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Videnskaben KortEpisode 054 - The Mighty Casey (w/ Harry Moroz)Holy wowza ka-blowza! This episode of the Twilight Zone Zone is so special! How special, you ask? Special enough!
We're joined by the wonderful Harry Moroz! Harry is stand-up comedian and fantastic person living in Los Angeles. He lended us some insight on episode 35 of season 1: The Mighty Casey. It's an episode about some kind of incredible mechanical man with a body of steel and a heart of gold.
We talk about the two most important topics in the world: baseball and what it means to be human!
You can keep up with Harry on the Twitternet @hrmoroz and you...2017-12-021h 04
Skeeter-ial: A Muppet Babies Investigation30. Jeremy Schmidt, Ron Lechler and The Weirdo ZoneSKEETER, WHERE ARE YOU? ARE YOU SECRETLY LEW ZEALAND!?! Matt and Eileen are still knee-deep in this mystery, and they've brought back a couple of old friends to help with their investigation. Jeremy Schmidt and Ron Lechler host "The Twilight Zone Zone" but they returned to Skeeter-ial and learned about this Lew Zealand theory theory. The four of them watched season 3, episode 3 of The Muppet Babies ("The Weirdo Zone") and discussed Crazy Eights, MORE FIGHT CLUB, and maybe...just maybe...where Skeeter is!? Listen and find out!
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We're joined by the wonderful Alex Hooper! Alex is a stand-up comic you may have seen on Comedy Central's Roast Battle and also all over Los Angeles. In this episode, we discuss the fleeting nature of youth, the importance of living in the moment...2017-11-101h 11Videnskaben KortEpisode 052 - Young Man's Fancy (w/ Daniel Rugg Webb)Wowee! This episode is so crazy special! We watch Season 3, Episode 34: Young Man's Fancy. In this episode, a guy who thinks he likes his wife but really just likes his mom decides to not sell his childhood home.
We're joined by the wonderful Daniel Rugg Webb! Daniel is a stand-up comic and pianist from Austin, TX. We talk about Halloween and the pervasive culture of nostalgia! What fun!
Daniel is one of the most likable people you'll ever meet and you can and SHOULD keep up with him @thedanielwebb2017-11-031h 23Videnskaben KortEpisode 051 -Judgment Night (w/Edgar Momplaisir and Matt Apodaca)You guessed it! This epsiode is really special! It's the one before our 52nd! We watch Season 1 Episode - Judgment Night. In this episode, a guy who shows all the signs of being a German U-Boat Commander turns out to be one!
We're joined by Edgar Momplaisir and Matt Apodaca, improvisers who also happen to be lovely men with disarming smiles. This episode is on the long in a good way! We talk about amnesia, the rules of mummies, and the gone but not forgotten UPN!
You can keep up with Edgar @edgarmomplaisir and Matt @mattapodaca2017-10-171h 23Videnskaben KortEpisode 050 - An Occurence At Owl Creek Bridge (w/ Paulos Feerow)Holy Shmow-Zow! This episode is special. "How special?" you whisper to me in hushed, sexful tones. Really special! We watch Season 5, Episode 22: An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge!
It's an episode that isn't an episode at all, but really a French short film that played at Cannes back in the '60s and uses a lot of time to do not a lot of story-telling! Wow!
Far better than the episode itself is the company of our guest Paulos Feerow! We talk about on-set safety regulations and international copyright laws! We are ironically unprepared to talk about an episode that...2017-10-0653 minVidenskaben KortEpisode 049 - The Lonely (w/ Kelsey Gruebnau)Holy heck! This episode of the podcast is especially special! We're joined by a person who is two things! Kelsey Gruebnau is a comedian and psychotherapist!
Kelsey helps us dissect episode 7 of season 1. "The Lonely" recently made our Top 5 episodes of all type (which, as you recall, was rigged bullshit). In prison on mars, a self-defense murder guy learns that his two favorite things are checkers and his beautiful robot bride!
We discuss correctional practices and institutions, the difference between loneliness and solitude, and Kelsey shares some of her professional experience working with inmates and the mentally ill. Like all...2017-09-211h 09Videnskaben KortEpisode 048 -TOP 5 EPISODES OF ALL TIME (w/ Simon Gibson)Holy ka-wowza! This episode is so very special, and this time I mean it! We're joined by the wonderful and funderful Simon Gibson!
In this episode, Jeremy and Ron each pitch their Top 5 favorite Twilight Zone episodes and it's up to Simon (spoiler alert: it's fucking rigged bullshit) to decide which episodes are the definitive TOP 5!
