Our Terrific Neighbors with Your Terrific Neighbors

We've done a lot of talking ... Now it's time for us to do some listening, as well as a great deal of talking. In this Neighborhood Hall, members of our community sound off on issues that affect them.This show was recorded at the Hideout Theatre 48-Hour Improv Marathon, featuring the 2024 Marathon cast: Symply Courtney, Aspen Webster, Mickey May, Allie Maldonado, Kenny Madison, Norman Scott, and Yichao. And Courtney Hopkin. But she's already on the podcast. So.

This week: Korn, the Law, voicemails, "Hard Target" facts/FAQs.

This episode features:mouth soundsmovie trivia, esp. re: "Hard Target" (1993)Aunt Cathy voicemails

Courtney and Curtis once again have announcements, games, and goofs to share with you. LET THEM DO IT.

Henry Collins (a.k.a. Henry Call-Ins) drops in to tell us about his multifaceted life of hustling, getting paid, getting paper, but most importantly: Making a Difference.

Courtney and Curtis run it down, then run it back up again. Announcements, voicemails, and fun await.

We meet Freddie, a real prince of the neighborhood.Be sure to like and follow and subscribe to this content, as well as any and all other content that you find on the internet. It's all good; you need all of it.

We meet undead party dude Count Budlightula.

Our neighbor Cami (Camera for long) joins us to discuss the origins of her deep aquarium. Special appearance from Pitbull the pit bull.

Dial-a-blather, accessible on your old-fashioned touchtone device.

We pay tribute to the late Austin public radio titan John Aielli with a series of adventurous speculations.

Courtney has questions about the specific nature of the time travel in that popular movie about the young rock-n-roll skateboard man who is trying not to Do Stuff with his mom.

Sometimes there's that moment in a movie, usually during a montage, where they say, "We thought the good times would never end," and it means that the good times are about to end, but what if they didn't?

Lots of topics, lots of topics, but eventually we get around to the main one, the titular one, and then Courtney figures out an answer to her satisfaction very quickly, but then we keep talking about things.

Our buddy Joel is back to have some ideas with us.

The hero that we need, but don't deserve, but also want.

Little sports!

What if every year all the things had to be about one thing?

Your boring office job could use some better booking.

GOD HIMSELF has commanded it that you should rate and review.

Courtney waylaid the podcast with a ton of BIG IDEAS, which necessitated some Big Talk and Big Thinking.

Why not go ahead and make the football game last all Sunday?

Spielberg's "Hook" (1991) vs. Blues Traveler's "Hook" (1994) ... Is the conversation even worth having?

What if you only had hammocks in your house?

Did "The X-Files", by making conspiracies cool and sexy, create the present situation?

Getting a body like Bugs.

Too many options have got us bummed out.

Zoom is leaving money on the table not offering these upsells ... right? And: Beeple.

Parents' TVs are a damn mess. Why won't they fix the settings? Why don't we get some special glasses to undo them?

A discussion of Bond songs leads to speculation about how to teach our kids about the many crimes of the English.

Who will those digital cartoonsters grant anthropomorphic consciousness to next??

Our dear friend Joel joins us once again to discuss bone whitening as a new cosmetic craze.

A new frontier in skin care.

It's a way to share shoes!

We goofed and forgot to do the premise of the show and just complained about Jerry Seinfeld, cars, and "Cars" instead.

Everyone's talking about, selling, and using CBD. Why not kids?

DAMN!! A full-blown ITS smackdown ensues when Curtis makes a provocative proposal about food nomenclature.

There's so many different ways to be a cousin, and there are too many confusing terms used to distinguish them.

Public apologies have become meaningless; we need a new way of making it right. (Please note that this was recorded before certain significant recent events occurred.)

A new year calls for a new letter in the alphabet. (The editing on this one isn't as tight as usual because I have shingles. - Curtis)

For the holidays, we're doing only the easy part of the podcast. So here's part two of an unedited summary of the plot of "The DaVinci Code."

For the holidays, we're doing only the easy part of the podcast. So here's part one of an unedited summary of the plot of "The DaVinci Code."

Breadmakers make it easy to make bread, but you still gotta use the breadmaker ... unless you had a robot to do it. Joel takes a big swing at something here; listen for the results!

Our dear pal Joel joins us to consider Santa Claus in reverse.

Put on your short pants, because we think there ought to be a show called "Who Will Be the Finest Lad?" The trifle could be yours!

Is a "kicking movie" a distinct kind of movie?

Is it time for juggling to retake its place at the forefront of the performing arts?

Should we have "guests" on this podcast? Our discussion leads to a robust consideration of various ways one may be a guest.

Courtney would like to help you quickly find your way to female conversations about things that come out of butts.

OK, so you've heard of "hard sci-fi?" Well, that but different.