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The Best Show on WFMU => Show Discussion => Topic started by: Jason from Huntsville, AL on August 29, 2012, 09:30:07 AM
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I feel like "The Rest Show" really came into it's own last night. We were literally taken places we've never been taken before. Everyone did a super job dealing with the lack of calls and rolling with the chaos.
Also, I'm glad I didn't have to use this graphic:
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8038/7887030210_6ab34e55bf.jpg)
(I didn't see a thread for "The Rest Show," so I started this one. Feel free to move or whatever, Mods.)
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Is that what it's called now? I liked "Hatch Patch."
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Is that what it's called now? I liked "Hatch Patch."
It will always be "The Hatch Patch" in my heart. Hatch HATES that name for some reason, though. Fear of pirates?
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Here's a link to some info about Power Grid if anyone wants to play.
http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2651/power-grid (http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2651/power-grid)
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Gregg, I'll have to check Power Grid out. I've been playing this, both the physical form and the app:
http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/69789/ascension-chronicle-of-the-godslayer (http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/69789/ascension-chronicle-of-the-godslayer)
And yes, everything Jason said. This past Rest Show was one for the Library of Congress.
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Gregg, I'll have to check Power Grid out. I've been playing this, both the physical form and the app:
http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/69789/ascension-chronicle-of-the-godslayer (http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/69789/ascension-chronicle-of-the-godslayer)
And yes, everything Jason said. This past Rest Show was one for the Library of Congress.
On a side-note, anyone who hasn't been to the Library of Congress should go. it's the greatest.
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I haven't heard The Rest Show yet but boardgame talk excites me!
My friends and I are playing a ton of Catan and the expansion pack: Seafarers of Catan which adds islands and ships. We also like Ticket to Ride: it's somewhere between traditional board games and the German style games.
Also, Dominion is a fun card game. I've been meaning to try out Arkham Horror.
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In Grateful Dead live recording notation, my personal high point of the program was A Tiny Panther Is Attacking My Arm>Turn down the Steely Dan, Mike>It's a Chevy Cavalier>Are They Saying Turn Up the Steely Dan?
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Fun show. Not happy about the drunk driving.
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I wasn't drunk.
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Turn up the Steely Dan, Mike.
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I wasn't drunk.
People forget the theatrical, heightened reality aspect of the show.
SHOW.
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I wasn't drunk.
Please define "drunk".
Thank you.
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He "wasn't drunk." He "wasn't drinking and driving."
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I wasn't drunk.
People forget the theatrical, heightened reality aspect of the show.
SHOW.
OK, not happy about fake drunk driving comedy either.
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Screw you.
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Fake drunk driving is just as bad as real drunk driving. You should be ashamed, sir.
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And acting like drunk driving is some sort of grievous sin is silly. You've all done it before. Every last one of you.
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My favorite part of the show was Mike bragging about his pretzels.
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My favorite part of the show was Mike bragging about his pretzels.
Yes, that was a highlight. I couldn't decide whether "I'll put my pretzel up against yours any time" was completely innocent or utterly filthy.
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I like how Murderin' Mike can pass off vicious hate crimes so casually. It's all just fun and games to him.
If I was the co-host I'd come in wearing a stab vest.
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I like how Murderin' Mike can pass off vicious hate crimes so casually. It's all just fun and games to him.
If I was the co-host I'd come in wearing a stab vest.
What the hell are you talking about?
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I believe the implication is related to this:
The O'Jays - Back Stabbers (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzTeLePbB08#)
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Screw you.
Look, I just don't want to tune in to "A Very Special Best Show: Remembering AP Mike," OK?
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Why not? I'm sure it would be a killer show. I'd listen to it if I weren't dead.
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Why not? I'm sure it would be a killer show. I'd listen to it if I weren't dead.
Re: my post in that dumbass thread about how the Best Show has gotten bad blah blah blah
This post is what I'm talkin' bout!
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This blah blah blah is what I'm talkin' bout!
Okay!
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Why not? I'm sure it would be a killer show. I'd listen to it if I weren't dead.
It'd be ok. Mike calls in from prison, that would be great radio.
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This is for people much more familiar with The Best Show and its fill-ins to decide, hence the question mark:
Best fill-in show ever?
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No. The Wally Wackiman/Greggulator Hatch Patch was easily the best.
Edit: That might have also been the show where Skeevy advised Wally Wackiman to "get some ass," which is one of my favorite Best Show moments ever.
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No. The Wally Wackiman/Greggulator Hatch Patch was easily the best.
Edit: That might have also been the show where Skeevy advised Wally Wackiman to "get some ass," which is one of my favorite Best Show moments ever.
That was indeed a wonderful moment!
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Hey FOT,
I was really disappointing that there was not even an ATTEMPT to install the ceiling fan. Maybe next Rest Show. I do think it would at least make for interesting radio, based on Mike and Hatch's bickering-old-married-couple dynamic from the car and Massa's. I can imagine it, now:
Hatch:Okay, Mike, now hand me the phillips-head screwdriver.
