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#57: Losing my Stormtrooper

July 27th, 2017 · 129 minutes

This week's main topic is "Taking Care of Things."

#56: Living Inside an Apology with Pie

July 13th, 2017 · 116 minutes

This week’s main topic is all about "Full Media Blackout."

#55: Dog-Shaped Dog

June 29th, 2017 · 111 minutes

The main topic focuses on a new addition to House Siracusa. No spoilers, but it’s a pee-poop-nipping machine and a sweet precious angel.

#54: Literally the Least I Could Do

June 15th, 2017 · 109 minutes

The main topic this week is Housework and House Duties, which John quickly persuades Merlin is, indeed, a trap.

#53: Birds All Day Long

June 1st, 2017 · 111 minutes

The main topic this week is PIXAR. Specifically, your hosts react to a recent article on whether Disney has “ruined” PIXAR, then proceed with candid opinions on whether or how House Mouse might influence House Luxo.

#52: This Bird Can’t Get Laid

May 18th, 2017 · 97 minutes

In this week’s accidental main topic, John addresses his new bird-enemy and the Wile E. Coyotean lengths to which his desperation with living in a drum may drive him.

#51: Pull Here, Dummy

May 3rd, 2017 · 119 minutes

#50: Barrel Week

April 19th, 2017 · 123 minutes

In a surprisingly robust main topic, John recalls his youth spent playing handball and many other New York street games that Merlin had assumed were just made up.

#49: Celebrity Outreach Program

April 5th, 2017 · 111 minutes

This week’s main topic is Follow-Up. John has strong feelings about properly crediting the provenance of this segment, and, honestly, he really asks for so little in life. This leads to a discussion of how one’s ideas often develop a life of their own.

#48: Slim Pickings in the Terrarium

March 23rd, 2017 · 151 minutes

Merlin gets his time in the barrel as John disabuses him of his self-styled situation as "the dumb one." Merlin tries gamely to change the subject to how status works in improv, but finds his knife further sharpened in the bargain.