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TANcast 085 – Keep Your Expectations Low

February 1st, 2010 . by Tim Babb (TANcast's #1 Host/Editor Fan)

In this episode: Andy and Noah discuss the iPad ad nauseum, Tim and Noah review Book of Eli, Andy gets pranked at the office, Tim gives up on “24,” and the boys never get around to this week’s “High 5” …oops!

[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.
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TANcast 084 – We Are Way Smarter Than Racists

January 25th, 2010 . by Tim Babb (TANcast's #1 Host/Editor Fan)

In this episode: The boys circle back to the classic Superman debate, make fun of racists, review the new season of 24 thus far, discuss Conan’s exit from the Tonight Show, and make a polite request on behalf of Mysterious Andy.

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Pay no attention to that monkey behind the curtain…

January 25th, 2010 . by Andy (TANcast's #1 Ear-Rapist)

There will be a plaintive earful in the TANcast we recorded yesterday, but I wanted to toss this up in writing since it’s been on my mind recently.

Please don’t out me.

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TANcast 083 – Nom Nom Nom Nom Nom, MoFo

January 20th, 2010 . by Tim Babb (TANcast's #1 Host/Editor Fan)

In this episode: The TANboys discuss the Conan/Leno/NBC train wreck, Tim’s Pictionary Misadventures, and why Minnesota is too cold for anyone and close things out with a run down of their “High 5” Places to Eat Out.

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Hey, It’s Tuesday! Where’s The Show?

January 19th, 2010 . by Tim Babb (TANcast's #1 Host/Editor Fan)

Contrary to rumors, NBC did not cancel TANcast and give our bandwidth to Jay Leno.

There were technical problems during the recording process, there was the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, and now I have screwed up several times in the editing process. Episode 83 will be uploaded as soon as possible. Thanks for your patience.

In the meantime, please sTANd by…

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NBC Tells Team CoCo to F*** Off

January 16th, 2010 . by Tim Babb (TANcast's #1 Host/Editor Fan)

According to a headline on thewrap.com: “It’s Over! NBC to Pay Conan $30M”

I feel bad for everyone in this situation…except NBC. They really screwed the pooch. They should have let Conan walk 5 years ago or they should let Jay go now, but don’t screw with the Tonight Show like this and then try and act like it’s either Conan or Jay’s fault that their ratings suffered. You made the choice to split the audiences and now you’re enjoying the lack of ratings because of it.

If I were Jay, I’d bow out gracefully. You went out number 1 on the Tonight Show. Don’t come back to it just to milk it. Let Conan succeed or fail on his own. I mean I know it sucks you were pushed out and ten set up to fail and now they’re making you out to be the bad guy…but you have a chance to prove you’re the good guy you’re rumored to be if you bow out now.

I hope Conan is able to go back to the airwaves soon…and it sucks for his staff that he uprooted from New York to come out to LA. I mean Conan will be fine but I’m sure most of the folks on the staff aren’t getting 30 million out of this. It might be hard for them.

NBC, lick my nuts!

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A Truly Uninformed Opinion on the Conan/Leno Thing

January 13th, 2010 . by Tim Babb (TANcast's #1 Host/Editor Fan)

A long time ago, in an NBC office far far away…

First of all, does it strike anyone else that this happens so soon after Comcast buys NBC/Universal? They weren’t content with fucking up our TV viewing experience in the delivery…they wanted to fuck it up at the source!

So, from where I sit (which is, admittedly, a position that makes me just as uninformed as the next asshole) this just sucks for everyone. But what I mainly see is a lot of blow back hostility directed at Jay Leno. Now I know not a lot of the “cool kids” are down with Jay Leno but I feel he is to late night what Larry the Cable Guy is to stand up…he’s not on the edge doing the things that no one’s done before, he’s serving a large niche and serving it extremely well.

Leno was number 1 when he was forced to retire 5 years ago and he was #1 the day he went off the air. You can’t blame him for wanting to stick around, he did the job he was supposed to do and got pushed out for it.

Please don’t take this to mean I’m on “Team Leno” (as if being on any “team” makes a difference). Conan earned his shot and he deserves the chance to make it work. I’m on “Team Fuck NBC.” They are trying to have their cake and eat it too and it just doesn’t work. You can’t have both Jay AND Conan. There can be only one rooster in this hen house (or peacock, I guess). Choose one and let the other go.

