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Scott vociferously defending Batdance absolutely killed me. And I've loved Bill Callahan for many a year, so he gets a lot of leeway from me, enjoyed his presence. Agree that I don't totally understand the logic of ever having musical guests on CBB (beyond St. Vincent's utter disgust at Harris' jokes).
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Nov 25, 2013 18:32
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I haven't listened to this weeks episode yet, but I generally like the concept of musical guests. Especially if the guest is comfortable and generally understands the show (St. Vincent, Bangles, Neko Case).
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Nov 25, 2013 18:54
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The Bangles episode is a classic for me just because the music was so good.
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Nov 25, 2013 19:24
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Brock Samson posted:Pretty funny Heidecker musician character today. Gotta love anticomedy. I always avoided his music until I found his 12 minute Bob Dylan parody. It made me appreciate the man's genius again, after having not seen his show for many years.
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Nov 25, 2013 21:12
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escape artist posted:I always avoided his music until I found his 12 minute Bob Dylan parody. It made me appreciate the man's genius again, after having not seen his show for many years. Way to miss the joke. Callahan is just as boring and humorless as his music.
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Nov 25, 2013 21:37
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NienNunb posted:I haven't listened to this weeks episode yet, but I generally like the concept of musical guests. Especially if the guest is comfortable and generally understands the show (St. Vincent, Bangles, Neko Case). I remember Aimee Mann being pretty good, too. She was on a couple different episodes, wasn't she?
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Nov 25, 2013 22:35
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barkingclam posted:I remember Aimee Mann being pretty good, too. She was on a couple different episodes, wasn't she? Aimee Mann was on at least one episode, she was pretty funny. I voted for the Neko Case episode, she was very good and held her own against Thomas Lennon and Rob Huebel which can't be easy.
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Nov 25, 2013 22:55
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Anyone else agree/disagree that this year's episodes have been weaker than the previous years?
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Nov 25, 2013 23:42
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jyrka posted:Anyone else agree/disagree that this year's episodes have been weaker than the previous years? I thought the best episodes of the year came out in the first half of 2013.
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Nov 25, 2013 23:45
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GraPar posted:Agree that I don't totally understand the logic of ever having musical guests on CBB (beyond St. Vincent's utter disgust at Harris' jokes). The logic is it's Scott's show and he can do whatever he wants. I haven't really liked any of the musical guests he's had (I love St. Vincent, but didn't like the performance) but I have this new feature on my 8 year old ipod called fast forward so it never bothers me. Plus they've all been worth it for Neko Case being an awesome guest and the aforementioned St. Vincent moment(s).
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Nov 25, 2013 23:54
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Hey man you might say that everybody hating on musical guests is just unproductive whinging but I ask you: when was the last time you heard a game of What am I Thinking?
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Nov 26, 2013 00:08
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jyrka posted:Anyone else agree/disagree that this year's episodes have been weaker than the previous years? Maybe it's just me, but for me, it's been an okay year. Not as strong as 2012, though. Last year I struggled to narrow it down to 10 episodes, this year I knocked out 6 or 7 quickly and had to consult the show page on Earwolf for less memorable episodes to complete my vote.
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Nov 26, 2013 00:26
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JayMax posted:I thought the best episodes of the year came out in the first half of 2013. Yeah that's what I was noticing too when I looked through the year's episodes. The second half of the year hasn't been bad though. They've been consistently good but not great. I'm gonna have to listen to a bunch of episodes again to figure out what to vote for because there aren't a lot of episodes that stand out to me as great but a lot of episodes I remember being good but that I don't remember much of.
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I wasn't even saying they shouldn't have musical guests, just that I wouldn't be too upset if never had another. But eh, you guys reminded me of a bunch of good musician moments (plus Yo La Tengo did some genuinely great performances on it), so maybe I'm talking poo poo. I think this year has been pretty great but agreed that most of the truly great episodes were in the first half, in fact 5 of the best ones came consecutively (starting from the 4th anniversary special). Really enjoyed Horatio Sanz and Neil Campbell putting in lots of great work all year. Also I think Scott has only gotten funnier every single year of the podcast, so that's helped.
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Nov 26, 2013 01:00
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What was the worst episode of the year? It'd be kinda cool if you could see which episodes didn't get any votes
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Nov 26, 2013 01:06
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Well at least the episode has Bob Ducca!
