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Just found the show, listened to the first 11 episodes in like 4 days and am really digging it. Question is: should I listen to the other 176 episodes, or should I just jump to the most recent? It seems like the show would be even better when the topics are up-to-date. I don’t think I want to spend the next sixth months slowly reviewing the years 2007-2009.

Any advice will be appreciated.

shakrat - Oct 15th 2009 @ 08:31 pm

Just found the show, listened to the first 11 episodes in like 4 days and am really digging it. Question is: should I listen to the other 176 episodes, or should I just jump to the most recent? It seems like the show would be even better when the topics are up-to-date. I don’t think I want to spend the next sixth months slowly reviewing the years 2007-2009.

Any advice will be appreciated.

Hello new subject to the UYD kingdom. I think if you have the time, you are def going to wanna listen to the remaining shows. It’s cool to see how it evolves over the years and kind of ride the wave of various running topics. If you’re running short on time, Weck’s Wiki (Wiki link at the top of this website) gives a great synopsis of each ep, but its just not the same as the experience. You may want to check out Jah on facebook as well. Seth avoids the tech stuff, but Jah is great about keeping us up to speed. Welcome to the brotherhood. 

I must agree with my fellow subject.  I received the glory at Ep. 112, but took the time to dip into the rest of the catalog from the beginning.  It took me about a month and a half.  You won’t be sorry.

I would like to quote my good friend Mundane Soul

“Start from episode 1. If you jump in now you’ll be highly entertained, but about half the jokes won’t mean as much to you”

My favorite part is this…

“This is a thing that builds up from the basement to the heavens”

Nothing could be truer.

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i always listened to the most recent ep while dipping into the back catalog. that way i stayed current with what they were saying, but still got in 5-6 eps a day.

i will say that some things are funnier in their current frame of time. like, if seth brings up balloon boy on saturday… is it going to be funnier hearing it now or 2 years from now? thats why i never wanted to miss the most recent episode, because of the current event shit. and what will happen is you will want to go back and listen to all these current ones when you make your way to them because, most likely, they will be full of jokes and inside humor you may not have picked up on at first hearing.

I’d like to second everyone’s comments in saying that you’ll want to listen to all the shows. I think I’m on my 5th run through the entire catalog. I was lucky enough to find the best podcast on earth around eppy 130ish, loved it, subscribed, and proceeded to download the rest of the shows. You can still listen to the most recent show and love it, but to experience the full UYD flavor it’s a must to rock them all. You will not be disappointed… trust.

Well that’s unanimous then. I’ll listen to the new ones as they come out, and work through the archive slowly. Now, to figure out how to make iTunes do that without taking up all my disk space. . .

It’s really rough once you catch up.  You feel dead inside when, after listening to episodes back to back, you realize you have to wait a week for a new one.

That’s when you pull a double dip, pu.

“Would you like to share?” the group leader asked

“Sure.  My name is for short, and I’m addicted to UYD.”

“Ummm….. good to have you for short. I’m just curious. What kind of drug is UYD? I’ve never heard of it before.”

“Oh, it’s the most addictive, best drug ever. It makes you laugh and think. I can’t get off it. Problem is, I ran out of episodes. They gave it to me for free. Now I only get it once a week. I’m going fucking crazy!”

“Did you say episodes?”

“Yeah”

“Are you talking about a TV show?”

“No, I’m talking about a podcast. Dummy.”

“Sir, this is a group for drug addicts.”

“But I’m losing my shit, can’t someone help me?”

  The group leader got up and went to the corner. She made a call on her cell. After a few minutes of talking in hushed tones she returned to the group.

“Did you say UYD?”

“Yes”

“Take this address, someone across town can help you”

“OK”

for short took the address and jumped in his car. He put 187 on again. He could almost recite it word for word. It was only Friday. He might Murder himself before Monday, or Tuesday. God forbid it was late. Those days were the hardest. He sped across town and pulled into a full parking lot. He hurried inside.

“I’m…..”

“I know why you are here. Go down the hall to the left, room 112” said the desk clerk

for short almost ran. He felt maybe he had hope. He came to a door, 112. He opened and was shocked to see a room full of people in UYD shirts, some natural, some black, some even tie-dyed. Hairy designs and black shirts with an amazing logo.

