Comedy Bang! Bang! The Podcast: Technicality. No. Down. Boo. Over.

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Besson: Apr 20, 2006; To the sun's savage brightness he exposed the dark and secret surface of his retinas, so that by burning the memory of vengeance might be preserved, and never perish.

I love any episode with Harris Wittels or Adam Scott, but when those two together I nearly crashed my car laughing. Their lumberyard routine started quite banal, but went someplace very, very surreal.

# ¿ Sep 23, 2011 02:00

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# ¿ Apr 28, 2024 23:01

Besson: Apr 20, 2006; To the sun's savage brightness he exposed the dark and secret surface of his retinas, so that by burning the memory of vengeance might be preserved, and never perish.

Paul Scheer is so nice that he has an entire podcast ripping on lovely movies, which results in people who were involved in those movies calling up the show saying how much they enjoyed it. I love playing along with How Did This Get Made.

# ¿ Oct 18, 2011 07:27

Besson: Apr 20, 2006; To the sun's savage brightness he exposed the dark and secret surface of his retinas, so that by burning the memory of vengeance might be preserved, and never perish.

I really liked the Tim and Eric episode. When Eric talks about how he only uses the Dr's soap to stop ants from getting in I lost my poo poo.

Also, Spring Dingers.

# ¿ Feb 4, 2012 05:27

Besson: Apr 20, 2006; To the sun's savage brightness he exposed the dark and secret surface of his retinas, so that by burning the memory of vengeance might be preserved, and never perish.

Trujillo posted:

Love how Adomian has a streak going where he's on every other week. Hope they keep it up.

If they alternate between Adomian and Besser every week, I would lose my poo poo.

# ¿ Mar 6, 2012 07:47

Besson: Apr 20, 2006; To the sun's savage brightness he exposed the dark and secret surface of his retinas, so that by burning the memory of vengeance might be preserved, and never perish.

For some reason I get really bummed out that he never says Clock Soccer-mom anymore. This is what my life has become.

# ¿ May 14, 2012 01:13

Besson: Apr 20, 2006; To the sun's savage brightness he exposed the dark and secret surface of his retinas, so that by burning the memory of vengeance might be preserved, and never perish.

Ok, I was skeptical that the TV show would be any good. I was wrong. It is loving hilarious. So weird and funny.

# ¿ May 27, 2012 03:42

Besson: Apr 20, 2006; To the sun's savage brightness he exposed the dark and secret surface of his retinas, so that by burning the memory of vengeance might be preserved, and never perish.

SpacePig posted:

I haven't listened to today's yet, but he and Eric Wareheim were pretty funny when they were on together and doing their popcorn.com shtick

The Popcorn.com thing was amazing. Also, the Irish Spring rant was also amazing, I still refer to myself as a "spring-dinger".

# ¿ Jun 4, 2012 14:35

Besson: Apr 20, 2006; To the sun's savage brightness he exposed the dark and secret surface of his retinas, so that by burning the memory of vengeance might be preserved, and never perish.

Listen to how much everyone is listening to Tim Heidecker's Woody stories. It truly is hysterical how straight faced he is about shooting such an absurd film. When he, so earnestly, said "Jason is a great improvisor", I lost my poo poo.

# ¿ Jun 5, 2012 06:53

Besson: Apr 20, 2006; To the sun's savage brightness he exposed the dark and secret surface of his retinas, so that by burning the memory of vengeance might be preserved, and never perish.

Blackula69 posted:

I know exactly what he's doing and 95% of the time it sucks. Oh man, an unlistenable podcast, what a funny idea.

His stuff is often more interesting when you read about it versus actually experiencing it. I'm a smart, savvy comedy consumer. I'm in on the joke. But it doesn't make it any more tolerable

See, I was laughing my head off at the whole thing. It wasn't just an amusing intellectual exercise. I find the 'big shot hollywood' type hilarious. I am not saying you are wrong or you don't get it, but I assure you that I am laughing at more than just the concept.

# ¿ Jun 5, 2012 07:02

Besson: Apr 20, 2006; To the sun's savage brightness he exposed the dark and secret surface of his retinas, so that by burning the memory of vengeance might be preserved, and never perish.

COUNTIN THE BILLIES posted:

Um uh oh ye ah.

I loved the synopsis of Season of the Witch: Ron Perlman looking at a witch flying by and saying "Oh poo poo."

