PopFury

Getaway drivers NNAMDI NGWE & MILAN COOK gun the conversational engine as we chat cemetery clowns, cosplay creeps, bad boys, apologetic hit-and-runs and Amy Schumer.

SHOW NOTES:

0:00 Intro

1:00 Milan believes the worst of people, Nnamdi believes there good and bad people. Milan sometimes over-commits to continuous stinkeye.

"Check yo self before *I* wreck yo self" - Nnamdi

5:10 Milan has strange relationship needs and anxieties. Nnamdi will stroke your dog. Sammy wonders what their ideal relationships would be.

8:50 A clown was filmed wandering around a Chicago cemetery late at night.

"These are the guys that sit in their mom's basement and don't come outside and don't see sunlight and breathe through their mouth really loudly." -Milan

12:20 Milan sometimes does cosplay for conventions. Nnamdi would dress as a Colonial Viper pilot or Bishop from X-Mean

17:10 A man snuck into a home, hid under a guest room bed for three days, and charged his cell phones.

19:09 Sammy and Nnamdi question Milan's upbringing. Nnamdi shares his Nigerian punishment. Sammy if how they'll  discipline their own children.

28:00 Milan stayed and helped a biker who got doored. Nnamdi would have left.

"He also looked to be about five-seven and I'm about five-eight-and-a-half...you must be this tall to ride THIS ride." -Milan

34:00 Milan is watching a lot of Korean soap operas on Netflix.

37:05 Sony is making a movie based on emoji icons.

"Get some acid. Get a big bucket. I've seen Breaking Bad. You can clean up the scene pretty good." -Nnamdi

40:00 A woman ran over her boyfriend, apologized to him and then immediately left in a car driven by her friend. Nnamdi & Milan would be the driver if it was a family member. They share who's been there for them.

45:20 Milan does not care for Amy Schumer. She explains the difference between a feminist and a womanist to the boys. We discuss their reacations Schumer's GQ Star Wars cover.

54:50 Outro

55:43 Byeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

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Second City's DANIEL STRAUSS returns to PopFury to yell angrily at Sammy yet again! Daniel talks about his trip to a WWE event, Twitter shutting down joke thieves,  his high school days in a band, Hulk Hogan's racism and the Ashley Madison hack.

SHOW NOTES:

0:00 Intro

1:30 New father Daniel shares what he's learned about babies.

6:15 Daniel yells at Sammy when Sammy gets everything wrong about Daniel's trip to a WWE event.

12:45 His favorite Second City set guest was pro-wrestler Colt Cabana.

14:55 JDate is suing JSwipe.

18:20 Twitter is cracking down on joke thieves. All angry internet people sound like the Trash Heap from Fraggle Rock and Daniel is doubtful about the Muppet Show.

25:00 Daniel's parent's disapproved of his video game habits and tolerated his band. Also, holy shit you guys, he was in two bands in high school!

31:20 The redesigned Chuck 2.0 shoes are coming out this month.

35:30 Key & Peele are ending their show.

39:15 Hulk Hogan is a racist.

43:15 A wife used Google Street View to catch her husband smoking. The adultery website Ashley Madison was hacked.

49:05 Outro, during which Daniel plugs his name doppelgangers and gives a shout out to his parents.

Podcaster, writer and filmmaker MARK COLOMB urges you to be vocal fan of your creative friends, talks about becoming more positive (and less of an asshole), moving to Denver, movie criticism and his disdain of internet culture.

SHOW NOTES:

0:00 A very special throwback Intro

1:45 Mark gives props to Daniel Strauss and Sammy.

3:20 Mark got a press pass and took photos at the Pitchfork Music Festival.

“Let's go on the assumption I'm the asshole then...what can I do to fix it?”

7:40 We delve into our self-critical natures. Mark talks about when and how he made the turn for the positive.

“The only way to beat back the darkness as it were is to join hands and go, 'These are my friends, we all make things together and we'd like you to look at them...and we don't fucking care if you don't like them.'”

18:50 Mark is a Facebook share machine

22:45 Mark is moving to Denver with his wife Mel Evans. Sammy asks he if has any Chicago regrets.

25:15 PopFury listener Stephen Garvey corrects Sammy's correction of Tim De La Motte.