Simon is one of the hosts of Backyard Bootlegs, a stellar stand-up show in Silver Lake. Make sure to come out to one of the shows!
https://www.facebook.com/BackyardBootlegs/
Also, you can and should keep up with Simon on Twitter @thegibbymcribby2017-09-131h 15Videnskaben KortEpisode 047 - Come Wander with Me (w/ Ronald David Dezsi)Our guest this week is really special and has a pretty good first name! We're joined by indie musician Ronnie Dezsi! We watch episode 34 of season 5 "Come Wander with Me". It's an episode that has been called "incoherent" by some of its own creators! Wow, such high praise!
In this episode, a musician trying to swindle lovable hilljacks out of their intellectual property gets stuck in a cyclical purgatory of his own demise! Neato! The three of us talk about commercialism in music, some of our favorite bands, and the episode's clunky narrative structure!
Ronnie is a very cool and...2017-08-251h 10Videnskaben KortEpisode 046 - Top 5 Episodes (PART 1)Wow-wee! This episode of the podcast is very special! Jeremy and Ron do a rundown of their top five favorite episodes! In Top Five Part Two, we'll get an impartial guest and pitch our favorites to them and THEY will decide who's favorites are OBJECTIVELY the BEST! Yowza!2017-08-1152 minVidenskaben KortEpisode 045 - The Dummy (w/ Kelly McInerney)This episode of The Twilight Zone Zone is so special! We watch episode 33 of season 3: "The Dummy" wherein a vaguely delusional ventriloquist thinks his dummy is alive, or is it? Yes. Yes, it is.
We're joined by comedian Kelly McInerney. Kelly is a wildly funny person and the host of IMDweed, a podcast where she, her co-host Jessica Androsky, and a guest get high and go to the movies! In honor of having Kelly as a guest, Jeremy and Ron thought it would be fun to get high with Kelly before watching the episode and doing the podcast, and boy...2017-07-2859 minVidenskaben KortEpisode 044 - One for the Angels (w/ Sohrab Foroozesh)Holy wow! This episode is really special! We watch Season 1, Episode 2 of The Twilight Zone! That's the second episode ever! An elderly pitch man at the end of his life bargains with Death for a little extra time on earth.
We have a really special guest and a high profile get for the show! We're joined by a real live sales man! Sohrab Foroozesh is also a stellar comedian from Chicago (Illinois) and one of Ron Lechler's oldest friends. We talk about overhead, profit margins, pitches, and how to outwit Death himself!
Join us won't you for a wonderful and...2017-07-201h 04Videnskaben KortEpisode 043 - Twenty Two (w/ Monika Scott)This episode of the podcast is special? How, you may ask, special? Special! We watch Season 2, Episode 17 "Twenty-Two"! I know that's a lot of different numbers to have in a sentence!
Anywhoozle, in this episode, a patient in a hospital has a terrible case of BEING A WOMAN. She's having persistent nightmares and thanks to the non-existent support of her medical professional, she's discharged with accute pre-cognitive abilities! Wow-wee!
For this episode, we're joined by the wonderful Monika Scott! We talk about documentaries, dreams, and the difficulties of being a woman and in a hospital at the same time!
Monika...2017-07-061h 05Videnskaben KortEpisode 042 - A World Of Difference (w/Bryan Greene)Holy Ka-wow! This episode of the podcast is so special and our guest is even more special-er! We're joined by Bryan Greene, a producer and my best friend in the world!
We watch "A World of Difference" which is season 1, episode 23. In this episode, an actor who loves alcohol more than his career struggles with grasping his own reality.
The three of us talk about personal vices, perception, and some of the stellar production techniques in this episode. Oh boy!
You can keep up with Bryan on Instagram and Twitter @bgreene_2017-06-301h 06Videnskaben KortEpisode 041 - Will The Real Martian Please Stand Up? (w/ Dan Litzinger)Wow oh wow, is this episode special! We watch another iconic episode, "Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?" This is episode 28 of the second season.
Two highway patrolmen, competing to be the worst at their job, investigate a diner where they expect one of the patrons to be a martian. This scifi whodunit deals with paranoia and fear of the unknown.