He pretty much gave up being Bro at this point and it was so loving funny. This made me laugh so hard.

Stone cold classic.

Besson fucked around with this message at 00:39 on Jun 15, 2012

# ¿ Jun 14, 2012 14:13

Besson: Apr 20, 2006; To the sun's savage brightness he exposed the dark and secret surface of his retinas, so that by burning the memory of vengeance might be preserved, and never perish.

Cast No Engine posted:

I find this impossible on every phone music player app. If you try to skip 1 minute it jumps 6:34 and then you try to go back and it goes 2:35. I know some apps let you hold the back or forward button for five second intervals but it never works out perfectly for me.

Downcast lets you jump forward by 30 seconds and 2 minutes, as well as back by 30 and 15 seconds. Simply jump forward two minutes and hit back 15 seconds and you are done.

Also, it is a pretty good app all round.

# ¿ Jul 3, 2012 03:21

Besson: Apr 20, 2006; To the sun's savage brightness he exposed the dark and secret surface of his retinas, so that by burning the memory of vengeance might be preserved, and never perish.

No Ticket posted:

Chelsea Peretti has the most infectious laugh I've ever heard

You nailed it. Every time she loses her poo poo I can't keep it together. Something really sets her off this episode, and the whole show stalls because she is laughing so hard. I drat near crashed my car because of it.

# ¿ Jul 10, 2012 15:19

Besson: Apr 20, 2006; To the sun's savage brightness he exposed the dark and secret surface of his retinas, so that by burning the memory of vengeance might be preserved, and never perish.

Bob was so uncomfortable, it was great. Especially when Besser suggested he jerks off and then throws his semen inside his wife's pussy.

Besser is an incredible improviser. He is never heard stalling or stammering, and his wit is just so fast and so sharp. Except "pulled Bjork sandwich".

# ¿ Jul 24, 2012 06:06

Besson: Apr 20, 2006; To the sun's savage brightness he exposed the dark and secret surface of his retinas, so that by burning the memory of vengeance might be preserved, and never perish.

Conduit for Sale! posted:

I hope to one day actually publish this book myself.

I wish this was real.

# ¿ Aug 8, 2012 07:59

Besson: Apr 20, 2006; To the sun's savage brightness he exposed the dark and secret surface of his retinas, so that by burning the memory of vengeance might be preserved, and never perish.

Yup, this is the best of 2012. Kroll and Mulaney bounce off each other so well, Caplan totally gets it, and Scott keeps things tied together perfectly. Instant classic.

# ¿ Sep 4, 2012 01:45

Besson: Apr 20, 2006; To the sun's savage brightness he exposed the dark and secret surface of his retinas, so that by burning the memory of vengeance might be preserved, and never perish.

Gillian had a pretty strong Garry Marshall impression. I wish she were on the show more often, as she gets the rhythm of the show and bounces off her guests really strongly. Listening to her writhe about Words With Friends will always be funny.

Lapkus was hilarious, but I think I responded to it because she reminds me of a few people I really know. The 'pretentious traveler' type is a pretty unique angle. She was a big part of what made Would You Rather so great this week.

This is a top-five of the year episode for me. Up there with the Bro-Andy Samberg reunion and the Lizzy Caplan episode.

# ¿ Oct 16, 2012 02:50

Besson: Apr 20, 2006; To the sun's savage brightness he exposed the dark and secret surface of his retinas, so that by burning the memory of vengeance might be preserved, and never perish.

Aside from the Billy Bob Thornton episode, which was a funny concept that went for too long, I'll vouch for Heidecker until I die. Popcorn.com and the Woody Allen stuff are still some of my favourite bits.

I know you guys don't like him, and I understand, but I love his appearances. I guess will never get sick of the 'showbiz ego' character.

# ¿ Oct 23, 2012 03:14

Besson: Apr 20, 2006; To the sun's savage brightness he exposed the dark and secret surface of his retinas, so that by burning the memory of vengeance might be preserved, and never perish.

Yeah, everyone was strong but they didn't mesh together. Two characters was too much. Everyone was trying to do their bit and stepping all over each other.

Heidecker was right to take a backseat in the second half, but even then the show was claustrophobic. Although, I loving lost it at "Rasta Man".

