Mentol Pecah

Mentol Pecah

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Mentol Pecah episodes

  • I Like the Flavour of the Kayu (Pinball Monkeys) - #70
    Muzakir Xynll (@mzkrx), Anwar Hadi (@nooranwarhadi), and Farid Azmeir (@faridazmeir) get together once again for another recorded mood check! Learn more about what went into some recent episodes of the audio show on Patreon, Farid's cat, local ice-cream, FIFA shenanigans, childhood silliness, and more! Video version over on patreon.com/pinballmonkeys
    1 hr 52 min
  • If You Google 'Viral Big Baby' (Jacky Ng) - #68

    [CW: Bullying, sexual assault]

    Muzakir Xynll (@mzkrx) and Jacky Ng (@jackyngcomedy) hang out and riff on hella silly stuff. BUT we also talk about some pretty serious things that we did which we had to reckon with. So. It's that kind of episode. Expect tonal whiplash. Also expect them to discuss:


    • How Jacky inspired Pinball Monkeys and vice versa
    • Jacky's one and only Malay joke
    • Our relationship with the people who support our work
    • Machaspize, TikTok, and our friend Gajen Nad
    • Freestyling and improvising on stage versus pre-written material
    • Planning for failure on stage
    • The pizza restaurant that doesn't sell pizza
    • >> Jacky's difficult football bullying story <<
    • The function of restaurant menus and McDonald's
    • Gender reveal parties
    • The mysterious world of grocery store cashiers
    • Grocery store fruit shenanigans
    • >> Muz's difficult dorm room bullying story <<

      • Thanks for your continued support over at patreon.com/pinballmonkeys that continue to fuel our work! Stay safe out there!



      1 hr 42 min
    • The Crab's Final Revenge (Anwar Hadi) - #67

      Muzakir Xynll (@mzkrx) and Anwar Hadi (@nooranwarhadi) back at it again~ They get pretty angry up top but then it gets pretty mellow and funny towards the end so it's cool. They talk about: 

      • The particular logistics of watching movies 
      • Tajuddin. That guy who was very chill about the LRT crash? Yea that guy 
      • How Malaysia doesn't get good villains Muz's new job  
      • The most responsible thing to do with a fanbase 
      • Why Anwar promotes theft 
      • The meaning of "baring", and "kita ni timun, depa durian" 
      • Managing their anger at the people in power 
      • Not eating animals with a face 
      • The similarities of fishing and alien abduction 
      • Muz's problems with eating crabs 
      • Taskmaster, and content-making stuff 
      • How to maintain unfocus in meetings 
      • Muz's feelings about nasyid 
      • And other fun stuffff 

        • This and all other episodes of the podcast made possible by your support over at patreon.com/pinballmonkeys Go click over for other fun content if you haven't!

        2 hr 5 min
      • You Didn't Know I Was Typing, Mr Bond!? (Henry Choo) - #66

        For the first time ever, please welcome Henry Choo (@itshenryc)! Muz (@mzkrx) and Henry know each other from the standup scene and he is also a regular member of the stage version of Pinball Monkeys. In this catchuppy episode full of insider improv stuff, they talk about:

        • How improv brought Henry and Muz together
        • Their first time performing improv as a group
        • How theatre improv is like team sports
        • The low-level cosplay of wearing a jersey with someone else's name on it
        • Perodua Service Centre's interesting motto
        • Hidden keyboards at work
        • Snakes eating spicy food

          • Follow them on the socials and check out the Dunnolah Podcast wherever you get podcasts~

          1 hr 41 min
        • Ichiban Romen (Pinball Monkeys) - #65

          It's a special Ramadhan/Raya episode with all the core members of Pinball Monkeys! Muz (@mzkrx), Anwar (@nooranwarhadi), and for the first time ever, Farid Azmeir (@faridazmeir) hang out and catch up on stuff! 

          Farid is the recent winner of a local standup comedy competition (Gelak Gempak) and has been performing standup, improv, and doing a lot of commercial acting since 2016 and can be found on Instagram and on your TV screens pretty soon in an upcoming raya ad near you.

          The three of them discuss:

          • What they've been up to since they last caught up with each other
          • The difference between Bangi and Bangsar
          • An inside joke come to life

            • and a bunch more silliness as well~

            To watch the video version of this episode, head over to patreon.com/pinballmonkeys!

            ~Selamat Hari Raya~

            1 hr 56 min
          • Get Overpaid By People Too Good at Exploiting Capitalism (Anwar Hadi) - #64

            Ramadhan Mubarak! Why is this episode so late? What was Muz up to during Ramadhan? How did the recent Pinball Monkeys secret show go? Anwar (@nooranwarhadi) and Muz (@mzkrx) get together and discuss all that! They also talk about:


            • Reciting the shahada in Islam and how it's kind of an incantation and kind of an expletive
            • Muz's particular Ramadhan experience
            • Anwar's upcoming theatre project and his process
            • Recapping the Pinball Monkeys secret show (heavy on improv performance specifics)
            • The one scene that keeps popping up every time we do Pinball Monkeys on stage
            • Anwar's new move that he did at the secret show
            • Muz's insistence on listening and saying yes to the audience
            • The one obvious bad move we did on the same show
            • How the show actually went
            • Muz's looming pandemic anxiety and which podcast it belongs
            • How Muz is good at interviews but bad at assessment tests
            • Writing portfolios versus writing assessment tests
            • Muz's capitalist tendencies and Anwar's people pleaser tendencies switch places for a bit
            • How to be inspired by the Minister of Health
            • The virtues of having a boring job
            • Anwar and Muz's respective plans for leaving the country
            • The difficulties of functioning in late-stage capitalism
            • How to use Ramadhan as a personal values reset
            • Pinball Monkeys' first Patreon payout