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TANcast 082 – A Musical Journey Through Television-Land

January 11th, 2010 . by Tim Babb (TANcast's #1 Host/Editor Fan)

In this episode: The TANboys (eventually) run down their Top 5 TV Theme Songs. Plus Noah presents another installment of his “Cooking By The Book” feature.

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Andy Makes My Brain Hurt

January 6th, 2010 . by Tim Babb (TANcast's #1 Host/Editor Fan)

Ok so we’re recording the show a few days early this week since I’m doing some traveling this weekend. (I’m no Andy, but I’ve been known to take a trip or two). So I send a text to the boys asking…

From Tim: Wanna do the top 5 tv themes tonite?

Noah agreed right away, but then Andy sent this…

From Andy: ?? Like Top 5 Theme Songs?

I thought for a minute there must be a typo in my original text so I went back and looked. Other than my shorthand spelling of tonight, the text did indeed communicate the message I had intended. So I offered up the only reply I could…

From Tim: Um…yes

So I get back this…

From Andy: I’m on Sudafed and low sleep and (I’m) at work. I wasn’t sure I recalled what we’d talked about.

Ok this is a perfectly good excuse if I had texted him, “Wanna do that thing we talked about on the show last week?” THAT question is super vague and needs clarification. But does “top 5 tv themes” really have ANY other meaning? What else could a tv theme be? Type in “tv theme” into Google and all you get is references to songs…

But Andy’s brain doesn’t work like Google…

Now I turn it over to you, the reader…what do YOU think Andy thought I could have meant besides tv theme songs?

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The Twelve Days of Samtsirhc

January 6th, 2010 . by Andy (TANcast's #1 Ear-Rapist)

As long as I am creating religions, I figured I should start making up new holidays. If you follow me on Twitter then you already know that starting December 14, which is now the Twelfth Day of Reverse-Christmas, I began stealing an increasing number of random items from my true love.

On this, the Twelfth Day of (Actual) Christmas (a.k.a. Epiphany), I’ll record for the ages what I took:

On the Twelfth Day of Reverse-Christmas I took from my old lady a Snickers bar left over from Halloween.

On the Eleventh Day of Reverse-Christmas I took from my old lady two unmatched socks and a Snickers bar left over from Halloween.

On the Tenth Day of Reverse-Christmas I took from my old lady three hairs from her brush, two unmatched socks, etc.

On the Ninth Day of Reverse-Christmas I took from my old lady four pairs of chones, three hairs from her brush, etc., etc.

On the Eighth Day of Reverse-Christmas I took from my old lady five Kellogg’s Corn Pops, four pairs of chones, etc., etc., etc.

On the Seventh Day of Reverse-Christmas I took from my old lady six hours of her life, five Kellogg’s Corn Pops, etc., etc., etc., etc.

On the Sixth Day of Reverse-Christmas I took from my old lady seven AA batteries, six hours of her life, etc., etc., etc., etc., etc.

On the Fifth Day of Reverse-Christmas I took from my old lady eight chocolate sprinkles, seven AA batteries, etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc.

On the Fourth Day of Reverse-Christmas I took from my old lady nine Belated Christmas cards, eight chocolate sprinkles, etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc.

On the Third Day of Reverse-Christmas I took from my old lady ten toenail clippings, nine Belated Christmas cards, etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc.

On the Second Day of Reverse-Christmas I took from my old lady eleven blank CDs, ten toenail clippings, etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc.

On the First Day of Reverse-Christmas (a.k.a.: Christmas) I took from my old lady twelve anatomically correct gingerbread men, eleven blank CDs, etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc.

I now have a metaphorical ton of AA batteries, which is not to be confused with a metric ton(ne). I plan to use them to power the robot I made from the rest of that shit. I’m also keeping the 42 hours of her life, since I may need it in 20-30 years.

Only 342(-ish?) days left to decide what you will steal from your true love next Reverse-Christmas, so you best get cracking!

Feel free to use the comments to exchange Reverse-Christmas plans, recipes (they should involve picking food apart), etc.

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