Episode 16 – Henna Tats and Aura Candles with Graham Elwood
Gram Elwood on Strip Poker
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Notes by Darryl Asher
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Graham Elwood immediately starts “stupid cackling” at Jimmy’s intro
Host of Strip Poker. Host of Cram. Graham Elwood.
The Former Third Baseman Michael Glenn Schmidt
Graham is wearing jeans and hemp skateboard shoes with a black tee shirt
Schmidt is in a Gandolfini shirt
Matthew is in a green shirt with black slacks
Graham also has a henna tattoo, and knows Jimmy will punch him in the throat for having it
Mike describes the tattoo
(A little taste of Strip Poker:)
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Jimmy does a killer Graham impression, by accident
“Are you giving me the high hat, Shooter?”
“Fob” is always funny
Graham’s story about getting the henna tattoo on Venice Beach
Jimmy says they do Claymation for each episode
Graham describes the wingnut artists, musicians, and psychics on the Venice Boardwalk
Graham once bought torn cardboard poetry from a homeless guy
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Graham explains the eight dollar henna process
Graham is a sucker for any salesman
Graham’s horrible foreign accent
“You want henna tattoo for you and your lady?”
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Graham and his “lady” ended up with henna tattoos and matching Om necklaces
Game Show Network gave Graham and Jimmy “gentlemen’s chests” as birthday gifts (Jimmy: July 28, Graham, August 5)
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Jimmy returns the Coach wallet they gave him in exchange for belts
Graham could be one of the Venice Beach vendors
Matt is The Producer as well as The Equipper
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Graham paid for a psychic on Venice Beach
Graham believes that some people have psychic abilities, and that some are scams
Jimmy: “I don’t trust some jackass in a folding chair and a card table!”
Graham knows he got taken for forty bucks and got talked into an aura candle
The worst part of buying an aura candle is that you don’t even get to keep it
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Jimmy excuses this behavior with the placebo effect
Mike and Jimmy grill Graham about his experiences with psychics
Graham insists that a psychic knew specific things about his childhood that no one else could know
Graham is vegetarian, but eats fish once or twice a year
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Jimmy goads Graham into telling his fountain purchasing story
Graham barters with the Asian fountain seller
Asian seller: “Ahhhhh MAGIC!”
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Jimmy wants details about Graham’s date
Matt’s sister’s college roomate did a psychic reading long distance for Matt’s dog
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You guys remember Power Stapler?
More about Matt’s dog’s psychic reading
I had a horse, I took it to the championships or something. Great story.
Here’s one of her books
She’s a published author – name withheld to avoid Google
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Jimmy and Danielle went to a mixed religion wedding
Back to the beach
Graham talks about learing to surf
Jimmy and Graham went boogie boarding together
Graham didn’t realize he was caught in a riptide and got picked up by an El Camino style lifeguard boat
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When that happens, swim parallel to the shore, midwesterners!
Plugs: GrahamElwood.com or MY SPACE. 400 friends!
Graham’s movie is coming out: Laffghanistan!
Matt runs AST and produces See You Next Tuesday
Graham will be at a pot-centric show at the Improv, even though he doesn’t partake