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TenTwelveTwelve posted:Bring back Shelby Fero I’m listening to her first appearance (I assume since stitcher insists the episode is called “button”) and goddamn do I miss gmail roulette. I wish they’d actually bring back some other segments apart from teaser freezer. Maybe they just ran out of emails.
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Jun 21, 2019 02:26
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Besser finally got a treat for a centennial episode  
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Jun 21, 2019 04:18
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That rules.
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Jun 21, 2019 09:42
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"Half the cake was a different consistency than the rest; it was just, like, mashed up Twinkies."
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Jun 21, 2019 15:54
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It was a solid episode and a good idea, but man that whole cake bit goes on about 3x longer than it should at the end of the episode.
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Jun 21, 2019 16:07
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Got a timestamp for the cake bit for those of us that let improv4humons fall out of the regular rotation?
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gently caress Your Website posted:Got a timestamp for the cake bit for those of us that let improv4humons fall out of the regular rotation? Around 1:18:50 and then, yeah, it goes on for 30 minutes when it could've been done in 15
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JethroMcB posted:Around 1:18:50 and then, yeah, it goes on for 30 minutes when it could've been done in 15 Thanks! (And having now listened to it, you're correct.)
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Jun 21, 2019 17:59
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Speaking of Besser, someone should mime guillotining him https://slate.com/culture/2019/06/upright-citizens-brigade-theater-finances-closing.html
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The Peccadillo posted:Speaking of Besser, someone should mime guillotining him Is it really that much of a dealbreaker to charge more for tickets? Do they serve alcohol at these things? Pay your goddamn staff
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Terror Sweat posted:Is it really that much of a dealbreaker to charge more for tickets? Do they serve alcohol at these things? Pay your goddamn staff It might be, I mean you are going out to watch amateur improv. I don't know how much the average ticket is, but I doubt people would be willing to pay a lot.
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Jun 23, 2019 21:22
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The government should subsidise long-form improv.
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Terror Sweat posted:Is it really that much of a dealbreaker to charge more for tickets? Do they serve alcohol at these things? Pay your goddamn staff UCB has always operated in the red so there's not a lot of wiggleroom, and looking at what happened with NYC attendance when they increased prices, it probably would be a dealbreaker, yes—though they also moved to a mediocre venue in the middle of loving nowhere so that didn't help either. But yeah, part of the appeal has always been that broke 22 year olds could go to lots of shows, so $5/ free shows are fairly built into the culture. Is it better for the theater to exist and somewhat exploit performers and volunteers while fostering a comedy community, or to not exist and leave everyone to self-organize shows in lovely bars with almost no audience and support?
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Jun 24, 2019 03:02
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celebritynetworth.com posted:Amy Poehler Net Worth $25 Million talk about pulling the ladder up behind you
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It is genuinely very funny that there's a brutal and cruel industry of exploitation, not to build railroads or whatever, but for this: https://twitter.com/jackallisonLOL/status/1142862274731769856
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How Did This Get Played has launched covering Sonic '06 right out of the gate
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JethroMcB posted:How Did This Get Played has launched covering Sonic '06 right out of the gate That is a very good choice for episode 1.
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Jun 24, 2019 05:34
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The LA theaters don’t have liquor licenses. It’s low key byob.
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The major improv theaters in the metro Detroit area are either nonprofits and/or pay their house performers for weekend shows (not a lot, but at least enough for gas money).
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Yeah, I mean I think there's a valid argument to be made for UCB not being a viable and ethical enough business to remain in operation. In order to survive and thrive UCB really just needs to copy the time-tested Second City model of having a robust theater school and create classes in things beyond improv and sketch. At SC you can actually go into directing and producing classes and gain valuable industry skills, so it doesn't feel like you hit a dead-end after you take 401 and a handful of advanced study classes. It keeps people in the system longer, grows the community in an organic way, and allows for a lot more diversity of output—I love going to see improv, but I never need to see another straight Harold again and that's all the training center is churning out these days. In the end, I can't see them surviving all that much longer anyway. They're just ridiculously top-heavy with talent that has nobody to perform for because they cater to a super niche audience. People other than comedy nerds actually go to Second City shows, even if their touring shows aren't exactly high-art.
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Jun 24, 2019 15:20
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I got so excited when I saw the advertisement for Wiger's new gaming podcast show up in The Boys' feed, and it did not disappoint
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I like How Did This Get Played, and will probably become a regular listener. My only complaint is that this is a pretty standard format for video game shows. I was hoping with Heather Anne Campbell's background in videogame journalism and Wiger's research he does for Doughboys would make them cover more of why, developmentally, the games are terrible or weird, in addition to describing the gameplay. Maybe they'll do that more with future episodes.
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I don't know if I'll check it out, it seems very loud.
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Franchescanado posted:I was hoping with Heather Anne Campbell's background in videogame journalism and Wiger's research he does for Doughboys would make them cover more of why, developmentally, the games are terrible or weird, in addition to describing the gameplay. Maybe they'll do that more with future episodes. Saved me a listen. e: I don't need this sort of thing to be Hardcore History, but I can't stand a podcast that's basically a reaction video like HDTGM. Put in a modicum of effort outside of showing up; these terrible things are fascinating trainwrecks and I want to know why. feedmyleg fucked around with this message at 20:30 on Jun 24, 2019 |
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feedmyleg posted:Saved me a listen. If you'd like a suggestion for a video game podcast that's 65% more of why the game/system sucked and 45% actual gameplay discussion, you can check out Retronauts. You may already know about it, but it's new to me. That said, I think that Wiger and Campbell have good chemistry, and the show is legit funny. They do spend around 5 minutes discussing context for Sonic '06 and what Sega was intending to do with it, and how they were forced to release it because it was Sonic's 15th anniversary and also the '06 holiday season. But then they move on pretty quick.
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I'm going to listen to every episode until they dive deep on Wiger's time working on the Sopranos game.
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Franchescanado posted:If you'd like a suggestion for a video game podcast that's 65% more of why the game/system sucked and 45% actual gameplay discussion, you can check out Retronauts. You may already know about it, but it's new to me. Sounds like that podcast is giving 110%
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Also playing a game is a much bigger time commitment than watching a movie
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FitFortDanga posted:Sounds like that podcast is giving 110% Got me dead to rights, fam.
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The title is very bad but I'll listen when Sean's episode comes out and go from there
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Help Im Alive posted:The title is very bad but I'll listen when Sean's episode comes out and go from there 
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What is Seth simons going to do when UCB closes forever
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In non-Earwolf news, Demi announced he's leaving Punch Up the Jam. It slipped on a Flagrant Ones stream that both Sean and Hayes had both recorded episodes and that they were banking a bunch for some reason, and I guess this is why! They did say what their jams were, Sean's ep will be "Shallow" and Hayes' ep will be "You Get What You Give". https://twitter.com/punchupthejam/status/1143708830250876928 A different livestream the other night (not the Flagrant Ones) inadvertently leaked that Jesse Farrar recorded an episode of Hollywood Handbook, but he seemed non-committal on whether it would ever be released?
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He's not a big enough star for that tyrant Chef Kevin.
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That’s disappointing, but I’m looking forward to whatever he does next. He’s way too talented for his own good.
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Puppy Galaxy posted:What is Seth simons going to do when UCB closes forever He’ll go back to his home planet.
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yelling "bateaser freezer" as kevin repeats "batis..." to himself
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Tom and Kevin 2 on this week's Pro Version was great. It's always weird/fun to hear Scharpling gleefully working blue, and he's got a surprisingly good chemistry with Kevin.
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