Now that’s the stuff! I like the interaction between Joanne and those ostensibly off camera. Keep up the great work!
Joanne is charming. I am ashamed to admit it, but I am missing Amanda less and less each day.
It appears that you are getting closer to launching each day by 9:00 am too. I hope you keep the momentum. Kudos to Andrew and the rest of the Rocketboom team. Simply Smashing!
Now THIS is a great Rocketboom episode. After the whole Buffalo thing yesterday I was a bit concerned. Perhaps it was the big production number that caused them to have to do a two day shoot or something. Quite possible.
Rocketboom will be just fine if they keep this up.
Good move guys, you made about 300,000 TBTV fans not so sad about Amanda’s absense for at least another week. It was an excellant move to do this so soon.
i have the feeling that any moment drew offers joan the….lets say…the 69% of rb??
i liked so much the end, and the cocktail made me think of joan’s accent, nobody will answer this but that’s pure british or what??? there’s no german, polish, ukrainian something like that mixing??
Thank my lucky stars LaLa showed up - I was about to turn that annoying other biatch off! [still says ROCKETBOOM daily with Amanda Congdon on the Real Player edition - Wake up!]
Haven’t watched or posted in a while but am glad I came back. Andrew, you might be a good Svengali or a nasty Svengali, Gene Kelly or James Mason, and in traditional media no-one would know or care. This is perhaps one of the extraordinary things about this new medium, we are all involved.
Admittedly I really enjoyed today’s episode, but regardless of whether or not RB is working on getting it’s groove back, I’ve got to ask, ‘Why did Andrew pull out the “BIG GUNS” by having the Tiki Crew show up? Could it be that Andrew is “SCARED!”
My request
1. Better sound quality. Using typewriter sound effects to try to cover up amateur sound recording is not professional
2. Use either scripts, or make sure your people don’t talk over themselves when improvising
3. Puppets. This show needs puppets.
You know, that was just fantastic. I enjoyed watching Rocketboom 1.0, and I’m glad that Rocketboom 2.0 is taking on its own personality, and not just trying to recycle the Rocketboom 1.0 humor. Viva Ms. Colan!
Keep the momentum up. Very nice show and I do like Joann. Loose the aanoying type-write noise and you are 99% there. Great idea and way to show off Joann’s ability to ACT! She is charming!
So you decided to replace Rocketboom with “Smack The Pony”. Why didn’t you say so~~there may be hope yet after all. Sally Phillips’ hair is longer than I remembered…and she seems taller.
A fun segment, nicely transitioning from “serious” to “loose”. One improvement would have been to remove the hair broach that Joanne had such that her hair was also “casual”.
Keep up the good (&clean) work.
P.S. A different background would compliment Joanne for she fills more of the camera lens than A.C. did. Perhaps time for a contest?
I gotta tell you…that was absolutely PATHETIC. If that is the best you can do (even on short notice) I hold grave fears for this proggie. This was SO BAD I cringed. You would have been better off just mashing some of your archives and letting Joanne talk. Amanda must be laughing her head off. Score 2/10 - mostly for Joanne’s good looks and voice.
I’m new to rocketboom. Saw the dramatic “first day” yesterday –and related comments! But I feel I’ll be hooked to this for a while after today’s episode!
well.. okay today was really good, but…not sure if RB will continue to take up space on my Tivo…we will see, I found Amanda a bit annoying at first, but then as many others obviously found she was addicting…
I’ll add to the audio comments, I count 19 so far. You really have to do something about it, it’s getting worse by the day. Maybe give JC a shirt mic? After yesterday’s fiasco with the buffalo (interesting bit, but definately not Rocketboom material) I’d say you did a good job today and very much impressed thanks to the help of the Tiki gang.
Wow, I loved it! My two favorite Vodcasts together! I was really scared after yesterday, but you really came back with a good one. Awesome! Keep it up.
