Cut From The Same Maroon Cloth

January 22, 2015 Episode 17
Cast: Steve Rees, Dr. Frielgood, Midnight Martinez, Nick Vollmer
Guests: Jim McCauley, Rock Robotin, and Josh Bennett

Good morning, Darling. I woke up craving some TPAH. Lucky me, I had enough time to enjoy an entire episode with my coffee before anyone even knew I was up. These are my favorite kinds of mornings.

Today's TPAH was SO much fun to listen to. The guests are great, the stories are great, there's a metric shit ton of laughs.

There's talk of being a bouncer and the dum-dums you come in contact with in that job.

The conversation about comedy contests made me believe that comedy contests are dumb. Who benefits from that other than the club that's throwing it? I don't get it.

Everyone talked about improv for a while. Ugh. Improv. I'm sure it can be great and there's probably people who are really good at it and it might be a fun show to watch somewhere. I've not been exposed to any of that. So, based on what I've experienced watching improv and meeting people that are WAY into improv, I say, "ugh". Deal with it.

Joke stealing made it's way into the talk. Of course, Good Ole Proto's name came up. He seems to be the standard in joke stealing. I'm calling him Good Ole Proto forever.

Steve was on fire in this episode. He cracked me up a million times. This one is also a great example of Steve being a masterful host. There are so many people in the studio sometimes that it's nuts. He makes sure that everyone gets to say whatever they've come to say, he includes everyone that wants to contribute to whatever comes up in the conversation, but he knows how to keep things moving. The more I listen to him the more he impresses me. It was wonderful to watch live too. He's really very good at his job.

Steve gave me my pick for alternate show title: Steve Rees Saves The Orphans
He also gave me my favorite quote: "Jeff, is THIS why?". That's for super fans!

Nick Vollmer was also incredible in this one. Every time he chimed in it was freaking hilarious.

 I did a thing that I normally don't. While I was listening to Jim McCauley at the beginning of this show I went to find him on facebook. He sounded really nice, was a great guest, and I was curious why he hasn't been on again. I was really sad to find out that he's actually passed away. He died in March of 2016. He was only 45. That completely sucks and was not the news I was expecting. I feel sad and weird that I read that news while I was laughing at the story he was telling on the show.

The show that he plugged on TPAH was a fundraiser for an organization called Kisses for Kyle. Jim seemed to be excited to support it. If you liked him on TPAH, maybe make a little donation in his honor now. http://www.kissesforkyle.org/


Enjoy episode 17!

Show description: Jim McCauley, Rick Robotin, and Josh Bennett join the Kensil-less crew to talk about the joys of bouncing, comedy hecklers, and joke thievery. It's all that matters on the only podcast that matters.



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