Are You Famous, Yet?

00:35 - Presenting: Brittany Meyer! http://www.brittanymeyerdoesthat.com 01:37 - Strip Joker w/You are Beautiful https://www.uptownunderground.net/strip-joker https://www.facebook.com/stripjoker/ 04:22 - You are Beautiful campaign. https://you-are-beautiful.com 08:43 - The Kates http://www.thekates.org 11:52 - How Brittany's act changed from before she took Feminine Comique with Kelsie Huff. https://www.femininecomique.com 13:44 - Arm wrestling. 14:52 - Hari Kondabolu http://www.harikondabolu.com 15:56 - Stone Cold Jane Austen with Chicago League of Lady Arm Wrestling http://www.sideshowtheatre.org/performances/productions/cllaw 20:55 - Design experiences. 23:56 - We're Not Gonna Take It. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xmckWVPRaI 25:31 - Events. https://fireflyfestival.com 26:41 - Various comedy shows Brittany has been a part of: The Kiki https://www.facebook.com/TheKikiComedy/ Freakfest https://www.facebook.com/Freakfest-With-Stalter-1246863708773444/?fref=ts VHS: Tape Fear https://www.facebook.com/events/116939252321319/ 31:40 - What else is Brittany working on right now? Performances in the frame of TED Talks. 36:50 - Promotion time Strip Joker https://www.uptownunderground.net/strip-joker https://www.facebook.com/stripjoker/ and Her fake TED talks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoGZhnBVzFg

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Intro Music: "Are You Famous, Yet?" - Laura Scruggs. Outro Music: "AYFY 1" - Christopher Kriz

00:54 - Laura is adapting a story by L. Frank Baum, "A Kidnapped Santa Claus," for Three Cat Productions' holiday radio show: http://threecatproductions.com/201718-three-cat-season/the-holiday-radio-show 06:52 - Laura is now curating the cabaret at Three Cat, starting in December. http://threecatproductions.com/upcoming-season/cabaret-on-the-lake 08:39 - Laura is a co-host of Do Not Submit in the West Loop at Open Books at 651 W. Lake. http://www.donotsubmitchicago.com/dns-west-loop.html 11:24 - There are numerous Do Not Submit locations! http://www.donotsubmitchicago.com 11:55 - If there isn't a Do Not Submit near you and you would like one, e-mail Scott Whitehair here: http://www.donotsubmitchicago.com/contact-us.html 12:51 - Discussion of the Podcast's problems and future.

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Intro Music: "Are You Famous, Yet?" - Laura Scruggs. Outro Music: "AYFY 1" - Christopher Kriz

05:13 - How Jacob got started in technical theatre and at Light Opera Works. http://www.musictheaterworks.com 07:11 - "Disgraced" / the first time Jacob was doing focus work with lighting. 09:06 - American Theater Company. https://www.atcweb.org 09:16 - David Cromer! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Cromer 11:06 - Oak Park Festival Theatre. http://oakparkfestival.com 19:14 - The 24 Hour Bring Your Own Theater festival. http://www.byotproductions.com 23:54 - Really long title of a play Jacob directed at The 24 Hour BYOT: The Dissent and Disapproving Complaints caused by Habitual Use of Artificial Correspondence 30:05 - Jacob doesn't have a formal degree, developed his resume on his own and through referrals. 40:55 - What Jacob learned from Chicago Fringe. http://chicagofringe.org 42:20 - Superman, Black Man, Me. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54_GkkscMyA 46:03 - The play, "ID" and No Shame. http://www.wearetheagency.org/no-shame/ https://www.facebook.com/NoShameTheatre/ http://www.noshame.org/chicago/index11.htm http://www.thelincolnloft.com/no-shame-theatre.html 58:40 - Jacob is on the Short List Committee for the Chicago Humanities Festival. https://chicagohumanities.org

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Intro Music: "Are You Famous, Yet?" - Laura Scruggs. Outro Music: "AYFY 1" - Christopher Kriz

