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Comedians Matt Lieb and Vince Mancini watch every episode of The Sopranos and discuss it with friends, fans, actors, writers, TV critics, and anyone who loves The Sopranos as much as they do.
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[The Wire] 506: The Dickensian Aspect, with Nora Barrows-Friedman of Electronic Intifada
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“Maybe it’s a badge of honor that I don’t have a badge of honor.” -Nora Barrows-Friedman
Matt and Vince welcome Associate Editor of The Electronic Intifada and Pod Yourself a Gun listener Nora Barrows-Friedman to talk about season five episode six of The Wire, “The Dickensian Aspect.”
If David Simon used the same episode naming conventions as Friends, this episode would be titled “The One Where Jimmy Kidnaps an Unhoused Guy.” His fake serial isn’t going to strike fear into the hearts of Baltimore without a little collateral damage.
A hobbled Omar is in the streets calling Marlo a bitch, but no one will tell Marlo what he’s saying because they’re afraid it will hurt his feelings or something? Speaking of hurting feelings, Nicky Sobotka is back and sorry to Pablo Schrieber, but no one on the pod finds his yelling at Krawczyck believable.
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[The Wire] 505: React Quotes, with Ashley Ray
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“If you thought dookie was gonna make it…” -Ashley Ray
Another week, another returning guest, and another big lie from Scott Templeton. This week on the pod, comedian, and host of the TV, I Say podcast, Ashley Ray talks to Matt & Vince about The Wire season five episode five, “React Quotes.”
If you like to see the smirk of a drunk Irish rascal with a naughty little secret, this is the episode for you. Jimmy learns he’s getting help fabricating a serial killer from slimy little newsboy Scott and can barely contain his glee. By the look on his face, you’d think McNutty just found out monogamy is illegal.
Vince shares a fascinating backstory about Omar’s Superman-like flight from a sixth floor balcony – it might seem crazy that he would survive such a fall, but reportedly the character Omar was based on jumped from an even higher height and survived. So the next time you have to clean out the gutters, don’t be a weenie. If you fall you’ll probably be fine. You might have to hobble around with a shotgun as a cane, but you’ll live.
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[The Wire] 504: Transitions, with Katrina Davis
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“Everyone get your prostates checked, and then, look out for Marlo.” -Katrina Davis
One-time Pod Yourself A Gunner, and now two-time Pod Yourself The Wirer, fan favorite, and comedian Katrina Davis returns to talk to Matt & Vince about The Wire season five episode four, “Transitions.”
We say goodbye to another character this week, so if you haven’t seen the episode, stop reading this (also, why are you reading this?). A proposition for you: wish that Proposition Joe may rip in peace. His stinky nephew Cheese sold him out in exchange for one Hungry Joe. His own family just for a guy who pees sitting down. Smdh.
The episode of course features detailed intellectual analysis of Cheese’s treachery, Scott’s weaselly-ass-little-bitchness, Jimmy’s invented serial killer, and more, but there is also a spirited debate about peeing standing up vs. peeing sitting down. On this podcast we want you to eat your vegetables, but also you get a little piss as a treat.
Sitting or standing? Tell us in a five-star review on Apple Podcasts.
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[TEASER] Maury Clips And More
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[UNLOCKED] Frotcast 576: Tracy Keith's I Love This Fast Car & Grill, with Alison Stevenson
Alison Stevenson, comedian and Thick Strip impresario (comediENNE and impresARIA??) joins the podcast this week to talk about Tracy Chapman's "Fast Car" being suddenly cool again, and we mourn the death of Toby Keith, and along with him the George W Bush era, which was maybe an even crappier era than the current one. Holy crap, I just realized George W. Bush was president when I started blogging, I'm circling the freakin' drain over here. We also discuss Peter Thiel financing the "Enhanced Olympics," an Olympics for steroid users which compares PED users to historically oppressed classes. It's a great show!
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[The Wire] 503: Not for Attribution, with Dave Weigel
“It feels like watching one of those movies where World War I is over a everyone says, ‘Well let’s not do that again.‘” -Dave Weigel
Much like a totalitarian regime, we are rounding up all the journalists. This week, returning guest and politics reporter for Semafor, Dave Weigel, joins Matt & Vince to discuss The Wire season five episode three, “Not For Attribution”
Lester is on board with Jimmy’s fake serial killer and pitches a salacious pervert angle to get more attention, as long as he can get resources to take down Marlo. One of the knocks on season five is that after developing into a more honest character, Jimmy is backsliding in a way that doesn’t make sense, but go watch the scene in this episode where He’s having sex on the hood of a car and ask yourself, is that not the Jimmy we know and love?
Meanwhile at The Balmer Sun, Alma does the hard work to write a good story, only to see it bumped off the front page, while season five’s other little lying weasel, Scott Templeton collects attaboys for an invented react quote. Let that be a lesson to you. Never work hard. Lie to your bosses. Hump on car hoods. Neither you, nor these characters, will ever face consequences (I assume – haven’t finished the show yet).
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Customer Reviews
Rock hard B+
Like it says.
They’re not making a western over here
They say no two people are alike. No two faces or sets of fingerprints. But do they know that for sure? They’d have to get everyone in one enormous space to be sure. And not just the people who are alive. It’s not possible, even with computers. They got nothing.
Solid B+
Incredibly funny and full for insight. This show inspires me to be loyle to my capo. 5 stars.