Stranger Things (I Love You, Barb) — Papa’s Basement 504
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Of Leslie Jones And Twitter Trolls — Papa’s Basement 503
I’m not really familiar with Leslie Jones. She’s apparently on SNL, and produced this bit of wisdom for the show (which resonates with me as I come to grips with […]
Pokémon Go – Papa’s Basement 502
Pokémon Go has arrived, and the world is losing its mind. I am as well, but not because I love the game: I’m a Nintendo nut and knew this game […]
Paul Feig’s Ghostbusters — Papa’s Basement 501
It’s a contentious time in this nation’s history: Pokemon Go has us fighting over PokeGyms and tiny monsters. We are busy either murdering or being murdered by cops. And I […]
Our 500th Episode — Papa’s Basement 500
One of my favorite episodes of It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia is titled “Dennis Looks Like a Registered Sex Offender.” The episode’s premise is that show protagonist Dennis Reynolds bears […]
I Don’t Understand Jazz For Sh*t
The other day, I was hanging out with my friend Howard watching Office reruns on Netflix. Because I had been drinking since 2pm and I’ve seen every episode of that […]
In Studio with Ron & Gail Bennington — Papa’s Basement 499
It isn’t often you get to meet your heroes. And, if you do, sometimes the circumstances stink, like Muhammad Ali pounding the shit out of a young, impressionable George Foreman […]
Remembering Orlando — Papa’s Basement 498
After all that happened in Orlando on Sunday at Pulse Nightclub, there wasn’t much else to talk about this week. Well, except for Christina Grimmie, a singer from the Voice, […]
Goodbye, Kimbo Slice — Papa’s Basement 497
Sure, the world would have you believe that the greatest passing in the world of combat sport this week was Muhammad Ali. But we all know the truth: MMA start […]
Why Everything I Say About Harambe Is Right — Papa’s Basement 496
Thank you, Internet, for exposing those who are wisest among us to all sorts of situations they wouldn’t have encountered in their day-to-day lives so that they might tell us […]
(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don’t Want To Be Right — Papa’s Basement 495
SiriusXM is the teets and I miss having it in my car dearly. So it was a great joy when I stole my roomie’s satellite radio-equipped vehicle this week and […]
The Penis Transplant Arms Race — Papa’s Basement 494
Doctors (specifically, a doctor named Dicken Ko, so ha) have performed the first American penis transplant. On the surface, this is great news. Thomas Manning, the peen-cipient, can live a […]
Tila Tequila Is Now Horrifically Racist — Papa’s Basement 493
We all remember Tila Tequila, right? She was famous in the mid-to-late 2000s for being a tiny Asian with huge, fake tits (it doesn’t take much to get ahead in […]
Gym War — Papa’s Basement 492
Let’s be honest: Motivating yourself to go to the gym is hard. This isn’t 1974. You can be a 400-pound blob and, between “adult” Internet content, Netflix, video games and […]
Betting On The Ponies — Papa’s Basement 491
Co-host Pete lives about 350 yards from the West Virginia border. And West Virginia, compared to Virginia, has a very vice-laden vibe. To say nothing of its vibrant (if underground) […]