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Seems like they should change the format then, since who went first for half the game depended on who could say a buzzword the quickest. Also Jesse came off as kind of a dick when they moved onto the next segment and Erin thought you still had to say the buzzword. Forgot exactly what he said and I can't find the spot, but it's not like he explained you didn't need to keep buzzing in.
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It's not exactly a serious quiz show. It's a platform for making jokes. The last question is worth 1000 points and is based on the arbitrary judgement of the host.
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inferis posted:It's not exactly a serious quiz show. Heh, that's why the traditional panel shows of the UK have never taken off in the US. People can't figure out why you would play and try to be as funny as possible, rather than win. The arbitrary scoring is just part of it.
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That makes more sense then. Didn't get to the part with the 1000 point question. But to be fair there were parts when they weren't trying to make jokes, just trying to get the question right as fast as they could. He should probably explain it better to his guests if that's the case.
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LesterGroans posted:The latest, live Improv4Humans was really loving funny. Brett Gelman, who I thought was pretty mediocre the last couple of times he's been on the show, was a standout. Lots of really solid scenes. They used my suggestion (puppet), so this episode was extra special! But yeah, I have a huge man-crush on Matt Besser. That guy is a machine when it comes to quick thinking.
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It's really impressive how much better Besser is on that show compared to that podcast reality show thing that he was hosting.
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Maarak posted:It's really impressive how much better Besser is on that show compared to that podcast reality show thing that he was hosting.
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May 14, 2012 04:04
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Like so many ukelele playing singer-songwriters, Scott Auckermann's "indie" style of self-aware zany, is starting to grate on me. However, I like the format and characters of Comedy Bang Bang. Is there any podcast out there with decent comedians doing improv and without Scott Auckermann, and without the "indy whimsy"?
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Madlad posted:Like so many ukelele playing singer-songwriters, Scott Auckermann's "indie" style of self-aware zany, is starting to grate on me. However, I like the format and characters of Comedy Bang Bang. Is there any podcast out there with decent comedians doing improv and without Scott Auckermann, and without the "indy whimsy"?  I have no idea what indy whimsy is but improv4humans is an improv podcast.
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I have no idea what you mean by Scott Aukerman being indie. He was on an indie radio station, I guess? His podcast network isn't listed?
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Dorepoll posted:I have no idea what you mean by Scott Aukerman being indie. He was on an indie radio station, I guess? His podcast network isn't listed? I think get what he's talking about : the kind of edgeless, super positive, reference-dependent, self-assured comedy which I don't agree that Scott Auckerman is at all.
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I think CBB gets better once you realize that Scott isn't the star of the show. He's just a radio show host who has fascinating people on his show all of the time. He's not that funny on his own, but he's quick-witted enough to help the others shine.
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SpacePig posted:I think CBB gets better once you realize that Scott isn't the star of the show. He's just a radio show host who has fascinating people on his show all of the time. He's not that funny on his own, but he's quick-witted enough to help the others shine.
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May 15, 2012 15:45
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Today's Professor Blastoff... God. I'm calling my Mom tonight.
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Doctor Candiru posted:He's forced to play the straight-man role on CBB. In other environments -- for example, the last Doug Loves Movies Christmas episode -- he's really funny. his Ben Franklin was great on the Dead Authors podcast.
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Lamuella posted:his Ben Franklin was great on the Dead Authors podcast. He also had one of the best Who Charted?s but I guess it stands to reason that he would have decent chemistry with his wife.
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He's also not bad whenever he's on Never Not Funny.
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Doctor Candiru posted:He's forced to play the straight-man role on CBB. In other environments -- for example, the last Doug Loves Movies Christmas episode -- he's really funny. He got one of the biggest DLM laughs ever from me when he gave a dubious film in Build A Title and Doug challenged him to describe it and he was like "...it's SO great!" In other news, My Brother My Brother and Me and The Complete Guide to Everything BOTH mentioned singing "Birdhouse in Your Soul" at karaoke in this week's respective episodes. what does this mean 
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Shovelbearer posted:He also had one of the best Who Charted?s but I guess it stands to reason that he would have decent chemistry with his wife. Oof, I know this has been discussed before in the Who Charted! thread, but I was kind of uncomfortable listening to it. The Auker-man seemed pretty hostile towards Howard. It made me feel weird listening to it, so I got onto comedy bang bang much later.
