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  • “The Bear” Season 4, Episode 3: Scallop

    Hello, whoever’s idea it was to watch these episodes week by week is a mean person. It was me, Jacki, I did it. I apologize to us. 


    Here is what we talked about in regards to “The Bear” Season 4, Episode 3: Scallop:


    • Ouid talk
    • Mystery boxes
    • Liquid Death: Mango Chainsaw
    • Time and space is what heals
    • Manitou Comedy Festival: https://www.manitoucomedy.com/
    • August 14-17
    • Geoffrey Asmus
    • Jackie Kashian
    • EngErotics.com launched! Buy some things!
    • Cooking in the dark
    • A lot of the tension is coming from Syd’s perspective
    • Working on herself vs. Proving herself
    • Richie giving bridal advice to Tiffany
    • Gillian Jacobs is an incredible actor
    • Ebraheim meeting with a business mentor
    • Mentors have to be the exact right person
    • Thanks, DeVry and the Faks
    • something is wrong with marcus
    • #WhereIsMarcusRoommate?
    • Has Donna always been a realtor?!
    • Are Cicero and Donna an item?
    • Who is Mr. Carter? 
    • Late Night Italian Beef
    • Who will run the Beef kitchen?
    • Snow at The Bear
    • Jacki had an emotional response to the magic
    • Logan did not
    • Will we get healing between Carmy and Richie?
    • We need a Faks spinoff called “Just the Faks”
    • Carmy runs to Claire
    • There is still hope for Carmy and claire
    • “It’s loud in there”
    • Calling Pete
    • Sorry, “Sugar’s Boyfriend (Pete?)”
    • What is Carmy changing in the agreement
    • When we watched the episodes
    • Pete’s a good fucking guy

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    54 min
  • The Bear, Season 4 Episode 2: Soubise

    WATCHING ONE EPISODE PER WEEK IS TORTURE. 

    There. I said it. 

    Here are some things we both said:


    • Jacki had tech issues (obvious with the audio)
    • Breaking pens
    • They should make pens you can fidget with and not break. 
    • Pen recommendations
    • Emmy nominations
    • Ayo Edibiri double nominee
    • Nathan Fielder: 737 Pilot and Emmy Nominee
    • Logan Hojdila opened up for Heather Shaw
    • “Heather Shaw is a great human being presence to be around”
    • We took some time to talk about Jonathan LaPaglia
    • Australian Survivor you done fucked up
    • Jacki might have to amend her statement about email firings
    • Sad Marcus is worrying us
    • The dining room looks cold. 
    • Hyping Richie up
    • Sydney has got it
    • Ebraheim is CRUSHING IT
    • Sold out by 1:15
    • What is Ebraheim up to? Big business or more workers?
    • Wholesome Pete moment
    • WHO IS FRANCINE?!
    • This season is less stressful than previous seasons
    • Sweeps going to sommelier school
    • “When it grows together, it goes together”
    • Has Carmy seen the baby?
    • The call between Carmy and Sugar
    • Sugar isn’t mad about Carmy not seeing the baby
    • Carmy’s apologies were genuine
    • Carmy still loves the restaurant, but not the cooking
    • Richie’s pre-service speech
    • Everyone around him wants to see Richie succeed
    • Opus - Ayo Edibiri 
    • Ferdi the Pizza Man
    • Sydney not signing the thing
    • Follow us at Lokeho.com and Valleyofoh.com


    Shake It Off - Metal Cover by Leo Moracchioli

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    48 min
  • The Bear: Season 4, Episode 1

    Y’all, watching these episodes one week at a time is going to be torture!!!!!

