617 - The Waiting Game

Middling with Eden and Brock

Eden Sher & Brock Ciarlelli

Comedy, Rewatch Podcast, The Middle, Rewatch, Abc, Brock Ciarlelli, Tv & Film, Eden Sher

4.8 • 615 Ratings

🗓️ 27 August 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Today, it's just us as we recap a fan-favorite moment from the series: episode 617, "The Waiting Game," AKA the one where Mike Heck gets caught singing "More Than a Feeling!" We were totally caught off guard that THIS was the episode where Mike lets loose. Find out what Neil Flynn thought about that moment, hear about Brock’s re-do interaction with Brad’s dad, and stick around as we answer some tricky trivia from Alisha, who called in with questions!

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0:00.0	Think of a nappy. See-through and perfect for keeping things fresh. Now you're thinking,
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0:35.7	Eden, now I know you didn't go to college.
0:36.1	Yeah.
0:36.4	Okay.
0:43.8	But if you did, and if you applied, what would your college essay, what would have it, what have it been about?
0:50.0	Brock, I, I, I, yes, I did not go to college, but I fully applied to colleges.
0:50.8	Wait, you did?
0:51.7	Oh my God.
0:53.0	Yes, I was heartbroken.
0:55.2	I got waitlisted at my number one. I applied early decision to Barnard. Oh, Barnard. I did know that. I did know that. I did know that. Okay, wait. What was it? Did you do the theater program? Did you do an audition? No. No. I applied to be a linguistics major. Come on, girl. Wait, what was your essay? What was your essay about? So this is such a lame answer.
1:12.2	And it's like, oh, of course I didn't get in.
1:29.7	My God. It was just like a lame. It was like a standard. It was about like my dad dying and my relationship with my grandma. Yeah. It was just a run of the mill. like now as a 33 year old I'm like every 17 year old is just like talking about their journey with their dead dad and their mom you know what I mean that I bet it was good I should
1:36.7	have made it funny honestly I should have made it funnier I think I was trying to be I was trying to
1:41.7	like I because I did I took all the because I did, I took all the classes.
1:49.2	I did all that, obviously, all the SAT prep, all the ACT prep, all of the stuff.
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