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Post by Generic Poster on Aug 24, 2016 13:21:24 GMT -5
Buns, if you like tales of old-time Hollywood, I highly recommend this to you. I'll add it to the list. Thanks GP. If you're inclined to hunt down the actual floppies, they have background articles that aren't part of the trades. There's a pretty good one about Cary Grant's lurve of LSD, for example.
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Post by ๐ช silly buns on Aug 24, 2016 13:27:29 GMT -5
I'll add it to the list. Thanks GP. If you're inclined to hunt down the actual floppies, they have background articles that aren't part of the trades. There's a pretty good one about Cary Grant's lurve of LSD, for example. Looks like my library doesn't have it... yet?, but I found a Vanity Fair article about Grant and LSD psychotherapy.
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Post by Roy Batty's Pet Dove on Aug 24, 2016 18:58:13 GMT -5
I'll add it to the list. Thanks GP. If you're inclined to hunt down the actual floppies, they have background articles that aren't part of the trades.ย There's a pretty good one about Cary Grant's lurve of LSD, for example. Wait, Cary Grant isn't from the 1930s?
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Post by ๐ช silly buns on Aug 24, 2016 18:59:49 GMT -5
If you're inclined to hunt down the actual floppies, they have background articles that aren't part of the trades. There's a pretty good one about Cary Grant's lurve of LSD, for example. Wait, Cary Grant isn't from the 1930s? He was born in 1904.
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Post by Dellarigg on Aug 24, 2016 20:02:01 GMT -5
Wait, Cary Grant isn't from the 1930s? He was born in 1904. In England, because all good, cool, stylish things come from there.
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Post by Roy Batty's Pet Dove on Aug 24, 2016 20:29:57 GMT -5
In England, because all good, cool, stylish things come from there. Cary Grant was English?
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Post by Roy Batty's Pet Dove on Aug 24, 2016 20:30:39 GMT -5
Wait, Cary Grant isn't from the 1930s? He was born in 1904. So that means he was making movies in the 1930s?
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Post by ๐ช silly buns on Aug 24, 2016 20:46:45 GMT -5
So that means he was making movies in the 1930s? Yep, first one in 1932.
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Post by Dellarigg on Aug 25, 2016 1:51:15 GMT -5
In England, because all good, cool, stylish things come from there. Cary Grant was English? Born in Bristol, UK, and named Archibald Leach. John Cleese used that name for his character in A Fish Called Wanda, being a big Grant fan.
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Post by Roy Batty's Pet Dove on Dec 19, 2016 23:24:54 GMT -5
After seeing a bunch of people on this forum promote it over the last couple of years, I finally started listening to My Brother My Brother and Me recently. It took a little while to grow on me, but I've come to enjoy it quite a bit. That, and Spontaneanation with Paul F. Tompkins were essentially what I listened to on election night and the next day, and it was nice to have something to ease my anxiety/comfort my despair a bit, and the moment where MBMBaM clicked for me (Griffin's idea for an open-source fast food restaurant, with random kids-meal toys from various chains just scattered all over the floor of the establishment), and then listening to the McElroys mocking the concept of a Hardee's Budweiser Burger while stuck in heavy traffic after work on November 9, were among the very few things I'll be remembering about that time with anything resembling fondness (as well as a PFT monologue about the unsettling advertising for American Horror Story). So, I may have come to the realization that I liked the show during the shittiest time for this nation in well over a decade, but yeah, MBMBaM, pretty good podcast.
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Post by Celebith on Dec 30, 2016 1:00:44 GMT -5
After seeing a bunch of people on this forum promote it over the last couple of years, I finally started listening to My Brother My Brother and Me recently. It took a little while to grow on me, but I've come to enjoy it quite a bit. That, and Spontaneanation with Paul F. Tompkins were essentially what I listened to on election night and the next day, and it was nice to have something to ease my anxiety/comfort my despair a bit, and the moment where MBMBaM clicked for me (Griffin's idea for an open-source fast food restaurant, with random kids-meal toys from various chains just scattered all over the floor of the establishment), and then listening to the McElroys mocking the concept of a Hardee's Budweiser Burger while stuck in heavy traffic after work on November 9, were among the very few things I'll be remembering about that time with anything resembling fondness (as well as a PFT monologue about the unsettling advertising for American Horror Story). So, I may have come to the realization that I liked the show during the shittiest time for this nation in well over a decade, but yeah, MBMBaM, pretty good podcast. For some reason, I haven't listened to this yet, but I always love seeing them on @midnight, so I probably ought to.
