In these outtakes from Amy Sumpter's episode, we discuss the duplicitous toilets of Manhattan, working a day job, dating as a comedian, and a lot more.

Timestamps:

01:00 – Dissecting Comedy at Open Mics

01:28 – "I love a good poop joke, but…"

01:58 – The Legend of Kyle Parris

• Mentions of Doc Martins, Dad Jeans, Elbow Patches, 'The Room', Vaudeville

03:45 – Selling the Hell Out of a Dad Joke

04:38 – New York and L.A.

05:00 – The Toilets of New York

05:52 – Moving to Chicago to Wait Tables

07:38 – Reflect on Your Decade

08:19 – "If you want me, come and get me. You fly me out"

09:35 – No Shame in Having a Day Job

11:07 – I Do Not Run Las Locas Comedy (Janice Rodriguez Does)

• Mentions of 2002, Frosted Tips, Anal Beads, Janice Rodriguez, Vanilla Ice

13:28 – Entitled White Women at Open Mics

14:36 – "Everyone feels this ownership of what is funny"

• Mentions of George Carlin, Checking Your Privilege, Last Comic Standing

16:50 – Absorbing Positive Messages Before a Performance

17:54 – Rachel McCartney is a Genius

18:20 – Relatable Material?

20:40 – She's Crafty

20:58 – "So, you're famous, right?"

21:44 – Building Women Up

• Mentions of The Kates, Public Speaking

23:00 – Wisdom vs. Age

• Mentions of Non-Binary, Gender Norms, Feminism, Patriarchy

24:36 – The Weird Dating Cycle Redux

25:37 – Sex and Self-Respect

26:15 – You Deserve a Sexy, Famous Gentleman

• Mentions of Jason Momoa, Idris Elba, #metoo, 'Luther', 'Cats', The Rocky Horror Picture Show

27:45 – I Spill Water on Myself

28:25 – Brittany Meyer's 'Cats' Story

28:50 – A Kid Keeps Farting During 'Beauty and the Beast'

29:38 – Gym Momentum

30:15 – Hair vs. No Hair

• Mention of Winslow Dumaine

30:46 – Wait, You Found Love?

32:25 – I Don't Want to be Objectified

33:00 – Tips for Going on a Date with a Comedian

33:40 – Kelsie Huff Kicks Ass

• Mentions of Marilee, Laugh Factory, Robin Williams, St. Patrick's Day, Zanies, Scott Duff

34:32 – "Scott Duff is magic"

In these outtakes from Brittani Ferguson's episode, we discuss the queer coding within 80's and 90's action films, 'Little House on the Prairie', and, of course, the 'X-Files'.

Timestamps:

00:00 – "The Burbs"

00:48 – Del Close and Sharna

• Mentions of Second City, Improv, Todd Barry, Steven Wright, Mu

02:18 – All 80's and 90's Action Films Were Softcore Gay Porn

• Mentions of Tom Cruise, Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Chuck Norris, Dolph Lundgren

03:16 – "I published an essay in college about all action films as gay romcoms"

04:32 – Telling Inside Jokes Onstage

04:56 – The Kyle Parris Story

• Mentions of Jerry Seinfeld, Trigger Warning Open Mic

06:47 – "Generally people around the age of thirty just seem to be kind of sad"

07:08 – "Nobody got their porn from Tumblr"

07:38 – Little House on the Prairie

• Mentions of Twitter, Doc Baker, Kevin Hagen, Charles Landon, Winger

09:36 – A Sexual Awakening to the X-Files

• Mentions of Divorce, Halloween

• References to The X-Files Season 2, Episode 7: '3' (1994)

12:50 – "What do you call fans of Gillian Anderson? Lesbians"

13:28 – What Happens in Florida Laundry Rooms

In these outtakes from Spencer Blair's episode, we discuss the unceremonious closing of Uptown Underground, how he used to cheat audience members into the Chill As Fuck show at Second City, the time I learned about secondary sex mattresses, gay dating app etiquette, and more.

In the Before Times of Yore, podcaster/producer/comic Spencer Blair chats about his mostly-improvised hosting set at Strip Joker.

We discuss his improv background, how he got into hosting/producing shows all over Chicago, the internal dynamics of Strip Joker, and being terrifyingly confident onstage, all before we dive into the set.

Spencer can be found on the podcasts 'Desks & Dayjobs' as well as 'Please Make This', and is currently a co-producer of Strip Joker.

Timestamps:

01:00 – Hosting Set @ Strip Joker

• Mentions of Martin Felshman, Rachel Relman, 'A Dog's Journey', Lexipro

10:36 – "When did you realize comedy was a thing you could do?"

• Mentions of Comedy Sportz, Imposter Syndrome

12:33 – "Maybe you should stop trying so hard"

• Mentions of Scott Duff, Le Aboav

14:03 – The Funny Friend

15:05 – "I went to a small, Christian university"

• Mentions of Orange County, Improv Groups; Improvcivable, Improv Shmimprov, Disney Cruises, The Walt Disney Corporation

17:30 – "Doing the Chicago thing"

• Mentions of iO, Second City

18:41 – "I've never consistently mic'ed"

• Mentions of Hobart Thompson, The Chill As Fuck Show, Droday, Dewayne Perkins, Michelle Wolfe, Brooklyn Nine-Nine

21:25 – Stand-Up vs. Improv

• Mentions of The Improvised Shakespeare Company, Second City

23:10 –The Chill As Fuck Show and Strip Joker

• Mentions of Brittany Meyer, Le Aboav, Strip Joker Deluxe, Scott Duff, Uptown Underground, That Dude Jeff, Sunny Grissom

27:57 – "The trick is being terrifyingly confident onstage"

29:09 – "The Scientific Method, but applied to humor"

• Mentions of Samantha Berkman, Kink-Shaming

30:54 – Getting into the Set

30:55 – Ad Libs

31:22 – "Are you as horny as I am?"