    Here’s what we talked about:

    • Logan’s Easter Egg
    • Logan and Jacki nail “Yes, Chef!” for the first time. 
    • Logan’s chair; it is broken. he’s had it since right before his heart failed.
    • it was pre-owned and had a screw loose, so it’s lived a good life.
    • What is going on in Logan’s world? He opened for Heather Shaw (very funny comedian who also happens to be an amazing human being)
    • The Loonie’s logo in Colorado Springs!
    • July 26 at Blowback Gallery in Pueblo Colorado - Logan is doing 10 minutes!
    • Bonesaw scene in Spiderman
    • Making lollipops for Zach Bennett and Rey Reyes of Reasonably Afraid podcast
    • (They are going to Spooky Empire later this year)
    • Logan hasn’t seen “The Substance” yet
    • Jamie Lee Curtis’ famous lemon cake
    • Camry and Mikey talking about their dad
    • “The Bear” is both excellent and terrible at showing time
    • Mikey’s is a bad name for a restaurant
    • The “Groundhog Day” feeling
    • Tribune review was not great, Bob
    • The restaurant was different three different times. 
    • The pasta was bad and late everytime
    • Richie taking all the blame. 
    • Tina taking responsibility for the pasta. 
    • Richie was only mimicing being healthy
    • JESSICA!!!!!!
    • Should Richie and Jessica get together?
    • Syd and Carmy’s relationship is different than Richie and Jessica’s
    • As is their chemistry
    • Jacki went on a rant about “Mythic Quest”
    • Jessica being at “The Bear” is good for Sydney
    • How Tina took to Jessica immediately
    • The sandwich window is KILLING IT. 
    • The Computer
    • Cicero has love for these kids
    • The Doomsday clock
    • Don’t Mess with the System
    • Richie’s Non-negotiables
    • Acceptance of whimsly
    • Richie is spending SO MUCH money on flowers
    • He could do it cheaper!
    • Jacki offering her services to a fictional character
    • Helping Neil Fak become a server
    • Carmy and Richie drama needs to be resolved
    • Does Sydney care all that much?
    • The star shouldn’t be the goal
    • Lovely Pete moment that no one can remember
    • Sweeps and the wine pairing
    • We would love a whole sandwich window episode
    • Ebraheim is so happy
    • “System, baby!”
    • Will the robot get into hijinks?
    • Protect the robot at all costs!
    • Overcorrecting Richie style
    • Doing work no one else can see

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    57 min
  • The Bear Season 1-3

    We’re back and we’re talking about The Bear!

    • Jacki’s friend interviews
    • A rambling story for now reason
    • How did you start watching “The Bear”?
    • The city of whatever one they live in is here!
    • Logan descends into madness
    • The Professor Haus
    • How “The Bear” makes you feel
    • “The Good Doctor”
    • “Shameless”
    • Carmy is the same character as the one that Jeremy Allen White played in “Shameless”
    • Jeremy Allen White should play Gene Wilder or PeeWee Herman
    • Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator
    • Season 2 is the best season
    • Syd’s level of research
    • “The Bear” would have been a perfect one season show
    • THE BEAR IS NOT A COMEDY
    • Jacki goes on a rant
    • Jacki doesn’t remember not loving Oliver Platt
    • Sydney quitting and Marcus walking away
    • Was Carmy the problem?
    • Carmy was not angry
    • Projection
    • “you didn’t say corner!”
    • “The Studio”
    • Jeff vs Chef
    • Richie’s abrasiveness
    • “Forks” is one of the best episodes of television ever. Full stop. End of Story. 
    • Season 2 is a crash course in everything Carmy has done so far
    • Syd is impatient
    • “being of service”
    • Marcus in Copenhagen
    • Chef Luca
    • Watching people learn things
    • Feeling accepted
    • And accepting themselves
    • Faks!
    • Logan is a fan of Pete. 
    • The way Pete handles Donna
    • Britta’s in this?
    • Joel McHale is a crisp asshole
    • Growth is non-linear
    • The savory cannoli
    • Napkins
    • The Faks are comedic relief
    • Would you watch a Faks spinoff? 
    • Logan comes clean
    • Season 3 is a set up season
    • Should Carmy and Syd get romantically involved?
    • Christopher Storer + Bo Burnham
    • Opening and dealing with different traumas
    • Does Carmy stink?


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    1 hr 29 min
  • The Rehearsal Season 2, Episode 6

    “The Rehearsal” is over for another season and I am quite sad. That’s okay, though. Nathan Fielder, 737 Pilot will be back another year. We hear he has a surreal idea for season 3. 


