Holy shit, yes. Back at the Chicken Shack is fantastic. Jimmy Smith doesn't get enough attention. I think he kind of fell between the cracks. Too R&B for the jazz crowd, too jazzy for the R&Bers.

Eddie Pepitone playing Would You Rather was fantastic.

Yeah, at one point, Scott tried to bring her into the conversation by saying "Maria, do you think that…" and she gave half an answer before Adomian interrupted with "I'll tell you what I think!"

That's my problem with most of the Adomian episodes. He doesn't leave any space for anyone else.

I love that Stuart apparently introduced himself to Hallie before the podcast by describing himself as a "laid-back party dude." I wish I could pull off referring to myself that way.

He said something about spitting out a Coney Island whitefish, and the others decided that they were better off not knowing what was.

I skip his episodes because of that, but I gave this one a shot. It was bad. He jumped in before Scott even introduced Maria Bamford, so she never had a chance. There were several points where Scott would ask her a question, and she would say what sounded like the setup to a joke, and Adomian would break in with…

Still a total grandma dessert.

That chicken was totally fine to eat. But it also would never fly in a setting like that, because people fucking hate seeing a pink tint in their chicken.

Yeah, why is this even a question? Sandwiches, grain salads, pasta, rice bowls, stir fries, vegetable dishes, steak - all of these are improved by an egg with a runny yoke. It's harder to think of something that eggs don't go with.

@avclub-b3e157f795f95a0eeddae30fc92ebd3d:disqus Ah, I don't know Louis CK's bit. But yeah, I don't know why people like seeing comedians lay into hecklers. I remember this Bill Hicks clip being passed around the pre-youtube internet where he calls a woman a cunt over and over, and thinking to myself, "why do people…

I agree with you (although I don't know why you pin it on Louis CK - that shit has been around). If a comedian is big enough to draw an audience to see them, they should just throw out anyone who won't let them do the act that everyone else has paid to see.

How so? I'm not particularly smart on the subject, but it hasn't really taught me anything about borders.

But Walt is the protagonist of Breaking Bad, and The Joker is the antagonist.

The Reality Show Show has been fantastic since their return from hiatus recently. They really know how many proportions of the ratio to use on that show.

I'm not sure I know what you mean that "there's really no point to it." It's a small, unassuming movie, but it has personality and humor. It kind of drifts through its story, but it captures a place and a mood. That's good enough for me.

Everyone knows that if you spend time outside, you are shallow and amoral, but if you play a lot of video games and call yourself an "introvert," you are deep, interesting, and worthwhile.

Yeah, Portastatic is really wonderful. I don't know why I so rarely hear about them (or him - is it even a band or just a solo project?).

Yeah, I like their earlier stuff, but Majesty Shredding is far and away my favorite.

It's hard to compare them, because Dylan is more of a world-builder - he evokes places and moods and times better than anyone. He's obviously not the tunesmith or musician that McCartney is… nobody is. But no one else does what Dylan does, either.