Oh my god what a week. But we're here to sooth your spirits by finding out what national pizza chains have been tweeting about, and also to figure out for ourselves what mood we're going for. Suggested talking points: Ted Cruz Christmas Carol, Viking Slumber, Cactus Bread, Rent-A-Child. To call your representatives and get stuff done: 5calls.org Ways to support Black Lives Matter and find anti-racism resources: https://linktr.ee/blacklivesmatter...
Jan 13, 2021•57 min•Ep 543•Transcript available on Metacast You were warned that this would be the contents of this episode, and we ALWAYS follow through on our threats. Join us as we choose a mantra and a direction for the new calendar year, and then at the last second throw that mantra and direction in the toilet in exchange for a new one that doesn’t make any sense in the slightest. Ways to support Black Lives Matter and find anti-racism resources: https://linktr.ee/blacklivesmatter
Jan 04, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Ep 542•Transcript available on Metacast So long, stink year! While we’re not quite ready to provide a sagacious tagline for 2021, we’re more than ready to send off this one with a thorough look back. And also a look forward, and kind of to the side, and also downward. We’re looking all over in this one. Stay frosty. Suggested talking points: Big Moments in Entertainment, Love Actually Actually, Margen, Scoreless Basketball, Munch Montage, Aunt Rhonda’s Bean Bean Casserole. Ways to support Black Lives Matter and find anti-racism resour...
Dec 28, 2020•56 min•Ep 541•Transcript available on Metacast It’s Candlenights, we think! We already did ONE Candlenights spectacular for you, but because y’all have been extra good this year, here’s another one! I mean, it’s maybe not “spectacular” as much as it is a regular episode without cussing, but still. Suggested talking points: Little Jumble, Dear Christmas, Salmon Blasters, Cooltown Texas, Haunted Slime Bag, Dikembe Mutumbowl Ways to support Black Lives Matter and find anti-racism resources: https://linktr.ee/blacklivesmatter
Dec 21, 2020•57 min•Ep 540•Transcript available on Metacast When is beef considered beef and also not beef ? To answer that, it’s important you possess a cursory understanding of the many-worlds theory and quantum entanglement — things that we, three super smart guys, totally know about. Now, let’s BURY THAT MEAT. Suggested talking points: Bumbles Bounce, Caricature Staredown, Hot Horsey Sauce, Root Beer Revolution, Mr. Wizard’s Meat Secrets, Grinchburgers, Schittpocalypse Ways to support Black Lives Matter and find anti-racism resources: https://linktr....
Dec 14, 2020•58 min•Ep 539•Transcript available on Metacast This week’s episode is chock-full of breaking news alerts, most of which send us spiraling hornily into homemade Home Improvement erotic fiction. I swear to God I’ve written this exact description for an episode before. What is wrong with us? Suggested talking points: Tim on Tim, Fog Machine Hacks, Time on the Clock, Fiction Family, KFC Slater, Psychic Doughnuts Ways to support Black Lives Matter and find anti-racism resources: https://linktr.ee/blacklivesmatter
Dec 08, 2020•55 min•Ep 538•Transcript available on Metacast We weren’t able to record last week, so we dipped back into the Best Of well for the first time in a few years. Hop on in the Time Boat and join us as we travel back to a MUCH simpler time. Oh, you simple 2013 boys. If only you knew. Suggested talking points: Tim Curry Ice Cream Truck, Justin’s Cat Bathroom, Taken Babies, Machete Proverbs, Andre the Giant Seduction, Dan the Man with the Flan Plan, Mickey Roarke Memoriam Pranks, No Thank You My Bank, Kickstart My Horse, The Legend of Corn Cob Boy...
