Tom Hill of Hip.Bang Comedy joins Mark and Ryan to talk about the 3 foot rock he had in his yard growing up in Edmonton. Then he gets really spicy about his hometown of Regina and tells us everything wrong with it. He build a Squash Club where the elite of our town make deals, he helps our town break a Guinness World Record, and he introduces a new restaurant called the Hands Only. We also have our first sponsor: No Smoke Coffee - " No Smoke. No Mirrors. Just great coffee." Head to NoSmokeCoffee...
Jul 23, 2025•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 36
Mark and Ryan host a rare late night session and invite their producer, Chris Kelly on as guest! He talks about growing up in Winnipeg and why his home province of New Brunswick needs a glow up. He also creates the town’s first flag … although a new one might need to be made. Squint Lake gets a new piece of lore and a whole lot of new shows are made for the local radio station, including a show called Motorhead Baking. We also have our first sponsor: No Smoke Coffee - " No Smoke. No Mirrors. Jus...
Jul 16, 2025•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 35
Improviser Sarah Ferguson stops by the show to talk about growing up in Airdrie, Albert and shares with us the most shocking rumour about what it means to leave your garage door open a little bit in her town. She creates our town’s first karaoke bar, Singing in the Main. She is also a former horse girl and so she builds our town a stable. We also have our first sponsor: No Smoke Coffee - No Smoke. No Mirrors. Just great coffee. Head to NoSmokeCoffee.com and use the promo code TOWNSHOW20 at check...
Jul 09, 2025•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 34
Welcome to The Outskirts, a new mini-series that looks at the outer reaches of our town. It’s a little darker, a little weirder, a place where freaks and lost storylines roam. Take a listen as Mark and Ryan introduce you to the residents of the Laughing Ghost Hotel and Gas Station. We now have Town Show merch. Pick your up over at: https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheTownShow Follow us on: Instagram: @TheTownShow YouTube: @TheTownShowPod TikTok: @TheTownShow Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for m...
Jul 03, 2025•45 min•Season 1Ep. 33
Comedian Brad MacNeil stops by the show to talk about moving from town to town as a military kid. He teaches Mark about Gordon Korman. Brad also builds the town’s first video store: Kideo Video. Cool, right? We also expose an illegal slug ring that is having devastating effects on the arcades in town. We have Town Show merch. Pick some up over at: https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheTownShow Follow us on Instagram: @TheTownShow YouTube: @TheTownShowPod TikTok: @TheTownShow Hosted on Acast. See acast.co...
Jun 25, 2025•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 32
Our first ever guest, Pete Oldring (CBC’s This Is That), is back! He talks about his chickens and an exotic pet hospital in Santa Monica. He also revisits the fountain he built in Ep 1. We actually witness a “town perm” ceremony. And Peter answers one of your letters as legendary town advice columnist Barnaby Advises. We now have Town Show merch. Pick your up over at: https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheTownShow Follow us on Instagram: @TheTownShow YouTube: @TheTownShowPod TikTok: @TheTownShow Hosted o...
Jun 18, 2025•59 min•Season 1Ep. 31
Taz Van Rassel is back! Our first returning guest. Mark and Ryan’s improvising partner from The Sunday Service, comes back on the show to update some storylines, specifically that of Bill Harris - a town resident who was caught stealing from local bakery Yeast Meets West. We also learn some troubling things about Party Island. Taz also inadvertently starts an Escape Room league in our town … which means our town has multiple escape rooms. We think. We have Town Show merch!!! Pick some up over at...
Jun 11, 2025•52 min•Season 1Ep. 30
It’s another round up and we got some excellent new additions from Townies. In this episode we: Build a hospital that has some serious prime time drama, visit The First Cut Is The Cheapest Hair Salon, go deep inside the Town’s pyrite mine, and have a meal at Mayor McDaddy’s restaurant. We now have Town Show merch. Pick your up over at: https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheTownShow Follow us on Instagram: @TheTownShow YouTube: @TheTownShowPod TikTok: @TheTownShow Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy fo...
Jun 04, 2025•40 min•Season 1Ep. 29
Edmonton’s very own Syd Campbell comes on to tell us about their curiously named high school and their hometown bar The Black Dog. They name our town’s first street, build a bowling alley/office supply store, and build a piece of lore that involves the mayor and his wife that the town will NEVER get over. We now have Town Show merch. Pick your up over at: https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheTownShow Follow us on Instagram: @TheTownShow YouTube: @TheTownShowPod TikTok: @TheTownShow Hosted on Acast. See ...
