Season 2 Bits:

• Jake presents: Make Nice Movie Club Great Again - Jake hosts a Rush Limbaugh type talk radio show where he romanticizes the early days of NMC when men were men and women were women. *2x01

• Lisa presents: Roast Prep - Lisa teaches us how to write a perfect roast joke in order to properly own Brandon's ass. *2x08, *2x12

• Anyone presents: The Never Ending Story - Each week one of us takes a turn continuing a story we're all writing together.

• Will presents: The Trials and Challenges of The Word Play Riddler - No description. *2x09

• Pauline presents: Hat of the Week - Show and tell for a new hat by Pauline, maybe a guest hat from someone else, tell a story about it or rate it. *2x01, *2x12

• Pauline presents: Hot Cartoons - Presentation of traditional and controversial hot cartoons, then a Hot or Not. *2x03

• Josh presents: Snorkel Josh - Josh puts on his prescription Snorkel Goggles and we take turns holding up objects to see if he can identify them. *2x04

• Brandon presents: NMC.TV - Brandon regales us with legendary Byron Allen stories. *2x10

• Ted presents: Unlock The Gates - Ted un-cancels previously banished celebrities. *2x01

• Lisa presents: Horoscope Tonight - Lisa tells us what star sign is in season, and who is acting most like their star sign for the night. *2x01

• Renée presents: Dad or Bad - Tell a joke and determine if it is a dad joke or a bad joke. Open for submissions. *2x05

• Renée presents: “Don’t Be Moody, Shake Your Booty” Dance Song of the Week - Dance song of the week. *2x02, *2x09

• Renée presents: Plant Corner - An introduction to the jungle of my apartment. *2x07

• Francis presents: Is This a Toe? - Francis tries to determine if something is a toe or not.

• Xi presents: Hot or Not - Xi is presented with people and says if she thinks they're hot. *2x02

• Will presents: Human Segmentpede - The foundation of NMC, the physical seld, body of facts.

• Will presents: The Human Segmentpede - Our very physical bodies reveal a majestic body of facts. *2x05

• Will presents: Judo-Christianity - Are you stumped on why Jews attend Cinnabon in place of church? Join us in prayer for the disciples of Jewdas.

• Justin presents: Big Papa Time - Justin shows 2 minutes of Papa Hemingway in Cuba. *2x03

• Nik presents: Nik at Nite - Nik tells spooky stories. Are they real? Are they fake? We may never know, but they’re definitely brooding and infused with Glendale Noir. *2x08

• Nik presents: Banging One Out or Out with a Bang - I (Nik) play an audio file from a movie and the group guesses whether it is someone having sex or someone's death rattle. *2x05

• Ted presents: Touring with Ted - Ted takes us on a virtual tour around the world as we explore a new country every week. To immerse us in the experience Ted alters his appearance and accent to match said country in a way that’s clearly over the line and culturally inappropriate. *2x08

• Nik presents: IP Freely - I (Nik) choose an intellectual property (e.g - Furby,, TMNT, John Deere, Wu Tang Clan) and a few people to pitch out either a TV mini-series or movie based on the property.

• Nik presents: Hot Goss’ Buns - I (Nik) get on my soapbox to deliver steaming hot celebrity gossip and bring these whiny, spoiled, and hot liberal elites down a peg. *2x02

• Ted and Jake present: It’s Always The Jews - Ted and Jake talk about the Jews. *2x04

• Francis presents: What Time is it There? - No description.

• Abby presents: Where in the World is Carmen San Diego? - A deep dive into the history of San Diego's world famous zoo. *2x07

• Justin and Scott present: Our Two Dads - A Q&A where we ask our two dads parenting questions. *2x01

• Justin presents: Cruel Intentions - Justin gives a NMC member a random line of dialogue and a specific acting note. Whoever gets closest to identifying the specific note wins and gets a very special prize. *2x07

• Scott presents: Yinz Talkin Tom - 1 minute of insane, uninterrupted Pittsburgh gibberish.

• Jake presents: Hitlearn - Jake indoctrinates us in the ways of the Fuhrer.

• Nik and Ted present: Fine/11 - Nik and Ted discuss all of the underrated positives that resulted from 9/11. *2x11

• Josh presents: Josh Loves Movies - Josh has 1 minute to list movies that he likes. He is only allowed to say movie titles. No other commentary is allowed. No laughing. *2x01, *2x09 (Halloween Edition)

• Jake and Renée present: Apartment Talk - Jake and Renée discuss handy apartment living tips and tricks.

