Listening to that pig eat ice cream and talk was too much for me. Mark, here is an opportunity to make shekels. Robb and Oscar with RJ would be better than having the Toad. Give it a try and you will see. I would rather hear this show without the Toad than with him. He has become just too gross and mean.The good: This show has moments of true greatness. True brilliance. That is the good part. The good parts happen as the 4 characters forget who they are for awhile - specifically when Mike takes on one of his many personalities/voices. At these moments you don't want to be in the dentist's chair. Twice I was listening to this show while having my teeth cleaned. Both times I almost choked to death. I don't do it anymore. Mike's mimic power is great, and the repartee between Mike and Robb is maybe the funniest chemistry in the entire pod world.The bad: The bad part is that all the characters seem to be terrified of Mike who often morphs into a mean Irish Toad. He presides over the others like Capone with his baseball bat. O'Meara attained some small-time regional success and fame so that the others are unduly impressed. This is too bad as the others are generally more entertaining. Robb (the funniest of the group) is perhaps a real comedy talent, but lacks confidence from years of beatings by the Toad. Oscar is a young douchebag who excels at story-telling while Buzz is an old pot head pervert who ads very funny comments and a great laugh. Unfortunately, this all takes place under a cloud of nervous tension and forced laughs. The group often spends great amounts of time making plans. They also spend an inordinate amount of time talking about booze and their love/hate relationship with alcoholism. More bad.The ugly: Occasionally, you will have to listen to these alcoholics and potheads talking about the evils of drug abuse. You will have to listen to Robb's radio clips of people who have been horribly maimed while he laughs at them. You will be subjected to flag-waving and cop-praises while they simultaneously arrive almost every day with some new chickens##t traffic ticket. You will have to listen to endless fart and bodily fluid jokes and talk of perpetual battles with weight control and scat-obsessed life styles. You will have to listen to for-real alcoholics vacillating between giddy party anticipation and strung-out hangovers with fresh commitments to sobriety. Gets old.Quite a mixed bag. Tolerable as you get to know the cast. Worth wearing some headphones at work if you have the option. Probably beats listening to your workmates. Well-recorded with brief moments of real comedy gold.
