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Raar_Im_A_Dinosaur
Mar 16, 2006

GOOD LUCK!!
As long as they play at the bottom of the show, he will be drunk and directionless

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Ghost Stromboli
Mar 31, 2011
If they would just commit to making DnD an actual guaranteed segment instead of only getting to it when Dan hasn't used too much time justifying some bullshit, maybe he'd have some semblance of what's going on in the game. Because this last campaign has been pretty fun overall (the demon summoning thing at the end of it seemed sudden/random but I dunno), they just need to do it regularly enough that there's an actual chance of remembering anything.

Like, if you're gonna drink a bunch and play DnD one night, next week you may have some issues remembering what happened. Fine. If you drink a bunch, play DnD, then pick it up again three weeks later, you're loving lucky if you remember ANY of what happened.

Aside from working around Jeff's tours and such, which is perfectly reasonable, I really think they'd benefit from just trying to keep DnD on as consistent a schedule as they can. That's literally the challenge for any tabletop group, and I guarantee a lot of tabletop groups also add drinking on top of that and still remember enough to carry on next week. Take notes and try to keep playing. That's literally all Dan needs to do and I think the segment remains consistent enough to enjoy it.


Also it's annoying/funny to hear Dan react to anyone talking about Elon Musk. Slightly more annoying because it's one (kinda sorta?) rich person adoring another rich person. Sometimes it seems like Dan wants really hard to maintain some sort of working class/punk credibility or something, but then literally everything else he does and says goes against that.

Tom Funk
Feb 19, 2010
I really wouldn't hate if Harmontown basically came to a close and then they just become a D&D podcast.

counterfeitsaint
Feb 26, 2010

I'm a girl, and you're
gnomes, and it's like
what? Yikes.
A D&D podcast that has like a pre game 15 min chat sometimes would be an improvement.

Zesty
Jan 17, 2012

The Great Twist

Ghost Stromboli posted:

Also it's annoying/funny to hear Dan react to anyone talking about Elon Musk. Slightly more annoying because it's one (kinda sorta?) rich person adoring another rich person. Sometimes it seems like Dan wants really hard to maintain some sort of working class/punk credibility or something, but then literally everything else he does and says goes against that.

Spoiler: He's in on the joke.

Brocktoon
Jul 18, 2006

Before we engage we should hang back and study their tactics.
I've said it before but I would be much happier if they broke with show into two shows. 1 show that has Dan whinging and awkwardly interviwing people and 1 show that is D&D and/or long form improv with Jeff and Rob.

I think Harmonquest prevents an all D&D podcast, though, especially since it just got picked up for season 3.

counterfeitsaint
Feb 26, 2010

I'm a girl, and you're
gnomes, and it's like
what? Yikes.
Hasn't Dan already made entirely separate podcasts for whining and awkwardly interviewing people though? But it still happens on Harmontown. I think that bringing a random person up on stage and telling them over and over again that he's a bad interviewer is just an intrinsic part of who he is.

Zesty
Jan 17, 2012

The Great Twist

Brocktoon posted:

I think Harmonquest prevents an all D&D podcast, though, especially since it just got picked up for season 3.

:siren: :toot: :siren:

CPColin
Sep 9, 2003

Big ol' smile.
This week's episode includes the debut of another classic Harmontown character: Polyamorous Paul.

But that's as far as I've listened, so maybe the rest of the episode is terrible.

Brocktoon
Jul 18, 2006

Before we engage we should hang back and study their tactics.

CPColin posted:

This week's episode includes the debut of another classic Harmontown character: Polyamorous Paul.

But that's as far as I've listened, so maybe the rest of the episode is terrible.

Couldn't possibly be worse than last week's.

Zesty
Jan 17, 2012

The Great Twist
I wish they'd get rid of the audience again. gently caress.

It's bad for the podcast and it's bad for Dan.

CPColin
Sep 9, 2003

Big ol' smile.
Same except the exact opposite

El Jeffe
Dec 24, 2009

I liked Omar but he did wear a little thin, nomesayin?

prefect
Sep 11, 2001

No one, Woodhouse.
No one.




Dead Man’s Band

CPColin posted:

This week's episode includes the debut of another classic Harmontown character: Polyamorous Paul.

But that's as far as I've listened, so maybe the rest of the episode is terrible.

Paul's kind of a jerk.


Didn't love the rest of the show, although I totally understand the urge to call a French person "Frenchie". It's a great nickname.

prefect fucked around with this message at 12:40 on Oct 18, 2018

Brocktoon
Jul 18, 2006

Before we engage we should hang back and study their tactics.

Brocktoon posted:

Couldn't possibly be worse than last week's.

I was so wrong. I turned it off when he brought the first audience member up. We need Jeff back.

Drunkboxer
Jun 30, 2007

CPColin posted:

Same except the exact opposite

yeah I’m not sure why someone would want to back to Dan just screaming on stage about rich guy “problems” to complete silence. The audience can be awkward and terrible but the show was pretty horrible without it.

Zesty
Jan 17, 2012

The Great Twist
I don’t. I want them to play D&D all the time.

