Ëp. 103: "Stool Candy" Tron, Big-D and Chris do the heavy lifting without bizzy bizzy Sattler. This SHOULD be interesting... *= Improvised Bits with Soundscape COLD OPEN - Dawn/Big D is hoping she's not getting sick. *- "Riff City" - It's a competition WELCOME - No Sattler New and Good: Fletch has an Accountability Buddy *- "Önline Friend" - Online friends meet for the first time in RL Searching for "The Bell" or alternatives What's a diphthong? *- "No Highway for Cowboys"- Gen-Z Cowboys trying ...
Jan 16, 2026•45 min•Ep. 103
*= Improvised Bit COLD OPEN - "Comedy...tonight!" * "Why Does He Get To Be Tron?" MUSIC OPEN INTRO & WELCOME LIVING ROOM-STYLE BANTER The "Sellout Club" We could re-brand this * "The Jesties Podcast After Dark" Alex reacts to Chris's reaction to Dawn's pun * "Co-Cheerleaders" Ever fall asleep during a movie? * "Fletch Bohansky Enjoys Skat" Alex, do you know what SKAT means? Dawn, do you know about SKAT? * "Dawn Doesn't Get It" * "Tron, Come Here" Did anyone do anything special for the holida...
Dec 26, 2025•46 min•Ep. 102
*= Sound-enhanced Improvised Sketches Opening Warm-ups - the mayhem begins * PARODY TOWN "What are you talking about, Willis?" Introductions Post-mortem of 100th episode Reminiscing past episodes * Plans for 150th episode "ATM Robot" "I love you guys" - "Kittycat Mewww" * "Hello, Princess" "I hiked and then I babysat till 2-in the morning" * Baby has a job, bein a baby -- "Hey, Tony!" Names that end in the, "Eeee" sound * Men chewing What would you rhyme with "aide?" * "You gotta say the "dirty ...
Dec 12, 2025•45 min•Ep. 101
Ep:100 "LIVE From The Bunker Theater" * = Improvised Sketch Alex welcomes the live audience to the theater and intros a video he had made to celebrate the 100th episode occasion. 1st Guest is OG, Stephanie S, who instigates a disagreement about the origins of JEST Improv Tron tries out the JEST TRIVIA -- Winners get a 100th episode T-Shirt *Canadian Wedding Ceremony - The Moose complain 2nd Guest is Maddy K, who brings her extensive knowledge of current Pop Culture, including the Wicked-2 movie....
Nov 28, 2025•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 100
Ep.99: Jury Performance - ft. Oak Oak is working on their name * Low Confidence Is that your real name? Someone's missing Dawn's big moment *Performing Jury Duty PSP *Let me see your file Porn Games Tron in the cabin with the magazines *Someone broke in The family computer Using technology Jury Duty situations Did you get an allowance? *Oak, remember we're at church Monetary rewards Dead Presidents *Lincoln's top hat Money for favors *Money for nothing Jest goings on - what's coming up? *= Impro...
Nov 14, 2025•57 min•Ep. 99
Oak and Aries continued their recent visit and stuck around for Halloween! But we didn't want anything to be too scary, so we added a bit of silliness, just for laughs. * Improvised Sketch We open up razzing Aries about his hair and glowing skin. What scary movie has Aries seen lately? Chris, what's your New & Good? *Abnormal Sweater Aries, have you ever flown in an plane? *Captain DJ Douglas Justice, "vibing" mid flight announcements Oak, what game are you on right now? Chris talks about be...
Oct 31, 2025•45 min•Ep. 98
Ep. 97: We Have Fun! - ft. Oak & Aries Intro - We have fun! *Oak's Godfather ate their goldfish Love Wolf album discussion *Whoo-hoo - the pushy owls *Elton John - a diminutive fellow performs at the Las Vegas Retirement Home Alex is chauffer for Aries (before Aries arrives) Aries has arrived and gets an earful Aries's New and Good includes his daily meal plan "Lemon Party" - and "Cars" *Aries and "Shrek Special" Alex makes an announcement *Cleveland reacts to Alex's news More Aries food cho...
