Experts are discussing whether he's maybe actually good!
ETA I think it's a combination of the name and the happy coincidence that he plays for Jacksonville. It would not be nearly as funny if the Jaguar QB was Alex Smith
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-t - Oct 23, 2018 6:03:08 am PDT #8039 of 8624
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
JZ - Oct 23, 2018 6:11:20 am PDT #8040 of 8624
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Dana, that was by a long shot the most delightful philosophy essay I've ever read. And actually informative about the different schools of thought!
It really is a happy coincidence that the writers settled on Jason being from Jacksonville, which happened to have such a truly terrible team with such a completely made-up-sounding quarterback.
In the podcast episode where he talked at length about building his character, Manny Jacinto explained that even though he doesn't actually follow football and had never heard of either the Jaguars or Bortles before starting the show, he felt an immediate kinship with Jason because, "I, too, know the pain of deeply loving a doomed franchise, because I'm from Minnesota and so of course I am a Timberwolves fan."
-t - Oct 23, 2018 6:23:58 am PDT #8041 of 8624
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
The podcast has been and continues to be an unalloyed delight. I love all these people and want to be friends with them. I think, in particular, I have discovered I have a type and it is TV writers named Megan.
Topic!Cindy - Oct 23, 2018 9:45:02 am PDT #8042 of 8624
What is even happening?
Where can I find The Good Place podcast?
I spent the weekend listening to a few episodes of Dax Shepard's Armchair Expert. I can never decide if I really like Shepard, or if I want to like him, because Kristen Bell loves him.
I love D'Arcy Carden (Janet), but the podcast episode with her got on my nerves so much I didn't listen to the Kristen Bell one.
To be clear: I had already listened to KB's first interview on her husband's podcast; he also did 5 eps of Good Place people, and she was the final for that, but I didn't bother.
-t - Oct 23, 2018 9:50:59 am PDT #8043 of 8624
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
It's called The Good Place: The Podcast, if that helps. I think it's pretty official, so maybe there's a link on NBC.com
Jesse - Oct 23, 2018 10:14:16 am PDT #8044 of 8624
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I think it's a combination of the name and the happy coincidence that he plays for Jacksonville. It would not be nearly as funny if the Jaguar QB was Alex Smith
Totally. But I'm willing to bet that any professional sports team (or even similarly sized group of people) has one with a silly sounding name. Probably not as perfect as Blake Bortles, though.
billytea - Oct 23, 2018 10:21:11 am PDT #8045 of 8624
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Totally. But I'm willing to bet that any professional sports team (or even similarly sized group of people) has one with a silly sounding name. Probably not as perfect as Blake Bortles, though.
There's an Aussie Rules player called Steele Sidebottom.
Jesse - Oct 23, 2018 10:34:09 am PDT #8046 of 8624
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
There, see!
-t - Oct 23, 2018 10:44:50 am PDT #8047 of 8624
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That is an excellent name!
Dana - Oct 23, 2018 11:18:41 am PDT #8048 of 8624
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
Oh, there are so many excellently silly names beyond Blake Bortles, though maybe none that make good exclamations. Key & Peele did those skits for a reason:
Keep in mind that all of the guys who aren't Key or Peele are real pro football players. Sadly, my personal favorite Barkevious Mingo is not included.