web01.fireside.fm Sun, 24 May 2026 12:41:14 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) 9 Chickweed Rage - Episodes Tagged with “Heroin” https://www.9chickweedrage.com/tags/heroin Mon, 14 Nov 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 014: A Radio Flyer, A Sack of Flour, and a Very Long Pole https://www.9chickweedrage.com/014 88acd06b-0c4c-4fd3-a13d-0bdcf0bbab91 Mon, 14 Nov 2022 04:00:00 -0800 Jeff Drake, Brooke Dillman full Jeff Drake, Brooke Dillman Part two of our deep dive with Juliette and Edda's imaginary sex rabbit. So...Part McTwo? 1:07:53 yes <p>Of course, one episode devoted to the imaginary sex rabbit McTwo could never be enough, right? So we spend another day exploring the world of McTwo. This time, we stay primarily in Juliette &amp; Elliott's bedroom, but that doesn't mean the psychological landscape is any simpler. Far from it. There is such outlandish punctuation abuse, it nearly defies belief. But Brooke McEldowney does in fact use over 100 periods IN ONE WORD BUBBLE. Then McTwo joins Juliette &amp; Elliott in their bed, which Juliette finds disconcerting at first but then -- we guess? -- a turn on? Ultimately, we end where we began last episode, specifically, with Juliette angrily "fluffing her pillow." I wish that was slang for something other than punching her pillow, I really do.</p> <h3>The <em><strong>Chickweed</strong></em> strips we discuss this episode:</h3> <p>Juliette is annoyed with Elliott, Elliott conjures McTwo, and McTwo insults Juliette <a href="https://twitter.com/9chickweedRAGE/status/1591153183929536512?s=20&amp;t=TnNRg6t9LRp6fhyswBJ9Dw" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><em><strong>are here</strong></em></a>.<br> Mad Juliette, horny Juliette, and mad (post-coital) Juliette <a href="https://twitter.com/9chickweedRAGE/status/1591153189210165248?s=20&amp;t=TnNRg6t9LRp6fhyswBJ9Dw" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><em><strong>are here</strong></em></a>.</p> <h3>This episode's sexually confused journey includes:</h3> <ul> <li>Obituaries</li> <li>Abe Vigoda</li> <li>Actresses of old</li> <li>Heroin</li> <li>Slouching</li> <li> <a href="https://tv.apple.com/us/show/central-park/umc.cmc.4qe3i11erof30x0vz8nwnjkw3" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><em><strong>Central Park</strong></em></a> on Apple TV+</li> <li>Storming the Capital</li> <li> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwfYHVJHMOA" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><em><strong>"If Ever I Would Leave You"</strong></em></a> by Robert Goulet</li> <li>McEldowney Ellipsis x 20</li> <li>Radio Flyer</li> <li>The bag of flour from health class</li> <li><em><strong>Inside Out</strong></em></li> <li>Bing Bong &amp; Joy try to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPQRHemfk9E" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><em><strong>escape the Memory Dump</strong></em></a> </li> <li>La Vie en Rose by <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFzViYkZAz4" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><em><strong>Edith Piaf</strong></em></a> </li> <li>The Eiffel Tower</li> <li>Being <a href="https://www.menshealth.com/sex-women/a35452015/eiffel-tower-sex-position/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><em><strong>"Eiffel Towered"</strong></em></a> </li> <li>Yorick's Skull</li> <li>Hepatitis</li> <li>The Diet Coke Shortage</li> <li>Dentistry</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" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><strong>@9ChickweedRAGE</strong></a></p> Abe Vigoda, heroin, Central Park, Radio Flyer, flour, Inside Out, Eiffel Tower, hepatitis, Diet Coke, 9 Chickweed Lane, 9 Chickweed, Chickweed Lane, Chickweed, Brooke McEldowney, newspaper comic strip, comic strip, comics, Jeff Drake, Brooke Dillman Of course, one episode devoted to the imaginary sex rabbit McTwo could never be enough, right? So we spend another day exploring the world of McTwo. This time, we stay primarily in Juliette & Elliott's bedroom, but that doesn't mean the psychological landscape is any simpler. Far from it. There is such outlandish punctuation abuse, it nearly defies belief. But Brooke McEldowney does in fact use over 100 periods IN ONE WORD BUBBLE. Then McTwo joins Juliette & Elliott in their bed, which Juliette finds disconcerting at first but then -- we guess? -- a turn on? Ultimately, we end where we began last episode, specifically, with Juliette angrily "fluffing her pillow." I wish that was slang for something other than punching her pillow, I really do.

