Digest My Shorts
20 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 5 years ago -Dan and Alistair watch and discuss The Simpsons, episode by episode with as little prep as they can get away with.
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Episodes
Season 2 "Xmas" Extra
October 02, 2018 14:10 - 47 minutes - 35.7 MBThe long awaited self-righteous and self-congratulatory review of Harvey Fierstein's magnum opus - "Torch Song Trilogy" expect adoration, sweeping generalisations and assumptions and spoilers about other films where gay characters die. Click to view: show page on Awesound
Season 2 Extra: The Booze Brothers
September 24, 2018 22:48 - 38 minutes - 29.1 MBHey! A chance to listen to some fantastic music and watch some fant… some comedy, and discuss the various strengths of Dan Ackroyd and the other one, in John Landis' classic, the Blues Brothers. Will the boys stay on topic? No. Will they round of an episode in a neat and tidy way? No. Is it nearing the end of an era? Still, no. Click to view: show page on Awesound
2.13 "Blood Feud" & Season Wrap-Up
June 05, 2018 08:17 - 32 minutes - 23.6 MBSo, we got there. After apathy and adversity we stumbled through to the close of season 2. How will the boys cope with the end of another season? Did they remember to keep up their dud counter? Are they planning on continuing for season 3? Click to view: show page on Awesound
2.12 "The War of the Simpsons" & "Three Men and a Comic Book"
May 15, 2018 13:43 - 29 minutes - 21.3 MBFinally the boys hit their stride with insightful and comfortable commentary and review of a show that they both enjoy. Still, a great deal of digression and distraction, though. Could try harder. B+ Click to view: show page on Awesound
2.11 "Brush With Greatness" & "Lisa's Substitute"
May 01, 2018 07:45 - 32 minutes - 24.1 MBAfter a short an undefined break, the wannabe reviewers are back with apologies, mid-range attention and a guest host, and are surprised to find that they are happy to be here. Click to view: show page on Awesound
2.10 "Bart's Dog Gets an F" & "Old Money"
October 29, 2017 10:04 - 29 minutes - 21.6 MBThe boys waffle on from dog indentification to steak identification (somehow) and from how we treat our elderly to what we intend to do with the rest of our families... Click to view: show page on Awesound
2.9 "Principal Charming" & "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?"
October 17, 2017 08:04 - 30 minutes - 21.4 MBIn which Dan and Alistair admire Homer's method of looking for men and his long lost brother, and recommend "quite a good" Hitchcock film. Click to view: show page on Awesound
2.8 "The Way We Was" & "Homer vs. Lisa & the Eighth Commandment"
October 10, 2017 15:04 - 31 minutes - 22.5 MBJoin us as we travel back to the seventies and witness how Marge met and, subsequently deceived by, Homer followed by a fable of right or wrong with our favourite Tea Leaf and food blogger, Shonette. Click to view: show page on Awesound
2.7 "Bart Gets Hit by a Car" & "One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish"
October 03, 2017 16:35 - 33 minutes - 25.2 MBFinally we've struck gold! Both in the Simpsons and in ourselves. Expect references to Heironymous Bosch, Dr Seuss, It's a Wonderful Life and The Graduate and words like " Click to view: show page on Awesound
2.6 "Bart the Daredevil" & "Itchy & Scratchy & Marge"
September 26, 2017 11:00 - 33 minutes - 28.4 MBThe boys get more enthusiastic than usual about a couple of good episodes, even where they disagree with some ropey politics and ropier continuity. Click to view: show page on Awesound
2.5 "Dead Putting Society" & "Bart vs. Thanksgiving"
September 19, 2017 11:00 - 30 minutes - 23.2 MBDigest My Shorts are happy to announce a long-term improvement in recording and sound quality... from halfway through the episode. So prepare to grin and bear some choppy audio for (hopefully) the last time, and enjoy the new mic for our otherwise lacklustre second half. Click to view: show page on Awesound
2.4 "Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish" & "Dancin' Homer"
September 12, 2017 11:00 - 32 minutes - 23.6 MBIn this week's thrilling episode we get some top notch plosive sounds from Alistair, Dan finally gets a wish granted but leaves his co-host hanging on a classic gag. There is also discussion about two classic Simpsons episodes. Click to view: show page on Awesound
2.3 Treehouse of Horror Halloween Special
September 05, 2017 11:00 - 33 minutes - 24 MBIt's spooky Notober and we join special guests Sam Espensen and Clare Lowe on location at Bristol Spirit for a Background Noise Special. Sorry, Halloween special! Bristol Spirit - 86 Whitehall Rd BS5, Bristol BS5 9BQ Click to view: show page on Awesound
2.2 Simpson & Delilah & BONUS Simpson Road Rage Review.
August 29, 2017 11:00 - 32 minutes - 25.2 MBThe boys are finally treated to an excellent Simpsons episode and repay that with the best impression of anyone ever. And also with a review of an old Game Boy Advance that the boys dug out of a box from under Alistair's bed. Click to view: show page on Awesound
2.1 Season Opening & Bart Gets an F
August 22, 2017 11:00 - 30 minutes - 40.9 MBThe boys are back for a new series and a new(ish) format, and are diving right in with a discussion about emotional sincerity, God and all the usual digressions. Click to view: show page on Awesound
Season 1 Extra: Seinfeld but every time we got too serious I had to edit it out
August 08, 2017 11:00 - 33 minutes - 23.8 MBToday the boys fail to fawn over an award-winning episode of Seinfeld (Season 1, Episode 2). It turns out Jerry's editing style isn't inimitable at all, and helps us digress onto subjects such as memes, action movies and what does and doesn't make us laugh. Click to view: show page on Awesound
Season 1 Extra: Drunk Dune
July 25, 2017 09:16 - 31 minutes - 23.3 MBWhat would happen if you applied our brand of inane rambling to other cultural touchstones? Well, this... Click to view: show page on Awesound
1.13: Some Enchanted Evening & Season Review
July 13, 2017 16:56 - 34 minutes - 33.4 MBParting is such sweet sorrow, That I shall say good night till it be morrow. Alas, our sojourn through series one has come to an end and with a tear in our collective eye we must say goodbye via a dud of a Simpsons episode. Click to view: show page on Awesound
1.12: Krusty Gets Busted
July 04, 2017 11:00 - 17 minutes - 16.7 MBOur professional teetotallers show they don’t need a drink to mess up an intro, get overexcited by the best episode so far and both love and fear clowns. Click to view: show page on Awesound
1.11: Crepes of Wrath
June 27, 2017 11:00 - 14 minutes - 13.4 MBOur fresh and sober reviewers are just as funny without wine in them and thus discuss representations of foreign culture, perceptions of communism and how little they know about Albania. Click to view: show page on Awesound