Nov 30, 2020•56 min•Ep 537•Transcript available on Metacast I guess we’re on that Christmas Creep? I dunno, seems early to us, but we don’t really have much control over the timing. Suggested talking points: Ebeneezer Christmas, Mail Soup, Mrs. Claus, Whoopsie Cheese, Bookervision, Bite Whales, Delicious Drugs Bars Ways to support Black Lives Matter and find anti-racism resources: https://linktr.ee/blacklivesmatter
Nov 24, 2020•56 min•Ep 536•Transcript available on Metacast Boy howdy, we sure hope nobody listening to this episode is a Joker sympathizer. This bad villain keeps messing up EVERYBODY’s stuff in the big city, especially Bruce Wayne — who is Batman! Too bad there’s no way to destroy his body and life without compromising our values. OR IS THERE? (There is.) Suggested talking points: Travis From Space, DeVito Mouth Mitts, A Bold Trombone Lie, Best In Slot Anniversary, Code Red Cooking, Mandatory Breakfast Ways to support Black Lives Matter and find anti-r...
Nov 16, 2020•55 min•Ep 535•Transcript available on Metacast We’ve all been through the wringer these past couple of weeks, but don’t worry! We have a burger, now, that’s gonna fix EVERYTHING. Take a bite, savor its complex flavor profile, and allow its powerful beef juices to do their thing. Suggested talking points: Concessions, Waxy Sex Tongs, Waterbed Secrets, Jacket Half-Theft, What’s the Cups, Chainsaw Surprise Ways to support Black Lives Matter and find anti-racism resources: https://linktr.ee/blacklivesmatter
Nov 09, 2020•59 min•Ep 534•Transcript available on Metacast We won’t be posting a new episode next week, so you know what that means: It’s Bolitics Time! Snatch up a couple crates o’ Party Bagels and let’s get into the HEAVY stuff! Suggested talking points: Bresident Butt Strike, 2nd Place Costume, Kissing with Beaks, Party Bagels and Business Donuts, Sir David Dragonrider Ways to support Black Lives Matter and find anti-racism resources: https://linktr.ee/blacklivesmatter For the love of Christ in heaven, go vote: https://vote.gov/...
Oct 27, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Ep 533•Transcript available on Metacast Due to some goofed-up settings on account of us recording an audiobook this week, Justin’s coming at you with some rich, booming ASMR-quality sound. Which, really, should only be a problem if he performs an extended, 15-minute-long Dracula impression. We should be in the clear. Suggested talking points: A New Intro, Escape Club, Solo Laugh Track, Justin Performs an Extended 15-minute-long Dracula Impression Ways to support Black Lives Matter and find anti-racism resources: https://linktr.ee/blac...
Oct 19, 2020•1 hr•Ep 532•Transcript available on Metacast Not now, Zordon. Christ, every time you come around here, we’re supposed to drop everything and mount up? Like, we know Rita Repulsa and her gooey guys are causing trouble, but we’ve got a PTA meeting this afternoon that we absolutely cannot miss. Suggested talking points: Okay Week, It’s a Wonderful Keys, Go Go Grown-Up Rangers, Firefighter Food Faux Pas, KFCharcuterie, Charlotte’s Decorative Gourd Ways to support Black Lives Matter and find anti-racism resources: https://linktr.ee/blacklivesma...
Oct 12, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Ep 531•Transcript available on Metacast This one’s all boats and teeth, y’all. A lot of boat talk, a lot of cruising the high seas on our Yatch in search of adventure. A lot of teeth chat, specifically about our audience’s artistic dental desires. Boats and teeth, teeth and boats. All the way down. Suggested talking points: Cincinnati Prize Mummy, Grungy Dooblord, A Free Boat, Plastic Bag Art, They Will Use the Teeth Ways to support Black Lives Matter and find anti-racism resources: https://linktr.ee/blacklivesmatter Register to vote:...
Oct 05, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Ep 530•Transcript available on Metacast We’re having trouble getting in the spirit of the most spooky holiday, mostly because of how spooky every other thing in the entire world is right now. Join us as we down a few Red Lobster bevs and battle the skeleton army, because that oughtta do the trick. Suggested talking points: The Spirit of Spirits, Dinner with Dan, Blueberry Stones, Fake Fights, Dougarita, Thistleclaw Manor Ways to support Black Lives Matter and find anti-racism resources: https://linktr.ee/blacklivesmatter Register to v...
