Show Notes
Stand-up comedian Mark Little (Gary and His Demons) joins Ryan and Mark to talk about his life as a stand-up in New York City, having to work his material into 3 minute sets, and where he gets his groceries and coffee (i know this doesn’t sound funny but it is so god damn funny).
He builds a bone broth cafe in our town called O Broth-er We’re Out There. We also visit McDonkey’s Hee Haw Night - a stand up comedy night at The Town Library and we hear about a pretty sweet Boy Genius concert where Lily Tomlin is the opener.
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Chapters
00:00 Introduction and Context 05:54 Just For Laughs Festival and Comedy Scene 08:57 Exploring Vancouver and Its Neighborhoods 12:03 Regional Chains and Coffee Culture 15:05 Exploring Local Cafes and Coffee Culture 18:52 The Vibe of Loveless Cafe 21:51 Navigating the New York Comedy Scene 26:54 The Challenges of Stand-Up Comedy 30:32 The Importance of Community in Comedy 30:59 Bone Broth Cafe Ideas 31:50 Concerns for Deline 32:43 Creative Cafe Concepts 34:28 The Heist Begins 36:19 Concert Memories and Bone Broth 38:14 Job Aspirations and Life Choices 40:08 Delivery of Beef Knuckles 42:15 The Search for Timothy 44:07 Rats and Their Lifespan 46:43 Stockholm Syndrome and Freedom 46:48 The Rat and the Beef Knuckle Guy 48:00 Open Mic Night Adventures 49:39 Comedy at the Library 51:04 Rambunctious Raymond's Performance 52:33 The Motorcycle Guy's Call to Action 54:48 Timothy's Rescue Mission 56:10 Confessions and Forgiveness 57:08 A New Family Formed 58:11 The Power of Family 01:00:02 Upcoming Projects and Farewells Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Ryan joins Mark and Chris live (to tape) from Seoul, South Korea. He tells stories about his travels including being the perpetrator of cultural faux pas on a train that involved the hit Korean cartoon “Bread Barbershop”. Inspired by this Mark and Ryan create our very own classic cartoon series for the town called Spice Rack featuring Pancake Man. Our town also gets an insurance company called Off Broadway Insurance where most of the employees just want to be actors.
It’s all been leading to this - the wrap up of Season 1 of The Outskirts - our premium, serialized narrative that takes place on the outskirts of our town. Will Engle get away with faking his death? Will we ever learn Sequel’s real name? Will the mystery of the Labyrinth be solved? What is going on with that Mad Max type gang? Will Carole and The Sad Man ever reunite with their wife/ex-wife?
Tom Hill, part of the comedy/theatre duo Hip.Bang! comes on the show to talk about their new show about You Bet - which is all about gambling. And he also talks about their comedy album Hi-Fi Comedy Kit. Tom brings a very precious and very serious improv troupe to our town by the name of Naked Grapes. The internal politics are crazy. We meet a man by the name of Tylanosaurous Rex. Tom also builds the Central Community Gardens for our town. Tylanosaurous Rex gets a plot. Lastly, we take a visit to our pyrite mine.
Emmett Hall - video game music maker and member of thrash metal band Necronado returns to the show to talk about the new neighborhood he’s moved into in Vancouver, but he puts in New York terms so every can understand. Emmett creates “Van Land” an attraction that is basically just 6 rusted vans on someone’s front lawn. We also get a chain eatery called Chagrinie’s that moves into a neighborhood to gentrify it.
Actor Howard Dai joins us for our “on-site” episode, where Mark and Ryan host from the outdoor gazebo at The Caravan Farm Theatre in beautiful Armstrong, British Columbia. Howard talks about his time growing up in Taiwan, getting in trouble for throwing rocks in a pond, and a mysterious “Journey Man”. He brings a night market to our town (complete with some sketchy vendors), hints at the beginnings of an AI revolution, and adds a few new updates to some existing town lore.