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Nov 26, 2013 01:11
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Mr. Squishy posted:Hey man you might say that everybody hating on musical guests is just unproductive whinging but I ask you: when was the last time you heard a game of What am I Thinking? Thats not a good example, What Am I Thinking? reached it's zenith when Jimmy Pardo and Scott both yelled "Jizm" at the same time. There are no more worlds to be conquered.
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Nov 26, 2013 01:44
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FitFortDanga posted:Way to miss the joke. What's the joke? Dylan was going to release a song about the Titanic, and Heidecker did a hilarious pastiche of it before Dylan could. Why am I loving buffoon today, Martin?
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Nov 26, 2013 01:53
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The joke being that Bill Calahan is a real person despite being as awkward and unfunny as a Heidecker bit, you palooka. It's a bad joke as Tim's one of the all-time greatest guests and Bill's refusal to be interviewed was actually pretty funny too.
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Nov 26, 2013 02:42
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Is it bad that I don't remember half of these episodes? I don't know how to vote!
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Nov 26, 2013 02:58
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I fast forward through the musical interludes as well but y'all are forgetting: Don't Stop Or We'll Die!
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Nov 26, 2013 03:01
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Inviting singer-songwriters on Comedy Bang Bang results in the same amount of fun as a dude busting out his acoustic guitar at a party. That being said I would like to hear PFT's take on the strung out ghost of Elliott Smith.
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Nov 26, 2013 03:16
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Wrecking Ball about had me on the floor. Great ep.
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Nov 26, 2013 03:31
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SHUPS 4 DETH posted:Wrecking Ball about had me on the floor. Great ep. I loved that it continued the CBB legacy of not bailing out comedians when they commit to awful songs.
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Nov 26, 2013 03:48
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I loving love Bill Callahan, but it's weird that Scott couldn't gauge his vibe somehow before putting him on. It felt like he may have been expecting something different from the bits of probing to get him more participatory, but just from the music I'd have anticipated him being as reserved as he was. Perhaps more.
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Nov 26, 2013 03:57
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I think Scott is actually really bad at knowing which guests will get his style of humor, or maybe he just doesn't care because he wants to get as many people on as he can.
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Nov 26, 2013 04:14
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I think Scott just like having people who entertain him on his show. Who knows, the guy could be the life of the party when he's not on the radio with weirdos talking about nonsense. I mean doesn't he look like the perfect comedy podcast guest?
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Nov 26, 2013 07:04
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SHUPS 4 DETH posted:Wrecking Ball about had me on the floor. Great ep. I hadn't heard Wrecking Ball until I heard Ducca sing it. Definitive version in my book. Also, so glad Ducca is back in the rotation. He's such a consistently engaging character.
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Nov 26, 2013 16:54
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I lost it on the dalmatian and soccer ball bit then again on the claiming to be kidnapped by drug lords bit.
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Nov 26, 2013 16:58
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Don't forget that Ron Sexsmith was also a pretty hilarious guest musician.
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Nov 26, 2013 17:02
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Rufus Wainwright's dad was also a chill guy on the show, but I don't recall Scott engaging him as much in the comedy as he did with Callahan.
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Nov 27, 2013 01:39
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Nov 27, 2013 05:35
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LockHeart posted:Bjork is good too. Good point, I think part of her appeal is she doesn't do songs though, just engages with Scott in a nice in-depth interview.
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Nov 27, 2013 06:38
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LockHeart posted:Bjork is good too. Well, "pulled Bjork sandwich" was a funny thing to say.
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Nov 27, 2013 06:48
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I really really liked episode 240 with Pegg, Wright, and Frost. It's definitely in my top 10.
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Nov 27, 2013 11:48
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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.
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Nov 27, 2013 12:23
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soggybagel posted:I really really liked episode 240 with Pegg, Wright, and Frost. It's definitely in my top 10. The middle bit where they do Michael Caine and Sean Connery is probably my favourite (and most listened to) single segment of CBB all year, it's incredible.
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moot the hopple posted:Rufus Wainwright's dad was also a chill guy on the show, but I don't recall Scott engaging him as much in the comedy as he did with Callahan. If I remember correctly, that one sounded like the music parts were recorded separately and spliced in after.
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moot the hopple posted:Rufus Wainwright's dad was also a chill guy on the show, but I don't recall Scott engaging him as much in the comedy as he did with Callahan. Not that I'm a fan or even know much about Louden Wainright III but I feel like it's a little unfair for him to be know as "Rufus Wainwright's dad".
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