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The Peanuts Gallery2018 Christmas Special – feat. our moms!Our guests are Josh's mom Korky (with a K) and Molly's mom Cathy (with a C).
###Discussion points include:
Josh's childhood Snoopy slippers;
Molly's childhood "Happy Tape";
the Rankin-Bass classic, "The Monster Who Had A Toothache";
distracting your children with a Hawaiian Ice machine so you can finish your margarita;
why Korky was asked to leave Catholic high school;
"The Josh Cagan Show," an actual show that actually happened;
Molly recites a poem to her grandfather & Josh eats a dog biscuit.
Blandishment by Ken Plume.
Podcast art...
2018-12-1400 min
The Peanuts GalleryRace For Your Life, Charlie Brown – w/ Hal Lublin & Ken Plume!Topics of discussion
RCA SelectaVision VideoDisc (RIP);
a pile of kid bones inside a general store;
Easy Rider & MAS*H references… you know, for the kids!
America's new favorite game: "Is That A Lump?";
Spearmint Suzy, who never found an audience;
Dunderson Gunderfoot & other reasons to get picked on at camp;
multiple kinds of adults in the PAU: Lumps, Brittles, & Crisps™;
the single worst rendition of "She'll Be Comin' Round The Mountain" ever released to the public;
Ken Plume finally slings a reference over everybody's head;
Molly finally greets Snoopy Bullshit with...
2018-09-2900 min
The Peanuts GalleryYou're The Greatest, Charlie Brown – w/ Franki ButlerTopics Of Discussion:
international sports star Caitlyn Jenner;
the expansion of Charlie Brown's wardrobe;
a refreshing departure from everyone just taking a dump in Charlie Brown's mouth;
"The PN," our dark gritty reboot of The Peanuts;
the Igloo Australia / Men In Black / Erase-O-Matic things;
Freddy Fabulous From Fremont & The Fosbury Flop;
a future in scandalous entertaining for concerning adults.
Franki Butler is an LA-based TV writer, and has written for NBC's THE NIGHT SHIFT and History's Emmy-nominated GENIUS. She can be found at @FrankiTheB on Twitter and Instagram, and has a very cool purse...
2018-08-3100 min
The Peanuts GalleryWhat A Nightmare, Charlie Brown – w/ Manuel GonzalesContent warning: This Peanuts special largely takes place in Snoopy's nightmare, so there is mention of dog death.
###Discussion topics:
egg milk: what is it??;
how to "under-dogify" your dog;
why it is so hard to recreate dream logic in any medium;
getting technical about harpy boobage;
knowing neither when to hold 'em, nor when to fold 'em;
the platonic relationships we have with our pets;
Madame Cher's Parlour Of Hoochie-Coo & Flakin' The Nuggets;
resigning yourself to the idea that you've raised sociopaths;
an all-new totally bonkers fan theory that contains Meatlump Theory.
2018-08-1000 min
The Peanuts GalleryIt's Your First Kiss, Charlie Brown – w/ Maurene Goo###Discussion points
being personally offended by humidity;
feminizing gendered signifiers in the Peanuts AU;
the second Brazil reference of the season;
Mandatory Smooching Day in 7 Year-Old Land;
grade school square dances and other theme days;
a blur of conscripted smooches.
Maurene Goo is the author of several acclaimed books for young adults, including I Believe in a Thing Called Love and (her latest) The Way You Make Me Feel. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and cat, Maeby. maurenegoo.com
Blandishment by Ken Plume.
Podcast art by Lar DeSouza.
It's...
2018-07-2000 min
The Peanuts GalleryBONUS: A Bit Of A Lump With Ken PlumeTopics of discussion include:
using your blandishing budget to show children planting trees;
the Showgirls of the Peanuts AU;
the concept of victory gardens (and other hot WWII references);
a brief tangent about old timey margarine;
lump locomotion & the lump-industrial complex;
the Peanuts AU's Shyamalan-like roots;
sports that we would watch trees play (other than baseball);
Charlie Brown's cameo in 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Ken Plume is the host of his own podcast, A Bit Of A Chat With Ken Plume. Listen to his chat with Molly about whatever and his chat with Josh about the new...
