Sorry for the extended video game content at the beginning. There was a discussion to be had.

Here is what else we discussed:

• Jacki’s Digital Communication + Title Theory = Debunked
• Logan is annoyed at people being bad at video games
• Being perceived is stressful AF
• Logan likes novelty
• Ice Climber games
• Jeff is out of touch and he hates it
• Jacki did a Ross
• Jeff’s job is not very creative
• This was a very job-focused, grounded episode
• The lady with metal in her stomach
• Bucky Balls
• Life of the Party Class
• Jacki’s idea for a “The Chair Company” anthology spinoff
• Maggie S.
• Ron is really good at reading people
• Violent Ron
• Artsy Ron
• Ron is a real Gaston type
• The destroying of the muffin
• Big burgers vs lil burgers
• Are Ron’s threatening phone calls coming from Amanda?
• Ron is AT HIS LIMIT
• Stressful Office Politics
• Everyone is so lonely
• Douglas: “Did the ramps survive?”
• Off-Road Precision Course
• Looks fun as hell
• Ron hired a bad security company
• Seth is looking for an older male to look up to (grey ponytail Richard)
• Also give us a series about Seth in High School
• At what point do you stop calling kids parties “kid’s parties”?
• Pee-Wee music
• Giant Chocolate King Kong
• Jeff didn’t even bring a present
• Is Ron’s office booze Display-Only?
• Covering up the puke with lit birthday cake
• Seth’s life changed when Ron refused to do the Pee Wee dance
• Focusing on Tecca has been Ron’s peace
• 50s Cop Hop
• Logan learns about Sock Hops
• Natalie’s Childhood?

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Another fine episode and Logan and I talked at least twice as as this episode ran. 

Oops. 

Here’s a smattering of what we talked about:

• Nadga fell down
• Veteran’s Day is weird holiday. 
• Outkast’s Hall of Fame Induction
• Logan is a big Doja Cat guy
• The White Stripes got inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
• *and they deserved it
• Droyco had Ken Tucker RIGHT THERE
• Are eggs a pattern?
• Where was the red ball?
• The bar video game machines
• Ziosks at Chili’s
• Bar video games
• Tara is weirdly motherly with everybody
• Frankenweenie
• Paddington 2
• Bug naming rights
• We need a Mike spinoff
• Shoutout to Jim Downey
• How was Douglas eating from the freezer?
• “The Chair Company” is a modern office horror
• Mike’s apartment
• “Sorry to Bother You”
• Stomachs growling on demand
• Eating at Subway
• Expensive sandwiches
• Life of the Party class
• Sleeve in the soup
• Another hat appearance
• Will Ron ever get Maggie S.’s email?
• Ron has had a decent amount of head trauma
• Will we get a dad flashback?
• Ron not telling the truth
• Ron could save so many Doris’
• Is this Ron Trosper’s Scrooge story?

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First question: Where was the red ball this episode? Please help. We have one theory, but without a go back watch, we can’t be sure. So we’re asking for your help. 

Also, were there bugs in the first two episodes? Please let us know!

Here’s what else we talked about:

• Squirrel Comic Book
• ‘Animals.’ on HBOMax has a terrible cover, but it is a very good show
• Jacki meant to say ”white guy white ball”
• Seeking animal cartoon recommendation
• The Blue Jays
• Rachel Sennot’s ‘I Love LA’
• Not closing Streamyard town for months
• Big Green Eggs are so expensive, y’all. 
• Painting a mural for the local ice cream stand
• Cold weather ice cream
• An update on Logan’s thumb
• Ross is not here on ghost day… isn’t that quite bizarre?
• STARTED WITH A FLASHBACK, BTCHZ
• Ron Trosper = Drama kid?
• Everpump
• Logan was really into this episode
• Ron Trosper’s gas bill must be ridiculous
• Eye masks and eye pressure
• Investor meetings are pure hell
• Is TECCA an acronym?
• Does eBay pickup exist?
• Is this show just a depiction of Dead Internet Theory?
• What does you brain do when it dies?
• Quantum Death Theory
• What is Abraham Lincoln doing in a sport store?
• Amanda’s mom worked with the pipes or something
• Total office normality
• Ron couldn’t get his investor to smile
• Was Ron Trosper’s dad a military man?
• Ron Trosper vs. Bahld Harmon
• Return of the wheelbarrow man
• The treat is a beignet truck
• Goatee gate. Why are there so many goatees?
• If Tecca is a real conspiracy, they have a lot of power
• Big Green Egg
• 2nd bug reference we’ve had
• We’re there bugs in the first two episodes?
• Tara is a lot like Ron
• Wendy’s Almond Pimento burger
• Ron gets so many HR emails
• No big red balls but there were big read bowls
• The Olive Theory from ‘How I Met Your Mother’
• The chair appendix
• Are the travel policy changes because of Ron Trosper?
• Is everyone around Ron in on this conspiracy?
• Being noticers

