21st May 2012 at 1:28 pm
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21st May 2012 at 2:04 pm
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25th May 2012 at 8:36 am
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Quote: Steve-Dave, May 2012Maron is entertaining enough, but at the same time, I only listen to episodes depending on the guest, which means I could miss 5 episodes in a row. First bit of most episodes though is like he's continuing the same conversation he started last time. I've actually been meaning to check out some of his stand up, see what that's like
He's okay. He's built a mythology around himself that you do have to buy into to find him actually funny as opposed to cathartic. Maron is probably only really funny when he's talking about himself in particular, and it reflects more common experience in general. If he's got a genius as a comedian, it's his complete openness about things that other people like to hide, and so it's almost like observational comedy on a really micro level.
25th May 2012 at 11:19 am
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I don't think austerity measures are helping at all, based solely on the evidence of the coalition's time. It's just the Conservatives loving cuts. Cuts cuts cuts! That'll solve all the problems! Help yourselves, you lazy b*st*rds, these taxes you pay are for our benefit, not the nation's!
Corporations are posting mind-bogglingly record profits. A cap on that gratuitous wealth - that the people who do the hard work and earn hardly see - would put a hell of a lot into that deficit that Cameron promised to cut, before he started to tear the NHS apart. It'll never happen, because of the vested power that wealth wields, but I think that not being able to earn more than 1,000 x the average wage would be eminently healthy for all societies. A Roman tribune tried proposing that once, and, as you can imagine was stabbed to death very quickly afterwards.
I'm done with voting, at least until I see a candidate that I at least 1/4 believe in.
25th May 2012 at 12:08 pm
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Well, I think after a certain point - and I know my ignorance of economics is showing like an unsightly visible panty line - you cease to earn your own money. Mr Big Business at the top, with his eighties braces and power hair doesn't work anywhere as near as hard as the man who drags himself out of bed as five in the morning to clean the toilets. I posit that once you get past a certain worth, your continuing profit alone becomes immoral, because it's the sweat of a working man that's enlarging your a*se.
28th May 2012 at 8:07 am
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Good! What a convieniently accepted truth that is for the people who make those kinds of incomes; that they're a benefit for the country they live in. For them to hold the public to ransom for the highest, most ridiculous amount of zeroes at the end of their paycheque shows how ill-suited they are for their positions of power and influence. Unelected leaders whose only concern, above human life, above what's best for their country, is to make as much money as possible.
Well, there's the problem when innovation is in the hands of a private sector - all you're going to get out the other end is what's profitable, not what's best for the human race.
Now that space travel is a solely commercial business, things are going to shift round and change in that area for the worse. What money can you make from going to Mars? If you can burn a giant Coca-Cola logo across the red planet, then maybe it might make a profit, otherwise, let it be.
Should Steve Jobs and Apple have had no interest in making the iPhone - as is their right, if they're not going to profit from it - then it's the place of a smaller company to innovate, and get themselves together to fill a gap in the market. The benefit here is that no one corporation ends up with a monopoly or a synergy in one area, meaning that the consumer benefits with the widest range of choice.
Of course, this is all my fever dream, and definitely wouldn't work in practice.
Good TESD this week. The themed episode really helped them out, and it was a fascinating theme, at that. Do wish they had more time to do it in, though, instead of watching the clock.
28th May 2012 at 2:25 pm
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I've got nothing against Cliff Chen, the man, but Ming the Podcast Person is complete dead weight. If he thinks he's said something funny, he'll say it twice. Which is a jar. I think he's also gotten more full of himself post-Comic Book Men.
28th May 2012 at 2:48 pm
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17th Jun 2012 at 9:15 am
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Really enjoyed the last two TESDs.
18th Jun 2012 at 1:37 pm
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Quote: Steve-Dave, Jun 2012Quote: Tyres, Jun 2012Really enjoyed the last two TESDs.
Yeah, they've been great. Even made me delisted to the first Space Monkeys episode, which is still hilarious.
That is excellent. If it keeps Walt passionate about the show, I wouldn't mind maybe one Space Monkeys a month.
If they get to Ireland, are you going to go out on the pull with Q?
18th Jun 2012 at 2:28 pm
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Quote: Steve-Dave, Jun 2012
Walt would be alright if it wasn't for people bitching for no good reason other than to b*tch. It's truly amazing what people find to complain about.
They'd be better off disengaging from the social media altogether, they're not of the right generation to realise how much of the internet are useless cranks.
20th Jun 2012 at 7:18 pm
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21st Jun 2012 at 2:20 pm
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Jesus, this is the first I've heard of it. He seemed summarily unimpressed with the trappings of fame and sh*t, whereas the rest of the Jokers kind of revelled in it. A Q co-starring Comic Book Men is the best of all possible worlds.
I picked up a Richard Herring podcast that had Stewart Lee interviewed for 80 minutes. It's a nice listen, and their relationship is inherently interesting, as Lee becomes a critical comedy icon and Herring just kind of becomes a footnote to his partner. There's a great bit where Richard gives Stew's Comedy Vehicle some stick, comparing it to Little and Large, with Large offstage.
21st Jun 2012 at 4:04 pm
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An almost schizophrenic difference between the comedian and man, haha. Fist of Fun and This Morning With Richard Not Judy were actually staples of my childhood, I used to watch them, not quite understanding, but still laughing. It wasn't until a long time after I'd discovered Lee the Standup that I made the connection between the two. It's all on YouTube, anyway.
