In the inaugural episode, Dave, Joe, and Tara talk about the most important issues of the day (and some important issues of more than a decade ago): The Social Network, John Hodgman’s new talk show, Hoarders, the week’s winners and losers, and the unintelligible grunts of a very famous person. All this and more awaits you. Hurry up and get listening!
The producer apologizes for: the clips and music being far louder than the talking, some echoing, some clip miscues.
Tara apologizes for: saying Life As We Know It was #1 at the box office. It was not.
EHG #1: Worthy Of Webster's
Cram it churchy!
Sorry for all the “like”s. Working on it.
Going forward, I will take it easy on the “ultimately”s. Also, two factual corrections:
1. Life As We Know It came in first at the box office among the week’s new releases, but second overall (to The Social Network).
2. I am not single.
Why did #1 disappear from iTunes? What’s happening? Is it The Happenning but with podcasts? Stupid technology.
And now it appears to have returned to the iTunes feed. Hooray.
Nick Mangold. All-Pro Center for the New York Jets. Graduate of The Ohio State University. Jesus, Joe.
http://www.nfl.com/players/nickmangold/profile?id=MAN228598
Snap.
Enjoyed the review of “The Social Network”. Agreed with just about all of it. Two questions though:
1) Although Sorkin kept his recycling of lines, names and dialogue from previous projects to a minimum, I did notice one (partial) recycle with Eduardo’s “‘Cause that’s the way it is in the NFL”, a slight bastardization of Amy Gardner’s “‘Cause that’s they way it is in the NBA” line after Josh got her fired. Any notice any others I missed?
2) So, which one of you wears the mu-mu and smokes Parliaments?
Oops – that should have been “Anyone notice any others I missed?”
Me fail English? Unpossible!
I think the answer to #2 is that if you are on the Internet you are in a mu-mu smoking the Parliaments.
Honest to God I just watched that episode last night.
Oh, Sorkin’s used the “that’s the way it is in the [professional sports league]” line quite a bit. Definitely one of his signifiers.
It makes me wonder how “A Few Good Men” would be received today. I know it was a Best Picture nominee back then, but it never felt all that respected. Everybody who’s reveling in Sorkin’s colorful “Social Network” dialogue should really revisit AFGM’s “fast food, slick-ass, Persial bazaar” gems.
As for Will … what can I say? I was rattled. I initially thought Tara said it was a guy named Jet.
*A* Jet! But no matter, I remembered him. My second-biggest triumph of the episode!
And of course I mean “Persian bazaar” but that’s what I get for writing anything at 8am.
Hooray! I didn’t like “The Social Network” either. It was just a bunch of rich white boys whining about money, so it was hard for me to really care. Also, and I do realize I am the only person on earth to hold this opinion, but I just don’t like Jesse Eisenberg. He bugs me. Not his fault, he’s a good actor, but for some reason I can’t look at him without wanting to roll my eyes.