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http://splitsider.com/2011/05/this-week-in-comedy-podcasts-3

Uhh Yeah Dude #271
“America Through the Eyes of Two American Americans” is UYD’s motto, so it’s no surprise that two episodes into the post-Osama world, there’s still a little boasting going on here. Seth Romatelli jokes about how he and his co-host Johnathan Larroquette’s pro-America vibes over the years basically make them honorary members of the group that got bin Laden (“Seal Team 6 plus us. Seal Team 8.”) Since Andy Rooney felt the need to mention that he’s only had a couple of occasions in his lifetime in which he celebrated a person’s death, the hosts speculate on who those other two people were (Hitler and Ossie Davis.) Although there were a lot of other funny moments on this sharp episode, one not to miss is the imagining of what would happen if Johnathan were a contestant on the singing competition show, The Voice. Someone at NBC, please make this happen

Like everywhere. Good for them!

and again:
http://splitsider.com/2011/06/this-week-in-comedy-podcasts-7

Uhh Yeah Dude #275

It was an all-killer, no-filler kind of episode on this week’s Uhh Yeah Dude. One of the show’s strengths is its non-specificity, as the hosts go all over the cultural map to report what’s going on in the world and build on it. This week Jonathan and Seth dig deep and deliver the goods. They start out strong, likening Snoop Dogg to a soccer mom in his middle age, and giving a fairly accurate assessment of Blink-182’s late-period career prospects. Later on we learn about Babiators — the aviator shades made for babies — and the extent to which the average American is mad at “Godbama.” By the time Seth pitches a reality show called “Line for Line” that pits people from different walks of life against each other to see how many lines of cocaine they can handle, the episode is already one of the best of the year and it’s only 2/3 of the way through.

# 275 *killed* me.

I heart all things tranny cat related.

(I’ve replayed that show 4 times ...)

regarding 282…
http://splitsider.com/2011/08/this-week-in-comedy-podcasts-14

This week’s episode starts off with a nifty gimmick that Seth Romatelli sometimes employs: revisiting an old general interest magazine to make fun of the breathless excitement with which what is now old news to us was once reported. From a People magazine article about Sandra Bullock and Jesse James’ marriage 5 years ago, Seth finds this choice quote from one of Bullock’s friends: “Sandy’s been waiting to get married until she found The One. She’s got a great bullshit detector.” Whoops. Elsewhere the hosts rip apart a new show on CBS called Same Name that briefly transposes a famous person and his similarly named non-famous counterpart, Wife Swap-style, and come up with alternate names for the Friends With Benefits TV series that apparently exists (“Frennies With Bennies” and “We All Fuck Each Other” are the frontrunners). It’s hard to say what makes one episode of UYD better than another. It’s the same two guys every week, the same tried and true format, and the same total lack of guests. Only after you realize that you’ve been laughing out loud in the grocery store (or wherever you listen to these things), does it register that this just might be a good one.