9 Chickweed Rage
Two old friends get angry talking about the newspaper comic strip 9 Chickweed Lane.
About the show
In 1993, Brooke McEldowney began writing and drawing the newspaper comic strip 9 Chickweed Lane. Nearly 30 years later, it's still going strong. For some dumb reason, Brooke Dillman and Jeff Drake read the comic strip, even though it only makes them angry. This is their podcast, certainly one of the worst ideas for a podcast ever: a podcast about a newspaper comic strip that (as far as they know) no one reads. This is 9 CHICKWEED RAGE.
Episodes
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018: Is Nakedness Such a Hindrance to Shooting People?
December 12th, 2022 | 1 hr 12 mins
30 rock, 9 chickweed, 9 chickweed lane, bacon, beavers, brooke dillman, brooke mceldowney, chickweed, chickweed lane, christmas, comic strip, comics, crystal gayle, jeff drake, nazis, newspaper comic strip, raiders of the lost ark, spies, the nutcracker, wwii
Back during WWII, two skinny dippers scare away Nazis with a terrifying beaver.
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017: You Have Utterly Stunning Toe Cleavage
December 5th, 2022 | 1 hr 17 mins
9 chickweed, bradley whitford, brooke dillman, brooke mceldowney, chickweed, chickweed lane, christmas, comic strip, comics, edema, foot fetish, george michael, glenn close, hallmark keepsake ornaments9 chickweed lane, jeff drake, minecraft, newspaper comic strip, pokemon, roblox, shaq, studio ghibli, the good place, turtlenecks
Yep. That's right. Toe cleavage. That's what he's on about for six full days.
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016: Say Hello to Sphinxter, the Mobile Comments Wart
November 28th, 2022 | 1 hr 16 mins
9 chickweed, 9 chickweed lane, brooke dillman, brooke mceldowney, chickweed, chickweed lane, cloaca, comic strip, comics, elon musk, jeff drake, judy garland, lomi, mark cuban, munchausen syndrome, muppets, newspaper comic strip, stockholm syndrome, turtlenecks, typewriters
Brooke McEldowney introduces a sock puppet named Sphinxter, and he looks like a butthole.
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015: A Butt of Malmsey: Happy Thanksgiving from Brooke McEldowney!
November 21st, 2022 | 1 hr 9 mins
9 chickweed, 9 chickweed lane, brooke dillman, brooke mceldowney, bugs bunny, carol burnett, chickweed, chickweed lane, comic strip, comics, daisy dukes, entertainment weekly, harvey korman, jeff drake, newspaper comic strip, richard iii, rita hayworth, thanksgiving, vampires, weber grill, wwii
We look at a bunch of strips that ran on Thanksgiving that, of course, have NOTHING to do with Thanksgiving.
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014: A Radio Flyer, A Sack of Flour, and a Very Long Pole
November 14th, 2022 | 1 hr 7 mins
9 chickweed, 9 chickweed lane, abe vigoda, brooke dillman, brooke mceldowney, central park, chickweed, chickweed lane, comic strip, comics, diet coke, eiffel tower, flour, hepatitis, heroin, inside out, jeff drake, newspaper comic strip, radio flyer
Part two of our deep dive with Juliette and Edda's imaginary sex rabbit. So...Part McTwo?
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013: Let Us All Say Floccinaucinihilipilification!
November 7th, 2022 | 1 hr 6 mins
9 chickweed, 9 chickweed lane, brooke dillman, brooke mceldowney, charmin, chickweed, chickweed lane, comic strip, comics, cottonelle, ectoplasm, jeff drake, john mayer, maine, newspaper comic strip, seinfeld, the rock, toilet paper
In which we meet Juliette and Edda's imaginary sex rabbit, McTwo.
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012: Day and Night Area Bombing Raids
October 31st, 2022 | 1 hr 6 mins
9 chickweed, 9 chickweed lane, beaver shots, bikinis, breast feeding, brooke dillman, brooke mceldowney, chickweed, chickweed lane, comic strip, comics, dresden, gaslighting, jeff drake, newspaper comic strip, sex education, singin' in the rain, steaks, stretch armstrong, turtlenecks
Believe it or not, the title of this episode is referring to sex. And it all gets so much grosser than that.
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011: My Sweaty, Tempest-Tossed Hallucination of Shrieking Abandon: A Halloween Extravaganza
October 24th, 2022 | 1 hr 2 mins
9 chickweed, 9 chickweed lane, brooke dillman, brooke mceldowney, caligula, chickweed, chickweed lane, comic strip, comics, elon musk, halloween, jeff drake, meditation, newspaper comic strip, showgirls, space x, speed skating, teleprompter, the bechdel test, tony orlando & dawn
If you thought that Brooke McEldowney would dress Edda in a "sexy ballerina/pianist" costume for Halloween, you'd be wrong. And we're as surprised as you are.
