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9 Chickweed Rage044: All Mandibles Glaring!For this episode, we spend basically all of our time in the water, a Mac-El-Dee classic! But we begin with Edda staring at her reflection in a mirror, because of COURSE that's what she's doing. Edda provides multiple opportunities for the Brooke-ster to draw crazy teeth, for reasons that are completely unclear. Turns out, she's trying out various monster faces to look sexier for Amos -- like that would make any fucking difference with him. Amos points out that she has spinach in her teeth (which she somehow missed while staring at her mouth in the mirror) and Edda...
2025-08-191h 559 Chickweed Rage043: I Hear You'll Do Anything for a Box of Mild DudsSo sorry we've been away for so long. If it's any consolation, these strips punish us quite handily for our laziness. Boy do they ever! The white hot romance of Juliette and Elliott is explored a little this time around. Seems that Juliette loses her shit for Milk Duds. She makes it sound like it's a sexual thing, because isn't everything sexual in this godforsaken strip? But by the time we actually witness it, it's just Elliott with a cereal box-sized container of Milk Duds on his lap and Juliette sitting next to him with what appears to be 100...
2025-07-281h 33
Alison Rosen Is Your New Best FriendAn Expensive Toaster Oven, A New Debate!, Tony's ReturnBrooke Dillman and Jeff Drake are here and they have a new debate to add to their pantheon of debates. It involves tuna salad. Also we go deep on toaster ovens because Jeff owns the Lamborghini of toaster ovens. Tony Thaxton is back and we learn a little something about men's haircare. Plus we did a round of Just Me Or Everyone, HGFY and Podcast Pals Product Picks. Get yourself some new ARIYNBF merch here: https://alison-rosen-shop.fourthwall.com/ Subscribe to my Substack: http://alisonrosen.substack.com Podcast Palz Product Picks: https://www.ama...
2025-07-031h 369 Chickweed Rage042: You Didn't Pass the Panty RoundAfter two and a half years of doing this podcast, Jeff has obviously lost his mind. He brings thirty -- THIRTY -- strips to discuss, all about the lead-up to Seth and Fernanda's wedding. And boy oh boy is it a doozy! We talk about how Brooke is obviously the world's favorite co-host of this podcast, and that's it's not even close. We begin with Fernanda talking about panties at length, which we had just barely scratched the surface of in our previous episode. We discover that Fernanda (and ultimately Brooke Mac-El-Dee himself) does not truly understand the concept...
2025-05-302h 05
Alison Rosen Is Your New Best FriendTruck Doors, Broadway Debuts, A Pancake Debate! (with Brooke Dillman and Jeff Drake)Jeff Drake is here with his longtime friend and podcast partner Brooke Dillman to recount the time they were accused of making a mockery of the Sweetheart Queen parade. We also discuss my recent car accident, Brooke's Broadway debut, TGI Friday "passports," 9 Chickweed Lane's vexing use of ellipses, Brooke and Jeff's debates and so much more. We also did a round of Just Me Or Everyone! Get yourself some new ARIYNBF merch here: https://alison-rosen-shop.fourthwall.com/ Subscribe to my Substack: http://alisonrosen.substack.com Podcast Palz Product Picks: https://www.amazon.com/sho...
2025-03-271h 43
That's So MentalHoly Hormone Changes With Ian HarvieComedian, Actor, Director and Trandyman, Ian Harvie, brings us some deep, hilarious, conversation! These perimenopausal hosts are FEELING it. Ian breaks down his experience with menopause as a trans man. This once happy-go-lucky guy felt like he got hit by a truck when the hormone shifts came on. Chronic pain (and menopause) is no joke, though we will make some jokes about it. And hey, those ghost in your house, may as well make friends with them, Ian did. Thanks for reminding us to always take the help and say yes! Shoutouts: Peach Whiskers Goods Vintage...
2025-03-2652 min9 Chickweed Rage041: Welcome to the Sex Toilet, Matt Fraction!Matt Fraction really should be writing the new Batman comic, but instead he made the mistake of wondering, "What exactly is this comic strip Jeff and Brooke are talking about?" It's a dangerous question to pose to yourself. Even more so, as Matt discovered, if one makes the mistake of Googling this comic strip. It kind of opens a Pandora's box. Which is what happened, and the next thing Matt knew, he was reading years' worth of Chickweed Lanes. Seriously guys, he took pages of notes! After the deep immersion, he agreed to join us on the podcast to...
