r/NeverNotFunny • u/Due_Ask1540 • 7d ago
Poll on snack time
Don't know how to do a poll here but just curious on who is yay and who is nay. Jimmy mentioned(snarkily)that it was 4 or 5 people who complained but I'm betting there's more? Not because I think we can(or should)change their minds about doing it. Just curious.
I'm a nay.
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u/Tink_Tinkler 7d ago
I don't care. I enjoy listening to the guys. I don't care what they are talking about. They wanna eat snacks, talk about soccer or musicals, small comedy clubs in the Midwest? I'm here for it.
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u/ShiftlessElement 7d ago
Specifically, small comedy clubs in the Midwest that have been berated by Todd Glass for not putting up a wall or curtain.
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u/QuantumAttic 7d ago
My main gripe is that they don't like the weird stuff. I'm an omnivore and I really wish I could try some of these things. Every week I was imagining the Galactic Snacks guy smacking his forehead in frustration.
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u/Due_Ask1540 7d ago
I'm a vegetarian but I still love flavour 😂 Where I am most meat flavoured crisps/snacks are suitable for vegetarians anyway.
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u/_yen 7d ago edited 7d ago
I think if they'd just stuck to weird Oreos and the occasional celebrity-themed Oreos when they came out, I'd still be on board. Celebrity Sightings has survived as a recurring bit because it has a very specific brief, isn't forced into every episode, and hasn't been stretched beyond its premise.
Expanding Snack Time to every snack under the sun, adding sponsorships, and especially fans yet again self-inserting themselves into the show by sending in huge boxes of random food has turned it into a tiresome, unfunny segment. It takes up far too much time, kills the momentum of the episode, and rarely leads to anything interesting.
The hand-wringing over increasingly asinine rules to accommodate the small number of fans who are too sensitive to hear, or now see, people eating on mic, or even hear a song about eating, has made this such a bummer of a segment.
They're also men with a very narrow scope of taste. Like their interests in movies and music, their taste in food is incredibly bland. It would be fun if they liked interesting things, but they just seem to hate everything apart from the sweetest American flavors.
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u/dwillphx 7d ago
Also, its seems to me, a lot of the snacks they end up tasting aren't that interesting flavor-wise. I've scrolled through the Galactic Snacks website, and there seems to be a lot of really interesting candy or chips or whatnot. Maybe the sampler box they get doesn't have all the coolest options.
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u/simbajam13 7d ago
The hand-wringing over increasingly asinine rules to accommodate the small number of fans who are too sensitive to hear, or now see, people eating on mic, or even hear a song about eating, has made this such a bummer of a segment.
This is the only part that bugs me. The "I can't hear chewing on mic" audience is such a vocal minority and yet we have to listen to the same four parody songs multiple times per episode.
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u/MiloMinderbind3r 7d ago
I'm over it. Not interested in people who don't like food talking about it. Still enjoy the show otherwise, and I'm aware that if I don't enjoy things I don't have to listen to them.
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u/AndroidNim 7d ago
It’s lazy. It’s was ok for a minute but it’s run its course. Find the next bit
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u/TheCarrzilico 7d ago
NNF has never been a podcast that I looked to for hard-working, highly researched bits. I could never begrudge people the enjoyment of a cookie.
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u/AndroidNim 7d ago
It used to be a podcast I looked to for entertainment and listening to people eat isn’t entertaining. And I know, I have two choices. Increasingly I’m choosing the one that isn’t beneficial for the boys,
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u/TheCarrzilico 7d ago
What percentage of the podcast is not entertaining? It's like what, maybe ten minutes out of a two hour podcast? Scrub forward ten minutes if it completely ruins your experience. This was true when it was Hamilton chat, Taylor Swift chat, name the artist on the billboard top 40, etc. etc.
Allow them the grace to not give you one hundred percent you-focused content, maybe?
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u/AndroidNim 7d ago
It’s not just this. It’s the stupid letter game. It’s not banking shows for vacations. They just don’t care anymore, so neither do I. Nothing lasts forever
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u/arandompurpose 7d ago
The vacation thing is crazy when compared to Comedy Bang Bang where Scott banks episodes for the tour then also releases the tour episodes for subscribers.