• Will presents: Equator Talk - All things Equator! Everything you ever wanted to know about the equator and sex.

• Abby and Jake present: Scared Straight - Abby prepares Jake for his impending life behind bars and attempts to shock him into changing his ways. *2x02

• Lisa presents: Push-Up Contest - Someone challenges Lisa to a push-up contest and the winner gets to choose the loser's movie pick that week. *2x10 (Will lost)

• Xi presents: Teach Me How To Bug, Xi (play on "Teach Me How To Dougie") - Xi teaches us about different species of bugs. *2x04

• Group presents: Fast Times at Krieger Schechter - When Josh, Abby, Jake, Mardy or Scott references a story from high school, someone who did not go to high school with them takes over and finishes the story; their new version becomes canon. *2x11

• Jake presents: Suicide is Painless (Theme from "M.A.S.H.") - As Jake prepares for his death, Nice Movie Club says honest and unflinchingly cruel things about him and his neurosis. After he has died, he has requested that this bit be followed by his movie pick of the week, “Margin Call”. *2x06

• Justin and Jake present: Bugs - 2 - 5 mins. *2x06

• Lisa presents: Is That Gay? - NMC members query Lisa on whether specific people, activities, situations and events are in fact gay.

• Nik and Ted present: Benigni Boyz - Boyz, Boyz, Benigni Boyz! All things Beningni from the Boyz!

• Will presents: Where in the Wand? - With no information other than his name and photo, Will attempts to find and contact Adam Wand with the final goal of having him rejoin NMC. No NMC members are allowed to aid Will in his quest. *2x03 (he then made a special guest appearance!)

• Ted presents: Ted Presents: NMC: The Movie - Ted pitches Eric Roberts on starring as the Lead in the upcoming dramatic Feature Film "NMC: The Movie".

• Everyone presents: Talent Show - One member a week is acknowledged for their talents in life (they may choose to perform said talents or show off said talents), and also what they bring to NMC.

• Justin presents: General Hotspital - The official Soap Opera of NMC. Each week Justin will provide a new scene for NMC members to perform. *2x02

• Jake presents: Jake is Talented - How talented is he? Jake is talented.

• Justin presents: NMC Karaoke - Justin spins a wheel and assigns a NMC member a special song to sing. Points will be awarded (Scale of 1-10) for Gusto, Accuracy and Crowd Reaction. *2x08, *2x10

• Jake presents: Wine & Dine/11 - Jake, now dead from suicide, returns to the living for one night only! Jake will walk NMC through his favorite vintages of 2001, as well as offer his recommended food pairings.

• Josh and Ted (and anyone else who wants to join) present: Bugs - Film - A 2 minute discussion about a film. The film has to have come out before 1977. *2x08

• Pauline and Everyone Else present: Self Care Tipsy (available from 6/29 - 8/3) - Pauline, who has never made a cocktail in her life, attempts to demonstrate how to create an alcoholic drink while providing life advice. *2x04

• Jeff presents: Jeff Uses His Computer Behind Pauline - Will he be working on code? Will he be angrily gaming? Will he sit up straight for once? Stay tuned!

• Pauline and Scott present: NMC Cribs - Home tours: Pauline interviews the home presenter, and then Scott makes an insightful or insulting commentary.

• Justin presents: Pattonly Funny - Justin must perform George C. Scott’s famous “TURN IT OFF!!!” scene from the 1979 film, “Hardcore”, followed by five minutes of original stand-up.

• Pauline presents: Twitteroulette - Tell Pauline when to stop scrolling on her (or someone else's) Twitter likes. She reads the tweet and provides no context. End of bit. *2x08

• Ted and Ruth Janasko (Scott’s elderly neighbor) present: To Tell the Ruth - Ted tells Ruth Janasko (Scott’s elderly neighbor) about modern trends i.e. Snapchat, the internet, and machine learning. *2x10

• Brandon presents: Larry King Transcripts - Brandon reads transcripts from late 1995 episodes of Larry King interviews... silently to himself.

• Jake presents: “Josh Eats Cheesecurls” - Jake eats cheese curls. Josh is never mentioned, referenced, or seen during this bit. And yet, see the title. #Irony. *2x08

• Abby presents: Throw Your Laptop Against a Wall - Abby spins a wheel. Whoever it lands on is required to throw their laptop against a wall.

