17: Absentino

This episode: Sortino is absent. We still like 11.22.63. Masterchef Junior is better than Masterchef Senior. Marshall explains American Idol. Sarah breaks down Spotlight and The Big Short. Marshall goes primal for Far Cry. Bryn read some new comics but hates spiders.

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Show Notes

0:08 - Heart! (from Captain Planet)
3:02 - Opening to Far Cry Primal
3:38 - Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Cosmos (1980 and 2014), and Carl Sagan
3:52 - The Pale Blue Dot
4:31 - "Fhloston Paradise" from The Fifth Element
4:44 - "Multipass"
5:56 - SKIP TO 17:24 TO AVOID 11.22.63 SPOILERS
5:56 - 11.22.63
8:46 - The redhead dude's name is Bill Turcotte, played by George MacKay.
11:28 - Patton Oswalt
11:56 - Final Destination
12:42 - Deus Ex the game vs. deus ex machina
13:50 - Jack Ruby and the conspiracies
17:24 - House of Cards
17:32 - Donald Trump brags about the size of his penis
19:00 - Robin Wright is Princess Buttercup from The Princess Bride and Jenny from Forrest Gump
19:53 - Kevin Spacey's impressions
20:12 - Inside the Actor's Studio
20:30 - Masterchef Junior
20:41 - Masterchef (Senior)
21:12 - Gordon Ramsey
21:25 - Hell's Kitchen
22:36 - American Idol
22:47 - Sanjaya
22:54 - Joe Bastianich and Christina Tosi
24:01 - The Great British Baking Show
25:45 - Editor's Note: According to the IMDb page, it seems The Great British Baking Show and The Great British Bake Off are two names for the same show.
26:10 - Miss Mary (Berry) and Paul Hollywood (the other judge)
26:35 - Paula Deen
27:24 - Gordon Ramsay's Ultimate Cookery Course
27:58 - Alton Brown and Good Eats
28:29 - Bill Nye, the Science Guy
29:26 - Graham Elliot, Lidia Bastianich, and Felidia
30:08 - Patch Adams
30:28 - Getting slimed on Nickelodeon
31:57 - American Idol
32:48 - Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul, and Randy Jackson
34:27 - Jennifer Lopez, Keith Urban, and Harry Connick, Jr.
36:11 - Shelby Tweten
36:37 - Air Guitarist Magic Cyclops
36:50 - Larry Platt - "Pants on the Ground"
37:00 - William Hung - "She Bangs"
37:42 - David Archuletta - "Imagine"
39:30 - Search "primary results"
39:45 - Search "oscars 2016"
40:24 - Spotlight and The Big Short
40:57 - Zodiac
41:36 - Michael Keaton, Mark Ruffalo, and Rachel McAdams
44:29 - Sub-prime mortgage crisis
45:00 - Margot Robbie plays Harley Quinn in Suicide Squad
45:28 - Ferris Bueller's Day Off
45:47 - Gambler's fallacy
44:50 - Darrell Hammond as Donald Trump on SNL
49:09 - The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine DLC
49:19 - Just Cause 3
50:34 - Best of Stifler (NSFW) from American Pie
51:47 - Hot Coffee mod from Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
53:18 - Far Cry Primal
58:54 - Minecraft
59:02 - Oculus Rift
1:00:42 - Don't Starve
1:01:21 - ARK: Survival Evolved, Rust, and DayZ
1:03:07 - Red Dead Redemption
1:05:29 - Editor's Note: "Skinchanger" is what the A Song of Ice and Fire series calles shapeshifters.
1:06:35 - Editor's Note: Marshall is referring to the Batman: Arkham series's detective mode and Tomb Raider's survival instincts.
1:09:35 - Metroid, Mega Man, Shadow Complex, and Assassin's Creed
1:13:50 - Tom Clancy's The Division
1:16:45 - Avengers Standoff: Assault to Pleasant Hill #1
1:17:07 - Civil War (2015)
1:17:24 - X-Men: Battle of the Atom
1:18:11 - Daredevil/Punisher: Seventh Circle Infinite Comic
1:18:26 - Black Widow (2016-)
1:19:50 - The Wicked + The Divine
1:20:41 - Spider-Woman (2015-) and Spider-Gwen (2015-)
1:20:54 - Jessica Drew
1:22:17 - Web Warriors (2015-)
1:22:47 - Spidey, The Amazing Spider-Man, Spider-Man (2016-), and Silk (2015-)
1:23:26 - Amazing Spider-Man & Silk: Spider(Fly) Effect Infinite Comic