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(S01E07) This episode was taped in Portland, though I'm not sure it was the same episode that got them in trouble earlier this year.

Anyway, the episode had a lot of funny moments, but making fun of religion, any religion, is like shooting fish in a barrel. I really wanted to see them take more risks and do something more clever than just making a lot of Jew/pork jokes. Although I will admit I laughed pretty hard when Marty asked Tillie (who admitted to being one quarter Jewish) if Jewish people can pull their hamstring.

The only one who really took the whole religion angle and ran with it was Alan (Zach Galifianakis) who claimed he belonged to an obscure religious sect that believed "thou shalt not commit sarcasm," that "Jesus" was a typo and is actually named "Jesu5," and that when the messiah returns he will tell his chosen people to build patios out of permeable material and repopulate the Earth. Marty suggests how sexy it would be if they were the chosen people and had to repopulate the Earth with Tillie, which leads to a hilarious discussion about who gets to nail Tillie first and the fact that they would have to have sex with each other's children. The rest of the episode, which centered around the team attending a Christian music and game festival, was rife with "is this kosher or not?" jokes and easy jabs at Christianity. They were funny enough, but I expected them not to take such an easy route. Nevertheless, what could have been one of the lesser episodes of this season was saved somewhat by Tillie taking advantage of her co-workers ignorance of Judaism by telling them she must have a bottle of wine every morning, that they need to buy her new shoes to honor the moment in the desert when Moses and his followers changed shoes, and that she was allowed to be forty minutes late to work every day to honor the 40 days Moses and his people spent in the desert. All in all, a funny episode, just not the best one they've done.

Best line: If the Jew Pope found out, I'd be circumcised.