web02.fireside.fm Tue, 16 Jun 2026 01:31:20 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) 9 Chickweed Rage - Episodes Tagged with “Cottonelle” https://www.9chickweedrage.com/tags/cottonelle Wed, 21 Dec 2022 04:00:00 -0800 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. en-us episodic Two old friends get angry talking about the newspaper comic strip 9 Chickweed Lane. Jeff Drake, Brooke Dillman 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. yes 9 Chickweed Lane, 9 Chickweed, Chickweed Lane, Chickweed, Brooke McEldowney, newspaper comic strip, comic strip, comics, Jeff Drake, Brooke Dillman Jeff Drake, Brooke Dillman hatethedrake@mac.com 019: I Think This Whole Santa Tradition is Overrated https://www.9chickweedrage.com/019 e955f5a2-0f69-41a6-b0b0-a4ecd68d05ab Wed, 21 Dec 2022 04:00:00 -0800 Jeff Drake, Brooke Dillman full Jeff Drake, Brooke Dillman What does Brooke McEldowney have to say about Christmas? 1:20:57 yes <p>It's our last podcast of 2022! So to celebrate the holidays, we focus on Christmas this episode. Despite striking out at Halloween and Thanksgiving, we give the holidays another shot and take a look to see if Brooke McEldowney has anything joyful or celebratory to say about Christmas. The answer is, of course, mostly no. We're exposed to a very weird "pickle leg," an inappropriately sexy ballet Santa, Edda's sexy knees, and there's even a fun Hitchcockian cameo from McEldowney himself. By "fun," we mean very, very confusing. Ultimately, Amos and Edda show us they have some serious Santa cosplay kink that they can't resist the gravitational pull of, even when their bedraggled-looking twins are nearby. Our exploration ends with McEldowney saying (through Edda) "God bless cartoonists." Because of course he does. It's just like the end of_** A Christmas Carol**_, only if Dickens was a pompous asshole. Which is our way of saying, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! We'll see you in 2023!</p> <h3>The <em><strong>Chickweed</strong></em> strips we discuss this episode:</h3> <p>Edda dances, Seth becomes Sexy Santa, and Edda has sexy knees <a href="https://twitter.com/9chickweedRAGE/status/1605481247681130496?s=20&amp;t=xjVJuAW-XH44q68CdnTprA" rel="nofollow noopener"><em><strong>are here</strong></em></a>.<br> Seth's roommate hits on Edda and barfs and Brooke McEldowney makes an appearance <a href="https://twitter.com/9chickweedRAGE/status/1605481250038329344?s=20&amp;t=xjVJuAW-XH44q68CdnTprA" rel="nofollow noopener"><em><strong>are here</strong></em></a>.<br> Amos fucks pregnant Santa and Polly &amp; Lolly hate Christmas <a href="https://twitter.com/9chickweedRAGE/status/1605481253066547200?s=20&amp;t=xjVJuAW-XH44q68CdnTprA" rel="nofollow noopener"><em><strong>are here</strong></em></a>.<br> And the world's most dismal White Christmas <a href="https://twitter.com/9chickweedRAGE/status/1605481255218270208?s=20&amp;t=xjVJuAW-XH44q68CdnTprA" rel="nofollow noopener"><em><strong>is here</strong></em></a>.</p> <h3>This episode's jolly journey includes:</h3> <ul> <li>Cottonelle toilet paper</li> <li>Pandemic preparation</li> <li>Peanut butter</li> <li>Can peanut butter <a href="https://www.nationalpeanutboard.org/wellness/how-long-will-that-peanut-butter-last.htm" rel="nofollow noopener"><strong>go bad</strong></a>?</li> <li>Whimsical hydration bottles</li> <li>Kelsey Grammer <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eu-BqOsvj00" rel="nofollow noopener"><strong>falling off a stage</strong></a>.</li> <li>The classic <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RVyoAVgeyI" rel="nofollow noopener"><strong>Grape Stomping Lady</strong></a> fall.</li> <li>The news tease <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRVspuAJyAY" rel="nofollow noopener"><strong>jet pack fail</strong></a>.</li> <li>"Effing Under the Christmas Tree!"</li> <li>Sudden Onset Baby Leg</li> <li>Pickle leg</li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDPjM5C0fCw" rel="nofollow noopener"><strong>"Buon Natale"</strong></a> by Brave Combo.</li> <li>Conversion therapy</li> <li>Cindy Lou Who</li> <li>Cock rings</li> <li>Shame</li> <li>Underprivileged kids</li> <li>Uncle Fester fakes a neck injury on <em>The Brady Bunch</em>, but Mike <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36wLG0VUPXg" rel="nofollow noopener"><strong>outwits him</strong></a>.</li> <li>Knee fetish</li> <li>Mistletoe</li> <li>Warner Brothers cartoons</li> <li>Daffy Duck in <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QZDeDsadDs" rel="nofollow noopener"><em><strong>"Duck Amuck"</strong></em></a></li> <li>Pregnant Santa</li> <li>Turtlenecks</li> <li>White Christmas</li> </ul> <h3>Talk to Us!</h3> <p>Having trouble understanding what's going on in a <em><strong>9 Chickweed Lane</strong></em> strip you just read? Send it our way! We'll take a shot at interpreting it for you! Or maybe you just want someone to talk to?<br> We're on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/9chickweedRAGE" rel="nofollow noopener"><strong>@9ChickweedRAGE</strong></a></p> Cottonelle, peanut butter, Kelsey Grammer, grape stomping lady, let pack fail, cock rings, The Brady Bunch, Daffy Duck, turtlenecks, Duck Amuck, 9 Chickweed Lane, 9 Chickweed, Chickweed Lane, Chickweed, Brooke McEldowney, newspaper comic strip, comic strip, comics, Jeff Drake, Brooke Dillman It's our last podcast of 2022! So to celebrate the holidays, we focus on Christmas this episode. Despite striking out at Halloween and Thanksgiving, we give the holidays another shot and take a look to see if Brooke McEldowney has anything joyful or celebratory to say about Christmas. The answer is, of course, mostly no. We're exposed to a very weird "pickle leg," an inappropriately sexy ballet Santa, Edda's sexy knees, and there's even a fun Hitchcockian cameo from McEldowney himself. By "fun," we mean very, very confusing. Ultimately, Amos and Edda show us they have some serious Santa cosplay kink that they can't resist the gravitational pull of, even when their bedraggled-looking twins are nearby. Our exploration ends with McEldowney saying (through Edda) "God bless cartoonists." Because of course he does. It's just like the end of_** A Christmas Carol**_, only if Dickens was a pompous asshole. Which is our way of saying, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! We'll see you in 2023!