Behold the Tiki vote-of-confidence by stepping in to help out on an episode. That says a lot. What sweethearts. And funny too. The transition will all work out in the end. The Andrew bashing is getting old quick. Long live Rocketboom, Joanne, Andrew and the whole lot!
I dig the party atmosphere, I love bloody marys, I’m not a stick in the mud…Joanne is wonderful…I want to be able to move on and accept change….but….but…I WANT AMANDA! er, eh…oops…that was embarrassing, that just popped out…sorry. Keep up the good work…I’m still having separation anxiety. Soylent GReen is PeoPle!!! huh? er, that was just weird. Ah, what’s the use…gimmee a friggin’ bloody mary… *sigh*
Wow…my two favorite podcasts wrapped up into one! Now if you could throw in the french maids, it would be perfect.
Now if only the tiki bar would be half as regular as rocketboom (and if the french maids would be half as regular as the tiki bar) and I wouldn’t have to watch TV ever again.
What’s a good crossover if you don’t also go the other way? I’m looking forward to the next tiki ‘cast in hopes of seeing Joanne there.
Of course here’s another thought: between Joanne, Lala, the French Maids, and Amanda, low long until Hef comes calling I wonder…now that would be an issue!
It’s true that cross-overs are famously symptomatic of shows that have jumped the shark, but this episode was a light-hearted (rather elaborate) response to some of the recent comments on this board and elsewhere — self-parody.
I think even the bad technical quality may have been deliberate self-parody. Maybe not. That’s the problem with self-parody. Sometimes your audience doesn’t know if you’re in on your own joke.
IMHO, RB 2.0 needs to become less self-referential in general, and pretty quickly.
I did enjoy the episode. I think everyone involved deserves credit for grace under pressure.
Much better but I would agree with the statement on bringing in ringers. Still waiting to see if the creative content left with the host. Felt like I was watching tiki. Still loving Joanne but loose the map. Joanne is yummy, but her fair complexion gets lost in the map. Hard to see, need a different, maybe solid or darker background.
Let me say that I’ve seen TBTV before and it really doesn’t appeal to me. Selling the “get drunk–good times” thing isn’t what it’s cracked up to be, by a longshot. Go ahead and call me a stick in the mud. I can deal.
That said, today’s show was fun and held my interest. Excellent job by Joanne to go from resistant to reluctant to dancing on her chair. I think I agree with those who are saying JC is a better actress than AC.
It’s not what I would’ve done. But a good effort never the less.
This epiusode would have never worked with Amanda, as she COULD NOT ACT. This was really good - lol funny.
AND FOR THE UMPTEENTH TIME - THE SOUND WAS ON PURPOSE, WATCH THE TIKIS!!
Anyone who still misses Amanda at this point is refusing to face reality. Here’s a suggestion: go into the archives and pull up the “Katrina” episode. Now THAT was mind-numbingly awful.
Jim above is spot on. The last several episodes w/Joanne have been a marked improvement over any Amanda episode (and I like her.) Joanne appears to be able to act, where Amanda could not. This was an enjoyable episode, though the real test will come w/the news next week.
As an RB veteran who’s been around for a while, I’m impressed. Excellent show!
The few losers complaining on these comments are the ones who only tuned in to Rocketboom because to them it was a form of soft porn. Well guess what fellas? RB isn’t about staring at Amanda’s chest anymore, it’s about good and entertaining content!!
Wow, that was a really good high school skit. Did you guys write that while sitting in study hall? I tried to like it. I really did….but alas, no. That was bad.
Brilliant. Joanne is just great. I loved RB 1.0 and, with today’s episode of RB 2.0, it looks like I’m going to keep enjoying your fun! Keep it up, guys.
Really. You guys hit it out of the park today. And - I might as well admit it - I’m officially crushing on Joanne. Even Lala (who I completely adore) didn’t steal her presence, and that’s saying something. Absolutely fantastic job.
The best crossover in the podcastverse! Rocketboom, better than ever!
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Back to being fun!
