Episode 34: Book VS Show!

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== Episode Description: ==
Kelly joins Ivan & Red as they set media against media in an effort to determine the supremacy of either the book or the tv version of Railroad's Game of Thrones. WHO IS BETTER? Book Tyrion vs Show Tyrion, Book Daenerys vs Show Daenerys, book food vs show food and more!
== Intro Clip: ==
"I don't care if it is textual or visual, I am not getting my pornography from the library." - Red
== Show Notes: ==
* Tons of fun without that weird rapey/incesty after-taste that you get from some episodes in the HBO Series!
* WARNING: VERY DIGRESSION HEAVY EPISODE IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT WHEN THE GUYS AND GALS GO ON THOSE THEN MOVE ON TO NEXT EPISODE!
* Topics include Book VS Show:
** Who was the cooler Tyrion?
*** Winner: Show
*** Reason: Peter "Motherfucker" Dinklage
** Where is Daenerys sexier?
*** Winner: Show
*** Reason: Age of Consent (not that it was ever given at any point in time by Daenerys)
** Where is the food more appetizing?
*** Winner: Book
*** Reason: it essentially was a character unto it's self and "It is hard for food to look appetizing next to Mark Addy's mouth"
** Where is Eddard less intelligent?
*** Winner: Show
*** Reason: No internal monologue
** Where is Arya a bigger fan of domesticated cats (aka pussy)?
*** Winner: Inconclusive
*** Reason: Declared a stupid question by Red
** This is where the conversation begins to break down, for a while there is no real discussion about actual differences but several song parody's come into existence!
** Characters that do not exist in the TV show so far.
*** The entire Tully family
*** Rickon Stark
** Creepy Alan Moore makes an appearance!
** Where are the Direwolves Better?
*** Winner: Book
*** Reason: they exist in the book and the empathic connections between the Stark's and their Direwolves.
**Wet Your Beak's comes back.
**Maeby makes an appearance!
**More digressions ensue.
**A Game of Thrones Theme Park is discussed.
**More digressions..........
**Kelly's Book vs Show Fuckable Man List:
***Kahl Drogo: Book
***Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish: Show
***Jon Snow: Show
***Jamie Lannister: Show
***Tyrion Lannister: Show
== Quotes: ==
"It was like a Jimmy Carter, I committed rape in my heart 1,000 times type of thing." - Red
"He [Railroad] does seem to have heard about sex from a 3rd party." - Kelly
"They're like Chinchilla's!" - Red
"In season two there needs to be lovingly shot closeup's of a ham." - Ivan
"The show is kind of a cook tease in that way" - Kelly
"The thing they don't mention, that Great John has SUPER tiny fingers." - Ivan