This week’s episode: a meta-analysis of the three branches of content our show tends to take; ruminations on birthdays, surprises, a wonderful birthday movie, and getting older; the NEW CD (!), “Do You Like Star Wars?” is on its way (with artwork by Molly Lewis), along with a new t-shirt and USB drive; recounting the last half of our West Coast trip, including terrible Canadian coffee; and w00tstock 2.2 in Chicago and w00tstock 2.3 in Minneapolis are officially announced. (Hooray!) Also, absent technology.

AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION ALERT: What “milestone” birthdays did/will affect you? And what technology was better/available previously and worse/unavailable now (a la Concorde)? Also, if you’re a minion and didn’t receive notice of the “Joss Whedon Birthday Message” prank, send us your e-mail address (along with your minion designation, so we can match them up).

Show #077: Dozens of Fake Joss Whedons

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This week’s SOOPER-SIZED, extra-special episode: a rare “in the same room” podcast in (of all places) a casting office, along with good friends Kim Evey (producer of “The Guild” and star of “Gorgeous Tiny Chicken Machine Show“) and Greg Benson (of the hilarious Mediocre Films); scallions and spring onions; childhood near-death experiences are dwelt upon; pitying child actors; adventures in miscasting; Paul climbs up his own arse again, but turns it around and climbs up Kim’s & Greg’s instead; paying attention to comments (or not); viral videos (boobs);

AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION ALERT: Should we put up the video of the four of us sitting in a room?

Show #076: I Should’na Even Stopped Here!

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In celebration of the holiday, we offer our song “Lose the Gonads” for ABSOLUTELY FREE! Please feel free to download it and share it with all your friends—we just ask that you please share the link to the Humane Society’s Spay Day page at the same time.

Enjoy, and please spay and neuter your pets!

Lose the Gonads

This week’s rather introspective episode: we recount our Texas adventures (both culinary and travelary) and respective health setbacks; salsa and Paul’s travel luck; mutual bitchin’ about snow, and a tortured metaphor; embarrassing moments involving Al Haig and flying beer (not necessarily both at the same time); and a super-secret (shhh!) announcement about the next w00tstock shows. Also, werewolves, and Paul’s phone rings.

AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION ALERT: whom would you suggest as possible guests for our upcoming Seattle and Portland w00tstock shows?

Show #075: Reclining Up

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This week’s episode: further burger deliberations; Storm vows not to discuss food, then immediately starts discussing food some more; capitalizing on snowstorm panic; “Sickey Mickey” and vomiting on Muppets; fart jokes and the relative humor thereof; Paul’s aimless Pulp Fiction story; some “Lost” geekery, and much ado about cookies.

AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION ALERT: Where should we eat while in Dallas, Austin and Houston? Also, what mysteries do you *definitely* want solved before “Lost” ends its run?

Show #074: I Threw Up on Mahna Mahna

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This week’s episode: Storm sails alone; places you should eat; gummy food; burger controversy; and the third installment of “Emily and the Really Sexy Vampyre“.

AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION ALERT: In-N-Out or Five Guys?

Show #073: Rockin’ the Dim / Emily Part 3

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This week’s episode: we bitch a little about Skype (fabulous, free technology); Storm addresses some responses to last week’s podcast; the pronunciation of “root” and other regional funkiness; recounting Florida experiences both wonderful and horrible; Storm questions his douchebagginess; old-school video-gaming; yummy, yummy tacos; and finding your friends in Anathem.

AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION ALERT: How do you pronounce “root?” What other regional pronunciation/terminology issues have you run into? Also, is Storm a douchebag?

Show #072: Taco Cart

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This week’s episode: with Paul mediating over at NBC, Len Peralta guest co-hosts; juggling creative projects, like Monster By Mail and Flipface and Rifftrax; Conan is the New Coke; Leno does soap operas; kosher Coke, Mexican Coke, savory Cokes, and soda terroir; snowy Cleveland; awesome and disappointing places; do you like Star Wars? (an apology and explanation); and the great Muppet revival.

AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION ALERT: Do you like Star Wars?

Show #071: Do You Like Star Wars?

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This week’s episode: An odd anniversary; some shout-outs (what-what!); Storm jumps on the BSG train; yummy shakes and the Wilton Candy Kitchen; wrestlers from our youth; the overweening influence of Harrison Ford characters, especially on Storm; and Paul’s youthful pornography education.

AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION ALERT: What person(s)/character(s) do you believe yourself to be/model yourself after/wish you were ?

Show #070: Chinwhipper (Some content NSFW)

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This week’s longest-ever episode (sorry again, guys!): Scooby-Doo- and Fear Factor-style holidays; Christian ham and non-pig ham; debriefing the It Might Be Xmas project; putting “pod” in front of everything; and we jump on the year-end/decade-end “Top Ten Lists” bandwagon, with Storm taking it seriously, and Paul taking his usual lackadaisical approach.

AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION ALERT: Feel free to submit your own Top Ten List of whatever. And what should our bracketed tournament for 2010 be?

Show #069: Twirlable Moustaches (Some content NSFW)

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This week’s episode: no Paul, lots of snow, It Might Be Xmas marches on, and a really sexy vam-PYRE, as read here in Part 2 of “Emily and the Really Sexy Vampyre” (which is now up to Part 6.)

AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION ALERT: Have an awesome Christmas, stay safe, and/or tell us about your non-traditional holiday traditions or celebrations.

Featured post-show song: “Christmas Eve Eve” by Paul and Storm

Photo by Nathan Gibbs http://www.flickr.com/photos/nathangibbs/3081244599/

Show #068: Trying To Be All Blasè (Some content Really Sexy)

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This week’s episode: the magic of numbers; our latest project; our other latest project ,for Coverville; the danger of being coy with one’s self; the art of dreading things; and Xmas recommendations and British comedy.

AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION ALERT: What are some of your favorite/least favorite holiday memories (music, shows, movies, etc.)?

Featured post-show song:  “Backward Santa” by Paul and Storm

Show #067: DARPA Hoverboards (Some content NSFW)

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This week’s episode: we wrap up our Ireland/UK trip summary; we reveal Storm’s final smart phone decision; we tease our next Holiday Project; and hypnosis is finally discussed. Also, Storm picks up his wife at the Metro station. (Apologies once again for the lousy recording quality on Paul’s end; also, there’s some sort of strange woodpecker-y sound through much of the recording. What the hell?)

AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION ALERT: What smart phone do you own/is the best? And what are your favorite apps for the iPhone and Android?

Featured post-show song:  “Grandma’s Christmas Dinner” by Paul and Storm

Show #066: A Suitcase’s Worth of Jaffa Cakes (Some content NSFW)

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This week’s episode: we’re back from the UK/Ireland; Paul is unable to do the podcast this week (for a reason that’s not mundane at all), so Storm reads Part 1 of the new teen lit sensation, “Emily and the Sexy Vampyre“.

AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION ALERT: How do you prefer your vampires: somewhat sexy, regular sexy, or VERY sexy?

Show #065: Sexy Vampyres (Some content NSFW)

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This week’s episode (a couple days late, sorry): we recap the first half of our UK/Ireland tour; a drunken Irishman molests Jonathan Coulton; a Paltrowian look at Paul as an angry drunk; haggis and Irn-Bru;

Finally: a couple months ago, a couple blind listeners asked us to find a creative way for them to become new members of the Brigade of Minions. We decided that you, our listeners/other Minions, should illustrate them (in any way you like), based on their descriptions of themselves. Here are those descriptions:

@dave728nc: Dave is a youthful 47, dark hair with some gray, average build with a ready smile and cherubic good looks.  A computer consultant by day, and martial artist superhero by night, his motto is, “If the computers don’t do what I tell them to do, I kick them until they cooperate.”  He has very few Twitter followers, and is never shy about shameless groveling for more.

@CarolinaWolfie: So yeah, this is me, @CarolinaWolfie. So first, as my user name kind of implies, I’m a dog person. I travel with Simba, a black Labrador service dog. She’s way up there on the cute scale. She’s tiny, but don’t let that fool you. She’s kind of like me, mostly quiet with occasional bursts of energy and affection. I have two kids–both boys–and they are both awesome young men. I have blond hair and hazel eyes. And that’s as much as you’re getting on that score, but if you offer me the right incentive things could change.

Use the above two descriptions, either literally or as a jumping-off point, as a basis for illustrating either or both of them. You can submit links to your completed work in the comments section of this post. We will choose our favorite(s) as their official Brigade of Minions submission photos. Also, if the winning illustrator(s) are existing Minions, they will receive a special award designation.

AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION ALERT: Based upon their descriptions above, illustrate one or both of our two new “wannabe” Minions; also, describe Paul had he gone the “angry drunk” route.

Show #064: A Really Useful Engine (Some content NSFW)

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This week’s hastily-assembled, somewhat addled episode: we discuss our personal impressions of w00tstock; our failed attempts to make our friends love things; Paul’s irrational love of “Glee“, Storm abuse, and fake Chicago trivia; and our man-crush on Mike Phirman. (Again, apologies for the obnoxious sound quality)

AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION ALERT: What would you like to see at upcoming w00tstocks? Also, tell us your five wishes.

Show #063: Like a Hundred Favorite Uncles (Some content NSFW)

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This week’s episode: An embarrassment of “wait…what?” riches, we record our first multi-guest podcast, with Jonathan Coulton, Bill Stiteler, and @birdchick. In Neil Gaiman’s house. Specifically, in his sauna. And the participants are varying levels of tipsy/drunk. Can any good possibly come of this, folks? Answer: probably not. (NOTE: For the record, everyone was wearing bathing suits) (ALSO NOTE: Apologies for the obnoxious sound quality)

AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION ALERT: What’s the dumbest thing you’ve done while drunk? Also, in what pursuit(s) are you a true “amateur?”

Show #062: Don’t Podcast Drunk, Kids! (Some content NSFW)

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This week’s episode: We break down our experience with the Flood Show; contemplating other “complete album” performances; geek-appropriate sports; movies that make us cry (at least, one of us); a heartfelt plug for Tiny Run; and w00tstock guests are announced (and hinted at).

AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION ALERT: What other whole albums should we cover in concert? And what movies make you cry?

Show #061: Everybody’s Pounding Together (Some content NSFW)

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This week’s episode: we bust on 2012 and outrunning the Apocalypse; we issue a challenge for helping a couple of our blind listeners to join the Brigade of Minions; Paul organizes a new Algonquin Round Table (of sorts); Battle of the Network Stars; the question of duos with “group” names; serious songs; Storm is a supertaster; favorite drinks and fries in a holster; and Uncle Storm tells another story.

AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION ALERT: Suggest a name for us other than “Paul and Storm,” and Paul will decide if any of the suggestions aren’t stupid. Also, go harrass @Jasonfinn on Twitter.

Show #060: Shlumpy Rumplehead (Some content NSFW)

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This week’s episode: Storm flies solo and accepts your pity; to trash or to praise Paul; a plan to smash the guitar is revealed; comic books and Asimov; slagging on the Caldecott Medal;  and “The Five Little Pickles”.

AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION ALERT: What did you read when you were a child? Were there particular kids books you liked or loathed?

Featured post-show song:  “Happy, Happy, Happy” by Groovelily

Show #059: Kids Like Colors (Some content NSFW)

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This week’s episode: Almost nothing of substance, but in a fun way; some of our favorite Sesame Street music moments; Paul runs away to take care of his dogs; favorite candy bars, and Paul’s unusual eating habits; Storm’s odd comparison of yellow Starburst candies to the taste of hair; and great food in Boulder, CO.

AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION ALERT: What is your favorite candy bar, and do you have any special/unusual eating methods? Also, for UK listeners: how do you eat your Jaffa Cakes?

Featured post-show song:  “Shake It ‘n’ Break It” by Baby Gramps

Show #058: Dirk Benedict’s Oatmealery (Some content NSFW)

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This week’s episode: a recounting of disappointing purchases (including “The Magic Printer“, Slip ‘n’ Slide, and sea monkeys), Jean Shephard style; Storm’s summer camp Jewish redneck water slide experience; Paul sets himself up to get smacked down by the Twilight moms; we invent Blow-Up Zombie Boys, a young-male analogue for the Twilight series; stage fright manifestations; Storm stands firm on Stilton; and some quick breakfast opinions. Also, watch “The Legend of Neil“.

AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION ALERT: What were some of your disappointing purchases, either from childhood or adulthood? Also, are we out of good monsters?

