Episode 31 – Halloween, Burnt Fingers, and Clooney Sushi
Years-after-the-fact-notes by Darryl Asher
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Hello everybody and indeed, back to the grind
Hello, Michael, hello The Producer Matt Balknap
Thanks to UCB for allowing use of the theater
Talking about cell phone video at shows which is HORRIBLE QUALITY
(We’ve come so far!)
We should have video recorded the live show
New intro surprised Mike
Watch it Burn song Mid July is the into music, right after Daver’s Mad at the World
New sharp snazzy opening!
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Halloween talk
Matt and Elise went to her office party with awesome costumes
One guy was dressed as George Lucas, his girlfriend was an Ewock
Matt was Johnny Cash, Elise was NOT June Carter Cash (but who was she?)
One guy was in a stilt-based costume including fake long arms
Stilts creep Jimmy out
Jimmy hates stilt guy
Last year, someone came as 10 foot tall Incredible Hulk
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Which costume: Village People cop vs. left leg of Hulk
How much for a “Harry Potter” in West Hollywood?
Street Muggle: $5
Full Muggle vs. Standup Muggle vs. Silver Owl
Jackie Kashian is the only one enjoying this
Schmitty did not go to a party, but saw Devo, Flock of Seagulls, and Bow Wow Wow
Mike ended up eating tickets
The Greek Theater has good kettle corn
Mike has visibly injured fingers
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Karen was making turkey/beef chili
Fake band: Lotions and Linaments
Too cold for outdoor concerts even though it’s Los Angeles
Chili: two meat, two bean, two pots
Matt and Jimmy fight over chili in a sourdough breadbowl credit
Matt and Jimmy fight over Karen’s order of errands
Jimmy: “We used to call you Wheels, now we call you Speedbump.”
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To clarify: in the live show, Matt spilled water on the mixer/power cord area
“When the timer goes off, take the lids off” – Mike’s task
In this instance “lids” = “dinner plates”
Mike’s fingers got steam blasted taking a “lid” off
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Pizza mouth-burns, THE WORST, AMIRIGHT?
Matt and wife made apple sauce after apple-picking
Matt’s “supermarket decorated as disco-bowling” idea gets no love
Mike remembers we don’t know how Matt’s wife dressed: 60s mod hippie
Matt party food details
Another party costume: The Red States, a dress made of shapes of states
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Mike: A friend went to the Magic Castle party a few years back, dressed as Roy from Sigfried and Roy, with a tiger attached to his face
Awkward when Sigfried showed up
Dressing as George W. Bush (with lump in suit back)
Matt dressed as Steve Prefontaine once
Matt: “I love that movie, you know I love that movie!”
Jimmy at 13 dressed as The Pope, non-ironically
Jimmy saw the Pope live at Quigley University
Matt doesn’t remember him mentioning it before
Jimmy and friends skipped school to see the Pope
They accepted a ride from a stranger
It was “neat”
It was 1979
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Mike: Tri-chem sweatshirt paint was the pre-Bedazzler
Mike and brothers lip-synching to KISS
Five year old brother was the “keyboard player” via bookshelf
Halloween costume covered by parka
Mike is not a parent (that he knows of!)
Robert Klein Halloween costume
Fake band: Coats, Inc.
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Kids, Incorporated TV show
Mike has a celebrity Sighting
Mike saw Tom Cruise at UCLA at an event
Cruise was super nice, since he is a robot (not the celebrity sighting, this is in the past)
Jimmy hit his nose on the microphone, harder than you would ever imagine
Mike and Karen went into a small sushi place
Mike recognized his voice: George Clooney (no guessing game)
It looked like he was on a date but was talking non-stop politics
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This is a “serious sushi joint”
Mike wanted to buy Clooney’s dinner, but the owners didn’t speak English
Clooney was being interviewed, not on a date
Pat Francis once bought drinks for Drew Barrymore
Mike met Nicholson in 1992
Jimmy went to the movies with Paul Riser in 1991 and insisted on paying for it
Jimmy opened for Paul in Chicago
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Very gracious for Paul to go to the movies with him
They saw L.A. Story – “I’m hot from running now”
Paul throws popcorn at Jimmy during the movie
“Paul Riser, star of stage and screen” to the parking attendant
Second show, Riser bombed
Riser was very nice and even took Jimmy’s calls for quite a while after
Jimmy opened for Robert Klein and Klein graciously chatted with him for quite a while
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Jimmy saw Klein later, who fake-remembered him
Jimmy was on a date with “Pam”
Everyone has a Pam, but not Matt
Mike’s Pam was a nurse
The Prestige is an awesome movie
Don’t say that over the phone!
Matt’s celebrity sighting at a Halloween party
Matt and Elise dressed in Futurama themed costumes
Matt Groening saw them and was so impressed he took a photo
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Good show! We’re back guys, three guys in a dining room
Mike is going to see Guns ‘n’ Roses twice, once with Pat Francis
Jimmy met Heart the night he did the Ferguson show
Plugs
Podcast Alley! Handheld Comedy!
Oooonnnnnn the podcast!
-Notes published 04/13/17 by Darryl Asher, Podcast Show Notes Pioneer, Official Curator of Never Not Funny Show Notes, Former Magician, Shout-out Recipient