27:20 Backstreet Boys and☆NSYNC are making a zombie western movie. Pixels is being savaged by critics. We get into a spirited discussion about Adam Sandler, movie criticism and piracy.

36:00 Online sexist dudes are literally losers. Mark hates the internet community.

“Everyone is a fucked up disaster. Everyone's such a mess, like a burning tire fire.”

43:10 Patton Oswalt disappointed Mark. He talks about looking forward, quitting drinking and yells at Sammy about Kevin Smith.

“Give that gift to someone every single day of just a little bit of encouragement...because you want that too in your life and people don't do it.”

52:50 Mark recommends Ex Hex, Wilco's Star Wars, Kurt Vile, Rick Remender comics & the movie Tangerine. He offers advice on giving encouragement and recalls the best thing someone's done for him.

1:01:10 A very special throwback Outro

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Improvisor and gentleman Alex Trepka respectfully discusses his coif, his obsession with The Dark Knight, a sense-deprived birthday, classic game shows and, finally, transforms into a southern lawyer.

SHOW NOTES:

0:00 Intro

0:45 Sammy is enamored by Alex's coif.

“I will say it was the male 'Rachel' of my life.” -Alex

2:30 Alex is currently “funemployed”

9:20 He will be driving the support van for a Bike4Row

11:57 Alex quickly gives his spoiler-free thoughts on ANT MAN and then goes totally Rain Man for Dark Knight.

“I would rather have a surprise party than a surprise funeral I guess is what I'm trying to say.” -Alex

17:50 A woman's funeral service was attended by costumed mourners. Sammy wonders what Alex would have worn and what type of funeral he'd have.

23:00 Alex spent his birthday in a sensory deprivation tank.

28:35 Man accidentally shot himself at his Birthday party. Alex respects the Dead.

32:15 Donald Trump keeps talking shit. Alex respectfully disrespects the Donald.

36:00 We argue about the pronunciation of GIF. Alex respects the Developer.

37:00 Alex talks about his Ballers, Jeopardy & his favorite classic game shows.

“I think that sometimes I could use a little bit more straightforwardness instead of speaking in  metaphors and stuff like that.”

46:10 Sammy thinks Alex has an old soul when it comes to comedy and manners. Sammy wonders if it has affected his professional or personal relationships. Alex respects his time dating women in Chicago.

53:35 Two Utah teens Periscoped their theft of an ice cream cart. Duelling Southern lawyers argue the case. Alex recalls his own JackAssian antics as a teen.

1:03:10 Outro

Comedian & Actor TIM DE LA MOTTE explodes into Studio 1Q and blows up the topics of being a tour guide, wearing a kilt to prom, the Big Lebowski, the shameful origins of our pets' names and this season of True Detective.

SHOW NOTES:

0:00 Intro

1:10 Sammy enjoys Tim's approachability and wonders if it has ever caused him trouble. Sammy is jealous of Tim's mature looks.

5:50 Tim was a Gray Line Tour Narrator. He shares the one tour joke he had.

11:55 Tim recalls his early days in Chicago, the delusions of actors and hitting rock bottom.

17:45 A woman is in a coma after her butt implants exploded. Tim has TWO Instagram accounts, thinks Field of Dreams is an unfair movie, disparages the film Hoosiers and recalls the famous Silk Museum of Paterson, NJ.

25:35 Barstaff at Scottish Pub have stopped wearing kilts due to harassment by women. Tim wore a kilt to his Senior Prom (which was also his birthday). He finally found his type of people when he moved to Chicago.

32:45 The organizer of a Big Lebowski festival was arrested for undude-like behavior. Tim is a big fan of the Big Lebowski and the Coen Brothers.

39:20 Tim is in a relationship. Sammy has his doubts. We share the embarrassing origins of our pets' names and then fall down the rabbit hole of their own names.

46:25 Tim is apparently sponsored by Eataly. He gets anxious at supermarkets and has never eaten at a restaurant, seen a movie or gone to a show alone.

53:00 A Myrtle Beach woman was arrested after she said Jesus would pay for her meal. Tim accidentally stole index cards as a child.

