u/Mr_Hellpop

Maximum Fun: Honestly, I don’t hate it. Cute little mascot, although the backward baseball cap gives me “Hello, fellow kids” vibes. B

The Adventure Zone: Hilariously, the MaxFun site describes this as “the outline of a witch,” when it is clearly a wizard, specifically a weirdly short Gandalf. Which is confusing, because Doober is not the character depicted. Also, I hate Doober. C-

Beef and Dairy Network: I love B&DN, but don’t care for this one. Maybe the show’s surreal humor just doesn’t translate to the medium of keychains. C

Black People Love Paramore: This just looks like something you’d find in a Myrtle Beach gift shop. D

Bullseye: It’s a keychain with a self-referential keychain joke! That’s funny, right? C-

Comfort Creatures: I find some of the details of this one odd and off-putting. I don’t get why the raccoon is green, and something about its feet and fingers and pot belly feels uncanny to me. C

Dead Pilots Society: This design feels especially lazy, and the pun sucks. D

Depresh Mode: Fine, I guess. But generic, and the alignment of the text doesn’t make any sense. C

Dr. Gameshow: Is that what Manolo looks like? Hate it. F

E Pluribus Motto: As a cryptic enthusiast I am familiar with the Squonk, but there is something about this I find singularly unpleasant, possibly the tiny bit of Squonk taint visible at the bottom. C-

Eurovangelists: Looks like it might be something political. Generic to the point of nonsense. C-

Feeling Seen: I don’t know why the one camera is yellow and the other two are blue. Otherwise a perfectly ok design I guess. B-

The Flop House: I used to be a devout listener of the Flop House, but fell off quite awhile ago (I think Dan’s quite obvious depression started to bum me out). I rather like this one; I’m a sucker for VHS nostalgia. B+

Free With Ads: I have no idea what this podcast is, or what it has to do with jellyfish. I do like jellyfish though. C+

Go Fact Yourself: Yet another keychain drawing attention to the fact that it’s a keychain. Marginally better than the previous one. C

International Waters: An almost painfully generic design. C-

The Jackie and Laurie Show: I really like Jackie Kashian, and even saw her live last year when she opened for Maria Bamford. I had no idea she had a MaxFun podcast. The essential workers joke feels dated and self-congratulatory. C-

Jordan, Jesse, Go!: I like that even disconnected from the show itself, this is a fun little image of a dinosaur. But a Sauropod as “king of dinosaurs?” GTFO. B+

Judge John Hodgman: I guess this one does the best job of stating right out front “I am a fan of this podcast.” Not bad. B-

Just the Zoo of Us: A bit like the JJGo one, although I personally do find isopods creepy. B

Let’s Learn Everything: C’mon, you can’t even give the bee a stinger? Lazy. C-

Maximum Film: Putting the acronym within the spokes of the film reel feels unnecessary. Otherwise pretty generic. C

Mission to Zyxx: I’m sure to listeners of the show this is a hilarious reference, but to me it just looks stupid and random. C-

My Brother, My Brother, and Me: It feels odd to include a specific brand name in a piece of merch like this. Again, I’m not familiar with the bit, so this just feels LOLRandom. C

Reading Glasses: I just think this design sucks. Why books for eyes? Why red/green/purple as a color scheme? Ugh, don’t like it. D

Reading Smut: Simple but amusing, I like this one. A-

Rephrasing - An Archer Podcast: I watched every episode of Archer…was there a cyborg spy squirrel on the show? Confusing design and kind of ugly, it looks like it’s pooping its own bleached intestine. D

Sawbones: When I was three I punctured my eardrum with a Q-Tip, so I appreciate the message of this one, at least (I still stick them in there, though). The fact that all of the items are repeated annoys me, but that’s a pretty minor quibble. B

Secret Histories of Nerd Mysteries: I am finding it difficult to feel anything about this one. I assume torus shaped planet are something they talked about on the show. It’s fine. C+

Secretly Incredibly Fascinating: Is the show about Chicago? Are the hosts Chicago White Sox fans? This one makes annoys me, but I can’t even really explain why. And I actually like the hosts, since I’m familiar with them from 1-900-HOTDOG. C-

Shmanners: While I will admit that “Midnight Friendship Honey” is a pretty funny phrase, I’m worried that it’s actually some secret sex thing between Teresa and Travis. B-

Sleeping With Celebrities: This one feels like they threw it together in 5 minutes. Boring. D

Sound Heap: Another podcast I know nothing about. Nonsense, but vaguely amusing nonsense, so I don’t mind it. B-

Still Buffering: Holy shit, this show still exists? Good for them I guess. C+

Stop Podcasting Yourself: It’s a BOCO keychain with a BOCO reference on it! Genius! C-

Tights and Fights: I can definitely see what butts have to do with wrestling, but not sure about the cats. The design doesn’t scream wrestling championship belt to me, so I would have had no idea it was for this show. But I like both butts and cats. B-

Triple Click: Not a bad design, but the closest that any of them come to a generic show logo. Ok, I guess. B-

TV Chef Fantasy League: I guess the fantasy league gimmick is kind of an interesting twist on a watch along show, but I can’t imagine who is interested in this. The design is whatever. C-

Valley Heat: Ok, right up upfront…I love this show. I also have no idea what it’s doing on MaxFun. It appears that since going to the network they’ve barely released any new episodes, but they have continued to release episodes on their Patreon. That’s right: they are on MaxFun AND Patreon! So what the hell gives? Interestingly, while they have only released 3 episodes since joining MaxFun in January of 2024, they have released 15 bonus episodes, making them the undisputed kings of actually creating bonus content on the network. But seriously, it’s a great show; support them on Patreon. Cephalopods are cool. A

Walkin’ About: This is a show where a guy interviews someone while they take a walk. The keychain looks like a crosswalk sign, so that’s fine I guess.

We Got This With Mark and Hal: Not just a self-referential keychain, but a self-referential podcast keychain. C-

Wonderful!: No idea who Greg was, but I thought the briefcase was a coffee mug at first, and only got it because of the description. Feels too specific and not indicative of the tone of the show, though I haven’t listened in a long time. Maybe it’s about a guy named Greg now? C-