• Mentions of Body Positivity, Sex Positivity

32:10 – "I don't write comedy down"

• Mentions of Tad Walters, Kirkwood

34:00 – "Everybody's gay dad"

34:58 – Seasonal Depression

• Mentions of Lexapro, SSRI, Edging

38:29 – "A hot guy and his boyfriend"

40:37 – Coming Down from Lexapro

• Mention of Grindr, Christmas

43:18 – Gay Dating Apps

44:00 – Crying at a Movie Poster

• Mention of Johnny Rockets, 'Homeward Bound'

48:30 – Losing the Audience

50:10 – The Oppressor in the Safe Space

52:16 – "Two white guys unpacking it on a podcast"

• Mention of Casey Larwood

521:54 – Self Awareness

53:23 – Spencer Shaved His Legs

54:27 – Wrapping It Up

57:25 – "I'm definitely more comfortable with queer comedy"

59:40 – Advice for Aspiring Comedians

1:00:25 – "The reason we do open mics is to see, meet, and network with people"

1:02:49 – Asshole with Great Jokes < Cool Person with Mediocre Jokes

• Mention of Marilee, Tina Fey, 30 Rock, Richard Pryor, 'The Marvelous Ms. Maisel'

1:05:25 – Where Can We Find You?

• Podcast: 'Please Make This'

• Podcast: 'Desks And Dayjobs'

• Monthly Live Show: Strip Joker

• Grindr, Scruff, Growler: S.B.

• Hashtag: #thatloudbottom

• Twitter: @SpencerDBlair

• Instagram: @spencerdblair

1:08:14 – Final Words and Pandering

Trigger Warning: Personal Story of Sexual Assault

In these outtakes from Jamie Shriner Biddle's episode, we discuss the tragedy that is Louie CK at length, which prompts Jamie to reveal that she is a survivor. We also discuss the wounds of conservatism, the life of Valerie Solanas, Ellen Degeneres and her relationship with George W. Bush, and a whole lot more.

This is the longest and heaviest outtakes episode to date.

Time Stamps:

01:30 – Punching Down

• Mentions of Louie CK

• [I understand that part of Louis Szekely's family is from Mexico, but he presents as white, and is coded as such]

03:13 – Coming Back From Being Cancelled

04:39 – "Everyone is the hero of their own story"

04:49 – "I don't think that [Louie CK] was righteously masturbating in front of those women"

05:23 – The Tragedy of Louie / His Lost Chance For Redemption

• References to the bootleg recording of Louie's comeback set at The Comedy Cellar on August 26, 2018

09:31 – Louie Becomes the Villain

11:06 – "I have been… Raped"

11:30 – "His material is no longer relatable to me"

• Mentions of TED Talks, Twitter, Westboro Baptist Church

14:03 – Liberal Karma vs. Conservatism

16:20 – Speaking as a Survivor of Sexual Assault

• Discussion of non-consensual sex as a "kink"

19:30 – "I see the best in people, to a fault"

20:36 – Presenting as Queer

• Mentions of Bisexuality, Ethical Non-Monogamy, Alfred Kinsey, The Kinsey Scale, Dave Chappelle, LGBTQIA

23:30 – "I am will to forgive [Chappelle]… You're just old, baby"

24:35 – "You are not as 'Other' as I am"

• Mentions of 'Wife Material', Straight-Passing Privilege, Mom Energy

26:25 – 'Valerie Solanas; The Woman Who Shot Andy Warhol: The Musical'

• Mentions of Andy Warhol, 'SCUM Manifesto', 'Up Your Ass', Paranoid Schizophrenia [I amateurishly call it Narcissistic Personality Disorder], Sex Work, Feminist Caricatures, Ted Cruz, Fred Rogers, Caitlin Cash, 'The Holy Trinity of Wholesomeness', Steve Irwin, Bob Ross, Ellen DeGeneres

33:12 – Ellen DeGeneres is a Tarnished Icon

• Mentions of George W. Bush, Cowardly Conservatives, Christianity, Gay Rights

36:45 – "He [George W. Bush] is a coward"

37:05 – Awkward Family Gatherings

40:35 – "People change, things change over time"

• Mentions of Jeb Bush, The Bush Dynasty

41:34 – Back to Comedy

• Mentions of Star Trek, Captain Picard

42:15 – Rapping About Cows

42:30 – "Being hard as fuck about a silly thing is the only way white people can get away with [rapping]"

• Mentions of Eminem, 75th and Prairie, Cultural Appropriation, The Velvet Lounge, Doc Love, Kendrick Lamar, Young Thug, RuPaul

45:31 – Writing and Performing Musical Comedy

• Mentions of Hair Metal, Folk Punk, Adam Sandler, HHannah Gatsby

48:55 – Skylar Higley and Political Discourse

• Mention of Nick Ogle

50:39 – "This got serious…"

• References to Astrology