Featured post-show song:  “Theme (NES)” by Metroid Metal

Show #057: The Litany of Disappointments (Some content NSFW)

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This week’s episode: Ducks line up in a row and ask to be shot by Paul and Storm, including an additional w00tstock show, and the release of “Opening Band” on Rock Band, and, of course, PAX; a detailed chronology of our PAX experience, and what it all meant to us;  Wil Wheaton, the Pope of PAX; lonely Tweets; the joy of being booed by 6,000 people; and the crowd voted for Pedro.

(Photo above courtesy of Tony Thayer)

Featured post-show song:  “Diseases of Yore” by Mc Frontalot

Show #056: A “G.I. Joe” Explosion (Some content NSFW)

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This week’s (lengthy) episode: secret cool things are finally revealed; a minionhood conundrum is thrown to the audience for solutions; Acknowledgement Day is marked; Ralph Malph memories; we go over the evolution of “I Will Sing a Lullabye“, with much love for Brendan Milburn; Alton Brown, oats, haggis and swords; the big, final reveal of w00tstock, our upcoming shows with Adam Savage and Wil Wheaton; and Storm recounts an painfully awkward dinner.

AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION ALERT: Aspiring want-to-be-minions @CarolinaWolfie and @Dave728NC are blind, and therefore it would be difficult for them to submit pictures for minionhood. How should they properly and officially declare their intent to become minions? Also, who do YOU want to see at w00tstock?

Featured post-show song:  “I Will Sing a Lullabye” by Paul and Storm

Show #055: There Will Definitely Be Screaming Involved (Some content NSFW)

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This week’s episode: Some self-indulgent whining about how hard it is to be us—or, at least, to lug around t-shirts; large crowd nerves, and fear of cursing on national radio; musings about synthesized instrumentation and various favorite childhood cartoons (and live-action shows); Storm introduces his Word-of-the-Month; and he used to cry a lot. Also, Paul forgets the call letters for WTAF-TV.

AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION ALERT: What was your favorite childhood cartoon and/or live-action show?

Featured post-show song:  “The Commander Thinks Aloud” by The Long Winters

Show #054: It’s a Similar Idiom (Some content NSFW)

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This week’s episode: We arbitrarily declare our first anniversary, and look back on a little more than a year’s worth of podcasts, debating what worked and what didn’t; Paul laments that Storm now weighs less than he does; Paul opens the floor to public discussion of Storm’s Vandyck; and we make bold, reckless predictions for the future.

AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION ALERT: A referendum on Storm’s facial hair: did you prefer the goatee (circle beard, whatever you want to call it)? Or do you like a naked-faced Storm better?

Show #053: I’ve Never Tasted Shatner (Some content NSFW)

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This week’s episode: with Paul away at the beach, Bill Corbett of Rifftrax and MST3K fame joins lonely, lonely Storm to bring you tales of The Road and of other great place aside from The Road; the upcoming Rifftrax Live “Plan 9 From Outer Space” is semi-deconstructed; nachos; the New Yorker picking through your trash; hobos; adjustable English; and the art of riffing.

Featured post-show song:  “Welcome to Space School” by Clawjob

Show #052: The Nomad Mentality (Some content NSFW)

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This week’s episode: Storm is debriefed on his Chicago vacation experience; we consider meals in the Star Wars saga; the overall awesomeness of architecture; hypothetical presidential rescues; the (possibly waning) influence of Bugs Bunny; and celebrity poetry, featuring the groundbreaking work of Charlie Sheen.

AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION ALERT: Have there been any “game-changing,” paradigm-redefining buildings lately? Also, which U.S. President would you want to rescue you, and from what situation?

Featured post-show song: “Chicago” – Frank Sinatra

Show #051: Big Stuff and Small Stuff and History (Some content NSFW)

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This week’s episode: Storm is on vacation (and without reliable Netterwebs access), so special guest Jonathan Coulton fills in (while on vacation himself) for a lengthy discussion of vacation theory and practice; directed, organized vacationing vs. aimless, sedentary vacationing and resulting family tensions; houseguests and mixed metaphors; horrible, horrible sunburns; and Jonathan answers a question he hasn’t publicly answered before regarding his music.

Also, Jonathan apologizes for the various pops and clicks and sound issues on his track, as he only could record on his laptop microphone, and he apparently didn’t care enough to make it sound any better. Anyway, he completely absolves Paul of any responsibility for the sound issues.

Also also, the “echo-y” sound you hear is because we record the podcast while on the phone with each other, and there’s a brief delay between when one person speaks and the other hears it. In this case, Jonathan was kinda loud in Paul’s earpiece.  This is also Jonathan’s fault, somehow.