56:55 Go Set A Watchmen has been released. Sammy reads the worst written lines of the book. This naturally leads to talking about Bill Cosby and some TV show Tim calls “The Jinx”

1:04:40 KKK and New Black Panther will have overlapping rallies in South Carolina. Tim is offended by the paranoid reaction of Texan fringe groups to Operation Jade Helm.

1:10:50 SPOILERS TRUE DETECTIVE SEASON 2 (THROUGH EPISODE 4) Tim is watching season 2 of True Detective but he hasn't seen season 1...he has opinions for you.

1:15:40 Outro

Actor EMILY HARPE talks about moving to LA, attending an Aretha Franklin concert, her pre-death one-woman show and gets confused about how the Twerkbutt works.

SHOW NOTES:

0:00 Intro

0:45 Sammy doesn't understand Emily moving to L.A. to pursue acting, doesn't understand Emily going to grad school for acting, doesn't understand Emily living in Indiana and doesn't understand Emily going to college in her late 20s.

10:20 Jon Hamm broke up with his long-time girlfriend. Emily was a Ryan Gosling girl but is a (young) Kyle MacLachlan fan now.

13:05 While in Chicago, Emily went to an Arethra Franklin concert and Irish Fest.

19:04 A couple punished their daughter by making her live in the woods. We discuss how Emily is close with her brother, Ben.

26:25 Emily completely misunderstands how the Twerkbutt works.

28:45 Chester, a terminally ill dog, did a bucket list of activities. Emily would put up a show if she knew was dying and wouldn't be mean to anyone.

34:20 A man drugged his girlfriend so he could keep playing video games. BUT SHE BROKE UP WITH HIM FOR A DIFFERENT REASON!

36:30 Outro

 

 

Actors, comedians & podcasters Tyler Samples and Erin Thorn talk about the type of folks you see at conventions, what's wrong with Forrest Gump, the Minions movie (& toy controversy) and Magic Mike XXL.

Also, they may or may not thoroughly beat down various movie trailers for children's movies.

SHOW NOTES:

0:00 Intro

1:55 Tyler and Erin went to Brickworld, a LEGO convention. We talk about the type of people you see at Conventions.

7:40 Sammy is distracted by Erin's accent and this into a tangential spoiler-filled discussion about Game of Thrones.

14:35 We go deep about what our personal philosophies are. We talk about our personal transformations and journeys.

21:35 Tyler & Erin outline their issues with Forrest Gump and Back to the Future. Tyler forces Sammy to disclose his own journey. We get confused about the difference between empathy and sympathy.

27:35 Sammy thinks Tyler looks great. Erin shares her experience as a women at DragonCon...where she is pretty sure she met a cop.

32:10 Tyler is mad at JJ Abrams for ruining Star Trek. The new Batman Vs Superman trailer turned around Sammy and Tyler's opinions on the movie. Erin can't get past Diane Lane as Superman's mom.

37:45 Tyler and Erin went to see Minions. They run down the Mom's Minion meme, the McDonald's Minions toy controversy, kids movies, the trailers before Minions and, finally, the Minions movie itself. Oh, and Erin loses her shit talking about the Lava musical short before Inside Out.

59:45 Tyler is performing in a sexy-time dancing show (not a sexy time-dancing show) and saw Magic Mike XXL as 'homework'

1:06:10 Erin is performing the mop's role of Dawn in a stage version of Buffy's “Once More With Feeling” episode. We stumble through remembering what shows were on in the same era as Buffy The Vampire Slayer.

1:11:00 Tyler won't watch Frasier until he watches all of Cheers. Erin says A Different World holds up “like crazy.” Tyler gives props to MASH.

1:15:10 We do the first and last ever PopFury Hot Reads as we do a quick wrap up of the San Diego Comic Con: Archie is coming to the CW, Ash vs Evil Dead, Fear the Walking Dead, Common on Hell on Wheels, Man from UNCLE, Man in the High Castle.

1:20:10 Outro and plugs

Tim Chidester, whitebread spy, slinks into Studio 1Q to talk about his guidelines for being a good person, old manning a concert, the decline of courtesy and being a good secret agent.

SHOW NOTES:

0:00 Intro

0:55 Sammy randomly ran into Tim, who for some mysterious reason, was returning from the Library.

4:35 Tim moved to Chicago when he was 17. Sammy is amused at Tim's whitebread background and amazed by his boldness.

