Calling Our Cool Friend

A quick overview of season 1.

It's Halloween again! Ben's at the horse track, but he and Dru talk about their spookiest friends. It's kinda sad though, because Bones McKinsky recently passed away, and he was definitely their spookiest friend ever.  Then, they come up with a scary story about a young, light-sleeping Chechnyan boy. CW: mass shooting.

Joey's trying to fix everything, and Ben's in charge of keeping his computer shit at a perfect 65 degrees. Houston's pretty messed up at the moment, and Dru talks about life in the after-scape. Then Joey becomes the internet. 

Dougie did something bad, and Dru ends up in an awkward situation. So that's no good. Ben fills us in on the Pocket Rocket Gang and art films. Basically everybody's using the app now, and it's making Dru feel weird. Ben beefed it, like, big time. Like he really beefed it like a bunch. But Joey can probably fix it when he gets back from his meditation retreat. You can put a cherry wherever you want. 

Ben got a promotion (maybe?), and he talks about getting teased in prison. Dru still can't get the app to work, and his social isolation has driven him to conspiracy theories. Turns out Smegmar's part of the Pocket Rocket Gang, but Ben's got a pipe with a bit of concrete on it, so no worries there.  Your network is your net worth, and the dog's sick. 

Joey's app has blown up and has millions of users, but Dru can't get it to work. Ben talks about the romantic limits of living in a van. They talk about music while waiting for tech support to pick up Dru's call. 

Dru complains about the summer heat in Houston, but Ben--recently released from prison--just moved to San Fransisco to take a job at the hottest tech start up: PRCVE. Turns out, their old friend Joey founded the company (which makes sense because he's really good at that kind of stuff).  The app is going to change the world, but Dru's not 100% sure what it does. 

This Earth Day, Ben and Dru interview their cool friend Alicia, who recently became the earth. Ben and Dru get into a fight over the podcast. They talk geological timescales and theology. And finally, a deep dive into the toxic BDSM lobster community.

For some reason, Ben and Dru think their respective accountants should be dating each other, so they try to set them up.

Special thanks to Fianna O'Brien and Erik Olsen

While they didn't do any pranks this April Fools' Day, Ben and Dru reflect on the subtle and complex nature of their pranks of yore. Suddenly, a flood of pranked people call demanding answers, and it looks like Ben and Dru have a copycat.

Thanks to Rachel Tamarin, Elizabeth Esposito, Dani Aldrich, Miles Coe, and Mitchell Stone. 

Postproduction: Ryan Palm