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This episode was so good. It killed me. Brought me back to life. I laughed. I giggled like a child. I melted in the floor vicariously in the name of Bim. Stellar.
THIRST AID KIT | S6E01 | A DOG CALLED REX (with JASON MANTZOUKAS)
Look. We know what we like, OK? And it’s a wild-eyed, tousle-haired man who is funny, and smart, and so fucking engaged that chatting with him is like looking at the sun for too long, while wearing absolutely no protective glasses.
May we present Jason Mantzoukas?
There he is. Sigh.
We knew we had to come back from hiatus with a bang and there’s just none bangier than Mr M. We chatted for literal hours (because he’s a generous guy with lots of good thoughts and honestly, we didn’t wanna get off the Zoom call, to be honest.)
Some things in this BUMPER episode:
Handing over the reins of [REDACTED] to somebody else (and a man at that!) for the first time ever.
What quarantine/lockdown/social distancing has been like for Jason these last few months, as illustrated by podcast appearances
This whole thing about people feeling weird about fancying him and how it makes him feel
Getting a bicoastal dog with Bim and letting her name the dog Rex [more on this later; keep reading]
Jason’s love of romcoms
A project Jason would not be averse to: a romcom starring him and Lupita Nyong’o, with a screenplay written by Bim
Scratch that; is this movie now starring Bim? With Rex as a pretext?
Jason torturing Bim relentlessly about how much she said she fancied him and his beard in the Jasons episode from last November and Bim dying, reviving herself, melting, putting herself back together and just basically giggling like a teenager. Embarrassing, to be honest. 😩
Nichole having the time of her life watching Bim melt down but also cementing her place in the Wingman Hall of Fame with her stellar efforts 🙌🏾🥇[seriously, buy her a round on Venmo (nicholeTN) for services rendered]
Jason doing some stellar media critique on Hollywood and the boyification of the American male in pop culture [really, you should listen to him on How Did This Get Made? with Paul Scheer and June Diane Raphael because it’s an ace podcast)
Nichole and Bim gasping IN UNISON when Jason brought up Moonlighting, and said it was one of his favorites.
Nichole reveling in the fact SHE WAS RIGHT: Jason did use Mixed Chicks hair products on his curls.
Goddammit, Jason Mantzoukas. You magnificent sonofabitch.
No Fanfic Wars in the ep, because listen: the whole episode was basically a drabble come to life, and there’s no need to improve on perfection, is there? The whole thing is a hell of a ride, and you can listen to the whole episode RIGHT HERE (more ways to listen are listed below).
SOME STUFF TO WATCH AND READ, IF YOU LIKE!
A GQ Q&A with Jason from 2018
Jason on Nailed It! (it’s on Netflix. Srsly.)
Jason in pretty much everything he’s in.
This Pajiba piece about the question of Jason’s hotness (NO QUESTION!)
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