# ¿ Oct 26, 2012 05:09

Besson: Apr 20, 2006; To the sun's savage brightness he exposed the dark and secret surface of his retinas, so that by burning the memory of vengeance might be preserved, and never perish.

drainpipe posted:

IT'S BEEN

Through all the amazing character work Besser did this episode, this dumb joke is the one I keep thinking about. It's so dumb and stupid and wonderful.

# ¿ Jan 23, 2013 05:20

Besson: Apr 20, 2006; To the sun's savage brightness he exposed the dark and secret surface of his retinas, so that by burning the memory of vengeance might be preserved, and never perish.

Lost it at 'Kiss Kiss Bong Bong".

# ¿ Feb 7, 2013 03:28

Besson: Apr 20, 2006; To the sun's savage brightness he exposed the dark and secret surface of his retinas, so that by burning the memory of vengeance might be preserved, and never perish.

Video Improv4Humans is the best improv for humans:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iUOiFxb1sI

I'm actually warming to this format. Thanks Earwolf.

# ¿ Feb 10, 2013 15:05

Besson: Apr 20, 2006; To the sun's savage brightness he exposed the dark and secret surface of his retinas, so that by burning the memory of vengeance might be preserved, and never perish.

GraPar posted:

Hahaha, holy poo poo, my wife.

This is incredible. I forgot how great it is when Apatow is trying to tell a story and Scott and Wompler keep saying it because they have to. They can't resist.

# ¿ Feb 11, 2013 14:44

Besson: Apr 20, 2006; To the sun's savage brightness he exposed the dark and secret surface of his retinas, so that by burning the memory of vengeance might be preserved, and never perish.

Even if the rape bit was a bit much, I loving loved this episode. The whole PSH "seize what's real and act" bit was incredible. The dodgy impression didn't bother me, because the 'character' that was portrayed was such a great exaggeration.

# ¿ Feb 22, 2013 22:58

Besson: Apr 20, 2006; To the sun's savage brightness he exposed the dark and secret surface of his retinas, so that by burning the memory of vengeance might be preserved, and never perish.

Ok, Neil Campbell explaining his play made me laugh so hard. Every appearance of his is incredible. His characters are so well rounded with so little exposition.

# ¿ Mar 5, 2013 02:50

Besson: Apr 20, 2006; To the sun's savage brightness he exposed the dark and secret surface of his retinas, so that by burning the memory of vengeance might be preserved, and never perish.

The four part Bad Company movie saga should cement Tim as a CBB legend.

"I just got a text from Tom. It just says: 'rasta man'."

# ¿ Mar 12, 2013 00:03

Besson: Apr 20, 2006; To the sun's savage brightness he exposed the dark and secret surface of his retinas, so that by burning the memory of vengeance might be preserved, and never perish.

"It's been"

# ¿ Apr 22, 2013 05:47

Besson: Apr 20, 2006; To the sun's savage brightness he exposed the dark and secret surface of his retinas, so that by burning the memory of vengeance might be preserved, and never perish.

I know I am late to this party, but What A Thrashable Slope had me in tears. The ski-dude inflection sounds hilarious when it attempts to be poignant.

# ¿ Jun 24, 2013 03:57

Besson: Apr 20, 2006; To the sun's savage brightness he exposed the dark and secret surface of his retinas, so that by burning the memory of vengeance might be preserved, and never perish.

Horatio is odd on CBB because he always improvs himself into a hole and has no idea how to get out. He either contradicts himself into a corner or completely forgets things he said earlier and has no idea how to proceed. Sometimes it can be funny, because Scott and the guest can try and make sense of it to make it seem absurd, otherwise it can fall flat.

# ¿ Jun 25, 2013 06:18

Besson: Apr 20, 2006; To the sun's savage brightness he exposed the dark and secret surface of his retinas, so that by burning the memory of vengeance might be preserved, and never perish.

Yeah, character work isn't his strong suit. Especially when it has to be sustained for an hour or so.

Love his I4H stuff.

# ¿ Jun 25, 2013 08:48

Besson: Apr 20, 2006; To the sun's savage brightness he exposed the dark and secret surface of his retinas, so that by burning the memory of vengeance might be preserved, and never perish.

NienNunb posted:

I have conflicting feelings towards Tim. I hate when he's on with other guests. But his opening 1 on 1 segments with Scott are consistently hilarious. His Woody Allen story still cracks me up.

Pretty much, but I liked it when he was on with Kroll talking about soap.

