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Catching up on recent episodes, Mr Books is great.
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i'd assumed it was going to be a riff on the little-remembered kevin costner serial killer movie mr. brooks but what we got was so much better
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May 5, 2023 13:55
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It's fun seeing everyone post their signatures. You can watch Scotty's signature go from an approximation of "Auckerman" into a drawing of a snake looking over its shoulder.
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May 5, 2023 15:16
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CatstropheWaitress posted:Great bits in most too: Just finished the 14th anniversary episode, and I absolutely loved the Pig poo poo Twins as much as I completely checked out of Will Hines' character (everyone else accusing him of blackface was fun, though). I think Will Hines might be my least favorite recurring person on CBB, I can't remember any single standout character or bit he's done, and I can't remember anyone else whose character repeatedly just gets rejected as boring by everyone else.
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May 5, 2023 23:31
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Hard disagree, he's one of my favorite guests. He's a really talented Andy Daly caliber improviser imo (though I'll admit none of his characters are on the tier of what Andy has done); I don't think Scott and co try to undermine him because they think the characters have nothing to them (I doubt he'd be invited back so many times if they had any issue with him), it's the Andy Daly thing where they like to go in and derail him hard and make him squirm to try and get to the thing he actually wanted to do because he's talented enough to handle it. I guess the game with him often does become a meta thing of Scott trying to derail him and Will doing his best to actually play his character, I can see why one would not enjoy his episodes if they didn't find that game particularly fun though. I did improv myself for a while, so maybe I'm just easily awed by his technical skills, he's very good at taking the combative relationship in stride and making it fun. It's the kind of thing you only do to an improviser when you've known them for a while and can trust them, it's cool to see it when it works (really bad when it doesn't though; I love Tim Heidecker as his own thing but his appearances when he used to do CBB were always hit or miss with me, he was very against the grain in a way that I didn't think always worked for the podcast format) I wonder if Will finds Gil frustrating or gets jealous of him at times; Gil has the opposite relationship with the show, where he comes in with a thing and will not let you stop him from getting to it no matter how hard you try
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May 6, 2023 00:48
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I've said it before but Gil having to struggle and fight his way to getting Scott, Ben Schwartz, and Adam Pally to actually listen to the Sardinas recordings — and then they're all totally on board with it once they hear it — is maybe my favorite moment from last year. I'm hoping he doesn't set a precedent where everyone starts preparing material to that extent, but it's great having one person who pulls it off. And Will Hines is great because there's a genuine friendship there and his characters exist to test the limits of improv as a form. Scott pokes and prods because he knows Will can handle it and the end result is something sillier and funnier than just a goofy character. The podcast would be boring for Scott and for the listener if there wasn't a variety of improv styles to pull from. Like the Aunty Donna guys are kind of bad at it, but they're still very funny and I laughed a lot at their recent episode. I just love this drat show!
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May 6, 2023 01:31
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Will's Doctor character whose story devolves into a battle royale of all the medical students is one of my favorites. Same with the chair salesman who happens to be present during a bunch of suicides is great too. That particular episode was the first CBB in studio after covid and it has a joyous loopy atmosphere.
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May 6, 2023 02:29
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Will really benefits from coming in with a very normal character who gets weird rather than a demon or some other front loaded bit. His style of improv is all about discovery and discovery improv tends to go towards the opposite of what you start out as. The incredible becomes mundane and the mundane becomes incredible. This goes doubly when you've got hostile interrogators like most of the people on a CBB podcast. fez_machine fucked around with this message at 09:11 on May 6, 2023 |
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May 6, 2023 09:09
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I totally get why someone wouldn't like Will, but I adore his style. His willingness to completely and utterly change everything he came in with to match the other performers and vibe of the room is a breath of fresh air. So many improvisers end up feeling a bit combative with having to really push their premise even if it doesn't really make sense. So much of their time is spent having to assert the base level reality of their character. Will is like water, fitting the shape of the container he's poured into. He might not have memorable characters, but he has a memorable style—the guy who says yes to every improv gift he's given, no matter how much it blows up his idea. If you've ever seen him do longform stage work it makes for some of the best improv scenes you can see anywhere.
