Dec 22, 2018
Saluton and Happy "Things That Are Done at This Time Of Year" to you! Estas mi, your host Tyson Saner, and welcome to the last epi of Succotash, The Comedy Soundcast Soundcast, of 2018.
What a
year it has been…and that's at least partially because I took over
hosting and main production duties during this year approximately
10 months ago. I hadn't really been thinking about how much time
had actually elapsed because it, like everything else seems to just
keep happening. It does seem to feel like less time than a year has
passed because it has…that's pretty logical…beep
boop…
ANYWAY…It's a show chock full of content including clips from Chillpak Hollywood Hour, Just Say Words, 2DudeReview, Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend, The Podcast Brothers and Thought Spiral.
In addition, we have a double dose of raging moderate Will Durst's Burst O' Durst. (Incidentally, if you live in or are visiting the San Francisco Bay Area, Durst is ring master for the annual Big Fat Year End Kiss Off Show, a comedy revue of holiday proportions that plays in a different venue around the area starting on Wednesday, December 26. Click over to http://WillDurst.com for details…)
We've also got a very "This Time Of Year-y" Henderson's Pants ad from waaaaay back in 2012 (I think) and, of course, a reading from our most recent sponsor, TrumPoetry.com.
SIDEBAR
Listeners of past episodes of Succotash might remember the soundcasts Trevor Has Friends and Just Joshin' being featured in episodes 172 and 177, respectively. These are both comedy soundcasts from over at Savage Henry Magazine , a humor magazine produced locally here in Humboldt County. It's a free publication that has been published with regularity since it was first published in 2010. It was founded by Chris Durant, Sarah Godlin, Monica Durant, and Josh Duke.
I follow the magazine on Instagram at @savagehenrymagazine and I came across this post from December 16th, 2018: "Monica, (@moneycuz) co-founder of the magazine and the glue that has kept it all together for all these years, is sick. She can use your help if you're in position to do so. She's dealing with liver failure and is facing a transplant. Links to donation sites in comments. Thank you for being a fan of Savage Henry and your support."
It's a modest goal of $10K and if you're wondering about specifics, on the page I just specified there was an update made on December 16th, 2018 which reads: "Wow everyone. I'm am so relieved by the outpouring of help in so many forms. This is a crazy time. A major surgery, a month or more of intensive therapy and monitoring, a year till projected recovery, and a lifetime of medications are daunting goals and having some weight lifted financially is a HUGE COMFORT!!! Thank you."
As of December 17th, 2018 they are at 33% of their goal. If you're inspired to help this awesome fan of many forms of comedic expression, you can do so through this PayPal account: https://www.paypal.com/pools/c/8aqlSi5TRm
CLIPS
Chillpak Hollywood
Hour
This soundcast features two members of "soundcast royalty" (as
dubbed by Succotash executive producer Marc
Hershon), namely Dean Haglund and
Phil Leirness. They've been doing the show for
more than 11 years, week in and week out, engaging in
thought-provoking, insightful, and irreverent cultural
conversation. Our clip is from recent Epi603, where the gents
discuss the death and life of U.S. President George H.W.
Bush, the forthcoming film Vice, the live variety
stage show Phil produced on his 50th birthday, Dean's efforts to
pack up his L.A. abode and his recent Michigan adventures. There's
also a plug for their dark comedy The Lady
Killers.
P.S. I've seen "The Lady Killers" and it is quite good. We're working on having Dean and Phil on as guests to talk more about The Lady Killers on an upcoming edition of Succotash Chats!
Thought
Spiral
Comedians Andy Kindler (Bob's Burgers,
Maron, and a past Succotash guest) and J.
Elvis Weinstein (MST3K, Freaks & Geeks)
convene weekly to solve the problems of the world but usually end
up talking about comedy and various forms of anxiety. Every episode
so far has been called "Test Episode Number Something". Our clip
hails from their Epi64, a live show from the Improv Lab in Los
Angeles, where Andy muses on the pros and cons of singing in public
and which musicals he has enjoyed.
