View podcast Comments field on iPod?

I have a lot of podcasts I listen to on my iPod (classic & nano) but it would be really nice if there were a way to view the Comments field because on these particular podcasts, that's where the info about the show is. Otherwise they basically all look alike, except for the date/hour which doesn't help me sort through which I'd like to hear.
Is there a way to view Comments on the iPod or is that strictly an iTunes option?
Thanks.
Sally

I don't think that is possible. You can only view the Description, not the Comments.
It sure would be nice if iTunes let you edit the Description, wouldn't it? You can try giving Apple feedback about it here:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/itunesapp.html
I wrote a script that will let you edit the description of the tracks you select in iTunes -- but it would be up to you to manually copy the comments field (copy and paste should work). If you want to use it, download the script, then select the podcast tracks in iTunes, then run the script by double-clicking on it. You will be prompted to enter the description for each track.
You can download it here:
http://www.pobox.com/~teridon/itunesscripts/itunes_description.vbs (right-click, and select "Save link as")
Or copy and paste from below into a text file (use Notepad):
' # itunes_description.vbs
' # This script will eject all connected iPods
' # written by: Robert Jacobson (http://www.pobox.com/~teridon/itunesscripts/index.html)
' # Last Updated: 19 Sep 2007
' # Version 1.0
' # This script is GPL v2. see http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
Option Explicit
Dim iTunesApp ' iTunes.Application object used to access the iTunes application.
Dim tracks
Dim track
Dim lastvalue
Dim input
Dim i
Dim name
Set iTunesApp = CreateObject("iTunes.Application.1")
Set tracks = iTunesApp.SelectedTracks
lastvalue = ""
For i = 1 to tracks.Count
Set track = tracks.Item(i)
IF track.Kind = 1 Then
name = track.Name
input = InputBox("Enter the description you want for the track" & name, "Enter Description", lastvalue)
If Len(input) > 0 Then
track.Description = input
lastvalue = input
End If
End If
Next
The forum TOS requires me to say: "I may receive some form of compensation, financial or otherwise, from my recommendation or link" because I have a paypal donation link on my webpage, but the program is free (donation totally optional)

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