2025-03-162h 139 Chickweed Rage040: A Bellowing Stag in RutIn the days leading up to the wedding of Amos and Edda, Edda tries to seduce her (mostly) gay roommate Seth. He rebuffs her, or does he? She's engaged to Amos, but she (at the very least) dry humps his knee. He says no. But then (apparently?) he changes his mind and has sex with her anyway. Later, that same night? Later, like, the next day? It's impossible to decipher. But later she has sex with Amos and declares to him that she has always loved him. Both she and Seth lie about what happened. Amos seems to know...
2025-02-161h 569 Chickweed Rage039: Would You Mind Spitting In My Mask?Amos and Edda are in a body of water, so that of course means that it is unclear: a) what kind of body of water it is, b) how deep the water is, and c) if there are any other people around. Amos threatens (promises?) to drown himself waiting for Edda to swim by again. I mean, they're married or at least dating at this point, so I'm not sure why he's being so stealthy about looking at her. Later, he sees legs under the water and decides to swim through them BEFORE BEING CERTAIN THEY BELONG TO EDDA...
2024-12-241h 38
Dear Actor PodcastBrooke Dillman - Actress (The Office, Superbad, Riff Raff)This week Sage chats with actress Brooke Dillman about being a character actor, her iconic role in The Office, and her hilarious biggest fear.
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2024-12-1137 min
Z and Keith Watched A MovieEp 5.41 - C.H.U.D. II: Bud the ChudFor our second Hollerween installment we bring you CHUD II. While only loosely connected to the first film, Bud the Chud brings it's own charm and goofyness. Plus, at long last, at least half of the Country Crock mystery SOLVED.We are officially Gerritt Graham stans now.
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2024-10-1251 min9 Chickweed Rage038: Producing A Hissing Sound While Your Bosom SwellsFirst of all, we recorded on Brooke Dillman's actual birthday. That was fun. To celebrate, we welcomed our first-ever guest Adam Grosswirth to the podcast. He tipped us off to the disgusting storyline about Polly & Lolly wanting to fuck the same guy...and both basically being okay with the fact that they might just do that. It's a truly upsetting journey, that we only cover the tiniest fraction of. Oh man, the Mac-El-Dee sure loves writing about this tired masturbatory fantasy. They're both in love with a guy named Alistair, who appears to be in his mid-30s. But...
2024-09-031h 229 Chickweed Rage037: Contemplation of the Ladies' Edible Underwear SaleWe do our best to figure out where this stupid comic strip all allegedly takes place, but we get distracted. I mean, it's sort of what we do, right? Along the way, Juliette climbs over a couch that looks like a hot dog bun, Uncle Ethel becomes Auntie Ethel for no obvious reason, Edda does gymnastics in a subway, Edda and Amos fuck on a busy city street. Guys, the wheels really come off the wagon this episode. In short, we don't really get to the bottom of where this dumb strip actually takes place. But we do talk...
2024-07-301h 419 Chickweed Rage036: I've Never Seen So Many BinocularsSomehow, we limit ourselves to only five strips this episode. Seems impossible, but we actually did it. Brooke (Dillman) found a short run on one topic that, while only five-strips in length, carried all the fury-inducing content of a dozen or more ordinary strips. The journey begins with Ginger (Xiulan's friend whom we met at Xiulan's wedding to Hugh) and Gerald (the guy from the wedding she's now apparently involved with), who is apparently her boss. She seduces him on his own desk and Xiulan walks in on them, informing them that all of the people in the building...
2024-07-021h 309 Chickweed Rage035: 45 Tablespoons Northeast of SurlyAs it turns out, Juliette is a professor. But she's more than that, she's also a total asshole. She treats the new Visiting Assistant Professor -- or Vizassprof -- horribly, all for our entertainment! Because what's more fun than evergreen jokes about the upper echelons of academia? Nothing, if you ask ol' Brooke Mac-El-Dee. Here we get a solid ten-strip run of nothing but professorial hilarity, as a Vizassprof named Britneigh (spelled that way for literally no reason), comes to Juliette for advice? We can only guess that's what originally compelled her. Of course, Juliette is immediately a cunt...
