It’s the high holy holiday!.

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Episode 98 – Van Der Thankful

This week, the boys get together to celebrate the most sacred holiday of the year. No, it’s not Wrong Thanksgiving, Yankees. If you’re going to have a thanksgiving try one of two things:

a) Have it be more like Canadian/Correct Thanksgiving and take place in October, where it can celebrate the harvest and also Not Freezing To Death Before Getting Poisoned (as God intended), instead of something racially uncomfortable. Save that for every OTHER day;

b) Celebrate the life and works of one James Van Der Beek, the spirit guide of Comics! The Blog;

That’s right, y’all: we’re watching Varsity Blues! It may be poorly written, not particularly competently directed and feature some problematic at best dialogue, but we love it with all our hearts nonetheless. After all, it is from MTV Films, the studio mecca that brought us Joe’s Apartment and The Perfect Score! And because it’s the high holiday of C!TB, this episode is extra indulgent and meandering. Eventually, though, stuff like the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Special and more comics from two weeks ago (last week’s had not arrived yet, SIGH) get discussed, if on-topic discussion is your jam.

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