Ooh La La
Worried after yesterday, but today’s was excellent. Great job guys
interestingly strange…
YAY… it’s FRIDAY!!! Super stuff… had me grinning the whole time :-D
Yeah what Rik said!
what’s the deal with the audio…and the picture quality…and everyone talking over each other?
That was great…lol!! Way to go Drew!!
Did Amanda take the micophone with her?
Great — back to its best. Well done and I can’t wait for more.
great show guys. good to see some canadians on the RB. audio was a bit weird though
Outstanding! Very entertaining! Great fun! Exactly what the doctor ordered: Put on the show and ignore the tomatoes. Congratulations to all of you!
hmm…not sure what to think. Audio doesn’t sound right though.
Very fun!!! I love these two shows. It’s good to see them together.
love the episode and LOVE JOANNE!
Can I propose here… ?
A riot! A kick-ass crossover!
Nicely done, but fix the mic. :-)
Nicely done.
Fun episode, however the ipod feed is currently 4×3 rather than 16×9. Just a heads up for future episodes.
Keep up the fun that is Rocketboom.
I was wondering what was up with the quality of the video and audio, and was about to close the broswer when Dr. Tiki came in.
Loved it. :D
I like how joanne pronounces her last name. It’s very markedly NOT “colon” even though phonetically…
I love TikiBar. JoCo and Lala? Wow…
What kind of Rocketboom viewer are you?
http://relev8.wordpress.com/2006/07/14/rocketboom-20-viewer-matrix-day-2/
I like how joanne pronounces her last name. It’s very markedly NOT “colon” even though phonetically…
Yes!!!
Ohmygosh! What a great Rocketboom! It sort of reminds me of back in the day when The Cartwrights visited The Big Valley.
The studio must have really been enlarged, it sounds like its coming from a cave.
I didn’t want to like RB 2.0, but today was amazing. Well done, you.
What’s going on with the audio? Did Amanda take the good microphone with her?
I think the problem with the audio is that they made the sound a keyboard typing when Joanne was reading the news.
Great show though! Keepp it up!
Interesting. I like it.
OK, this is Rocketboom.
impressive. very impressive. kudos andrew.
Now that’s the stuff! I like the interaction between Joanne and those ostensibly off camera. Keep up the great work!
Joanne is charming. I am ashamed to admit it, but I am missing Amanda less and less each day.
It appears that you are getting closer to launching each day by 9:00 am too. I hope you keep the momentum. Kudos to Andrew and the rest of the Rocketboom team. Simply Smashing!
I’m in love. please keep joanne colan.
Now THIS is a great Rocketboom episode. After the whole Buffalo thing yesterday I was a bit concerned. Perhaps it was the big production number that caused them to have to do a two day shoot or something. Quite possible.
Rocketboom will be just fine if they keep this up.
Good move guys, you made about 300,000 TBTV fans not so sad about Amanda’s absense for at least another week. It was an excellant move to do this so soon.
i have the feeling that any moment drew offers joan the….lets say…the 69% of rb??
i liked so much the end, and the cocktail made me think of joan’s accent, nobody will answer this but that’s pure british or what??? there’s no german, polish, ukrainian something like that mixing??
Amanda was really nice, but Joanne is also pretty cool. Good work ;-)
I was afraid about the future of the show after seeing yesterday’s episode, but thank god everything is back to normal. Great show!
Cheers!
Kiltak
just plain bad
Thank my lucky stars LaLa showed up - I was about to turn that annoying other biatch off! [still says ROCKETBOOM daily with Amanda Congdon on the Real Player edition - Wake up!]
Haven’t watched or posted in a while but am glad I came back. Andrew, you might be a good Svengali or a nasty Svengali, Gene Kelly or James Mason, and in traditional media no-one would know or care. This is perhaps one of the extraordinary things about this new medium, we are all involved.
Joanne’s timing is really, really good.
That was all.
Excellent episode!
Like the crossover thing. Next up could we try French Maid TV? Thanks.
TikiBoom!
