User:Stuffinmud

FAQ

 * When do new episodes come out?
 * Every week on Monday. Usually sometime after noon, EST.
 * Where should I start listening to the podcast?
 * You can always listen to the most recent episode and work your way backwards. There is a minimal number of references to older episodes, so you shouldn't be lost.
 * If you want to listen in chronological order, it is recommended that you start with the "Bro's Better, Bro's Best" episodes, which compile the first 133 episodes into 10 clip shows. After that, just pick up with Episode 134.
 * How should I introduce the show to my friends/family?
 * YouTube animatics are a good entry point, because the videos are short and sweet.
 * How do I send in questions, Yahoos, riddles, fast food press releases, etc.?
 * mbmbam at gmail dot com
 * mbmbam at maximumfun dot org
 * What else have the McElroy brothers done?
 * A 6-episode TV series based on the podcast.
 * The Adventure Zone is a popular roleplaying podcast they do with their father, Clint.
 * Each of the brothers has a podcast that they do with their respective wives: Sawbones, Shmanners, and Wonderful!
 * Monster Factory is a YouTube series that Justin and Griffin make about creating silly video game characters.
 * The Besties is a video game podcast that Justin and Griffin make with their friends, Russ Frushtick and Chris Plante.
 * Til Death Do Us Blart is an annual movie podcast that the brothers make with Guy Montgomery and Tim Batt in which they discuss Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2.
 * The brothers campaigned for cameo roles in the animated feature film Trolls: World Tour, a journey which they documented in the podcast The McElroy Brothers Will Be In Trolls: World Tour.
 * Favorite episodes?
 * Episode 191: Married to the Mice King
 * Episode 207: Thank Travis for Travis
 * Episode 259: Birthday Surprise Hole
 * The McElroy Family Fun Hour Brought to You by Totino's
 * Episode 273: Smizing Through the Tears
 * Episode 389: Horsebonology
 * Episode 400: The Escape to Margaritaville Red Carpet Extravaganza
 * Episode 432: Hand Dog and Face Cat
 * Episode 461: All Rise!
 * Episode 472: Public Domain LASIK Voicemails
 * "Juice", "Scraps", "Ditto"?
 * Childhood nicknames for Justin, Travis, and Griffin, respectively, given to them by their parents.
 * "Juice" because Justin was a drooly baby.
 * "Scraps" because Travis was as tough as scrap iron.
 * "Ditto" because Griffin reminded them of baby Ditto from the comic "Hi and Lois."
 * Where can I find written transcripts?
 * https://www.dropbox.com/sh/egqdua6s38oxb9p/AADFJKcNCRliMD-rF89mZB2Fa/MBMBaM
 * https://docs.google.com/document/d/1x7pn2XZp6UxVUD9oOkuweInUKa66KrcmvGt-ISNxJLE

Todo

 * Episodes:
 * Question formatting (Yahoo links, formatting, question submitter names)
 * Clip show outline format is inconsistent
 * Tertiary podcasts/projects to add:
 * Rose Buddies
 * Trends Like These
 * Brothers
 * List guest appearances on podcasts/shows/campus addresses
 * Templates
 * Template:Segment
 * Template:Yahoo
 * Template:Quoter
 * Extras
 * Add animatics for episodes
 * Page for fandom discussion (articles/videos/podcasts) about the McElroys?
 * Lost Content
 * Griffin's vines (see: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1kdf1f9ODcUMYlCj-jLbx0Vw0c8FOl8WZACC384co-ws/edit#gid=1923057006)
 * Bunker Buddies (site down, libsyn down, Google Music down, see: https://www.reddit.com/r/maximumfun/comments/d27hs7/help_listing_to_bunker_buddies/)

Suggested Category Style Guide

 * Categories should use Template:Cat main when relevant.
 * Main pages should set their sort key to a space so they are sorted to the top of the category.
 * Categories should generally avoid transcluding the entirety of their main page. Use, etc. or write separate blurbs.
 * Categories for specific people (e.g. Category:Rachel McElroy) should not be made direct descendants of Category:People, to avoid cluttering up the (actual) subcategories of people (e.g. Category:Friends & Family, Category:Guestsperts)
 * Categories for specific people can still be made direct descendants of subcategories of people (aforementioned), because they don't have subcategories of their own (so far), so navigation clutter is not an issue at that level.
 * idk how I feel about best practices for categorizing files

Notes (may be outdated post-migration)

 * There's no way to remove the title from an embedded video (short of CSS).
 * Renaming a page without a redirect breaks search indexing.
 * Editing the page in any way seems to fix it.
 * Category page in "Exhibition" mode appears to update thumbnails less frequently. Might be server-side cache or something. In other modes, category page updates thumbnails on edit.