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Ron Osborne - Too Many Great Stories!

When comedians get together and swap road stories, it's unlike most parties. Ron has too many hilarious stories to fit into an hour. The laughs were big and plentiful. Ron opens up in a way we never had the chance to see before about his days in the Marines, some road trips, and about transitioning from comedian to hospice care giver and children's puppeteer. This episode lasted longer than most but the time flew by. We dare you to listen to the end, and we think you'll want to. So many great laughs, some sad moments, and some poignant ones as well. 

Fun In The Sun

What did you do on your summer vacation? Well, we both had fun since our last episode. Susan went to the beach with her family and Art went to Bend with his and fun was had. Also, some stories about mishaps moments of drama. No particular theme but a fun little chat about the last couple of weeks. 

Road Trip (rebroadcast from 7/19)

(from July '19) Susan and Art start off talking about their trip to do a show at a winery in Zillah, Washington and end up recounting some funny and memorable stories from the road over the years. Mixing alcohol with over the counter codeine in Canada, flying next to passed out drunk... we start down one road and veer off to many side tracks but lots of funny stories. Too many for just this one episode. 

Bigfoot and Aliens

Have you encountered a Bigfoot? Been abducted by aliens? Seen a spaceship? Well one of us has had one of those things happen and you’ll just have to listen to this episode about unexplained phenomenon to find out who and what. We thought it would be a fun summer topic during camping season. It was and we had some good laughs. 

Scorching Fourth

Three days of record temperatures in Portland followed by fireworks. What could go wrong? Susan and Art chat about the deadly "heat dome" that settled over Portland and our memories of fireworks growing up. 

Sad Little Men

What kind of a person is drawn towards spreading hate for entertainment? Internet trolls aren’t just pimply faced nerds sitting in their mother’s basement. They’re doctors and lawyers and working professionals from all walks of life who have one thing in common-their addiction to making strangers angry from behind a cowardly veil of anonymity. In this episode, we drag some of these lizards out into the light of day and take a good look at them. 

Uncommon Courtesy

Are manners and courtesy a thing of the past? What happened to them? Is it a generational thing or an American thing or did we just lose our way because of our busy lives and the internet. Maybe we just sound like a couple old farts talking about manners but in an age of Covid it's more important than ever to start thinking of others and not just about ourselves. Vaccinations, masks, public behavior... we've got plenty to say so PLEASE enjoy and THANK YOU for listening. 

 

Lie Me A River

Would you tell a lie to spare someone's feelings? To get a job? How about to undermine a democracy? This is the age of the big white lie and the big white liars that are happy to tell them. So yes, it gets a bit political. But we also just talk about it on a personal level. 

Cory Michaelis, not Cory Michaels

We got to sit down via zoom with Cory Michaelis, hugely funny and clever comedian from Everett Washington who has performed internationally and whose dry bar comedy sets have had over 50 million downloads. Cory talks about being viewed as a clean comedian, his days as a teacher, and the producing of a long running comedy show in Everett. Always funny and super likable, Cory is a pleasure to hang out with for an hour. 

Everybody Loves Helen

There's a reason people love Portland media icon Helen Raptis. She is one of those people who can change the energy in a room with her cheerful, upbeat personality. Perfect for a host of a long running morning talk show like AM Northwest. We've been lucky enough to have her as friend of the podcast and friend off the air. Helen is such a funny and fun person to have around and I know you'll all enjoy the infectious laughs as she talks about our recent misreading of one of the posts from someone on her Facebook fan page and many other moments. As we expected, the hour went much too quickly.