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prefect
Sep 11, 2001

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I figure there will have to be a day when I'm tired of hearing Schrab irritate Dan, but it's not today. :allears:

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prefect
Sep 11, 2001

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Bravespear posted:

Oh man Aisha was lame here.

I was moved by her description of how much The Empire Strikes Back meant to her, but I think the big problem was "too many people on the stage".

prefect
Sep 11, 2001

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Drunkboxer posted:

I liked it but I think I still prefer MC John.

I'm listening to all the episodes (again), and MC John came out of nowhere. It was a really drag-rear end show -- Dan was messed up from taking ecstasy the day before, Jeff was hung over, and there was nobody else to help out. The show was pretty bad, but ended on a very high note.

prefect
Sep 11, 2001

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Old Boot posted:

Phone posting, so can't give too much of a summary, but:


#67, The Return of This Feels Terrible.

It's only about 15 mins or so at the beginning, if that. Basically she talks about just how vicious the fights were getting. Also mentions that the trip to Ireland wasn't so much a vacation as it was volunteer work, IIRC. It's been a couple weeks since I heard it.

She sounds like she's about to cry. This might not be fun. :(

prefect
Sep 11, 2001

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bartlebee posted:

Anybody offhand remember which episode has Kumail going down the rabbit hole of getting Schrabbed? I know it's on YouTube but wanted to download the whole episode again.

According to Salon.com, it was episode 109, "Jaime Lannister's Hand".

prefect
Sep 11, 2001

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I'd pay a few bux a month to get messages from Rob Schrab. :allears:

prefect
Sep 11, 2001

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Raar_Im_A_Dinosaur posted:

Also I hate the improv almost always but then there's gems in there so I keep listening but it may not be worth it? People seem to think the improvs are consistently funny, but I sure don't agree!

I miss D&D/Shadowrun (especially when Dan would get pissed off and be DM for a one-off session), but the improv has some good stuff in it sometimes.

prefect
Sep 11, 2001

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Golden Bee posted:

2. The way to succeed on Harmontown is to try as little as possible and to not need it. Everything else reads badly.

If you can make it through anything without needing to try, you've got it made.

prefect
Sep 11, 2001

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https://twitter.com/FrankG_NW/status/739659402978824192

:allears:

prefect
Sep 11, 2001

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Holy poo poo, I'm just listening to episode 201, and Dan is being a complete rear end in a top hat. (His story about giving a bartender poo poo.) :(

prefect
Sep 11, 2001

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Drunkboxer posted:

Yeah I was with Spencer on that one.

On that subject, Spencer did a pretty darn good job of comptrolling. Good for him. :cool:

(Because they don't do role-playing games any more, I was worried that they'd give Spencer the boot.)

prefect
Sep 11, 2001

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Dan is very frustrating when he uses "smart/dumb" instead of "good/evil". Also, I would gladly listen to a Dan-Jeff-Spencer show even when there aren't any guests; there's no need to bring randoms from the audience on stage.

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Sep 11, 2001

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Wank posted:

I think Dan does it just to take the pressure off thinking of new material. But boy did that discussion sound like the lunch room in my software development company. I just started subscribing to watch it. Has anyone literally just rushed the stage like that Molly girl did before?

Two words: Adam Goldberg.

prefect
Sep 11, 2001

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Wank posted:

Ah. I think I missed peak Goldberg years...

He was wacky, but there were a few occasions where he was completely on target with an opinion or a fact, and I was glad to have him then.

prefect
Sep 11, 2001

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BB2K posted:

Holy poo poo, Jeff's childhood escapades near the start of the pod are kind of terrifying

When I was a kid, we made homemade napalm. Kids these days have it too safe. :arghfist::corsair:

prefect
Sep 11, 2001

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PostNouveau posted:

Harmonquest is pretty good. Really picks up at the Aubrey Plaza episode and on to the end. You can just do a seven-day Seeso trial on Amazon and immediately cancel it too.

I've only seen the first episode, but it was excellent, and I'm going to check out the rest. I think I would like it even more if they didn't occasionally cut back to the real people on stage -- I think it's funnier when their characters are having the weird meta-discussions about their own existence.

And I keep expecting Dan to be a wizard, but he's not Sharpie Buttsalot here.

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Sep 11, 2001

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Does the divorce happen during the Harmonquest season, or was that after they'd finished filming?

prefect
Sep 11, 2001

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Toxxupation posted:

Harmonquest reminds me of how good Harmontown can be when it's just the main crew playing with Spencer and goofing over bringing up worthless brokebrains who desperately want attention to whine about their brokebrains, or dwelling on Dan being a pretentious know-nothing.

Dan's pretentious know-nothingness can be fantastic, though. Remember that the First Agreement is "we are all made of light".

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Sep 11, 2001

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SoupyTwist posted:

Dan's pretentiousness is only fantastic when Jeff or Rob or someone else shoots it down though.

