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Now displaying: February, 2017

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Feb 26, 2017
In which Jeff and KC welcome Chad and Tawny Denick to the studio; Chad’s back from LA; KC blames her bad behavior on the trump in her; tawny talks health insurance; jeff doesnt like talking on phones; passwords are stupid; the ladies do hot yoga; Chad can’t understand the yogi’s nonsense; Jeff talks Sri Baghwan Rajneesh; Chad prefers yang yoga; Jeff and KC went to Curry Corner; KC throws some shade at work; Chad talks about shutting down hecklers; Jeff talks about his sidecast, Shattered Worlds RPG; Jeff goes back to therapy; sprinkling; Tawny and Jeff hate Valentine’s day; we learn how Chad handled his early standup career; Emo Philips is great; Jeff doesn’t love eye contact with strangers; Chad doesn’t love shoulder touches; Tawny is a master gardener and baker; Jeff loves pastry;  the gang talks Disneyland;  KC talks about parenting and emotional neglect; she could nuke anything; Chad lays a positive statement on us; Jeff reads a post from The Belle Jar; the good thing about being snowflakes;  the difference between mainstream and black comedy shows; lactose intolerance and crossword puzzles; and more!
 
 
Plugs:
 
 
March 4 - Tacoma Jazz Walk
March 18 - Dockyard Derby Dames Championship Bout @ Pierce College, Lakewood 6 pm
April 27-29 - Chad Denick MCing for Steve Trivino @ Tacoma Comedy Club
May 25-27 - Chad Denick MCing for Tim Meadows @ Tacoma Comedy Club
 
 
Podcasts:
 
 
TBTL (Too Beautiful to Live)
ADHD Rewired
The Jackie and Laura Show
You Made It Weird with Pete Holmes
 
 
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Feb 19, 2017
Episode 81: Come Down to the Chuckles Factory ft Reid Clark and Meredith Armstrong

In which Jeff and KC welcome Seattle comics Reid Clark and Meredith Armstrong to the studio to discuss a broad range of topics; Jeff and KC engage in some podcast foreplay; Reid and Meredith have an open relationship; Reid has mad sad pieces; Jeff is uncomfortable with the whole topic; a uhaul truck is a great way to pick up free stuff off of Craigslist; roller derby is the Doug Stanhope of sports; Reid and Jeff discuss talkin ish and burnin bridges; KC contends that one can be honest without being offensive; the possibility of making a perfect statement; Reid quotes the first memo; Reid advocates approaching life like a press secretary; getting lost in your own con; y'all should come on down to the Chuckles Factory; KC uses an authoritative tone with Louis; Reid thinks we should keep sex, religion, and sports out of social conversation; we discuss the new bread and circuses; Lady Gaga doesn't get up to any Super Bowl shenanigans; Meredith talks about her first standup set; Reid tells Meredith she's a natural and later gets all romantical; "she came, and then she came"; they've been boring ever since; Meredith is a delight! Ugh; they are a very confrontational couple; Jeff reads from Shattered Worlds; The Serpent's Kiss; KC's goin to Mardi Gras in New Orleans; fluoride calcifies the third eye; Meredith is a goldurn delight; "we'll run a train on your podcast"; and more!

 

Closing Song: "The Church of What's Happening Now" - Sia

 

Plugs:

 

February 20 - Creative Colloquy, 7 pm at B Sharp Coffeehouse in Tacoma

February 22 - Top Shelf Show ft Sam Talent, 7 pm at The Rendezvous Seattle

February 25 - Destiny City Winter Zine Symposium, 2 pm at Destiny City Comics

March 18 - Dockyard Derby Dames Championship Bout, 6 pm at Pierce College Steillacoom

 

Podcasts:

 

Doug Loves Movies

Getting Doug With High

The Dollop

The Greatest Generation

Mental Illness Happy Hour

Stuff You Should Know

Smart People Podcast

ADHD Rewired

Drink Champs

You Made It Weird

Comedy Bang Bang

The Church of What's Happening Now

 

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Feb 15, 2017
Episode 80b: Can't We Just Hate Mondays Instead? ft Stuffy Doll's Jupiter Zirkua and Jey Cieri

