Episode 9 - A Flag Made of Cheese

Episode 14 - Little Wooden Cubes with Mushroom Mike

The boys host Mike from Minneapolis AKA Mushroom Mike! Andy introduces Mike and nobody can remember the name of the pod. Mike stans Brie Larson and Aubrey Plaza in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), Josh is a "hard laugher", Andy and Mike are "easy laughers", Josh's nightmare is that nobody laughs, Mike can't remember the name of our podcast, Mike calls Andy "Mr. Mascola" because he referenced Chuck Klosterman in their text conversation, Josh got called "my man" by a kid at the fast food drive-thru, Andy loves being called "honey" on the drive-thru speaker before the server even sees him, Josh talks about elderly women flirting with him, Josh wonders if he can take Joel from the Boiler Room on in a fight, Mike references Silence of the Lambs, Mike still can't get the name of the pod right and wants listeners to know this entire exercise is completely unnecessary, Mike slags Marc Maron and WTF, Mike gets comfortable and curses first, Andy can't believe the boys have to endure this for another 90 minutes, Andy whispers, "This is going to be a f**king nightmare," Josh tells a story about taking piano lessons and the teacher inviting a woman over to admire Josh's hands, Mike suggests Josh was being seduced and references the Graduate (1967), Josh asks Mike who his "guys" are, Mike is oddly proud that Andy is out-laughing him, Mike talks about how he got into mushroom foraging, Josh suggests an alternative alliterative name for Mike, Mushroom Mike talks about how he was Board Game Mike before he was Mushroom Mike, Josh and Mike talk about their favorite board games, Josh talks about the Garfield Board Game, Mike talks about the board game Do the Urkel, Andy suggests Die Hard and Family Matters existed in the same universe, Andy throws out the first of his non-sequiter segue questions, Mike talks about his experiences talking with Tom Scharpling when he calls into the Best Show, Andy is a basic board game b!tch, Josh asks Mike about his favorite edible mushroom, Mike still can't remember the name of the pod and suggests all our listeners are in a mental asylum, Andy throws out another non-sequitur segue question, Andy outs himself as not subscribing to the Best Show Patreon, Mike gets the name of the pod wrong again, Josh attaches a plush Pee Wee Herman to his microphone, Mike tells a story about spending (and losing) $400 to watch Pee Wee's Big Adventure at a reunion showing that never happened, Andy tries another non-sequitur segue question, shower beer, do you wear shoes inside the house?, Josh gives an update on his dogs, Mike feels like Andy and Josh are ignoring him, Mike rides a bike to work, Mike talks about Minnesota vs. ICE, Kash Patel bashing, Mike recalls Tom Scharpling getting fired up about ICE in Minneapolis and Minnesota moms and 12yos screaming at ICE agents in the streets, Josh and Mike argue about whether Arby's have crinkle cut or curly fries, Mike can't believe this is the show, Andy asks about soda loyalty, Bobcat Goldthwait gets referenced and may be the patron saint of the pod, Mike finally cracks up but it's at something that wasn't intended to be funny, Fanta was created by the Naz!s, Mike and Josh get into sportsy talk, Myron Cope and the Terrible Towel, "Renegade" by Styx, will Tom Scharpling come to NY to see the Knicks?, Andy exaggerates Josh's height, what's your favorite gravy?, Mike talks about his Thanksgiving charity work, gravy loyalty, ketchup loyalty, Mike suggests Josh is a hipster because he has a beard, the Best Show Four Loko show is discussed, Andy thinks John Hodgman is annoying when he's "cooked" on Four Loko, Andy calls Jen Kirkman, Jen "Kirkland", Mike started listening to the Best Show in 2010, will Spiro ever call into the Best Show again?, Mike suggests Tom Scharpling's brilliance is knowing how to get the best out of callers, Joel from the Boiler Room is discussed, WWOR-TV, Chuck Klosterman and Hollywood Handbook are discussed, Andy calls Nicky Gordo a ragebaiting nightmare person, Mike calls his time on the pod "an hour and a half of his life about nothing", Joe Pera, Red Dead Redemption, Nathan Fielder and the Rehearsal Season 2, Mike and Andy disagree about WTF's first fifteen minutes, Mike is a self-actualized human being and a fanboy, Tom Scharpling's "lifetime bans", Mike and Andy get nostalgic for the Best Show's WFMU days, internet shoes, closed-toe shoes, what are they building on the White House lawn?, Josh's dad can't listen to Flo Rida anymore, Josh has a ticket to the UFC fight in DC, Lee Greenwood and "God Bless the USA", popcorn, Josh gets text updates from his children who are at a crane machine arcade, Mike talks about coin pushers, It Never Ends by Tom Scharpling is discussed, the origin story sting returns, subtitles or no?, the unintentional hilarity of television Second Audio Program narration, Josh suggests every action movie is Bugs Bunny now, John Wick, Andy crashes out about how inexpensive giant TVs are, John Waters used to subscribe to 118 magazines, Wordle and Sudoku, Josh wants to know when he's going to get his slush fund check, Mike loses the will to live, Josh can't believe anyone would think Mike is lying about foraging for mushrooms, Mike talks about Tom Scharpling's soliloquies about imagining what Mushroom Mike's life is like, Tom Scharpling and AP Mike's relationship is discussed, Stroszek (1977), Eraserhead (1977), Heart of Glass (1976), "Rapture" by Blondie includes the worst rap in pop song history, Tom Scharpling confuses his listeners with Weezer sidebars, Tom Scharpling doesn't like Pixies, Weezer, Primus, or Ween, Smash Mouth, Radiohead, Josh likes songs that are five songs, Tom Scharpling's upcoming "music" book is discussed, does Tom Scharpling like They Might Be Giants or "funny" music?, "Shaving Cream" by Benny Bell, Jimmy Durante, Mike encourages Josh to lean into his weird dad energy, hot dish, Mike had a mushroom recipe published, Mike doesn't have a blog or podcast, Mike says, "we talked a lot and said nothing," right? right?, Glenn Beck stole "get off my phone" from Tom Scharpling, why would you want to be a morning zoo guy?, right? right?, Andy talks about the difference between trying to get a woman and trying to get a man to be on a podcast, good trouble, Mike calls Josh and Andy knuckleheads (but God love you), Mushroom Mike is D. B. Cooper, Josh says Mike is under contract to do 17 more episodes with us, and Josh shows his erotic fingers. Thank you for listening! Our theme song is by gypsymoths. Our avatar was created by Benjamin M. Hillman.

