r/MBMBAM

It's 9am and I *still* think it's a good idea, Tracy!

Best Munch Squad in a minute. Gotta get me a bagel drink!

Hi All,

I recently came across a post in another McElroy Subreddit where several people were talking about how much Justin hates doing the podcast and always sounds miserable. The vibe of this subreddit seems to be.....very negative. Like all the posts do nothing but bash the brothers and complain. Now, I am fairly new to Reddit, so I am still learning the vibe/social read of different subreddits. I am not sure if this is meant to be ironic, unironic, /uj, or if this is just a subreddit made for complaining.

Anyway, I digress...,

I am curious if this take is accurate at all or just a bunch of people missing jokes, misreading the tone, etc. A few reasons I think maybe I am missing something (cause to me he seems fine) are.....

1. I started listening to MBMBaM in 2017, and maybe Justin started becoming "miserable" before that, so to me this is just his normal.

2. I am diagnosed Autistic, and often misunderstand or misread tone.

3. I am the eldest as well, and to me his tone is completely reasonable and normal because it's more similar to me than I realize /hj.

Anyway, just curious what others think!

T.i.a!

Travis' was recognized for being a good guy on two shows I listen to this week and I just wanted to make note of that here. First Jesse Thorn on this week's jjgo gave him a shout out for joining him as a guest on a live Judge Hodgeman show in Lexington, Kentucky. Then I was listening to an old episode of Snarky Jay about her first con panel where she mentioned being nervous but was very grateful for the very kind and welcoming panelists, mentioning Travis, among others, by name for being memorable. Are there any other media you consume outside the McElroy family line up of shows where you hear the boys get name checked?

My feelings about this year's focus on Youtube and streams are a bit conflicted.

First, I'm bummed there was not a 20-make-it-stick tour. Feels like there was lots of potential there for some kind of live in-person throwing hijinks.

I have no evidence to back this up, but my guess is that there wasn't a tour this year due to the state of the world /how expensive touring is, and that Super McElroy Brothers was planned to be a kind of "replacement" for tour income. Which makes sense, but I wonder how successful it's been.

Second, I'm a big fan of clubhouse when it's not a book report, and I dig me some Six Thumbs One Heart, usually. However, with the other streams, I feel like they always play the same game one or two weeks too long. RV There Yet was really fun for a few weeks, but around week 4 or 5 I was over it.

Third, I also don't really vibe with the solo streams, and I actually think they're overdoing it a little bit. I feel like Griffin is the best at them.

That being said, I LOVE Justin's mini-series on tech/how-to's (I forget what it's actually called, apologies).

Anyway - I guess I'm just curious how other people are feeling about this year's Youtube offerings.

One of my all time Munch Squad's was where they do a bit that the person writing the press release is being held at gun point. There's something about loving our troops. I think it was a spicy sandwich. Any ideas?

i'm trying to find a bit which when describing it just sounds like a weird fever dream, but okay. like they talk about going to a food court or something as kids, or a pizza place or something, and there would just be pudding they could scoop onto their plates? and they kept saying they would get a "scoopa" pudding, like they said scoopa a thousand times, i feel like i am going nuts here. i can remember the bit so clearly, but i cannot seem to find a clip of it anywhere. what episode did this happen in does anyone remember?

ISO the episode where someone asks how to be a supportive audience member for a child? i think? Justin talks about that one really not good Shrek performance and how when he sees bad theater he thinks of how the performers are actors on a stage and that makes it bearable for him