We're joined by the wonderful Dan Litzinger. Dan is an incredible artist whose work combines pop art sensibilities with fun, nostalgic imagery. You can and should check out his work on danlitzingerfineart.com and follow him on Instagram...2017-06-221h 15
Skeeter-ial: A Muppet Babies Investigation12. Jeremy Schmidt, Ron Lechler and From a Galaxy Far, Far AwayHELLO SKEETER MY OLD FRIEND, WE'VE COME TO SEARCH FOR YOU AGAIN! Skeeter from The Muppet Babies is, devastatingly, STILL missing. And so, Matt Manser and Eileen Mary O'Connell must continue on their very, very, very, very serious investigation.
This week, Matt and Eileen are joined by Jeremy Schmidt and Ron Lechler. You know Jeremy and Ron from their podcast, The Twilight Zone Zone, but where is Skeeter Skeeter!? The four of them watched episode 12 of The Muppet Babies, "From A Galaxy Far, Far Away" and looked for clues. They also discussed if twins have to be the same species...2017-06-1953 minVidenskaben KortEpisode 040 - A World Of His Own (w/ Eileen O'Connell and Matt Manser)On this very special episode of the podcast, we're joined by two guests! Wow! Two! Special! Our guests are Eileen O'Connell and Matt Manser!
We watch Episode 36, the final episode of season one, and boy oh boy, is it an episode! We talk about adjectives and fourth wall breaks!
You can keep up with Eileen and Matt on their very stellar podcast Skeeter-ial: A Muppet Babies Investigation, available on iTunes and through Boadwalk Audio Network. You can also keep up with their individual antics on Twitter @i_Lean and @mansermatt, respectively.2017-06-151h 08Videnskaben KortEpisode 039 - The Bewitchin' Pool (w/ Mark Alexzandr)This week's podcast episode is really special! We're joined by Mark Alexzandr as we watch Season 5: Episode 36: The Bewitchin' Pool. In this episode, two wealthy children decide they want to become hillbillies by way of their olympic-sized water portal in the back yard.
We talk about childhood anxieties and how to navigate coming of age while being raised in failing, hateful marriages! What fun!
You can and should keep up with Mark on Twitter @mayIbefunny. Also, you should make an effort to go to one of the four shows he runs! Four! Count 'em! Four! They're all at Holy Grounds...2017-06-081h 08Videnskaben KortEpisode 038 - The Sixteen-Millimeter Shrine (w/ Nichole Bagby)We have a very special guest this week! We're joined by Nichole Bagby! Nichole is a wonderfully funny actor and we watch Season 1: Episode 4 "The Sixteen-Millimeter Shrine" wherein an aging actress tries to recapture her past (with Twilight-Zoney results)!
We talk about the creative process, navigating your own professional identity, and mansplaining!
You can check out her work in the movie On The Rocks or at Channel 101! You can also follow Nichole on Instagram @bagbies2017-06-021h 02Videnskaben KortEpisode 037 - The Silence (w/ Luke Jensen)This episode of The Twilight Zone Zone is very special! We're joined by improviser Luke Jensen! We watched season 2, episode 25 "The Silence" wherein a particularly obnoxious man is bet that he can't be silent for a year, but in a clever play, he has his vocal cords sliced out. Take that sportsmanship!
We talk about gambling, cruel twists of fate, and how long we could go without talking! You should totally check out Luke's improv troupe Harold Ramis and his podcast What Did You Learn? I'm not asking, I'm telling!2017-05-241h 10Videnskaben KortEpisode 036 - It's A Good Life (w/ Mikey McCollor)In this very special episode, we're joined by writer and improviser Mikey McCollor as we watch Season 3, Episode 8 "It's a Good Life"
In this iconic episode, 6-year-old Anthony Fremont has infinite god-like powers and also happens to be a worthless piece of shit asshole. We discuss empathy, what we would do with god-like powers, and the sorts of fears that come along with living an oppressed life.
Mikey is a very funny person and you can and should follow him on Twitter @MikeyMcCollor2017-05-171h 15Videnskaben KortEpisode 035 - Perchance To Dream (w/ Geoff Adams and Ian Castellanos)Today's episode is really special! We watched Season 1, Episode 9: "Perchance to Dream". In an episode that gives us German expressionist vibes, A Nightmare On Elm Street Vibes, and David Lynch vibes, Edward Hall is convinced that if he falls asleep, he'll be killed in his dreams.
We're joined by Geoff Adams and Ian Castellanos, pop artists from Los Angeles. We talk about dream journaling, the power of imagination, and how to treat rheumatic heart disease!
You can find Geoff and Ian's work on their Instagram @crudeinc and you can also find it on Etsy so you can buy it and...2017-04-251h 13