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Extruding America

Gerard Armbruster and Stetson Tudd•www.extrudingamerica.com
Comedy
Won't you join me, Gerard Armbruster, as every week we take a wrong turn off life's interstate, and discover the straight story about the bend in the road, where nestle the small towns with big characters, to tug on the common thread that unravels the hand-me-down sweater of our national zeitgeist, and extrudes the truths of our lives. Perennial favorite: Postcard from Battersea, with Stetson Tudd.
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Gerard Armbruster and Stetson Tudd are unaware that their phone call has been recorded.

Jul 10, 2014•4 min

Contemplating Insomnia After Reading Rudyard Kipling

Photo by Moreau.henri. Sound effects provided by Freesound Project contributors: laurent, reinsamba, ejazz215, promete, CGEffex. Unbeknownst to the chumps at Extruding America, this has appeared on their website. ( IDA Message #44937: Internet Detection Agency )

Sep 02, 2011•4 min

Empty Head: The Downside

The Wallflower 360, a premium received with Gerard Armbruster's workhorse handheld audio recorder, was introduced in the Extruding America episode entitled Preparation for a Journalistically Superior Report, and was described as "a recording device so sensitive it can even record your thoughts and dreams." It promised the ability to "constantly record your entire life." It was discarded on a scrapheap but is apparently still in operation, as evidenced here. - Editor* *Note - The possibility of a...

Oct 16, 2010•9 min

Ghosts

Gerard is hungry and sees something out of the corner of his eye.

Mar 27, 2010•15 min

Sidebar 4

Gerard Armbruster and Stetson Tudd are unaware that their phone call has been recorded.

Jul 16, 2009•7 min

Gerard's Nightmare

Rejected Title: Disquietude Introduces Itself to Gerard Armbruster's Comfy Chair

Jun 04, 2009•9 min

Big Judy

Unbeknownst to a frustrated Gerard, his activities have been recorded.

Nov 03, 2008•14 min

Bonus Track: Lentil Masti Dance Mix

Zowie! Straight out of the heart of Armbruster Recording Studio Enterprises (ARSE) comes this viral dance sensation. Take that, Armbruster! - Robert "Bob" Robertson. Goodnight America! (image © 2004 by Tomasz Sienicki)

Aug 22, 2008•3 min

Sidebar 3

Yet again, Gerard and Stetson are unaware that their phone call has been recorded. (Image: Natxo 68, flickr)

Jun 04, 2008•8 min

Extruding America 27: Unhinged?

Is Extruding America’s podcasting host Gerard Armbruster, former host of Happy Trailer Parks To You, What’s Wrong With That Dog? and Out Of My Way, and proud alumnus of The Dwight Bertram Correspondence School of Reporting Technique and Vocal Inflection, becoming slightly unhinged? Let’s find out. (Music cue: Aao Twist Karen by the great R. D. Burman, from the film Bhoot Bungla (1965))

Jan 11, 2008•11 min

Extruding America 26: Old Dog, Old Dog - Subtitle: The Pit of Hell

Gerard Armbruster has a dream mildly reminiscent of an old radio show. (Music cues from Suspense, broadcast 12/05/46, probably by the great Bernard Herrmann, possibly by Alexander Semmler, Lucien Morawek, or Wilbur Hatch, also composers for the show.)

Dec 13, 2007•18 min

Extruding America 24: Climb Aboard

Gerard continues to battle his demons. Stetson goes on a business trip.(Illustration: Tom Sanislo, for the Washington State Dept. of Transportation)

Oct 17, 2007•23 min

Extruding America 23: The 87 Club

Gerard smells the smell of fear. Stetson introduces something new.The 87 Club Roster:The Gods Will Have Blood by Anatole FranceHitler's Army by Omer BartovBest Russian Short Stories edited by Thomas Setzer (The District Doctor by Ivan Turgenev)Mountain of Fame by John E. Wills, Jr.Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

Sep 26, 2007•12 min

Extruding America 21: Who is the Fourth W

With a glorious assist from the Dwight Bertram Correspondence School of Reporting Technique and Vocal Inflection, Gerard Armbruster quells a querulous Stetson Tudd. A magnificent display of the journalistic arts ensues.

Aug 22, 2007•14 min

Extruding America 17: The Wallingford Chronicles Part Two

The semi-historic meeting of friends Gerard Armbruster and Stetson Tudd proceeds as smoothly as one would imagine. The gigantitude of the immensity of Gerard's personal journey becomes self-evident, to Gerard at least. (Photo: Carmen Dean)

Jun 15, 2007•15 min
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