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Agreed that Who Charted was A+ this week, but I have to say DC - who I hadn't heard of before the podcast - was a big part of it. The show is at its best when a guest is A.) funny and B.) legitimately amused by Howard's weirdness.

I'll take it a step further and say this whole episode felt like a miss for me. I'm love Jon Hamm and I'm happy he's so game for comedy, but there just weren't many great moments.

Sometimes the reviewers are really, really wrong. I was totally caught off guard by how good this week's CBB was, and I can't understand how anyone who listens regularly could not hear what I heard and think it was funny as shit.

I liked the episode, but I totally agree that Harris appearances, depending on who he's on with, can get a little inside-y.

MBMBaM reviews have been trending negative lately, and the more I listen to older episodes, the more I understand why. It's still my #1 favorite, but for whatever reason…the Brothers getting married, doing other podcasts, etc.…it's not quite as funny cover-to-cover as it used to be.

MC Skat Kat.

While I agree that Howard is the main attraction, I think she does more for the show than you're giving her credit for. There's no way to know, but I suspect the show would be worse with almost anyone else as co-host.

Can a corpse die?

Dickle$$?

I'd load up on podcasts that you can listen to one after the next…like My Brother, My Brother and Me.

Agreed. Some funny moments, but compared to Jon Daly's best material, it's not close.

Whoops.

Early on…maybe episode 3…they recap a decade-old session where the group found itself magically transported to a mall in modern-day Los Angeles. Long story short, one member accidentally dropped a small child 50 feet to his death, which prompted the mall denizens to beat the mall Santa to death.

And while we're doing this, I feel like I should give propers to Sean Conroy. He isn't a "marquis" name like Andy Daly or Adam McKay, but he's always solid. Like the Steve Nash of improvisators, he makes those around him better.

Man, those SNLers (Tim Meadows and Horatio Sanz in this instance) are keen with the improv…which is weird, because SNL is NOT an improv show in any way. Makes me wonder what kind of talent goes to waste there.

Red Foo or Sky Blue? is one of the funniest bits the show's ever done. I wish Howard would put as much effort into his stupid quizzes and oddball characters (Lee and Sloppy Timmy) NOW as he did then, as opposed to devoting time to his summer gum selection process.

Outside of the spot-on Kieds-inspired theme song, I thought the Chili Peppers bit was pretty weak. The episode was totally redeemed by Neil Campbell's appearance, though, so it's cool.

The early Horatio Sanz/Andy Daly episode is absolutely one of the show's best. I'd also recommend any episode with Ben Schwarz or Paul Rust.

I wouldn't blame Who Charted's poor showing on Michael Showalter. The live episodes are never particularly good.

Yarling: baby pirate.