Sep 29, 2020•1 hr 3 min•Ep 529•Transcript available on Metacast This one’s a Total Family Entertainer! Ways to support Black Lives Matter and find anti-racism resources: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ Register to vote: https://vote.gov/
Sep 21, 2020•58 min•Ep 528•Transcript available on Metacast When we were doing the whole big war, and needed sentient, quadrupedal transportation all hither and yon, they were there for us. Now, in their hour of conflict, it is time for us to return the favor. Saddle up, partners. Suggested talking points: Football Tires, Candy Boys, Teeth for Art, Big Frasier Theory, Crow's Gonna Hacks, Rapidly Aging Nut, Beaver Glands Ways to support Black Lives Matter and find anti-racism resources: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ Support the Northwest Response Fu...
Sep 14, 2020•1 hr•Ep 527•Transcript available on Metacast Please, please let us do wrestling. Does anyone know anyone who’s doing wrestling that we could Skype with? We have really, really good wrestling ideas, most of which are based around telekinesis and fantastical incantations. Suggested talking points: Balloon Man, Window Washer Sneakrets, Wrestling Magic, Tye-Dye Whoopsie, Sports Fusion, Oozefest Ways to support Black Lives Matter and find anti-racism resources: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ Donate to the Milwaukee Freedom Fund in support ...
Sep 07, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Ep 526•Transcript available on Metacast This is a big one! Partially because we ask for aid from our Trolls co-star Ron Funches for a question, but also because Justin confesses to fraud, we think? We’re not lawyers, but it sure smells fraudulent. Suggested talking points: Endless PSL Perfection, Pet Friends on the Road, Sensual Chess, Hairy Adidas Legs Pants, Justin’s Little Lie, Kitty Kisses (feat. Ron Funches) Find tickets for Ron Funches’ special ‘Awakening’: https://ronfunches.com/shows/ Ways to support Black Lives Matter and fin...
Sep 01, 2020•58 min•Ep 525•Transcript available on Metacast We’re plugged in, okay? Obviously. Like, when young folks see us, they know we know what’s up. We’re cooking beans over roaring campfires like, every weekend, so please don’t pretend that we’re not. Suggested talking points: The Jokering, The NCIS Thinking Hat, The 311 Dragnet, Cowboy Parent Shame, Farewell Food Friends, Good-Feeling Body Juice, Products for Wood Enthusiasts For more ways to support Black Lives Matter and find anti-racism resources: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ Donate to ...
Aug 25, 2020•1 hr•Ep 524•Transcript available on Metacast Even after all these years, we’re still learning about each other’s little, adorable idiosyncrasies. Take, for instance, Justin, who has big boy trash bag dead drops all around his house, for some reason? Like he’s the Trash King, we guess? Suggestion talking points: Scorch that Koontz, Justin’s Big Trash Bag, Plausible Mayonnaise Deniability, 10 Great Bits from the Mask, Mario-sized Pipes, Munch Squad Investigates, Judge Cool For more ways to support Black Lives Matter and find anti-racism reso...
Aug 17, 2020•57 min•Ep 523•Transcript available on Metacast In today’s episode, Justin goes on a righteous and important quest to claim the Birdman’s special burrito, but instead ends up claiming nothing but heart-rending shame. It’s a TOUGH LISTEN. Suggested talking points: Big Eyes Watch, Under the Table and Phishing, The Three-Hat Problem, A Recipe for You, Tony Hawk’s Pro Burrito, Nostalgia Per Inch For more ways to support Black Lives Matter and find anti-racism resources: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/
Aug 11, 2020•59 min•Ep 522•Transcript available on Metacast It’s the final week of the MaxFunDrive, so we’ve pulled out all the stops! By which we mean, we talked about Olive Garden, again, for like twenty minutes. Suggested talking points: Old Bill, College Shirt, Toilet Book, Liquid Benefits, Olive Garden Hacks, Wine and Cheese Become a MaxFun supporter: https://maximumfun.org/join
Aug 03, 2020•57 min•Ep 521•Transcript available on Metacast Look, the title’s challenging, okay? We get it. It’s probably not what you’re thinking it’s about, because we’re talking about athletic balls. Maybe that is what you were thinking about? Are we the problem? Yeah, actually, that sounds about right. Suggested talking points: Happy Birthday Bugs, Peart-a Potty, Cello Wrestling, Basketball Announcement, Real American Hot Dogs, Tender Milkshake, Foot Lids More resources on anti-racism and fighting police violence: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ ...