2024-06-061h 309 Chickweed Rage034: The Wormhole Is a FranchiseFor some reason, Edda or Amos (here sometimes referred to as Edna and Otis) has gone through a wormhole and now Polly and Lolly are older. How much older? Well, we think The Master intended them to be some specific age (probably because he couldn't wait for them to reach the age of consent, because he is a monster), but the way they are drawn from strip to strip makes it impossible to tell what age that is. Are they supposed to be in their early 20s? Mid-40's? 30s? Also, is there a reason (other than poor execution...
2024-03-021h 359 Chickweed Rage033: I'm Surveying You For Alternative Kiss SitesWhat better way to start the new year than to take a look at the first Chickweed Lanes of 2024? Well, I guess it might be better to NOT look at them at all. But that's really not on the table for us, now, is it? Please excuse Jeff sounding like he's broadcasting from inside a tin can. He was literally inside a tin can. Once again, get ready to enjoy some smooth jazz segues, because the technical problems again befall us. But we soldier on and find ourselves back in the world of ear-kissing and the familiar restaurant booths...
2024-01-291h 149 Chickweed Rage032: You Sneezed All Over Julius Caesar DithersAfter becoming convinced that Brooke Mac-El-Dee himself is listening to this podcast, we take a deep dive into his poor history with the ellipsis (and other punctuation). You see, in one strip, he makes a point of "educating" everyone about the use of an ellipsis. According to The Master, it is only used to indicated omitted words. And that is not only not true, it is also not how he has EVER used the ellipsis in his own work. In fact, we're not sure he has used it that way even once. So we go back through the strips...
2023-12-281h 449 Chickweed Rage031: Like Hookers Short on Crazy MoneyIt's the big day for Xiulan Ha'Penny Yuan and Hugh Portwhistle Godalming. For some reason, Xiulan has chosen Edda to be one of her two bridesmaids, because of course and why not? Look, Edda is a small part of a wedding that isn't her wedding, so naturally she's furious that someone else is getting all the attention. She has a plan to not only "go commando" underneath her cheongsam, but to "slink up the aisle like hookers short on crazy money." She thinks this would be a fun and funny thing to do at someone else's wedding. And I...
2023-11-201h 419 Chickweed Rage030: Me Not So Hot With ScreamDespite repeated mysterious technical difficulties, Brooke and Jeff persevered to bring you the 30th installment of this very important podcast. Was it worth all of the trouble? Of course the answer is no, probably not. But we begin with the aftermath of a date between Gil and Janice, the Nicolette Cignet photographer and Edda's friend and rival from the dance company we met way back in Episode 24: They Wanted You to Model Because of Sitzfleisch Allure. Gil is getting advice from Seth and Mark and tells them that he did not in fact bone Janice at the end of...
2023-10-301h 39
Bloomberg IntelligenceGeneral Motors, Big Tech, GE, and SpotifyKevin Tynan, Senior Autos Analyst with Bloomberg Intelligence, joins to talk General Motors earnings and the latest developments in the UAW strike. Liz Young, Head of Investment Strategy at SoFi, joins to discuss the bond market and outlook for rates and the Fed. Sonu Chawla, partner and portfolio manager at TimesSquare Capital Management, joins to talk tech trends ahead of today’s Microsoft and Alphabet earnings. Brad Dillman, Chief Economist at RPM Living, joins to discuss the latest housing figures and outlook for mortgage rates and the housing space. Brooke Sutherland, columnist for Bloomberg Opinion covering industrials, joins to di...
2023-10-2451 min9 Chickweed Rage029: Dr. Greene Inhaled His Cough DropWell, we've been gone for two months but we're back! And if you thought that this stupid comic strip wasn't still stupid, boy, are you in for a rude awakening! All the same old shit is still there: turtlenecks, Dutch angles, references to starlets of the '30s and '40s, no backgrounds, the McEldowney ellipsis! Oh, how did we survive all these weeks without these? Anyway, this stupid storyline is about Juliette and her boyfriend Elliott, whom everyone hates. (Including us!) One version of this story would be to say that he shows up to propose to her...
2023-10-091h 309 Chickweed Rage028: I'll Just Serve You A Colossal Jong-JongInspired by the 4th of July (I guess), we go all the way back to the beginning and take a look at the very first Chickweed strips. Brooke Mac-El-Dee comes right out of the gate with Juliette talking with Edda about physical attractiveness and how that's very important to catch a man. Edda at this point is maybe 12, so this is a TOTALLY NORMAL AND APPROPRIATE conversation for a mother to have. But don't worry. Things get WAY MORE inappropriate pretty quickly. Isn't it comforting to know that this horrible comic strip was horrible in exactly the same ways...