In which the second part of our chat with Stuffy Doll's Jupiter Zirkua and Jey Cieri unfolds; there are lot of Americans with terrible ideas who want to kill people; we could have used these anti-Trump people before the election; could we hate Mondays instead of refugees?; KC asks if there's ever been a separation of church and state; do we have to like the Pope now?; KC talks about her parents being refugees from Vietnam; her mom travels to four other countries before coming here; it hurts KC because she wouldn't have existed if this nonsense was happening; muslims are being treated like savages; Jeff thinks if more people knew refugees the idea that they are terrorists would lose traction; Jupiter says something amazingly incisive about ole DJT and capitalism; psychopathy and narcissism lead you nowhere good; Dandy from American Horror Story: Freakshow is Trump with a knife; nothing gets done without people power; Jey and Jupiter extoll everyone to call and write their legislators, to vote and raise heck; Kirsten Gillibrand for Prez 2020; Jupiter wants YOU to run for office; we hear about In Porch Taste, Jupiter and Jey's biweekly comedy show in Bremerton; we get into the writing process: Jeff shares his latest chapter; the group discusses heroism and is it real; what makes an artistic hero worth cutting off; Woody Allen was great in Antz; Jupiter feels bad for watching Carnage, one of Polanski's finest; he also mentions Kanye and Kim Kardashian for some reason; Jey does NOT bust out a sick freestyle; we get deep into the development of a Stuffy Doll song; and Florida is the Australia of the US.

 

Closing Song: "Helena" - My Chemical Romance

 

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Feb 12, 2017
Episode 80: Caught a Tapeworm in Colorada ft Stuffy Doll's Jupiter Zirkua and Jey Cieri

In which Jeff and KC welcome Jupiter and Jey of Stuffy Doll to the studio for an extended chat; Jey moves from Japan to Oklahoma to Alaska to Jupiter’s attic; KC gives a derby update; Jupiter hates physical altercations and being on wheels; Stuffy Doll was named after a magic card; Vin Diesel plays Dungeons and Dragons and KC is shocked; Jeff gets embroiled in a heavy duty Facebook debate: are violent factions a necessary part of a resistance?; "this argument is a millenial"; Jupiter thinks civil war is less than a year away; will Florida seceding from the union?; KC and Jeff catch some racism during Lunar New Year; the boys talk up In Porch Taste and the Patreon campaign; Jeff's hair is pretty good for 40, but is it a Trumpian combover; #Jeyisfat; Jupiter's dad is super dead; both of them products of dead dads; Jupiter would move to Canada for their sexy prime minister; Jupiter likes mountain goats, John Darnielle, and the Hamilton soundtrack; Jey mowed lawns at age 12; humans are cockroaches with nuclear weapons; there has to be a worse thing than being a human; lil Jey liked classical guitar, My Chemical Romance, Nine Inch Nails; we talk about the band; Jupiter has some Taylor Swift sheet music for Jey; Jey couldn't keep a rhythm; "it's like the fart of guitar jokes"; Jeff namechecks Battersea; we talk drummers; the Slipknot dude has enormous setup; Jeff throws a shoutout to Steve Dombrosky; Jupiter’s narcissism isn't just for him, it's for other people; Jey gives a shoutout to Limp Wizards (they do not have a ghost writer); lil Jeff tries to impress a lady by talking about the fucked up state of the world; the podcast movement brings back radio but not lame; Jeff plugs Ear Buds, the Podcasting Documentary https://store.comedyfilmnerds.com, and more!

 
Plugs
 
 
March 12th Stuffy Doll - High Fidelity Lounge, Bremerton
 
Feb 10th Fellowship of Convenience - Seattle, WA
 
 
Feb 25 Destiny City Zine Symposium - Tacoma, WA destinycitycomics.com
 
Every other Wed  In Porch Taste Bremerton, WA
 
 
Podcasts
 
 
Welcome To Night Vale
 
Nerdist
 
Stuff You Should Know
 
Mental Illness Happy Hour
 
My Favorite Murder
 
The Doug Stanhope Podcast
 
You're Not So Smart
 
Lead Singer Syndrome
 
 
 
 

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Feb 6, 2017
Episode 79: Ryan Reaves Gets Real ft Ryan Reaves

In which Jeff and KC welcome LA comedian Ryan Reaves to the studio; it's Black History Month; KC makes some money with her side biz; Ryan's dad brings the Jeri Curl to Michigan; KC didn't have siblings but it's okay because she didn't have friends either; the streets of LA were quiet on 9/11;  Jeff asks Ryan the "Black Question";  KC talks about colorblind racism; immigration bans and the movement against them, there are also Canadian racists; KC reads her poem; Jeff reads from his 9th grade autobiography; the gang talks movied; KC watched the news as a kid; and more!

 

Closing Song: "White Street" - Kristin Kontrol

 

Podcasts:

 

Drink Champs

Fresh Air

The Greatest Generation

Cory Holcomb and the 5150

Breakfast Club

Drake Nashid

Doug Loves Movies

The Trouble With Trivia

Comedy Film Nerds

How Did This Get Made?

Cinema Sin

 

TV:

 

The Crown 

 

Movies:

 

What Lies Beneath

Frailty

Don't Breathe

 

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