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Title: The Banned List
Post by: heliumsocket on February 08, 2011, 12:44:09 AM
I don't think this has been a thread on here recently -- let's talk about the poor unfortunates who've had their Best Show privileges revoked.

Feel free to contribute, and I'll do my best to update this first post with the master list, editing in whoever else I've forgotten.

CURRENT BANS:

Larry the Perv - 6 month ban (Starting date?) - For being LDP
Milo
Captain Jack

EXPIRED BANS:

Matt Walsh - Lifetime ban on 2/23/2010 - For cursing - Ban canceled on 2/8/2011
Spike - He has been banned by Tom. However, he always redeems himself. His bans usually don't last very long. 
Clark - Banned on 9/11/2007
Ross from Markham, IL - Banned in 2008 - Variety of infractions
Rookie-of-the-Year Eddie
Trembling Eagle
Title: Re: The Banned List
Post by: Jason from Huntsville, AL on February 08, 2011, 12:56:21 AM
Is Clark still banned?
Title: Re: The Banned List
Post by: daveB from Oakland on February 08, 2011, 01:55:36 AM
Is Clark still banned?

I'm just going from memory, but I believe it was a two-year ban that began more than two years ago.
Title: Re: The Banned List
Post by: masterofsparks on February 08, 2011, 02:22:04 AM
Clark's ban started sometime in 2007, so it's over. In fact, I seem to remember Tom mentioning the ban's end on the air.

Wasn't Spike banned at some point? I'm pretty sure he completely ignored the ban, but I think I remember it happening.
Title: Re: The Banned List
Post by: buffcoat on February 08, 2011, 02:54:06 AM
Clark's ban started sometime in 2007, so it's over. In fact, I seem to remember Tom mentioning the ban's end on the air.


I await his triumphant return, along with Woodsy and that guy Wes and I always made fun of.  Eddie.
Title: Re: The Banned List
Post by: heliumsocket on February 08, 2011, 03:12:21 AM
Wasn't Spike banned at some point? I'm pretty sure he completely ignored the ban, but I think I remember it happening.
I remember this happening too.
Title: Re: The Banned List
Post by: Christina on February 08, 2011, 07:55:07 AM
Wasn't Spike banned at some point? I'm pretty sure he completely ignored the ban, but I think I remember it happening.
I remember this happening too.

Spike's been banned a ton of times and he usually pays zero attention to the bans.
Title: Re: The Banned List
Post by: Pastor Josh on February 08, 2011, 08:26:51 AM
I don't think this has been a thread on here recently -- let's talk about the poor unfortunates who've had their Best Show privileges revoked.

Feel free to contribute, and I'll do my best to update this first post with the master list, editing in whoever else I've forgotten.

CURRENT BANS:

Matt Walsh - Lifetime ban (2/23/2010) - For cursing
Larry the Perv - 6 month ban (Date?) - Reason?
Milo - Date/length? - Reason?

EXPIRED BANS:

Spike - Date/length? - Reason?
Clark - Date/length? - Reason?

I think Larry was banned for being Larry.  Was Milo banned by Tom?  I thought his dad initiated the ban.
Title: Re: The Banned List
Post by: Jason from Huntsville, AL on February 08, 2011, 08:55:45 AM
Is that guy from Illinois (was it John?) who also plagued "Man & Wackiman" officially banned?
Title: Re: The Banned List
Post by: Pidgeon on February 08, 2011, 09:01:47 AM
Larry was being dense and silly one call, and Tom said, "You're a moron and you're banned for (3/4) years." I guess it got shortened to six months.

Also, what was the Milo/Milo's Dad controversy?

Title: Re: The Banned List
Post by: Sarah on February 08, 2011, 09:04:41 AM
I await his triumphant return, along with Woodsy and that guy Wes and I always made fun of.  Eddie.

Rookie-of-the-year Eddie?  I liked him.  He was unassuming, and the way he delighted Tom was refreshing.
Title: Re: The Banned List
Post by: Wes on February 08, 2011, 10:33:01 AM
Clark was banned on 9/11 (2007). NEVER FORGET.

I await his triumphant return, along with Woodsy and that guy Wes and I always made fun of.  Eddie.

Rookie-of-the-year Eddie?  I liked him.  He was unassuming, and the way he delighted Tom was refreshing.
I liked Eddie, too, and remember being upset that he might have died in The Cloverfield. I think he made a single call from his new home in Texas and it sounded like the fight had been beaten out of him. He could have been the true protégé. The guy I think buffcoat and I really want to call back is the guy from California, land of exotic culinary dishes like the taco and burrito.

Trembling Eagle was banned, but I remember it being a very short ban that would have been over for some time now, so I do wish TE would call back in again some day.
Title: Re: The Banned List
Post by: Sarah on February 08, 2011, 11:27:57 AM
He could have been the true protégé.

Agreed.  He never seemed to be in it for the glamour.

Texas, you have a lot to answer for.
Title: Re: The Banned List
Post by: Omar on February 08, 2011, 02:21:07 PM
I believe a boy named Ross from exciting Markham, IL, was evenutally banned in 2008 for a variety of infractions that caused Tom to threaten to impale him on the Colgate Clock.