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Post by Superb Owl ๐ฆ on Dec 30, 2016 9:26:13 GMT -5
After seeing a bunch of people on this forum promote it over the last couple of years, I finally started listening to My Brother My Brother and Me recently. It took a little while to grow on me, but I've come to enjoy it quite a bit. That, and Spontaneanation with Paul F. Tompkins were essentially what I listened to on election night and the next day, and it was nice to have something to ease my anxiety/comfort my despair a bit, and the moment where MBMBaM clicked for me (Griffin's idea for an open-source fast food restaurant, with random kids-meal toys from various chains just scattered all over the floor of the establishment), and then listening to the McElroys mocking the concept of a Hardee's Budweiser Burger while stuck in heavy traffic after work on November 9, were among the very few things I'll be remembering about that time with anything resembling fondness (as well as a PFT monologue about the unsettling advertising for American Horror Story). So, I may have come to the realization that I liked the show during the shittiest time for this nation in well over a decade, but yeah, MBMBaM, pretty good podcast. For some reason, I haven't listened to this yet, but I always love seeing them on @midnight, so I probably ought to. There's lots of clips of the best MBMBAM bits on YouTube if you wanted to get a little taste.
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Post by Roy Batty's Pet Dove on Dec 30, 2016 11:11:04 GMT -5
For some reason, I haven't listened to this yet, but I always love seeing them on @midnight, so I probably ought to. There's lots of clips of the best MBMBAM bits on YouTube if you wanted to get a little taste. On the other hand, the first episode of MBMBAM I listened to was the Best Of episode they put out a couple of months ago while Travis was taking a break due to the birth of his kid, and it honestly wasn't a great entry point for me. Just a lot of roughly cobbled-together clips with no context; to a newcomer it just felt like they were making a lot of in-jokes that I wasn't yet privy to. I was just constantly wondering "Oh, is this joke a thing they reference a lot, because outside of any larger context it's not especially funny in and of itself." Not that I'm complaining about the existence of the "Best Of" episodes, as I think Travis and Griffin are entitled to take as much time off from their comedy podcast as they'd like upon the birth of their children, but I didn't really get into the show until I listened to one of the episodes proper and heard a hilarious bit in context about Griffin's idea to create an open-source fast food restaurant. One thing that does disappoint me though about the normal episodes is that they apparently scrapped ABBA's fantastic "Take a Chance on Me" in favor of that "Not Too Not Unfamiliar" song by Off-Brand Colin Meloy and the Generic Indy Musicians or whatever they're called.
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Post by Superb Owl ๐ฆ on Dec 30, 2016 11:15:50 GMT -5
There's lots of clips of the best MBMBAM bits on YouTube if you wanted to get a little taste. On the other hand, the first episode of MBMBAM I listened to was the Best Of episode they put out a couple of months ago while Travis was taking a break due to the birth of his kid, and it honestly wasn't a great entry point for me. Just a lot of roughly cobbled-together clips with no context; to a newcomer it just felt like they were making a lot of in-jokes that I wasn't yet privy to. I was just constantly wondering "Oh, is this joke a thing they reference a lot, because outside of any larger context it's not especially funny in and of itself." Not that I'm complaining about the existence of the "Best Of" episodes, as I think Travis and Griffin are entitled to take as much time off from their comedy podcast as they'd like upon the birth of their children, but I didn't really get into the show until I listened to one of the episodes proper and heard a hilarious bit in context about Griffin's idea to create an open-source fast food restaurant. One thing that does disappoint me though about the normal episodes is that they apparently scrapped ABBA's fantastic "Take a Chance on Me" in favor of that "Not Too Not Unfamiliar" song by Off-Brand Colin Meloy and the Generic Indy Musicians or whatever they're called. I've always thought the editing on the Best Of episodes is bad, or at least confusing to somebody that hasn't already listened to those episodes. The YouTube clips will usually give you the whole segment that leads up to the funny bit, whereas the Best Of episodes will just drop in the goof with no context. There's still some in-jokey stuff (it's not too bad though), but I don't know how you get around that when the show has 300+ episodes, unless you commit to starting from episode 1 (which I didn't do and wouldn't recommend).