2018-07-1300 min
The Peanuts GalleryIt's Arbor Day, Charlie Brown — feat. Jenn EllisTopics of discussion include:
Rerun: the Scrappy Doo of the Peanuts universe;
a display of despicable childhood behavior;
Joe Cool is a dog with sunglasses, but not every dog with sunglasses is Joe Cool;
another victory for women's lib!
that time Josh was dropped off a clip (and was fine);
Jeff Bezos's secret plan to beat the Mariners at baseball;
Ken Burns's "It's Arbor Day, Charlie Brown";
a young Josh Cagan invents the standing desk.
Blandishment by Ken Plume.
Podcast art by Lar DeSouza.
It's Arbor Day, Charlie Brown is available for...
2018-06-2900 min
The Peanuts GalleryYou're A Good Sport, Charlie Brown — feat. Kathleen DeVere
[note from management] We recorded this episode through a yet-unnamed intermediary app, and some syllables of our conversation got totally meatlumped. We're not sure what it means or how to fix it, so you'll just have to pick it up from context clues. Also, this episode is like 2 hours long, so you can thank this weird sound lump for shaving seconds off your listening time. You're welcome?
Synopsis:
A boy gets a concussion, and is placed in a kennel. Also, a dog reads pornography.
###Discussion points
an arpeggiated synth bass line that...
2018-06-0800 min
The Peanuts GalleryBe My Valentine, Charlie Brown – w/ Kayla Cagan & Ben Soileau###Topics of discussion include:
baffling personalities & try-hards;
choking on privilege & dying of honor;
how great it would be to get a rose from a boy, whichever boy, it doesn't matter;
balloons, anonymous roses, orange juice & other failed romantic gestures;
the immersive theater sensation Snoop No More;
keeping poundcake in your briefcase: a metaphor???;
"Franklin's pants!" interjects Molly;
Linus: the Banner to PigPen's Hulk.
Kayla Cagan is a writer. Piper Perish is her debut YA novel, and its companion Art Boss will be released by Chronicle Books October 2018. She has contributed comics, plays...
2018-05-1800 min
The Peanuts GalleryA Charlie Brown Christmas (2017 revisit) – w/ Leigh LahavAnimator & writer Leigh Lahav brings a fresh perspective on Christmas, America, Stranger Things, and more in our annual revisit of A Charlie Brown Christmas.
##TALKING POINTS
Snoopy, the Hello Kitty of North America;
like when Neo learns Kung Fu in The Matrix, except it's Christmas;
Googling "tweening," a totally SFW animation term;
a giant silver bottle brush as tall as a man that you have to handle with gloves;
dunking your hapless husband in a big old tank of America;
Hot Judah Macabee, your next Halloween costume.
Our guest is Leigh Lahav...
2017-11-2700 min
The Peanuts GallerySnoopy Come Home – CIPYD crossover! w/ Renée Colvert & Allegra RingoRenée Colvert & Allegra Ringo (hosts of Can I Pet Your Dog?) join us for a slog through 1972's Snoopy Come Home, an ardously strained metaphor for divorce that tanked at the box office & traumatized thousands of children in the home video market.
Talking points:
putting a regular special through a taffy pull;
1972's hot new "tear animating" technology;
Thurl Ravenscroft, human leitmotif;
the big Sherman Brothers conspiracy;
an unbroken 5 minutes of Snoopy beating up children;
Ali MacGraw disease, Munchausen By Proxy, & the Allegra Ringo effect;
laughing & crying at the s...
