Live (at the time) from The Balboa Theater for San Diego Comic Con, it’s a very fancy episode. You see, San Diego Comic Con was a live show that featured discussions of touching orbs, making small talk with people who have more interesting jobs than you, and revealing the secret pants under your regular pants. Suggested talking points: The Sky, Right?, Old Mug with picture of train, Big Hot Spill, Sqütty Pöoty, 69% Sword Discount, Space Jam Horcruxes Fair Elections Center: https://www.fairelecti...
Oct 03, 2022•1 hr 13 min•Ep 632•Transcript available on Metacast MBMBaM 629: Milennial Seinfeld The Korm saga continues. That’s right, Kaurm, we know what we said. Are there any Kormheads out there? Kormos? You know, it’s a band like Poopastank. Suggested talking points: September Twenty-Fleventh, Bidey Bones, Hotwork (Again), Plumpkins, Pure Corn Friction Earthjustice: https://earthjustice.org/
Sep 26, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Ep 631•Transcript available on Metacast This might be the first direct-sequel to a previous episode that we’ve done. Okay, maybe more of a spiritual successor than like a story with continuity or anything. But it’s important to continue the tradition of us making noises and then attempting to improve said noises. Skee-bop-bop. Suggested talking points: Duelin’ Daves, The Murder Lineage Lore , Make David Krumholtz Work For You, Turbo Sombrero, Tongue torch, Chill Foxes that Don’t Mind Being Taped to Rockets Earthjustice: https://earthj...
Sep 19, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Ep 630•Transcript available on Metacast People love making jokes about the movie Ghost , but we can do better. We’re pitching a reboot with like, Rooney Mara. Or . . . Helen Mirren? And what if it wasn’t a ghost, but a mummy? Or like, a Frankenstein? And not pottery, but a magic mirror that shows you the moment of your death? Wait, hang on, this is too good to share. Forget we said any of this. Suggested talking points: Spittlest Brother, Big Beefy Sandwiches, Cashing Chicken Cheques, God’s Not Dead He’s at Wingstop, I Can Moan; I’m a...
Sep 12, 2022•59 min•Ep 629•Transcript available on Metacast Uhh . . . hey . . . there, what are you doing here? You’re looking for podcast? Right now? Shoot, um. Give us a second, we’ll be right with you. Yeah, we were expecting you! Of course we were! Just . . .one second. Okay. Here is podcast. Suggested talking points: Chaotic Dog Wishes, Sopping Wet Scone, Clifford the Small White Boy, New Fall Hat Month, Welcome to the Pumpkin Portal Earthjustice: https://earthjustice.org/
Sep 05, 2022•57 min•Ep 628•Transcript available on Metacast Our producers went through this episode and offered a lot of notes, so you may notice some different things going on here. More Justin laughing at his own jokes. Less excruciatingly long silences, like so long you thought the podcast was paused. More foam rollers. Less Texas-sized hunger. And always, more TikTok. Suggested talking points: Put More In to Edit Out , Yankoviched It, ClnRid, I Thought We Were More Than Stink, Victorian Garbage Pail Kid, Twist it Up Tonight Center for Reproductive Ri...
Aug 29, 2022•57 min•Ep 627•Transcript available on Metacast This episode is all about being nostalgic for the 2010s to remind you of that good life. All the good stuff like . . . uh . . . athleisure. And Fortnite. And wearing shorts! No one does that anymore. This is gonna take you right back, to like four or five years ago, tops. Suggested talking points: New Trash Bags, Malphobiansus the Wizard, I Don’t Know Despacito and At This Point, I’m Too Afraid to Ask, You Can Give Me a Yogurt Enema Anytime, Roblox While We Vape Center for Reproductive Rights: h...
