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Special guest Trin Garritano, events manager for Cards Against Humanity and one half of the Friendshipping podcast, joins us to wax nostalgic about childhood games. Meanwhile Cullen recalls his dark and dangerous childhood, explains the rules of Rock Wars, and reveals his connection to a famous Country Music Superstar and host of The Voice on NBC who beat the fuck out of him as a child (no, that's a joke).
Special guest Chris Kluwe, former NFL player, co-author of Prime: A Genesis Series Event and general internet cool guy joins us to chow down on the Season 5 premiere, Best Party Snack. Meanwhile Greg takes a firm stand against Nachos and already doesn't care that you're upset about it, Cullen explains amazing and disgusting ways to host a party, and we introduce Eric the Stat Guy.
Special guest and comedian Adrienne Airhart joins us to try on Best Iconic Jacket for size. That was a jacket pun. Meanwhile find out which entry is crushing the most dick, John digs up another heaping scoop of embarrassing teen memories, and the mechanics and implications of Dirty Toilet Water are explored, as we get the first ever fourth place finisher to avoid being dunked.
Special guest Brennan Williams, AKA The Great Black Otaku and player for the Jacksonville Jaguars joins us to nail down the Best Toonami Show. Meanwhile John and Greg reveal shameful preteen history, John’s cousin tells a flagrant lie about Rurouni Kenshin, and Jesse lets them f-bombs fly.
Friend of the show Dan McKenney, creator of A Brief Escape and Dungeon Master of ROLLING! finally makes his fourth season appearance to help us determine the best TV neighbor. Meanwhile Greg discovers the infinite wonder of the King of the Hill wiki, Cullen frequently reminds everyone that he old as hell yall, and John establishes who is and is not a villain.
Friend of the show and rapper Open Mike Eagle joins us to figure out who wore their super suit best in Superhero Movie Casting. Meanwhile Nick Fury's secret origin is revealed, Greg turns on Tony Stark because Tony Stark turned on mutants, people reveal who they want to play Captain America, and Janel surely gets furious with us.
Special guest Jessica Michael Singleton joins us to tear up your heart when we choose the Best Boy Band. Meanwhile Greg Meets the Beeples, Cullen explains the hidden history behind LFO's masterful songwriting, and Jesse explains the fascinating technology behind Hit Clips.
Special guest Dane Peterson joins us to free associate on the topic of posts, and all meanings of that word. Meanwhile Cullen brings up a movie no one but him has ever seen, PostSecret gets raunchy as heck, and John closes the show out by asking a question I never want to consider.
Friend of the show Janel SantaCruz joins us to cherish five-time Oscar loser Leonardo DiCaprio and figure out which one is best. Meanwhile Greg calls out people who like The Joker at all, Greg calls out people who like Interstellar at all, and Greg calls out Cameron Diaz pretty much out of nowhere, but Cullen STILL has the most controversial statement of the episode.
Special guest Aubrey Sitterson, host of Straight Shoot and creator of SKALD joins us to travel to a magical far away place called Best Fantasy Setting. Meanwhile Greg denounces the land of Skoyrum, the brack pack learns which character is "the Quidditch of Dragonball," and we experience The Most Contentious Sweep in Bracket History.
Special guest Justin Roiland, creator of Rick & Morty and voice of Lemongrab on Adventure Time, joins us to either defend the universe or threaten the safety of it by selecting Best Sci-Fi Weapon. Meanwhile we ponder how Samus manages to not shatter every bone in her body while in morph ball mode, explore autoportalfellatio, and Jesse knows a heck of a lot about Metal Gear even if he doesn't really like it.
Special guest Michaela Dietz, voice actress for Amethyst on Steven Universe joins us to get crumbly on Best Cookie. Meanwhile Cullen explains How To Make Money At Phish Concerts Without Really Trying, John shares his mystic hat-related destiny, and Jesse doesn't know whether or not one of the entries on the bracket would kill him if eaten.
Friend of the show Abed Gheith joins us once again for the episode everybody named Greg L. Mercer has been waiting for, Best Robot. Meanwhile everybody makes an overwhelming number of poor choices, Greg explains the upcoming Roomba overthrow, and John doesn't understand that if you get transformed from a human into a robot and don't have any biological components left, you're still a robot now.
Friend of the show Sean Baptiste of Firehose Games, creator of Let's Quip, joins us once again to discuss the creepiest crawliest aspect of the human psyche, Best Fear. Meanwhile the gang explores the reproductive intricacies of the Suriname Toad, discovers how to get intimate with a bus, and Greg is continuing at this very moment to grapple with the concept of a world in which spiders can float.