2017-10-0200 min
The Peanuts GalleryIt's The Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown (LIVE on JoCo Cruise) – w/ Hal LublinOur guest is Hal Lublin, a voice actor, improviser, and podcaster. He is host of We Got This With Mark & Hal, Tights & Fights, and Surprisingly Nice, and has guest-starred on so many podcasts the "Hal Lublin Number" is the podcast equivalent of a "Kevin Bacon Number"*.
*Note: We just made that up, but really want it to become A Thing.
Topics of discussion include:
Snoopy grows a dinosaur ass-brain;
a lot of Catholic jokes somehow;
Josh has often said that Snoopy is one of history's greatest monsters;
the...
2017-08-1100 min
The Peanuts GalleryIt's A Mystery, Charlie Brown (ABRIDGED) – w/ Kathleen DeVereFasten your pants belts for a marathon of minutiae with armchair Peanuts scholar Kathleen DeVere.
This episode is so CHOCK FULL of Peanuts trivia that we also have an unabridged episode for folks who want to go down every rabbit hole with us.
Our guest this week is Kathleen DeVere. She can be found on Twitter as @Kathleen_LRR, and she can be found on Twitch and YouTube with LoadingReadyRun. Please enjoy this sketch that she & Molly are in together, and tell them PigPen sent you!
Topics of discussion include:
the era...
2017-07-2800 min
The Peanuts GalleryIt's A Mystery, Charlie Brown (UNABRIDGED) – w/ Kathleen DeVereFasten your pants belts for a marathon of minutiae with armchair Peanuts scholar Kathleen DeVere.
This episode is so CHOCK FULL of Peanuts trivia that we also have an abridged episode for folks who insist that we stay on the topic of It's A Mystery, Charlie Brown.
Our guest this week is Kathleen DeVere. She can be found on Twitter as @Kathleen_LRR, and she can be found on Twitch and YouTube with LoadingReadyRun. Please enjoy this sketch that she & Molly are in together, and tell them PigPen sent you!
Topics of discussion...
2017-07-2800 min
The Peanuts GalleryA Charlie Brown Thanksgiving – w/ Joseph ScrimshawToday we turn our lens of lumpy scrutiny to 1973's A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, the tenth Peanuts animated special and the third ever holiday special. Joseph Scrimshaw joins us as we talk about the importance (or lack thereof) of holiday traditions, and how maybe Snoopy's doghouse isn't a TARDIS but in fact a Portal.
Topics of discussion include:
Is this the most Gen X Peanuts special? Joseph Scrimshaw reports;
the Peanuts cannot have two TARDISes
listen, all y'all, it's a TOAST MONTAGE;
Marcie's funky normcore look;
Linus getting bit by a radioactive Bible and becoming Bibleman;
...
2017-07-1400 min
The Peanuts GalleryThere's No Time For Love, Charlie Brown – w/ Amy Spalding & Kayla CaganYA authors Kayla Cagan & Amy Spalding (& Banjo L. Cagan, silently) join us for a spirited roundtable about 1973's There's No Time For Love, Charlie Brown — a salty indictment of pop art, in which we learn about the disappointments of the public school system, as well as the theory of transitive kissing.
Topics of discussion include:
getting Charlie Brown title cards tattooed on your butt;
Peanut People™;
the phrase "when they stopped aging";
jokes about New Math (do they hold up?) ;
a long line of toilet cloggers;
The Most Depressing Speech We've Heard In A...
2017-07-0100 min
The Peanuts GalleryYou're Not Elected, Charlie BrownJosh and Molly run at 1972's You're Not Elected, Charlie Brown, a thin gruel of a political sendup.
Topics of discussion include:
Josh singing more than usual;
Melendelson's Razor;
watching television with a big foam finger that says "TELEVISION"
the Charlie decimal system (try it at home!);
rousing breakfasts;
the popular mandate for MORE DOGS EATING SANDWICHES;
The Internet Before The Internet Was Invented;
the face the Cheshire Cat would make if it was holding a knife;
release from our spiritual Babylon;
the Peanuts as XMen (not corroborated by Google Image search);
painfully trying...