Oct 17, 2025•46 min•Ep. 97
Ep. 96: Too Many Things! - Too many things about Dawn Admiral Ackbar, "It's a trap!" * Admiral (Josiah) Ackbar - actual it's Gial Ackbar - Improvised Sketch Star Wars lore JJ Abrams style What should we do for Episode #100? Tron and Alex get married? Chris's New & Good New StandUp Program Love Wolf's album sales - Streaming Residuals * Trick Them Into Doing This - Improvised Sketch Alex's New & Good Open Mic Too many things... Have you seen John Cena? Correlation & Causation *Have yo...
Oct 03, 2025•49 min•Ep. 96
Ep. 95: "Bark Wahlberg" ft. Love Wolf band interview. Love Wolf is in the studio giving us details about their celebrated union and recent album release. Chris offers Grape flavored Red Vines and Dawn throws down the challenger, Mixed Berry Twist *MARK! MARK! MARK! -- Bark Wahlberg, a dog talent pitching a TV show Dawn's New &/or Good goes down a rabbit hole into Hyphy music influence *"ELVIS" is living in the retirement center and getting medical attention *DILDO FACTORY is in danger of goi...
Sep 19, 2025•52 min•Ep. 95
Ep. 94: "Typical Friday Shenanigans" - Alex, Tron, Big-D and Chris gettin' deep into their usual, typical nonsense, just for fun. Ribbing, razzing, poking and joking their way through just another Friday, with a lot of laughs, some bits, a touch of in-studio live music and previews of Jest shows. Theories about Alex's tardy arrival Previewing Shenanigans for upcoming Love Wolf appearance Morkin' my Mindy, etc. Shannon Sharpe controversy Football references Taylor Swift Musical tastes and opinion...
Sep 05, 2025•51 min•Ep. 94
Opener - Let's try out the sound board's built-in sound effects buttons Introductions Planning for our 100th episode live-recording event Chris reminiscing about his life in bands in the 90s Chris reminiscing about Paul Walter Hauser and "Lemonade!" Remake old media Artificial Italians Anal bleaching theories Count My Jewels - improv Fun with the sound board Nipple Water Alex hyping "Love Wolf" "I Like It" Alex recollection of woman using a urinal at the Fair Never seen a cow use a restroom - im...
Aug 23, 2025•46 min•Ep. 93
JESTIES Ep. 92 - Whisker Balls Ewes Guys! Rice Crispy Treats - How they're made with raw rice and monkeys Raw Crispies! Big Boy Roger's Cooking Show - doo-da, doo-da Chris explains his voice character reference - Alan Arkin The Bop-it Movie The Santa Claus problem New Santa Auditions Amazon Pitch Meeting More about Santa Casting A coconut guy feels nut-thing Chris's beef about PWH And more... Thank you for listening. LIke what you hear? Want to hear something more? Drop us a comment at https://w...
Aug 08, 2025•45 min•Ep. 92
Ep. 91: HEY! - feat. A.J. pt. 2 Hey! Big-D took the family to the local water park and declared it a... less than awesome experience. Food trailer at the water park AJ (as Arnold, former Governator), answers the question, "Who are you and why are you here?" Arnold is new spokesperson for Subway? Riffing about former, local political behavior, etc. Chris brings up the Rug Doctor A visit from the Rug Doctor New Zealander in the house? New Zealander out of his element at the Outback Steakhouse AJ r...
Jul 25, 2025•48 min•Ep. 91
Ep. 90: Big Water, feat. A.J. -- Chris explains a mildly objectionable unexpected bit from one of the stand up student performer's otherwise stellar set. Improvised audio sketch in a restaurant Buzzer/Button awkwardness A.J. talks about his routine for the stand up student showcase Improvised audio sketch about how Stand-up works -- "Rudy Mintchoo" does his first set Side Effects comedy Improvised audio sketch documenting patient with side-effects Chopin it up around the table Sailing...why? Big...
Jul 11, 2025•45 min•Ep. 90
Ep. 89: That's Why There's No Seatbelts, feat. Oak Pt.2 Bubbly...everything is alive Plugs on the bus Retiring school bus Hey! You stole my car Dayton works at Magnolia Thunderpussy Dad Jokes Howard Stern show Rice is nice Refrigeration Issues in Relationship Counseling Greater Enlightenment And so much more! See our shows, drop-in for classes Thank you for listening. LIke what you hear? Want to hear something more? Drop us a comment at https://www.jestimprov.com/podcast Let us know if you want ...