The Chickweed strips we discuss this episode:

Edda dances, Seth becomes Sexy Santa, and Edda has sexy knees are here.
Seth's roommate hits on Edda and barfs and Brooke McEldowney makes an appearance are here.
Amos fucks pregnant Santa and Polly & Lolly hate Christmas are here.
And the world's most dismal White Christmas is here.

This episode's jolly journey includes:

  • Cottonelle toilet paper
  • Pandemic preparation
  • Peanut butter
  • Can peanut butter go bad?
  • Whimsical hydration bottles
  • Kelsey Grammer falling off a stage.
  • The classic Grape Stomping Lady fall.
  • The news tease jet pack fail.
  • "Effing Under the Christmas Tree!"
  • Sudden Onset Baby Leg
  • Pickle leg
  • "Buon Natale" by Brave Combo.
  • Conversion therapy
  • Cindy Lou Who
  • Cock rings
  • Shame
  • Underprivileged kids
  • Uncle Fester fakes a neck injury on The Brady Bunch, but Mike outwits him.
  • Knee fetish
  • Mistletoe
  • Warner Brothers cartoons
  • Daffy Duck in "Duck Amuck"
  • Pregnant Santa
  • Turtlenecks
  • White Christmas

Talk to Us!

Having trouble understanding what's going on in a 9 Chickweed Lane strip you just read? Send it our way! We'll take a shot at interpreting it for you! Or maybe you just want someone to talk to?
We're on Twitter: @9ChickweedRAGE

]]> It's our last podcast of 2022! So to celebrate the holidays, we focus on Christmas this episode. Despite striking out at Halloween and Thanksgiving, we give the holidays another shot and take a look to see if Brooke McEldowney has anything joyful or celebratory to say about Christmas. The answer is, of course, mostly no. We're exposed to a very weird "pickle leg," an inappropriately sexy ballet Santa, Edda's sexy knees, and there's even a fun Hitchcockian cameo from McEldowney himself. By "fun," we mean very, very confusing. Ultimately, Amos and Edda show us they have some serious Santa cosplay kink that they can't resist the gravitational pull of, even when their bedraggled-looking twins are nearby. Our exploration ends with McEldowney saying (through Edda) "God bless cartoonists." Because of course he does. It's just like the end of_** A Christmas Carol**_, only if Dickens was a pompous asshole. Which is our way of saying, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! We'll see you in 2023!