Episode 13 - Licking Peanut Butter While In A Headlock with Zach Woliner and Tavie Phillips

Our guests are the hosts of Zach and Tavie's Marvelous Adventure, Zach Woliner and Tavie Phillips! Josh sleeps in, Andy and Josh tell their dog diarrhea stories, Josh talks about giving his dog too much peanut butter, Andy gives dog-grooming-peanut-butter-distraction tips, Josh and his wife hang their dog from an Aldi's bag, Andy warns the show's guests that this is what the show is, Andy retrofits an intro for Zach and Tavie, Tavie gives Zach permission to say as many "you knows" as he wants, Zach talks about his love of editing podcast episodes and livestreaming video games, Tavie invites herself to Zach's place to watch a Marvel movie, Zach talks about the past and the future of Zach and Tavie's Marvelous Adventure, Tavie talks about the Marvel movies she's loved most thus far, Josh mentions KermDubs, Tavie admits to being a Disney Adult and talks about dropping her Dave Foley appreciation GeoCities site at Disney Innoventions (Epcot) exhibit, Zach talks about converting family photos to digital, Blanche, Blanche, Blanche, the talk stalls, so Andy asks some broad questions to get people talking again, Josh talks about his son playing jazz with the Jazz Warriors, everybody forgot about "F**k You!" CeeLo Green, Moxy Früvous. The Best Show, Spiro and Barenaked Ladies drama is discussed, Tom Scharpling's "Wack Pack" is discussed, Andy theorizes that Tom Scharpling and H. Jon Benjamin are feuding, the Tom Scharpling / Paul F. Tompkins rift is discussed, Josh talks about his rough Best Show entry point, Zach talks about his brothers' involvement with the Best Show, the history of Wally Wackiman and Best Show-related puppets is discussed, Tavie talks about how she discovered the Best Show with Tom Scharpling, Joel from the Boiler Room and Mushroom Mike are discussed, "Fraggle girlfriend" looks like Wally Wackiman in drag, Josh slept through the White House Correspondents' Dinner assassin drama, jestermaxxing, looksmaxxing, and Clavicular are mentioned, Red Dead Redemption and GTA trolling are discussed, Pokémon Pokopia is mentioned, Josh longs for a Disney Muppet revolt, Tavie talks about her long history with Disney, Zach talks about Disney Magic Kingdoms, Tavie talks about getting addicted to Clicker Heroes, space being overrun by physical media is discussed, Tavie shows off her Worf (Star Trek) and Betty White action figures, NECa action figures are discussed, Josh hosts a Comic Book Character: Real or Fake? game, and Whizzer is discussed. Thank you for listening! Our theme song is by gypsymoths. Our avatar was created by Benjamin M. Hillman.