I'm listening to 151 again (http://www.harmontown.com/2015/06/episode-151-row-row-row-your-boat/), and it's so much fun when they fight. :allears:

prefect
Sep 11, 2001

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KoRMaK posted:

I love ryan ridley

Ridley is funny, but they've talked about wanting to goof on him for his non-stop Tinder dating on a couple of occasions, and I'm disappointed they haven't done it yet. (Haven't heard the latest episode, though.)

prefect
Sep 11, 2001

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Listening to the latest episode right now, and Dan doesn't know Radiohead is named after a Talking Heads song. :rant:

prefect
Sep 11, 2001

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Uh-oh; Harmontown fans are starting to couple up. The offspring of such a mating could be monstrous. :ohdear:

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Sep 11, 2001

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KoRMaK posted:

This episode is, so far, insane

Andy and Dino were great (no surprise), but I think my favorite part is Dan's Encyclopedia Brown-but-Chinatown pitch. I would watch the hell out of that. It doesn't hurt that he mentioned "Zero Effect" with Bill Pullman. :allears:

Also, am I crazy or is that Spencer in a suit?

prefect fucked around with this message at 00:59 on Sep 14, 2016

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Sep 11, 2001

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Toxxupation posted:

If you heard the stories then you can't go it "makes no sense" that he'd be blamed for Brynn Hartman's murder/suicide when he has literally taken credit for Brynn Hartman's murder-suicide.

Was he out of his mind on booze and drugs when he said it?

prefect
Sep 11, 2001

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Toxxupation posted:

So your argument is that Andy Dick shouldn't be held accountable for the things he's said or done? I'm not even talking criminal charges, I'm talking about the totally unprosecutable court of public opinion. Why is this a hill worth dying on? Why is Andy Dick, human monster, a guy worth so stringently defending from people saying mean things about him because of the awful things he has said and done?

It's not a hill worth dying on; I just think you're overreacting. Apologies.

prefect
Sep 11, 2001

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Maybe I should go back and watch more of the video episodes. I'm watching the latest one, and it's terrific just watching Schrab make faces as he watches Dan and Jeff talk.

Also, Dan looks exhausted. :ohdear:

prefect
Sep 11, 2001

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I tried joining "The Crumb Rumblers", but the stupid game said it didn't exist. :argh:

Also, you can't turn off the music until you get a certain number of cookies? To hell with that.


Edit: Logic's first name is "Sir". :newlol:

Sir Robert Bryson Hall II

I wish my parents had thought of that.

prefect fucked around with this message at 23:57 on Oct 3, 2016

prefect
Sep 11, 2001

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Dan and Jeff are pretty good at interviewing porn stars. Dan seems nervous (maybe I'm just projecting), but they've both asked questions that are interesting and have gotten good answers.,

prefect
Sep 11, 2001

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CPColin posted:

My favorite part about Harmontown is when they encode the monaural audio in stereo and fail to normalize it at all!

Could you explain for the slow kids? :downs:

prefect
Sep 11, 2001

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CPColin posted:

When you download the MP3, it's encoded in stereo, even though the left and right channels don't differ at all. That just about doubles the file size. Then, since they don't normalize the audio, it plays at like 25% volume and you have to crank your player way up to hear it. (Normalizing the audio is when you amplify the audio so the loudest part is closer to 100% volume.)

The volume on the video episodes is a problem for me -- the music bits that Jeff plays (especially at the start of the show) are loud, and I have to turn my speakers down to keep from bothering the neighbors. But by comparison, all the talky parts of the podcast are very quiet. :argh:

prefect
Sep 11, 2001

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I'm not normally awake when Dan and the gang are tweeting. I feel blessed.

https://twitter.com/codyhe11er/status/794656675756212225

prefect
Sep 11, 2001

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Raar_Im_A_Dinosaur posted:

Her games were terrible and I questioned her improv instincts and awareness of crowd response.

But man she could really cut to the quick sometimes.

I unironically loved her games. :(

prefect
Sep 11, 2001

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Brocktoon posted:

Harmonious Impressions gave us Dan's phenomenal impression of Jeff.

"Justin Timberlake shoes"

"...and he said, thank you."

prefect
Sep 11, 2001

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https://twitter.com/danharmon/status/799422201023729664

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Sep 11, 2001

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Ace of Baes posted:

Please get Rob Scarab back on the show.

Edit: Rob Schrab* Im leaving it though because it's funny.

Schrab's about to move to Vancouver for a year for the Lego movie sequel. I think that's happening soon.

Which is a shame, because Schrab rules.

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Sep 11, 2001

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joedevola posted:

Rememeber when they used to make fun of other podcasts for having sponsors?"

I miss that.

I would agree, but their commercials so far have been so much fun that they don't bother me. They don't feel like commercials.

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Sep 11, 2001

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Troubadour posted:

I find them only slightly less funny than CFR podcasts.

The Council on Foreign Relations has a podcast? :confused:

prefect
Sep 11, 2001

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Ace of Baes posted:

Melbourne episode was really good, especially the segment with the professional described, glad they took more control of the audience after the Brisbane show too.

When they said they would do some role playing, the crowd went wild. I'm hoping they bring it back to the US with them.

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Sep 11, 2001

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Drunkboxer posted:

They dodged the question by tossing our grossperfect american cheese under the bus.

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prefect
Sep 11, 2001

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Dan looks like a different person with that hat on. It's a good look for him. His eyes are in shadow and he seems like a badass. :clint:

eta: "A good sitcom -- a good TV show -- in my opinion, is like a necklace of crack rocks."

also eta: Germany is not landlocked. :spergin:

prefect fucked around with this message at 14:09 on Jan 9, 2017

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