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My favorite part was Norm's out-of-nowhere digression at the beginning of the show about how he felt compelled to publicly comment on the fact that his head is swelling to Ted Kennedy-esque proportions.

Yeah, Pete Holmes made that episode a challenge to get through. Aside from the constant stream of lackluster, dead-end interruptions, I was also a little put off by Holmes' insistence on publicly declaring whether or not he understood every joke and/or cultural reference that was made by everyone else on the panel.…

Right, the best "slice of life" moment was probably when Zach Braff's character was having an existential crisis, and then found himself literally staring into an abyss somewhere in New Jersey.  Yes, an actual abyss.  That was totally a deeply-felt, "slice of life" moment, and not at all a heavy-handed, horse-shit…

Am I the only one who saw this "Dean and Britta" review and was secretly hopeful/afraid that Jim Rash and Gillian Jacobs had (in character) recorded an album of tangentially-Community-related standards together?

I thought that this week's episode of Doug Loves Movies constituted one of the biggest wastes of a potentially great line-up (the "men of Veep") in recent memory.  As the review stated, the chatter at the beginning of the show was pretty disappointing, and does anyone particularly enjoy listening to Doug Benson make a…

Neal Brennan is a BIT on the insufferable side?

After listening to the Nerdist Stand-up Cluster special (which I found to be a bit uneven, but vaguely enjoyable overall), it occurs to me that Chris Hardwick would probably be better able to maintain the myth of his prowess at stand-up comedy if he could avoid recording himself actually performing stand-up comedy…

My money is definitely on a neo-nazi rant.

I agree with everything you've said except for your comment about Eddie Pepitone.

Yeah, there were some funny moments in that episode, but one thing that bothered me was that they really didn't seem to be engaging with Spice World on its own level.  Critiquing a film like Spice World for lacking a strong central plot or for including bizarre non-sequitur scenes is a little strange, because it's…

I liked this week's edition of Comedy Bang Bang quite a bit, but I also think that it's a little odd to suggest that it already has the title of "Best Moment of the Year" all sewn up.  While undeniably pretty great, I would argue that the El Chupacabra/El Chupacabro stretch from this episode didn't even constitute the…

I think that of all of the people mentioned in this piece, Julie Klausner would clearly represent the most seriously misguided choice.  She would be an unmitigated disaster as host of Late Night.

I see what you're saying, but — to me, at least — the problem is not merely the running time itself (as you mentioned, it's quite easy to pause a podcast and come back to it later), it's more the fact that beyond a certain point, someone like Pete Holmes has a tendency to degenerate into senseless blather.  Don't get…

Although I generally haven't cared for anything else that he's been involved with for the last 15 years or so, I actually still have some fond feelings about Scott Weiland's 12 Bar Blues.  Does this make me insane?

Yeah. It really is a shame because I think that — at his core — Adam Carolla is a pretty gifted guy. He is capable of being unbelievably quick and clever, and he can really turn a phrase when he wants to. However, in recent years, his "comedy" seems to be more and more based on recording apoplectic fits of rage into a…

Really?  The best run of any podcast in recent memory?  I gave up on the Adam Carolla Show out of exasperation with its host a long time ago, but that's a pretty strong endorsement.  Maybe I'll have to consider giving it another chance…

Megan Ganz seems like a very charming person and all, but what madness could have possibly persuaded Pete Holmes that it would be a good idea to record a three-and-a-half hour podcast with her?  Short of Dan Carlin's Hardcore History (a carefully researched and methodically planned out show), I can't think of a single…

Yeah, I think that the version of Would You Rather that they played on that episode (where Scott essentially refused to open the door for questions for the majority of the game) is great for people who have heard the game played 50-100 times already and can appreciate the weird twist that they were putting on it, but…

I agree.  There is nothing sweeter than the first few moments after the "Taking a Plane Break" song starts when the Comedy Bang Bang veterans in the recording studio are preparing to start screaming at the top of their lungs while the uninitiated in the room sit there in a state of nervous confusion.  I really miss it.