Featured post-show song: “Drive” – Jonathan Coulton

Show #050: How Far to the Nearest Lapdance? (Some content NSFW)

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This week’s episode: We are What Not to Wear; Buzz Aldrin should punch people weekly, and Storm’s unexpected connection to the man; puzzlement over who killed the moustache, and its evolution to the goatee/van Dyke; bathroom discussion that attempts to avoid cheap poop jokes; wainscoting and desks; and a convoluted hypothetical.

Featured post-show song: “If You’ve Only Got a Moustache” – Gilbert Kalish & Jan De Gaetini, et al.

Show #049: I Painted a Desk (Some content NSFW)

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This week’s episode: We blow up the format (a little bit, moreso in theory than in practice); we contemplate the “burning out” of Twitter; an overanalysis of “Swiss Family Robinson”, and Storm drops pudding into the mix; superstitions vs. routines vs. eccentricities; and at your behest, we once again talk rapturously about food. (Sandwiches, in this case) Also, there is only one bread worth discussing.

AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION ALERT: Please continue to suggest different/interesting things for Storm and his wife to do in Chicago. Also, if we were to interview someone on this podcast, whom should it be?

Featured post-show song: “Conerto for Horn in E Flat Major, No. 4 K 495 III. Rondo” – The Swingle Singers

Show #048: Bingham Fluids (Some content NSFW)

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This week’s episode: Storm solicits travel advice; our respective favorite Pixar films and why; Paul plots yet more starfucking, but the guys defend their methods; we continue the “favorites” theme discussing TV shows; the podcast is interrupted by yet another technical failure; and a screed from Storm about manufactured celebrity and the death of music celebrity, with an unexpected endpoint. Also: United Breaks Guitars.

AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION ALERT: Please give Storm suggestions of different/interesting things to do in Chicago.

Featured post-show song: “Blue Sunny Day” – Jonathan Coulton

Show #047: The Chicago Douchebag Card (Some content NSFW)

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This week’s episode: Paul is cranky/edgy; too much time is spent dwelling on Paul’s almost-purchase of an iPhone and Storm’s feelings about same; Storm’s Million-Dollar Idea for a headband camera; musings on the underwear thrown at us and Storm’s plan to recycle them; and pleasant reminiscences of our old sport of “fruiting.”

Featured post-show song: “I Want You Back” – The Jackson 5

Show #046: A Quiltful o’ Thongs (Some content NSFW)

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This week’s episode: discussion of John Hodgman’s excellent speech at the RTC Dinner, and his rightful place in the Dept. of Geek Affairs; failures in advertising; video games and motion sickness; our respective first performance experiences, and violating Storm’s memories; and our respective favorite commercials. Also, we loves the hecks out of the Englandses.

AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION ALERT: What should John Hodgman’s honorific be? Also: what video games (especially Xbox games) are worth our hard-earned dollar?

Featured post-show song: “I’m Going to Go Back There Someday” – Paul Williams & The Great Gonzo (Dave Golez)

Show #045: Examining the Bear (Some content NSFW)

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This week’s episode: Storm returns triumphantly and rescues a cat; our inability to get accepted on Pandora; pie in upstate New York (definitely a pie place); Storm’s pants regrets, and Paul’s questionable pants practices; our recent addiction to Plants vs. Zombies; and James Michener and the prism of time.

AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION ALERT: Please answer the poll shown below. Please?

UPDATE: If you wish to suggest our music to Pandora, find out how to do it here. (Thanks for the reminder, Roman!)

Featured post-show song: “I’ll Go Home with Bonnie Jean” – Brigadoon (Original Broadway Cast

Show #044: Imminent Awesome Multitude of Pies (Some content NSFW)

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This week’s episode: Paul rides solo thanks to Storm’s fried internet router; Storm is less of a man than he once was; a brief review of our songwriting process; assurances that we have not forgotten our roots; and Jimmy Stewart (barely) trumps Cary Grant.

AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION ALERT: If you could only watch the films of one actor or actress, whom would you choose?