KoRMaK
Jul 31, 2012



i love this train wreck of a show

El Jeffe
Dec 24, 2009

I enjoyed this episode a lot :confused: Jimmy was cool, Jean-Charles was cool, American Spencer was on point. It did get a little messy when they brought up even more people, but not due to anything specific to Nova or Australian Guy, just too many people on stage. Still a hell of a lot better than the 2 previous episodes.

Schrab and Jeff do need to come back though.

prefect
Sep 11, 2001

No one, Woodhouse.
No one.




Dead Man’s Band
Jeff is back! :toot:

And Dan is on-point when it comes to the crappy phone integration in GTA V.



I want to bludgeon Dan with a relativity textbook. :argh:

Also a general-purpose science textbook along with something by Karl Popper. :doom:

prefect fucked around with this message at 12:37 on Oct 24, 2018

Inzombiac
Mar 19, 2007

PARTY ALL NIGHT

EAT BRAINS ALL DAY


Are any of you listening to Master Manual?

I really like Spencer so it's nice to hear him more often.

Pretty chill show about DM advice. It's more goofing off than anything but I like it.

Zesty
Jan 17, 2012

The Great Twist
It's fine. Some segments work better than others.

Shout random names off the top of your head isn't a good segment.

Alternate lore for old tropes and talking through audience problems are.

Zesty fucked around with this message at 23:10 on Oct 24, 2018

prefect
Sep 11, 2001

No one, Woodhouse.
No one.




Dead Man’s Band
Josh Androsky talks some poo poo about Elon Musk in the new episode, and Dan doesn't scream at him. :allears:

Dan thinks Matthew Lesko has dollar signs on his suit. :newlol:

prefect fucked around with this message at 13:48 on Nov 7, 2018

S w a y z e
Mar 19, 2007

f l a p

Please let Josh turn Dan into a full on socialist

Zesty
Jan 17, 2012

The Great Twist
Dan is a socialist. He just has too much money to realize it.

prefect
Sep 11, 2001

No one, Woodhouse.
No one.




Dead Man’s Band
Dan has a lot to say about Red Dead Redemption 2, and I'm now tempted to buy a game console.


Although Dan gets very Dansplainy in the second half explaining why therapy is actually good. Also, audience members on stage. :(

prefect fucked around with this message at 14:20 on Nov 14, 2018

KoRMaK
Jul 31, 2012



dan gf cuuuuuute, so what

El Jeffe
Dec 24, 2009

Holy poo poo Cody

HOLY poo poo JEFF

That whole story was incredible. Levy's a legend.

Comrade Fakename
Feb 13, 2012


It’s weird to see posters for Whose Line is it Anyway in London with Jeff Davis’ name emblazoned on it since almost no one knows who he is here. At least Josie Lawrence is in it!

SunshineDanceParty
Feb 7, 2006

One Road. Two Friends. One Ass.

Comrade Fakename posted:

It’s weird to see posters for Whose Line is it Anyway in London with Jeff Davis’ name emblazoned on it since almost no one knows who he is here. At least Josie Lawrence is in it!

I'm pretty sure Jeff Davis has no name recognition in any country he's in.

CPColin
Sep 9, 2003

Big ol' smile.

SunshineDanceParty posted:

I'm pretty sure Jeff Davis has no name recognition in any country he's in.

Unless he's in the Deep South, buying beer.

emanresu tnuocca
Sep 2, 2011

by Athanatos
How many listeners does Harmontown have anyway? I feel like Jeff's biggest "celebrity pull" is actually from the podcast, and it seems like it has a fair amount of listeners in the UK, maybe that's who they're advertising for.

Evil Agita
Feb 25, 2005

Lord Fool, give me another chance. I'll prove my strength to you!
I like Kumail but his wife... Oof. I'm sure she's a great person but she's not good on podcasts. Do they still make indoor kids or did they abandon that

Chekans 3 16
Jan 2, 2012

No Resetti.
No Continues.



Grimey Drawer

Evil Agita posted:

I like Kumail but his wife... Oof. I'm sure she's a great person but she's not good on podcasts. Do they still make indoor kids or did they abandon that

It's dead, they left it open-ended if they would come back but it hasn't had a new episode in years.

Zesty
Jan 17, 2012

The Great Twist
I like Emily. She’s great. :)

Evil Agita
Feb 25, 2005

Lord Fool, give me another chance. I'll prove my strength to you!
She speaks a mile a minute without actually saying anything. I can't tell if she's anxious or excited or if it's just how she is, but it bugged me this last time she was on because she trampled over a bunch of other people's jokes. She does seem nice though.

prefect
Sep 11, 2001

No one, Woodhouse.
No one.




Dead Man’s Band
It's like they weren't even listening to Clarence Carter. :cripes:

Brocktoon
Jul 18, 2006

Before we engage we should hang back and study their tactics.
Jesse Camp???

El Jeffe
Dec 24, 2009

That was simultaneously one of the funniest and most annoying episodes. Who needs to be told to shut the gently caress up that many times? I greatly enjoyed Jesse Camp's appearance though.

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El Jeffe
Dec 24, 2009

I cannot loving believe Cody's mom is Ms. Blankenship. My mind is blown.

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