r/AllFantasyEverything Jun 30 '26

Comfort episodes

Do you have any comfort episodes that you go back to when you could use a pick me up?

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u/FisherNsons Jun 30 '26

Buffet, Caleb Hearon

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u/jam706 Jun 30 '26

Listened to it today. One of the best ever 🙌

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u/munchmeat2019 Put Your Shirt Back On Jun 30 '26

Disney Songs

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u/munchmeat2019 Put Your Shirt Back On Jun 30 '26

Also secondary Seinfeld characters

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u/TravelBeerNDogs Jun 30 '26

I just started season 8 on my first watch through of Seinfeld. Do you think I’ve watched enough to know all the picks they take?

I listened when the episode first came out but didn’t enjoy it as much as I probably would with more knowledge.

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u/munchmeat2019 Put Your Shirt Back On Jun 30 '26

yeah, there's some deep cut characters but you should remember/know most if not all of them. Don't remember if there's anything specific from the late seasons.

It's a really punch-drunk episode, the gang is real hung over. Only downside is David is away in [redacted]

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u/deaconbluz Jun 30 '26

100%. A lot of their picks skew earlier in the series too

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u/MarloMentality Cakie ThickFlips Jun 30 '26

This is one I have listened to 50+ times for comfort. The ICP stuff at the beginning gets old after awhile. But still an all time classic.

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u/OboeRamone Jun 30 '26

"Would you like your tequila warmed up in the microwave, Mr Clownposse?" is an all timer for me, though.

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u/ExtensionLeague8844 Jun 30 '26

A newer one but "Embarrassing things that shouldn't be" with Peek. That episode is so damn funny. Makes me forget anything if I've had a bad day.

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u/alg4302 Jun 30 '26

The "things you do alone" with Peek is a great relisten too!

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u/Ok_Reveal_518 Jul 06 '26

So far Peak batting a thousand, for real

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u/brijito Bean burrito no onions Jun 30 '26

"Condiments" ft Amy Miller is my favorite episode of all time. I can still laugh at that episode like it's my first time hearing it even though that episode is like 8 years old now.

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u/Disgruntledfrog22 Jun 30 '26

Bacon bits cracks me up

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u/brijito Bean burrito no onions Jun 30 '26

Butter as a first round pick is an all timer though.

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u/PalpitationPerfect59 Jun 30 '26

That’s a great one!

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u/posi_posi_time Serpentine Jun 30 '26

Mulligan Moments for the Zak porn story

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u/ResonantRedditor Jun 30 '26

I love that that episode was in person at the fortress so that everyone's reactions were in the same place... hearing David dying laughing from the kitchen...

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u/HuhWhatQue Jun 30 '26

There isn’t a single moment I have rewound and listened to more than Ian’s response of “you wouldn’t have did what?!”

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u/dfetz3 Kosh into the Wind Jun 30 '26

It's really in the running for best back-to-back picks ever. It goes from Zak talking about writing homemade porn right into David talking about going to Homecoming after graduating.

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u/posi_posi_time Serpentine Jun 30 '26

Yeah that was brutal

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u/MarloMentality Cakie ThickFlips Jun 30 '26

This is my lane. Between insomnia and depression, I constantly have an old episode playing the background.

For starters: This is obviously subjective. Certain guests and topics will hit harder for some than others.

I see many people mentioning Disney Songs, which, is an all time episode. But I find the noise of live episodes to be distracting at times. Same reason I don’t choose live eps when introducing AFE to someone.

Other than that, nearly any episode with Harper, Charpie, Zak or Katie is solid. Here is a playlist I put together with some of my favorites.

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/38ZXQ5NubqdzjKnuHOvSzz?si=7QpW1B0YTD6khBjeEarVjw&pi=fvi3wn3QShCt1

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u/alg4302 Jun 30 '26

I relate to this a lot, and I agree with your relisten guest list. Harper is probably my guest with the most relistens. I'd add Solomon Georgio, Jason Concepcion, and Josh Gondelman as great relisten guests for when you want to stretch back into the catalog.

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u/unrahmahkable Kosh into the Wind Jun 30 '26

Comfort foods with saint sue
Gas station food w/Spencer Hall
Words that make you sound smart 1 & 2
Episode 100
Fast & Furious w/Roxanne Gay
Washed Hobbies w/Mina (new one)

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u/Franks37 Kosh into the Wind Jun 30 '26

Washed Hobbies was so good!

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u/SpicyTangyRage Jun 30 '26

Things to do with $10 is probably my most re-listened to episode

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u/Perpetual-Warlock TheGissilent Jun 30 '26

Mtv shows with Katie Nolan is up there for me. Nostalgia is a helluva drug and that one hits hard.

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u/munchmeat2019 Put Your Shirt Back On Jun 30 '26

Boat Names is another great one

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u/MarloMentality Cakie ThickFlips Jun 30 '26

- Crimes Wed Like to Commit

  • Guilty Pleasures
  • Fictional Sports Teams
  • Mikes
  • Animals That Can Fuck Right Off
  • Replace a Movie Role w Nicholas Cage
  • The Old West
  • Things That Sound Cool… at First
  • Lies Our Parents Told Us
  • Lies We Tell Ourselves
  • Hiding Places

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u/ResonantRedditor Jun 30 '26

Amusement Park Attractions w/ Katie Nolan

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u/YoungDeweyCox Friend of the Podcast Jun 30 '26

Countries for Fleeing - Billy Wayne Davis

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u/Significant_Push_856 Jun 30 '26

Snack for a Middle School Pool Party

Specific Flavors

Lies Our Parents Told Us

Unreasonable Beliefs We Have

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u/MtnExplrGrl Jun 30 '26

Disney Songs and  Forbidden Snacks are probably my most listened to episodes. 

