Comical Start

Comical Start

By Mark and GrantComedySociety & Culture
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Comical Start episodes

  • The Gloves Are Off

    A toy from the past is thoroughly explored. Mark almost spends between $25 and $150 to experience the thrill of the game one last time.

    Mark brings Junk Drawer. Grant’s one critique is that he doesn’t always get what he wants with criticism.

    Grant screws up by bringing Speed Bump. Mark briefly tells an unrelated story before answering a question.

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    46 min
  • House Not Worky

    Mark needs an intense brainstorming session. All ideas are good ideas until they’re not.

    Grant brings Alley Oop. Mark is happy to fix a toilet, but not wires.

    Mark brings Rose is Rose. Childhood is fun and dumb.

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    44 min
  • I Don't Like to Say "Panic"

    Baseball and nice weather. What more could you ask for? How about some new cooking tips?

    Mark brings Truth Facts. After an obvious tangent regarding toilet paper, Mark wants a metaphorical discussion of productivity and deadlines.

    Grant brings Calvin and Hobbes. A power outage has caused some introspection.

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    42 min
  • More Like Milking a Cow

    We’re at the intersection of technology and music. Mark has something new to share. Expensive audio equipment probably isn’t worth it.

    Grant brings Cornered. He monologues before Mark asks for clarification on something related to wine for which Grant can only provide a conjecture.

    Mark brings The Adventures of Business Cat. Awards are awarded.

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    49 min
  • Had Any Good Pineapples Recently?

    Official documents are a pain, particularly when they aren’t on your person. Grant doesn’t put in enough effort to please Mark in this landmark episode, so sniffing and pulling of produce is addressed.

    Mark brings Sarah’s Scribbles. Grant listens to new music, while Mark has only recently begun adventuring into new audio domains.

    Grant brings La Cucaracha. Mark would not read the magazine in question. Suddenly, a pivot to Minor League Baseball teams.

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    45 min
  • Well-Designed and Awful

    Mark and Grant attempt to learn something new from the internet, which is always a dangerous place to go. Grant had a watch whoopsie.

    Grant brings Calvin and Hobbes. Mark rapidly loses the plot as he discovers an incredibly bad website with a strange inventory in the online shop.

    Mark brings Freshly Squeezed. Your hosts plan their sabbatical.

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    46 min
  • Aspect Ratio of an Elephant

    Spicy thumbs and long walks to the store are your standard weekend fare. That’s really not as green as your hosts would have thought.

    Mark brings Super-Fun-Pak Comix. He unexpectedly asks Grant to defend his monitor situation. Moose are hard to appreciate.

    Grant brings Barkeater Lake. What’s worth your time to do? It’s hard to put a price on experience.

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    46 min
  • It All Really Started on Thursday

    Mark wants to vicariously experience Grant’s lackadaisical weekend. Social batteries get drained like all others.

    Grant brings FoxTrot Classics. Mark would like to add a couple air quotes to that. Your hosts agree that eggs have gotten worse, but this one hot tip may change the game.

    Mark brings Ollie and Quentin. Grant confuses anatomical features with pink invertebrates. He also has a picnic blanket.

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    48 min
  • A Specific Instance of Coleslaw

    Mark is finally taken in by the promises of ChatGPT to do silly things. He spends far too much time amusing himself with fake episodes. Grant smiles along. These titles and descriptions are cheeky and subtle.

    Mark brings Poorly Drawn Lines. Grant pronounces a name correctly, and your hosts discuss radio. It’s basically a forgotten technology.

    Grant brings Baldo. Well, kind of.

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    43 min
  • The Can Shed

    Mark has a vibrant drink, and Grant requires more insight into a line of fizz-producing products.

    Grant brings Pearls Before Swine. He basically asks Mark to search something for him, and they both end up using a certain large language model instead.

    Mark brings Ordinary Bill. Delegation is difficult. Hot tip of the day: use it as training.

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    46 min

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