The Chickweed strips we discuss this episode:

Edda dances, Seth becomes Sexy Santa, and Edda has sexy knees are here.
Seth's roommate hits on Edda and barfs and Brooke McEldowney makes an appearance are here.
Amos fucks pregnant Santa and Polly & Lolly hate Christmas are here.
And the world's most dismal White Christmas is here.

This episode's jolly journey includes:

  • Cottonelle toilet paper
  • Pandemic preparation
  • Peanut butter
  • Can peanut butter go bad?
  • Whimsical hydration bottles
  • Kelsey Grammer falling off a stage.
  • The classic Grape Stomping Lady fall.
  • The news tease jet pack fail.
  • "Effing Under the Christmas Tree!"
  • Sudden Onset Baby Leg
  • Pickle leg
  • "Buon Natale" by Brave Combo.
  • Conversion therapy
  • Cindy Lou Who
  • Cock rings
  • Shame
  • Underprivileged kids
  • Uncle Fester fakes a neck injury on The Brady Bunch, but Mike outwits him.
  • Knee fetish
  • Mistletoe
  • Warner Brothers cartoons
  • Daffy Duck in "Duck Amuck"
  • Pregnant Santa
  • Turtlenecks
  • White Christmas

Talk to Us!

Having trouble understanding what's going on in a 9 Chickweed Lane strip you just read? Send it our way! We'll take a shot at interpreting it for you! Or maybe you just want someone to talk to?
We're on Twitter: @9ChickweedRAGE

]]> 013: Let Us All Say Floccinaucinihilipilification! https://www.9chickweedrage.com/013 333e2d12-cff3-4ba3-9b83-97698a376a70 Mon, 07 Nov 2022 04:00:00 -0800 Jeff Drake, Brooke Dillman full Jeff Drake, Brooke Dillman In which we meet Juliette and Edda's imaginary sex rabbit, McTwo. 1:06:21 yes <p>So, there's this giant white rabbit named McTwo. He's imaginary and he only shows up during sex. Seems like it was Juliette's burden to carry originally, but lately McTwo has branched out to watch Edda &amp; Amos. But then we discover that he's apparently doing something more than just watching, because he creates a stain on a couch that Edda &amp; Amos can see. So can Edda's roommate Seth, who is so disgusted by it that he literally barfs. First the stain is described as "marks," then a "spot," then a "blotch" that grows in size to resemble Maine. (I wish I was making up some part of this, but I'm not.) McTwo explains that it's "ectoplasm" and it always looks like Maine. McTwo asks Juliette and Edda to join him saying the antiquated and pointless word "floccinaucinihilipilification." Then the three of them sing a barbershop quartet song together. Yes. The three of them sing four-part harmony. We try to make sense of it all, as is our job. But, wow, this bunch of comic strips is A LOT.</p> <h3>The <em><strong>Chickweed</strong></em> strips we discuss this episode:</h3> <p>The fun begins with angry Juliette <a href="https://twitter.com/9chickweedRAGE/status/1589492918909538304?s=20&amp;t=2DnTfU5xjlR2TRGuyPsOCg" rel="nofollow noopener"><em><strong>right here</strong></em></a>.<br> The "marks," the "spot," and the "blotch" <a href="https://twitter.com/9chickweedRAGE/status/1589493935013265410?s=20&amp;t=2DnTfU5xjlR2TRGuyPsOCg" rel="nofollow noopener"><em><strong>are here</strong></em></a>.<br> That big dumb word, the singing, and the confusing ending <a href="https://twitter.com/9chickweedRAGE/status/1589493940474253312?s=20&amp;t=2DnTfU5xjlR2TRGuyPsOCg" rel="nofollow noopener"><em><strong>are here</strong></em></a>.</p> <h3>This episode's ectoplasmic journey includes:</h3> <ul> <li>Toilet paper</li> <li>Cottonelle vs. Charmin</li> <li>One of those horrible <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QJbJeHEvok" rel="nofollow noopener"><em><strong>"Enjoy the Go"</strong></em></a> commercials.</li> <li>I mean, Jesus, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=028cCeHunNc" rel="nofollow noopener"><em><strong>get over yourself, Charmin</strong></em></a>!</li> <li>Juliette &amp; Elliott</li> <li>McTwo</li> <li>Hepetitis &amp; Jaundice</li> <li>John Mayer's "quarterlife crisis," otherwise known as "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsIQbm9FkZk" rel="nofollow noopener"><em><strong>Why Georgia</strong></em></a>."</li> <li>York Peppermint Pattie</li> <li>Amos &amp; Edda</li> <li>Hogtying</li> <li>Ice Cream</li> <li>Seth, the roommate</li> <li>The Rock</li> <li>Ectoplasm</li> <li>Maine</li> <li>Where exactly is <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/South+Berwick,+ME+03908/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x89e2a3a06bc98999:0x6864dbb13de2e7d8?sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjFgJvM5Jn7AhUjLUQIHf1kBQoQ8gF6BAhwEAE" rel="nofollow noopener"><em><strong>South Berwick, ME</strong></em></a>?</li> <li>Poppy from <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Xy5QuXSys8" rel="nofollow noopener"><em><strong>Seinfeld</strong></em></a>.</li> <li>Interrobang</li> <li>How to pronounce <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JByI3gJBvZk" rel="nofollow noopener"><em><strong>floccinaucinihilipilification</strong></em></a>.</li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cc76L6etF3I" rel="nofollow noopener"><em><strong>"Goodbye, My Coney Island Baby"</strong></em></a></li> <li>Chuck Jones' <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/583427326730951954/" rel="nofollow noopener"><em><strong>sad eyes</strong></em></a>.</li> </ul> <h3>Talk to Us!</h3> <p>Having trouble understanding what's going on in a <em><strong>9 Chickweed Lane</strong></em> strip you just read? Send it our way! We'll take a shot at interpreting it for you! Or maybe you just want someone to talk to?<br> We're on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/9chickweedRAGE" rel="nofollow noopener"><strong>@9ChickweedRAGE</strong></a></p> toilet paper, Cottonelle, Charmin, John Mayer, The Rock, ectoplasm, Maine, Seinfeld, 9 Chickweed Lane, 9 Chickweed, Chickweed Lane, Chickweed, Brooke McEldowney, newspaper comic strip, comic strip, comics, Jeff Drake, Brooke Dillman So, there's this giant white rabbit named McTwo. He's imaginary and he only shows up during sex. Seems like it was Juliette's burden to carry originally, but lately McTwo has branched out to watch Edda & Amos. But then we discover that he's apparently doing something more than just watching, because he creates a stain on a couch that Edda & Amos can see. So can Edda's roommate Seth, who is so disgusted by it that he literally barfs. First the stain is described as "marks," then a "spot," then a "blotch" that grows in size to resemble Maine. (I wish I was making up some part of this, but I'm not.) McTwo explains that it's "ectoplasm" and it always looks like Maine. McTwo asks Juliette and Edda to join him saying the antiquated and pointless word "floccinaucinihilipilification." Then the three of them sing a barbershop quartet song together. Yes. The three of them sing four-part harmony. We try to make sense of it all, as is our job. But, wow, this bunch of comic strips is A LOT.

