Episode 18: Chunk It!

Jason and Noel wax philosophically about John Keats and Bill Burr. It's Act-Out April, so start miming. Hee haw!

Noel reads a series of positive, life-affirming tips to help improve one's life, and Jason does his best to not be a sad-sack. Find out if meditation is good for you!

Jason bores Noel with a remembrance of his comedy career. Noel recaps the letter she wrote to the Hershey company. The two continue their discussion on Christmas. 

Jason recaps his glories from No Quit November, and then the two dive into Christmas. After a lengthy discussion of Christmas movies, it becomes apparent that this topic will have to have multiple episodes. Is Die Hard a Christmas movie? You probably won't like the answer. 

Jason and Noel introduce the subject of the comedic persona, and attempt to define it. This is the first part of a looooooong discussion about comedy. Come find out what a naif is!

Jason and Noel discuss confessional comedy, context in comedy, and other comedy geek stuff. They use a few lines from an interview with the late, great Norm MacDonald as a launching off point. Oh, and it's fall, so go to your local library and rent Saw.

Jason and Noel recap their vacation to Maryland and ask all the important questions: What are your goals while eating at a buffet on vacation? Which spouse gets bragging rights for beating the other at putt-putt? And what makes a good ghost tour?

Noel returns from another Dollar Tree trip to find that Jason has been attacked by flies. Then they discuss improv comedy.

Jason drinks All Sport and Noel theorizes how penguins could escape a zoo. They both talk way too much about the 90s. Noel analyzes Jason's candle joke and then they bring up the 90s again.

Noel reminisces about Hills department store, and Jason reads from a posthumous history book by humorist Will Cuppy. Numerous comedy topics are batted about: how humor has changed, wholesome vs. degenerate humor, and what is the value of a pun.