A man at the front of the room spoke “Welcome for short. Welcome to Uhh Yeah Dude Anonymous. We can help you”

  for short began to cry. Could they really help him?

and the sad thing is… they never could.

for short was arrested a week later for trying to smell seth’s hair at a starbucks.

This is my first post on the forum, but I have been listening to UYD for some time.  I second listening to recent episodes as they come out, but catching up on past shows at the same time.  The fact that the stories are old makes no difference to the fact that the show is funny as hell.

I don’t think you’ll be able to stop yourself from listening to them all, once you have started.  I highly recommend it, because then a lot of the present references make more sense.

Dqvid - Oct 17th 2009 @ 07:36 pm

and the sad thing is… they never could.

for short was arrested a week later for trying to smell seth’s hair at a starbucks.

“Thanks for bailing me out Dqvid”

“No problem for short. So when’s my shirt coming?”

“I know, I know, you didn’t get it yet. I’m really sorry, everyone has one except for you. I think it’s cuz you live on the other side of the planet. I’m trying man, I really am. With this restraining order on me, maybe I’ll have more time”

“Why did you smell his hair? That’s creepy”

“I don’t know, I was just going to say Hi, but his hair looked so perfect and I just wanted to smell what product got it that way”

“That’s weird Dude”

“Yeah. Well, thanks again man, have a nice flight back”

“Later”

“Later Kiwi”

for short was glad Dqvid came to help him. County jail was full of Peeds and Thugs. Someone told him he was going to get his salad tossed. He wasn’t sure what that meant, but he didn’t like the sound of it.

The walk back to his Crib was lonely. Along the way he was taunted by pretty much everyone with a January join date. It hurt so bad he didn’t know what to do. Then in a window he saw his salvation. It was so beautiful. It was calling him. for short ran into the store.

“How much for that beauty in the window?”

“It’s not for sale” grumbled the store owner

“Why is it in the window?”

“It’s not for sale, it’s for you”

“What?”

The store’s owner turned on his heel and walked in the back room. for short waited, and waited.

“Hello, sir?”

Nobody answered. for short walked into the back room. Empty. No store owner, no nothing. for short didn’t understand. He walked out into the store and went to the window. for short looked around and decided he would just take it. The guy said it was for him, but he still felt weird. He put it under his coat and hurried outside.

As he ran home people randomly hurled insults at him.

“Really Dude? 900+ posts. You’re an asshole”

  for short decided it was time for a power jam. It hurts so good seemed right for the moment. Power jam inserted, for short made it home safely.

He had been in jail all night and was pretty hungry. He opened his fridge to find one lonely grape. That’s all he had and all he was. One Lonely Grape. Fuck, good band name.

Dejected and hungry, he sat down on the floor with his new friend. On the table he saw a marker. He began to write. With each stoke he felt reborn. When he finished scrawling he took his new friend to the mirror. He placed the cowboy hat on his head.

He was a new man with a new plan. He would show them. They thought he sucked before.

“Wait until they meet the new me!” for short cackled insanely

Uh oh. I think for short is about to drop a bomb on us.

Yes. Listen to as many episodes as you physically are able to….  take your time though….  be careful to tread the line where jah and seth start commenting on everything you are doing in your head when you stop listening….

That’s a good question, but I think with time you will want to listen to the whole catalog just so you can catch sly references in the mix and amaze your friends with your new UYD slango.

Just take your time. They’re all entertaining.

I’m also new—backtracked from more recent to ep155 & then realized it’s much better to start from the beginning (while listening to each new episode)...I have the advantage of being under headphones most of my day as a cubicle slave, tho coworkers are wondering why I’m silently laughing with tears in my eyes (Jah poetry)...Currently listening to ep40 (addictive listening while working on photos) , death of King of the Hobos & Uhh Yeah, I’ve actually seen the Hobo Museum. I hope it’s not too off point to paste a link to a photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/francesrust/2139620577/

gabba gabba hey, yeah.

never bothered me about the events being current or in the past, they’re not really time stamped.

it’s more of a spring board from which they jump, not a newscast.

You all are hardcore, yo.  I listen to the weekly ep and maybe a few more from the archive every week.  I don’t mainline that shit.  Clearly I don’t have a problem.  Could stop any time I wanted, honest.

I just figured it out. for short is an unabashed attention-whore who is almost impossible to hate.