Yeah, there are so many classic episodes, it sucks that Manos is the predictable #1. I feel like most of these I've seen 20 times or so.

I'm going to watch Sidehackers!

Worse, all the die hard fans are of the incorrect belief that the Joel episodes were the best!

I maintain that the Joel era had far and away better host segments, but the Mike era had better riffing.

Agreed Raggamuffin. I like them both, but I feel that's where they're strengths were.

Mike era all the way for me. Better riffing, at least one manly beach dance in the host segments, and a different class of movies. Joel movies tended to lack redeeming qualities; Mike movies were at least occasionally failed attempts at quality. (We've talked on occasion about how "Girl in Gold Boots" does a great many things well, such as establish character early and let the drama unfold from character until it reaches an appropriate ending.)

Or how the tape for Timechasers was actually sent to Best Brains because the creators were legitimately proud of the film....which made riffing it all the more sweet.

Although it makes sense that Mikes riffing was better and Joel's hosting was better, given their respective background as a writer and standup comedian.

"Timechasers" wasn't a bad little film; its biggest problem was that it was low-budget. (Its second biggest problem is that nobody really cares about time loop shenanigans unless you can come up with an intriguing angle.) I'd rather see the riffing on that than on, say, "Mighty Jack" or "Time of the Apes" which were just junk films.

I've never had the opportunity to fanboy out on a celebrity, but I'm not sure whether I'd go more mental if I met Amy Poehler or Matthew Bruch. And don't even get me started on Bruce "Rowsdower" Mitchell.

apparently distain and disdain are some Berenstain Bear shitcgoddamnithjustfyckyou