Sitting Down With Stand Ups

Guest hosts Alana Gonzalez and Steven Divinney help out Marcco, Slanda and Jess the intern welcome Holly area comic Cas G. We talk about some options for helping our communities deal with the homeless, Cas tells us about his father's commitment to staying light hearted and even during tough times motivated him comedically and Divinney celebrates the anniversary of his near preteen Christmas rape story. We go over some hate mail, read some anti-social media then Cas G takes on the SDWSU team in the house favorite.

Dave, Marcco, Melanie, Slanda and intern Jess welcome Kalamazoo comic David Sutherland. We talk about Slanda destroying Sutherland's 1st appearance, Sutherland tells us about his mother's particular ways helping develop his comedic outlook and we bust balls on the Kalamazoo comedy scene. We go over some hate mail, read some anti-social media, Slanda gives us some pointless history then Sutherland and sit in specialist Loyd Digg take on the SDWSU team in our joke testing game.

Dave, Marcco, Melanie and D+ rated sound guy Anthony Slanda welcome Flint area comic Lacy Wilhelm. Melanie and Marcco compare notes on porch pirating, Lacy rubs our noses in her IMDB credits and tells us about how her close knit mid Michigan family life gave her a windfall of experiences for a life of comedy. We go over some hate mail, tryout some pointless history, we run anti-social media then Lacy takes on the SDWSU team in the house favorite.

Dave, Marcco, Melanie and D+ rated sound guy Anthony Slanda welcome Detroit area comic Rob Schnieder. Rob talks about having a degree in GI JOE knowledge, some stories from his mic hitting days in Kansas City and we talk about the locally infamous Blue Moose open mic "incident" We go over some hate mail, give Rob an editorial pimping and Rob takes on the SDWSU team in the house favorite. We also introduce our #1 draft pick Jessica Bannow - Specs Howard 

Dave, Marcco, Melanie and D+ rated sound guy Anthony Slanda welcome Detroit area comic Derek Brand. We talk about all of our Thanksgiving Day adventures, Derek ponders the idea that we're all on the same comedy journey but mutual respect may be falling short in the scene and Dave and Marcco start building their profile for employment with America's Space Force. We hit some hate mail, Derek gets an editorial pimping, we run our anti-social media reads and Derek takes on the SDWSU team in the house favorite.

Dave, Marcco, Melanie and D+ rated sound guy Anthony Slanda welcome Detroit area comic Alana Gonzalez. We talk about strange human behavior surrounding food service, how having a fantastic story telling grandfather from the south helped set a comedic base for her and Alana challenges and wins a straight arm feat of strength. We go over some hate mail, we run our anti-social media bit, we give Alana an editorial pimping and then Alana takes on the SDWSU team in the house favorite.

Dave, Marcco, Melanie and D+ rated sound guy Anthony Slanda welcome Detroit comic and show runner Kristine Vidojevski. We talk about interviewing possible interns at Specs Howard, the ins and outs of Kristine's venue, Comedy on the Rocks in Madison Heights and how having an entertaining, driven, night shift working father had her tip toeing around in grade school but stomping around in college and then comedy. We hit some hate mail, give Kristine an editorial pimping, run our anti social media bit and then Kristine takes on the SDWSU team in the house favorite.

Dave, Melanie, D+ rated sound guy, and special guest host Bryan Duechler, welcome Detroit area comic Robert Novak. We talk about what's getting us out to vote, Dave and Bryan bond over Marcco's absence and Star Wars culture and Robert talks about fighting the urge to help out a show as comic as opposed to trying to run the venue like middle management. We go over some hate mail, run our anti-social media bit, give Robert Novak an editorial pimping and then he takes on the SDWSU team in the house favorite.

feature music artists : Detroit rock band, Broken Day Machine, track : Let Go 

Dave, Marcco, special guest host Alana Gonzalez (no relation to Marcco) and D+ rated sound guy Anthony Slanda welcome Flint comic and show runner Marv Barnett. Marv runs the mic at Sweetwater bar and grill in Grand Blanc. Marv talks about some of the things in our scene that he doesn't quite get, how being apart of a large, playful, close knit family and community helped him sharpen his comedy blade and Marcco makes Marv an offer about filming him a certain way. We go over some hate mail, give Marv an editorial pimping, run our tabloid read and Marv takes on the SDWSU team in the house favorite. 

feature musical artist : Edmonton rapper, Kohr

Dave, Marcco, Melanie and D+ rated sound guy Anthony Slanda welcome Detroit area comic and show runner Rebecca Concepcion. Rebecca and Marcco bond over some yak about the old Second City Detroit, how having a easy going nuclear family gifted her the freedom to explore comedy and Rebecca's fondness for a very popular 2 Live Crew song. We go over some hate mail, run our tabloid read and Rebecca takes on the SDWSU team in the house favorite.