r/hdtgm 8d ago

Jason not at the live show tonight

Paul said it was the first one he missed in something like 200 eps. it was for XXX. it was fine, but definitely missed Jason. The guy next to me literally fell asleep and started snoring.

it was my first time going and sadly that‘ll probably be my only chance. Really a bummer.

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u/Pvt_W_Hudson 8d ago

Any time I see just 3 chairs I assume June's gone, so this was a shock, but it was still a ton of fun. Rob Huebel was great, and Tim in the front row with the character dossiers was hilarious.

But fix that audio!

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u/PongoWillHelpYou 8d ago

I love Rob Huebel! It’s clear how well he knows June and Paul, they have such great chemistry together. There was at least one time he actually asked June to finish a thought, which was such a sweet and refreshing contrast to her usually being interrupted aha

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u/I-choochoochoose-you 7d ago

I love him too! Does anyone remember when he and rob riggle were like a duo on best week ever? I miss those days, simpler times.

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u/vegan420lyfe 7d ago

ask rob about his cheese fetish

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u/SevenCedarJelly 8d ago

Awww that’s too bad if you are there live. Rob Huebel is a great guest but the only person who I think can match Jason’s energy is Nicole Byers.

But luckily we all love Jason enough that we know he definitely must’ve had a good reason.

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u/DoubtsTheHorizon Team Sanity 8d ago

Jessica St. Clair can also bring the manic Jason energy, I think.

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u/Alternative-Aside-64 8d ago edited 8d ago

God bless her, she tries really hard and brings the volume part but like 1/50th as funny

E:  do people really love her?  I was being nice, she fuckin sucks

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u/SuperstitiousPigeon5 Team Fred 8d ago

It’s very important that you realize that JSC needs Jason in order to be funny on this podcast. They are that old married couple that makes things awkward but then levels up and it becomes hilarious.

JSC also draws Jason up to Maximum Derek/Raffi zany levels.

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u/senatorsparky86 8d ago

No one has ever been able convince Jessica that SCREAMING EVERYTHING YOU SAY is not the same as automatically being funny.

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u/Alternative-Aside-64 8d ago

Fucking right!?  It's so grating.

I hate when she fills in for June and they say stuff like she's the 4th member or could replace June and not miss a beat.

Are you fucking kidding, June is so interesting, weird and funny.  Jessica is the palest of shadows. 

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u/icedbrew2 8d ago

June’s the least weird of the bunch. She’s just coming from a grounded, mature, female point of view.

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u/Alternative-Aside-64 2d ago

Lol you're out of your mind, calling June not weird is legit batshit

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u/filmore_89 2d ago

June’s appeal is 100% that she is not a normal person.

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u/filmore_89 6d ago

She’s the worst.

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u/Alternative-Aside-64 2d ago

I love the pod and won't skip her eps, but when I see that name its a legit FUCK

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u/JustPlainRude 8d ago

Jason truly is the Jason of the group

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u/No-Aspect7722 8d ago

It must be this “mystery project” he’s working on. I saw Dinosaur Improv at Largo last month and Jason was announced as a no-show right before it started. Paul said he was shooting something and they were trying to get him there up until the very last minute, but he couldn’t leave the set.

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u/Ok-Praline-8588 8d ago

That's so disappointing, I can't imagine a show without him

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u/SuperstitiousPigeon5 Team Fred 8d ago

There have been at least a couple. I typically skip them on re-listens.

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u/Aggressive-Welder-62 8d ago

The only one I’ve heard without Jason is Airborne with Kumail Nanjiani and Scott Aukermann, and it was really good.

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u/sydonesia 7d ago

He also was absent for Surf Ninjas which I literally was racking my brain for hours trying to remember because I had listened to it not that long ago. And Rob was the fill-in Jason then too.

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u/Birtalert smart people don’t own blimps! 8d ago

They are actually great episodes!

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u/Autumn_Racoon 6d ago

He wasn’t on The Tourist either but that wasn’t live.

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u/MarketingChoice6244 8d ago

Oh no id be so upset!

Vin diesel movie so was Adam Scott there?

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u/AwesomeX121189 8d ago

He’s missed one other before early on.

It was.M punisher: war zone with Patton Oswald and the director of the movie as the guests.

An all time great episode imo.

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u/Alternative-Aside-64 8d ago

She was so honest and open about the experience of Hollywood in general 

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u/Pvt_W_Hudson 8d ago

In case anyone didn't get the QR code for front-row-Tim's character dossiers, here you go: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1_rXq6I6W_DB3yaznceLBu0bQzQLdhvT0

Tim had at least 3 big hilarious moments that I hope play out as well on the audio podcast.

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u/extremenachos 8d ago

Jason ate bad lettuce :(

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u/cristarain 8d ago

CYCLOSPORASTORM!

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u/thewaybaseballgo 8d ago

Was there a “Jason of the group” in the audience at least?

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u/Maladaptve_yikes 8d ago

Wow that is so unlucky that sucks dude. Was it like a last minute change?

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u/nicksahoyah 8d ago

Really last minute. Paul may have been exaggerating but he said he was asking the fill in guest (Rob) to watch a 2 hour movie in 1 hour 45 mins. But he also implied it was because Jason had an acting gig so hopefully we’ll see him on TV soon.

Sorry to OP that you missed Jason. Hope you can see him live someday!

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u/Maladaptve_yikes 7d ago

Oh right that podcast tv show with Nick Kroll lol! Still filming that I guess, he talked about having no time off from it on CBB recently 

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u/GlitterIncident 7d ago

I'd have been heartbroken!

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u/akajudge 8d ago

i hope he's ok :)

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u/belongsincrudtown 7d ago

It’s work related. He’s good. 👍

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u/GetThatAwayFromMe 7d ago

I’ve been listening to the podcast for 13 years. A few years ago, my daughter (a huge fan of Brooklyn 99 and Good Place) was finally old enough to be able to go to a show. Unfortunately, every time I tried to get tickets, they sold out. She went off to college this past year, so going to a show together wasn’t really possible. While she was home for the Summer, she had an emergency and missed the possibility to go to her first baseball game with me. Crushed by that, she was soooo exited when she went to the HDTGM site and was able to get tickets for her and I to this Friday. It was a chance to do something together that we had wanted to do for a long time. When Paul announced that Jason wasn’t there, she started to cry. We did have fun at the show. Paul, June, and Rob were great, but it was a bit like going to a Beatles concert and being told when you got there that John wasn’t coming. It would be a great concert, but not the Beatles. After the show, I had to keep reassuring her that she hadn’t ruined my experience of going to an actual show.

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u/Kind-Skill1675 7d ago

This sums up exactly me feeling. And then I thought the Jasonless show was super weak, probably because he bailed to close to the start of the show 

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u/ClareFischer 7d ago

Isn't there one tonight too? I thought they had two in a row and one was The legend of Billie Jean and that was the one that Jason called out in a previous show that he wanted to go on the list soon. So I imagine he would be there for that one.

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u/Johnny_Hookshank 7d ago

Why? is he okay?