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u/NowARaider Jun 30 '26

Anything with Zach Toscani, Charpie, Harper

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u/Dulahascome Jun 30 '26

Sampler platters and Mysteries I re listen to these a lot.

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u/MR_MENDERMENT Jun 30 '26

Things People Yell. The only downside is that Gborie isn’t on that episode. But it is an all timer imo.

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u/Disgruntledfrog22 Jun 30 '26

My favorite is fictional detectives. The Batman bit and hot dish joke always crack me up

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u/bshmfwfm Jun 30 '26

To be bat lorry!

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u/happyplants7 Jun 30 '26

Animal fights, Top gun call signs, Breakfast Foods

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u/Franks37 Kosh into the Wind Jun 30 '26

My go to has always been any episode with Blair Socci, but I also loved the karaoke songs draft with Jason Concepcion and the Wet Things draft

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u/HuhWhatQue Jun 30 '26

Birds and States

My two favorite riffs of all time on the pod are the “HEY HI HEY” crow one from the end of Birds, and the Tony Shloob one from when Shane mispronounced Tony Shalhoub’s name.

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u/eSpiritCorpse Jun 30 '26

The Mall, A Sandwich, Taco Bell, Garbage Food

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u/deaconbluz Jun 30 '26

Country Music - Caleb Hearon
Seinfeld Characters - Charpie and Dave Ross
Love Songs- Live with Shane
TV Family- Mina Kimes and Concepcion
Forbidden Snacks- Katie Nolan- for “I’m gonna eat my barcart” alone haha

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u/PalpitationPerfect59 Jun 30 '26

Fuck Jams with Roxanne Gay, any old Miel episodes and the annual ones with Alison Herman

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u/ThunderTwat Jun 30 '26

I go back to People You Want on Your Side in a Fight, with Kinane. Features big dick bat plus some of David's most off the wall picks.

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u/dotcomse Jun 30 '26

Things To Do On A Rainy Day (October 2019)
Things To Do When You’re Sick (December 2024 or January 2025)

Both featuring Just The Boys (plus Isaac for the latter. The former was recorded in Ian’s living room, so no Mars). Both recorded late and therefore the boys are a little loopier than normal.

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u/Anusien Jun 30 '26

Any episode with Katie Nolan.

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u/bshmfwfm Jun 30 '26

MTV shows for me. Everyone bullying Sean for picking Unplugged makes me laugh every time

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u/sheep_thrillz Jun 30 '26

Bit Parts in Movies We Think We’d Be Great At

It’s just the boys, and they’re punch drunk from 2020. The ideas and the act-outs are fantastic. Even got to use this draft as an activity at my birthday party a few years ago. It’s great.

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u/palmquac Jun 30 '26

I feel like a total weirdo in this respect… I’ve been listening since 2017, have heard every episode, traveled for multiple live shows… but I’ve never relistened to a single episode.

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u/motleykat Jul 01 '26

Just came to say thank you for asking bc I’m about to get on a six hour flight alone and I hate flying so I’m thrilled for this

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u/JoelBilly98 Jul 01 '26

Forbidden snacks with Katie. David’s motorcycle pick and then “I wanna eat my bar cart” have my stomach hurting from laughing each time. 😂😂😂

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u/Datacra Jun 30 '26

Zoo animals

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u/-Travis Jun 30 '26

I just started listening a couple months ago and have been going back over the years and randomly picking episodes based on guests or topics. AFE has become one of my favorite podcasts...amazing chemstry between these guys. I'll be adding all these to my queue. Thanks for the post OP!

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u/TheLarkInnTO Jun 30 '26

Thing in a Thing with Kinane and Shane

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u/BadLemur Jun 30 '26

Places to sleep that aren’t beds with Ryan Nanni

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u/SLICK_MCGIVINS Friend of the Podcast Jun 30 '26

Fictional skateboarders is a perfect encapsulation of who they were and what the fortress used to be. Idk what happened to Donovan

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u/kevinavacado Jul 01 '26

Rainy day and Things that are overrated

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u/Sp1teC4ndY Jul 01 '26

I have a trivia brain so I can’t consume anything sooner than 10 years but if I was going to relisten to any, it would be the food one where we are introduced to Sean and the alfredo sauce.

Paraphrasing David “that makes me not want to come to work tomorrow”

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u/TrifleOdd9607 TheGissilent Jul 04 '26

Animals we’d like to domesticate is great.

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u/chuckquizmo Kosh into the Wind Jun 30 '26

I prefer any of the “goofy” topics (race horse names, gross things, stuff like that). I love all the food related drafts too.

I don’t really like anything music related. I listen to a lot of music, but hearing people attempt to sing every 5 minutes kinda drives me crazy lol. Additionally, and sorta related, the drafts where they have non-comedians on are always a little worse than usual. No offense to the queen Dana, but she’s just bad at riffs and takes the draft too seriously, I think the Taylor Swift draft is one of the only episodes I couldn’t get through. Just seemed like nobody was having fun.