Episode 12 - Jane Austurd with Casey Frankenstein (and Bingo (and also CookieJar 128))

Our guest is Casey Frankenstein! The boys talk about Josh's Garfield comic collection from 1984, Andy introduces Casey Frankenstein, Dr. Yesterday from KSLU's American Hot 4000 70s/80s Countdown makes an appearance, Archie Andrews makes an appearance, Josh and Casey engage in some librarian bonding, Dollywood, the boys invite Bingo to join the conversation, Casey discusses his characters, Bingo calls from his car, Casey gives us a taste of his characters, more librarian bonding between Casey and Josh, the boys each divulge their age and relationship status, Casey talks about his comedy influences: MAD Magazine, the Firesign Theater, Spike Jones, Kliph Nesteroff, the history of comedy is discussed, the history of hip-hop is discussed, Robert Preston (the Music Man), Dr. Yesterday checks in, Dickie Goodman, we listen to Dickie Goodman's "Batman & His Grandmother", Andy talks about Goodwill records, Uncle Fester (AKA Max, AKA Cookie Jar 128) enters the chat, the Swedish rock band Ghost (Ghost B.C.) is discussed, Lady Gaga, Josh confuses Mae West with Minnie Pearl, the boys attempt to name women who were famous for their hats, sidestepping popular mainstream films to watch esoteric "bad" movies, Eternal Family, Tubi, Andy Milligan, Ray Dennis Steckler and his film The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies, the audience score vs. the critic score on Rotten Tomatoes, big budget (ride) movies, Barbenheimer, Everything Everywhere All at Once, Bingo enters the pod, Casey reads from Ulrich Haarburste's Novel of Roy Orbison in Clingfilm, the boys try to explain to Archie Andrews what Donald Duckin' it means, Bingo loves/hates the good/bad show Riverdale, Casey talks about how he discovered Bingo and halfwayokay via a Perfect Strangers FB group, Bingo talks about the characters he does on Casey's show, Josh's dog eats a strange mushroom, Fortnite is becoming performance art, egghead sh!t, Tom Scharpling's Vanderpump Rules obsession is p!ssing off Best Show listeners, Barenaked Ladies are discussed, Punch the Monkey's girlfriend, Faces of Death, David Muir hates reporting on Punch the Monkey, Bingo's Nathan Fielder T-shirt, recent celebrity deaths, RIP Xander from Buffy, Andy explains the name of this podcast, Josh explains the goal of this podcast, things get political and the boys bond over their feelings of powerlessness, Eddington, TikTok, Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere, would you want to have your life documented?, Bingo loves Pokémon Pokopia, Bingo has a girlfriend, Melvil Dewey was a misogynist, Jane Austurd, Casey doxes Ulrich Haarburste, the 27th letter of the alphabet, a new alphabet song, "The Pussy Song", "Slap Her Down Again Paw" by Arthur Godfrey, the Vivster's outsider music, and Rodney Santafield makes an appearance. Thank you for listening! Our theme song is by gypsymoths. Our avatar was created by Benjamin M. Hillman.