Hatch:No, Mike, I didn't ask for you to hand me a beer! I'm already in enough danger on Joe Puppy's wobbly step-ladder. I don't need to be inebriated, too.
Mike:Come on! Live a little!
(Followed by a Big Ang impression)
Also, glad you guys liked Wally & Greggulator's showdown. It was fun.
-Zach
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I appreciate Mike's take on unemployment. It really is heartening. People think working in an office 40 hrs a week is soul crushing, but nothing is more soul crushing than sitting around with nothing to do watching your savings rapidly decrease. I listen to a lot of podcasts, but Depravity's Rainbow is second only to the Best Show in my opinion.
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So is the ceiling fan installed now?
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The ceiling fan is up, but the lights aren't working (I think there's a problem with the wall switch connection). I'll do it again tomorrow, changing a couple connections. At least this time I'll know what I'm doing. For now, the breeze feels good. Just in time for...fall.
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Hey FOT,
I was really disappointing that there was not even an ATTEMPT to install the ceiling fan.
-Zach
Attempting to install a ceiling fan in the dark would have been a disaster. Try it yourself and you'll see why.
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Doing it at night woulda been fine Mike. I bet the lights would be working if you'd let me help install it.
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The lights are working now, smart aleck. It would have been a disaster, trust me. And we probably would have set the building on fire by connecting the wrong wires in the dark.
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Now that would be great radio!
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Here's a link to some info about Power Grid if anyone wants to play.
http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2651/power-grid (http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2651/power-grid)
I was catching up on the last few episodes and I was surprised to suddenly hear discussion of one of my favorite board games, the German gem known as Power Grid, on The Rest Show. I was not expecting them to let you go on with your analysis of the finer strategic considerations when building your plutocratic energy empire but luckily for me, I got to hear the only discussion of the game from someone outside of the couple friends I used to play with during my formative years in NJ.
Thank you Greggulator, for championing the seemingly mundane yet incredibly fascinating game. I suggest you look into the China/Korea expansion for more variations in natural resource and bidding procedures.
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Here's a link to some info about Power Grid if anyone wants to play.
http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2651/power-grid (http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2651/power-grid)
Greggulator. I finally picked up a copy of Power Grid. Don't say i'm not a fast acting board game buyer! Not played yet though, will get back to you when I have
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The brad thing was mind bending. What a diamond in the rough
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INCREDIBLE Rest Show last night.
Re the Superman to Danzig's Batman: Rollins seems like an obvious choice, even though he has the wrong letter on his chest.
Beavis & Butthead - Liar by Rollins Band (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rM7oxuOLIiw#)
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The brad thing was mind bending. What a diamond in the rough
"Mike says last time he called himself Chad."
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Mike needs to be featured more on these Rest Shows. No reason he should be manning the phones. His comments on The Blair Witch Project and Dario Argento were golden.
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Great show! But too much Danzig talk.
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Giving him some credit, solid call by the H-Man--on point, illuminated the topic, and managed not to draw the wrath of B_Buster.
Fun show with a wide cast of characters. Good job by Hatch keeping it all together.
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Z-Man was right about it being from a Wizard magazine casting call, specifically the January 1995 issue:
(http://imageshack.us/a/img24/1120/kd6y.jpg)
(http://imageshack.us/a/img593/3100/wypx.jpg)
"And finally, Wolverine, the most unshaven hero in comics, would be brought to life by brooding rock star Glenn Danzig."
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I actually wrote about Danzig auditioning for Wolverine a while back. It's dumb.
http://dontsaystorytelling.tumblr.com/post/57672716928/despite-what-you-hear-hollywood-is-the-real (http://dontsaystorytelling.tumblr.com/post/57672716928/despite-what-you-hear-hollywood-is-the-real)
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Giving him some credit, solid call by the H-Man--on point, illuminated the topic, and managed not to draw the wrath of B_Buster.
Fun show with a wide cast of characters. Good job by Hatch keeping it all together.
Thanks for the compliments on the call! I was at first confused, thinking my brother called in, too, without me noticing. I checked with him and clarified that you must have just gotten your "-Man"s mixed up. Otherwise, nice to see a scan of that Wizard casting call. It brings back memories. I wonder if I still have that one, or ever did, or just read it in a Barnes & Noble, somewhere.
Otherwise, more recently, he actually spoke about being approached officially about playing the role: http://www.avclub.com/articles/danzig-says-he-was-asked-to-play-wolverine-wouldnt,75704/ (http://www.avclub.com/articles/danzig-says-he-was-asked-to-play-wolverine-wouldnt,75704/) . Again, I don't know much about him, but I have no idea what he's talking about with Jackman's portrayal. I know the guy's into musical theater, but nothing of a stereotypical nature came off in his portrayal of Wolverine, unless I missed something.
-Zach