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Post by Roy Batty's Pet Dove on Dec 30, 2016 11:24:58 GMT -5
On the other hand, the first episode of MBMBAM I listened to was the Best Of episode they put out a couple of months ago while Travis was taking a break due to the birth of his kid, and it honestly wasn't a great entry point for me. Just a lot of roughly cobbled-together clips with no context; to a newcomer it just felt like they were making a lot of in-jokes that I wasn't yet privy to. I was just constantly wondering "Oh, is this joke a thing they reference a lot, because outside of any larger context it's not especially funny in and of itself." Not that I'm complaining about the existence of the "Best Of" episodes, as I think Travis and Griffin are entitled to take as much time off from their comedy podcast as they'd like upon the birth of their children, but I didn't really get into the show until I listened to one of the episodes proper and heard a hilarious bit in context about Griffin's idea to create an open-source fast food restaurant. One thing that does disappoint me though about the normal episodes is that they apparently scrapped ABBA's fantastic "Take a Chance on Me" in favor of that "Not Too Not Unfamiliar" song by Off-Brand Colin Meloy and the Generic Indy Musicians or whatever they're called. I've always thought the editing on the Best Of episodes is bad, or at least confusing to somebody that hasn't already listened to those episodes. The YouTube clips will usually give you the whole segment that leads up to the funny bit, whereas the Best Of episodes will just drop in the goof with no context. There's still some in-jokey stuff (it's not too bad though), but I don't know how you get around that when the show has 300+ episodes, unless you commit to starting from episode 1 (which I didn't do and wouldn't recommend). My 2017 podcasting project is going to be catching up on my nearly four-year backlog of Comedy Bang! Bang! episodes (I'm currently in February 2013), which I've been behind on since late 2011. Given my apparent dedication to terrible ideas like this, if I'm successful in this endeavor, I might consider doing the same thing with MBMBAM.
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Post by Superb Owl ๐ฆ on Dec 30, 2016 11:29:43 GMT -5
I've always thought the editing on the Best Of episodes is bad, or at least confusing to somebody that hasn't already listened to those episodes. The YouTube clips will usually give you the whole segment that leads up to the funny bit, whereas the Best Of episodes will just drop in the goof with no context. There's still some in-jokey stuff (it's not too bad though), but I don't know how you get around that when the show has 300+ episodes, unless you commit to starting from episode 1 (which I didn't do and wouldn't recommend). My 2017 podcasting project is going to be catching up on my nearly four-year backlog of Comedy Bang! Bang! episodes (I'm currently in February 2013), which I've been behind on since late 2011. Given my apparent dedication to terrible ideas like this, if I'm successful in this endeavor, I might consider doing the same thing with MBMBAM. I started with MBMBAM around episode 250 and have worked backwards through the catalog (mostly when I run out of "fresh" episodes of other casts in my feed) as I've listened to new episodes as they come out. So I've worked back to around episode 90.
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Post by Roy Batty's Pet Dove on Dec 30, 2016 11:40:49 GMT -5
My 2017 podcasting project is going to be catching up on my nearly four-year backlog of Comedy Bang! Bang! episodes (I'm currently in February 2013), which I've been behind on since late 2011. Given my apparent dedication to terrible ideas like this, if I'm successful in this endeavor, I might consider doing the same thing with MBMBAM. I started with MBMBAM around episode 250 and have worked backwards through the catalog (mostly when I run out of "fresh" episodes of other casts in my feed) as I've listened to new episodes as they come out. So I've worked back to around episode 90. Are you listening to the older episodes themselves backwards though? If so, are you technically really working your way backwards through the catalog?
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Post by Superb Owl ๐ฆ on Dec 30, 2016 11:56:33 GMT -5
I started with MBMBAM around episode 250 and have worked backwards through the catalog (mostly when I run out of "fresh" episodes of other casts in my feed) as I've listened to new episodes as they come out. So I've worked back to around episode 90. Are you listening to the older episodes themselves backwards though? If so, are you technically really working your way backwards through the catalog? Fine, I am working my way through it in descending episode number order. HAPPY NOW?!
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Post by Roy Batty's Pet Dove on Dec 30, 2016 11:57:39 GMT -5
Are you listening to the older episodes themselves backwards though? If so, are you technically really working your way backwards through the catalog? Fine, I am working my way through it in descending episode number order. HAPPY NOW?!Yes.
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Post by ๐ช silly buns on Dec 30, 2016 14:56:46 GMT -5
I started MBMBAM from the beginning and just recently decided to jump to the recent eps to hear their reaction to the election.
I also like Griffin's other podcast "Trends like these."