Admittedly I really enjoyed today’s episode, but regardless of whether or not RB is working on getting it’s groove back, I’ve got to ask, ‘Why did Andrew pull out the “BIG GUNS” by having the Tiki Crew show up? Could it be that Andrew is “SCARED!”
great show! I was smiling the whole time, really.
The best Casual Friday ever! I really enjoyed it. Rocket Boom meets Tiki Bar. It is like mixing a bloody mary and drinking it, too.
Joanne, you had me there for a sec. I thought you really were going to read news. Love the way you and Dr.Tiki looked and looked away in sync.
Welcome and good luck!
Happy to see things are coming back online. The world needs Rocketboom.
BTW, can you say, ‘Jumping the Shark?’ I knew that you could!
That was a nice episode of the Tiki Bar.
so when’s the next episode of Rocketboom going to air?
You’ve only aired 1 real episode.
My request
1. Better sound quality. Using typewriter sound effects to try to cover up amateur sound recording is not professional
2. Use either scripts, or make sure your people don’t talk over themselves when improvising
3. Puppets. This show needs puppets.
A lot better than the last 2 episodes. Was actually fun to watch.
Me heart Lala
Great fun. Love Joanne, she’s working out well.
Sound quality was horrid at the beginning, though; was that just me?
oh YEAH! good ‘boom. better even with the tiki! another great distraction! thank you RB!
You know, that was just fantastic. I enjoyed watching Rocketboom 1.0, and I’m glad that Rocketboom 2.0 is taking on its own personality, and not just trying to recycle the Rocketboom 1.0 humor. Viva Ms. Colan!
Those Tiki Bar guys certainly added some sauce to Casual Friday. Nice recovery.
Keep the momentum up. Very nice show and I do like Joann. Loose the aanoying type-write noise and you are 99% there. Great idea and way to show off Joann’s ability to ACT! She is charming!
So you decided to replace Rocketboom with “Smack The Pony”. Why didn’t you say so~~there may be hope yet after all. Sally Phillips’ hair is longer than I remembered…and she seems taller.
Two Tiki Tourches WAY up on this one! Great job.
great episode Tiki Bar guys just put a tabasco taste into this friday casual vlog
love that
C’mon. The comments are way too nice.
Lala + Amanda = IDONTEVENWANNAGOTHERE.
Same with other commenter: just not feeling it.
wonderfully done! Ninjas next week?! ;)
btw, what was up with the sound this episode?
A fun segment, nicely transitioning from “serious” to “loose”. One improvement would have been to remove the hair broach that Joanne had such that her hair was also “casual”.
Keep up the good (&clean) work.
P.S. A different background would compliment Joanne for she fills more of the camera lens than A.C. did. Perhaps time for a contest?
It’s Wor-Chester-Shire Shauce, dammit!!!!
are they going to fix the echo in the background or is that the new hot trend?
I gotta tell you…that was absolutely PATHETIC. If that is the best you can do (even on short notice) I hold grave fears for this proggie. This was SO BAD I cringed. You would have been better off just mashing some of your archives and letting Joanne talk. Amanda must be laughing her head off. Score 2/10 - mostly for Joanne’s good looks and voice.
Not a regular watcher but what happened to Amanda?? This show just isn’t the same without her. PLEASE get her back, quick. I need my fix.
if this keeps up I’ll keep watching. great work, but go buy yerselves a microphone.
um. great crossover. I really wish Amanda was still in the anchor chair though. Joanne is much hotter. Um. Feeling guilty.
I’m new to rocketboom. Saw the dramatic “first day” yesterday –and related comments! But I feel I’ll be hooked to this for a while after today’s episode!
Really funny.
well.. okay today was really good, but…not sure if RB will continue to take up space on my Tivo…we will see, I found Amanda a bit annoying at first, but then as many others obviously found she was addicting…
I’ll add to the audio comments, I count 19 so far. You really have to do something about it, it’s getting worse by the day. Maybe give JC a shirt mic? After yesterday’s fiasco with the buffalo (interesting bit, but definately not Rocketboom material) I’d say you did a good job today and very much impressed thanks to the help of the Tiki gang.