• Nobody presents: The Darwin Bit Experiment - 2 minutes of uninterrupted chaos. It evolves. Whatever happens happens. *2x10 (kind of)

• Justin presents: Rock/Sock Talk - Justin hosts a talk show. His guests are either a sock puppet worn and performed by a member of his choosing or Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. *2x11

• Scott presents: Apostrophe - Grammar trivia... with some twist’s.

• Scott presents: Live From... - Ok this is a real one, follow me... at some point during the first hour of nice movie club, someone, anyone, at any time, says “Live from (where they are) it’s Nice Movie Club...!” At that point, Scott plays the instrumental version of the SNL theme and “introduces” the “cast” of NMC in a Don Pardo impression. Ending with a different random musical guest and host each week. *2x02

• Mardy presents: Look At My Dog - Mardy shows us his dog. *2x11

• Mardy presents: House, MD - Mardy is a fake doctor at his new house. Each week a new 'patient' comes to seek help.

• Mardy presents: Home Economics - Mardy shows us the most problematic place of his new home at the moment and takes suggestions for solutions from the group. *2x04

• Mardy presents: I'm the King of the World! - Mardy superimposes different NMC members into scenes from Titanic.

• Mardy presents: Impress Me - Mardy does impressions of other NMC members.

• Mardy presents: Love Is An Open Door - Mardy "hires" women to "date" him and they show up at his door at 10 pm eastern on Tuesdays.

• Mardy presents: Mardy Goes To Hell And Tries Hard Not To Laugh - Exactly what I just said. *2x03

• Mardy presents: Ejector Seat - Mardy removes everyone from NMC one-by-one until he is all alone.

• Brandon presents: Background Player - Brandon breaks down his background of the week and explains why it's worth our collective focus. *2x08

• Mardy presents: Mission Mard-Possible - Mardy is given an impossible task that is very dangerous. We vote on whether or not he should attempt the feat. A waiver is signed beforehand.

• Mardy presents: Shaq To The Future - Mardy goes on a quest to discover whatever happened to Shaquille O'Neal. He used to play for the Orlando Magic, then I'm not sure whatever happened to that guy... *2x09

• Nik presents: Eye to Eye - Would Josh look better in guyliner than an actor who looks like he's wearing eyeliner (but isn't)? Josh and panel weigh in.

• Mardy presents: Mardy's Naughty Little Children - Mardy chooses an NMC member and that NMC member says one of their flaws/addictions/baggage and Mardy shames them for it. If the member cries, Mardy wins ten points.

• Justin presents: Hemingway Lines and Where They Came From - Justin reads a Hemingway line and talks about the inspiration behind it. Then an NMC member reads a line of their choice from literature and Justin tries to determine if it was written by Hemingway or not.

• Abby presents: Kids About to Graduate High School Say the Darndest Things - Abby shares ridiculous things her students have submitted for class. *2x09

• Jake presents: Spit and Image - Exactly what it sounds like. *2x06

• Jake presents: Pepperidge Nibbles - A blindfolded Jake nibbles the edge of a mystery Pepperidge Farm cookie. He must guess the correct cookie or be forced to endure the legendary Pepperidge Gauntlet where each NMC member roasts him with Pepperidge themed insults. *2x03

• Ted presents: Ted in a Nutschaef - Ted Reenacts the Austin Power's Nutshell Joke to the Requiem for a Dream Music. *2x07

• Nik presents: Josh Makeover - Nik does a Josh Makeover. *2x03

• Brandon presents: Gambling Hall - Brandon gives us odds on prop bets we come up with about the movie of the week (and suggests his own too). *2x04

• Pauline and Jake present: Broadway News and Reviews - Pauline and Jake give us the latest in Broadway news, review a Broadway show, and perform “Little Fall of Rain” from Les Mis.

• Xi and Jake present: He Said Xi Said - Jake and Xi tell the group something they've argued about and we decide who is correct. *2x09

• Mardy presents: He Says/Xi Says - A moderated debate between Jake and Xi about a domestic disagreement. *2x07

• Lisa presents: The Legacy of Bob Ross - Lisa paints a portion of her current project. As she does, she gives the club something to draw themselves which they have to show by the end of the bit. *2x09

• Josh presents: Making It Work - Josh applies Nik's makeover advice. *2x05

• Jake presents: Ted Hosts - Ted plays the role of a lifetime by hosting the NMC this week.

