Episode [373] - Places To Hide A Body - February 8, 2024

The podcast that gets real weird, real fast.

Participants

• Ian Karmel: pre-ordering his book T-Shirt Swim Club, playing Sports Drink in New Orleans March 8th and 9th with Sean, the Punchline in San Francisco, Revolution Hall in Portland March 23rd, and Boise March 21st, floated an elaborate scheme involving a fake airport alter-ego named Bongiorno Gutierrez
• Sean Jordan: dates up at SeanJordanComedy.com, including the Egyptian Theater in Boise March 21st and High Note Comedy in Portland, saw The Lion King on Broadway and cried through it, got quietly furious at a stranger loudly narrating a chocolate bar story during the show
• David Gborie: Royal Crackers Season 2 premiering February 1st on HBO Max/Adult Swim, playing Desert Ridge Improv in Phoenix that night, confessed to getting a vasectomy and described his side hobbies making his own wine and sausages
• Rosebud Baker (guest, @rosebudbaker): special Whiskey Fist streaming now on Comedy Central's YouTube, Verified Stand-Up streaming on Netflix, recently appeared on Hulu's Life & Beth, touring later this year with no dates announced yet, three and a half months out from having her first baby

Rosebud wone Rock Paper Scissors

Draft Order: Rosebud, David, Sean, Ian

Serpentine Explanation: Like waiting in one of those roped-off bank lines, going back and forth down the rows until you reach the teller.

Round 1

Pick 1.1 | Rosebud Baker | Under your mother's home

Pick 1.2 | David Gborie | Someone else's grave

Pick 1.3 | Sean Jordan | Deep in the ocean

Pick 1.4 | Ian Karmel | The Bodies exhibit

Round 2

Pick 2.1 | Ian Karmel | Dressed as a pirate, dropped in a cheap aquarium's mermaid tank

Pick 2.2 | Sean Jordan | The cement foundation of a new building

Pick 2.3 | David Gborie | A children's community garden

Pick 2.4 | Rosebud Baker | Strapped to bike handlebars, staged as a hit and run

Round 3

Pick 3.1 | Rosebud Baker | A pot of chili

Pick 3.2 | David Gborie | Ground into sausage and given out to friends

Pick 3.3 | Sean Jordan | Cremated, then scattered while skydiving

Pick 3.4 | Ian Karmel | Sucked into a jet engine

Round 4

Pick 4.1 | Ian Karmel | Cast in bronze as a statue

Pick 4.2 | Sean Jordan | A lava pit in Hawaii

Pick 4.3 | David Gborie | Buried in a blind neighbor's backyard

Pick 4.4 | Rosebud Baker | Puppeteered off a rooftop to frame it as a suicide

Round 5

Pick 5.1 | Rosebud Baker | A wood chipper (a nod to Fargo)

Pick 5.2 | David Gborie | A firework stand, burned down to cover it

Pick 5.3 | Sean Jordan | Left in a discarded oxygen tank near the summit of Mount Everest

Pick 5.4 | Ian Karmel | Inside a grand piano at a concert hall, framing the pianist

Producer's Pick

Isaac | Dressed as a vampire and buried in a coffin in someone's yard on Halloween, so it just reads as a decoration

Quotes From This Episode

• "First of all, nobody believes women." - Rosebud Baker, on why hiding a body at your mom's house works
• "Bongiorno Gutierrez, totally normal." - Ian Karmel, naming his fake airport alter-ego
• "No face, no case." - Sean Jordan, on dumping a body in the ocean
• "It's a mystery, you know what I mean?" - David Gborie, on turning the body into sausage for friends
• "If I seasoned it up right, I don't think you'd know." - David Gborie, on eating a person
• "No one would bat an eye because it's Halloween." - Isaac, on his producer pick

Episode [372] - Subcultures, Part 1 - February 1, 2024

The Podcast thats Part 1 of 2, but Part 2 is yet to happen

Participants

• Ian Karmel: a "staunch, staunch conservative" who still loves San Francisco, playing Phoenix and a sold out Chicago this week, Sports Drink in New Orleans March 8th and 9th, the Punchline in San Francisco March 13th through 16th, Revolution Hall in Portland March 23rd, and Boise March 21st
• Sean Jordan: dates up at Sean Jordan Comedy, including Bend, New Orleans, and Boise alongside Ian
• David Gborie: plugging AFE's live dates and season two of Royal Crackers on Adult Swim/Max, also dropped the bit about spending 20 racks at the "Hermes" in Sioux Falls
• Moshe Kasher (guest, comedian and author): new book Subculture Vulture out now, on a book tour through Austin, New York, DC, Portland, San Francisco, and Los Angeles, stand-up dates at the Den Theater in Chicago and the Bell House in Brooklyn this spring, and a Netflix special taping in May at the Troubadour

Draft Order: Moshe, David, Sean, Ian

Serpentine Explanation: Like scraping a windshield, which the others immediately argued was wrong ("you don't squeegee back like that").

Round 1

Pick 1.1 | Moshe Kasher | Raves

Pick 1.2 | David Gborie | Gambling

Pick 1.3 | Sean Jordan | Skateboarding

Pick 1.4 | Ian Karmel | Improv comedy

Round 2 (incomplete, part 1 ends here)

Pick 2.1 | Ian Karmel | MMO RPGs

Pick 2.2 | Sean Jordan | Underground hip hop

Pick 2.3 | David Gborie | Black fishermen

Pick 2.4 | Moshe Kasher | Deafness

The draft was still going when they ran out of time. No producer's pick or honorable mentions have come up yet. Rounds 3 through 5 will be in Part 2.

Quotes From This Episode

• "It's like scraping your windshield." - David Gborie, fumbling the serpentine draft explanation
• "I fell, hit my head, but I was like, that's it." - Sean Jordan, on the first time he ever stepped on a skateboard
• "I was the original M&M. That's all I'm saying." - Moshe Kasher, on his childhood rap alias
• "This thing's Ethan Allen, baby. That's what I'm giving you." - David Gborie, on betting furniture in a dice game
• "So you're playing M&Ms and he's peanut." - Ian Karmel, riffing on Moshe's rap name story
• "I stuffed it into a sock because I don't know what's waiting for me." - Moshe Kasher, on his makeshift rave weapon