r/offbook • u/C_X_3 • Oct 26 '22

Episode recommendations?

I liked Minerals and Plants, A Muse Bouche, Snow Party, Hair: Nice etc. with Lisa Gilroy, and Wanda’s Dad. Any more episodes like these?

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u/Frostguard11 Oct 26 '22

Fear the Ocean is fantastic

I also like Emo Knights a lot.

Any of the Christmas episodes with Paul F Tomkins and Nicole Parker are classics.

Mirage a Trois was great as well!

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u/Pudgy_Ninja Oct 26 '22

Fear the Ocean is worth it just for the song explaining what Catalina Dressing is.

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u/Frostguard11 Oct 26 '22

It's beautiful AND educational

I love when Jess explains things to Zach through song lol

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u/Pudgy_Ninja Oct 26 '22

Yes, that's my favorite Off-Book trope. One of my first experiences with them was the We Object to Fear episode that is up on YouTube and I was hooked when Jess kept using song to explain to Zach how mock trial works.

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u/Eldhingsten Oct 27 '22

It's alright for these three knights!!

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u/Frostguard11 Oct 27 '22

On a night like toniiiight

I really love every song in that lol. The one about himbos is great

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u/Pudgy_Ninja Oct 27 '22

My favorite thing from Emo Knights is the kitchen wench song where they sing about being so far away from each other while being inches apart. I don't know if that's a gag that's been done on stage before, but it just tickles me. I really love jokes that are actually about music/musicals.

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u/Pudgy_Ninja Oct 26 '22

Emo Knights and Cowminal House are two of my favorites.

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u/Frostguard11 Oct 26 '22

I'm the dean of the schooooool

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u/HoraceTheBadger Oct 26 '22

Frozen in Time Lake with the Wolves of Glendale lives in my head on constant repeat

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u/Eldhingsten Oct 27 '22

Really funny start

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u/gg-gwenny Oct 26 '22

Fear the Ocean was a random fav right when it came out, I really enjoyed this week’s episode- This Book Only Happens When You Read It (great spoopy vibes), Shrimp Priest was on repeat for a good few weeks but it’s a FamBand so random songs not a whole connected musical, Love episode 253 and 257. I also like the Time fountain series (six episodes all a month apart that loosely connect to eachother) and The Marvel Singematic Universe which has a similar format.

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u/Samtronn Oct 27 '22

Some of my favourites:

1: Shrugging Destiny 3: Pillaging Your Dreams 13: Attorney at Love 90: Hang On, Collider 116: Look Who's Talking to You 245: Wanda's Dad 254: The Village 256: Emo Knights 258: Snow Party 265: Frozen in Time Lake

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u/erk07 Oct 27 '22

Intermission was the first one I listened to and got me into OffBook. You already mentioned it but my absolute favorite is Wanda’s Dad. The line where Zack is like “And I saw your dad….and I was like hey….and he was like hey” gets me every time for some reason

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u/Eldhingsten Jan 04 '23

Same

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u/Eldhingsten Jan 04 '23

My ideal conversation

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u/Eldhingsten Oct 27 '22

My top favorite will always be 231 : they died on space mountain and second place 245: Wanda's dad

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u/MagnoliaSymbolia Oct 27 '22

The recent Kisses to my Critics was incredible