Amazing, back and on fire.. Jo + lala … THANKS!
WOW. That rocked. I love both rocketboom and tiki but to get both together. awesome.
I wonder if such an episode would have been possible with Amanda as the host.
It’s good! My compliments.
Funny show…Joanne, wonderful job and very good acting skills. Looks like you are a hit.
Audio was sub par though.
What’s with the image and sound quality?
It looks like you recorded it with a cheap point and shoot camera and recorded it in your bathroom.
Other than the poor quality of the media, the content was somewhat entertaining.
Yes, microphones are needed immediately. I have home movies that sound better.
Wow, I loved it! My two favorite Vodcasts together! I was really scared after yesterday, but you really came back with a good one. Awesome! Keep it up.
That was a brilliant casual friday! Way to go!
Hi
Have a look at some films made by myself and a few 15 year olds friends.
Rocketboom can copy…but we will sue. Ha ha. Ollie
Now you’ve done it. You have me looking forward to Monday’s RB. Damn you.
new boomer… and Im lovin it.
Hard Charger Alert!
To all commenters complaining about the sound:
Most likely it was done INTENTIONALLY as an homage to the Tiki Bar Podcast, which guest starred today and is notorious for its poor sound quality.
I am now the 2nd one to mention this.
Or whatever, go on complaining about it without first looking to see if their’s a good reason for it, if you want, you hard chargers, you.
NOW THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT!
(never saw tikibar before, so the doctor bit at the beginning was hilarious)
As for all those professionals critics out there, your assignment this weekend is to write a 5000 word essay on 2.0 - 1.0 = X.O
Then submit it to Arianna Huffington, she’ll correct all your typos.
cheers!
Behold the Tiki vote-of-confidence by stepping in to help out on an episode. That says a lot. What sweethearts. And funny too. The transition will all work out in the end. The Andrew bashing is getting old quick. Long live Rocketboom, Joanne, Andrew and the whole lot!
I dig the party atmosphere, I love bloody marys, I’m not a stick in the mud…Joanne is wonderful…I want to be able to move on and accept change….but….but…I WANT AMANDA! er, eh…oops…that was embarrassing, that just popped out…sorry. Keep up the good work…I’m still having separation anxiety. Soylent GReen is PeoPle!!! huh? er, that was just weird. Ah, what’s the use…gimmee a friggin’ bloody mary… *sigh*
Wow… thought you killed CF for a second, then though ‘why is the sound funky’.
Fantastic job :P
Great show today!
I love tiki.
You aced the first day. Kinda lost it on the second, but today. Fantabulous!
Really liked the Tiki touch. Perhaps more shows should do crossovers for their casual fridays.
I think this call for a prescription….
joanne is hot. hotter than amanda - i’ll give you that. but the show is worse. i mean, c’mon people.
Am I the only one who doesn’t like today’s (yesterday’s, the day before’s) reports?! Ugh. What is this, a comment board for friends and family only?
Wow. That was brilliant!
Wow…my two favorite podcasts wrapped up into one! Now if you could throw in the french maids, it would be perfect.
Now if only the tiki bar would be half as regular as rocketboom (and if the french maids would be half as regular as the tiki bar) and I wouldn’t have to watch TV ever again.
What’s a good crossover if you don’t also go the other way? I’m looking forward to the next tiki ‘cast in hopes of seeing Joanne there.
Of course here’s another thought: between Joanne, Lala, the French Maids, and Amanda, low long until Hef comes calling I wonder…now that would be an issue!
A really great show… if you like really bad audio, crappy production, and lame editing. I feel bad for your new host, all she has is you
yuk, yuk, yuk. And amateur audio.
I am so happy, they took the tomatos and made bloody marys and had a blood good time!
Corny, but I liked it anyway.
