March 23rd, 2010 . by Tim Babb (TANcast's #1 Host/Editor Fan)
Tim Babb’s March Blog Madness: Day 23
Happy Tim Babb Day!!! (Soon to be a national holiday, I’m sure)
So today I was designing a new shirt for the TANstore and I realized that between the TANstore and the official Tim Babb Comedy Shop, I’m probably putting waaaaaaaaaaaaay too much time into this. But what can I say? I think these shirts would be fun to wear. In fact I’m trying to pick the one I’m going to buy for my birthday…
March 22nd, 2010 . by Tim Babb (TANcast's #1 Host/Editor Fan)
Tim Babb’s March Blog Madness: Day 22
I don’t really have anything wacky to share this time. Today would have been my dad’s 76th birthday. (He passed away in 2007). I am, of course, sad that he’s gone but I do realize that I’m lucky.
I’m lucky that I didn’t have one of those estranged relationships with my dad. We had great times. He is partly the reason (or partly to blame) for my sense of humor. I know he went to his final resting place knowing that I loved him and I know he loved me. He was always a part of my life. He got to meet my wife before he died.
But on days like today, I can’t help but be a little sad that I can’t call him up or drop by and say hello. So I’m posting this blog about him. I don’t know if it accomplishes anything (Do they have internet access in heaven? If not, is it TRULY heaven?). I just know it makes me feel good in an odd way to miss my dad. Okay…eyes are watering…gotta get back to telling jokes about Disneyland or something.
…oh by the way…If you still can, go call your dad…and your mom.
March 22nd, 2010 . by Tim Babb (TANcast's #1 Host/Editor Fan)
This week includes celebrity scandals and apologies, more news about the career path of Andy, Tim’s visit to Star Trek the Exhibition, more fun with chatroulette, Tim’s dark secret, Noah’s Repo Men review, Andy’s Alice in Wonderland review, the triumphant return of Croc mocking, and a look at the late night world without Conan.
[CONTENT WARNING]TANcast features mature language and immature hosts but is NOT a representation of the stand up act of Tim Babb. Listener discretion is advised. Read the rest of this entry »
March 21st, 2010 . by Tim Babb (TANcast's #1 Host/Editor Fan)
Tim Babb’s March Blog Madness: Day 21
Dear conservatives,
There was something I wanted to say on this week’s TANcast but we were having too much fun to get serious…
I want you to know, I don’t dismiss what you say in the health care debate out of hand. You raise valid concerns about tort reform, the debt, etc. I’m willing to acknowledge that the bill that passed isn’t perfect. A constructive debate that improved it would have been a great thing for the past year.
But could you please get someone from your party to publicly denounce shit like this…?
March 20th, 2010 . by Tim Babb (TANcast's #1 Host/Editor Fan)
Tim Babb’s March Blog Madness: Day 20
Today, I went to see the Star Trek Exhibit at the Tech Museum in San Jose with my friends Stephanie and (friend of TANcast) Geoff. While the exhibit was fun, it leaves you a bit under whelmed if you’ve been to Star Trek: The Experience in Las Vegas (Still waiting for that to re-open, by the way…WTF Vegas?)
But while there, Geoff and I got to talking about Star Trek: Deep Space Nine..specifically the “acting style” of Captain Sisko, played by Avery Brooks. He was over the top in a way that might even make Shatner jealous. And that reminded me of the following mash up I’d seen on YouTube some time ago: (you will be tempted to fast forward…don’t…experience it in full, as it was intended)
March 19th, 2010 . by Tim Babb (TANcast's #1 Host/Editor Fan)
Tim Babb’s March Blog Madness: Day 19
I got the impression that a few people thought my previous blog about Back to the Future indicated that I didn’t like the movie or that I thought the temporal paradox made the movie less enjoyable…far from it. The Back to the Future series is one of my all time favorites and so as a show of support, I shall defend this beloved movie from the criticisms leveled at it by the Now Playing Podcast. These criticisms are numbered but not in any special order. They’re just in the order I scribbled them down while re-listening to the episode and washing dishes. Also, there are 3 guys on the show Brock, Arnie, and Stuart…I didn’t keep track of who said what. So when I don’t name names below, it’s not to be insulting or anything. It’s just bad note taking. And now, you’ve gotta come back with me…
Criticism #1: Bad/Crammed Writing
One of the guys on the show contends that there is no joy in the way everything is set up and then ultimately pays off. I couldn’t disagree more. That is one of the major joys of this film. From Loraine’s story of the dance, to Doc’s story of the Flux Capacitor, even to Old Man Peabody’s pine trees…everything that comes into play finds a way to come in to play again to service the story. The guy says that he though every line “felt like homework,” I say this is a movie that rewards you for paying attention and doesn’t waste your time with an interminably long pod race. Read the rest of this entry »
March 17th, 2010 . by Tim Babb (TANcast's #1 Host/Editor Fan)
Tim Babb’s March Blog Madness: Day 17
You might expect this to be St. Patrick’s Day themed…you would be wrong. It is a blog that is equal parts hating others and myself.
I was getting my wife’s car smog checked today (Aw yeah) and I was listening to TANcast’s new nemesis the Now Playing Podcast in the unused garage/waiting room. Then two old ladies drive up and ask me something (I couldn’t here over Arnie mocking Friday the 13th Part 3). Since the way the garage/waiting room was set up made it look like I was a grease monkey on a break, I pull off my ear buds and say, “I’m sorry. I don’t work here.”
Then the lady asks me where a certain hospital is. I had heard of it but didn’t know where it was. I asked her for the address and she gives me the directions from her house. (As we were not at her house, this was decidedly unhelpful). So she tells me a street name that I know but I’m not sure where it is in relation to where we were so I say, “I don’t know.”
March 16th, 2010 . by Tim Babb (TANcast's #1 Host/Editor Fan)
Tim Babb’s March Blog Madness: Day 16
Back to the Future is a classic piece of 80’s cinema. The sequels aren’t bad either, despite what those hammer heads at the Now Playing Podcast say. But the sequels don’t actually exist, because there is a sequel that we never saw…because it would be too depressing…I’m talking about “Back to the Future Part 1.5.” To set this up, we have to go back to the first movie…
March 15th, 2010 . by Tim Babb (TANcast's #1 Host/Editor Fan)
Tim Babb’s March Blog Madness: Day 15
Ok…I’m an idiot. I will admit that. I leave my hat behind when I go places, I forget to charge batteries when filming videos…I am generally not one to be trusted with…anything.
So it’s no surprise that when I was giving my address out to get something shipped to me, I gave the wrong address. Not the COMPLETELY wrong address, I just hit the wrong number for my apartment so that my package got shipped to my neighbor’s apartment. Fortunately I figured this out after the package didn’t come for a few days. So I left my neighbors a note thinking I would never hear back and the package was lost forever.
Much to my surprise, my neighbor just came by, gave me the package (unopened or even tampered with, I must add), and was super, super nice about it. Not once did she say, “Hey idiot! Don’t send shit to our place!” …not even ONCE!
So thank you neighbor. In a world of douches you are the anti-douche…and you might just save us all!
