PopFury

ROB GRABOWSKI  (@RobGrabo) and BETHANY REMELY (@thebremely) get real--and real funny--when we talk about unemployment, life anxiety, relationship red flags, and too many tattoos. Oh, and celebrity doppelgängers. 

SHOW NOTES

0:00 Intro

1:40 Rob lost his job in February. He recently temped for the National Restaurant Association where became "Andrew from Toronto"

5:30 A bunch teens said Rob looks like Kevin from the Office. Bethany looks like Carol Hannah from Project Runway.

8:15 Bethany has a lot of anxiety about her life and ran to the podcast taping.

"My uterus is slowly crumbling. Every month is a potential baby I'm fluting away."

10:50 Sammy relentlessly grills Bethany about her the sources of her anxiety. Along the way we discuss comparing our lives to our non-comedy friends, scheduling social time, taking a break, and 'acquaintances' vs 'friends'

26:40 Bethany has trouble watching movies, no matter how short they are so she's reading books instead.

31:35 She's been thinking about what she can do of social value with comedy.

"Looking back it was probably cocaine."

34:00 Rob and Bethany share the relationship red flags they ignored in their 20s.

39:15 Please listen to our friends at the Rabbit Hole and Remake podcasts

40:40 Surprisingly, a British man with 29 Miley Cyrus tattoos says they're negatively affecting his life. Bethany chickened out of getting a tattoo but once had a pierced nipple.

46:40 A Texas town installed a statue of girls taking a selfie

49:00 Facebook, Twitter and YouTube are cracking down on reported content...and sometimes crackdowns adversely affect comedians and burlesque performers.

"That kid needs to learn some Stranger Danger."

52:55 A Grandfather took the wrong kid home from school.

54:55 Outro

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CAROLINE NASH (@cbnash) and LAURA MARSH (@LauraHarshMarsh) are down with OPP...even though they don't know what it stands for. We talk about Beyoncé's concert, Sammy's concern for Laura, "Pup Play," the most particular Google questions by state, Soulcycle, Planetary Prom, Neil deGrasse Tyson and Friends.

SHOW NOTES

0:00 Intro

0:45 Caroline saw Beyoncé in concert this weekend.

"Seeing Beyoncé was like going to church on the most epic scale."

7:55 Sammy is concerned about Laura and backs it up with Andrew W.K. quotes from her Facebook feed. She shares her thoughts about online dating and Sammy reads choice dating-related tweets from her Twitter. She gives her Tinder photo rules.

18:15 Laura and Caroline air their grievances about going to the gym.

22:35 Caroline ruined Sammy by sending him a documentary about people dress as dogs. We figure out what role play animals we'd be.

"Florida is like the smelly kid that gets picked on."

29:15 Sammy reveals the Google questions particular to specific states. They are goddamn ridiculous.

34:00 Caroline is into the cult of SoulCycle

"I just want to go to the gym and slap some iron down...KA-KLAH! KA-KLAH!"

37:50 Laura attended Planetary Prom at the Adler Planetarium. Here is a video of a drone flying over a scale version of the solar system. 

42:10 Caroline took her boyfriend to see Neil deGrasse Tyson as a belated Christmas gift. Sammy thinks belated gifts are tempting fate.

45:45 Laura explains why her voice is jacked. She is also preparing for a musical based on the the TV show Friends. Laura thinks she's a Monica, Caroline thinks she's a Marcel. They share what TV show they'd want to be a stage musical.

53:25 Outro

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SCOTT GOLDSTEIN (@GoldyHawks) visits PopFury to talk about the end of Flat Iron Comedy, a filthy repairman, Budweiser, proposing to his wife, Curt Schilling and Rahm Emanuel. 

SHOW NOTES

0:00 Intro

0:50 Flat Iron Comedy will soon be ending its run. Sammy had a sad and reflective career moment on the bus. We shop talk about Scott's impending comedy hiatus and watching bad shows.

"I think the problem is looking at improv as something you have to succeed in or something you can quantitatively succeed in..."

17:00 A repairman didn't wash his hands in Scott's home. He shares the things that instantly turns him off a person

21:30 Budweiser will be labeled America. Scott describes how he proposed to his wife and their Las Vegas wedding.

"What do they blame the Holocaust on? Integration?"

29:00 A pastor says transgender bathrooms caused 9/11

32:00 Tetris the movie is in production. Scott does not care for Curt Schilling.

35:40 Scott does not care for Rahm Emanuel.

"If I were Rahm Emanuel...the first thing I would do would be to throw myself off a building 'cuz I'd be very unhappy with myself. I wouldn't be able to look myself in the mirror."

43:50 Outro

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DIANE TENG (website) and TIM DE LA MOTTE (@TimDeLaMotte) dish out when they visit PopFury! We talk about Tim's move to L.A., Diane's singleness, flip-flop fashion, Google cars, babysitter bankrobbers...and a "free" blazer.

(You can listen to a deleted segment of Diane and Tim debating the movies of 1993 on the episode page at http://popfurypodcast.com/143-diane-tim)

SHOW NOTES

0:00 Intro

"You have no idea of the level of procrastinator you're dealing with."