Episode 11 - This Jeff Daniels Sandwich with Chaki the Funk Wizard

Listen, purchase, and share Chaki's music at his BandCamp page https://chaki.bandcamp.com [https://chaki.bandcamp.com] The boys talk with their guest, Chaki the Funk Wizard, about Zapp and Roger Troutman, El Vez, Rusted Root and the Pittsburgh music scene, the supergroup Meeting of Important People, The Cynics, Merce Lemon, Dream the Heavy, Wild Cherry, Mac Miller, Anti-Flag, Black Moth Super Rainbow, things to do in Pittsburgh, Primanti Bros., potato talk, The Addams Family (musical), physical media, shopping for vinyl records, the hype sticker, adding your record collection to Discogs, Chaki's Dean bass, Chaki's first gig, Chaki's cape, Korn and nu metal, musical groups from outer space, The Space Lady, Gary Wilson, John Cage, the Jeff Daniels Sandwich, Josh's condiment sandwich, Chaki's stoner food, Sweet Baby James Taylor, Phillyboy: the Philadelphia Cream Cheese Cowboy, Chaki's history with Tom Scharpling the Best Show, getting paid to test mobile video games, Josh talks about being a librarian, Josh and Chaki bond over video store culture, the B-52's and "Rock Lobster", Spinal Tap, blues guys, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Weezer, Chaki's Weezer cover band: the Blue Man Album Group, early Weezer vs. late Weezer, pop-up live performances, Bingo and halfwayokay, Nirvanna: The Band - the Show - the Movie, The Yes Men, pranks, CHIVE TV, FailArmy, Apple iOS complaints, What Would You Do? and John Quiñones, Jake Gyllenhaal, the Toy Story 3 prank, McDonald's CEO tries a Big Arch and reignites the fast food wars, Bandcamp's 'you may also like', Canada's politeness, favorite vegetables, mayonnaise talk, popcorn talk, movie theaters, Chaki's gig at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery, more Pittsburgh talk, kids discovering old music, and Chaki's new album. Thank you for listening! Our theme song is by gypsymoths. Our avatar was created by Benjamin M. Hillman.

Episode 10 - A Very Thin Piece of Ham with Mike Lisk

The boys host Mike Lisk (AKA AP Mike from the Best Show with Tom Scharpling)! Josh and Andy start the show talking about their parents' differing reactions to the music they were listening to when they were developing their own tastes (2 Live Crew, Suicidal Tendencies, Sonic Youth, Pearl Jam etc.), The Frogs' discography, Josh's job search, divorce, Marvel movies, seeing films at home vs in the theater, Julia Ducorneau movies, Paul Thomas Anderson movies, liquid movie theater butter, popcorn machines, Flavacol and popcorn popping techniques, Josh is gifted five pounds of bacon, haluski, Andy's back on poultry, bacon grease soup, The Pitt, competency p*rn, How It's Made, pepper spray, tattoos, Andy and Josh discuss their AP Mike phone screening interactions over the years, watching podcasts on YouTube: yay or nay?, gatekeeping Adam Friedland, Stavros Halkias is everywhere and is getting away with everything, Joe Pera's posse is insane, Chaki The Funk Wizard, George 'The Animal' Steele, Pete Holmes, Momus, Mike Doughty of Soul Coughing, the boys thank Sherri Locker for suggesting AP Mike as a guest, and Smash Mouth. The boys take a break and come back with their guest, Mike Lisk (AKA AP Mike)! Mike talks about the ending of his podcast Egg Foo What?!, mortality, and taking care of his father. Josh and Andy ask Mike about his Best Show call screening duties and Mike talks about his experience with the various callers (the good and the bad) over the years. The boys engage Mike in book talk (John O'Brien, John Hawkes, Barry Gifford, Jim Thompson, Brohumil Hrabel), Andy asks Mike about Supercallers from the past, Mike talks about Fredericks and Spike, Mike talks about WBAI: Gary Null and Lynn Samuels, crystal immunity, new age culture, the term woo woo, ambient water, the age at which people start exploring new music, the latest Geese album, Rick Beato, the hunt vs everything, everywhere, all at once culture, PTA movies, Thomas Pynchon novels, Write Conscious, David Foster Wallace, Josh pitches Infinite Brett, Life on Books, Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History by S. C. Gwynne, Cormac McCarthy, Larry Brown, Kevin Smith, Andy asks about Tom's friendship with Paul F. Tompkins, Mike tells the boys a couple bar stories, Josh and Mike bond over "art" movies, including Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975), sports, Mike Francesa and their relationship to the Best Show, and the Gristedes guy is in a Safdie movie. Find everything AP Mike-related at apmike.bandcamp.com [http://apmike.bandcamp.com/]. Thank you for listening! Our theme song is by gypsymoths. Our avatar was created by Benjamin M. Hillman.