I’ll warn you right now, I talk a LOT about doodie.  Dog doodie by way of human doodie.  And, genies.  Diaper Genies, blue cartoon genies, and my favorite kind of genie, the “I Dream Of Genie.”

I also continue the saga of the supposed rebirth of my acting career.  Maybe it’s not acting, maybe it’s just my career as “all in.”  We’ll see.  I think I’ve finally gotten to a point where I want to fail.  Because, you can’t fail unless you’re trying.  And, you can’t succeed unless you’re trying too.

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On this edition of the podcast, I pick up where we left off last time.  I am making costumes (plural!) for my daughter’s appearance in Charlotte’s Web, unknowingly auditioning for voice over jobs, and buying a new car that ISN’T EVEN ON THE LOT.

Before I even got a chance to drive the new car, I came to a fork in the road.  I needed to decide, left or right.  ACTIVELY decide.  Decide and then drive, baby, drive.

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I talk about many things.  My brain thinks they’re all connected, but I’m not sure you’d agree.  I talk about art school, theater camp, Bosom Buddies (yes, Tom Hanks did a sitcom in drag, young people), Tony the Tiger as a zombie, buying a car, and Charlotte’s Web.  I don’t get to finish, so will have to wrap things up next time.  Hope I didn’t leave you hanging.

Check out artist Todd Schorr.  VERY interesting stuff.

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I don’t usually listen to “Mommy Podcasts,” mostly because I’m not, you know, a mommy.  But, I got a listener e-mail from a woman named Heather.  She and her friend have a podcast.  Turns out, Naptime Radio (naptimeradio.com) is very funny.  You should listen to it.  I’m not against mommy shows as you might assume from this episode, it’s just that I’m a daddy, so the mommy thing usually escapes me.  Frankly, to be fair, I don’t listen to daddy casts either.  I don’t need to hear other guys talking about diapers and bottles and making lame sports analogies.  Shoot me now.

My old and dear friend Jeff Newland stopped in for this episode.  With Jeff and I spending an hour chatting at the dining table before recording, and then not giving Hudson a mic while we were recording, the podcast is a disaster.  Hopefully, at the very least, I learned something.  What, I have no idea.

I THINK the old recording of Hudson is from  “#44: Addict’s Frankenshow Monster!”  (June 2005). I’m not sure.  I can’t remember back that far.

Jeff Newland is the President of Rochester Mentors and Director of the Boomer Mentor Program of Lifespan of Rochester.

My blog is acting up again, so no links.  Sorry.

PREMIUM VERSION: An hour, thirteen.  Long, I know…

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My son Hudson joins me in Studio G to discuss art school summer camp, channel surfing, buying and naming a dog, the Karate Kid movies and finally getting a chance to use a payphone*…

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*a “payphone” is a sort of steam-punk device where one can make a phone call by inserting a coin into a metal box.  The coin falls inside the box, tripping a series of levers that activate a mechanism that connects to an ancient wired telecommunication system.  The user puts a heavy molded plastic “receiver” to their head.  Sound waves are sent to the user’s ear via a series of color-coded wires that connect directly from the phone system to a speaker housed in the receiver.  Amazing, isn’t it?  When we first saw one handing in the halls of OTIS (art college) we assumed it was someone’s senior project left on display.  It was only when Hudson touched it that I remembered that the country used to be littered with payphones, most of which you would never dare let an eleven year old touch without immediately rushing him to the nearest men’s room/hospital.

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I am joined in Studio G by very special guests Brian Ibbott and Tina Ibbott from the legendary Coverville podcast.  Brian’s podcast was one of the first I ever listened to and was certainly one of the handful that convinced me that I needed to start this show.

Now, I’ll forewarn you now, we spend much of the hour and fifteen minutes we talked geeking out on music (big shock there).  Brian and I have very similar taste in music, and I don’t get much time with adults, let alone adults that know more about the music I love than I do.  So, I will apologize now for this not exactly being a prototypical Bitterest Pill show.  Deal.

We do, however, talk about car breakdowns, child molestation, Federal Air Marshals and peeing in public.

Premium Edition: One hour, eighteen minutes
Free Edition: Twenty-seven minutes

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