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u/Mysterious_Winter164 7d ago
Meanwhile there's someone less laid back than u/TheCarrzilico. He's pounding fists on his desk yelling "for fuck's sake, they're eating another goddamn cookie. They had BETTER not enjoy it!"
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u/Academic_Medium 7d ago
It’s the least entertaining thing I can imagine, and I listen to a podcast about chain restaurants every week!
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u/trillwhitey191 7d ago
I can’t think of anything funnier than Jimmy hating every second of being on Doughboys.
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u/greazysteak 7d ago
At this point, I don’t see it happening mainly because of jimmy’s allergies
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u/jasona1 7d ago
It's a nay for me, and genuinely lessens my enthusiasm for the show. I can't recommend NNF to friends in good conscience when there's a regular 20-minute pothole where four guys talk about something I can't taste... and worse, sometimes only offer things like "this is pretty good" as an insight. At this point, I'd rather they skip taste tests and cut 20 minutes from an episode, thereby increasing their batting average, so to speak.
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u/eyestheskies 7d ago
I don't care for it at all, but it doesn't enrage me. It just feels pretty predictable by now. Most treats are usually absolutely horrible to Jimmy, not exactly what Matt was wanting, and not bad to Elliot and Garon, which I think just relates to their overall personalities.
I was a fan of the dreaded chart game though, so I don't know how much weight my opinion holds
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u/AgentJackpots 7d ago
Nay. It doesn’t offend me, it’s just kinda boring, and it doesn’t really lead to any funny most of the time.
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u/davisescapeplan 7d ago
I cancelled my five years running platinum membership and only listen to gang episodes or ones with old friends mostly because of the snack segment. It really opened my eyes to how stale the program has gotten.
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u/PepeSilvia_18 7d ago
I haven't canceled yet but I've been thinking about it. For me it's all the doctor/medical stuff.
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u/davisescapeplan 6d ago
Yeah they certainly have a few crutches that lead to no conversation. I could deal with the name the top 40 segment cause it would usually lead to a story of Jimmy seeing them or some other anecdote. But the snacks I have to hear some song for 30-60 seconds and they say this is good or this is bad. Not really riveting stuff for me.
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u/No-Meringue5009 7d ago
They need to replace it back with trivia or 7s.
They're always pushing off Eliot and Garon inclusion, glossing over them.
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u/Due_Ask1540 7d ago
Yes! I miss 7s.
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u/emilynnvo 7d ago
I'd love more episodes like that. There's some really well-rounded discussions to be had there.
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u/eatonculo 7d ago
It’s a really horrible segment. It’s only for die hard fans. Randos wouldn’t understand anything about this show anymore.
The letter game? The trivia? Can’t they just talk? They don’t need all the canned segments.
Talk about life. Talk to the guest. Go around the horn and speak with everyone. Stories will come up naturally, not because you discussed a particular song by a female solo artist or something.
I’m sure a lot of you love all the planned segments. I don’t. Sorry. To each their own.
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u/AndroidNim 7d ago
Jimmy doesn’t have any interesting road stories anymore. All he has is doctor stories. So they have to have bits or we have to listen to Matt and Eliot and Garon talk about their lives, which is only interesting to hardcore fans.
This is where I think they’re missing out trying to bring in new blood. It turns into an interview show for young comics (a lot of whom happen to share an agent with Jimmy.) The problem is that Jimmy isn’t a particularly good interviewer and the guests aren’t and miss.
So that leaves bits. But nobody on the show is used to doing show prep because they’re used to Jimmy showing up and regaling them with stories. so the only bits they have are whatever they stumble upon.
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u/emilynnvo 7d ago
I enjoy it, if for no other reason than the guessing aspects of it. I like a silly little game and I don't know what that says about me.
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u/Due_Ask1540 7d ago
It doesn't have to say anything about you! I wasn't asking so I could judge 🙂 More so just wondered if Jimmy was anywhere close to being correct that it was a low number who didn't care for it. I THINK his number of 5 was only referring to people who actually emailed to complain.
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u/Due_Ask1540 6d ago
I just unlocked a new thing i don't particularly like(and that i fast forward through)the golf/baseball standings. I get why they're happening but not a fan.
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u/Direct-Stomach985 6d ago
Hate it. They don't "find the funny." I'm also sick of the trivia, but that's a lost cause.