Aug 22, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Ep 626•Transcript available on Metacast Extremely important breaking news: Justin has a new very pretty kitty. Absolutely nothing else matters, not forwarding that evil chain letter, not eating revolutionary French toast, not learning to whistle better. Nothing. Suggested talking points: Grizabella the Pretty Kitty, Victorian Skeleton Well Boy, My Eyes Are Gleaking, Unlock the Old Man Krav Maga Poem, Social Interaction Cheat Codes Center for Reproductive Rights: https://reproductiverights.org/
Aug 15, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Ep 625•Transcript available on Metacast This week's episode is our 20-Rendezvous live show from Portland, OR. We’re pros at giving advice but sometimes we have to defer to a higher legal power: Judge Judy. Suggested talking points: Suited and Zooted, Dr Dr give me the Phil, The Doll is Right, Meat Sweat Defense, Slim Badbody, The Shrek-Godfather Tontine , 4-H After Hours Center for Reproductive Rights: https://reproductiverights.org/
Aug 08, 2022•1 hr 15 min•Ep 624•Transcript available on Metacast It’s our show from mountainous Salt Lake City, UT, which we had to run through at a clip so that we could get our dear audience member to Olive Garden before it closed. We understand priorities. Suggested talking points: Damien Iceblayde, Grandpa Dan Goes to Taco Bell, Cars Is Big Scooters, Unexpected Surprise Milk, Fine Art and Green Candy, Skanking is Discouraged in the O.R. Center for Reproductive Rights: https://reproductiverights.org/
Aug 01, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Ep 623•Transcript available on Metacast We’re on the road, so we’ve got a different show from a different road to share. Straight from the better Kansas City, we bring you the world’s first Gurt Alert. We sure were hurtin’ for a gurtin’ on this show. Suggested Talking Points: Fast Cream for Business, The Art of Walking Down Stairs, Mr. Died in Fire, My Brother’s Idiot Fish, FILFs Trans Youth Equality Foundation: https://www.transyouthequality.org/
Jul 25, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Ep 622•Transcript available on Metacast It’s a callback to the 90s, with answers to the terrible question “What’s up?,” dated commercial taglines, and bootleg Big Bad Beetleborgs. With featured guest, Justin’s new sound board! Suggested talking points: Vitamin D, The Snyder’s Cut, Time Zone Denial, Toilet Buddy, Sandwich By Number, Promote Chicken Platform Trans Youth Equality Foundation: https://www.transyouthequality.org/
Jul 18, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Ep 621•Transcript available on Metacast Some of us are out of town, so we present our first live show of the 20-Rendezvous Tour, in St. Louis, MO! Keen listeners might be able to sleuth out what unofficial holiday this show took place on. Hint: it’s not 7-11. Suggested talking points: The Whoopsie Stamp, Reverse Burglary, Paul & Storm & Bradley, Smoot, Jersey Dave, Bidets and Confused Trans Youth Equality Foundation: https://www.transyouthequality.org/
Jul 11, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Ep 620•Transcript available on Metacast If you’re at a loss for what to write in your Freedom Day cards, we’ve got you covered. Big ups to the self-sustaining heroes of past or whatever, but we’re focused on that giant cheese cracker, y’all. You know the one. Suggested Talking Notes: Flimsy Man Make a Accident, Netflix's Psychic Weapon, The Clown Prince of Factual Accuracy, Legally-Mandated Sprinkle Jimmies, Orange Slog Bog, Meat Jazz Trans Youth Equality Foundation: https://www.transyouthequality.org/...
Jul 04, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Ep 619•Transcript available on Metacast This show is for real BROS, living by the code. Brosephs, Broses, and Brosires. What kind of BRO are you? Listen to this episode to find out! Suggested talking points: Sony Phony, If God’s Not Dead How Do You Explain These Gains, Twelve Furious Bros, Frog Purgatory, Death By Conversation Fairness West Virginia: https://fairnesswv.org/
Jun 27, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Ep 618•Transcript available on Metacast Live from the road in beautiful Beantown, it’s the Fancy Takes Flight Boston Show. Now there’s only one McElroy brother who hasn’t gotten stuck in a bathroom before a live show, but don’t worry, his time will come sooner or later. Suggested talking points: Personal Pan Watermelon, Bring Your Python to Work Day, Goodbye Vessel, It’s Time To Summon Grandpa’s Ghost Fairness West Virginia: https://fairnesswv.org/
Jun 20, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Ep 617•Transcript available on Metacast We’ve been struck by a terrifying possibility: what if we’re all just pretending to think? Does that mean that we don’t really exist? How do you know the difference between actually thinking and only acting like you’re thinking? Who knew acting like a Furby could cause this much existential dread. Suggested talking points: Dino Park, Jujubee, Electronic Flour Bag, Building a Mystery, Bugs Vizier Fairness West Virginia: https://fairnesswv.org/
Jun 13, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Ep 616•Transcript available on Metacast Can we be serious now? We’re going to take a tour of Justin’s memory palace. There’s rooms full of ham, tiny donuts, and people falling all over each other. It makes sense, trust us. Suggested talking points: 14-Year-Old Babysitter to 13-Year Olds, The Bee Limit, Don’t Worry About the Glasses, Un-Biebed Fairness West Virginia: https://fairnesswv.org/
Jun 06, 2022•59 min•Ep 615•Transcript available on Metacast We recorded this early, but we desperately need an answer to a mystery. It’s been haunting us since the letter came in. PLEASE release us from this torment. Suggested talking points: You’re the Blood in My Bread, Gozer Beer, Work Glitter, The Tushless Town, Dark Green Iridescent Mystery NARAL Pro-Choice America: https://www.prochoiceamerica.org/
May 30, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Ep 614•Transcript available on Metacast Sometimes you need to put the bits on hold for a moment to do some inner digging and analyze your dreams. What does a sealion mean to you? No, not THAT. Surely not that. Dream interpretation is subjective, but THAT is definitely not correct. Try harder. Suggested talking points: Dukey Man, A Dream Seal Told Me I’m in Love With You, Amber is the Color of My BBQ, Blood Harmony, Secret Bathroom Gushers, The World of Jurassic NARAL Pro-Choice America: https://www.prochoiceamerica.org/...