06:54 - Gilbert Godfrey's podcast http://www.gilbertpodcast.com 07:25 - Gilbert's documentary http://www.indiewire.com/2017/04/gilbert-gottfried-documentary-review-tribeca-film-festival-2017-1201807032/ 09:47 - What has Nilsa been up to? 14:50 - Nilsa was asked to join the company New York Madness https://nymadness.com Lonestar Theatre Company http://www.lonestartheatre.com 20:06 - Nilsa is also writing for "The Lost Girls Blog" http://www.lostgirlsworld.com/blog/ I am Not Your Negro, documentary about James Baldwin http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5804038/ 25:01 - Jake remembers bit about when Bryn and Nilsa would imitate each other 31:08 - Cultural events of the last few years have been hard for Bryn to reckon with and he's been writing about it. 41:15 - Jake would like to talk a little more concretely about what Bryn has been doing: played the ghost of Benjamin Spock in the play, "Baby Hubris," by Jacqui Rego http://www.babyhubris.com You can listen to our podcast episode about this here: http://areyoufamousyet.libsyn.com/jacqui-rgo-and-the-cast-of-baby-hubris-episode-182 Festival show, "From A to Double D" https://www.facebook.com/events/1915146762090057/ 47:35 - Now they're doing another run of "From A to Double D." 48:29 - And the marketing is great, with Instagram http://toptagram.com/user/fromatodoubledplay Twitter https://twitter.com/FromAtoDoubleD and Facebook https://www.facebook.com/FromAtoDoubleD/ 50:30 - Bryn gets sucked into reading/watching the news. 55:05 - Softball: a retreat with the twins! 56:15 - The MTA has been falling apart. 1:01:43 - Bryn is trying to get a job now. 1:03:59 - Cats and the next CJ3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fy28it0ul6E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLV44zOUusY

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Intro Music: "Are You Famous, Yet?" - Laura Scruggs. Outro Music: "AYFY 1" - Christopher Kriz

01:41 - Shout out to Ines Bellina and her podcast: XX Will Travel https://xxwilltravel.com 03:07 - How Farah got into podcasting. Serial https://serialpodcast.org Start-Up by Gimlet Media https://gimletmedia.com/startup/ Sampler https://gimletmedia.com/sampler/ 06:40 - Farah's first interview with "L." 07:48 - The problem with interviewing a Trump voter. 16:16 - Most recent episode with Stacey. 19:35 - Mothers Against Senseless Killing. http://ontheblock.org 21:48 - On the dude who left Chicago and trashed it: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/goodbye-chicago-what-its-like-to-live-in-a-city-you_us_59ac5f1de4b0bef3378cd9ba 26:56 - Farah's history and moving around. 30:50 - Farah is an introvert! 33:58 - The future of Deeper Dish. 35:42 - The latest episode that Farah hasn't yet released. 45:15 - Farah did one episode with a dominatrix. 45:56 - We listened to the "gun episode:" Episode #13. 49:35 - Promotional time: Deeper Dish podcast http://www.deeperdishchi.com Mothers Against Senseless Killing: MASK http://ontheblock.org 52:01 - Farah's princess warrior daughters.

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Intro Music: "Are You Famous, Yet?" - Laura Scruggs. Outro Music: "AYFY 1" - Christopher Kriz

02:10 - Ada's change from being a professor into a storyteller/improviser/stand-up comedian. 13:34 - Her one woman show, "NOT QUITE: Asian American by Law, Ahttp://www.fringefestival.orgsian Woman by Desire," at Fringe festivals. 24:10 - The subject of the immigration process in her show. 31:55 - The second story in her solo show, about teaching. 33:14 - Surprised by outcome of Fringe festivals. Capital Fringe https://www.capitalfringe.org Minnesota Fringe http://www.fringefestival.org Boulder Fringe http://www.boulderfringe.com 35:50 - Supposed to go to Houston Fringe, but not going now, due to Hurricane Harvey. http://houstonfringefestival.org 37:18 - Sept. 15th performance at The National Cambodian Heritage Museum & Killing Fields Memorial. https://www.cambodianmuseum.org/new-events/2017/9/15/ada-cheng-not-quite-asian-american-by-law-asian-woman-by-desire-1 39:36 - Ada's sex-positive style. 48:19 - Magic wand. http://www.adameve.com/adult-sex-toys/vibrators/wand-massagers/sp-magic-wand-rechargeable-100664.aspx 52:06 - Promotion Time: Ada's Sept. 15th show at 7 pm at The National Cambodian Heritage Museum & Killing Fields Memorial https://www.cambodianmuseum.org/new-events/2017/9/15/ada-cheng-not-quite-asian-american-by-law-asian-woman-by-desire-1 52:23 - Advice for mid-lifers who want to change direction in their lives.

