STAB! 370 – The STAB! 5 & 10 Year Overblown Tournament Spectacular Finals

·1 hr 58 min·5 clips

Eric's pug Niles hosts a game show asking if his father is 'pretty ugly,' with contestants including Jeff Brown and Molly Doan.

The episode begins with a pre-show audience poll about fast-food preferences, setting a casual tone. Host Jesse Jones introduces the panelists: Eric Borger, a string artist; Jeff Brown, a digital overlord; and Molly Doan, a comedian. They banter about personal updates, such as Eric finishing 20 string art pieces and Jeff's hospital-ridden dad. The first segment, 'IFPUG,' has each panelist creatively interpret the acronym. Eric's pug Niles hosts a game show judging his father's ugliness. Jeff delivers a sermon for the Church of Garfield, using IFPUG as a mantra. Molly gives a fraternity lecture where IFPUG stands for 'I fell, penis unfortunately gone,' with graphic anecdotes. Segment two, 'Bootleg It,' tasks them with spoofing reality shows. Eric pitches 'Road Rules' with mutants from 'The Hills Have Eyes.' Jeff offers 'Road Rules' with Pauly Shore teaching driving safety. Molly lists absurd spinoffs like 'Rope Rules' and 'Real World Oops All Mean Men.' For '90 Day Fiancé,' Eric imagines Dane Cook and an Italian woman house-hunting, Jeff proposes 'Three Month Getaway' with Wilson the volleyball, and Molly creates '90 Day Chianti' with Hannibal Lecter. For 'Project Runway,' Eric presents 'Fashion About It' with Tony Revolver, Jeff introduces 'German Shame Doll,' and Molly spoofs it as 'Project Comeway,' a pornographic version. Segment three, 'Recipes,' has Eric crafting a person who gets upset at immature people, inspired by 'Love is Blind.' Jeff makes a Halloween party for people who don't like scares, which turns into an orgy. Molly details a 'really bad time' involving frustrating dates and whipped cream. Segment four, 'Vows to an Asshole,' features Eric vowing to gig work, Jeff to first-world problems, and Molly to someone who always plays devil's advocate. The final segment, 'Department of Tourism,' includes Eric's pitch for 'Charades Tin,' a town where people only communicate via charades, tying back to 'The Hills Have Eyes.' Jeff reluctantly promotes 'Timmidsville' with minimal enthusiasm. The episode wraps with promos for Eric's string art and his stop-motion series with Molly, 'Raptor on a Horse.'

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A live tournament finale turns fast-food arguments and doomed reality-show premises into escalating ensemble comedy.

Stab's 10th-anniversary tournament finale works best when its live-show format starts to feel like a comedy pressure cooker. Three finalists perform commissioned spins on random topics, while the room veers into a Sacramento fast-food dispute that grows from Taco Bell and Del…

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You get a live tournament finale where Baja Fresh becomes a strip-mall nightmare and Wilson gets cast as a lonely bachelor’s spherical spouse.

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