2023-07-181h 289 Chickweed Rage027: My Speculations on Her Mother's SpeciesWe could not resist the gravitational pull of the international cello competition that Amos won. You remember it, right? He and Edda got caught on camera (by a news balloon of course) having sex and then people complained that the sex tape (which everyone in the world saw) gave Amos an unfair advantage. So now we dive into the aftermath. It's 20 strips this episode, sorry guys! It's a re-match between Amos and Xiulan Yuan, and the competition will happen behind a screen and the contestants will have to switch cellos. Because of course both of those things make sense...
2023-06-051h 329 Chickweed Rage026: The Wattles and the Flapping FleshHere we are introduced to 60-year-old Arthur Peel and his assistant Nan-Lin Peel (no relation), who is thirty years younger than him. Arthur excuses himself for being a disgusting old man, with a balding head, hair coming out of his ears and nose and eyebrows, wattles, and flapping flesh. These are his descriptions of himself, although Brooke Mac-El-Dee doesn't take the time to actually draw him that way. He is balding, but he has thin, very well groomed eyebrows, no visible wattles and few wrinkles to speak of. He repeats this stuff over and over to Nan-Lin, who seems...
2023-05-091h 319 Chickweed Rage025: Tales of Eight Cylinders and Virginal OdometersIn this episode, we dive into Amos's subconscious, which is predictably icky. Amos describes a dream he had the previous night. He headlines it as a dream where Edda went to buy a car. But what the dream is really about is how the car salesman sexually assaulted her. So, at least we know where Amos's priorities lie. The Ol' Mac-El-Dee makes a big point of repeating (endlessly) that the salesman's name was "Wilkins or Fortescue," as if that is, by it's nature a very funny piece of business, which it is not. Also, and not for nothing, the...
2023-04-171h 189 Chickweed Rage024: They Wanted You to Model Because of Sitzfleisch AllureEdda's modeling career begins when a scout for the famous designer Nicolette Cignet picks Edda from everyone else in her dance company because of her nice butt. Only, Brooke Mac-El-Dee never says "nice butt," he prefers to say "caboose" over and over and over, with a brief digression to "sitzfleisch" from Amos. The twist is that they only want Edda for her butt and they want Janice to be the face. So, even though it makes zero sense, they'll use both of them: Janice's face and Edda's butt. There is no exploration of whose midriff and boobs will make...
2023-03-271h 329 Chickweed Rage023: A Very, Very Good Glass of WaterAfter Edda "cures" Amos's hiccups, he takes the stage, first without his cello (hilarious!) and then with it. His performance, which is of course watched via satellite by all of his family and friends, inspires so much passion, that Juliette fucks Elliott on the couch right next to Nan. It also inspires Isabel to have sex with her boyfriend and Seth to make up with Mark, who appears here as a doll or small child. Amos finishes his performance and everyone there loses their minds, throwing their programs in the air and then roses at Amos and Edda. Naturally...
2023-02-201h 249 Chickweed Rage022: Rampant on a BösendorferThe world watched Amos and Edda have sex, thanks to a Belgian breaking news balloon, the kind of balloon that floats through the city of Brussels, filled with at least 10 reporters looking for news stories. And part of how they look for news, we guess, is to peep through windows of buildings and film people without their permission. Seems totally cool. But maybe that's just how "European" they are, and we're all a bunch of American yahoos. Whatever the case, the video (or film as Brooke Mac-El-D prefers to call it) becomes a sensation on the internet. But before...
2023-02-061h 169 Chickweed Rage021: The Hiccups and the Special Way You Made Them Go AwayBuckle up for another epic run of this guy's fucking garbage. We start looking at the story of Amos and Edda finally doing it in Brussels during a cello competition. It begins with Edda making a move on Amos which causes him to have the hiccups, which results in Amos wanting to go home. But Edda claims she has a cure, which is (of course) fucking. As soon as they've done the deed, Edda gets on the phone back home to tell her mom that, yes, she used the same "hiccup cure" that Juliette did when Juliette first humped...