    We talk about that a bit and some more stuff, like:


    • Emotional turbulence 
    • Comedy Works Denver New Faces Competiton
    • There’s way too many good karaoke singers now
    • George Lowe was good at karaoke though
    • Not knowing the lyrics at karaoke
    • Survivor Season 50 thoughts
    • Cirie on Survivor
    • John Francis Daley
    • The new Dungeons & Dragons movies
    • Thor workouts
    • The new Snow White movie
    • Being Type Righted to a specific plane
    • Nepo Baby for pilots
    • Why they cut out the back of the shirt
    • Would you fly in a Nathan Fielder piloted plane?
    • The trust HBO has in Nathan Fielder
    • Nathan tour with the plane, please, please, please
    • Filling out medical forms
    • Nathan’s mental rehearsals were so vulnerable
    • Manifesting + Morning Pages
    • Nathan shopping for a plane
    • Having to ask for a Diet Pepsi
    • Why did they show Nathan being a magician when he was younger?
    • Did Nathan actually fly the plane? Or was it editing magic? (We believe in NAthan)
    • The Cockpit conversation
    • Sometimes a yap is informational
    • “Music gets dramatic”
    • Miracle over the Mojave
    • Bring Me to Life
    • Oat Milk
    • Slow down TOM CRUISE
    • Never seen an Impossible Mission
    • Talking is so hard


    We’re watching “The Bear” Next! Watch us Live on LokeHo.com or Twitch.tv/valleyofoh. We’re starting with a S1-3 recap on June 18 at 2pm- and then a podcast whenever we get it up!

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    1 hr 28 min
  • The Rehearsal Season 2, Episode 5

    There’s only one episode left and we couldn’t be sadder. Here’s what we talked about this week:


    • An asparagus tale, for some reason
    • Pickled things
    • Comfort meals
    • If Nathan Fielder was Congress would anything get done?
    • The used a Rehearsal to kill Osama Bin Laden
    • Pack Pilots?
    • Introducing people to Nathan Fielder
    • What is secondhand embarrassment?
    • Watching someone bomb on stage
    • DO NOT BLAME THE AUDIENCE
    • Nathan for You gas rebate
    • Nathan Fielder did perform a prank at one point
    • Paramount Plus and South Park
    • Learning from history is important
    • John Goglia
    • Dumb Starbucks
    • How many jokes did they consider before landing on the bus joke?
    • We need a deep dive into Troy. 
    • It’s the FAA not the FCC. 
    • Overly long laughter
    • Standing ovations
    • Jacki really goes on a rant about standing ovations
    • Fringe shows aren’t automatic standing ovation standers
    • Nathan and autistic writers
    • The history of standing ovations
    • Does Nathan Fielder have a google alert set up for himself
    • Problematic Autism Doctor on the show
    • The eyes test
    • Grandson drinking pee scene
    • Nathan’s Airport
    • Why can’t pilots work in teams?
    • Give Nathan time to pack up his Jansport backpack, please. 
    • What is in this other room?
    • Congressman Cohen
    • Do we trust the Google AI overview?
    • Nathan Fielder being truthful on the Tonight Show
    • Wings of Voice
    • 2008 Mortgage Crisis
    • Read this: https://www.vulture.com/article/nathan-fielder-the-rehearsal-flight-safety-experts.html
    • Will Nathan reveal that he got his pilot’s license?

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    1 hr 24 min
  • The Rehearsal: Season 2, Episode 4

    Could you remember Colin’s name? We struggled with it. But we loved the episode anyways. 

    Here’s what we discussed:

