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re: S-town: New podcast from makers of Serial

Posted on 3/29/17 at 11:26 am to
Posted by Josh Fenderman
Ron Don Volante's PlayPen
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Posted on 3/29/17 at 11:26 am to
Damn is that John B?

I'm only past episode 4, but there was a hilarious line in the third from Tyler
Posted by tylercsbn9
Cypress, TX
Member since Feb 2004
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Posted on 3/29/17 at 11:39 am to
Yes.

Here is his property.



This post was edited on 3/29/17 at 11:41 am
Posted by jordan21210
Member since Apr 2009
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Posted on 3/29/17 at 12:55 pm to
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I just finished episode 3 and I just want to say I'd love to have a hype man like Uncle Jimmy


Was LOL'ing at uncle jimmy when listening. Tyler is sitting there talking about the death of someone he saw almost as a father and jimmy's in the back "AWYESSAWWW....YUP....GAWDAMRIGHT"
Posted by JBeam
Guns,Germs & Steel
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Posted on 3/29/17 at 1:12 pm to
Currently on Ch.1
Posted by Josh Fenderman
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Posted on 3/29/17 at 1:19 pm to
It gets into Dancin Outlaw territory around that point
Posted by Civildawg
Member since May 2012
8596 posts
Posted on 3/29/17 at 3:14 pm to
I'm 20 minutes in Chapter 1 and I just dont know how much I believe this story. The gay southern accent seems really fake to me.
Posted by buckeye_vol
Member since Jul 2014
35242 posts
Posted on 3/29/17 at 4:58 pm to
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I'm 20 minutes in Chapter 1 and I just dont know how much I believe this story. The gay southern accent seems really fake to me.
My friend thought it was fiction until he researched it when he finished it.
Posted by JBeam
Guns,Germs & Steel
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Posted on 3/29/17 at 6:43 pm to
The beginning of episode 2. Well this is just a picturesque recording of the modern day south.
Posted by BayouBengals337
Lafayette
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Posted on 3/30/17 at 2:48 pm to
Finished it last night. Was decent, but I started to lose interest towards the end.
Posted by quail man
New York, NY
Member since May 2010
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Posted on 4/2/17 at 9:17 pm to
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I just finished episode 3 and I just want to say I'd love to have a hype man like Uncle Jimmy.



probably my favorite part of the whole series was whenever Uncle Jimmy was involved.

interesting series. just finished it up. pretty interesting piece.
Posted by Nodust
Member since Aug 2010
22635 posts
Posted on 4/2/17 at 9:51 pm to
I found it on google maps. Easy to find across the road from South Forty Crossing. You can just search
quote:

John B. McLemore's Hedge Maze
in maps.

Good podcast. It had some spots where I just wanted to get to the end. But interesting.
Posted by FootballNostradamus
Member since Nov 2009
20509 posts
Posted on 4/2/17 at 10:31 pm to
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Finished it last night. Was decent, but I started to lose interest towards the end.


Agreed.

*Spoilers (sorta)*


As expected, great production value from TAL and John B was an epic character, but you could tell they were hoping for more to develop and it kinda stalls at the end.
Posted by DCtiger1
Panama City Beach
Member since Jul 2009
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Posted on 4/3/17 at 8:35 am to
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The gay southern accent seems really fake to me.


What? That's a pretty standard southern accent for Alabama and parts of Mississippi.
Posted by The Spleen
Member since Dec 2010
38865 posts
Posted on 4/3/17 at 9:26 am to
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What? That's a pretty standard southern accent for Alabama and parts of Mississippi.



Agreed. I've talked to dozens of people with that same accent.

As for John B, anyone that has spent time in rural Alabama has most likely met someone like John B. Eccentric, never married, lives with and takes care of momma, rumored to be gay, highly intelligent, very opinionated, etc. I suspect some of their anger at the world stems from their attempts to suppress their homosexual desires.
Posted by Ryne Sandberg
Team Am Mart
Member since Apr 2009
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Posted on 4/3/17 at 10:14 am to
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As for John B, anyone that has spent time in rural Alabama has most likely met someone like John B. Eccentric, never married, lives with and takes care of momma, rumored to be gay, highly intelligent, very opinionated, etc. I suspect some of their anger at the world stems from their attempts to suppress their homosexual desires.

I think for Southerners, this story is mostly kind of interesting at its best. For Northerners who haven't experienced the rural south and people like this it will create sympathy and feelings I guess. It was interesting-ish, but just petered out by the end. Was a 3 out of 5 stars.
Posted by DCtiger1
Panama City Beach
Member since Jul 2009
8795 posts
Posted on 4/3/17 at 11:32 am to
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It was interesting-ish, but just petered out by the end. Was a 3 out of 5 stars.


I want to know if he truly had gold and if he did where it is damnit
Posted by The Spleen
Member since Dec 2010
38865 posts
Posted on 4/3/17 at 11:44 am to
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I think for Southerners, this story is mostly kind of interesting at its best. For Northerners who haven't experienced the rural south and people like this it will create sympathy and feelings I guess



It's probably more a rural/urban difference than a North/South one. A few of my friends here in Birmingham are astounded something like this, and people like that, reside 20 minutes outside of town. These are people that have lived their entire life in Alabama, though mostly in Birmingham.

And maybe it's just because I've been drawn to eccentric personalities my whole life, but John B didn't seem all that unusual to me. I've met dozens of people like him in this state. The story is still fascinating and entertaining, but I'm only through 3 episodes. I've heard it kind of loses its appeal in the coming episodes.
This post was edited on 4/3/17 at 11:45 am
Posted by FootballNostradamus
Member since Nov 2009
20509 posts
Posted on 4/3/17 at 12:13 pm to
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I want to know if he truly had gold and if he did where it is damnit


Yea you could tell they wanted it to snowball into something much bigger with the gold and the cousins and Tyler, but in the end (atleast until now) there wasn't much to discover on that front so it just went back to John.

I still found him to be incredibly interesting and funny as hell. I also thought it was cool learning where "mad as a hatter" comes from and the process of mercury vaporizing or flash forging or whatever they call it. That's some crazy shite.
Posted by DCtiger1
Panama City Beach
Member since Jul 2009
8795 posts
Posted on 4/3/17 at 12:42 pm to
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I still found him to be incredibly interesting and funny as hell


I found myself constantly changing my perception of the cousins and Tyler the more I listened.
Posted by JuiceTerry
Roond the Scheme
Member since Apr 2013
40868 posts
Posted on 4/3/17 at 2:28 pm to
It was great. I've met all of those types of folk all over the South. But yeah, Bibb County, Alabama. John B is definitely a character and the podcast really slowed down after episode 2.
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