              • Thank you for listening and supporting the showw~

              Stay safe and be gentle with yourselvesss

              1 hr 21 min
            • Find Yourself Some Food Here in Hell (Anwar Hadi) - #63

              We're back after a bit of a break! In this light light but heavy episode, Anwar (@nooranwarhadi) and Muz (@mzkrx) talk about:


              • Fun dates in March 
              • The lyricism of T-Pain
              • How Muz has been feeling and how it affects this podcast 
              • How being an experienced comedian helps in job interviews
              • Why we wear (or don't wear) underwear
              • Anwar and Muz's worst job interview experiences
              • Anwar and Muz roleplay a bad interview and see if they can turn it around
              • How job interviews are like dating 
              • Muz and Anwar's different outlooks on the new loosening of the SOPs
              • Anwar and Muz's Worst Years Ever
              • The myth of Sisyphus and accepting that we all live in hell
              • The many temples of Iblis
              • Littering
              • How we only have the morals we can afford
              • Muz's feelings about poop jokes and how much Anwar likes it
              • The value of laziness in comedy and generating inside jokes

                • Send us questions, comments, or topic suggestions at [email protected]! See you in a couple weeeeeekszszs

                1 hr 45 min
              • This Apple is Not Vegan-Friendly (Riezman Radzlan) - #62

                Riezman Radzlan (@rieznuts) is back at it again! The Malaysian but Bahraini-raised half Malay half Chinese comic returns alongside Muzakir Xynll (@mzkrx) and this time they discuss: 

                • How Muz always notices when something isn't normal 
                • How Riezman spent his Chinese New Year 
                • How to casually deal with recurring dengue attacks 
                • Their respective understandings and feelings towards tattoos 
                • Riezman's Grandma and how she manages trauma from her time during WWII 
                • Being single during the lockdown 
                • Riezman's reputation as being the comic who writes a lot 
                • How Riezman's ustazs and ustazahs used to bully him out of the religion 
                • The first joke Riezman was punished for back in school 
                • That whole DidikTV thing 
                • Their friends' kids trying to go to school during the lockdown 
                • Muz's proposal to help kids stuck in the pandemic 
                • Riezmans' tertiary education experience mid-plague 
                • Riezman's body temperature problems
                • Waking up laughing and the dreams that got them there 
                • The many, many, anxieties of going to the barber... 
                • ...Indian barbers in Malaysia, specifically Riezman's bloody barbershop experience 
                • How warning signs misunderstand children 
                • Whether Muz would be a good dad 
                • Kids who grew up in the pandemic 
                • Riezman's position on local jokes and growing his social media 
                • Managing their feelings towards people who like their work 
                • Muz's complicated thoughts about Malay people and cheese 
                • The baffling price range of various honeys 
                • How Muz buys roadside produce 
                • The hate crime of throwing ice-cream cones away 
                • Riezman's and Muz's experience with the McDonald's apple burger thing 

                  • Send us questions, comments, or topic suggestions at [email protected]! brapbrapbap

                  2 hr 2 min
                • God Knows Pikachu Turns into Raichu (Anwar Hadi) - #61

                  Muzakir (@mzkrx) and Anwar (@nooranwarhadi) are back at it again! This early February episode has them discussing:

                  • Google &Facebook versus Patreon
                    • How countries are weaker than multinational corporations
                    • Why Muz always gets angry at the monarchy on How to Malay
                    • Why being proud of your work is hard to do in a system that devalues merit
                    • Why appealing to a person's humanity is not an effective way to change their behaviour
                    • How difficult it is to do a video remix of Ismail Sabri's speeches and why
                    • Being suspicious of people who display flags in their house
                    • The meaning of being "too on the nose" and why it's bad
                    • How Anwar just straight up doesn't consume Malaysian news
                      • Muz's arrogance and ambition as an important propeller to leaving the country
                      • The first time Muz heard "you can't do that in this country" and how it made him feel
                      • How jail isn't as bad as tahfiz
                      • The fearlessness of Indonesian comics
                      • How Ramadhan teaches resilience and its relation to courage in exercising free speech
                      • How Muz unpacks his reputation as being a dick
                      • Teasing adults versus teasing children
                      • Muz's love of bringing people joy through discomfort
                      • Being kind in comedy
                      • Anwar's insecurities as an improviser
                      • How to be better improvisers by paying attention to Alan Rickman
                      • An analysis of "Si Bodoh Kau Dengar Sini"
                      • How Muz realised that Farid would be great for long-form
                      • Anwar and Muz's first exposure to the Illuminati and conspiracy theories
                      • How enjoying comedy helps us see absurdities
                      • People's lazy interpretation of religion
                      • The spirit of the law versus the letter of the law
                      • George Carlin's bit about swearing on the bible
                      • How rom-coms and x-rated movies are similarly pornographic
                      • The value of having healthy arguments in relationships
                      • Their opinions on people who look for jodoh on twitter
                      • Muz's hopes and wishes for couples out there

                        • Send us a shout out maybe at [email protected]! Stay sexy, my lovelies~


                        1 hr 55 min

                      About Mentol Pecah

                      From the publisher's feed

                      Muzakir Xynll (@mzkrx) is a Malaysian comedian and writer while "Mentol Pecah" means "broken lightbulb".