2023-01-301h 229 Chickweed Rage020: A Pair of Overalls for the Pleasingly Plump FarmerIt's our first podcast of 2023! And we're so happy to discover that this strip still makes no goddamned sense at all. We begin our twelve-strip journey (yes! twelve!) with a customer service rep responding to texts from what turns out to be Thorax. Thorax is looking for overalls in XXXXL-Tall, so naturally his path to purchasing said clothing begins with texting a customer service person. And once he finds out it's a lady -- with the doubly unlikely name of Verity Dupee -- Thorax begins his harrassment. We're sorry, we totally mean romance. Romance as defined by Brooke McEldowney...
2023-01-231h 049 Chickweed Rage019: I Think This Whole Santa Tradition is OverratedIt's our last podcast of 2022! So to celebrate the holidays, we focus on Christmas this episode. Despite striking out at Halloween and Thanksgiving, we give the holidays another shot and take a look to see if Brooke McEldowney has anything joyful or celebratory to say about Christmas. The answer is, of course, mostly no. We're exposed to a very weird "pickle leg," an inappropriately sexy ballet Santa, Edda's sexy knees, and there's even a fun Hitchcockian cameo from McEldowney himself. By "fun," we mean very, very confusing. Ultimately, Amos and Edda show us they have some serious Santa cosplay...
2022-12-211h 209 Chickweed Rage018: Is Nakedness Such a Hindrance to Shooting People?We flash back to World War II and immediately find ourselves dealing with two naked people in a...pond? ...a lake? ...a magical puddle? It's very unclear what kind of body of water. Anyway, the skinny-dippers are confronted with Nazis. We don't really know who we're dealing with at first. But the lady scares off some Nazis with her "terrifying downstairs business." We later discover that these mysterious people are Bill O'Malley, Juliette's stepfather, and Martine Clocqueur. Naturally, Martine is a beautiful double agent. We're just surprised she's not also a talented singer, dancer, or musician. Bill has a...
2022-12-121h 129 Chickweed Rage017: You Have Utterly Stunning Toe CleavageIf there was even a moment that you thought Brooke McEldowney wasn't a weirdo, we offer up this six-pack of excursions into the world of Edda's "toe cleavage." It starts off super-weird, with Edda sitting on the sidewalk so Amos can gawk at her feet. After thirty years of knowing each other, this toe cleavage thing comes as a surprise to Edda, because that totally makes as much sense as anything else in this strip. A cop threatens to take them in, and eventually someone files a court order against Amos to keep him from publicly lavishing affection on...
2022-12-051h 179 Chickweed Rage016: Say Hello to Sphinxter, the Mobile Comments WartNeither of us was ready for Brooke McEldowney to introduce us to a filthy sock puppet named Sphinxter. But he did it anyway. Here, Sphinxter takes on internet trolls, or as McEldowney calls them, "anonymous onliners." If you're wondering if Sphinxter has a literal butthole for a mouth, he does. And we see it A LOT. In the end, McEldowney claims victory over the trolls and throws Sphinxter away. It's super fun!
The Chickweed strips we discuss this episode:
Sphinxter gets introduced, states his thesis, and accosts Juliette & Elliott on the street right here.
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2022-11-281h 169 Chickweed Rage015: A Butt of Malmsey: Happy Thanksgiving from Brooke McEldowney!To celebrate Thanksgiving, we check out a handful of strips that ran on Thanksgivings in the past. Naturally, Brooke McEldowney wants NOTHING to do with such a common holiday. So we have to find our own way to give thanks for Juliette burning her old Daisy Dukes, Rita Hayworth throwing hot dogs at virgins, Edda getting furious at a butt of Malmsey, Amos & Edda ogling a mystery woman together, and a character we've never seen before attempting to jump off a diving board while giving a piggy-back ride to another character we've never seen before. But the real thing...
2022-11-211h 099 Chickweed Rage014: A Radio Flyer, A Sack of Flour, and a Very Long PoleOf course, one episode devoted to the imaginary sex rabbit McTwo could never be enough, right? So we spend another day exploring the world of McTwo. This time, we stay primarily in Juliette & Elliott's bedroom, but that doesn't mean the psychological landscape is any simpler. Far from it. There is such outlandish punctuation abuse, it nearly defies belief. But Brooke McEldowney does in fact use over 100 periods IN ONE WORD BUBBLE. Then McTwo joins Juliette & Elliott in their bed, which Juliette finds disconcerting at first but then -- we guess? -- a turn on? Ultimately, we end where we...