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What the heck is this?! A VSG (Very Special Guest)? Why, yes! That’s a Ross McCoy from The Orlando Talk Show With Ross McCoy you hear. He’s watching Tim Robinson’s ‘The Chair Company’ too, so we asked him on ‘The Long Talk’ to, uh, talk about it. 

Here’s what we had to say:

• Logan’s thumb
• AOL
• Halt and Catch Fire had a watch coordinator
• Victory Casino Cruise
• This feels like a horror show
• Two patterns we’ve noticed
• Drunk little guy stories (we all have one, right?) (or do we?)
• There’s a payoff for everything in this show
• Is Tim Robinson the straight man in this show?
• Flashbacks, please
• Douglas’ Mistakes Party
• Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy
• The Deed Woman
• Douglas Ashley
• The Store Sheels
• Mad about football
• Tim Robinson is doing Emmy Level Work here
• Steven Droyco
• Ron Trosper is a pretty good dad?
• Ron’s son’s pressures
• Ross loves pumpin’
• What is Everpump?
• The whole house scene was Lynchian Horror
• Cups of wine
• Dozeaze: https://dosaze.com
• Do you sleep on your hand?
• Finally some good chair info
• Is Big Exercise Ball behind the whole thing?
• Pipersong Medication Chair: https://pipersong.com/collections/frontpage
• Americans are leaners
• Russians are squatters
• Everyone met Frankenstein back in the day
• “I love rocks” - Was this a Kam Patterson shoutout?
• Bring back the wheelbarrow guy tyvm
• Jason Takes Ohio

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This feels like event TV for the first time in a long time. Maybe since “The Rehearsal”? Yeah, I think since “The Rehearsal.” Let’s see what good old Tim Robinson has for us this week:

• Jacki’s new hat!
• The weather
• 200 tulip bulbs
• Sunflowers
• We have a name now!!
• Logan’s tag
• Mandal
• The view at Union Assembly
• An update on the Youth
• Who’s Ron?!
• This episode had a red ball too
• Getting a freak out text
• Erabus
• Grace Reiter
• Logan doesn’t like the shouting
• Natalie’s emotional manipulation
• That guy reverse image searches
• 
  
• https://www.indiewire.com/features/commentary/tim-robinson-the-chair-company-fake-business-names-1235155192/
• Tara is named after her dad Terry
• Jacki is really into the word “loose” right now
• Ron hearing Jamie screaming in her car
• Why is Jamie trying so hard to follow so closely. 
• What it must be like to have Ron Trosper as a boss
• Jamie’s crashout was reasonable
• Jared Lindner the shirt guy (sounded kind of like he was trying to remember what Christopher Walken sounded like)
• Peeping Tom
• So many seagulls
• Jan’s Cafe is chaotic
• Is Ron good at talking to people?
• Wazey Waynes
• Anthony Fitzgerald and Conor O’Malley
• “making love with barbara in a soft bed”
• We need a montage of Terry and the Dog
• Ron’s sons backpack with the hat attached
• Event TV is fun

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Did Jacki continue to love Tim Robinson? Did Logan enjoy a whole Tim Robinson show at least a little bit? You’ll have to listen to find out. Here’s some stuff we/they (writing about yourself is so weird) talked about:

• Streamyard be tryin’ us today
• Franking
• Our experience with Tim Robinson
• Smiling Friends
• Comedy problems and youth problems
• Going into a show as blind as possible
• Open concept malls
• Logan’ secret relaxation theory
• Accidental upskirt
• Douglas and his bubble necklace
• Tim Robinson and Nathan Fielder working together?
• Grab Ass Parlour
• The wheelbarrow guy
• If a deviled egg shows up, poop is happening
• Elliot Smith