    • Logan has written notes, everybody!
    • He also watched the episode 3 times.
    • Who’s Colin?
    • What’s going on in Logan’s life?
    • May 25 - Logan’s Comedy Open Mic Competition
    • May 28 - New Faces Competition at Denver Comedy Works - for a free ticket call the box office and say “Logan”
    • Giving your name at the door for entry into comedy clubs feels sketch
    • Unrelated to anything consent conversation
    • This was a funny episode
    • Nathan is a proud mom this episode
    • The Pilots did not look happy
    • 40 people going home
    • Thanks for listening, FCC
    • Colin is painfully shy
    • Cold calling for dates
    • Would you travel with a Pack?
    • The guy holding the coffee in the “wrong” hand
    • Jumble mumbles
    • The Einstein lady
    • A weird thing for your boss to ask
    • Colin practicing flirting at the airport
    • Lot Lizard show
    • Five Apartment deal
    • Why the number 5?
    • Secret kissing code. 
    • Consent is sexy. 
    • Logan’s joke for Colin
    • Paramount Plus: A Network with Questionable Beliefs
    • Be Colin and Emma but also Be You
    • Ethical morality compasses
    • Captain Powers
    • Watching “The Rehearsal” season 1 for the first time. 
    • Only a 6 episode season, boooo. 
    • Take this airport terminal on tour, please, Nathan. 
    • K-O-tic
    • The awkward part

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    1 hr 23 min
  • The Rehearsal: Season 2, Episode 3

    The Rehearsal Season 2 Episode 3

    oh hi, this was another FANTASTIC episode. Am I talking about this episode of “The Rehearsal” or the episode of the podcast that we recorded about this episode of “The Rehearsal”?


    Regardless, here is what we talked about:


    • Logan’s awesome night
    • Comedy Works Denver New Talent Night
    • Logan on New Faces on May 28 at Comedy Works in Denver, Colorado
    • When the first joke doesn’t get a laugh
    • Weird comedy audiences
    • Don’t blame the audience
    • Jokes with good bones
    • Tuesdays aren’t big comedy nights
    • (especially when they are rainy)
    • Comedy Hierarchy
    • Jacki’s trip to NYC
    • Logan’s perfect audience member
    • Joking about heavy topics
    • 13:-Jacki sounds like a robot for some reason
    • Shows about terrible people
    • Sons of Anarchy vs. Friends
    • We had live viewers
    • Cloning should be more expensive
    • Full House has entered the picture:
    • How much money would you pay for surgery with for your pet?
    • Nature vs. Nurture
    • Getting all the wrong “Sans”
    • San Jose now vs 2011 is vastly different
    • How dogs alert diabetes attacks
    • It wasn’t a real diabetic attack
    • The fake Bogdan’s were FANTASTIC
    • Asshole pilot fella
    • Captain Sully
    • Nathan’s highlighting method
    • Going to art exhibits based on sets
    • The baby room
    • The puppets
    • (Dave Made a Maze, also)
    • (Season 4 of Search Party, too - not mentioned in episode)
    • What led Sully to the Hudson
    • A lot of time on Baby Nathan
    • The detail on the scaling on the wallpaper
    • Puppet mom was super cool
    • The breastfeeding scene
    • Has Captain Sully seen the episode?
    • Will we get a Captain Sully interview?
    • Nathan Fielder got a commercial pilot’s license?!
    • Captain Sully’s Hollywood career
    • Trying to get rid of a southern accent
    • So much of the world wants to take away your individuality
    • why is “woke” an insult?
    • Nathan keeps going back to the past
    • Our experiences with music
    • Being CD kids
    • the Emo music of the mid-2000s was impactful
    • We want to see Captain Sully in a simulation with that Asshole pilot
    • Meta Docu-Comedy
    • Amy Lee thinks Nathan Fielder is a genius
    • Logan gets real fired up about the Sully movie soundtrack
    • “It’s okay to admit that you can’t do everything”
    • You can be funny without being mean
    • Nate’s Lizard Lounge
    • The Met Gala
    • A Wings of Voice contestant
    • The history of “The House of Rising Sun” 
    • Public domain
    • Nick Pupo in the Bob Dylan movie with Timothee Chalamet
    • Jacki really wants to hate Timothee Chalamet but cannot
    • What song would you play in a high pressure situation?
    • Paula Abdul - Straight Up
    • Everything in Its Right Place - Radiohead
    • Women Respond to Bass - Sextile
    • Let the Mystery Be - Iris DeMent
    • Fate - Linkin Park
    • A song-based challenge for next week

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    1 hr 37 min
  • The Rehearsal Season 2 Episode 2

    This show is bonkers and I adore it. 

