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Great return week for the show. Love how unseriously it takes itself - e.g. leaving the Pete Holmes Show reference in. And not in a super-ironic way but more of a 'this is all pretty silly, let's have fun' sort of way. Speaking of, some of you guys definitely take the points and such way too seriously.
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GraPar posted:Speaking of, some of you guys definitely take the points and such way too seriously. Yeah, to me the shows not about the points or the game/contest at all. That's just the vehicle to get a bunch of people together to make jokes and be funny. Someone earlier in the thread made a good parallel to Whose Line is it Anyway, how the points are made up and don't matter.
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Jan 10, 2014 21:42
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GraPar posted:Great return week for the show. Love how unseriously it takes itself - e.g. leaving the Pete Holmes Show reference in. And not in a super-ironic way but more of a 'this is all pretty silly, let's have fun' sort of way. Speaking of, some of you guys definitely take the points and such way too seriously. You post in the DLM thread, you should be used to people caring way too much about a game that doesn't matter in the slightest.
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Jan 10, 2014 23:37
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You make an excellent point, fellow sane podcast fan. You did just make me consider how great/terrible a Holmes/Garlin/Miller/Kreischer episode of this show could be though. Samm Levine would actually be a decent guest.
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Jan 11, 2014 00:14
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Oh man, next Thursday is gonna be great. Has PFT been on the show before? My memory is failing me.
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Jan 11, 2014 08:37
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Yeah, he has. Having him and Jen Kirkman on together is brilliant. As was having Kurt and Kristen on together this week actually. Well done, @midnight bookers.
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Jan 11, 2014 12:39
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The last photo bomb with the woman felt way too drat mean. I'm hoping it was some photoshopped face on it or something because otherwise that was a super lovely thing to do to some poor lady who wasn't even photobombing them, they were just making fun of her.
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Jan 11, 2014 15:47
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I finally got the chance to watch the episode & see what stuff was cut out. Off the top of my head... -Like I guessed, Chris' entire rant about the title of Tag Team Thursday was removed (and if I heard right, he even got it wrong in the reshot ending). -In the exercise video, there were a ton of queef jokes that all got cut from the one with the woman making all the faces. -Three or four of the Photobomb pictures weren't even shown. -Once Kristen's green pants were revealed, there were several more kicks she made at the other contestants. One overall thing I noticed was how tightly they edited it to make it seem like the contestants instantly buzzed in. There were several times during the show where no one would buzz in immediately, and Chris would say "Anybody?" or something to the effect of that.
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Jan 11, 2014 19:51
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I'd be lying if I said seeing how prepared it is isn't taking some of the shine off it for me. The best parts are the ones you can tell aren't though like Tom Lennon's bombing.
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Jan 11, 2014 20:16
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I keep chuckling to myself remembering Tom Lennons antics. Its weird he looks like Rob Schneider with a mustache.
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Jan 12, 2014 00:20
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Midnight City posted:I'd be lying if I said seeing how prepared it is isn't taking some of the shine off it for me. It kind of irked me at first too but then I realized they have to make sure the show has a chance at being at least semi-funny. The contestants are still individually making their own jokes, they just aren't as off the cuff. It's not like they are collaborating or having the material written for them. They have to strike a balance between not being totally rehearsed and making sure an entire nights work isn't wasted because no one could make a funny while on the spot. The comedians can still improvise and riff if they want too, but it's good to already have something in their pocket if they need it. I just wish some of them weren't so obviously reading off a cheat sheet in front of them. That's what takes me out of the moment. Also, I really want to see Norm MacDonald on the show. KilGrey fucked around with this message at 18:35 on Jan 12, 2014 |
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Jan 12, 2014 18:32
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I wonder how much of it is prepared in advance. Obviously HashTagWars and the final speed round are pre-written, Rapid Refresh and "this or that" games are spontaneous, but what about things like the Etsy stores or YouTube videos? I would hope that those would be more spontaneous, if only because I would have thought they would have had some solid material prepared if they knew beforehand.
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Jan 12, 2014 18:39
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twistedmentat posted:I have the weirdest crush on her. It would be weird if you didn't have a crush on her. Another comic once said she looked like a Carvelle Cookiepuss... (at a roast) which was pretty hilarious, but I honestly think she's very pretty. Not to mention she's just so loving funny and effervescent.