It’s true that cross-overs are famously symptomatic of shows that have jumped the shark, but this episode was a light-hearted (rather elaborate) response to some of the recent comments on this board and elsewhere — self-parody.
I think even the bad technical quality may have been deliberate self-parody. Maybe not. That’s the problem with self-parody. Sometimes your audience doesn’t know if you’re in on your own joke.
IMHO, RB 2.0 needs to become less self-referential in general, and pretty quickly.
I did enjoy the episode. I think everyone involved deserves credit for grace under pressure.
The show’s sound needs to be fixed up.
Ugh. RocketBoom is dead. Oh well, it was fun while it lasted.
Much better but I would agree with the statement on bringing in ringers. Still waiting to see if the creative content left with the host. Felt like I was watching tiki. Still loving Joanne but loose the map. Joanne is yummy, but her fair complexion gets lost in the map. Hard to see, need a different, maybe solid or darker background.
Let me say that I’ve seen TBTV before and it really doesn’t appeal to me. Selling the “get drunk–good times” thing isn’t what it’s cracked up to be, by a longshot. Go ahead and call me a stick in the mud. I can deal.
That said, today’s show was fun and held my interest. Excellent job by Joanne to go from resistant to reluctant to dancing on her chair. I think I agree with those who are saying JC is a better actress than AC.
It’s not what I would’ve done. But a good effort never the less.
Hey tiki bar tv! Great job!
i don’t know if I am watching because it’s like a car crash and I can’t turn away, or if I really like it
i guess I’ll just have to keep watching to find out
i think i might be able to withhold judgment for a few more weeks
but after that
i’m sure a strong opinion will be developed
FANTASTIC!!
This epiusode would have never worked with Amanda, as she COULD NOT ACT. This was really good - lol funny.
AND FOR THE UMPTEENTH TIME - THE SOUND WAS ON PURPOSE, WATCH THE TIKIS!!
Anyone who still misses Amanda at this point is refusing to face reality. Here’s a suggestion: go into the archives and pull up the “Katrina” episode. Now THAT was mind-numbingly awful.
The Wooster - Worsheshester part was the best.
Moore better;lower JC’s jeans a bit
Jim above is spot on. The last several episodes w/Joanne have been a marked improvement over any Amanda episode (and I like her.) Joanne appears to be able to act, where Amanda could not. This was an enjoyable episode, though the real test will come w/the news next week.
Today was going to be the last episode for me if it didn’t improve. I’ll be back for more next week. :-)
got it hand it to you… really nailed it!
Sorry….really don’t like today’s episode. It was blurry, the sound sucked and the premise was too, too old and boring.
Sorry…better luck next week (I will be watching)
We dont really have any original ideas now that Amanda is gone, so lets piggyback off of another highly successful videoblog…
The sound was ghastly and the video fuzzy. Did someone forget to produce this?
As an RB veteran who’s been around for a while, I’m impressed. Excellent show!
The few losers complaining on these comments are the ones who only tuned in to Rocketboom because to them it was a form of soft porn. Well guess what fellas? RB isn’t about staring at Amanda’s chest anymore, it’s about good and entertaining content!!
Kudos Rocketboom crew!
Good Luck Joanne! I loved it ;-)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDAVo6G0z0A
Wow, that was a really good high school skit. Did you guys write that while sitting in study hall? I tried to like it. I really did….but alas, no. That was bad.
Bad sound.
Bad image quality.
Bad writing.
Brilliant. Joanne is just great. I loved RB 1.0 and, with today’s episode of RB 2.0, it looks like I’m going to keep enjoying your fun! Keep it up, guys.
Best. Rocketboom. Ever.
Really. You guys hit it out of the park today. And - I might as well admit it - I’m officially crushing on Joanne. Even Lala (who I completely adore) didn’t steal her presence, and that’s saying something. Absolutely fantastic job.
(but get the mic fixed) ;-)
That’s better. Still miss Amanda. You are doing ok, Joanne.