Hello all,
I've been lurking the forum for over a year now, but since I responded in another thread I thought I might introduce myself.
So, as mentioned in that other place, I'm from the Netherlands, which isn't a place where The Best Show is really known, or at all for that matter. I got into the show thanks to my stateside then girlfriend, who kept mentioning it to me to no avail for at least six months or so, since for me it's essentially a podcast and I hardly ever listened to podcasts at the time (now I'm quite addicted, but that's another conversation). But then I stayed over there for a month visiting her and there was no avoiding it. Of course after I'd actually heard a show, I was hooked immediately. Sadly, the first and only time I've ever heard the show live was the one in which Tom announced he was quitting, in October of 2013. So the last year I've been digging through the archives, from 2000 to 2005, going through shows especially fast during the summer after the break-up with the woman that got me into it in the first place, until the glorious return of the show late last year. Can't wait for that boxset to arrive!