0:35 Tim is moving to Los Angeles in a few weeks for work. TO BE CLEAR IT'S A JOB TRANSFER AND NOT FOR ACTING. The time is TBD and his preparation is NIL.

8:30 Tim and Diane doubt a study about how infrequently people wash their sheets.

13:05 Diane is single (again). She is reading the Break Up Bible. Sammy questions her desire to move to New Zealand

"I think everyone's been in that situation where you think, 'How are there more tears in my body?'"

23:00 Tim shares his fashion strategy. He can't stand flip flops in the workplace and is not a fan of shorts.

28:10 Diane and Tim figure out the upper age of being single for them.

35:10 Please listen to our awesome pals at Rabbit Hole and Remake

36:30 Google is looking for people to ride in their self-driving cars. Tim rode in a Tesla for an Uber ride. Diane shames Tim over his lack of bike safety. (trim her her whistle)

"I love being a white man! It's so easy to be me!"

46:00 Tim tells the story of the "free" blazer he got. Diane has never gotten anything free.

50:10 A babysitter took the children along on a bank robbery. Tim gets wings and muses about a theoretical Avenger bank robbery.

57:30 A man wants to recreate 9/11 to prove or disprove conspiracy theories.

1:04:30 Outro

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MICHAELA PETRO and MALLORY NEES are body positive and Sammy negative when they return to Penthouse Studio 4W! They talk about  Michael Phelps' body, naked art bodies, naked sauna bodies and a movie about Harry Potter's dead body.

NOTES

0:00 Intro

"I feel very little about Michael Phelps when he has a shirt on."

1:10 Michael Phelps posted a shirtless photo of him and his newborn online.

5:20 It was Body Positivity week. They discuss their personality deal breakers in a relationship.

13:00 100 nude women will gather for a photoshoot before the GOP convention in Cleveland.

"Not to belittle this guy's journey...but he sounds like a perv, right?"

16:45 A Canadian dating website will pair Americans fleeing a Trump presidency with Canadians. Michaela is anti-baby picture and baby-having.

22:00 An Edmonton strip club is offering free lap dances to Ft McMurray fire evacuees.  

25:45 A Finnish Burger King has an in-store spa and sauna. Sammy learns about "naked friends"

"I love you, Mallory...but I don't know if I could share naked time with you."

30:45 Mallory is excited for the farting corpse movie, Swiss Army Man. They ponder the acting roles they'd be happy being remembered as forever. They HATE HATE HATE Manic Pixie girls.

39:00 Mallory is starting a new job and is a little nervous. She also worked at Dude Club Central Cinema.

47:45 Outro

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BEN VIGEANT (@BVigeant) and SARAH JOY SHOCKEY (@SarahJoyShockey) bring relentless optimism and Martian capitalism to PopFury! They talk about Sarah's gig as a Resistance Pro Wrestling commentator, Ben's empire in Off-World Trading Company, calling 911, a Nazi dog, and the creative process when you're confrontation averse.

SHOW NOTES

0:00 Intro

1:35 Ben and Sarah had two random old people at their last show

3:30 Sarah is a color commentator for Resistance Pro Wrestling. Ben is Scrooge McDuck rich in friends and would commentate pinball if he could.

11:25 Ben is playing Off-World Trading Company, where he is basically a Martian Stock Trader. Sammy and Sarah can't stop making fun of it.

16:00 The "Free Hug Guy" in Times Square punched a tourist because she didn't tip him. Ben has been pick-pocketed.

22:10 A Fire Department in Nevada is asking people to stop calling 911 for minor issues. Ben and Sarah share the incidents that caused them to call 911.

29:25 A Scottish man was for a video of his dog giving the Nazi salute.

32:00 Sarah is re-reading Jane Austen. She is relentlessly optimistic.

38:10 Ben and Sarah are very conflict averse in their creative process. They share what they think the  5 universally funny jokes are.

46:45 Outro

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ERIN ROONEY (@ErinRooney) and TIM CHIDESTER (@TheTimChidester) bring their finger-lickin' good comedy to the PopFury Podcast! They talk about their unique living situation, Erin's hatred of musicals, paranormal TV shows, disposing of their remains, "Game of Bones" and, of course, Boaty McBoatface.

SHOW NOTES

0:00 Intro

0:45 Tim and Erin are a couple that live in the same building...but NOT the same apartment.

"What a great living situation...when you get sick of each other you can go to your own corners."

3:50 Erin is on a Candy Crush bender and is lethally cruel to her Sims. Tunisian mobile game makers gave away a cow to a player, which totally confuses Erin.

7:40 Erin used to love musicals--now, not so much.  Tim and Sammy present Field of Dreams: The Musical. Erin cannot even with Crazy Ex-Girlfriend or Kimmy Schmidt.

11:40 Tim and Erin share the shows they can (and can't) watch together. They describe the various, and frankly ridiculous, paranormal shows Erin watches. Tim has no concept of when machines were in use.

"She likes horror movies with little to no horror. So, basically, Rom Coms."

18:20 Sammy wonders if they believe in paranormal activity. Erin does not like horror movies.

22:05 Hamilton set a record with 16 Tony nominations.