May 23, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Ep 613•Transcript available on Metacast We know that our soothing voices are something that people sometimes fall asleep to, and we can’t help just how calming we are, but the point of this podcast is jokes, okay? So we hope sleep-laughs is a thing. Suggested talking points: Glue Yourself to Starbucks Challenge, The Looooove Department, MackleLess, That Hair is Ripe, Uneaten Spider Donuts NARAL Pro-Choice America: https://www.prochoiceamerica.org/
May 16, 2022•58 min•Ep 612•Transcript available on Metacast Fancy Takes Flight with the first leg of the 2022 live shows, from the Orpheum Theater in Minneapolis! Justin is fancy! Travis is fancy! The audience is fancy! The haunted dolls are fancy! Griffin is . . . fancy-adjacent. Suggested talking points: Lunch Smock, Not How I Would Have Phrozed It, Time Pizza, They Thought it Would Be Like 8Mile, Garf Maul, Normal Digestive Systems, I Would Like to Touch the Dinosaurs NARAL Pro-Choice America: https://www.prochoiceamerica.org/
May 09, 2022•1 hr 13 min•Ep 611•Transcript available on Metacast Vroom vroom, let’s get this race started! We’re coming down the track with Justin Trackelroy, Travis McElRoyce, and Grippin Roof Rackelroy. And uh, Drippy. Suggested talking points: Rex the Dino is for Me, Floor Chocolate, Fresh Kill Spot, Community Theater Easter Bunny, Buckquet
May 02, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Ep 610•Transcript available on Metacast We’re all set with some new comedy tools at our disposal. These are some real state-of-the-art specialty items that’ll help us jimmy office supplies, hurt Qui-Gon Jinn, and see ghosts or something. Suggested talking points: The Hat That God Couldn’t Kill, P Your O, Hugh Jacksis, Dad-Spouse, Bustin’ Makes me Buy Stuff, Sentient Tuba Case Transgender Law Center: https://transgenderlawcenter.org/
Apr 25, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Ep 609•Transcript available on Metacast Get those miracles solidified! It’s the only way to ascend and gain acknowledgement and praise for those two-to-four miracles you performed. Good news: you don’t have to fight a bee! Bad news: you do have to first become a skeleton. Suggested talking points: Imdbee, How is it Ten, Piss Boys, Humously, Prescription Belt Transgender Law Center: https://transgenderlawcenter.org/
Apr 18, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Ep 608•Transcript available on Metacast We’re talking classic movies and TV today. Films about superheroes everyone has heard of, video game sequels starring YOU the audience, and of course that iconic episode of The Office where Andy makes the journey to meet The Chronicle of Gonsolar to fix his vision but instead gets second sight, and it’s a whole thing . Classic! Suggested talking points: Too Many Jareds, Morebius, Stinky Rick’s Dirty Plates, Justam, Don’t Move that Big Fat Butt Transgender Law Center: https://transgenderlawcenter...
Apr 11, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Ep 607•Transcript available on Metacast We’d like to introduce our new (old?) middlest brother, Steve(n) Johnson. He’s super aloof, loves dangerous candy, and is the CEO. Suggested talking points: Professor Gadzooks, Donut Hush Money, Hawk Raisins, Stack of Things, Subwayne and the Sand Witch Transgender Law Center: https://transgenderlawcenter.org/
Apr 04, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Ep 606•Transcript available on Metacast This episode has some notes of oud wood and creed green Irish tweed. It’s a little bit chewy with some sulfur undertones, and it’s a bit dry on the palate. In any case, there’s definitely some lingering wetness. Suggested talking points: Bespoke TikToks, Time to Blast Off, Umami Water, Community Theater Shrek, Bosh, Clone Cologne The National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum: https://www.napawf.org/about Harmony House: https://harmonyhousewv.com/
Mar 28, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Ep 605•Transcript available on Metacast This week we are standing in our truth, cursing in front of each other like the adults we are. But also for real, please don’t tell Timothy’s parents, because they’re fuckin’ narcs, and we don’t wanna get in trouble. Suggested talking points: Hot Riddle Head, Murderer (Clown Themed), Big Monty, Please get off the calculator, The Normal Woods, Tomorrow’s Sinkhole The National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum: https://www.napawf.org/about\ Harmony House: https://harmonyhousewv.com/...
Mar 21, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Ep 604•Transcript available on Metacast This episode gave us some real STANDING energy. Sometimes you just gotta talk down to the mic to let it know who’s boss. Suggested talking points: The Dungeon’s Inside the Dragon, Dong Quixote, Noodle Limpington II, Get Out of Bit Free Card, Sexy Texys, Pop Your Bones in There The National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum: https://www.napawf.org/about Harmony House: https://harmonyhousewv.com/
Mar 14, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Ep 603•Transcript available on Metacast 