He once performed an ode to The Best Show:

I don't like The Best Show
The problem is it stinks
Not tryin' to be a douchebag
It's just the way I thinks

I know that I'm complaining
But I can't be the first
Instead of being The Best Show
It should be called The Worst

It couldn't be more boring
It's like a three-hour lull
Ironic that The Scharplings
Produced a child so dull

I know I'm being annoying
I know that you don't care
But the most amazing thing
Is how ... you ... still ... stay ... on ... the aaaaiiiirrrrr
Title: Re: The Banned List
Post by: buffcoat on February 08, 2011, 07:59:07 PM
Clark was banned on 9/11 (2007). NEVER FORGET.

I await his triumphant return, along with Woodsy and that guy Wes and I always made fun of.  Eddie.

Rookie-of-the-year Eddie?  I liked him.  He was unassuming, and the way he delighted Tom was refreshing.
I liked Eddie, too, and remember being upset that he might have died in The Cloverfield. I think he made a single call from his new home in Texas and it sounded like the fight had been beaten out of him. He could have been the true protégé. The guy I think buffcoat and I really want to call back is the guy from California, land of exotic culinary dishes like the taco and burrito.

Trembling Eagle was banned, but I remember it being a very short ban that would have been over for some time now, so I do wish TE would call back in again some day.


A taco is a hard corn shell, filled with meat and vegetables.

Wasn't he from someplace like "Newark... California"?
Title: Re: The Banned List
Post by: Jason from Huntsville, AL on February 08, 2011, 10:36:33 PM
UPDATE: The Matt Walsh beef is over.
Title: Re: The Banned List
Post by: heliumsocket on February 10, 2011, 07:51:35 PM
Noted! Anybody know when LDP's reign of terror resumes?
Title: Re: The Banned List
Post by: Jason from Huntsville, AL on February 10, 2011, 08:13:27 PM
This happened before my time, but what about Capt Jack?
Title: Re: The Banned List
Post by: Christina on February 10, 2011, 08:16:04 PM
I want to say November for LDP ... and I think Captain Jack is banned for the next squillion years.
Title: Re: The Banned List
Post by: JonFromMaplewood on February 10, 2011, 10:25:39 PM
Capt Jack is not just banned.  He is anathema.
Title: Re: The Banned List
Post by: Rasmussen on February 11, 2011, 03:12:15 AM
I think Captain Jack actually called in a month or two ago.  Tom immediately hung up when he realized who it was, and the chat was convinced it was Jack.
Title: Re: The Banned List
Post by: Christina on February 11, 2011, 09:13:17 AM
Capt Jack is not just banned.  He is anathema.

Yeah, that too.

And yeah, Rasmussen, I think he did call in a while ago - you're right ..
Title: Re: The Banned List
Post by: Steve of Bloomington on February 11, 2011, 11:44:05 AM
I have asked both LDP and TE if/when they plan to call back. I don't think TE was in a hurry to, and I believe LDP said something along the lines of 'when the time is right'.

I liked both of them as callers and wouldn't mind hearing from them again. Same with Milo, although I haven't heard any Milo news.
Title: Re: The Banned List
Post by: Pidgeon on February 11, 2011, 12:39:30 PM
I tweeted to Larry about returning and he said that he's been busy and doesn't know if he'll call back.
Title: Re: The Banned List
Post by: cavorting with nudists on February 11, 2011, 12:43:47 PM
I tweeted to Larry about returning and he said that he's been busy and doesn't know if he'll call back.

Lotta irons in the fire hath Da Perv.
Title: Re: The Banned List
Post by: Steve of Bloomington on February 11, 2011, 04:05:54 PM
There.
Title: Re: The Banned List
Post by: stepheninchicago on February 11, 2011, 04:13:36 PM
'dere.
Title: Re: The Banned List
Post by: heliumsocket on February 11, 2011, 04:33:53 PM
I tweeted to Larry about returning and he said that he's been busy and doesn't know if he'll call back.

This gave me a crazy case of the giggles.
Title: Re: The Banned List
Post by: buffcoat on February 11, 2011, 05:54:46 PM
So he can be hurt.
Title: Re: The Banned List
Post by: sparkiepop on February 12, 2011, 01:18:13 AM
I got banned once for an IM I sent during the show.
Title: Re: The Banned List
Post by: Big Plastic Head on February 12, 2011, 11:39:48 AM
I got banned once for an IM I sent during the show.

Ha! I remember that. That was funny.
Title: Re: The Banned List
Post by: Spike on February 14, 2011, 09:42:44 AM
Yes Pets, I have been banned by Tom. However, I always redeem myself. My bans usually don't last very long.   
Title: Re: The Banned List
Post by: amiright?? on February 14, 2011, 03:30:36 PM
I tweeted to Larry about returning and he said that he's been busy and doesn't know if he'll call back.

Man, you've gotta love that dude's commitment to the bit. It's like his twitter feed is the Yolk from Egg to Tom's Happy Days.
Title: Re: The Banned List
Post by: heliumsocket on February 14, 2011, 06:07:51 PM
Yes Pets, I have been banned by Tom. However, I always redeem myself. My bans usually don't last very long.   

The master ban list has been amended to include this information.