May 28, 2025•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 28
Comedian, director and video game streamer Peter Carlone (aka Solid Content) comes by to build a viaduct right the through the center of our town, covering up a beloved ravine. He builds a Gregg’s pasty and sandwich shop, and a museum of unnecessary objects. He also tells an incredible story about being in a production of The Lion, the Witch, and The Wardrobe. We now have Town Show merch. Pick your up over at: https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheTownShow Follow us on Instagram: @TheTownShow YouTube: @T...
May 21, 2025•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 27
Actress and comedian, Ese Atawo (FX’s Legion) talks about being super athletic, growing up in Nigeria and Toronto and her king-like laugh. For the town she builds a ski-hill and pitches an amusement park. Plus, a poorly crafted text has everyone in town thinking they’ve won a million dollars and gets them all talking about the 1995 film Major Payne. We now have Town Show merch. Pick your up over at: https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheTownShow Follow us on Instagram: @TheTownShow YouTube: @TheTownShowP...
May 14, 2025•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 26
Mark and Ryan host another mini-sode where they issue corrections, establish more rules for the town, and even read a listener suggestion for the town. If you want to get to know Mark better, this is the episode for you because Mark talk A LOT about growing up in New Mexico including the time he “auditioned” for a youth soccer league. They also build something called a Tot Lot for our town. We now have Town Show merch. Pick your up over at: https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheTownShow Follow us on Inst...
May 07, 2025•47 min•Season 1Ep. 25
Co-host of Stop Podcasting Yourself, Dave Shumka joins Mark and Ryan and builds a 1950s style diner for our town with a duck theme. He also introduces a Can-Con-esque system for music, Mark plays a new kind of a regional Santa Claus and Ryan is the star in a new show - Dougie Howser, M.P. (Member of Parliament) We now have Town Show merch. Pick some up over at: https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheTownShow Follow us on Instagram: @TheTownShow YouTube: @TheTownShowPod TikTok: @TheTownShow Hosted on Acast...
Apr 30, 2025•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 24
Comedian and causal raver, Kevin Vidal stops by the show to start a rave scene in our town. He also quite accidentally builds an entire industrial park, and a newspaper printing press. And Mark gets fixated on the idea that there should be a door to door knife sharpener by the name of Mr Whetstone. We now have Town Show merch. Pick your up over at: https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheTownShow Follow us on: Instagram: @TheTownShow YouTube: @TheTownShowPod TikTok: @TheTownShow Hosted on Acast. See acast....
Apr 23, 2025•56 min•Season 1Ep. 23
Kelli Ogmundson (Fox’s Animal Control) joins Mark and Ryan to build not one but two theatres for our town. Both of them decide to stage Tron: The Musical. Kelli also talks about the eerie May Day celebrations in her home town and she introduces a new spring festival for our town. We now have Town Show merch. Pick some up over at: https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheTownShow Follow us on Instagram: @TheTownShow YouTube: @TheTownShowPod TikTok: @TheTownShow Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...
Apr 16, 2025•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 22
Our town now has a map! Created by Townie D’Leen, Mark and Ryan pour over all of the details in the map and do some scenes. They also get on their horses for the round-up and read some emails which inspire a secret society barber shop, and a very bizarre conspiracy around french horns in the town. If you want to see the map, check it out on our instagram: @thetownshow or what along for this deep dive over on YouTube. Instagram: @TheTownShow YouTube: @TheTownShowPod TikTok: @TheTownShow Hosted on...
Apr 09, 2025•45 min•Season 1Ep. 21
Actor and comedian, Cam MacLeod joins the show to talk about being a “scrubber” growing up in Maple Ridge, British Columbia. He builds two arcades for our town with a hilarious rivalry. He gives the town a pants store where the slogan is: “Where you always know where the legs do meet”. A town clock gets built by local artist/grifter Jessna. Plus, we meet the Bleepsy, The Janitor Clown. Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetownshow/ Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@the...
Mar 26, 2025•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 20
Actress and improviser Tess Degenstein (Neon’s The Monkey ) joins us to talk about growing up in Regina. She builds a science museum for the town called Science for a Day. We meet a man who always wears a cat around his neck. Plus, we find out why they are draining Lick Lake and digging it up. Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetownshow/ Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheTownShowPod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Mar 19, 2025•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 19
Mark and Ryan answer listener letters and play voice memos sent in by enthusiastic and technologically savvy “Townies”. In this episode they build a hell themed spin studio, erect the town’s Hall of Records, meet a hapless private investigator, and discover a terrific response to the famous town saying “Never shall we know where the legs do meet”. Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetownshow/ Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheTownShowPod Hosted on Acast. See acast.co...
