Lower the Bar

This week we celebrate Sam’s birthday and talk about birthdays growing up. We also explore how the Matrix would have turned out if Sam Manual was cast as Neo. The guys end the show with some improv fun that starts with a birthday and goes to interesting places from there. If you have an interesting story about birthday, especially where something went wrong, share it with us on Facebook or email us at [email protected] and your email could make it on a future podcast.

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This week Sam tells us how he accidently became the center of attention at a wedding. Gabe and Sam also share some terrible wedding toasts they witnessed. In our movie segment we find out what would happen if Gabe was cast in the classic sports flick, Rudy. The guys end the show with some improv fun inspired by the wedding stories. If you have a story about a wedding fail, either your own or one you saw, share it with us at [email protected].

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This episode Gabe tells how he was deported from Mexico back to the U.S. Sam tells us about a movie he was in called Driving While Black, a great funny indie film that takes a real looks a social issue that is all too common. The guys end the show with some improv fun inspired by the border crossing story. If you have an interesting story about international travel share it with us on Facebook or email us at [email protected].

Please support Driving While Black, you can stream here http://drivingwhileblackmovie.com/.

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This episode we talk to our friend Mark Sipka and hear about him growing up in Michigan, Michigan sports and about the many pets Mark and his brother had growing up. Sam, Gabe, and Mark end with some improv fun. If you have a pet fail story (hopefully not too morbid) share it with us at [email protected].

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This episode Sam, Gabe and Augie share stories of a variety of girl fights they saw in high school. We also find out what food item Augie’s relatives made him buy them at school everyday. The guys end the show with some improv that starts with the girl fight theme, but then goes off in another direction. If you have a girl fight you saw (or were in) share it with us on Facebook or email us at [email protected].

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This episode we hear about young Gabe’s first accident with a motorized vehicle. Sam tells us about when he drove his dad’s Mitsubishi Starion had an accident. Augie shares a story of how he let a girl drive his mom’s car and was drifting long before Fast and the Furious copied her. The guys end with some improv inspired by the driving stories.

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This episode Sam tells us about when he was in charge of some church kids going camping and the line betweens ‘boys’ tent and ‘girls’ tent was blurred. Gabe share about a 6th grade school camping trip called Sci-con (which is nothing like Comic Con). We also find out what would happen if they rebooted Total Recall again, but this starring Sam Manual. The guys end with some improv inspired by the camping stories.

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This week Sam’s tells us about accidentally flushing something down the toilet stranding himself and several others. The guys also talk about stuff that you should not flush down the toilet. We then find out what would happen if Gabe was Robocop, would he be more or less robotic than he is in real life? The guys end with some improv inspired off of Sam’s story.

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This episode we are joined by our friend Grace Bannon. She shares about a few times she tried to be athletic to impress people with less than impressive results. We also talk about her role on the show The Middle and her Sprint commercial that is getting so much airplay. Gabe, Sam and Grace end the episode with some improv fun about 2 guys trying to impress 1 girl with less than impressive results.

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This episode hear about Sam’s celebrity encounter at an airport and how this celebrity isn’t a regular person like us, she’s better. Gabe also shares some local news from his home town’s paper the Reedley Exponent. The guys end the episode with some improv fun based our celebrity sightings.

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