Friend of the show Will Brierly, creator of Soda Drinker Pro and Vivian Clark, joins us once again to discuss the most wondrous of creatures, Best Zoo Animals. Meanwhile John questions our present lack of mammoths, Cullen explains how to survive a bear attack, and Jesse shares his casting ideas for the Hollywood blockbuster "Otterman"
Special guest artist, illustrator and creator of magical girl card game Mahou Shojo Mila Pokorny summons arcane expertise to help us decide Best Wizard. Meanwhile Cullen runs us through his new segment Sports Corner, Greg discovers what new buddy cop movie he has always wanted, and we spend an awful lot of time talking about movies that aren't very good at all.
Friend of the show Janel SantaCruz joins us to throw down in a knock-out no-holds-barred fight over best place to fight. Meanwhile Cullen explains his engineering degree, John reveals his greatest bathroom fear, and Jesse wants only to experience the thrill, the rush of taking another human life with his own bare hands.
Special guest Abbie Maley joins us to discuss the imbalanced, incomplete breakfast of champions, cereal. Meanwhile Greg has shocking revelations regarding the nature of mascots and their associations with their products, Jesse talks about the time he shotgunned six bowls of Captain Crunch in one sitting, and John apparently thinks I shave my chest in the episode art.
[BRACKET!] wraps up its third season with the now-legendary Tournament of Champions, pitting the past 16 bracket winners against each other in a downright stupid fight to the death. Find out how an innovative tiebreaking mechanic will fuck everything up this time!
Special guest Abed Gheith, writer, actor and comedian joins us to get downright vulgar with Best Cuss Words. Meanwhile the group debates the beauty of the english language, Greg explains the complexities of the asshole, and Jesse gets maybe the best burn of all [BRACKET!] history on Cullen.
Friend of the show Janel SantaCruz joins us to discuss the most heated topic in [BRACKET!] history, Venture Bros. Characters. Never before and never again will you hear things like Greg passionately, ardently arguing AGAINST a robot, John's #1 pick making it farther than he ever expected, and Cullen so upset over an outcome that he refuses to read certain results.
Special guest Nicole Aimée Schreiber, actress and comedian, joins us for some pop-a-matic zany action. Meanwhile the definition of board game is discussed, John proves he knows nothing of the rich lore behind Clue, and JENGA! gets shouted a whole bunch.
Special guest Mike Mitchell, actor, writer and member of The Birthday Boys joins us to talk about a most venerable comedy institution, talking dogs. Meanwhile Jesse uncovers the dark secret of Goofy, Greg reveals a fact that will make you INSTANTLY hate him, and Cullen has the gall to defend Family Guy even for a second.
Special guest, friend of the show and Solid Platinum Hit Machine Producer Dani Fernandez joins us to get right for the most cyberpunk sounding year yet, Twenty Fifteen. Meanwhile Cullen gives good tattoo advice and bad education advice, the whole group enumerates on future plans, and honestly isn't it time you sat down and watched the definitive crime drama of the last quarter century?
Special guest Danielle Sylvan, artist and illustrator, joins us to determine which pantheon's powerhouse pummels post-mortality. Meanwhile Jesse is thwarted at practically every turn, we shout about gold dicks a lot, and we determine a round entirely based on alcohol preference.
Special Guest Santa Claus of the North Pole and A Brief Escape joins us to get holly-jolly on some Christmas music. Meanwhile John lets us know how much he loves being somber, we briefly touch on the worst TV Christmas Special ever made, and we get to the bottom of why Twelve Days of Christmas has so many birds.
Special guest Mark Ellis, comedian and host of Schmoes Know and AMC Movie Talk joins us to traverse the fourth dimension and determine the Best Time Travel Movie. Meanwhile Greg reveals what movie is still sending him royalty checks for his starring role, Cullen explains his favorite movie he saw while in jail, and Jesse gets sent back in time to be murdered by a younger version of himself, but he was wearing a blunderbuss-proof gold chestplate so it all worked out okay.
Special guest and friend of the show Dan McKenney of the soon-returning A Brief Escape joins us to pick the best team-ups across all media. Meanwhile we discuss droid mobility issues, who the greatest detectives REALLY are, the Calvin & Hobbes Multiverse, and a Late Round Vote Change (LRVC) results in some genuinely hurt feelings.
Special guest Sean Baptiste of Fire Hose Games, makers of Let's Quip! joins us at a very special time of year when all the family sets aside their differences and acts totally messed up. Jesse refuses to explain his Cousin Situation, Cullen explains the best way to get free CDs, and we cumulatively decide which of the entries we all are.
Friend of the show Janel SantaCruz joins us once again in a race to the finish to see what classic film, TV and meat-product cars are the best of all time. Also in this episode, find out what song Greg loves to sing to his dog, what happens when the Popemobile hits 88 MPH, and how YOU can win a FREE [BRACKET!] t-shirt just by flushing hot dogs down your toilet!