Jun 27, 2025•45 min•Ep. 89
Ep. 88: The Celeroni, feat. Oak -- Plugging In Buying in bulk at Cosco Take a trip to the Celeroni Pizza Parlour Oak's mom listens to this podcast - so we call her The gang reaches out to Dirty Gertie Summoning Cleveland -- who meets Oak "Zack Galifianakis" - gets into new projects Selling various things at the Dodgers game The Nerd Test ...And More! Thank you for listening. LIke what you hear? Want to hear something more? Drop us a comment at https://www.jestimprov.com/podcast Let us know if yo...
Jun 13, 2025•46 min•Ep. 88
Ep. 87: CARPOD, ft. Archie The Squirrel On the road home, Jesties recorded the POD while reminiscing their wild weekend. The Squirrel Alex didn't get his breakfast pasta Waltzing Matilda Squirrel - StandUp Send a squirrel to team@jestimprov.com A Boid! Retro Video Stores Renounce your membership Tarantino-ing it Faceless Wonder Boy ...and more. Thank you for listening. LIke what you hear? Want to hear something more? Drop us a comment at https://www.jestimprov.com/podcast Let us know if you want...
May 30, 2025•56 min•Ep. 87
Ep. 86: Fresh Birthday, ft. EMILY - Fellow JESTIES improv troupe member, Emily King, is back! This time, she's on her own and joins our goofball pod hosts, Alex, Tron, Big-D and Chris, for some fun and mayhem. Chris is goaded into "doing a voice" to start us off and to get Alex to groan Emily tries to tell us she's "freshly" 32. Then laments her "early" 30s. Especially that trip to Spain. Alex says he's "full of electrolytes" Pumped-up on electrolytes Emily's last name is KING Her mother is walk...
May 16, 2025•46 min•Ep. 86
Ep. 85, Lil' Angst, ft. MICHELLE, a fellow JESTIES troupe member joins the regular goofballs, for the usual wacky and offensive, yet endearing banter. Michelle brought her share of weapons. We had FUN! - and some undercurrent puns What are those shorts Alex is wearing? Michelle has a "Black Flies" story -- and so does Big D. Michelle's got Zingers Chris is mean to Alex, but only on the podcast - right? How Michelle found JEST Improv - and all the others, apparently. When Alex called Michelle to ...
May 02, 2025•56 min•Ep. 85
Ep. 84: Improv Magic, ft. TORI & ROBERT - Tori and Robert are students of improvisation and magic, and today they are seated at the kids' table with our regular JESTIES goofballs, to discuss a life built on illusion and adaptation. They bring some wacky true tales of unforgettable magical experiences and tough crowds at their shows. First, they need us to explain what to expect on this podcast (hint: it involves Cleveland, and not the city). Next, we get to hear stories of their magical part...
Apr 18, 2025•45 min•Ep. 84
Ep. 83: The Aries Impression, ft. ARIES Pt - 2 Aries is back, once again, to join the madcap fun with the Original Gang, the O.G. Jesties - who try to figure out just what Aries is up to. One never knows - but whatever it is, it must be fun, because WE HAVE FUN! What's the significance of Part-2? Let's hear the Rap. OK, attempts at Rap. Aries was indeed homeschooled The British connection Show me your leg Chris shaves - then searches for the photo for this episode Meet the Worms of England -- wa...
Apr 04, 2025•47 min•Ep. 83
Aries seems confused by Power and Control. JESTIES try to explain. But everybody has a different idea. Then, after the open, Aries takes his power and tries to control the convo. Starting with a guesstimate of all our ages, and a polite dance around the subject, we explore. That leads to... Car dealership run by gnomes. The salesperson ceremoniously follows their religion when selling. Aries tries to take things from various locations to use at home, and is surprised to learn people don't live w...