• Everyone presents: Tell Pauline What to Teach for Her Film Class 🙏 - Please, I’m desperate! *2x10

• Lisa presents: Children Are The Future - Lisa makes specific life predictions about NMC offspring based on their horoscopes.

• Ted presents: A Bite of the Big Apple - Ted gives a tour through an NY attraction.

• Josh presents: Josh’s Rash - Josh shows us the rash of his choice. He talks us through a differential diagnosis of how he determined the type and cause.

• Josh presents: Josh Chants - Josh prepares 4-5 p’sookot from his Bar Mitzvah portion and chants, in Hebrew, with the correct trope. Jake will play the role of Gabbi to ensure that Josh is appropriately chanting the right words and trope. *2x06

• Josh presents: Josh Auditions - Josh auditions for the role of Amon Göth. He is provided the scene where he, at point blank range, shoots a Jewish engineer in the head. Jake plays the role of the engineer. *2x06

• Josh presents: Josh In The Cube - Josh must assemble a make-shift “cube room” in his apartment. Then, he must perform prime factorization of two numbers. If he is unable to, he must pierce his penis by the following week. If he is able to, Ted must pierce his penis by the following week. *2x07

• Jake presents: Pick Another Host - Jake picks another host at this point in the hosting duties. That host can pick any bits for the remainder of the episode. *2x11

• Will presents: Cube by Cube - Will eats cube shaped food (can be naturally or artificially cube shaped) one by one, holding each cubed food item up to the camera before devouring it. He is allowed to say the name of the food item (can be natural or given name) but nothing else. He is only allowed the use of his right index finger and thumb to lift said food items. No water. *2x10

• Nik and Lisa present: Freaky Friday - Nik and Lisa switch bodies and do impressions of each other while debating whether or not California should declare independence.

• Renée presents: Stump the Schaef - Renée has 60 seconds to name 10 obscure independent films that Ted has never heard of. No IMDB is allowed. No Google is allowed. Bing is allowed but only once. *2x12

• Xi presents: Fer Factor - Xi must find the least appetizing bite of food in their apartment and Jake has to eat it on camera. No poison allowed. Points will be allotted based on reaction.

• Lisa presents: Where's Your Line? - Lisa poses different relationship scenarios (real or fictional) where a couple tries to work through their complicated sexual histories. Then the NMC casts their vote on if it could work out. *2x11 (Nicky)

• Nik presents: Car Chase Corner - Nik shows car chase highlights and provides commentary. *2x09

• Nik presents: How Lonely Are You? - Nik tells us each which Looney Toon we are. Ted comes up with this bit on the fly. *2x06

• Jake presents: New No-Nos - Jake lists new rules for life.

• Jake presents: New No-Nose - Jake describes the challenges of living life with no nose.

• Josh presents: Josh Does The Countdown - Josh, not Lisa, does the countdown.

• Scott presents: @midnight - Throughout the episode, Scott assigns points to each of us for the jokes we make.

• Nik and Lisa present: The Munchie Minute - Nik and Lisa break down what they're snacking on right now!

• Caribbean Jake presents: Caribbean Jake - Ya mon! Jake is Caribbean mon in this very questionable and culturally insensitive bit. Irie, irie mon!

• Jake and Xi present: Kerplunk - Jake must provide Xi with 3 small, dense objects and leave the room while still being within listening distance. Xi will then choose 1 of the objects and drop it into a large bowl of water. If Jake guesses the correct object, everyone will shout "Kerplunk!". If he guesses incorrectly, everyone will shout "Kerjunk!"

• Jake presents: Jake Donovan - Jake "fixes" Ted's Hollywood problems.

• Jake and Everyone present: Lynch Mob - We all tell Ted how much we love his movie and hate the Lynch comparisons. *2x08

• Jake presents: Bugs - Money - Each NMC member asks Jake one financial question, big or small. *2x09

• Josh presents: Josh Laughs - We watch Josh Laughs.

• Josh presents: Voice Mail - Josh plays a voice mail left by Scott.

• Jake presents: Bit: Deconstructed - Jake deconstructs a bit, bit by bit.

• Jake presents: NMC Rap Battle - Jake selects two NMC members to face off in a rap battle. NMC votes on the winner.

• Everyone presents: Nice Antigen Club - Everyone takes an at-home rapid COVID-19 test and 15 minutes later reveals their results.