2022-11-141h 079 Chickweed Rage013: Let Us All Say Floccinaucinihilipilification!So, there's this giant white rabbit named McTwo. He's imaginary and he only shows up during sex. Seems like it was Juliette's burden to carry originally, but lately McTwo has branched out to watch Edda & Amos. But then we discover that he's apparently doing something more than just watching, because he creates a stain on a couch that Edda & Amos can see. So can Edda's roommate Seth, who is so disgusted by it that he literally barfs. First the stain is described as "marks," then a "spot," then a "blotch" that grows in size to resemble Maine. (I wish...
2022-11-071h 069 Chickweed Rage012: Day and Night Area Bombing RaidsBrooke McEldowney tells us everything he knows about conception and pregnancy. It's not clear that he understands how any of the experience, especially for the woman, really works. We begin with Juliette showing Edda a useless pamphlet that attempts to explain sex. The very same pamphlet her mother showed her and was not useful to her. Amos & Edda talk about their two possible strategies for conception, both of which sound terrible. Edda claims to wear a string bikini for the first time as a "last hurrah" (?) before her body gets super gross because of pregnancy. Amos has sex with...
2022-10-311h 069 Chickweed Rage011: My Sweaty, Tempest-Tossed Hallucination of Shrieking Abandon: A Halloween ExtravaganzaFoolishly, I suppose, we thought FOR SURE Brooke McEldowney would make some reference to Halloween in his strip over the years. At the very least, we were expecting the female characters to be dressed as sexy somethings -- painters? pilots? poop emojis? -- but McEldowney gave us nothing. So we soldiered on and explored a half dozen or so strips that ran on Halloween. Edda writes an incomprehensible sentence on the chalkboard. Thorax either milks a cow or breaks up with it. Both seem equally possible. Edda finds some confidence only to have a friend tell her to "drop...
2022-10-241h 029 Chickweed Rage010: A Vial of My Personal Body FluidSo there's this whole string of strips where people send off, basically, angry "letters to the editor." Only in this case, it's people or entities that our beloved (?) Chickweed residents have had enough of. Juliette gets mad at the health care system and as a result shoots her computer full of arrows. Someone gets an "unsolicited letter" and throws their computer out of the window. Or the person sending the "unsolicited letter" throws the computer out the window. Or an unrelated person throws a computer out a window. Guys, it's not clear what's going on AT ALL in one...
2022-10-171h 029 Chickweed Rage009: Prince Valiant & the Gorgon Dominatrix of the UniverseSo, the government really did bug Edda's bikini bottoms. And her response to that is to dangle her recently removed bikini from a window to confuse the agents of the Creepy National Furtiveness Agency (you know, the CNFA). Somehow, Edda knows to lower the bikini bottom down to the open window (she knows it's open somehow?) where two children are talking about inflatable office buildings. As if "inflatable office building" is a toy that children can buy and/or would be interested in for some reason. The children talking about "blowing up" these inflatable buildings convinces the CNFA that...
2022-10-101h 009 Chickweed Rage008: Your Views on Herbert Hoover Have Placed Your Bikini Under SurveillanceJust another day in the life of Edda & Amos Van Hoesen, when a simple trip to the pool ends up with Edda hanging by a thread. A rope? A wire? Look, we don't know. She jumps off a diving board with SOMETHING attached to her bikini bottom and she ends up hanging there for about a week's worth of comics. Amos speculates that it has to do with government surveillance, that someone planted a bug in her bikini bottom. We are not making this up. This is what he says. And so we spend all week on this topic...
2022-10-031h 049 Chickweed Rage007: The Subtle Difference Between Livestock and a Blushing BrideIn order to fully understand the courtship of Fleurrie & Sven Spocket, we dive into an epic 10-strip sequence. Do we also talk about a handful of strips that we're not supposed to be talking about? Of course we do. Is their "romance" as disgusting and needlessly horny as we expected? Sadly, it is even more so. Yeah. We weren't happy about that either. Speaking of not happy, Brooke promised Jeff "4 or maybe 5" comic strips and then brought TEN to the table, making Jeff angry before he even looked at a single panel. Of course, Sven is slightly clueless about...