21st Jun 2012 at 8:32 pm
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Wow, Q quit Impractical Jokers and The Tenderloins. Didn't really see it coming, but then again, the signs were there. Does mean we might get him on Comic Book Men though, and hopefully he'll be a bit more energetic on TESD
22nd Jun 2012 at 10:34 am
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Quote: Drew Brees, Jun 2012Quote: Drew Brees, Jun 2012Wow, Q quit Impractical Jokers and The Tenderloins. Didn't really see it coming, but then again, the signs were there. Does mean we might get him on Comic Book Men though, and hopefully he'll be a bit more energetic on TESD
Yeah, we've been had. He is on Season 2 of Impractical Jokers. "Dancing Monkey" and "Tenderloin" are back in his bio, and they have a video on their website with the three others talking about Season 2, then saying they have to tell Q and reveal he was sleeping on a park bench behind them.
If you can't trust professional practical jokers to be truthful with you, who can you trust?
Hah. Well, hopefully he's happy
How about this Jimmy Carr? I reckon Cameron heard an off colour joke about himself, and decided to supervillain down on the comedian.
22nd Jun 2012 at 11:13 am
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22nd Jun 2012 at 11:20 am
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Quote: Drew Brees, Jun 2012
In a way, Jimmy Carr did nothing wrong. An accountant's job is to make sure you're not paying more tax than you need to. So if the accountant said to Carr "You can pay far less tax if you do this, and it's completely legal," of course Carr would say go ahead. Very few people wouldn't. Is it morally wrong? In a way, but degree matters, and Jimmy Carr is not responsible for the billions of pounds the Government loses through schemes like this, he just took advantage of the Government's failure to close such loopholes.
Cameron took the moral high ground, but I'm willing to bet some more skeletons will come tumbling out of the Tory closet because of this. It's already been shown his family have previously made money due to tax havens etc (Straws, if you're reading this, I couldn't really give a good reply on Twitter to your point due to the 140 character limit, and I felt just replying "Yes" wouldn't have been an equal response to your point). And while Cameron commented on Carr's actions being "morally wrong," he failed to do the same when asked about Gary Barlow (who is a Tory supporter and recently OBE'd). I think everyone's being unfair to Jimmy Carr, but first through the door etc.
Totally, it's a bit of a jerk move from Carr, but I'm not really bothered. I expect the wealthy to look after themselves, and I certainly would do the same in his position. I find it utterly bizarre that Cameron would do this. Everyone knows that the superrich pay far less as a percentage than the working man, and a lot of us are closer in income to Jimmy Carr than Carr is to the Tory establishment. For David Cameron to try and have the moral highground here is laughable. Any attempts Jimmy Carr's made to gut the NHS have, at least, gone unnoticed.
This is a real indictment of Cameron's Spin Culture. You wouldn't have gotten Churchill giving George Formby the business. Winston had running the country and beating the bosch on his mind.
22nd Jun 2012 at 11:50 am
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Quote: Rayanne Graff, Jun 2012
Maybe not but i think churchill was a racist, overrated sh*thead.
Well agreed, mate, but he's an inspiration to Cameron's ilk.
22nd Jun 2012 at 12:08 pm
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Quote: Tyres, Jun 2012Quote: Rayanne Graff, Jun 2012
Maybe not but i think churchill was a racist, overrated sh*thead.
Well agreed, mate, but he's an inspiration to Cameron's ilk.
Yeah, that sounds likely.
Also, Baz: i don't think i ever heard of that First through the door expression before. Maybe it's an Irish thing or summat.
22nd Jun 2012 at 1:39 pm
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Far be it from me to side with an a*sehole like Jimmy Carr, but the idea of David Cameron questioning anybody else's morals is so f*cking ludicrous that I don't even know what to say about it.
27th Jun 2012 at 10:45 am
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27th Jun 2012 at 1:39 pm
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Quote: Drew Brees, Jun 2012You listened to the latest TESD yet, lad?
Yeah, liked it. Didn't quite let the audience in on the joke for a while, but totally worth it when Walt finally went "How the f*ck are they number one?!" after an episode of 'trying to be happy for them'.
I listened to the Mark Hamill Fatman yesterday. Which was very good, for the most part, apart from Smith's inability to read his guests complete aversion to even hearing the words 'Star Wars.' Very, very untactful, I swear I could hear Mark cringe when Kevin asked him if Darth Vader could beat Batman after two hours of his guest changing the subject any time anything slight Lucas related came up.
20th Jul 2012 at 10:07 am
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20th Jul 2012 at 10:21 am
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Quote: Drew Brees, Jul 2012Listened to the latest We Hate Movies. Pretty good actually, might get some of the older ones.
The Spawn one? They had a different contributor who really changed up the energy, so it was one of their rare misfires for me. Still, that means that the others are going to be even better for you.
Quote:Still haven't checked out My Brother, My Brother and Me because I can never remember the name of it. I'll try check it out though.
It's great. I convulsed laughing putting my key in the door for the last one, I almost had to sit down.
Quote:Another new one I've started is 'About Last Night', by Brad Williams (midget that was on Hollywood Babble-On a few times) and some other guy. Pretty good, though I'd have to listen to more of it to properly judge
I heard him on a Doug Loves Movies as well as his first Babble-On experience. He does seem quite funny.
TESD's on a good run, actually. They haven't let the shooting for Comic Book Men get in the way of podding, it seems. I've just downloaded the latest, so I'll see if that contintued. I enjoyed Flanagan on the Batman podcast, that sh*t was neat, as was the Bruce Timm one which I'm halfway through.
I almost rendered that word as 'sageloaded' because I'm a horrible prick.
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