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5:36 AM. BJ and Tyler are leaving, but not before squealing to each other “Here we go!” and “Do it!” They clearly have a serious case of Robin Williams Disease, in which it is impossible not to be “on” for even one moment while a camera is running, and while that’s charming for an hour-long standup special or a movie in which you play a professional nurturer, it is something I find impossibly tiresome in a race team. They run off the mat. And one of them says to Eric and Jeremy, “Let’s go, muscles from Brussels!” That’s…not funny, you know? There is no resemblance between either of those guys and Schwarzenegger, and that’s what makes it shtick and not wit. It’s not responsive to the situation. BJ and Tyler explain in voice-over that they have “both a competition and a brotherhood with Eric and Jeremy.” Yes. The Brotherhood Of The Choad. Tyler tells us that while they’re from “two different worlds,” they “have a fundamental understanding of each other.” See? They are the same guy. This is what I’ve been trying to tell you. The Choad Family gets into a pair of taxis.

Ah, Miss Alli’s new recap is up at TWOP.

It’s a funny thing, but Eric and Jeremy don’t look like Jean-Claude Van Damme, either. Weird.

She’s not a fan of BJ and Tyler, the Hippies, but I will allow as how their constant on-ness and “comedy schtick” antics could become an annoyance.

It’s an odd thing, but lots and lots of people online seem to know BJ or Tyler in real life. More so than any other team I can remember. Maybe they really are that gregarious and fun-loving, or maybe because they live in the Bay Area means they know a lot of people who are wired-up brains in jars, more than most people do anyway.