717 – Todd Levin
Released 9/8/2010
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Intro: Jimmy opens strong as always with a breathy, choking, awkward introduction, and hopes this is someone’s first episode
1:10 The 717 might be an airplane, and model numbers are based on number of seats
1:45 Jimmy gets concerned about Matt’s water-drinking Nozeroftoo (sic) face
2:00 Pronunciation lessons for Jimmy: NOSFERATU
2:40 Jimmy cannot speak more highly about this gorgeous day
3:00 Eliot salutes his superior
3:15: Eliot needs to get (a) a mic or (b) out of here
3:25 Jimmy talks about his construction plans for the asshole room
3:45 Danny is still not fired. Yet.
4:00 Introducing Italian Matt
4:30 Matt doesn’t even want a window in the asshole room
5:00 Giving Dan a personality was a big mistake
5:25 Todd Levin is author number 4 this season: Sex: Our Bodies, Our Junk
6:00 Dan is very helpful but at the totally wrong time
6:30 Jimmy has still not forgiven Dan’s lack of Googling skills on the last episode
7:30 Bearded Todd Levin looks like Cat Stevens
8:00 Jimmy avoids hackey snarkiness on Facebook, but brings it out here
8:30 Todd’s bandana tells us he is “on the fuck”
8:40 Al Pacino doing “Al Pacino” at the Emmys
9:40 “Ahhh, we just saw the Emmys you guys.”
9:50 Maybe Temple Grandin could have stood up more at the Emmys
11:00 Inside podcast talk regarding Labor Day
11:30 Cesar Chavez boxer, street, or activist?
12:15 Todd was nominated for writing at the ponytail Emmys
13:30 Todd’s patience with the ponytail Emmys and Ann-Margaret
14:30 Was Betty White there, or was it Jaleel?
15:00 East Bound and Down (Jerry Reed)
15:05 Remembering the glory of Footloose
16:00 Todd’s extensive and enviable audition and acting resume
17:00 Jimmy has read 80% of Todd’s book
17:15 Jimmy misunderstands how to read a bathroom book
18:00 Todd’s book is really funny, despite the guy who gave it one star on Amazon after he “received it”
20:00 WARNING: Todd’s comedy sex book is in no way informative or educational
20:45 Todd warns his parents: don’t brag about his book
23:00 The writing collaboration process, and Andy Richter’s contribution
25:30 Todd’s piece in GQ magazine’s comedy issue
26:00 Jimmy’ is angry at not being mentioned in GQ, but he was
27:45 The handsomeness, career, and age of Paul Rudd
28:10 “42 is the answer to everything in the universe”
28:30 Matt steals Jimmy’s age joke right in front of him
29:15 8th grade class reunion talk
30:50 Todd’s moved a lot since his folks were possibly in the CIA
31:50 Hometown, Illinois, history and location
32:30 Racism is still alive in south Chicago
33:10 Nosferatu, the other N word
33:30 Barry said the wrong thing to the wrong people
35:20 Jimmy was raised to n
ot say such things
36:15 Jimmy goes ape over Eliot yelling out
37:00 Jimmy gets to the bottom of the Chapstick story
38:50 Warning, The Chapstick story is a real letdown
39:45 Many girls had their first kiss with Jimmy Pardo
40:00 Jimmy does the Chapstick Chomp
40:30 Todd thinks Jimmy’s shits must have looked laminated
41:30 JImmy was an 8th grade lothario
41:50 Jimmy makes up a special asshole song just for Todd
42:15 Eating Chapstick: funny or territorial?
43:30 Matt’s self-inflicted itching powder
44:30 Was Jimmy a funny kid, or just an asshole?
44:45 Don’t talk to your teacher about wet dreams
45:00 Todd’s pranks with the hearing impaired
46:45 Danielle’s work on The Dish is very popular at the reunion
47:55 “It’s just constructive criticism.”
48:30 Loving Jimmy, hating The Dish
49:30 The reunion attendee from London
50:00 The old friends saw Jimmy on a coupla goofy things. And Becker.
51:00 There’s some funny on Family Guy
52:30 “Any press is good press, congrats.”
53:30 At the reunion, Jimmy was Jimmy Lite
54:15 Strangers shouldn’t make ball-busting jokes, even to comedians
55:15 Todd’s go-to: “You seem nice.”
55:45 If Jimmy mentioned mean emails again, stop him
56:00 Rain Wilson doesn’t need to know your negative thoughts about Jimmy
57:00 Insult comics love being insulted.
57:20 “Careful Don, that’s how Houdini died!”
57:25 BREAK TIME
57:50 Tope 5 breaks of all time
58:00 This was not a pulling-apart break, but a growing together break
58:15 The TV Hat contest is a FAILURE!
58:50 The bar was too high, since there were no entries! (But the deadline is not yet up at the time of recording.)
59:00 Scorcese, the former cokehead, may submit a video
1:00:00 Todd’s celebrity crushes Julie Delfy from Before Sunrise and Before Sunset, and Topol
1:01:20 Which toothpastes are now gone?
1:02:00 Jimmy loves the idea of the 30-Second Smile
1:02:45 Al Gore invented the Interplak
1:04:30 “Darryl, put this on Never Not Notes!”
1:05:00 Oral Hygiene talk
1:06:00 Gummy candy works the best for getting cavities
1:07:30 Back to TV Hat contest failure
1:08:50 There’s 2 more days left before deadline, so it might not be a failure
1:09:45 “Pardo’s Folly” calling Matt’s dad
1:10:15 Checking in with Matt on the fallout of the phone call
1:10:40 Todd’s camera-take
1:13:00 Matt’s dad was just sorry that he wasn’t funny during the call
1:14:30 Matt now agrees with Jimmy that grown-ups shouldn’t go overboard with getting presents
1:15:30 Eliot needs Dan’s approval for his “dual birthday / birthday duel” joke
1:17:00 Matt’s eclectic mix of gifts
1:19:15 Homeboy large tee shirt
1:22:00 Jimmy’s gift: a George Foreman Grill, and not a USB turntable
1:24:30 Todd’s most disappointing Christmas present
1:28:20 Itchy ear, itchy ear, itchy ear, itchy ear, itchy ear
1:28:40 Todd was not as terrified this time, and hydrated before hand
1:29:40 Who should read The Fountainhead?
1:31:20 Weird, coincidental Fountainhead related email
1:32:00 Do you get a letter when Emmy-nominated?
1:33:00 Can the listener hear Eliot? Should they?
1:33:50 Matt may need mental-health help
1:34:00 Matt is the skinny, happier-go-lucky, white guy
1:34:15 Matt Besser’s qualifications to judge a show at UCB
1:35:45 Jimmy’s POP Cycling Classic
1:36:15 Matt’s parking-lot giveaway tee shirt gift
Onnnnn the podcast!
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