2017-06-1600 min
The Peanuts GalleryPlay It Again, Charlie Brown – w/ Angela WebberWE ARE BACK.
Angela Webber (of The Doubleclicks) joins us for Play It Again, Charlie Brown, a fascinating examination of the feminine responsibility, all the rocks, and convincing people you're from the future – all sandwiched between about 15 minutes of uninterrupted Beethoven music.
Topics of discussion include:
the marketable skills of the Peanuts gang;
watching a dog fall asleep to piano music in real time;
our new self-help book, "How To Win Friends & Convince People You're From The Future";
Maybe Getting That Combo Together We Had Once Before, and other totally normal hu...
2017-06-0200 min
The Peanuts GalleryA Charlie Brown Christmas (2016 special) – feat. Andy Cownden & Nicole DiekerHappy Totally Normal Day In December, everybody!
It's our HOLIDAY EXTRAVAGOON, and instead of revisiting the animated A Charlie Brown Christmas like we originally intended, we saw a stage adaptation of the same, at the Taproot Theater in Seattle.
In our first segment Nicole Dieker joins us for a roundtable about the merits of adapting a Peanuts animated special to live theater, and what a difference it makes to have real actors instead of children imitating Bill Melendez one word at a time.
In our second segment we interview Andy Cownden, BC's go-to Charlie...
2016-12-1500 min
The Peanuts GalleryA Boy Named Charlie Brown – w/ Allie GoertzThis episode we tackle 1969's A BOY NAMED CHARLIE BROWN, Charlie Brown & the Peanuts gang's first animated feature, in which Charlie Brown is humiliated on a big screen several times over. Special guest Allie Goertz brings with her a wealth of knowledge of sad cartoon characters, to help us round out the 1960s season of The Peanuts Gallery.
A Boy Named Charlie Brown is available for your viewing pleasure on YouTube.
Topics of discussion include:
remaking Finding Dory but with humans;
Rod McKuen's "spending your birthday alone in a hotel bar"...
2016-11-0100 min
Obsessed with Joseph ScrimshawCOMEDY: Obsessed Ep 118 with Josh A. CaganComedy writer Josh A. Cagan (The Duff, Learning Town) shares his personal and professional obsession with the humor jokes. Thanks, as always, to Molly Lewis for our theme music.
2016-07-211h 14
The Peanuts GalleryIt Was A Short Summer, Charlie Brown – w/ Nicole DiekerWe wrist-wrestle with 1969's IT WAS A SHORT SUMMER, CHARLIE BROWN, in which the boys take on the girls in a summertime battle of the sexes, and get their dumb, uncoordinated butts handed to them for the better part of a half-hour. Special guest Nicole Dieker joins us in an episode recorded in the middle of the damn ocean during this year's JoCo Cruise.
Pour yourself a tall glass of Electrolyte Solution and watch it on DailyMotion.
Topics of discussion include:
adults vs. children vs. tall children;
a stone soup / Wizard of Oz mashup...
2016-05-0900 min
The Peanuts GalleryHe's Your Dog, Charlie Brown – w/ Kayla CaganSpecial guest Kayla Cagan joins us as we review 1968's He's Your Dog, Charlie Brown, in which Snoopy is an irredeemable sociopath with little to no consequences.
Don't believe us? See for yourself!
Topics of discussion include:
a nesting doll full of bad decisions;
what NOT to do when your dog is setting sink fires & kicking people in the taint;
the first appearance of Roy (the light of Molly's life);
Peppermint Patty's unflinching certainty that Snoopy is not a dog, but a human boy with a big nose;
the problem of holding Snoopy...
