Lauren, the Doc and Marc are all on todays show. Michael Bay to ruin another movie franchise, recasting shows to make them better, grooming kids to be pussies through sports, studying stripping, Mel Gibson still hates jews, and Laurens TV addiction. Download Episode 168
I actually work with someone who said they won’t watch The Office, not because they didn’t like the show, but because it didn’t have a laugh track. Are people that mindless that they won’t laugh at a joke unless they hear laughing? If that’s the case are they even listening to the show or just waiting to hear laughter so they can chuckle and not feel left out? I’m assuming there are a lot of people who are like this so I get having some sort of a laugh track in a show to appease the dummies, but some shows think they are a lot funnier than they are and abuse the shit out of the laugh track button. According to whoever is in control of this on the show The Big Bang Theory, every line by every character for the entire duration of the show is hilarious.
Here’s a perfect example of how every line gets a laugh:
That 70′s Show was the previous title holder in abuse of the laugh track. I challenge you to find one line in any episode that is said by Fez that doesn’t get a laugh track.
Anyway, if you want an example of a funny show that doesn’t need the laugh track watch Arrested Development. For those of you who aren’t used to watching a show without a laugh track, here’s a hint, when they say something funny you can laugh afterwards.
When you read about someone who loses money in the stock market they are always described as an investor who had some bad luck. When someone loses all their money betting on sports they are described as a degenerate who valued their addiction over their family. When you go to trade a stock you deal with a reputable company who helps you make an investment in your future. When you bet on sports you deal with a bookie named Johnny the Guido. When you earn money in the stock market you are described as a savvy investor and when you make a lot of money in the stock market you are the envy of your peers. When you make money gambling on sports you are still a degenerate on a lucky streak and when you make a ton of money betting on sports people say, “yeah, he may have a lot of money but how does he tell his kids what he does.” When you want information about investing you check newspapers that have been around for a hundred years like the Wall Street Journal. When you want to look up sports betting information you have no idea where to go and hope to get enough information from websites like sportsbook review. Where am I going with this. Trading on stocks is somehow treated as something upstanding citizens do while sports betting is treated as something low-lives do when, IN TRUTH, TRADING STOCKS AND BETTING ON SPORTS ARE THE EXACT SAME THINGS. IT IS ALL FREAKIN’ GAMBLING. I make no judgments about gambling and you know what it can be a lot of fun. What I hate is when people pretend that the stock market is anything but gambling. You want to invest in a blue chip, bet on the Yankees. You want to buy a penny stock, bet on the Mets (and, I admit this even though I am a die hard Mets fan). It is the same damn thing and the only reason there are safer investments like mutual funds in the stock market is because stock trading is legal everywhere and people are allowed to come up with these mass investment pools. Legalize sports gambling everywhere and you would see mutual funds full of safe sports bets. So, get over yourself everyone who looks down on sports “gambling” but likes to grow their money through stock “investing”.
Dillin and Marc are on the show tonight. I don’t even know how to describe this episode, lots of randomness and insanity ensued. Download Episode 167
Dan Crall is back with Marc and Jay. We don’t mention Jeremy Lin in this episode. What we do talk about is the top 5 things we do that drives our significant others crazy, we have pretty lopsided political debate, dealing with assholes in the city, crazy homeless people, and cellphone adictions. Download Episode 166
Marc and comedian Dan Crall are on the show today. Whitney Houston, eating disorders, stealing corpses from the hospital, things you don’t want to do with your significant other, and much more. Download Episode 165
Marc is on the show today. We talk about spam, curing cancer and do our top five little things that annoy us. Download Episode 164
We’re back with our first episode of 2012. We do the top 5 things we want to happen in 2012. Find out why Jay is so angry, why he has an inflatable mattress in his living room and why he’s been angry every day of the new year so far. Download Episode 163
We recorded this episode back in August during the hurricane and was saving this episode for a weekend when we couldn’t do a show. This is that week. Hurrican Irene. Marc gets lost in the Hamptons and almost doesn’t make it back. When high school crushes get fat. MTV. Horrible television programming. Download Episode 162
Jay’s bathroom flushed in reverse before the show so he’s not in a good mood. Apple hates abortions and Afghanistan hates women. We to the top 5 weird/strange things about ourselves and find out we’re maniacs. The Walking Dead still sucks. Greed between friends. Download Episode 161
