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[swimmyfish]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who's feeling tapped out on Tig Notaro. She's an interesting performer, and I understand that she had an incredibly series of events, but I understand that because I've heard it and read it and watched it already. I mean, I certainly feel like a jerk for saying that, but at the same time, I'd like to hear some new material.

[Corgi-ears]

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Best long form (Drama and Comedy categories) - Must have a Minimum of 20 episode per season (can not split season between years). Because 8 episode seasons are a sprint, 20-22 are a marathon.

Interesting, but don't Emmy voters see a set number of episodes submitted by the show's producers, and vote based only on those anyway? (Wiki thinks so: "For most series categories, any six episodes that originally aired during the eligibility period must be submitted.") So there would be no real difference between "long form" and "short form" categories, unless you also mandate that each submit a different number of episodes.

Edited September 26, 2016 by Corgi-ears

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Shows that need bottle eps, plus bonus David T. Cole dad joke!

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[hkendall]

Just found this topic and I'm so glad I did. Currently on maternity leave and have a lot of time for podcasts. Thanks Dougal!

[J0nas3]

Thanks so much Dougal! I've been missing a while that old mini about documentaries where Dave accidentally calls Michael Moore Roger, and the whole thing ends up dissolving into laughter. Seriously, there's intentional comedy, and there;s things like this that are just gold.

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Its titular hero is -- but is the show named after him a hit? Nick Rheinwald-Jones is back to discuss Marvel's latest Netflix joint, plus Australian web series, Amanda Knox, and more!

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[FormerMod-a1]

Ooohhh..... Mysterious mysteries.

[Valny]

That clip from the Katering Show was hilarious so I went over to YouTube to watch. I've watched three in a row already, good stuff! thanks for recommending it Mark! I had never heard of it before.

[PatternRec]

During Game Time, every time @David T. Cole said "blank" all I could hear in my head was this scene: 

[heatherkay]

Absolutely horrified to get every single game time answer correct. How much of my frontal cortex is occupied by advertisements?

[Trip]

Now that Sarah is only two away from a victory, I'm not sure if I've ever wanted anything this much.

[helent]

Seconding the recommendation for The Katering Show, it is so funny, and full of little details to spot on re-watches (like that the little animation under the title is a colon pooping out different foods).

[John Potts]

7 hours ago, heatherkay said:

Absolutely horrified to get every single game time answer correct.

Its even worse when you get most of them despite not being American!

[sconstant]

Hey @Jesse and @purist!  Mark and Sarah got inspired by us!  

http://markandsarahtalkaboutsongs.libsyn.com/episode-28-lefty-folk-songs-we-love-to-hate

Starting at 2:40-ish.

[Jesse]

I heard! Love it.

[PatternRec]

20 hours ago, heatherkay said:

Absolutely horrified to get every single game time answer correct. How much of my frontal cortex is occupied by advertisements?

 

[SnideAsides]

Wow, American advertising slogans are terrible.

[purist]

11 hours ago, sconstant said:

Mark and Sarah got inspired by us!

I live to inspire @MarkBlankenship  and @Sarah D. Bunting! Thanks for letting me know.

Edited October 6, 2016 by purist

[April Bloodgate]

On 10/4/2016 at 11:21 PM, heatherkay said:

Absolutely horrified to get every single game time answer correct. How much of my frontal cortex is occupied by advertisements?

I didn't get every single one, but the vast majority of them. It is really distressing, especially considering how many of them were before my time (born in the late 80s). 

[PatternRec]

On 10/5/2016 at 7:58 PM, SnideAsides said:

Wow, American advertising slogans are terrible.

Classic internet argument "our brainwashing masters are better than your brainwashing masters..." 

[purist]

Yay! The Katering Show! The first series went viral in Australia so fast it made my head spin (especially the Thermomix episode aka 'hot wet rice'), and then the national broadcaster (the ABC) picked it up for the second series. McCartney and McLennan have been working in the Oz comedy scene for years, and it's so, so great to see them finally cracking the big time (relatively speaking).

[David T. Cole]

For whatever reason the chyron "Kate Bushes" on TKS really made me lose it on the plane watching (ALL) of these.

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It all comes down to this!

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[SnideAsides]

Cue "Is this a show television's actual greatest monster Alan Alda has appeared on?" as a round in Is This Anything IV: A New Dope.

It was far harder than you'd expect to write puns shitty enough that they'd pass for Charmed episode titles. (I, of course, would have changed "Nymphs Just Wanna Have Fun" to "Ghouls Just Wanna Have Fun", THERE YOU GO, CHARMED WRITERS.)

Also: No. Murder is not worse than Jazz.

I'm just going to leave this here to make Dave happy:

Spoiler

[David T. Cole]

Oh that's better than I imagined @SnideAsides

[purist]

Excellent game, @SnideAsides! Congratulations to all the players.