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Post by songstarliner on Dec 30, 2016 15:07:36 GMT -5
One thing that does disappoint me though about the normal episodes is that they apparently scrapped ABBA's fantastic "Take a Chance on Me" in favor of that "Not Too Not Unfamiliar" song by Off-Brand Colin Meloy and the Generic Indy Musicians or whatever they're called. Do you know much about John Roderick, or is this the luckiest unintentional burn in the history of zings? Can't be a coincidence. Well, at any rate I may copy it and tweet it to Roderick - he'll love it.
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Post by MrsLangdonAlger on Dec 30, 2016 23:36:25 GMT -5
I started MBMBAM from the beginning and just recently decided to jump to the recent eps to hear their reaction to the election. I also like Griffin's other podcast "Trends like these." Sorry to be pedantic, but that's actually Travis' other podcast! I like it too, though. And Travis also does Interrobang, which I like as well. Griffin's other podcast is Cool Games Inc. And Rose Buddies. And he does Monster Factory with Justin.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 30, 2016 23:51:10 GMT -5
Can someone give me a breakdown of all their spinoff podcasts and what they are about? All I know is sawbones.
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Post by ๐ช silly buns on Dec 30, 2016 23:55:03 GMT -5
I started MBMBAM from the beginning and just recently decided to jump to the recent eps to hear their reaction to the election. I also like Griffin's other podcast "Trends like these." Sorry to be pedantic, but that's actually Travis' other podcast! I like it too, though. And Travis also does Interrobang, which I like as well. Griffin's other podcast is Cool Games Inc. And Rose Buddies. And he does Monster Factory with Justin. Ah, something told me to look up which brother it was to be sure. And now I have other podcasts to seek out.
Seriously, would someone mind listing their podcasts and giving a short description about them? I like their voices or accents or whatever.
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Post by MrsLangdonAlger on Dec 31, 2016 0:19:13 GMT -5
I will happily take on that request!
So obviously there's MBMBAM - all three brothers doing a comedy "advice" show, with lots of riffing and goofing and some actual advice. Kind of. The Adventure Zone - All three brothers and their dad play D&D. Hilarity ensues. Sawbones - Justin and his wife Sydnee, who is a doctor, discuss medical history. Basically, Sydnee teaches Justin about historical treatments. Bunker Buddies - Travis and his friend Andi talk about various aspects of post-apocalypse living, like designer bunkers, meal replacements, and zombie fighting. I really dislike Andi so I gave up on this one quickly. Can I Pet Your Dog? - I've never listened to this one, but it involves Travis. It's about dogs. Shmanners - It's basically Sawbones, but about etiquette instead and with Travis and his wife, Theresa. Still Buffering - This show involves none of the brothers, but is amazing. Justin's wife Sydnee and her two sisters, one of them a teenager, discuss how to teen. Quality Control - Griffin and his friend Nick discuss video games Cool Games, Inc - Griffin and Nick make up insane video games based on listener suggestions. It's fucking hilarious and one of my favorites. Trends Like These - Travis and his friend Brent talk about trending topics on the Internet, often politically oriented. Rose Buddies - Griffin and his wife Rachel discuss The Bachelor and other related TV shows. I've never seen a single episode of The Bachelor or other related shows but I love this podcast. Griffin and Rachel are my relationship goals. Interrobang - Travis and his friend Tybee talk about things that are making them frustrated. Sometimes it's political, sometimes it's personal, sometimes it's completely silly. They have a focus on compassion. It's pretty good! Til Death Do Us Blart - This podcast happens only once a year at Thanksgiving. Griffin, Justin, and Travis join three dudes from another podcast to watch and discuss Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2.
Video offshoots: Things I Bought at Sheetz - Justin and his friend Dwayne consume and discus things bought at the gas station chain Sheetz Griffin's Amiibo Corner - Griffin puts stuff in his mouth Monster Factory - One of the best things ever. Justin and Griffin use character creation screens in video games to design monstrosities, then play those games. Car Boys - Griffin and Nick (from Cool Games Inc) play a car game and crash things a lot.
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Post by ๐ช silly buns on Dec 31, 2016 0:31:46 GMT -5
Why? ...and yet I want to watch more.
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Post by Roy Batty's Pet Dove on Jan 3, 2017 0:04:03 GMT -5
Why? ...and yet I want to watch more. I watched the entire series last night; it's pretty great, and maybe like half an hour in total, definitely worth it.
