Funny People Talking

As we time travel into this episode of "Monkey Radio with Marc", Marc and co-host Ben Rose record on-location at Baconery and are joined by six-time Tony nominee Beguelin. His works include Disney’s Aladdin (Tony Award nomination for Best Book and Best Original Score, Drama Desk Award Nomination for Best Book and Outstanding Lyrics), The Prom (Tony Award nomination for Best Book and Best Original Score, Drama Desk Award Nomination for Best Book and Outstanding Lyrics) and The Wedding Singer (Tony Award nomination for Best Book and Best Original Score, Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Lyrics). He also wrote the lyrics for the Broadway musical Elf, which broke several box office records. Plus an improv game and Elsie shares a special Baconery-inspired End of Show Food.

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As we time travel into this episode of "Monkey Radio with Marc", Marc and co-host Ben Rose are joined by improv comedian and actor Brad Sherwood of "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" fame. Plus a round of "If I Were In Charge of the World" and Elsie brings a fun End of Show Food.

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Elsie has mobile mistletoe, Marc pitches inventions to battle noisy neighbors, another round of Headline Poetry with Elsie covers a German pilot’s strange activities, a baby Thai elephant, and a Russian cat, a round of "What If: Political Edition" uncovers will campaign strategies. Plus, lawyer-turned-artist/activist Tootsie Warhol shares his journey that led from working in civil rights law, to a meeting with Trump and his covert recording, which then sparked a career as a full time Trump-impersonating performance artist. He discusses the role of humor in his art, and how to strike a balance between making a meaningful political statement and appealing to the funny bone.

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A real-life When Harry Met Sally Christmas tree moment, a PR Tip on using the right words, Elsie's Headline-Inspired Poetry, Dresden has a special light and one-upping one another with a new improv game "With All Due Respect". Plus, guest Darlene Liebman talks about her amazing business Creative Humans (a platform that matches up brands with video professionals), shares her process of vetting prospective creatives, and the sweet spot of finding highly talented individuals before they’ve gotten so expensive they’re not cost effective anymore.

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Dresden is stuck in a Frozen room thanks to a COVID scare, why rocker Eddie Money was better than Google, a scandalous musical press conference, move review prognostication, and theories about being ghosted by a busker. Canadian music correspondent, blogger, radio host and former director of media relations at eOne Music Canada Eric Alper (who also runs music public relations company That Eric Alper and host of the SiriusXM show “That Eric Alper”) joins the fun and shares insights on publicity, stories about infamous musicians, insights on the transformation of music and entertainment, how his path started, and why Monty Python has been such an inspiration.

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Elsie has streamers, amazing dairy-free ice cream from Casper's called Jolly Llama in a special installment of Yum or Yuck, a dispute between Hollywood legends, improv game Guppy Tank features mushroom-motivated exercise, a key killer, and more. Nathan Russell, UCB comedian and founder of Hammond Hill Media (a full service creative studio and production company founded by former executives at the Upright Citizens Brigade (UCB), with an approach is deeply rooted in improvisational comedy) joins to share more about the company along with his insights on comedy and integrating improv.

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A real life GI Joe, a Beach Boys memory, being the "Kool Aid" house, escalator etiquette, annoying TikTok dances, throwing cold butter on hot pancakes, Elsie's surprising advice, and what we would all do if we were in charge of the world! Plus Colin McIntosh, the founder of Sheets & Giggles (a sustainability-focused, mission driven bedsheet company), joins to share his incredible mission, entrepreneurial journey, what the company is doing to change the world, and how he approaches humor with the company ethos and in stand-up comedy.

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We're thankful, and have invited special friends to drop by. Marc's friend and former co-host John Locke guest-hosts, and a few surprise guests drop in. Plus a super special hard-to-find Thanksgiving tasting from Elsie, a blast from the past, and a super hilarious round of the improv game "What If?" Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

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Emotional stories of election results celebration, Dresden's eyebrows are woven like lace, a round of Yum or Yuck with tasty Lekkco Belgian dark chocolate spreads, and a round of the improv comedy game Redirection, in which direction changes mid-scene and a day at the zoo turns unexpectedly dark. Founder Rory Hughes joins from Ireland and discusses his company BOOM, Broadway Official Online Masterclass, which is a platform created for the pandemic to provide work in the form of teaching to Broadway performers and artists, and stories of being starstruck working with some of the Broadway performers working with BOOM.

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Elsie hilariously gives her own take on real headlines, Arnold Schwarzenegger gets into unexpected situations in a revisited improv game favorite, Dresden recalls an under-appreciated Ken Burns-related April Fools joke, cast mysteries, and why the US might be Canada's downstairs neighbor with a meth lab. Plus, big-deal stand-up comedian Debra DiGiovanni shares career highlights from Conan to Last Comic Standing, making Canadians laugh why just being true to herself is key to her success, the person who is her barometer of funny, and the joke that she keeps telling whether or not it gets a laugh. (Recorded the day after the 2020 US Election).

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