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squidink

Re: podcasts, I hate when hosts do their sponsored ads but decide they need to punch up the copy so much that it takes five times longer than it should. Blank Check is really bad for that so I'm just there tapping away at the +15s button over and over and getting more annoyed at their little skit.

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ric_a5 in reply to @squidink

Haven't listened to Blank Check for a while but I seem to remember (sorry @Hefty) when they first announced they were in a position to do ads Griffin couldn't wait to get started on it. Think it was suggested that David would just record things and slide it in in post but Griffin jokingly said he'd quit if he didn't get to do the ad read but then not actually that jokingly (hopefully this is the same Blank Check).

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Hefty in reply to @ric_a5

I seem to remember

You should apologise to @squidink too, ‘I think’ would have done just as well.
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squidink in reply to @ric_a5

Yes it's Griffin who really stretches them out a lot I think with e.g. characters he invents for the ad. Griffin has tons of energy to burn which is fine for the show, but I know other podcasts that zip through the ad read and still put a bit of their humour in there so I don't bother reaching for the skip button, whereas these BC ones end up going on longer than actual broadcast TV ad breaks sometimes.