In case anyone was wondering, a blue heeler is not only a type of Australian cattle dog, but an Australian slang term for a police officer (due to their blue uniforms). Hence the cop show called Blue Heelers.

And a 'skirt' is a rather old-fashioned slang term for a woman, usually used in the Trumpian sense of 'a bit of skirt' or 'a piece of skirt'. The short-lived Australian cop show called Skirts was about a community policing squad that contained a higher-than-usual number of female officers. The title was an attempt at irony, and the show was actually pretty good (I was one of the few people who watched it).

[SnideAsides]

On Donald Grump: "Timely, so timely."

The sad thing: The quiz was written back in March.

[PatternRec]

Great game! Thanks @SnideAsides

[DavidJSnyder]

Adam Baldwin had a recurring role during the Doggett era of X-Files, so he would have been a correct Dave point answer for Firefly too.

I looked up Hippo who it seems was a muscular man from Nigerian Gladiators.

[TNRLM]

Thanks for the game, @snideasides! I was happy to make it to the tie breaker, even if I was doomed by GI Joe.

And I was sure Alan Alda had done a black and white, no laugh track, serious examination of the toll Battle of the Network Stars takes on its participants. (That wasn't a chicken - it was Robert Conrad!).

[FormerMod-a1]

This game time seemed hard, but I thoroughly enjoyed it.  Loved the Benson round!

[SnideAsides]

Yeah, it was deliberately much harder than usual. The hilarious thing is I actually thought I was being too easy on Trip.

[profreader]

Awesome game... so funny. And tough but not impossible.

[gonewiththeschwinn]

I would like "get off your ass Alan Alda" as my text alert

[PatternRec]

8 hours ago, gonewiththeschwinn said:

I would like "get off your ass Alan Alda" as my text alert

Ask and ye shall receive: https://clyp.it/zna0y133

You should be able to download it. Let me know if not. 

[gonewiththeschwinn]

  10 hours ago, gonewiththeschwinn said:

I would like "get off your ass Alan Alda" as my text alert

Ask and ye shall receive: https://clyp.it/zna0y133

You should be able to download it. Let me know if not. 

Oh my god, Christmas came early this year!

[TNRLM]

  3 hours ago, PatternRec said:

  11 hours ago, gonewiththeschwinn said:

I would like "get off your ass Alan Alda" as my text alert

Ask and ye shall receive: https://clyp.it/zna0y133

You should be able to download it. Let me know if not. 

Oh my god, Christmas came early this year!

Being immortalized in a text alert is almost better than the huge, gleaming, golden trophy I almost won.

[David T. Cole]

On 10/14/2016 at 11:12 AM, PatternRec said:

Ask and ye shall receive: https://clyp.it/zna0y133

You should be able to download it. Let me know if not. 

Amazing.

[gonewiththeschwinn]

On October 14, 2016 at 8:37 PM, TNRLM said:

Being immortalized in a text alert is almost better than the huge, gleaming, golden trophy I almost won.

With this as my text alert and "Cat Party" as my ringtone I might just be able to rule the world 

[SnideAsides]

Man, I was gonna ask for a Glarkware shirt for that quote, but that's even better.

[MostlyC]

YAY KIM!!!!!!!

happy dance

Tosses confetti

has suggestions on how to use her prize.

 

This was fun.  And hard.  Remind me never to compete on this hilarious (but hard) podcast.

(it was a sad day.  Chip lost heehaw).

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Revisiting some of the shows that took center stage in our fall TV preview, and more!

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[swimmyfish]

Maybe he'll do the Harding/Kerrigan story for season 2 of the upcoming Feud series? It might be a stretch thematically, but at least we wouldn't have to wait so long?

[John Potts]

You may like to know that Season 2 of Humans ("Heard of 'em!") is returning in the UK on October 30th (from what I can find, it won't be broadcast Stateside until next February, though). Most of the regulars from Season 1 will be returning (except for most of the dead ones).

Edited October 19, 2016 by John Potts

[David T. Cole]

30 minutes ago, John Potts said:

You may like to know that Season 2 of Humans ("Heard of 'em!") is returning in the UK on October 30th (from what I can find, it won't be broadcast Stateside until next February, though). Most of the regulars from Season 1 will be returning (except for most of the dead ones).

Woooop!

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An EHG segment gets a special blow-out!

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Trip earned an Extra Credit and we are letting him redeem said credit. With Muppets!

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See if you're swayed by the subliminal marketing in this special Game Time Mini!

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[Trip]

OMG OMG OMG *breaks out Homer-Simpson-style pennant reading "Sarah"*

[PatternRec]

Yay! Congrats Sarah. Also, great game!