Between 2 Butts: The Podcast That Lets Nothing Slip Between The Cracks

We are coming in strong just one day after the 2020 election is called for Biden (at the time of recording), and Becca begins our show by speaking about how glad she is to finally be rid of the caustic source of irritation she did not ask for...the piece of glass that just popped out of her hand after being stuck there for 20 years. It gives everyone a chance to share about injuries old and new. Then Tice begins the first installment of the GameShowVember with a tribute to Match Game, in which he tried to find a week of episodes without any skeevy overtones and failed. Instead we get Bob Barker in a studded leather vest. From there, Jay remembers a milestone production where he and Becca first met, and appropriately we close out the episode producing our own show-stoppers in a game of One-Word Song.  Let the hootenanny begin!

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Just another Friday on Match Game (Episode 46-49, featuring the same celebrity panel, can be found in the sidebar suggestions)

(This program was edited for broadcast.)

Episode 14 sees Jay sharing his favorite thing on the Interwebs after ass-kicking nuns: a little something starring televangelist Kenneth Copeland and Covid-19. It also has Becca's yoga journey, including lots of helpful tips and encouraging words to newcomers. It even includes Tice sharing gym dos and donts. But an undercurrent throughout this show is Jay and Becca's own little version of the war on Christmas: Jay thinks it's fair game to put up Yuletide decorations as soon as Halloween has passed, and Becca is appalled. Tice is, as usual, caught in the middle, covering his eyes and waiting for it all to be over. Emotions run high; harsh words get exchanged; it's a little like Christmas with family. Whose side are you on?  

We’re back with lucky Episode 13! Unlucky number or not,  this is the perfect episode for us because Jay, Becca and Tice welcome fabulous DMV theatre actor and singer and one of their biggest fans, Stacy Crickmer!!

After, Jay, Becca and Tice discuss the perils of using public bathrooms, Stacy tells us all about her time in the THEATAH, including being part of the original production of Moby Dick The Musical! We also discuss crushes on animated characters, Garfield conspiracy theories and what kind of potato you are. Stacy then discusses the compatibility profiles of all three Between 2 Butts couples, according to their astrological signs, via the book Love On A Rotten Day by Hazel Dickson-Cooper of the American Federation of Astrologers. So, it has to be accurate, right?! 

We then close with out of our favorite improv games, 185! Thanks for coming on the show Stacy! We loved having you! 

    We have company again! Today we're graced with the presence of Kim Braswell, local actor and "Kitty-Paws" buddy to Becca (you'll have to listen to really understand that...). We begin the podcast talking about the genesis of their friendship and their memories of competitive karaoke, both of which involve a surprising amount of humping and dildoes! Then it's on to fretting over the latest cuts to the Taco Bell menu, and the wholesome Pornhub star who washes dishes. In both cases, Tice is the bearer of bad news, some of which is fake, which causes him great consternation. But as it's almost Halloween, we switch to spookier fare, and talk about what scared us when we were kids. Turns out for most of us of a certain age, "Are You Afraid of the Dark?" touched a nerve. (Although Tice, for the second episode in a row, brings up Garfield.) To close, we return to "Match Game", not even bothering this time with a lawyer-friendly alias. Stay tuned, to see if Goodson-Todman Enterprises hits us with a big fat *BLANK*!

Halloween is creeping in on Between 2 Butts! Episode 11 begin with a review of Hocus Pocus from a first-time viewer and stories about Hocus Pocus cosplay. THis ends up as a discussion on the proper spelling of Bryan/Brian. Keeping on the costumes theme, Becca talks about gender-bent cosplay, including her own adventures dressing up as male characters. October also marks the 70th anniversary of "Peanuts", as well as the Peanuts Halloween special, so Tice shares a list of Peanuts characters who disappeared, including one that Charles Schulz...sort of murdered? Jay is up third and the spookiest thing he has for us is an unpopular opinion: that Karate Kid 2 was better than the first movie. Becca is still working on her Cobra Kai "Cawwwww!" sound effect. To wrap up, we play "Cotton Candy Chicken Nuggets", and if you want to find out what THAT is, you have to listen to the end. 

Wow, it's a landmark episode: Number 10! And as we cross into our double digits, we see Jay consider re-branding the podcast as a wrestling trio, complete with a hype-filled promo. Along the way, he shares why he loved professional wrestling and why he hates hearing people say it's fake. Meanwhile, Tice is already wrestling, but it's with his past, specifically his worst-ever childhood Halloween costume. Then, Becca is ready to shock the world by revealing the movies she's never seen. No spoilers, but: there's at least two Tom Hanks, two Stephen Kings, and Morgan Freeman gets a couple of mentions.
As we have for every episode now, we close with a game, and this time it's: So You Think You Know Your Podcasters?! After ten episodes, do you know us at all? Stay to the end to find out! 

In this week's show, we welcome as our guest improviser and comedian Carlic Huynh! We start by recapping the audition where Jay, Tice and Carlic met for the very first time, then go over some of Carlic's comedic influences. But we stray from the point on this show, and soon enough we're talking about chipmunk love, the many floors of the Museum of Sex, and the dreaded face-penis. But stay with us, and Becca will teach you about sleep paralysis and Exploding Head Syndrome, and then we'll all play the improv jumpout game, Jimmy the Pigeon!

You can see some of Carlic's standup here!

Zounds! It's a beautiful pumpkin spice morn and Tice is contemplating cow udders, but Jay brings distraction in the form of what may be called "Gutter-billy": a folk/metal track called "Y'all Motherfuckers Need Jesus" by the Goddamn Gallows, accompanied by a video of ass-kicking nuns. After Becca and Jay comment with their own experiences with nuns and the Catholic church, Tice re-lives his pre-podcast morning, but through a Shakesperean filter, with some dialogue coaching by Jay. Then Becca takes over with a couple of weird stories where something happens that just ain't right and seems to defy earthly explanation, which she calls "Glitches in the Matrix". But because at Between 2 Butts we promise to set the bar high-- just high enough to walk into-- we end with the game "One-Eighty-Five", which is all about things walking into bars.

Please also enjoy this full-length cut of "Y'all Motherfuckers Need Jesus", without nuns, unfortunately, but we promise to bring you that footage if we are able to find it again.

Tice debuts shiny new recording equipment, and he puts Jay and Becca through the Myers-Briggs and Kiersey personality sorters with a crispness never heard before. But soon enough, his fortune reverses and he becomes completely inaudible, leaving Jay and Becca to their own devices. His powers unchecked, Jay wastes no time in getting at the Catholic Church, laying out his thesis for how he would make Communion more delicious. Becca keeps things grounded with the last(?) installment of her health trilogy: The Clavicle Debacle. Meanwhile, will Tice be able to return in time for a game of "I Like My Women.../I Like My Men"? Stay tuned, buttheads...

Try the Kiersey Temperment Sorter/ Personality Test yourself!
The Myers-Briggs/Kiersey Temperment Alignment Inforgraphic we reference during the show. 

We have a guest butt!! It's our very own music man, Matthew Scarborough, composer of our theme song and all the incidental tunes here on the pod. He shares a bit with us about how he creates our intro music and the many variations we've asked him for, and then, together with Jay, gives us a sneak preview of their long-awaited collaboration -- Butthurt: The Musical!!! 
Meanwhile, Becca delivers another installment in her review of the comedy of errors that is our body. This week, the Great Gallbladder Caper, in which we find out what happens when Irritable Bowels do a 180.
But it's truly Matthew who brings the charm to this episode, and by the end, Tice, Becca and Jay are all so enamored that we take turns trying to take him home with a little game called "Casanova." Which team will have the best pick-up line game?