    Here is what we talked about:

    • Next week’s preview is confusing
    • How is Jacki able to take notes while watching The Rehearsal?
    • (I watch it twice)
    • Franklin
    • Reading ahead in school
    • An aviation singing competition: Wings of Voice
    • How Nathan uses his budget
    • Do we like the National Anthem?
    • (no)
    • A new National Anthem every year
    • What would your requirements be to perform for the president?
    • Wild & “woke” ceramics Wednesday
    • The White House social media
    • Chad Kultgen, author of https://bookshop.org/a/106295/9780061231674
    • Breaking cycles and recognizing patterns
    • Young Sheldon’s spinoff
    • Network television pushing a Republican agenda
    • The progression of Nathan Fielder
    • The creepy pilot guy
    • Fantastic
    • Does Nathan Fielder know that Mara’D is genuine?
    • Nate’s Lizard Lounge
    • Bragging about being banned from dating apps but not knowing why
    • (they tell you)
    • (not that Logan has been banned)
    • (he doesn’t use apps)
    • Did Nathan really not understand that she wasn’t enjoying the conversation?
    • The whole episode is about sincerity
    • Has Nathan aged?
    • Who is Fake Nathan?
    • Is the singing competition a one episode thing? Or is it gonna keep going?
    • Tap Dancing for Tankers
    • Narration Nathan: “I can’t tell if she is enjoying this conversation.”
    • One word answering. 
    • Paramount + vs. Summit Ice
    • YouTube Generation
    • The Green Brothers: John is the writer; Hank is the dood
    • The Zone of Interest
    • Holocaust deniers vs. Flat earthers
    • Recreating the Paramount + email writing
    • Nathan has empathy for children
    • Behind the Scenes of all of Nathan Fielder’s projects, please
    • Being friends with Nathan Fielder
    • Nate’s Lizard Lounge in NYC
    • Could Nathan Fielder find this podcast? 
    • (yes)
    • Who will be the performer at the end?
    • Nathan Fielder’s Smoke Detector Band
    • We are Nathan for You’s co-pilots
    • Logan has a vendetta against Velmd
    • Powerwatching vs. Week to week television
    • The Get Down on Netflix
    • The Simultaneous talking twins

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    1 hr 4 min
  • The Rehearsal: Season 2, Episode 1

    Jacki and Logan are tackling season 2 of Nathan Fielder’s masterpiece The Rehearsal. Some of their (our?! I hate writing podcast blogs)(this is Jacki, btw) reactions included:

    • Being nervous about flying
    • Nightmares
    • Visiting parents at work
    • Breaking multimillion dollar machines
    • How did we discover Nathan Fielder?
    • Dax Flame
    • Give us money to run experiments
    • Joe Pera Talks with You
      • (he was in Elemental)
      • (the Pixar movie)
    • Big fans of Dropout TV
    • Gamechanger: One Year Later
    • Gamechanger was here the whole time
    • Getting more sympathy than laughs
    • How many times did you laugh in the first ten minutes of season 2 episode 1 of “The Rehearsal”?
    • Real human situations. 
    • Nathan Fielder, hire us. 
    • Moody the Pilot, found on LinkedIn
    • How does a pilot’s mind work?
    • Is Panda Express the healthiest option?
    • Moody and his girlfriend
    • Shouldn’t there be pilot trust?
    • Being trained in the Fielder Method
    • How can I go to a Fielder Method class?
    • The on-hand travel agents
    • How much does this show even cost?!
    • “Talking to other people is never easy”
    • Breaking Cycles
    • Jacki’s wild ceramics class
    • This show has gone woke
      • (good.)
    • Comedians who try to talk about things that are important to them. 
    • The Cockpit simulation
    • Love troubles with Logan and Jacki
    • There are no third spaces anymore
    • Mocktails are art
    • The problem is not limited to pilots
    • There’s no life and death in the dildo business
    • Who is the experiment for?
      • (nathan)
    • Lighters were invented before matches
    • What does Nathan Fielder do for therapy?
    • A Crown of Candy is SO SAD
    • ValleyOfOh
    • LoKeHo
    • Joke Transplant: May 7
    • Comedy Works Denver New Faces: May 28

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    1 hr 15 min

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