Comical Start

To bring in the New Year, Mark and Grant give you a dating app extravaganza recorded a week before Christmas. They hardly remember what they talked about, so hopefully it isn't too embarrassing.

Grant brought a Real Life Adventures and a Pearls Before Swine comic, while Mark brought a Brevity comic. They are all quickly reported on at the beginning so they can move onto the meat of the episode.

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Mark was able to move past an issue with his Skype recorder, and really wants some Christmas cookies.

Grant brings a Loose Parts comic, beginning a long discussion on public image. What does Mark do on the internet? Is Grant a young professional? These questions and more go partially unanswered.

Mark finishes things off with a Nancy comic to bring out the diabolically clever ways Mark and Grant get out of doing things they don't want to do.

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Mark and Grant talk about the incorrect layout of a fancy Target, and the sheer joy one can experience going either way on an escalator.

Mark gets things started with a Wide Open comic to discuss Grant's mortality. It is unclear whether Grant would want to help humanity, or play practical jokes. An update on Twitter is presented.

Grant follows up with The Buckets to briefly discuss appropriate room temperature, followed by a tenuous segue into personal vices. Somewhere along the line, a discussion about popsicles resurfaces from earlier, and it goes nowhere good.

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Mark and Grant have a Twitter account! They attempt to engage in their first Twitter feud. Grant's mom wonders whether long showers are related to mental health.

Grant gets this double-dose of food talk started with a Marmaduke comic. He feels inferior to his fancy chef coworkers, and wants the secret to sounding more adult during lunch time. As usual, they do not stay on topic.

Mark continues it with a Rubes comic, wondering how Grant decides where to eat. They divert to a discussion on romantic relations with amphibians.

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Mark and Grant play a game. See if you can figure out what it is.

Mark starts off with a Frank and Ernest comic, to ask about Grant's experience wearing glasses. They wonder why 20 feet is the magic distance we want humans to see things from, and wander off into the world of IQ scores.

Grant brings a Loose Parts comic to ask Mark about how to defend ideas to people who are experts. After a bit of a monologue, they discuss their experiences working on senior research projects and why Grant still won't compete with Mark in a typing test.

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In an attempt to fight against their late recording schedule, Mark and Grant prepared by listening to the Overture to Candide. They just thought you'd like to know that. They begin recording by briefly recapping their Thanksgivings.

Grant brings a Stone Soup comic to determine whether Mark has an inner dialogue. They both determine they at least occasionally perform inner monologues, and more frequently express their disaffection for other drivers on the road.

Mark brings a Moderately Confused comic so he can regale Grant with his travel woes. After briefly describing Grant's traveling pro-tips, they quickly devolve into verbal fisticuffs. Mark simply wants to whine about temperature changes, while Grant wishes Mark would grow up and wear a dang sport coat: the ultimate in flying fashion and function.

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Mark discusses his recent experience buying a real adult big-boy suit, while Grant updates the listeners with his recent cabbage-related antics.

Mark starts off with a Garfield comic, doubling down on their opening topic of men's fashion advice. While only fifty percent of the podcasting duo could be considered fashionable, they pontificate about what to wear with the best of them.

Grant brings a Duplex comic to talk about how to talk with strangers. Mark goes on, not actually answering Grant's question; meanwhile, Grant bravely exposes his worries that the entire state of Illinois is rather annoyed by his general existence.

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Mark and Grant begin with a discussion involving produce and postage. You just have to listen to it.

Grant starts us off with a bad attitude, and wanting to complain about something. He chooses a Poorly Drawn Lines comic to discuss people who are fake and flaky. It also spurs a discussion about how well various digital assistants would perform in a Jeopardy match-up.

Mark brings a Bacon comic to talk about what aspirations Grant had as a young child, and when they each decided on their major in college. The reminiscence is most enjoyable.

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Mark and Grant jump right into it, as Grant unsuccessfully navigates the beginning of Daylight Savings Time. Prompted both by an amusing story, and Mark bringing an Off the Mark comic, they discuss Grant's issues with reading clocks, and what else you're supposed to know as an adult, even though nobody tells you.

Grant brings a Calvin and Hobbes comic to discuss not knowing things. When do we admit we don't know something? Can we say that on a test?

They also have a few goofs in between it all.

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Grant claps poorly. They also discuss the nature of snacking while recording based on their pre-show snacks.

Grant starts us off with a Phoebe and Her Unicorn comic, embarking us on another discussion around friendship in a new place. Here we focus on being alone without being lonely, as well as the nature of casual physical contact.

After a lengthy discussion, and an interruption by a phone call, Mark presents a Savage Chicken comic. With another phone call interruption, they're able to discuss their sleep habits as big adult people.

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