Jul 28, 2020•59 min•Ep 520•Transcript available on Metacast The stakes are awfully high this episode, both for the continuation of our podcasting empire and also for the many cigar-laden orphans Travis has taken under his wing. Did we mention the MaxFunDrive is on, by the way? No presh. Suggested talking points: Mr. Reggie Bigshot, One Chance Trick Shorts, Knife Improvements, An Intolerable Bitcoin Segment, Creamy Creamz, Mall Jobs More resources on anti-racism and fighting police violence: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ Consider becoming a supporte...
Jul 20, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Ep 519•Transcript available on Metacast We’re kicking off our long-delayed, fully-casual MaxFunDrive with today’s episode, and celebrating the occasion by firing an enormous cloud of mechanical space debris toward the unsuspecting surface of our Earth. That’ll teach ‘em! Consider becoming a supporter of our show: www.maximumfun.org/join/ Suggested talking points: The Piper, Accidental Sixteenth Chapel, Scareinara, Good Wine Years, Basement Porno Hoard, MIR’s Big Taco Crash, Tire Philosopher More resources on anti-racism and fighting p...
Jul 13, 2020•55 min•Ep 518•Transcript available on Metacast In this one, we all take turns being the bad boy! But it’s just for fun — please do not get worried that it’s a permanent thing. It’s one of our skits that we do! None of it is real! Suggested talking points: Heel Turn, Garbage Volcano, Pepperoni Thief, TikTok O’ Clock, Granny Kern, Grindin’ (w/ Hank “Tony Hank” Green), Ice Cream Cocktails, This One’s Skunked
Jul 06, 2020•1 hr 4 min•Ep 517•Transcript available on Metacast In which Travis weaponizes his worst segment with unprecedented menace, and also we ask Lin-Manuel Miranda how he would murder Super Mario, which does not seem like a great use of his time, now that we write it out like this. Suggested talking points: Movies Never Say Die, Gamer Facts, So You Pissed Your Pants, Boring Old Books, Mario Murder (w/ Lin), Shaqeroni Support the Sylvia Rivera Law Project: https://srlp.org/about/contact/ More resources on anti-racism and fighting police violence: https...
Jun 29, 2020•1 hr 4 min•Ep 516•Transcript available on Metacast In today’s episode, we inexplicably relitigate the film Titanic, which is a million years old, and come up with a way cooler ending where the ship doesn’t break and the cool guy gets the treasure and everyone gets married. (Feat. Special Guestpert, Dr. James Bufeè!) Suggested talking points: Half-Virile Knight, Poster Prank, Having Fun While Shopping at Sears, A Hearty Bod Jam, We Fix Titanic Again, Home Summer Vibes, The Big Pumpkin Support the Foundation for Black Women’s Wellness here: http:/...
Jun 22, 2020•1 hr 4 min•Ep 515•Transcript available on Metacast How much money would it cost to get celebrity Dave Bautista to come to your neighbor’s house and absolutely kick it the hell apart? Less than you might think! Suggested talking points: McElroy Masterclass, Cameo Conundrum, Looking a Gift Lawn Mower in the Mouth, Modern Castles, Burgerchip, Haunted Fishin’ Hole Support the Marsha P. Johnson Institute: https://marshap.org/ More resources on anti-racism and fighting police violence: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/...
Jun 15, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Ep 514•Transcript available on Metacast