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Ross and Carrie wins the award for Most Smug Podcast
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Farg posted:Ross and Carrie wins the award for Most Smug Podcast I gave it a few episodes but most of the runtime is their smug self-absorption and back-patting with the actual thing they investigated being almost a footnote in its own episode. It's like the polar opposite of Sawbones.
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Jun 24, 2016 03:10
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Ross and Carrie isn't smug, it's just they are nowhere near as funny as they think they are. If they just said what they experienced and ranked stuff from 1 to 10 and didn't come up with "hilarious" jokes like the metaphors for scary/money-grabbing/pseudo-scientific it would seriously be 100x better. The Scientology stuff was legit interesting (in terms of what exactly stuff like auditing is) but ruined with "LOLOLOL SLIDE WHISTLE" poo poo Raar_Im_A_Dinosaur posted:Also what the gently caress is the deal with that Beefcast? Too much loving TWEE I want to tell that guy that if it actually is a comedy podcast maybe tell a loving joke in the ad? 
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Jun 24, 2016 03:18
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SoupyTwist posted:I want to tell that guy that if it actually is a comedy podcast maybe tell a loving joke in the ad? The podcast is a parody. The ad itself is already part of the joke.
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Jun 24, 2016 03:28
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Scudworth posted:The podcast is a parody. The ad itself is already part of the joke. 
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Jun 24, 2016 03:30
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guy mann hits it out of the park again
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Jun 24, 2016 03:43
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We're once again at the point where we complain about the ads for the other Max Fun podcasts and I just want to say I would listen to Throwing Shade again if they skipped the part where they talked about their boring, white, middle class lives and got straight to making fun of homophobes and misogynists.
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Jun 24, 2016 04:22
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Raar_Im_A_Dinosaur posted:The radiolab spoof one SPY did was pretty great. Oh is that what that was? I didn't get the parody but enjoyed it nonetheless. Also (in a desperate attempt to change the subject) this week's Rose Buddies was great. In his first episode Chad sounded like a fairly entertaining yet harmless jerk, but holy moly based on the next two, dude seems like a total monster.
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Jun 24, 2016 04:30
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Roach Warehouse posted:Oh is that what that was? I didn't get the parody but enjoyed it nonetheless. The producers use a lot of b-roll of him wandering around and whistling and it's actually legit terrifying in a Jaws-theme way when they do it. Like, the cliffhanger they talked about made it look like he walked back from the woods (that they had gotten to via helicopter) and lightly scratched at the house door. He is a cold-cut-devouring monster but he also bought a bunch of the other guys' domains which is pretty hilarious.
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Jun 24, 2016 04:44
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I skip all ads because I am a monster. I've never even heard any of these.
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Jun 24, 2016 04:45
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I actually don't skip Max Fun ads because they're very short. It's almost not worth it to unlock my screen to skip them. I'd rather listen to Guy Branum and his hipster friends talk about themselves for 30 seconds than listen to Paul F Tompkins talk about mattresses for 5 minutes. e: Also, the Money Zone/Jumbotron is basically the best way to handle podcast advertising, I think.
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Jun 24, 2016 06:00
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defectivemonkey posted:The producers use a lot of b-roll of him wandering around and whistling and it's actually legit terrifying in a Jaws-theme way when they do it. Like, the cliffhanger they talked about made it look like he walked back from the woods (that they had gotten to via helicopter) and lightly scratched at the house door. The BiP ad they made with him is 
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Jun 24, 2016 06:07
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I listen to the moneyzone on the first listen through, but the jumbotron is such annoying bullshit that I can't handle it. I usually skip that and whatever maxfun ad they play after. They do their best to make the jumbotron appealing but I just can't
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Jun 24, 2016 06:12
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Speaking of which, does anyone have that Coldplay poem? It was beautiful.
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Jun 24, 2016 06:22
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myron cope posted:I listen to the moneyzone on the first listen through, but the jumbotron is such annoying bullshit that I can't handle it. I usually skip that and whatever maxfun ad they play after. They do their best to make the jumbotron appealing but I just can't Many daps to my doop dop and my jim jam. See you on the meow side! Love, snugglefart. Cool 100 dollar purchase, man.
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Jun 24, 2016 06:24
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myron cope posted:I listen to the moneyzone on the first listen through, but the jumbotron is such annoying bullshit that I can't handle it. I usually skip that and whatever maxfun ad they play after. They do their best to make the jumbotron appealing but I just can't But you can't just skip the MBMBaM jumbotron every time because every once in a blue moon you get something like the Myspace callout and it is so beautiful and perfect it makes up for every other boring one. Except for the The Adventure Zone jumbotron. You can safely skip that one. The only thing more inscrutable than regular in-jokes are in-jokes based on DnD campaigns.
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Jun 24, 2016 06:47
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dijon du jour posted:But you can't just skip the MBMBaM jumbotron every time because every once in a blue moon you get something like the Myspace callout and it is so beautiful and perfect it makes up for every other boring one. I actually heard that one, I guess maybe I skip if it sounds lame? I dunno. I don't usually listen. And I don't listen to any moneyzone stuff for TAZ despite loving Griffin. Since it's just him there isn't really a chance for great goofs so I just skip it all
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Jun 24, 2016 06:56
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flatluigi posted:guy mann hits it out of the park again someone should tell that garth marenghi motherfucker that nobody's buying his poo poo and he should just own up to being a terrible writer
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Jun 24, 2016 07:29
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myron cope posted:I actually heard that one, I guess maybe I skip if it sounds lame? I dunno. I don't usually listen. Griffin has a real tendency to babble nervously when it's just him, not only are the taz moneyzone spots not funny they're kind of sad and off putting.