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Intro Music: "Are You Famous, Yet?" - Laura Scruggs. Outro Music: "AYFY 1" - Christopher Kriz

03:01 - Why is Ted Frankel Uncle Fun? What are the origins of the store called "Uncle Fun"? http://www.unclefunchicago.com https://www.facebook.com/unclefunchicago 09:55 - Goodies - Ted's first store. 12:15 - Where did Ted get his stuff/new/old stock from? 19:56 - The really good stuff is at the bottom/developing relationships with warehouses 24:06 - Funny story, Mickey Mantle bobbing head dolls in a NY warehouse 28:47 - Does Ted watch shows like American Pickers? 29:53 - When the Antiques Roadshow came to town 41:13 - When Ted moved Goodies to the bigger location he shared the store with his two unhappy sisters. It did not go well. Very not well. 54:03 - Hawaii trip with friend after the family horribleness. 1:05:00 - Come to the American Visionary Art Museum; it's a hands-on place! 1:09:52 - How Ted met his husband, Bill Gilmore, The Executive Director of The Baltimore Office of Promotion & the Arts http://www.promotionandarts.org/about-us Promised link to pictures of Michael Jackson sitting on Ted's lap in the store's photo booth: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=959694127428562

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Intro and Outro Music: "Are You Famous, Yet? (Remix)." Written By: B. Packard and L. Scruggs. Performed By: B. Packard, N. Reyna, J. Scruggs, L. Scruggs.

Jake and Laura record their first episode at their new place in Logan Square.

They discuss Laura's holiday playwriting project with Three Cat Productions, updates on her Uncle Fun documentary and why they love their new neighborhood.

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Intro Music: "Are You Famous, Yet?" - Laura Scruggs. Outro Music: "AYFY 1" - Christopher Kriz

05:58 - How John started playing music: high school band, "Born in an Elevator." 16:51 - John's two solo performance art acts: "Neutron Prom" and "Elvis From Hell." 23:59 - Joe Bob Briggs is a persona! http://www.joebobbriggs.com http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0089185/ 25:13 - "Let's All Go To Uncle Fun" song. 28:22 - "Dennis Dupre from Danville"song. 31:37 - "Harold's Fried Chicken" song. 35:20 - "Put the Hurttt on You," a song about cancer. 46:13 - Chic-A-Go-Go and "Werewolf in Wicker Park." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_2_mUvHSWE 54:31 - John will be DJ-ing at East Room for Bric-a-Brac's summer show: http://www.bricabracrecords.com/upcoming-events/ https://www.facebook.com/events/332015063900447/ Yes. Horton Heat and Roky Erickson, father of psychedelic music. Roky Erickson will be performing on Sept. 15th at the Empty Bottle http://emptybottle.com/?event_id=7492005

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Intro Music: "Are You Famous, Yet?" - Laura Scruggs. Outro Music: "AYFY 1" - Christopher Kriz

03:10 - How did Jamey and Susan meet? 11:30 - The Chipmonkeys. 12:36 - The many voices of Jamey Barnard and the "phone revenge" tapes. 20:59 - Favorite jokes Jamey has played on Les Scruggs. 23:50 - Susan's favorite costume designs. 28:15 - Favorite family project? 30:44 - Jamey's puppet thing with wrecked paintbrushes: Spent Brush Theatre. 31:27 - Animated phone revenge on Funny Or Die, Roseville Cemetery. http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/d5864ab63e/roseville-cemetery 33:31 - The Benzie Playboys. http://www.benzieplayboys.com 36:10 - Souled American. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Souled_American https://www.discogs.com/artist/349171-Souled-American 37:15 - What was it like for Susan to work with Peter Sellers? 39:30 - How did Susan and Jamey end up in Manistee/Onekama? 40:57 - Highlights of Snake The Lake/The Art Snake. http://artsnakeartists.blogspot.com 43:45 - Promotions/anything else? Stay tuned for Spent Brush Theatre & more paintings Visit: The Art Deck http://www.visitmanisteecounty.com/web-2-0-directory/the-art-deck/ http://www.lesliescruggs.com and Handstand https://www.facebook.com/pages/Handstand/525826527487534

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Intro Music: "Are You Famous, Yet?" - Laura Scruggs. Outro Music: "AYFY 1" - Christopher Kriz