can bounce off of them and be very funny indeed. JJHO is mostly interesting about 60% of time and mostly hilarious about 40%. Int'l Waters is mostly hilarious and I like it because it has a release schedule that's short enough to not forget about, but long enough to start missing it right before the newest episode comes out. Warning: high Jesse content. SPY is incredibly, incredibly funny, and they have a very unique style that I can't describe without overused descriptors like "absurd" and "referential", but it's very much a laugh-a-minute sort of show with the laughs landing with surprising consistency, and they've got a great roster of regular guests. Please listen to any of the PFT shows. SPY is criminally underappreciated. Bullseye is good if you like interview shows, Jesse legitimately is a great interviewer and he usually has very interesting guests on, but I prefer comedy podcasts so YMMV. Throwing Shade I think is good in small doses, their schtick is very precious and usually very predictable, but they're good in a sketchy sort of context and they have the right opinions on things. RISK is like the Moth hosted by a really loving annoying guy Wham Bam Pow is mostly boring, but you can tell they're just starting to catch their stride. Cameron Esposito dominates on the podcast, and I find her mostly insufferable, a comedian who doesn't know how to write punchlines. It could be good when Rhea and Ricky find their comfort zone. Still haven't heard Memory Palace, what is that one about? quadrophrenic fucked around with this message at Apr 29, 2013 around 14:09 |
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quadrophrenic posted:Still haven't heard Memory Palace, what is that one about? Memory Palace is interesting but content starved. Nate DiMeo shares a funny/beautiful/touching moment from history, such as the invention and decline of the original Ferris Wheel, or the death of Edgar Allan Poe as one would a short story. They're around 5 minutes long and I think they only release on a monthly basis. Jesse interviewed him recently as a piece of donor exclusive content, which I really think ought to be generally released, since it explains the show's history and Nate's fascination with memory, I listened to it before my first episode, and the sings he says seem to ring true.
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| # ? Apr 29, 2013 15:14 |
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quadrophrenic posted:
I agree with most of what you said and just want to comment on these two things. Yes, Risk is a storyteller show like The Moth, but it's a lot more irreverent and dirty, and also the episodes are typically an hour long and feature a few stories relating to a loose theme, so you're not stuck with a single 10-15 minute story that you either love or hate. Kevin Allison is indeed very annoying and has a very weird affect, also he greatly overestimates how much people care about what is going in his butt. I'm glad that someone else says that Cameron Esposito is insufferable, and you are absolutely spot on when pointing out that she does not know how punchlines work. I've been trying to figure out how to describe what irks me about her and that's it. I think I have a similar issue with Jackie Kashian (sp), but it seems like a lot of comedians I like are quite fond of her. Raar_Im_A_Dinosaur fucked around with this message at Apr 29, 2013 around 15:35 |
| # ? Apr 29, 2013 15:33 |
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Sometimes I'll go a week or two skipping SPY because I listen to too drat many podcasts that all drop on Mondays, but then when I get to them I remember how delightful they are and remember why I haven't dropped the feed like so many other things I can't keep up with.
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| # ? Apr 30, 2013 01:39 |
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Yea too many of my favorites drop on Monday and Tuesday so I sometimes wind up forgetting one or two like SPY. Always a treat when I look at my list and go 'oh right, Stop Podcasting Yourself!' though. Maxfun is a really solid network in general, to me at least. JJGo has kinda hit this weird bump but its still good, it's just...different and kinda weird now. Also, Bullseye is a treat if you like interviews, like already said Jesse is a simply wonderful interviewer and usually keeps his guests good and interesting. If you wanna hear him be more serious it's a great podcast. Still I think I can listen to Throwing Shade and MBMBaM all day long though. Speaking of MBMBaM, goddamn I want WOLF SCHOOL to be a thing somehow.
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| # ? Apr 30, 2013 05:40 |
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RIP Ira Ray Bit 2013-2013
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| # ? Apr 30, 2013 23:00 |
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quadrophrenic posted:JJGO! used to be extremely funny and now it's still pretty funny, but they've undergone a major tonal shift in the past few months. Jesse has become a little more esoteric and Jordan has become more subdued, the guests have become less central to the show and more low-key, and even the production is softer and quieter, it seems. It used to be a wacky show that had classic quotables spilling over the rim, but now it's mostly about a guy in a tweed jacket trading nostalgia riffs with his stoner friend in a hushed, post-ironic murmur. IDK, it's still got some great moments these days, but it's far and away not the best MF show. SPY is also really good when it's just the two of them and they get into a rhythm. My only complaint is that some of their comedian friends veer into the far-left territory. It doesn't happen often, but there are those occasions where the comedy comes to a halt as the guest yammers on about some alternative medicine thing they are into. Memory Palace is good but it doesn't fit the vibe of the rest of the shows at all. Judge John Hodgeman is good but is occasionally dragged down when it becomes obvious the guests deliberately came up with the wacky circumstance to get on the show and are playing along, and are never as good at it as they think they are. MBMBAM is by far the funniest, though. My only concern is that the Yahoo Answers seem to now come from the same two people clearly scouring the site for the show so I'm wondering if we are at the point where we can see the bottom of that comedy well.
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| # ? May 3, 2013 18:07 |
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kuddles posted:MBMBAM is by far the funniest, though. My only concern is that the Yahoo Answers seem to now come from the same two people clearly scouring the site for the show so I'm wondering if we are at the point where we can see the bottom of that comedy well. Maybe with the end of the Ira Ray bit they might move on to other contributors, they say they get a bunch of them but apparently think Ira always picks the best ones.
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| # ? May 3, 2013 18:42 |
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That's happened throughout the run of the show -- some particular listener will send in a ton of the Yahoo Answers for several months, then fall off.
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| # ? May 3, 2013 18:55 |
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New sampler is up, go share with your friends and poo poo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjuBTXuYHhM
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| # ? May 3, 2013 20:29 |
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I've listened to all the back episodes over the last couple of months, and once or twice Griffin read some insane articles from eHow or one of those sites, and they were fantastic. I wouldn't be opposed to them going down that road a little more.
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| # ? May 4, 2013 09:16 |
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The thing that makes Yahoo Answers such a bottomless comedy pit is that there's no restrictions on topics, so even if one week they run out of hilarious ones, there's still a billion super weird ones that they can riff on. I mean, I doubt the internet's going to stop asking whether it's ok to write messages on your dog or why the Home Alone cameraman just stood there and videotaped everything instead of helping, any time soon. Also, from the sound of things, Griffin has a couple dozen Yahoos ready to go every week, so it's not like they're starting to run short on them or anything.
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| # ? May 4, 2013 15:38 |
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Civil Twilight posted:That's happened throughout the run of the show -- some particular listener will send in a ton of the Yahoo Answers for several months, then fall off. RIP Jacob Locker
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| # ? May 4, 2013 15:44 |
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VDay posted:whether it's ok to write messages on your dog gently caress you, Ron Don Don Johnson!
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| # ? May 4, 2013 17:35 |
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Groucho Marxist posted:RIP Jacob Locker He's busy with spring training for the Titans.
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| # ? May 6, 2013 14:11 |
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I really hope Orb competes for the Triple Crown, cause I want that to be a recurring bit.
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| # ? May 20, 2013 17:28 |
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You gotta feel bad for Cube, he just needed a push!
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