As a fan of stand-up, a pet peeve of mine is laughing at one's own jokes. I just listened to a Louis CK special today, and the only time he laughs is at an audience's reaction to something. It's something that takes self control, and I think for a lot of stand-ups becomes a nervous habit. It's become one for Paul. His…

I find Scott's sense of humor to be really similar to Sean and Hayes', so I still love CBB (even though I listen with less frequency now). I have to agree, though. Hollywood Handbook has absolutely ruined many other podcasts for me. When people ask me what it's about, I always describe it as The Colbert Report of pop…

I just started watching The Leftovers yesterday, and I'm digging it. You're right, it's pretty clear from the beginning that the show is not about why people disappeared, it's about how people react to an unexpected tragedy.
I watched Lost on Netflix, so I didn't have the feeling of being "strung along" as a lot of…

(Working my way back through this month of comments that I missed)
1. The End
Even though I've seen it three times now, it always elicits an incredibly powerful, cathartic, faith-affirming response from me. It always centers me; reminds me of the kind of person I want to be, and what life is really about. There's no…

Man, somehow I didn't get the notification that you'd tagged me and totally missed this! I'm sorry. This is my favorite episode. Of my favorite show! So I like it a lot.

I suck. I totally forgot about these. But I got two of my friends super into the show, and they're blazing through it. They're sending me the same WTF texts I sent my friends when *I* discovered the show. It's so fun.

The whole point of the show is that these people were lost before they got to The Island. They were fucked up, sad, many of them bad people. On the Island, they found each other. They were the most important people in their respective lives. If I was stuck on an Island for several years on a place that was infested…

Aaron wasn't dead yet. Aaron had his own life and his own experiences, his own friends who had an impact on his life.
But Claire and Kate *did* make Aaron a part of their afterlife reunion. It was…a huge part of the finale. Did you just forget? They remember the island while Claire is giving birth to Aaron.

Yeah Season 2 was so much fun; they basically found a format that plays to PFT's strengths a lot more.

I watched the first two episodes, and I'm only stopping because it's midnight. Holy wow, I'm on board. I even like the teenagers! (Mostly because I'm fairly close in age, and they are way attractive)
This is filling the Lost-sized hole in my heart. Trying to figure out who these characters are, who they were, and what…

"Very susceptible to addiction."
-Don Dimello on Greek women

Alright. I did it. I downloaded the first season of this. My love for LOST and longing for a new TV obsession did me in. Is the first season of this any good? I've heard so many mixed things.

The fact that he laughed to the point of losing his breath at his OWN MONOLOGUE in this episode…it's just kinda not cool. That's some Pete Holmes stuff.
I think Hollywood Handbook has taught me that trying to stifle laughter is way funnier that just bursting out laughing at everything. (Which is crazy, because Paul F…

That was so stupid. Nobody gave a shit. The audience clearly thought it was funny. Such a shame, because I thought she was one of the stand-out new cast members that season.

I was playing Metal Gear Solid 4 last night and realized…Phil LaMarr plays fucking Vamp! (one of the main villains in the game). That's insane.
I want to hear a voice-actor edition of I Was There, Too.

Yeah, and Mark was a little rusty on the sound-drops.

*sobbing* "Damn you, Lorne! Your shroud of mystery has once again brought me to tears!"

Agggh I know. Stuff like that kills me. Sean and Hayes on Hollywood Handbook mentioned that there was a guest that had them cut out an entire part of a show because who-knows-why, and I'm dying to know who it is.

the first CBB I ever listened to was episode 99, with Patton Oswalt and Andy Daly as Don Dimello. I had just searched for Patton Oswalt in iTunes, because I had just discovered podcasts and had an obsession with him at the time. Up comes Comedy Death Ray. When Daly's character walked in, I genuinely had no idea what…

Do we need to get Will Ferrel and Adam McKay in here to hold your hand?