11:15 Sammy Google Street Viewed his childhood home.

13:50 Tim loves spy novels. He is a doer and hates Peter Lorre-types. Sammy asks what Tim's guidelines to being a good person are and dovetails into Tim's relationship with his girlfriend.

24:05 Tim loves going to concerts; Sammy has only been to one concert. Tim “old mans” the concerts he goes to.

28:40 A Broadway audience member tried to plug in his phone onstage. We lament the decline of courtesy. Tim hates participation trophies and explains his mindset from when he first started doing improv. He may or may not say “meow meow.”

39:05 Shaggy believes his music can stop ISIS. Tim doesn't care for post-show chumminess by strangers.

44:05 The Russian Interior Ministry has launched a “safe selfie” campaign. Tim likes that his girlfriend takes selfies of them as a couple.

51:50 Over the weekend, four Russian long range bombers intentionally flew near US airspace. Sammy wonders if Tim would be a good spy and if he could go off the grid.

1:00:15 Outro

Comedian and writer STEPHANIE WEBER shoots off some fireworks and talks tattoos, (un)funny women, sea babies, Airbnb and first impressions!

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SHOW NOTES:

0:00 Intro

0:40 Sammy is confused by Stephanie's temporary tattoos.

5:30 Former Disney CEO Michael Eisner says it's impossible to find a beautiful AND funny woman. Sammy is stunned that other women have said women aren't funny to Stephanie. We talk about humor and its dynamic in relationships.

14:15 Donald Trump didn't expect the backlash would be THIS severe. Stephanie remembers RFK firsthand, likes Bernie Sanders and wishes Betty White was president.

19:10 Stephanie explains the difference between stand up comedians and improv comedians at a party. She is already looking forward to Halloween.

23:45 A baby at the beach was swept out to sea when her parents forgot about her.

27:00 A man complained that NBC changed its peacock symbol to display the rainbow to support “the gays.” Stephanie thinks the Pride Parade is corporate and boring now. Twitter and article comments, as always, are fun.

32:55 MasterCard is testing using selfies to verify payments. Stephanie once had her Airbnb account hacked and Sammy wants to know what using Airbnb is like.

39:00 Stephanie explains what the stand up scene is like in Chicago.

40:50 She finally met her Whiskey Journal coworkers in person after knowing them online. Stephanie relates the story of meeting her friend's online pen pal. We talk about first impressions. She tells Sammy how she met her current boyfriend.

50:50 Stephanie shares beauty tips with Sammy. He reads the story of people bathing in crude oil for health reasons. She is a fan of saltines and doesn't put butter on her bread because Jesus didn't.

59:00 Outro

Comedian and writer Mel Evans graces PopFury one last time before departing Chicago. Mel holds court about practicing for long-distance relationships, the Girl Scouts' awesomeness, Donald Trump's idiocy, sharks & Bennies on the Jersey shore and offers parting advice for performers in Chicago. 

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SHOW NOTES:

0:00 Sammy plays a special song for Mel's final PopFury episode

1:30 Mel and her beloved husband Mark are leaving Chicago for Denver.

5:00 She and then-boyfriend Mark practiced for a long distance relationship. In a twist of fate, her ex-high school boyfriend friended her husband on Twitter.

10:30 A Girl Scouts chapter turned down a donation for $100,000 in order to stand up for LGBT girls. Mel decides what modern badges she would qualify for.

16:00 A North Carolina yoga studio is offering Cat Yoga. Mel remembers transporting her cat to Chicago.

22:10 Sammy questions Mel's medications and the process of switching sides of the bed with your significant other.

24:10 Michael Bay is producing a remake of Hitchcock's The Birds.

28:50 A man fought off a shark by punching it. Sammy wonders why sharks go to New Jersey. Mel explains Bennies and Shore socializing.

35:50 Donald Trump...that fucking guy. Sammy asks Mel how rich she would have to be to be happy.

42:00 Chicago's “cloud tax” went into effect today. Mel details her visit to a Denver Marijuana Dispensary.

46:30 Present-veteran-leaving-Chicago Mel gives advice to past-noobie-entering-Chicago Mel...and to all performers in the Chicago scene.

53:15 Outro