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"WHY DO I CHOOSE THIS FOR A LIVING"
Pretty Good - S1 - E7
i am dumb and easily frightened. if you're like me, high-stakes poker is terrifying. welcome to the eighth episode of Pretty Good, a show about stories that are pretty good.
Pretty Good: Season 1 - 12 Episode s
1x1 - KOO DAE-SUNG
May 7, 2015
written, illustrated, narrated, and produced by Jon Bois.
1x2 - Larry Walters has a flying lawn chair and a BB gun
May 21, 2015
It's 1982, and Larry Walters of North Hollywood is sitting in a lawn chair. He has a BB gun, a radio, and some sandwiches. He is floating 15,000 feet above Los Angeles. He is in trouble.
1x3 - LONNIE SMITH.
June 18, 2015
Between the mascot assault, near-fatal coke habit, murder plot, three World Series rings, and going down as one of the worst goats in baseball history, Lonnie Smith's story is one of the most fascinating of the last few decades.
1x4 - "NO!!!!!!"
January 27, 2016
Pretty Good is a series about stories that are pretty good. it is written, illustrated, animated, and edited by Jon Bois.
1x5 - THE DUMBEST BOY ALIVE.
February 18, 2016
In 2008, some people in a message board spent an entire weekend fighting over how many days are in a week. This is their story. Welcome to Pretty Good, a show about stories that are pretty good.
1x6 - "I WISH EVERYONE ELSE WAS DEAD."
April 24, 2016
"24" was the Bush administration's favorite TV show. It was also a quasi-apocalyptic nightmare that reduced America to a cathedral of death worship. That is not coincidental. This is the seventh episode of Pretty Good, a show about stories that are pretty good.
1x7 - "WHY DO I CHOOSE THIS FOR A LIVING"
June 27, 2016
i am dumb and easily frightened. if you're like me, high-stakes poker is terrifying. welcome to the eighth episode of Pretty Good, a show about stories that are pretty good.
1x8 - RAT POISON AND BRANDY: THE 1904 ST. LOUIS OLYMPIC MARATHON.
August 11, 2016
the 1904 Olympic marathon was a story of fraud, thievery, raw eggs, rat poison, food poisoning, liquor, feral dogs, and at least three separate incidents of near-death. it was the stupidest sporting event of all time. welcome to Pretty Good, a show about stories that are pretty good.
1x9 - 222-0.
August 14, 2016
"Beatdown" isn't the word. Neither are "rout" or "clobbering." The word to describe what Georgia Tech's football team did to Cumberland does not exist, because we've never had to invent it, because nothing like it has happened before or since. On the 100-year anniversary of this game, we proudly present this very special episode of Pretty Good, a show about stories that are pretty good.
1x10 - Baron Davis From 89 Feet
January 25, 2017
Baron Davis buried the longest bucket in NBA history — at the buzzer, while being guarded, and despite not being a particularly accomplished three-point shooter. This Pretty Good is about that historic 89-foot shot and the sad rabble of players who have failed to match it in the 16 years since.
1x11 - Troy State 253, DeVry 141
March 13, 2017
In 1992, Troy State and DeVry (yup, that DeVry, the one from the commercials) were scheduled to play a game of basketball. What they actually played was part relay race, part word problem that resulted in the highest-scoring men's basketball game ever.
1x12 - Randall Cunningham Seizes the Means of Production
September 28, 2017
In 1987, Philadelphia Eagles coach Buddy Ryan and quarterback Randall Cunningham ran the most unsportsmanlike play in NFL history. The Dallas Cowboys totally deserved it.