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This was a good movie:

Logan: 9/10 starz

Jacki: 8/10 starz

The Long Walk: Movie vs. Book (mostly babbling tho)

• Bocce Ball
• The Lincoln Factory: A+ Experience
• I get it now, Lazy Moon!
• ‘The Long Walk’ was more graphic than anticipated
• Slumber Party
• Belle Isle
• Better Made Butter Pretzels and Mushrooms are a great snack
• Luxury Lanes in Ferndale
• Best french fries of our entire life
• Logan’s relationship with McDonalds
• What’s your favorite nut?
• “Your Ad Here” Tattoo
• Kam Patterson on SNL
• Jeremy Culhane’s face very first thing on SNL
• Is the Long Walk ‘Speed’ but the opposite?
• The Hunger Games
• WHERE WERE THE CROWDS?!
• Judy Greer was incredible
• 50 Walkers vs 100 Walkers (Movie vs. Book)
• The Major
• Which end was better?
• Stephen King stories should be called Long Stories
• We missed the side of the road action
• Where was the betting?!

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• The Mandal Show: instagram.com/themandalman
• Jacki’s favorite comedy opening bit of all time
• The feature should match the headliner
• Cancelling Hulu
• Brockmire
• JImmy Kimmel
• Rapture content
• Logan’s spoiler was TINY
• Sydney smoking
• Oven jeans
• Carmy should write a cookbook
• How to become a Michelin star giver
• They are all the Bear
• Everyone should have a small percentage of equity in business
• Richie must have been so tore up when Mickey died
• The French Laundry
• Adult Time
• Would be fine if the show ended here
• Abby Elliot
• If Sam Reich comes out as a bad person, the world might end
• Jason Segel too
• Seth Rogen won so many Emmys
• Watch “The Studio” on AppleTV
• No Faks
• Tina getting her own Beef franchise
• The New Dexter universe
• The Long Walk
• Weapons
• What to watch on Dropout for newbies. 

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• Bear Market / Bull Market
• Chicago Financial - Sports Teams
• Logan discovers the crushing feeling that comes with being more emotionally intelligent than the majority of people around you
• Roommate laundry drama
• New Location Homecoming Fund @ Loreto (Venmo)
• Young Usernames
• Cisero — Ollie Platt
• Letterbox
• How do you talk to your parents?
• Your relationship with “Sorry”!
• Claire: Carmy’s Car — Caroy’s mom (Claire is to Caroy what Caroy is to his mom) for Retcon Caroy’s Mom, something like that
• Hit the Hoops
• Lucas — so hot!
• Spreading the beef
• Luca replacing Carmy
• Best New Chef
• And then there’s Bn Pete
• What about Riche?
• The Spoiler Mystery
• Screaming Females cover Shake It Off

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Logan looked weird

Logan apologizes

Nadga closes for a full week every holiday

Jacki’s yellow outfit panic

WhereLight.com (very good deal on cute glasses)(not a sponsor. I just like these glasses a lot)

Al Roker has one million pairs of glasses

Taheim Davis, optician

Logan’s broken glasses

Logan started working a real job

Logan looks forward to having nothing to report

The conversation has not happened yet and Logan is MAD

Watching shows week to week

spoilers

Jacki’s sound is messy, but then it isn’t?

the framing on this episode was who they wanna fuck

Richie and Jessica should have kissed

Another ‘Groundhog Day’ reference

‘Palm Springs’

Syd turns Shapiro down (woooooo)

Who is the main character, Syd or Carm?

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Face to face conversations

hot breath

Neither of us remember Carmy’s convo with Donna about pictures

Logan got “The Bear” confused with “The Good Doctor”

Logan does indeed take care of himself

(but don’t stop caring)

Luca prepping is visual asmr

Hops and Barley

Luca pep talking Tina

Will Tina stay in the BEar or join one of the Beef windows

Marcus not going in for coffee with  dad

Blindfolded wine taste test

Is Neil Fak gonna be a wine expert?

The BEar is phone sized

Syd searing meat

Richie is still at his first job

Neil training with Jessica

Microfranchising The Beef

Logan’s predictions for the penultimate episode

Is the house the same one Donna drove her car into?

Two Fak hot chocolate moments this season

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