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synertia posted:Oof, I know this has been discussed before in the Who Charted! thread, but I was kind of uncomfortable listening to it. The Auker-man seemed pretty hostile towards Howard. It made me feel weird listening to it, so I got onto comedy bang bang much later. I haven't listened to that one in a while but Aukerman and Howard were friends before Howard and Kulap, so any hostility was probably a bit.
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I'm pretty sure Who Charted was Scott Aukerman's idea. The name at the very least
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LesterGroans posted:No. I talked about this in the Doug Loves Movies thread. He puts me off so much. I don't particularly find him unfunny I think I just really hate his personality. Where is that DLM thread? Do any of you listen to Sick & Wrong? I find myself listening to old Loveline archives and Sick & Wrong in between my usual comedy podcasts. Those two aren't strictly comedy, but they are often hilarious and love line features a lot of comedians over time.
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jakewastaken posted:Where is that DLM thread? Right here.
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Man, I love how Matt Besser will just put out extra episodes of improv4humans. A whole extra hour this week is such a treat to find in itunes. Definitely one of my favorite podcasts.
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May 16, 2012 04:49
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Pretty aces week for podcasts in general. My ears are so happy (as Diablo 3 consumes my soul).
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jakewastaken posted:Do any of you listen to Sick & Wrong? I find myself listening to old Loveline archives and Sick & Wrong in between my usual comedy podcasts. Those two aren't strictly comedy, but they are often hilarious and love line features a lot of comedians over time. I've listened to the first 20 and last 20 episodes of Sick & Wrong and I'm slowly making it through the backlog. I like it but I don't like D and Lance (they're kinda scumbags) the way I like Seth and Jonathan so I don't feel compelled to marathon through it the way I marathoned through UYD.
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SammyWhereAreYou posted:I've listened to the first 20 and last 20 episodes of Sick & Wrong and I'm slowly making it through the backlog. I like it but I don't like D and Lance (they're kinda scumbags) the way I like Seth and Jonathan so I don't feel compelled to marathon through it the way I marathoned through UYD. I haven't listened to Sick and Wrong in forever. I used to listen to it for years but I just sort of lost interest. Maybe I'll give it another shot. However, I do like that it's hosted by actual dirtbags as opposed to something like Distorted View which is hosted by a goofball.
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We Hate Movies this week is really great. When they said that "Home Improvement has more subtle camera wipes" I loving lost it.
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Danny McBride is on WTF this week. I've just started it and its great.
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Bunk Rogers posted:Danny McBride is on WTF this week. I've just started it and its great. Yeah some crazy hilarious stories, a must listen.
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I periodically search Itunes to see if Danny McBride has been on any podcasts and I never see any. Is WTF the first one he's done? Love that guy, and he grew up where I went to college. I may have seen him in town and didn't even realize! edit: poo poo, I may have bought a drink from him when he was bar tending. Not too many bars in historical downtown Fredericksburg. hong kong divorce lunch fucked around with this message at 05:32 on May 18, 2012 |
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May 18, 2012 02:06
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At last... 
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Teenage Fansub posted:At last... Fuuuuuuck yeaaaahhhh
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loving yes
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Did anyone else listen to the whole ten minutes at the end??? I kept expecting something to happen and. . . nothing happened.
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Considering there was a three month gap between episodes 6 and 7 of Gelmania, maybe he really doesn't want to do it anymore. It's a shame because it might be my favorite podcast right now.
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Former earwolf engineer Doug went on a mini twitter rant about "the owner of Earwolf", who I assume means Jeff Ulrich, and was backed up by former engineer Dustin. Wasn't Ulrich behind Cyber Thug Radio ending too?
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I think so. Ulrich seems to be like the evil Matt Belknap. Do you have a link to that twitter thing?
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