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Jun 24, 2016 12:44
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dijon du jour posted:But you can't just skip the MBMBaM jumbotron every time because every once in a blue moon you get something like the Myspace callout and it is so beautiful and perfect it makes up for every other boring one. Thanks for vibing and keeping it tight. If you need me, I'll be on my mobile.
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Jun 24, 2016 14:42
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Travis343 posted:Griffin has a real tendency to babble nervously when it's just him, not only are the taz moneyzone spots not funny they're kind of sad and off putting. What? You sure you aren't projecting?
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Jun 24, 2016 16:09
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Griffin Begins https://twitter.com/Babylonian/status/746371520050528256
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Jun 24, 2016 16:58
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Fellatio del Toro posted:I think you'll find the Adventure Zone promos are a critical hit! I miss the old ones where Griffin would just loving lay into it with "did you enjoy that? Did you, the listener, actually enjoy that?"
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Jun 24, 2016 17:45
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I only ever listen to 2 non-McElroy Max Fun shows, are there ads for MBMBaM? I've never heard one. The TAZ ones are definitely the best ads on the network, because they're actually funny in the ad, but JJHo and SPY have had some half-decent ones, too.
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Jun 24, 2016 17:56
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I'm still sticking with my personal version of events where Griffin just uploaded the first episode to Polygon's channel one day, without any notice or consultation of the other editors.
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Jun 24, 2016 18:05
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j'ai suis ess journaliste
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Jun 24, 2016 18:15
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SpacePig posted:I only ever listen to 2 non-McElroy Max Fun shows, are there ads for MBMBaM? I've never heard one. The TAZ ones are definitely the best ads on the network, because they're actually funny in the ad, but JJHo and SPY have had some half-decent ones, too. I heard an ad for mbmbam on another show once, it ended with Griffin lamenting that they had thirty seconds for this ad and "we did racism, imagine what we can do with a whole hour". It was pretty funny but I don't know how that would read to a person who didn't already love the McElroy bros.
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Jun 24, 2016 18:17
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Travis343 posted:It was pretty funny but I don't know how that would read to a person who didn't already love the McElroy bros. I think that's the problem with a lot of ads for podcasts. Literally every one I listen to was by word of mouth or knowledge of the people in it. If you don't already know the style of humor, and it isn't something that can be clipped down to ~15 seconds, then it's not gonna read well. There used to be an ad for Stop Podcasting Yourself where, after they introduced themselves, they said, "We're from Canada. Wait, wait, don't hang up!", and because I had already been listening to the show, I found it to be pretty funny. Everyone in the MBMBaM thread, though, would post about how unfunny it was. Most of the shows on Max Fun are "talk about poo poo and try to be funny", which I imagine is pretty hard to advertise.
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Jun 24, 2016 18:43
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Judge John Hodgman has pretty good ads because he lists a few of the disputes he's heard and you get a pretty good sense of his style of humor from the way he talks about it. Mbmbam would probably be better advertised by a brief sample of the questions they get.
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Jun 24, 2016 18:53
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vALa4qDsbXE
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Jun 24, 2016 19:06
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Somebody please make a .gif of the apple ricocheting wildly around Mėlissa's head.
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Jun 24, 2016 19:43
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I like to imagine that he had no idea Skype was still on and improvised the show idea on the spot to explain why he was stuffing toys into his mouth and moaning when he got caught.
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Jun 24, 2016 19:55
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SEX HAVER 40000 posted:j'ai suis ess journaliste Can anyone who's listened to the show explain if this is some sort of in-joke or something? I swear this is the ad they play the most and of all the awful things in it "zhay swee ess journaleeste" may be the worst.
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Jun 24, 2016 20:40
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I keep seeing news about the XBox One S, and it keeps reminding me that it probably means that the new PS4 absolutely won't be the PISSFORCE.
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Jun 24, 2016 20:53
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SEX HAVER 40000 posted:j'ai suis ess journaliste I always thought it was je suis Easton Ellis as a "fun" play on the Charlie hebdo thing but I never really thought about more than I had to
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Jun 24, 2016 23:17
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Travis343 posted:Griffin has a real tendency to babble nervously when it's just him, not only are the taz moneyzone spots not funny they're kind of sad and off putting. It comes off as charming if you, like me, have a big crush on Griffin and want to put your mouth on his mouth. Just a cool tip!
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Jun 25, 2016 01:44
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Evelyn Nesbit posted:It comes off as charming if you, like me, have a big crush on Griffin and want to put your mouth on his mouth. Just a cool tip! I cannot make use of this tip, he's married. You're breaking the law
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Jun 25, 2016 01:51
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Evelyn Nesbit posted:It comes off as charming if you, like me, have a big crush on Griffin and want to put you
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Jun 25, 2016 02:49
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SpacePig posted:I only ever listen to 2 non-McElroy Max Fun shows, are there ads for MBMBaM? I've never heard one. The TAZ ones are definitely the best ads on the network, because they're actually funny in the ad, but JJHo and SPY have had some half-decent ones, too. They used to have this one where Justin would pretend to be Jimmy Buffet and contrary to how you think that might go, it's just about the worst thing I've ever heard from them.
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Thelonius Van Funk posted:I always thought it was je suis Easton Ellis as a "fun" play on the Charlie hebdo thing but I never really thought about more than I had to I hope not, that sounds really hosed up
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