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010: A Vial of My Personal Body Fluid
October 17th, 2022 | 1 hr 2 mins
9 chickweed, 9 chickweed lane, brooke dillman, brooke mceldowney, chickweed, chickweed lane, comic strip, comics, gummi vitamins, gustavo dudamel, holy grail, jeff drake, maraschino cherries, monty python, monty python & the holy grail, newspaper comic strip, pop tarts, swedish fish
Lots of letters. Not angry letters from fans like us, but letters from Chickweed characters to people they're mad at.
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009: Prince Valiant & the Gorgon Dominatrix of the Universe
October 10th, 2022 | 1 hr 54 secs
9 chickweed, 9 chickweed lane, alan dean foster, brooke dillman, brooke mceldowney, casablanca, chickweed, chickweed lane, comic strip, comics, dominatrixes, goodyear blimp, greek mythology, hyenas, jeff drake, newspaper comic strip, prince valiant, the lehman trilogy
The saga of Edda's ridiculously bugged bikini bottom ends here, but not before two children (?) inflate some toy skyscrapers. (Part 2 of 2)
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008: Your Views on Herbert Hoover Have Placed Your Bikini Under Surveillance
October 3rd, 2022 | 1 hr 4 mins
9 chickweed, 9 chickweed lane, brooke dillman, brooke mceldowney, chickweed, chickweed lane, coco chanel, comic strip, comics, depends, dirndls, drinking, dutch angle, fiji, gadget hackwrench, george sanders, herbert hoover, heroin, j. edgar hoover, jeff drake, newspaper comic strip, rhys darby, steve martin, wigs, wrecked
We talk a lot -- A LOT -- about Edda's bikini and whether or not the government might have bugged it. (Part 1 of 2)
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007: The Subtle Difference Between Livestock and a Blushing Bride
September 26th, 2022 | 1 hr 2 mins
9 chickweed, 9 chickweed lane, animaniacs, australia, boners, brooke dillman, brooke mceldowney, candy corn, chickweed, chickweed lane, chip 'n dale rescue rangers, comic strip, comics, denmark, diet coke, dutch angle, french rococo, g-strings, gadget hackwrench, harry caray, jeff drake, karate, newspaper comic strip, paul lynde, queen, speedos
In case you were curious (you probably weren't!) about the courtship of Fleurrie and Sven Spocket, here it is! An epic 10-strip endeavor!
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006: A Trampoline Comes Convulsively to Mind
September 19th, 2022 | 1 hr 21 secs
9 chickweed, 9 chickweed lane, ballet, balloon animals, brooke dillman, brooke mceldowney, chickweed, chickweed lane, comic strip, comics, dorf on golf, jeff drake, ku/mu, little people, newspaper comic strip, orangutans, peanuts, phantom of the opera, radar, rotary phones, sonar, swing sets
In the course of one week, Edda & Amos travel through time, without the constraints of logic, common sense, or even relative size.
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005: Socrates Never Won a Debate By Licking Someone's Ear
September 12th, 2022 | 52 mins 51 secs
9 chickweed, 9 chickweed lane, bob seger, brooke dillman, brooke mceldowney, chickweed, chickweed lane, comic strip, comics, esperanto, feminine wiles, holy grail, jeff drake, jerry lewis, krusty the clown, ku, mma, monty python, monty python & the holy grail, mu, newspaper comic strip, peanuts, rick moranis, socrates
Are Edda & Amos the most romantic and perfect couple the modern world has ever seen? Of course they are! And of course they aren't.
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004: The Wrong-Way Taco
September 5th, 2022 | 51 mins 35 secs
9 chickweed, 9 chickweed lane, ballet, balls, breaking bad, brooke dillman, brooke mceldowney, chickweed, chickweed lane, comic strip, comics, drabble, eyes wide shut, french rococo, jeff drake, newspaper comic strip, nudists, piano, piano recital, rubik's cube, shark tank, tacos, veterinarians
Four wordless strips anger and frustrate the hosts, but do inspire them to a handful of new potential pitches for the Sharks of Shark Tank.
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001: The New Car Aroma of Her Khakis
August 29th, 2022 | 42 mins 50 secs
9 chickweed, 9 chickweed lane, brooke dillman, calvin & hobbes, chickweed, chickweed lane, comedy, comic strip, comics, dear abby, grindr, improv, jeff drake, julie andrews, newspaper comic strip, stephen sondheim
Jeff & Brooke begin their 9 Chickweed Lane journey with the romance of Thorax (either 90 or 100 years old) and 30-year-old policewoman Esme. Part 1 of 3.