26:25 A tow truck driver refused to help a stranded motorist because she was a Bernie Sanders supporter. Tim shares an infuriating experience that happened to his brother.

"People are using their political affiliations to be assholes...across the board."

34:00 A selfie taker destroyed a historical statue in Portugal.

40:40 Fishermen used the remains of their friend as bait for a record-breaking catch. Erin has inhaled a dead man's ashes. Erin and Tim share what they'd want done with their remains.

45:40 A man burned down his shed to kill bees.

49:20 PornHub.com says porn use decreases during Game of Thrones episodes and spikes tremendously afterwards. Erin and Tim come up with GoT-inspired porn names.

51:55 KFC has made edible fingernail polish.

"The world would be a much better place if we had a lot of fun-named things!"

55:20 The British government decided to call the ship "RSS David Attenborough" instead of "Boaty McBoatface"

58:40 Outro

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The hilarious HOPE REHAK (@HopeRehak) andthe wet blanket BOBBY EVERS visit PopFury! Hope talks aboutbeing a tall lady, Sammy argues about 'Opposites Attract' and Bobbyis doing some stupid hipster stuff. We also throw in a hefty amountof Kirk Cameron idiocy and the Rom-Com Industrial complex!

You can visit popfurypodcast.com for a special 6-minute outtakefrom this episode!

SHOWNOTES

0:00Intro

0:50 Hopeexplains the trials and tribulations of being a tall woman. Bobbyand Hope break down online dating for Sammy.

"Number one--my boobs areconstantly in everyone's face."

8:55 Sammydecides Hope's birthday party is a singles mixer. We argue aboutthe adage of "Opposites attract." Bobby has some thoughts aboutopen relationships.

17:40 Hope isonly paying for movies that pass the Bechdel test. It's a totalbummer.

24:00 Bobby isnot buying new books any more.

26:25 Bobby isdoing some stupid hipster s**t by celebrating the 1-yearanniversary of a movie billboard in Logan Square. The billboard isfor the Cameron Crowe movie Aloha. What the f**k.

30:00 Listen toour podcast pals Rabbit Hole and Remake!

"I can be incredibly cuttingand cruel with my words...but you have to have a demeanor ofpoliteness as a woman so that you don't get murdered."

31:30 KirkCameron has some marriage advice. Hope sat next to a Mormon on aplane who relentlessly tried to convert her.

38:15 Hopebreaks down the false conventions of Rom-Com movies. Bobby rantsabout the "Rom-Com(plex) conspiracy"

"The Rom-Com(plex) is sellingheteronormativity to the culture to perpetuate the species and keepthe economy going…"

42:25 KirkCameron used his wife as a kissing stand-in on-set. Hope has beenon many  mansplained first dates. Bobby gotAlpha'd.

47:15 A NYC mangot punched for looking like Shia LeBeaof. Bobby saw Hamilton inNYC. Sammy gets incensed at Bobby's "Hamboi"-ness.

55:35 A boyraised money for his own adoption. Hope and Bobby share the thingsthey learned when they made life changes. RuPaul changed how Hopedeals with the world.

"Do you think I just have amagical power by virtue of my vagina? I don't."

1:07:00Outro

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Dancing man GEORGE MCAULIFFE and his MUSTACHE take the stage in the newest PopFury. George talks about his one-man show, Not All Cops Are Bad, getting pulled onstage at a Bruce Springsteen concert, high school hijinks, Senior (citizen) Prom and webcam eagles eating cats.

For show notes and the video link of George getting pulled onstage, please visit PopFuryPodcast.com!

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KYNA LENHOF (@KJintheCity) and CYNTHIA SHUR PETTS (@CynShurPetts) tapdance their way into Penthouse Studio 4W and toot their own (French) horns! They talk about their new show, This One Woman, re-piercing ears, Mackinac Island, a nude restaurant, Chris Hemsworth's wallet and Kyna's "seduction" technique!

SHOW NOTES

0:00 Intro

1:00 Cynthia and Kyna are the producers and the hosts of This One Woman, a one-woman show...performed by many people.

“And this was mostly in the 80s--so most of my earrings were fluorescent and looked like sunglasses.”

8:45 Cynthia has recently re-pierced her ears. We decide if we prefer direct or circumspect people. They both like people watching in doctors’ offices.

19:24 Kyna is running a half-marathon.

22:30 Cynthia wishes she had musical instrument skills. Kyna toots her own (French) horn about her band days.

29:10 Cynthia is going to Mackinac Island.

33:25 Please listen to our Friends at Rabbit Hole and Remake!

“Even in my own house I don’t eat naked!”

34:40 A London restaurant will be clothing optional.

39:05 A nude Hercules statue will have a detachable penis to deter ding-dong thieves.

41:30 Chris Hemsworth’s wallet was returned to him by a Boy Scout. Cynthia and Kyna share good deeds done to them.

46:25 Even children are absorbing the political culture of the elections. We discuss the contentious divide amongst our own friends. Cynthia endorses a judge over Sammy’s protests.

52:00 Cynthia is on a non-fiction book kick. Kyna shows her “seduction” technique.

1:00:25 Outro

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