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I doubt much of it, if anything, is pre-written or prepared. A producer or someone talks to each contestant to show them what games are coming up in each break while they fix makeup, but that's supposedly it. So many of the jokes and asides were results of the contestants & Chris bantering. I'm fascinated at how they make a ~22 minute show out of recording about 3 times the material.
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Jan 12, 2014 19:35
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But the show has writers right? I recall that Chris mentioned that Matt Mira from the Nerdist Podcast worked as a writer for this show. What could he write? Chris's comments?
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Jan 12, 2014 20:23
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radlum posted:But the show has writers right? I recall that Chris mentioned that Matt Mira from the Nerdist Podcast worked as a writer for this show. What could he write? Chris's comments? The different options for all the multiple choice questions and other stuff like that probably.
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Jan 12, 2014 20:31
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Most of Chris' lines are probably pre-written (his examples for #cheesymovies, for example). It also sounds like they'll be using a few more cutaways, like Doug Benson getting high with the panda.
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WhiteHowler posted:Most of Chris' lines are probably pre-written (his examples for #cheesymovies, for example). It also sounds like they'll be using a few more cutaways, like Doug Benson getting high with the panda.
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Jan 12, 2014 20:56
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WhiteHowler posted:It also sounds like they'll be using a few more cutaways, like Doug Benson getting high with the panda. I liked that this week, especially Chris throwing the water at Thomas Lennon.
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Jan 12, 2014 21:00
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All we know is that the "contestants" are given some of the materials (like for the fast challenges) an hour or two before taping to come up with some lines. Things like rapid refresh, I imagine, aren't revealed to them.
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Jan 12, 2014 22:29
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escape artist posted:It would be weird if you didn't have a crush on her. Another comic once said she looked like a Carvelle Cookiepuss... (at a roast) which was pretty hilarious, but I honestly think she's very pretty. Not to mention she's just so loving funny and effervescent. On the Conan OBrien Can't Stop dvd, she comes in and meets Conan and she's like some student, with a big backpack and everything, and she's so meek in talking to Conan. The only thing she'd been in that was big at this time was Flight of the Concord. She's just so adorable. It's also good seeing Conan and Jon Hamm bully Jack McBrayer.
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In case you don't know.... Monday- Kyle Kinane Matt Braunger Cristela Alonzo Tuesday- Rory Scovel Beth Stelling Jon Dore Wednesday- Neal Brennan Nikki Glaser Ron Funches Thursday- Mike Lawrence Jen Kirkman Paul F. Thompkins
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sportsgenius86 posted:In case you don't know.... Oh, god, Kilane's appearance last season was one of the best.
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Jan 13, 2014 20:11
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Rory Scovel is my favorite off-the-cuff comedian right now, so he should be PERFECT. If you want to laugh so hard you cry, these two segments from The Pete Holmes Show interview with him are GOLD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IC4vXzDShoQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3JN5u7KH08
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Davros1 posted:Oh, god, Kilane's appearance last season was one of the best. Seriously if they can get John Mulaney and him on a single episode I will poo poo the bed. They're two of the funniest people in comedy right now.
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Jan 14, 2014 06:05
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And to think bigE, you were only 4 days away from getting an awesome dress!
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Jan 14, 2014 06:06
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Jerry Lawler and Order is pretty good.
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WWE Network is going to own by the way
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Jan 14, 2014 06:09
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Brock Lesnar's Tickle Party.
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Jan 14, 2014 06:09
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Oh god, Owen reference 
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Jan 14, 2014 06:10
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These comedians know their wrestlers. Or there's a name list on their iPads.
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Jan 14, 2014 06:10
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Haha Mexico is 20 years behind.
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404GoonNotFound posted:Oh god, Owen reference I missed it, what was it?
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BigRed0427 posted:I missed it, what was it? Owen Hart to Hart
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404GoonNotFound posted:Oh god, Owen reference To be fair, he won't die in Mexico for another decade.
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What do you mean Borderline?
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BigRed0427 posted:What do you mean Borderline? 
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NONE OF THE GOOD ONES ARE REAL
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BigRed0427 posted:Spoken funk? Ya, it's the worst.
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