Featured post-show song: “All By Myself” – Fats Domino

Show #043: Ain’t No Sunshine When He’s Gone (Some content NSFW)

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This week’s episode: we cede the driver’s seat to our Twitter followers, and run with their suggested topics; the quintessential American-ness of Choco Tacos; musings on the lack of drive-thru Italian and Chinese food, leading to our plans to open a stick-and-cup-based eatery fronted by Dennis De Young; loving memories of our first cars; no Comic-Con for us this year; names are conspicuously dropped; we use any excuse to once again plug Tiny Run t-shirts, and discuss Paul’s pandering nature; and Storm’s surprise carnival midway story.

AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION ALERT: Check out our interview with the gang at WhatTheCast;, and another interview with Flain Falcon on his Anthropodcast.

Featured post-show song: “Carnival Ride” – Lojo Russo

Show #042: Mullet Hangover and the Inter-Dad Network (Some content NSFW)

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This week’s episode: personal improvement, regarding sitting up  listening; breaking through our passive aggression; our Tron Rifftrax is released; we get serious regarding minion submissions; dunce caps; Storm’s wife is fabulous; and ruminations on childhood experiences (esp. TV and movies) that get sullied upon revisitation. (Is that even a word?) Also: be careful.

AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION ALERT: Please share your own experiences with things that have disappointed you when you revisit them in adulthood; and let us know how people in your area bid each other farewell. Also, make sure, if/when you submit your minion photo, that you include a label of some sort declaring your minionhood.

Featured post-show song: “Land of the Lost” – Everclear

Show #041: My 39-Year-Old Man-Eyes (Some content NSFW)

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This week’s episode: A lengthy recap of our strange, wonderful week, with digressions about Trader Vics and theme restaurants, Rifftrax, the soullessness of Hollywood, and pre-show nervousness; highway lingo; Jon Brion; the Lefsetz Letter; the earthquake we caused through our Power of Rocking; and we take subject requests from the Twitter Minions.

Featured post-show song: “Hollywood” – Connie Francis

Show #040: Hollywood Douchebags (Some content NSFW)

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This week’s episode: Far too much time discussing toilets, toilet seats, and Japanese toilet technology; the culture of shame; a surprise gift from Storm’s cat; Storm’s complicated, avian relationship with Los Angeles; and happy, incontinent men on television.

Featured post-show song: “Toilet Seat” – Wayne Resnick’s Trigger Finger

Show #039: Show #039: By Gum, So Can You (Some content NSFW)

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This week’s episode: Storm overcomes his mild disappointment, by way of his cat’s online fans; of cats, toilets and empathy; sign spinners; Paul mentions in passing his new floor installation, which leads to discussion of motivation and praise; and we warily step towards the precipice of political discussion, as Storm’s patronage of his favorite pizza place hangs in the balance.

AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION ALERT: Let us know if you have any evidence and/or experience of a cat (or cats) falling into and/or drowning in an open toilet. Also, are there other people (males) out there who require praise and affirmation after completing any household job/labor-intensive task?

Featured post-show song: “Señor Don Gato” – The Biscuit Brothers and The Wild Basin Winds

Show #038: Dunk-a-Cat (Some content NSFW)

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This week’s episode: the PAX announcement; cool masks and Mork suspenders; crawling deep into our own (metaphorical) asses to discuss the past two weeks’ musical and video work, including our newest song, “Here Come the Dinosaurs“; ruminating on the popularity of cat videos; and the joys of poutine, and how best to export it to the States.

AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION ALERT: What makes cat videos so popular on the Netterwebs? Also, vote in the poll to help decide the name for Storm’s poutinerie franchises (or suggest your own name).

Featured post-show song: “Everybody Loves French Fries” – Stanley Schwartz

Show #037: Street Urchin Fall-Down Theater (Some content NSFW)

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This week’s rough-and-tumble episode: morning people, night people, and taking care of needs; expressions of love, including eye removal and fistfuls cat poop; the loss of Harry Kalas; improper engine designations; the rise and allure of CB culture, and parallels to modern times; and standing in front of a net.

AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION ALERT: Tell us where you think the nickname “Mookie” comes from; also, tell us how you express your love for your loved one(s).

Featured post-show song: ”The Trucker Song” - Lindsay Thomas Morgan

Show #036: Laptops for Truckers (Some content NSFW)

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This week’s episode: we’re handy, both indoors and out; mattocks, yucca, injuries, and killing and eating one’s enemies; alternate options for Paul’s family room; Storm’s history of the American tunic, the t-shirt; Paul forgets what year It Happened One Night was made, but presses on; the joy of the heat transfer; braces and glasses and pithy iron-on phrases; dirt bikes, resenting McDonalds and black Trans Ams.

AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION ALERT: Tell us of your coveted t-shirts, preferably from your childhood.

Featured post-show song: ”Bubble Gum and Braces” - Bobby Sherman

Show #035: Magic Brickamajig (Some content NSFW)

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This week’s episode: The Department of Geek Affairs store opens; WarGames, the Deez, and proto-geeks; labelling the Internet-famous, in which John Hodgman is compared—aptly, even—to Frank Sinatra; Storm’s childhood slang; sexist Judaica; Paul waxes poetic about Giggleberry Fair, which leads to discussion of childhood wish destinations, and Paul’s faulty memories of Gaslight Village.

AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION ALERT: Come up with a name for the new “Internet Famous” gang. Also, tell us about the place you always wanted to go to as a kid, but either seldom or never made it there.

Featured post-show song: ”Milford Plaza Commercial” - The Milford Plaza

Show #034: Oh God, That’s Gonna Stick (Some content NSFW)

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This week’s episode: clowns, anthropomorphic candy, depressed gorillas, and other things that freak out children; El Marko; Storm’s Twitter resurgence and wanting a new phone like all the cool kids; and a Mrs. Marv Mendenhall challenge.

AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION ALERT: Recommend a smart phone for Storm (and, eventually, Paul); feel free to really mix it up and slag on your favorite’s rivals.

Featured post-show song: ”Beth” - Kiss

Show #033: Here Comes the Kiss Woman! (Some content NSFW)

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This week’s episode: the question of cubits; Storm may or may not be an asshole; wild adventures at SXSW Interactive, with a cast of dozens (including You Look Nice Today, MC Frontalot and waxy.org); we actually meet She Who Has Acknowledged Us; we announce the first US Secretary of Geek Affairs; brick toys; the joys of Texas eating; and we ponder “which one is me?” Also, Storm’s legs.

AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION ALERT: Pick a group of identifiable personalities/characters (the cast of “Friends”, the “Scooby-Doo” gang, the US Supreme Court, etc.), identify which one is “you,” and defend your selection. Also, Minions who send us their “Scooby-Doo ratio” in pie chart or Venn Diagram form will receive an accolade to be determined.

Featured post-show song: ”Banjo Players in Heaven” - Austin Lounge Lizards

Show #032: Tagamuchi Brick Game Fun Toy Playtime (Some content NSFW)

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This week’s episode: dissecting the Fake Joss Whedon Birthday Onslaught (and the possibility of a real Joss Whedon sighting); engineering a geeky train wreck; our imminent switch to cloud hosting, and what that means for your donations; the joys of Buttafuoco Pants, the Harlem Globetrotters, and other great gifts; and popping balloons and Ronaldi Modaldi. Also, be sure to check out Rednosenet.com on Friday, March 13th!

AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION ALERT: Tell us about a particularly memorable (for good or ill) birthday memory and/or present.

Featured post-show song: ”Where is the Cake?” - Matan Ariel & Friends

Show #031: Buttafuoco Pants (Some content NSFW)

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This week’s episode: various terms are used recklessly and/or inappropriately; too much time and contention spent on a new Minion designation; still more musings on fame, in light of our recent increasing proximity to those who possess it; the lasting power of embarrassment; and passing along our enjoyment of the works of John Scalzi.

AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION ALERT: Tell us about that embarrassing thing you did that you still beat yourself up over.

Featured post-show song: ”Johnny Saucep’n” - Moxy Fruvous

Show #030: Tacos with Paul McCartney (Some content NSFW)

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This week’s episode: Discussing reasons why we’re tired and grumpy; lateral bungee jumping and the addictive nature of performing; February 24th is Spay Day; Mark Twain invented Batman, along with every rhyme and game you sang/played in elementary school; detailed childhood sense memories involving Wings, crinkle fries and wetting ourselves; and roughly six minutes about onion juice and sex (separately). Plus, Paul’s dog barks a lot in the background.

AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION ALERT: Tell us about the “playground songs” you used to sing when you were wee. Also, feel free to share your own incredibly-specific childhood sense memory.

Featured post-show song: ”When She Walks By” - Mike Errico

Show #029: The Onion Juice Quandary (Some content NSFW)

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