Men in Charge in Brief(s)

Tony and Kevin explore the eggs in one basket of crossing a bridge when they come to it of mixed metaphors. Then it's the return of everyone's favorite unwashed philosophers, Hans and Jacques, in "Existentialists on a Hovercraft." These promoters of heavy, dark European breads outline their strategy for using bookstores as academic research institutions and meet their female Others. Then it's the fourteenth chapter of "Heaving Bosoms," in which things get a bit more meta than usual and the Crone

Tony and Kevin explore the eggs in one basket of crossing a bridge when they come to it of mixed metaphors. Then it's the return of everyone's favorite unwashed philosophers, Hans and Jacques, in "Existentialists on a Hovercraft." These promoters of heavy, dark European breads outline their strategy for using bookstores as academic research institutions and meet their female Others. Then it's the fourteenth chapter of "Heaving Bosoms," in which things get a bit more meta than usual and the Crone's elderly baby with Coachman Coors begins growing a mustache. Then, a new idea from Jared Kushner and the Vichy America family of products and services: "High-end Menus." Effectively make your local greasy spoon diner pay you to eat at a much higher level of gourmet cuisine with High-end Menus! Finally, it's "New Uses for Cats," and one of them involves harnesses and drones!

Kevin and Tony continue broadcasting from self-quarantine / poorly developed social skills, Kevin in the sewer system beneath the dripping streets of Lower Heights, and Tony in his bunker, with only arrow slits for light and air (and shooting arrows through). These are the perfect locales to discuss whether it’s okay for people to be evil if people are just following their true natures. Why not? Certainly perhaps the Men in Charge characters sometimes do. For instance, in “Disgruntled Belgian

Kevin and Tony continue broadcasting from self-quarantine / poorly developed social skills, Kevin in the sewer system beneath the dripping streets of Lower Heights, and Tony in his bunker, with only arrow slits for light and air (and shooting arrows through). These are the perfect locales to discuss whether it’s okay for people to be evil if people are just following their true natures. Why not? Certainly perhaps the Men in Charge characters sometimes do. For instance, in “Disgruntled Belgian Talk Radio,” Didier mentors a trainee engineer at Jamie the Engineer’s expense. And in “Heaving Bosoms,” the Crone at last gives birth, and Grantley Ridgely, not a midwife, is made to act as a midwife. Finally, in “Johnny Hambone, Library Bouncer,” Johnny accepts a work release assignment to protect Big Nell from vengeful suburban women. He’ll use up whatever of his true nature 19th century German Romantic philosophers have allowed him to keep…

After painstakingly engineering their entire eighth season to alternate between two sketch-based episodes, then one radio play, Tony and Kevin finally give in to the exigencies of broadcasting from a bunker and a sewer, respectively. There was only one sketch-based episode since the last radio play, and damn if there isn't another full-length play this week! Our story begins in the all-too-distant future, when an archaeological dig by some weird, post-human species uncovers the Men in Charge

After painstakingly engineering their entire eighth season to alternate between two sketch-based episodes, then one radio play, Tony and Kevin finally give in to the exigencies of broadcasting from a bunker and a sewer, respectively. There was only one sketch-based episode since the last radio play, and damn if there isn't another full-length play this week! Our story begins in the all-too-distant future, when an archaeological dig by some weird, post-human species uncovers the Men in Charge Time Capsule. Unaccountably, an old nemesis of the same Men in Charge, Olduvai George, finds a way to ride the radio waves back through time to drop in on two gripping sketches. First, it's a return to the postmodern flummery of "Top Secret Hotel," with "Top Secret Hotel: the Movie: the Readers’ Digest Condensed Novelization: the Radio Adaptation: Stevedores of fear!" Count the coffins! Then it's the return of the Icelandic Rescue Rangers, who head to the US-Mexico border to prove that "walls don't work" and generally spread Nordic moral righteousness--if Bibi Bunch and ICE Officer Coors don't get in the way. Will Olduvai George have his revenge on the two radio pioneers? If your view of the correct reference of words is loose enough, listener, he will!

Swiftly denying fresh blogger reports of hints about cannibalism in recent episodes, Tony and Kevin deftly divert attention to this episode's sketches. First, it's just as unbelievable to Mr. Skids that he's saved the neighborhood as it us to the listener, but nonetheless we present "Mr. Skids Saves the Neighborhood." Mr. Skids, a hard-drinking, broken man on the wrong side of fifty, is an involuntary center of attention for a coterie of slum neighbors and ne'er-do-wells. Leave the lasagna by

Swiftly denying fresh blogger reports of hints about cannibalism in recent episodes, Tony and Kevin deftly divert attention to this episode's sketches. First, it's just as unbelievable to Mr. Skids that he's saved the neighborhood as it us to the listener, but nonetheless we present "Mr. Skids Saves the Neighborhood." Mr. Skids, a hard-drinking, broken man on the wrong side of fifty, is an involuntary center of attention for a coterie of slum neighbors and ne'er-do-wells. Leave the lasagna by the door. Then, we check in with Salesdog Spot, the chatty black lab who can talk and who's trying out a new career--house sitting! But complicating his work are a felonious feline companion and a nosy neighbor who makes Alice Ghostley look like a welcoming, comfy couch. Finally, a trip to the demilitarized zone between the liminal and sparkly lamé with a dramatic reading of an intentionally lost work from Jorge Luis Borges. Derek Handey performs "Frontierland of Forking Paths"--if you dare listen!

In a short, full-length radio play, followed by an extended yet disjointed analysis afterward, Kevin and Tony help along a youngish couple on their third date toward an intimacy seen only on television. As they keep them under surveillance, our co-hosts periodically try to offer dating tips and persuade the couple to sign the usual waivers. Things all go just as well as you’d expect. Does the topic of scrapbooking come up? How did you know?

In a short, full-length radio play, followed by an extended yet disjointed analysis afterward, Kevin and Tony help along a youngish couple on their third date toward an intimacy seen only on television. As they keep them under surveillance, our co-hosts periodically try to offer dating tips and persuade the couple to sign the usual waivers. Things all go just as well as you’d expect. Does the topic of scrapbooking come up? How did you know?