# ¿ Sep 15, 2013 01:14

Besson: Apr 20, 2006; To the sun's savage brightness he exposed the dark and secret surface of his retinas, so that by burning the memory of vengeance might be preserved, and never perish.

When was the last "Who Said It?" I remember the theme song being particularly amazing.

# ¿ Oct 3, 2013 12:20

Besson: Apr 20, 2006; To the sun's savage brightness he exposed the dark and secret surface of his retinas, so that by burning the memory of vengeance might be preserved, and never perish.

When it was revealed that Paul (Mall) McCartney and Austin Powers are essentially the same person, my mind was blown. The episode was worth it just for that comparison.

# ¿ Oct 29, 2013 03:32

Besson: Apr 20, 2006; To the sun's savage brightness he exposed the dark and secret surface of his retinas, so that by burning the memory of vengeance might be preserved, and never perish.

This is a good one.

# ¿ Nov 5, 2013 02:55

Besson: Apr 20, 2006; To the sun's savage brightness he exposed the dark and secret surface of his retinas, so that by burning the memory of vengeance might be preserved, and never perish.

So apparently Seth Morris wrote and performed a whole piece in tribute of the Giant Bomb guy that died?

# ¿ Nov 7, 2013 06:06

Besson: Apr 20, 2006; To the sun's savage brightness he exposed the dark and secret surface of his retinas, so that by burning the memory of vengeance might be preserved, and never perish.

Help Im Alive posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ev_1R6ftYlY

Still the best theme song.

# ¿ Nov 11, 2013 22:45

Besson: Apr 20, 2006; To the sun's savage brightness he exposed the dark and secret surface of his retinas, so that by burning the memory of vengeance might be preserved, and never perish.

soggybagel posted:

I really really liked episode 240 with Pegg, Wright, and Frost. It's definitely in my top 10.

I forgot about this and you are right, that episode was great. Spot on impressions and fun banter. Dudes were clearly happy to have a break from the standard promotion circuit.

# ¿ Nov 27, 2013 12:23

Besson: Apr 20, 2006; To the sun's savage brightness he exposed the dark and secret surface of his retinas, so that by burning the memory of vengeance might be preserved, and never perish.

The Weird Al episode was fire. You guys are nuts.

I haven't listened to the best of's yet, but has the Frost/Wright/Pegg shown up yet? The middle section was glorious.

# ¿ Dec 27, 2013 06:32

Besson: Apr 20, 2006; To the sun's savage brightness he exposed the dark and secret surface of his retinas, so that by burning the memory of vengeance might be preserved, and never perish.

Help Im Alive posted:

I'm just going to pretend The Pepper Men won

It was probably my favourite as well. I mean, Neil's play was amazing in itself.

# ¿ Jan 3, 2014 01:46

Besson: Apr 20, 2006; To the sun's savage brightness he exposed the dark and secret surface of his retinas, so that by burning the memory of vengeance might be preserved, and never perish.

Mr. Squishy posted:

I reckon Greggy's right and Scott was using "publicist" to mean "Edgar Wright" without giving the whole game away. There was a whole bit on the Adam & Joe show about how much they both feared improv.

I feel like Scott has told the bad guest story way before the Simon and Nick's appearance. I'm willing to bet it was the Napoleon Dynamite episode, in which the guy wasn't playing ball and hated the improv games and Adomian's (?) character. Is it a short episode? I'm on my phone so I can't check now

Also, that episode had Scott specifically saying the publicist organised the guest booking, which is a weird thing to mention mid-episode.

Besson fucked around with this message at 07:23 on Jan 9, 2014

# ¿ Jan 9, 2014 07:20

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# ¿ Apr 28, 2024 23:01

Besson: Apr 20, 2006; To the sun's savage brightness he exposed the dark and secret surface of his retinas, so that by burning the memory of vengeance might be preserved, and never perish.

Conduit for Sale! posted:

Marv Albert/Don Pardo was the best thing. I don't know why people saying "Myoosical guest!" entertains me so much but it does.

Liz & Liz are my least favorite characters on Kroll Show but oh well, still a good ep. Jenny Slate is adorable.

The only time I liked a Liz appearance is when she went to the ice hockey rink with Caesar. Everywhere else, yeah, weak characters on an otherwise great show.

# ¿ Jan 14, 2014 07:30

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