Patreon Newsletter #28: February 2024

Live Shows:

Here’s the ticket link for our S.F. Sketchfest show tomorrow with guests Ron Funches and Erin Kief! You can also find information there to watch the show from anywhere through our livestream

From Arnie:

It was brutally cold in Chicago for a long stretch of January which made everything just a little bit harder. But I had a nice birthday, including a great birthday dinner at Hermosa put together by Emily. Had a lot of fun at the Chicago live show at Thalia Hall. I was worried the impending blizzard was going to dampen our turnout but we had a great time and I chatted with people who had traveled a long way to get there which I really appreciate. Not sure exactly when we’ll release the audio for that but it’s a fun one.

TV – In no particular order.

• The Floor
• Slow Horses s2
• True Detective
• Fargo s5
• Adventure Time

Movies – Best to… less best.

1. E.T.
2. Pulp Fiction
3. Killers of the Flower Moon
4. The Holdovers
5. Decision to Leave
6. The Terminator
7. American Fiction
8. They Cloned Tyrone
9. The Equalizer
10. No Hard Feelings
11. Yentl
12. The Equalizer 2
13. Dumb Money
14. A Star is Born (1976 version)
15. The Prince of Tides
16. Ruby Bridges
17. Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
18. Spy Kids: Armageddon

Video Games

Slay the Spire

Lethal Company (I played on Brooke Breit’s twitch stream a few more times with Tim Sniffen and Rich Gallup. Ryan DiGiorigi also joined in as well. Some fun chaotic streams.)

Super Mario Bros Wonder

Tabletop

• Wingspan
• Tapple
• Forbidden Island

Arnie

From Matt:

January 2024

This month, I’ve been enjoying the cold and being cozy at home. Had a fun live show at Thalia Hall and actually got to enjoy hanging out with Adal, Arnie, the doc crew, other old friends, and some of you after the show.

Audio:

More How Did This Get Made? Their The King’s Daughter episode is a real journey and I have to see this terrible movie now.

TV/Movies/Web stuff:

Lots of HGTV: Rock the Block, Windy City Rehab, and Battle for the Beach. Enjoying Alison Victoria and Ty Pennington (and others). Also watched Worst Cooks in America and forgot how crazy that show is. I should support more scripted TV, but lately it seems…harder to do? Somehow?

Games:

Finished Tears of the Kingdom. Pretty good. I’ll pick it up again, eventually (probably), but I moved on to Cozy Grove. It’s a fun, very different, little cozy game with a finite amount of tasks every day (sort of). Like a slightly more focused Animal Crossing? With the ghosts of bears on an island. Also playing lots of Wingspan with friends on my phone now.

Collecting:

I started skipping this section, but I got a holy grail item this month: the Master of the Universe Classics version of Castle Grayskull. Finally found it for a (relatively) reasonable price on eBay. I’ve been debating buying this for 10 years and I finally just did it. It’s glorious.

Food:

About to leave for the SF Sketchfest show and looking forward to enjoying some new restaurants out there. Went to Fiya here in Andersonville though and had a great meal and one of the best pieces of cake I’ve ever had in my life (Banana tahini? Who knew?)

Hope to see you in San Francisco!

Matt

From Adal:

Here’s what I consumed in January. Let me know if you have any recommendations:

TV:

• Such Brave Girls
• Masters of the Air
• Bluey season 3 pt. 2
• RuPaul’s Drag Race season 15
• Love on the Spectrum season 2
• Queer Eye season 8
• Warrior season 2
• Echo
• Harley Quinn season 4
• True Detective: Night Country
• Hazbin Hotel
• The Amazing Digital Circus
• The Brothers Sun
• Chrissy & Dave Dine Out
• In The Know

Movies:

• Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
• Blowup
• Sixty
• You Hurt My Feelings
• Kelce

Music:

• The Smile - Wall of Eyes
• The Flying Burrito Brothers - The Gilded Palace of Sin
• The Flying Burrito Brothers - Burrito Deluxe
• Gruff Rhys - Sadness Sets Me Free
• Ty Segall - Three Bells

Other Stuffs:

• Jemma and I had a nice trip to NYC to see the new production of Merrily We Roll Along and a dance/performance piece called Volcano.
• It was wonderful to see some of you at the Magic Tavern live show! Special thanks to all the folks who brought us gifts, treats and especially stickers
• Jemma and I have been back two more times to the restaurant Warlord. Highly highly highly recommend it - even if you just get their burger, which I’d say is top 3 I’ve ever had.
• We saw Jeremy Jordan at Steppenwolf which was delightful
• For my birthday this year I am STRONGLY considering going to the first ever Guy Fieri Flavortown Festival in Columbus. Please help talk me into/out of this decision.
• Jemma and I are hoping to get to Fairbanks Alaska in the next month or so to see the Northern Lights - if you have any tips please let me know!
• Hey Riddle Riddle is also performing at the San Francisco Sketchfest on Sunday February 4th with guest host Janet Varney- you can find tickets here

Love

Adal