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feedmyleg posted:He might not have memorable characters, but he has a memorable style—the guy who says yes to every improv gift he's given, no matter how much it blows up his idea. exemplified perhaps by being pimped into confessing to a murder in the first(?) episode of his CBB presents thing and committing to that choice for the rest of the series (which i hope isn't over, but it has been a while hasn't it)
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May 6, 2023 16:02
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feedmyleg posted:I totally get why someone wouldn't like Will, but I adore his style. His willingness to completely and utterly change everything he came in with to match the other performers and vibe of the room is a breath of fresh air. So many improvisers end up feeling a bit combative with having to really push their premise even if it doesn't really make sense. So much of their time is spent having to assert the base level reality of their character. Will is like water, fitting the shape of the container he's poured into. He might not have memorable characters, but he has a memorable style—the guy who says yes to every improv gift he's given, no matter how much it blows up his idea. or to put it more succinctly: he's a beta cuck the blackface accusation in the 14th anniversary episode is the first time I can remember him pushing back, it's funny they finally found something he won't "yes and"
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Breadallelogram posted:or to put it more succinctly: he's a beta cuck it reminds me of an old PFT bit from the cancelable years of CBB, where he was playing some kind of space alien or something, and he was saying that he couldn't say what it translates to in English, and Scott says "is it the N word? Yes and..." "Yes, and, it isn't the word you're thinking of"
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May 6, 2023 17:00
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That was a very funny moment.
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I'm always happy to see Will Hines' name in a guest lineup, because I know it's going to be a wild ride. (His most memorable appearance for me was as Johnny Bikes, daredevil motorcycle stuntman who is revealed to almost exclusively rides bikes on boats. I've forgotten a lot of the details but I remember hearing that one for the first time and being caught up in the truly manic energy.)Ainsley McTree posted:I wonder if Will finds Gil frustrating or gets jealous of him at times; Gil has the opposite relationship with the show, where he comes in with a thing and will not let you stop him from getting to it no matter how hard you try Joe Wengert is a bit like that as well, I remember somebody once described him as almost always coming in to the show with a clear idea of where he wants his bit to go, and he'll do whatever he can to get there. Scott tries to swerve him and he'll tactfully deflect/deny it. Lots of "I think you misheard me"-type responses to goofy prodding. Ainsley McTree posted:it reminds me of an old PFT bit from the cancelable years of CBB, where he was playing some kind of space alien or something, Better than a space alien, it was Gary Marshall
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JethroMcB posted:
lmao i forgot that detail i am also glad that CBB is in an era where the only n word that's appropriate to joke about is nongman
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May 6, 2023 19:13
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They actually did film that one! One of my favorites.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lFsS3PDoZA
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Waterbed Wendy posted:They actually did film that one! One of my favorites.... I remember watching this live. God I wish they still did live episodes.
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May 8, 2023 06:18
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Well she was killed by a drunk driver who was going to buy weed.
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May 8, 2023 18:51
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it's crazy that they're not doing an audiobook
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Ainsley McTree posted:exemplified perhaps by being pimped into confessing to a murder in the first(?) episode of his CBB presents thing and committing to that choice for the rest of the series (which i hope isn't over, but it has been a while hasn't it) I fell for him when he was some kind of doctor character and he accidently said "med school initiation" instead of "orientation" and it turned into a whole long thing about an ancient death cult below the Mayo Clinic.
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May 8, 2023 21:20
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His major weaknesses are that he doesn't do voices, mood wise plays most of his characters the same way, and also never seems to have more than 30 seconds worth of backstory for his characters. What was the devil, the black face character's, actual deal? We'll never know. I do love him, and always enjoy his bits on the show, but can get why he wouldn't be a favoite. Ainsley McTree posted:exemplified perhaps by being pimped into confessing to a murder in the first(?) episode of his CBB presents thing and committing to that choice for the rest of the series (which i hope isn't over, but it has been a while hasn't it) This is certainly the man's gift, and bless him for it.
