#SOLA

On this episode of #SoLA, Camille and Charlie are experiencing some major June Gloom. You know, the time of year when the cold air from the California current forms low, grey clouds that hang over Los Angeles… it’s like May Gray, No Sky July or Fogust. It’s gloomy. 

Anyway, Anosh is MIA and things go a little wonky. Camille and Charlie have seasonal affective disorder and a lot gloom about various things: Crossword Grievances, the frog legs at Toot’s, that last hill on the hike and bad turners. There are also a lot of thoughts about Billy Crystal Russell Crowe and Mel Gibson. We know…. gloomy. 

This episode of #SoLA starring: 

Casablanca-All That Jazz-My Dinner With Andre-I, Tonya- Lady and the Tramp-Lady from Shanghai-Ever After Elizabeth-Long Goodbye-I, Claudius-Zorba the Greek, Anastasia, Babe, Elizabeth the Golden Age, Twister, Hair Kill Bill-Nosferatu-Oklahoma-X:Men First Class 

and

Conan the Barbarian-Harry and the Hendersons-Avatar-Regarding Henry-Life-I, Robot, E.T. Home Alone-Election-New York, New York-Raging Bull-Young Frankenstein Singin’ In the Rain-Airplane-Noah-Do the Right Thing-Evita-Ransom-Superbad Independence Day-Ikiru-Invisible Man  

On this episode of #SoLA, Camille and Charlie present possibly their dumbest topic of all time. Yes, believe it, the dumbest topic yet: a rundown of the “HBO era” of TV, according to them, inspired byan article Charlie didn’t like and Camille didn’t read. 

Yep, this episode is all about old HBO shows, with a heavy focus on Sopranos, Sex and the City and Entourage. They don't even mention anything on currently. Why would they? It's #SoLA!

Tune in to learn about Sex and the City roulette, which Sopranos character is which... etc, the most important HBO shows of all time, and, of course, Young Pope. 

It's not TV, it's #SoLA.  

On this episode of #SoLA, Camille and Charlie attempt to discuss one of Los Angeles’s favorite topics: alterative healing.

Things like Reiki (what is it?), cupping (or jarring), shamanic journeys (been there), acupuncture (done that), crystals and "just being present". Charlie also airs old grievances from Harold Night 15 years ago and goes way too deep on Planet of the Apes. Camille is revealed to be a homeopathic guide. And everyone learns that sometimes anger is the best medicine of all.

Welcome to Ape City. 

On this episode of #SoLA, Camille and Charlie discuss the inability of Angelenos to commit to anything in pen. Everything’s always a maybe… luckily Charlie lives in the moment now. He talks about that- A LOT. That and LeVar Burton. And the inevitability of death. Camille updates everyone on Gerard and goes into a deep dive on her favorite CNN characters. 

Lady From Shanghai, Queer Eye, Medium Cool, Funny Face… who cares about who cares about who cares.

On this episode of #SoLA, Camille and Charlie are back with the long-awaited third season. Like many long-awaited sequels, it’s clunky. But it wouldn’t be #SoLA if it weren’t! Naturally, a six month break means there is a lot to catch up on- Charlie is a Meat Reducer now! Camille is allergic to rosé! Lots of opinions about A Star Is Born! Of course, Charlie’s show Weird City aired… but they barely talk about that. Instead, Charlie tries to get back the Vampire Charbriel Byrne voice and Camille tries to remember the theme song to the show-within-a-show on Extras. They debate which Kevin Smith movie which season of #SoLA is, the secret Bill Cosby was trying to tell us and whether The Secret works or not. 

There are new Harold Team names, a new prodcuer (Hi, Anosh!), new routes, new games and eventually, they do talk about LA. A little. 

On this episode of #SoLA, Camille and Charlie are joined by second-time guest, Eater LA’s Farley Elliott, talking about LA’s favorite food: the burger! Cheeseburgers, chili burgers, ramen burgers and… chicken burgers? They discuss it all. Important questions like: which is the best In and Out, the rise and fall of Umami Burger, the tragedy of seafood restaurants having great burgers and is the patty melt a burger?!? Unimportant questions like which LA burger is which Beatle? Will Farley get it right? 

Tune in for all this and more, just don’t cross David Chang. He’s got a sniper aimed at your head. 

And for those interested in where to eat LA’s best burgers, and much more, some of the restaurants discussed on this episode are Chang’s Majordomo, Hawkins Burgers in Watts, Yuca’s on Hillhurst, Otoño in Highland Park, The Mad Greek in Baker, Lucky Boy in Pasadena, Malibu Seafood, Cassell’s patty melt, Spago, Here’s Looking At You, Burgers Never Say Die, Father’s Office, Apple Pan, Pie N Burger, Petit Trois’s Big Mec burger, Shake Shack, Bill’s Burgers in Van Nuys, Mitla Café and a little restaurant called The Cheesecake Factory.

On this episode of #SoLA, Camille and Charlie present one of their world-famous grab bag episodes, clearing out their closet of ideas. The magic art of getting rid of the topics that are weighing you down. They discuss Charlie's untapped psychic ability, and hiss each for a psychic mentor, how bad the actors are in Republican political ads, the new turn lane at El Coyote (and the best route to get there), plus the trouble with driving through Koreatown. Charlie loves the $10 bill, but didn't care for Hamilton... which leads to a round up of things that infuriate others if you don't love them (Costco, cake, Christopher Nolan films, etc).  

Charlie tries to introduce a new segment on dream interpretation- but only one person wanted their dream interpreted. 

And! If you make it to the end, there’s an actually funny bit about musicals that don’t need to be made. Or do they? 

On this episode of #SoLA, Charlie and Camille battle jet-lag to tell the people (at least Farley Elliot and Danny Cohen) about their recent trip abroad. They share their impressions of being Americans, and Angelenos, in the UK and introduce a myriad of new characters, including a fun new guy, The American. He’s fat and mad! And that’s about it. 

There’s a hearty endorsement for Liverpool, and much discussion with Will, of course, about the Beatles’s hometown. They also bemoan the hardships on your moisturizing routine while traveling, the difficulty of finding half-and-half and being gluten-free in a bread-forward culture. It’s a tough life, for sure.   

Is this show getting a little Long in the Shadow? Tweet at Will to let us know! 

On this episode of #SoLA, Camille and Charlie discuss what it’s like to live in a city that serves as a playground for a Scooby Doo billionaire. Los Angeles is home to billionaire inventor, madman and visionary Elon Musk; and sometimes that means you’ll walk outside on a quiet Sunday night and think the aliens have arrived. Nope, just SpaceX launching a rocket. It’s Elon’s world, we just live in it. 

The gang discusses what goes through your head when it seems like the aliens have arrived, who would live on Mars and do they have tv shows there? Also, there’s lots of “Which Beatle is Which”, some inspirational words to live by from Charlie and a proclamation that we all use fist bumps from now on. 

But what do we know, we’re just writing on a bathroom wall…

On this episode of #SoLA, the Los Angeles Dodgers are having a great season, so Camille and Charlie get sports now! Turns out, sports are a fun and fruitful way to get out all your aggression towards the world while also bonding with your fellow man over a shared love of your home. Who knew?! 

Buckle up and prepare yourself to hear three people who are vaguely informed about sports talk about them for a full 45 minutes. Well, sports and annoying guy they met one time. 

They also talk Los Angeles's many sports teams, what it means to be a Trojan vs. a Bruin and how Clayton Kershaw looks like Blake Shelton’s younger brother. Eventually, it all just devolves into Charlie’s loon call. This is #SoLA, after all.