2022-09-261h 029 Chickweed Rage006: A Trampoline Comes Convulsively to MindA few listeners had questions and comments, which led us to a week's worth of very confusing strips, even by this ridiculous comic's standard. Our goal was to answer their questions about what in the specific fuck was going on. There was a question about swings, and why the characters were on swings, and how old were they exactly, and also, seriously, what the fuck is up with this goddamned strip. Seriously. How do you go from a standstill in one panel to nearly flying off the swings in the next? But let's backtrack to the beginning of this...
2022-09-191h 009 Chickweed Rage005: Socrates Never Won a Debate By Licking Someone's EarHow do we decide which strips to look at each episode? Brooke uses a very scientific "process of rage." And so this episode we focus on talking about Edda & Amos, the most romantic and perfect couple the modern world has ever seen. What evidence is there of their amazing relationship? Well, Amos goes out of his way to make a terrible pun and Edda either punches him or hip-checks him out of the strip. (Who can tell which? Not us, for sure!) Not for good, unfortunately. Edda also gets sexy for Amos, who is obviously too stupid to pick...
2022-09-1252 min9 Chickweed Rage004: The Wrong-Way TacoThis episode, Brooke brings four completely wordless 9 Chickweed Lane strips to the podcast. Would words have helped some of these strips? I think we all know the answer to that is: Probably not. We discover that Go Comics has three separate sections of this god-forsaken comic: 9 Chickweed Lane, 9 Chickweed Lane Classics, and Staff Favorites. From the Classics category, we see Edda dancing and Edda watching Edda dancing, if that makes any sense. Chances are it doesn't, which is totally on-brand. McEldowney's (almost certain) nudism is again discussed. Sven & Fleurette "Fleurry" Spocket are introduced, along with their calf, who is...
2022-09-0551 min9 Chickweed Rage003: Doesn’t That Make Everything So Cozy?In the final part of this three-part horror-fest, we explore the romance (???) of Thorax and Esme. It's been an epic story arc. We recap our journey so far. And eventually end up walking into the ocean along with our May-December (of the following year) couple. Along the way, we awkwardly use the phrase "booty call," investigate Thorax's "bad touch" area, are mystified by hats, welcome a suddenly homicidal E.T. to our podcast, and watch Thorax finally clue into the fact that Esme likes him, which sends him (literally?) over the moon. If only it really happened. We also...
2022-08-2945 min9 Chickweed Rage001: The New Car Aroma of Her KhakisOur long-awaited first episode! Is it the dumbest idea for a podcast? Probably!
We talk about our least favorite newspaper comic strip, 9 Chickweed Lane, written and drawn by Brooke (no relation) McEldowney. We kick this journey of rage off with the romance (?) of Thorax and Esme. According to Wikipedia, Thorax is an amiable elderly farmer, who is "brilliant and odd beyond all description." He also appears to be anwhere between 90 and 100 years old. The object of his affection is Esme, a policewoman who is definitely in her 30s. In this first part (of three), Thorax introduces himself...
2022-08-2942 min9 Chickweed Rage002: Rock-Hard, Bulging SidearmIn part two of this three-part horror-fest, we continue to follow the romance (we guess?) of Thorax and Esme. We admit to Brooke McEldowney that we probably just don't get his very, very smart comic strip. Brooke (Dillman, not McEldowney) invents a new word while describing Esme's sudden and aggressive seduction of Thorax, which includes (of course) uncomfortable double entendre, sexy (?) grammar wordplay, and hilarious airport metaphors. Esme kisses Thorax A LOT. But he does nothing, until the very end, when he magically (?) does something very, VERY upsetting. At least to us. It probably gave ol' B. McE a...
2022-08-2947 min
Freelance PretendDoes Brooke Dillman have a career?Brooke Dillman who has been in a jillion projects doesn't think she has a career. Missi and Chris strongly disagree!
2022-05-041h 01
The Salisha Show with Salisha ThomasFrom Laughter and Humor to The Broadway Stage with Brooke DillmanBrooke Dillman is an American actress and a comedian who was born and brought up in Kansas City, Missouri. She is known for Wrecked (2016), Superbad (2007), and Bob’s Burgers (2011). She is as well famous for her motherly role in the sketch comedy show’ Blue Collar TV.’ She also portrayed diverse characters in ‘The Wayne Brady Show,’ ‘Good Morning, Miami,’ ‘The Office,’ ‘Six Feet Under.’ Brooke has also appeared in several feature films including ‘National Lampoon’s Barely Legal,’ ‘Superbad,’ ‘Kickin’ It,’ ‘Good Luck Charlie,’ ‘Wrecked.’Brooke united with comedian, Larry the Cable Guy in his film ‘Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector.’ She...