2016-03-3100 min
The Peanuts GalleryYou're In Love, Charlie BrownWe review 1967's You're In Love, Charlie Brown, in which Charlie Brown repeatedly divests himself of all responsibility for his foolish, self-defeating choices. This largely embarrassing specimen of a Charlie Brown special is redeemed by the introduction of Grown-Up Trombone Voice, the Little Red Haired Girl, & Peppermint Patty!
Topics of discussion include:
peanut butter sandwiches;
garbage playground taunt songs;
putting hair poofs & breasts on cartoon birds;
a delicate whisper of leafblower noise in the background of this sound mix;
the coining of the superlative "trilbiest";
chaos muppets;
Charlie Brown as assassin;
Aunt...
2016-03-1000 min
The Peanuts GalleryIt's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie BrownWe review 1966's It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, which spends surprisingly little time beating up on Charlie Brown
Topics of discussion include:
Lucy's unchecked power;
the briefest suggestion of functional sibling relationships;
denominational divisions;
the existence or non-existence of a restaurant called "Broccoli Hut";
gauntlets of scolding;
the flattering soft focus lens of childhood nostalgia;
45 minutes of a dog being shot at
It's The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown is available for your home viewing on iTunes, Amazon Instant, YouTube, and DVD.
Audio blandishment by Ken Plume.
2016-02-1800 min
The Peanuts GalleryCharlie Brown's All-StarsWe review Charlie Brown's All-Stars, a 1966 romp about baseball and surfing and ????
Topics of discussion range from:
drift-compatible hatred;
what happened to Shermy's voice? what did they do with Shermy Prime?;
skateboarding harumphily;
the Peanuts universe's brief (but no less horrifying) acknowledgement of sexuality;
Charlie Brown blindly accepting the patriarchy;
Linus is bad, Schroeder is THE WORST though;
scarelumps
Charlie Brown's All-Stars is available for your home viewing on iTunes, Amazon Instant, YouTube rental, and DVD.
Audio blandishment by Ken Plume.
2016-01-2800 min
The Peanuts GalleryA Charlie Brown ChristmasJosh & Molly kick this podcast off with the quintessential Charlie Brown TV special, in a discussion ranging from
commercialism;
dog germs;
meatlumps;
the Christmas Queen;
totally bitchin' fake trees;
...and much more!
Audio blandishment by Ken Plume.
2015-12-1800 min
The Writers Panel with Ben BlackerLive from the Jonathan Coulton Cruise!Live from the Jonathan Coulton Cruise! Bill Corbett (Rifftrax; Mystery Science Theater 3000) hosts author John Scalzi (Old Man’s War), singer/songwriter John Roderick (The Long Winters), Josh Cagan (Geek and Sundry's Learning Town), web-comic wrier/artist Randall Munroe (XKCD), writer/comedian Joseph Scrimshaw (Comedy of Doom), singer/songwriter Molly Lewis, and guitarist/songwriter Adam Bernstein. Recorded aboard the “Freedom of the Seas” Royal Caribbean ship for JoCo Cruise Crazy 3 on February 15, 2013.Bill would like to thank Sara Scrimshaw who volunteered to record this panel, and I (Ben) would like to thank Bill for offering it for podcast!
2013-03-0555 min
The Writers PanelLive from the Jonathan Coulton Cruise!Live from the Jonathan Coulton Cruise! Bill Corbett (Rifftrax; Mystery Science Theater 3000) hosts author John Scalzi (Old Mans War), singer/songwriter John Roderick (The Long Winters), Josh Cagan (Geek and Sundry's Learning Town), web-comic wrier/artist Randall Munroe (XKCD), writer/comedian Joseph Scrimshaw (Comedy of Doom), singer/songwriter Molly Lewis, and guitarist/songwriter Adam Bernstein. Recorded aboard the Freedom of the Seas Royal Caribbean ship for JoCo Cruise Crazy 3 on February 15, 2013.Bill would like to thank Sara Scrimshaw who volunteered to record this panel, and I (Ben) would like to thank Bill for offering it...
2013-03-0555 min