Sidenote: The documentary: I Need You To Kill, features comedians Pete Lee, Chad Daniels, and Tom Segura on a comedy tour of China. It turns out that there's a growing comedy scene over there and it's fascinating to see it happening. The documentary was directed by none other than the aforementioned J. Elvis Weinstein. It's currently streaming on Amazon Prime and, assuming you are a fan of comedy and/or documentaries about comedians or just documentaries in general…you could do a lot worse than to check this one out.
The Podcast
Brothers
Flaw700
and Fresco are two real life brothers who are
similar (because they're both Gemini's) but also have different
view points. The authentic and entertaining sibling dynamic gets
switched up when Kailah King is there, She offers
a unique female's perspective. They discuss mainstream hip hop
events and relay those events into engaging topics of discussion.
This clip is from "Love Is Free", their Epi110 from this past
November, and is part of their segment called "Fresh or
Fiasco".
Just Say
Words
The
Just Say Words soundcast covers everything from social
Issues, pop culture, and race, to tech, movies, and much more.
Hosted by Jae, in Epi239 he talks about voting and
has a bunch of random ramblings filled with jokes and much more.
Our clip features him detailing how he dealt with his Netflix
account being hacked.
2DudeReview
The 2DudeReview is a weekly podcast, hosted by
Brian Bradley and Chad Hamilton,
features Karina Dolehide, and is based on the
book, "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die." Brian and Chad are
longtime friends and lifelong movie geeks who love to talk, at
length, about their favorite films. "Each week we watch a movie
from the '1001 Movies' list, research the film, then discuss and
rate the movie from our perspectives. We pride ourselves on
bringing quality content and maybe even a laugh or two in the
process." IN November, they talked at length about the movie
Jurassic Park — what the hell genre is it, science versus
religion versus capitalism, and Chad has the hiccups. Our clip
catch the hiccup fit.
Conan O'Brien
Needs A Friend
After
25 years at the Late Night desk, Conan
O'Brien realized that the only people at his holiday party
are the men and women who work for him. Over the years and despite
thousands of interviews, Conan has never made a real and lasting
friendship with any of his celebrity guests. So, he started a
podcast to do just that. He's joined on this quest by longtime
trusty assistant Sona Movsesian and producer
Matt Gourley (Superego, James
Bonding.) His very first guest was Will
Ferrell. In our clip from that episode 1, Will recounts a
long-running "life bit" that involved a costume from a "Smokey and
the Bandit" sketch on SNL.
• • •
And just like that, the last Succotash show of 2018 is drawing to a close. What a year it has been. I've spent 10 months of it putting together episodes of this show and eight of those 10 months preparing to welcome my wife and I's first child into this world VERY early in 2019. Also, the 16th of this month was my wife and I's 15th wedding anniversary. For those of you who pay attention to this sort of thing, 15 years is the "Crystal" anniversary.
Whaddya want from me, I'm full of tidbits…somewhat like an actual Succotash…
Anyway, 2018 has been the most unique year of my life so far. I have a feeling 2019 is going to top everything on the uniqueness scale...if there is such a thing. On January 1st I have a single dropping. It's a collaboration with Korey Epps who appeared in the Chats episode of Succotash #175. He has an album coming out in early 2019 called "Luv & Liquor" and our collaboration is part of it. It's called "Hope" and it will be available on New Years Day, on Spotify, iTunes/Apple Music, Amazon, Google Play, Deezer, Tidal, Napster and Youtube.…so that's happening too.
In closing, thank you to my wife and family for being wonderful and supportive of me all these years. Thank you to Korey Epps for believing in my musical ability enough to collaborate on a music project with me. Thank you to Executive Producer Marc Hershon for keeping the show running for all those years and then deciding that when he was ready to pass the torch to someone that I was the man for the job. Thank you to Will Durst for contributing the very best in Moderate Political Comedy…that's what it's called, isn't it? Thank you to Bill Heywatt for announcing the show and thank you Joe Paulino for making sure Mr. Heywatt is always captured at his best. Thank you Scott Carvey for the Succotash theme music you are hearing in the background.
And, of course, thank YOU the listener …for listening…and for sharing us with others for that is what we mean when we gently implore you to please pass the Succotash!
— Tyson Saner