2022-01-1832 min
The Salisha Show-Where Broadway Meets CultureFrom Laughter and Humor to The Broadway Stage with Brooke DillmanBrooke Dillman is an American actress and a comedian who was born and brought up in Kansas City, Missouri. She is known for Wrecked (2016), Superbad (2007), and Bob’s Burgers (2011). She is as well famous for her motherly role in the sketch comedy show’ Blue Collar TV.’ She also portrayed diverse characters in ‘The Wayne Brady Show,’ ‘Good Morning, Miami,’ ‘The Office,’ ‘Six Feet Under.’ Brooke has also appeared in several feature films including ‘National Lampoon’s Barely Legal,’ ‘Superbad,’ ‘Kickin’ It,’ ‘Good Luck Charlie,’ ‘Wrecked.’Brooke united with comedian, Larry the Cable Guy in his film ‘Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector.’ She...
2022-01-1833 min
The Salisha Show-Where Broadway Meets Culture#84- From Laughter and Humor to The Broadway Stage with Brooke DillmanBrooke Dillman is an American actress and a comedian who was born and brought up in Kansas City, Missouri. She is known for Wrecked (2016), Superbad (2007), and Bob’s Burgers (2011). She is as well famous for her motherly role in the sketch comedy show’ Blue Collar TV.’ She also portrayed diverse characters in ‘The Wayne Brady Show,’ ‘Good Morning, Miami,’ ‘The Office,’ ‘Six Feet Under.’ Brooke has also appeared in several feature films including ‘National Lampoon’s Barely Legal,’ ‘Superbad,’ ‘Kickin’ It,’ ‘Good Luck Charlie,’ ‘Wrecked.’Brooke united with comedian, Larry the Cable Guy in his film ‘Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector.’ She also appeared on the...
2022-01-1831 min
Legends of S.H.I.E.L.D.: A Marvel Studios TV & Film Fan PodcastM.O.D.O.K. Season One Review (A Marvel Fancast) LoS386The Legends Of S.H.I.E.L.D. Consultant Chris and show Producer Director SP discuss the Hulu series Marvel’s M.O.D.O.K. Season 1. The Agents debrief you on National Chicken Wing Day, how Chris interview MODOK Showrunner Jordan Blum on his Play Comics podcast, how MODOK is a modern American family dad, all the heart in the series, the fantastic voice acting talent in the series, Marvel’s generous allowance of character use in the series and the creation of the Marvel-1226 Universe for MODOK, The Offenders that weren’t including Hit-Man, Tigra & Dazzler and Ho...
2021-08-0258 min
The Re-Watch PodcastEp #31 Brooklyn Nine-Nine S7:E9, DillmanBrooke & Aaron go over S7E9 of Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Dillman!
2020-05-1400 min
Missi and Zach Might Bang!Ep. 18: Brooke DillmanThis week on Might Bang! Missi and Zach talk to Brooke Dillman (Wrecked, Superbad, The Tumbleweeds) about mix tape cliches, hating social media, and rude photographers on the red carpet. We sing some great tunes like "Brad Pitt's Always Eating" and The Tumbleweeds "Damn I Love You Jesus", then an improvised jam to end the show. Tune in!
2017-07-1343 min
Missi and Zach Might Bang!Ep. 18: Brooke DillmanThis week on Might Bang! Missi and Zach talk to Brooke Dillman (Wrecked, Superbad, The Tumbleweeds) about mix tape cliches, hating social media, and rude photographers on the red carpet. We sing some great tunes like "Brad Pitt's Always Eating" and The Tumbleweeds "Damn I Love You Jesus", then an improvised jam to end the show. Tune in!
2017-07-1300 min
Funemployment RadioFER 1609: Open MicGUESTS: BROOKE DILLMAN & WILL GREENBERG, The Poet Society, Greg Hears A Piano, Beat Poetry About Burritos And Camping, BROOKE AND WILL FROM WRECKED on TBS, WoC, Gas Fight, Walmart Brawl, Fembots, Simpsons, NINKASI
2016-07-081h 04