The Chickweed strips we discuss this episode:

The fun begins with angry Juliette right here.
The "marks," the "spot," and the "blotch" are here.
That big dumb word, the singing, and the confusing ending are here.

This episode's ectoplasmic journey includes:

Talk to Us!

Having trouble understanding what's going on in a 9 Chickweed Lane strip you just read? Send it our way! We'll take a shot at interpreting it for you! Or maybe you just want someone to talk to?
We're on Twitter: @9ChickweedRAGE

]]> So, there's this giant white rabbit named McTwo. He's imaginary and he only shows up during sex. Seems like it was Juliette's burden to carry originally, but lately McTwo has branched out to watch Edda & Amos. But then we discover that he's apparently doing something more than just watching, because he creates a stain on a couch that Edda & Amos can see. So can Edda's roommate Seth, who is so disgusted by it that he literally barfs. First the stain is described as "marks," then a "spot," then a "blotch" that grows in size to resemble Maine. (I wish I was making up some part of this, but I'm not.) McTwo explains that it's "ectoplasm" and it always looks like Maine. McTwo asks Juliette and Edda to join him saying the antiquated and pointless word "floccinaucinihilipilification." Then the three of them sing a barbershop quartet song together. Yes. The three of them sing four-part harmony. We try to make sense of it all, as is our job. But, wow, this bunch of comic strips is A LOT.

The Chickweed strips we discuss this episode:

The fun begins with angry Juliette right here.
The "marks," the "spot," and the "blotch" are here.
That big dumb word, the singing, and the confusing ending are here.

This episode's ectoplasmic journey includes:

Talk to Us!

Having trouble understanding what's going on in a 9 Chickweed Lane strip you just read? Send it our way! We'll take a shot at interpreting it for you! Or maybe you just want someone to talk to?
We're on Twitter: @9ChickweedRAGE

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