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May 9, 2023 00:44
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If you're Long Island comedian Jon Gabrus...
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https://twitter.com/ScottAukerman/status/1656050172521254921 Not Tweetingman
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Will Hines's funniest appearance was when Bobcait Goldthwait was on talking earnestly about his documentary Lucky and his relationship with the pretty recently dead Robin Williams, and then Hines comes in as a lunch lady E: I might be thinking of another nerd The Peccadillo fucked around with this message at 14:28 on May 10, 2023 |
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May 10, 2023 14:22
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It was over ever since he deleted the tweet which read "there's something so chilling about the concept of the joker: a man who finds the thought of crime to be funny."
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May 10, 2023 14:54
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Mr. Squishy posted:It was over ever since he deleted the tweet which read "there's something so chilling about the concept of the joker: a man who finds the thought of crime to be funny." Or his "List of Star Wars Films" that was just in chronological order and pissed off SW Nerds/Film Twitter so much (Despite Rian Johnson quote-tweeting it with "No arguments here")
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May 10, 2023 15:02
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Mr. Squishy posted:It was over ever since he deleted the tweet which read "there's something so chilling about the concept of the joker: a man who finds the thought of crime to be funny." I still think about that tweet a few times a year for some reason. So dumb but so good
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JethroMcB posted:Or his "List of Star Wars Films" that was just in chronological order and pissed off SW Nerds/Film Twitter so much (Despite Rian Johnson quote-tweeting it with "No arguments here") That was my absolute favorite
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May 10, 2023 22:46
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No Mark Padovano on Hey, Randy today, but he did call in and leave a great message.
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May 10, 2023 22:48
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Semi related, I’ve started playing dynasty warriors 8 and the first weapon at the top of the list is a Podao and it gives me a little laugh every time I wonder if I can mark in the custom officer mode
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May 10, 2023 23:36
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kdrudy posted:No Mark Padovano on Hey, Randy today, but he did call in and leave a great message. And it set Amber up for her famous catchphrase, "Someone sick."
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Ainsley McTree posted:I still think about that tweet a few times a year for some reason. So dumb but so good its the best tweet of all time
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May 11, 2023 06:39
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Omg what a lineup
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May 15, 2023 05:11
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Aunty Donna just made two shows, one of which is very stupid and on youtube, other one is basically the same as House Of Fun but It's hard to find unless you watch broadcast TV in Australia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujfBvWUcdsc E: other show is called Cafe Hijinks. Same show but instead of room-mates they all work at a Cafe together The Peccadillo fucked around with this message at 05:51 on May 16, 2023 |
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May 16, 2023 05:42
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Aunty Donna’s Coffee Cafe - thank you for tipping me off!
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May 16, 2023 17:44
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I would be curious to know how to watch that in America if it’s not too hard to do legally, I liked house of fun a lot Also apparently broden Kelly does a voice in the new cook serve delicious game, which I did not see coming
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May 16, 2023 18:35
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I guess the writers’ strike means that Heather Anne Campbell had enough time to do CBB this week! 
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May 22, 2023 21:46
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It was a good ep but the funniest thing may be the scoop that Norm McDonald went around saying "sounds great, I'll get back to you later" when he knew he had weeks to live.
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Mr. Squishy posted:It was a good ep but the funniest thing may be the scoop that Norm McDonald went around saying "sounds great, I'll get back to you later" when he knew he had weeks to live. Man I had a buddy who died from cancer like a day before we had lunch plans and I was always upset I never got to see him again. Now I’m wondering if I just got epically trolled. Fuckin a, Jeff…
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Marty motorcycle is, I assume by complete accident, an incredible impression of Alex jones when he’s drunk.
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