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Post by Roy Batty's Pet Dove on Jan 3, 2017 0:17:30 GMT -5
One thing that does disappoint me though about the normal episodes is that they apparently scrapped ABBA's fantastic "Take a Chance on Me" in favor of that "Not Too Not Unfamiliar" song by Off-Brand Colin Meloy and the Generic Indy Musicians or whatever they're called. Do you know much about John Roderick, or is this the luckiest unintentional burn in the history of zings? Can't be a coincidence. Well, at any rate I may copy it and tweet it to Roderick - he'll love it. I will confess that I knew nothing about Roderick beyond Griffin's obligatory "Our theme song is '(It's a) Departure" by The Long Winters off their album Putting the Days to Bed" at the end of every episode of MBMBAM. Some research on Wikipedia tells me that he is a musician based, like Meloy, in the Pacific northwest, he bears some not-inconsiderable physical resemblance to Meloy, he started The Long Winters around the same time as The Decemberists, and even appeared on Picaresque. My reference to The Long Winters as 'Off-Brand Colin Meloy and the Generic Indy Musicians' was owing to the fact that 1) on the clip from "(It's a) Departure" featured on MBMBAM, Roderick sounds quite a bit like Meloy, 2) the lines "It's familiar, but not too familiar, but not too not-familiar" seems like the sort of thing that might be a line in a Decemberists song, provided, of course, that there was some also sort of reference in said Decemberists song to the singer's great-aunt being a Portuguese scrivener or something of equal-or-greater twee-value, and 3) the fact that the clip of "(It's a) Departure" can't hold a candle to the catchiness of ABBA's "Take a Chance on Me" (albeit, neither can most Decemberists songs).
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Post by songstarliner on Jan 3, 2017 7:53:20 GMT -5
Roy Batty's Pet DoveJohn Roderick and Colin Meloy are sworn enemies with a long history of animosity, mostly stemming from Roderick constantly needling Meloy about how all The Decemberists play is 'sea shanties' and 'pirate music'. Some say that this taunting masks Roderick's jealously of Meloy's success: The Long Winters opened for The Decemberists on a national tour way back in 2004, and afterwards never really broke through into the mainstream, while of course Meloy et al became stars. Of course, it's all a joke. They pretend to have this feud because it amuses them. Well, it amuses Roderick anyway.
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Post by Superb Owl ๐ฆ on Jan 3, 2017 9:02:37 GMT -5
I will happily take on that request! So obviously there's MBMBAM - all three brothers doing a comedy "advice" show, with lots of riffing and goofing and some actual advice. Kind of. The Adventure Zone - All three brothers and their dad play D&D. Hilarity ensues. Sawbones - Justin and his wife Sydnee, who is a doctor, discuss medical history. Basically, Sydnee teaches Justin about historical treatments. Bunker Buddies - Travis and his friend Andi talk about various aspects of post-apocalypse living, like designer bunkers, meal replacements, and zombie fighting. I really dislike Andi so I gave up on this one quickly. Can I Pet Your Dog? - I've never listened to this one, but it involves Travis. It's about dogs. Shmanners - It's basically Sawbones, but about etiquette instead and with Travis and his wife, Theresa. Still Buffering - This show involves none of the brothers, but is amazing. Justin's wife Sydnee and her two sisters, one of them a teenager, discuss how to teen. Quality Control - Griffin and his friend Nick discuss video games Cool Games, Inc - Griffin and Nick make up insane video games based on listener suggestions. It's fucking hilarious and one of my favorites. Trends Like These - Travis and his friend Brent talk about trending topics on the Internet, often politically oriented. Rose Buddies - Griffin and his wife Rachel discuss The Bachelor and other related TV shows. I've never seen a single episode of The Bachelor or other related shows but I love this podcast. Griffin and Rachel are my relationship goals. Interrobang - Travis and his friend Tybee talk about things that are making them frustrated. Sometimes it's political, sometimes it's personal, sometimes it's completely silly. They have a focus on compassion. It's pretty good! Til Death Do Us Blart - This podcast happens only once a year at Thanksgiving. Griffin, Justin, and Travis join three dudes from another podcast to watch and discuss Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2. Video offshoots: Things I Bought at Sheetz - Justin and his friend Dwayne consume and discus things bought at the gas station chain Sheetz Griffin's Amiibo Corner - Griffin puts stuff in his mouth Monster Factory - One of the best things ever. Justin and Griffin use character creation screens in video games to design monstrosities, then play those games. Car Boys - Griffin and Nick (from Cool Games Inc) play a car game and crash things a lot. Good breakdown, although I would say that Still Buffering started out strong and then kind of lost steam.
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