I did this last year and it's my favourite post. Someone really needs to have the username @TarkovskyAndHutch

  • PointAndClique [they/them]
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    18 days ago

    Theo would be scrolling twitter and then chime in half an hour later to say that he wasn't paying attention, attempt a bad accent that unintentionally veers into not-quite-racist-but-almost then says he'd like to be squished by bigfoot before dipping to go look after his kid who's somehow shat all over the bathroom floor

    • ComradeMonotreme [she/her, he/him]
      hexagon
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      18 days ago

      My favourite Theo thing is when he accidentally reveals a messed up behaviour or opinion he thinks is normal or fine. Like on the recent episode where he says he has driven a car while wearing headphones or Bathtube-Gazpacho where he said he thinks it would be fine to eat on the toilet if it was pre-shitting.

      • PointAndClique [they/them]
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        18 days ago

        Bathtube-Gazpacho where he said he thinks it would be fine to eat on the toilet if it was pre-shitting.

        I don't remember this one lmao. What a weird fella

        • ComradeMonotreme [she/her, he/him]
          hexagon
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          18 days ago

          It's probably my favourite episode that I suggest for non-listeners.

          Ben starts with a Nazi Cowboy intro that is thankfully very short. All 4 of them are there. It has a nothing to report report about ATM theft, The Poll/Pole Report about secret spots to eat food, a great asking doctor lucy about eating a massive midnight feast at your parents in laws, and the Lancashire poo jogger.

          It's a real intersection of them being both funny and weird. It won't scare them away like Theo's I'm a Train opening but also you get a feel for what you're signing up for.

          Otherwise the one where Devon from KJB comes on to talk about beating children's cartoon characters with a lead pipe is another banger, especially for fans of KJB/trash future extended universe.

          • PointAndClique [they/them]
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            18 days ago

            Lmaoo I'm gunna have to go back and find that one. I got my brother and his gf onto the pod but I don't know which they started with. I think I offhandedly recommend the theophiles one about the stump that floats in the lake, then hoped that'd be enough to bait amd switch them, but they just chose the latest ep at the time and worked backwards. Fortunately they seem to have liked it. To my other friends Ive been known to spruik the fundraiser one where everyone calls in doing their dead snakes hughsey impression. It's magical but not sure if it's the best entry point.

            Thanks for the ep recap!

            • ComradeMonotreme [she/her, he/him]
              hexagon
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              18 days ago

              It's EPISODE 243: Bathtub Gazpacho.

              Also my general suggestion for new readers is to start with the first episode of a year and work forward. Because you get something about the Netherlands and Fireworks which is always funny and then they often make a lot of call-backs to previous recent episodes.

          • CloutAtlas [he/him]
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            18 days ago

            I keep calling it Boonta Vista Socialist Club when suggesting it to people despite the long form name getting purge-2 'd ages ago. If they're willing to listen to a podcast with the word "Socialist" in the title, they're probably fine with increasingly long segments like armpit farts or The Bill's theme song with gunshots