Comedy
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The Curator of Schlock #351: Oh. What. Fun.
I was about to get my throat slit by a man dressed as a character from a Star Wars knockoff. The Revenging Manta, the ninja vigilante of downtown Orlando, crept out of the van, ready to surrender himself over to the mob to save my skin. He slowly withdrew his sword and dropped it on the Continue reading
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Episode 678: Zach Zimmerman!
Episode 678 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature, is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. On this episode, John speaks with recent Kerouac Project of Orlando resident Zach Zimmerman about memoir, memories, childhood, comedy, tragedy, the problems of authenticity, and other vital literary matters. TEXT DISCUSSED NOTES Check out Continue reading
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Episode 632: A Discussion of Nicholson Baker’s The Anthologist
In this week’s episode, Rachael Tillman and I break some standards of academia as we discuss the poetry insights of Paul Chowder, the narrator of Nicholson Baker’s 2009 comic novel, The Anthologist. Since this is novel is a novel and not, strictly speaking a craft book or a scholarly treatise, we shouldn’t be treating this Continue reading
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#591: Greg Proops
On today’s show, I speak with comedian Greg Proops about his new comedy album, French Drug Deal, the way time passes when sober and writing scripts and novels, the perfection of Charlotte Rampling, and other keen matters of interest to think-o-philes. TEXTS DISCUSSED Greg is on tour with the Whose Line crew. Check out their Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #373: Vamp
The Curator of Schlock #373 by Jeff Shuster Vamp Grace Jones plays a vampire stripper. If that doesn’t sell you, what will? Back to the story of how Edwige, my kangaroo traveling companion, and I barely escaped with our lives from the small town of Mooseville up in Canada. After some little twerp announced our Continue reading
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Episode 420: Tom Papa!
Episode 420 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on Apple podcasts, stitcher, spotify, or click here to stream (right click to download, if that’s your thing). This week I talk with comedian, actor, sourdough aficionado, and essay writer, Tom Papa! TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES This episode is sponsored by the excellent Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #315: Uncle Buck
The Curator of Schlock #315 by Jeff Shuster Uncle Buck An unsung John Hughes classic. Maybe I should thought this whole staying-in-a-cabin-in-the-middle-of-the-Florida-Everglades-while-the-world-goes-to-pot scheme through. Granted, I’ve got enough Campbell’s Pork and Beans to last me three months, but I forgot to buy Beano and I’m down to four rolls of toilet paper. Still, there are Continue reading
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Episode 405: Corwin Moore!
Episode 405 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on Apple podcasts, stitcher, spotify, or click here to stream (right click to download, if that’s your thing.) This week, I talk to my friend Corwin Moore, who is a comic and comedy writer. Our proposed topic of discussion was the greatness of Continue reading
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The Rogue’s Guide to Shakespeare on Film #54: The Taming of the Shrew (1929)
54. Sam Taylor’s The Taming of the Shrew (1929) Thirty-eight years before Hollywood power-couple Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton captivated audiences as Katherine and Petruchio, Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford did something similar. Apparently, this is the first Shakespeare film with sound, and the performances of Fairbanks and Pickford are not especially good. When their Continue reading
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