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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023: A Very, Very Good Glass of Water
February 20th, 2023 | 1 hr 24 mins
9 chickweed, 9 chickweed lane, bach, bats, broadway, brooke dillman, brooke mceldowney, caligula, chickweed, chickweed lane, claude the cat, comic strip, comics, drug commercials, heart rates, jeff drake, jerry lee lewis, newspaper comic strip, poltergeist, raggedy andy, showgirls, turtlenecks
Amos's cello performance makes people all over the world have sex. (Part 3 of 3)
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022: Rampant on a Bösendorfer
February 6th, 2023 | 1 hr 16 mins
9 chickweed, 9 chickweed lane, balloon satellite, brooke dillman, brooke mceldowney, chickweed, chickweed lane, columbo, comic strip, comics, ethel merman, fabio, harold & maude, jeff drake, johnny cash, la la land, newspaper comic strip, singin' in the rain, turtlenecks, willie wonka
Now that the world has seen Amos and Edda have sex, it's time for the cello competition! (Part 2 of 3)
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021: The Hiccups and the Special Way You Made Them Go Away
January 30th, 2023 | 1 hr 22 mins
9 chickweed, 9 chickweed lane, britney spears, broadway, brooke dillman, brooke mceldowney, catholicism, cellos, chickweed, chickweed lane, cleveland balloonfest, comic strip, comics, hiccups, hot air balloons, jascha heifetz, jeff drake, jerry orbach, martin scorsese, mercury, newspaper comic strip, star trek the next generation, the hindenburg, turtlenecks
Amos and Edda finally do the deed during a cello competition. (Part 1 of 3)
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020: A Pair of Overalls for the Pleasingly Plump Farmer
January 23rd, 2023 | 1 hr 4 mins
9 chickweed, 9 chickweed lane, brooke dillman, brooke mceldowney, chickweed, chickweed lane, columbo, comic strip, comics, jeff drake, murder she wrote, newspaper comic strip, soup, the fonz
While shopping online (?) for overalls, Thorax "romances" (stalks) a customer service rep.
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019: I Think This Whole Santa Tradition is Overrated
December 21st, 2022 | 1 hr 20 mins
9 chickweed, 9 chickweed lane, brooke dillman, brooke mceldowney, chickweed, chickweed lane, cock rings, comic strip, comics, cottonelle, daffy duck, duck amuck, grape stomping lady, jeff drake, kelsey grammer, let pack fail, newspaper comic strip, peanut butter, the brady bunch, turtlenecks
What does Brooke McEldowney have to say about Christmas?
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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)