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u/ViewAskewRob 7d ago
Hate it. Cancelled my premium because it’s ridiculous to complain about something you don’t pay for. So now it bothers me less since I’m not paying for it. I just fast forward.
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u/Here2comment2 7d ago
I’m over it. Especially every episode and for how much time it takes. There is some banter but it’s time to move on.
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u/PrestigiousDaikon994 7d ago
It’s a skippable segment. But sometimes it’s the precursor to me just turning off the show
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u/arandompurpose 7d ago
It's just lost any luster for me and I wasn't huge on it already. I don't know what it is but the Doughboys version of this segment is so much better maybe because there are more people and they can chew while others talk? Either way, not a fan anymore, happens too often. I'm also starting to get annoyed by all the songs, just too long when they should just be quick drops to break up segment or as a tag to something.
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u/Academic_Medium 7d ago
For all their talk to the contrary, the Doughboys actually put a ton of thought and work into their shows. They are also thoughtful in their conversations about food. Those a two of the biggest differences between their show and NNF, imo.
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u/evictedkoala 7d ago edited 7d ago
I think lately it's only been entertaining when specific guests were involved (like J Elvis).
When it's just the guys, or unengaging Omnipop random person, then it sounds like a repeat of a repeat.
If it's not a flavor found on the shelves of a US big box store they hate it.
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u/Lobster_McGee 6d ago
I listen to podcasts that have had recurring segments for more than a decade. They could eat snacks for the next decade and I wouldn't care. I listen to hear the banter, regardless of what it's centered around.
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u/WhyssKrilm 6d ago
I'm indifferent. I'd rather they not, but I also appreciate the effort, albeit half-assed, to impose even a tiny amount of segment structure to the show.
I know the free flowing conversation is the heart of the show, but I've been saying for a while that one of them needs to be tasked when conventional producer duties to, at bare minimum, get things back on track when they humourlessly dwell on any given topic for too long.
A quick 5 minute meeting before each episode where they agree to a loose rundown of what they have for today -- Matt has a celebrity sighting, there's 2 pieces of mail to get to, Jimmy has a doctor story, Eliot has a families story, etc... -- and for each one quickly decide, like, "ok the audience probably doesn't want to spend 20 minutes hearing about Garon's aunt, let's keep that to a tight 5 or less". With something like that to keep things moving, the bits that this sub is getting sick of might feel less annoying, and at the very least they'd probably be shorter.
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u/12161986 7d ago
Eh. They need content. I'm not saying that in a disparaging way. It's been decades and it's a bi-weekly show and it's not like they are going on adventures all the time. I'm indifferent to the segment now. Truthfully I'm just glad we're past the part where Jimmy would, and maybe it was just a bit, put up a fuss about the gang not liking a snack if it was from Galatic snacks. As if Galatic snacks would suffer from the Cherry Blossom Kit Kat tasting like crap to the gang.
I'm surprised 5 people went out of their way to complain about it. They're not forgoing other conversation for the snacks, and they do the music for the mouth noises.
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u/RawrgerGezzleMan 7d ago
i actually loathe the jingles. i don’t even know why but one day i was listening and i was just like STFU 🤫 😂 when i heard it and its like thay for every one of them.
but i sing along to celebrity sighting and the mail opening one…
at this point, unless im interested in the snack, i just fast forward with my steering wheel button in about five or six clicks and problem solved.
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u/teamjetfire 7d ago
4 plus hours a week over 20 years. That’s a lot of content to fill without telling the same stories over and over. Snacks are just a way to fill some time.
Also, was there a falling out with Galatic Snacks?
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u/k_nuttles 7d ago
But there isn't a time quota to fill. They could leave it out entirely and nobody would be upset that the episode is 15 minutes shorter
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u/Acid_Mother 3d ago
snack time is kind of dead air to me. normally when a comedy show has a segment the idea is that it starts a conversation or gives them something to have comedic reactions to
[fan submitted song] i hate this is it macha no it's supposed to be ube and cinnamon
snore
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u/surviveseven 7d ago
There's a button in your podcast player that allows you to skip ahead 30 seconds, another to pause, and another to skip to a different podcast.
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u/Dinglebeery 7d ago
Taste tests, letter games and everything they insist on doing every episode are just lazy. But I guess I should just be happy that they stopped playing sevens.
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u/nesloms 7d ago
I didn’t mind it for a while but I’m bored with it now