Mar 12, 2025•53 min•Season 1Ep. 18
Cable access TV show host and actor Paul Anthony, talks about growing up in Winnipeg, Manitobia - which apparently had a lot of tunnels and hammers. He reminisces about his cable access hero Laurie Mustard - host of Switchback. He creates a novelty store for our town and a garbage dump. Plus, he appropriately creates and hosts a local TV show for the kids of our town. Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetownshow/ Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheTownShowPod Hosted o...
Mar 05, 2025•57 min•Season 1Ep. 17
Actress Lili Beaudoin joins Mark and Ryan to talk about growing up at the Caravan Farm Theatre in Armstrong, BC and absolutely destroying a rare, old calliope. She helps build the town’s laundromat and farmer’s market, and also forms a local you gang called The Rudelings. Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetownshow/ Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheTownShowPod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Feb 26, 2025•59 min•Season 1Ep. 16
Comedian Kevin Lee joins Mark and Ryan to talk about growing up in New Jersey and Tsawwassen, BC. He builds the town’s first guitar store and comic book shop and things get a little PG-13 there with Patrick Stewart. We also learn more about the devious plans of Party Island. Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetownshow/ Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheTownShowPod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Feb 19, 2025•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 15
Producer Chris abandons Mark and Ryan and so they decide to make a show on their own. It is quite something to behold. Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetownshow/ Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheTownShowPod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 13, 2025•17 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Mark and Ryan open up the mailbag and go through listener suggestions for the town. With the help of the audience they create so many wonderful new things for the town such as: a hot new restaurant called The Taco Hat, a new regional slang for the word ‘mirror’, and a tourist shop for this town that is anti-tourist. If you have suggestions be sure to write in: thetownshow@kellykelly.ca Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetownshow/ Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheTo...
Feb 05, 2025•54 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Stand up comedian Dino Archie (Jimmy Kimmel Live) joins Mark and Ryan to talk about his hometown of Fresno, California. He tells stories about slinging ice cream, a local one hit wonder who ran a limo company, and his basketball coach who wanted to fight him. He also introduces some major locations for our town: a stadium for Irish hurling, a used car dealership, and a casino. Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetownshow/ Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheTownShowPod...
Jan 29, 2025•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Comedian and musician, Colin Cowan joins Mark and Ryan to talk about his hometown of Riverview, New Brunswick, regional sayings of the Maritime provinces of Canada, and rumours. He also builds the town’s first pub, creates a whole cable access TV station, and has someone murdered in the muddy banks of a river. Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetownshow/ Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheTownShowPod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jan 23, 2025•59 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Standup comedian, musician and artist Aaron Read joins Mark and Ryan to talk about growing up in Burnaby, BC, setting off bear-bangers in the woods, and neglectful landlords. He also creates a Jean Claude Van Damne movie that only exists in our town and builds something called an Egg Market. Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetownshow/ Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheTownShowPod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jan 15, 2025•50 min•Season 1Ep. 10
From the creators of Let’s Make a Sci-Fi and This Sounds Serious comes The Town Show – where comedians Mark Chavez and Ryan Beil set out to build a fictional town. Each week, a guest comedian helps pitch new residents, landmarks, history, and events, that shape the town. Together, they craft a world from scratch, one episode at a time. Building a town… how hard could it be? New episodes every Wednesday. Watch the video podcast version: https://www.youtube.com/@TheTownShowPod Hosted on Acast. See...
Jan 14, 2025•2 min
Amy Goodmurphy (CW's Wild Cards) joins Mark and Ryan for this inaugural video podcast, to tell them about the characters of North Vancouver, including Screwy Louie and Jason Priestly. She builds a library for our town and puts on a full costume to embody town busy body, Judy Campbell. Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetownshow/ Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheTownShowPod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jan 08, 2025•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Hosts Mark and Ryan are joined by comedian and director Christine Bortolin. The episode introduces several unique landmarks and characters to “the town” including: A generational candy store named 'Trick or Treat' that promises 'no poison' in their candies anymore, a mysterious 'Tongue Time at Lick Lake' where residents fish for tongues, and a public speaking spot known as 'A. Blinken's Stump.' The town’s radio station WK89 is created and we meet some of the hosts. Christine also talks about her...
Dec 11, 2024•55 min•Season 1Ep. 8