Mar 21, 2025•48 min•Ep. 82
JEFF is back to join the jolly frivolity with the goofball, JESTies! "LexTron" -- Tron considers a different version of his name, and the group imagines life with a retro-style cleaning robot. "For The Emperor!" -- An enthusiastic employee likes to shout-out in the office, and the boss needs to take care of it. "Helpful Todd" -- Freshly re-branded, Helpful Todd, is now the star of his own Help Show, where HT likes to help solve problems of his fans. "Proof" -- Jeff tells a tale from his youth, w...
Mar 07, 2025•51 min•Ep. 81
Ep. 80: Tricycle Wizard ft. JEFF Pt-1 -- The Jesties are joined by fellow Jestie, troupe member, JEFF! who starts off tapewormed to a chair. The group shares a recent interaction with the Tricycle Wizard, and attempt to start some local lore. Everyone shares and we riff and spin till our bellies are full. Enjoy! Thank you for listening. LIke what you hear? Want to hear something more? Drop us a comment at https://www.jestimprov.com/podcast Let us know if you want a mention in our episode, we'll ...
Feb 21, 2025•46 min•Ep. 80
Starting with a jump off of Maddy's last name and into bomb diffusion, we improvise and share the belly laughs and the tender moments of our past and present lives. The group discovers a cassette audio diary from Dawn's version of c.1978. Trigger warning: "Creepy Gym Teacher." We learn much too much TMI from those '70s days. Then, from Maddy's New &/or Good, we learn she had gone to a local, Ventura ice-cream parlor. We give a possible alternative version of this. Maddy suggests the WICKED f...
Feb 07, 2025•55 min•Ep. 79
Tron, Alex, Big-D and Chris, welcome fellow Jestie, Maddy! The one of many Maddys, but the one and only Jestie named Maddy! Thank you for listening. LIke what you hear? Want to hear something more? Drop us a comment at https://www.jestimprov.com/podcast Let us know if you want a mention in our episode, we'll do our best to give you a shout-out. Visit us anytime at https://www.jestimprov.com to find out more about us in Ventura, CA - including when to drop-in for classes and shows!...
Jan 24, 2025•48 min•Ep. 78
Episode 77: Comedy Nachos - In this episode, the four goofballs run wild without rails. Do we need to start off in Bit Court, again? Get the cheese out, Cleveland is back from his recent adventure. He's not allowed back in France, but that's ok, he doesn't like their soft cheese. Tron sneaks up to Alex's house, then encounters the cats. Tron debuts his Rap tribute to Greta Thunberg. Does Chris Rap? Hmmm... "Ham Shank" (excerpt). Aries impressions. How gullible is Tron? Brainstorming a new film s...
Jan 10, 2025•39 min•Ep. 77
Alex, Tron, Big-D and Chris are at it once again. Sometimes these 4-goofballs are in synch and sometimes the whole vibe needs a vacation. We never know who is going to show up and when we finally do, anything could happen and often does. Thank you for listening. LIke what you hear? Want to hear something more? Drop us a comment at https://www.jestimprov.com/podcast Let us know if you want a mention in our episode, we'll do our best to give you a shout-out. Visit us anytime at https://www.jestimp...
Dec 27, 2024•49 min•Ep. 76
Episode 75! - Pancakes In A Bag! The Four Musketeers, Alex, Tron, Big-D and Chris, seem to express lingering effects from an eventful Fall season. Band names based on food Episode release on Friday 13th of December - Should Alex, notorious cat owner, be worried? People who run for local office - fringe candidates Dawn has no "New & Good" - a blank canvas - passing the "talking stick" to feel things Different, hip sounding gastro pubs and the quirky names - A restaurant that serves "Leftovers...
Dec 13, 2024•50 min•Ep. 75
The Jesties' cuatro O.G. amigos, Tron, Alex, Big-D and Chris, start off with their usual tech issues to feed their comic bits, and things go off the rails - as usual. New and good Big-D saw a funny bumper sticker Chris explained his Taco Tuesday menu shift Improv Scene at "In-N-Out" on the "Psych!" aspect Bits with tits -- Alex's New And Good with, Apple Intelligence Improv Scene at Apple about the new A.I. and sexy cats Photo shoot with Sexy Cat Ladies Discussion about what sorts of things does...
Nov 29, 2024•46 min•Ep. 74