The Chickweed strips we discuss this episode:

Juliette is annoyed with Elliott, Elliott conjures McTwo, and McTwo insults Juliette are here.
Mad Juliette, horny Juliette, and mad (post-coital) Juliette are here.

This episode's sexually confused 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?
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]]> Of course, one episode devoted to the imaginary sex rabbit McTwo could never be enough, right? So we spend another day exploring the world of McTwo. This time, we stay primarily in Juliette & Elliott's bedroom, but that doesn't mean the psychological landscape is any simpler. Far from it. There is such outlandish punctuation abuse, it nearly defies belief. But Brooke McEldowney does in fact use over 100 periods IN ONE WORD BUBBLE. Then McTwo joins Juliette & Elliott in their bed, which Juliette finds disconcerting at first but then -- we guess? -- a turn on? Ultimately, we end where we began last episode, specifically, with Juliette angrily "fluffing her pillow." I wish that was slang for something other than punching her pillow, I really do.

The Chickweed strips we discuss this episode:

Juliette is annoyed with Elliott, Elliott conjures McTwo, and McTwo insults Juliette are here.
Mad Juliette, horny Juliette, and mad (post-coital) Juliette are here.

This episode's sexually confused 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

]]> 008: Your Views on Herbert Hoover Have Placed Your Bikini Under Surveillance https://www.9chickweedrage.com/008 955c72f2-f547-4544-a2f5-48cbe715a32a Mon, 03 Oct 2022 04:00:00 -0700 Jeff Drake, Brooke Dillman full Jeff Drake, Brooke Dillman We talk a lot -- A LOT -- about Edda's bikini and whether or not the government might have bugged it. (Part 1 of 2) 1:04:25 yes <p>Just another day in the life of Edda &amp; Amos Van Hoesen, when a simple trip to the pool ends up with Edda hanging by a thread. A rope? A wire? Look, we don't know. She jumps off a diving board with SOMETHING attached to her bikini bottom and she ends up hanging there for about a week's worth of comics. Amos speculates that it has to do with government surveillance, that someone planted a bug in her bikini bottom. We are not making this up. This is what he says. And so we spend all week on this topic. Sure, sure, there's a brief moment where Amos gets a boner. BECAUSE OF COURSE HE DOES! But does he ever make even the slightest attempt to help Edda down? OF COURSE NOT. He just continues to stare at her like a big dumb idiot. The biggest surprise is that he wasn't just making a goofy "joke" about her bikini being under surveillance. Nope, that's really what's happening. A government agency has put a bug in Edda's bikini bottom, and there's a (roughly) 200-foot cord attached that she somehow didn't notice. For reals. Yeah. We know. It's...it's something. (Part 1 of 2)</p> <h3>The <em><strong>Chickweed</strong></em> strips we discuss this episode:</h3> <p>The bugged bikini saga <a href="https://twitter.com/9chickweedRAGE/status/1576595853673832448?s=20&amp;t=r3lAQcIqizXOr62cIAdjLg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><strong>begins here</strong></a>.<br> Edda wriggles out of <a href="https://twitter.com/9chickweedRAGE/status/1576595859206156288?s=20&amp;t=r3lAQcIqizXOr62cIAdjLg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><strong>her bikini here</strong></a>.<br> And we visit the horrible blog cafe and finally see the government agents <a href="https://twitter.com/9chickweedRAGE/status/1576595865082339329?s=20&amp;t=r3lAQcIqizXOr62cIAdjLg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><strong>right here</strong></a>.</p> <h3>This episode's partially bare-assed journey includes:</h3> <ul> <li>Voicemail</li> <li>Day drinking / day heroin</li> <li>LaCroix Raz-Cranberry</li> <li>Steve Martin</li> <li>Dirty Rotten Scoundrels</li> <li>Depends</li> <li>Wigs</li> <li>Dirndls &amp; Germans</li> <li>Coco Chanel: Nazi sympathizer</li> <li>"At Seventeen"</li> <li>Amos &amp; Edda</li> <li>Red bikinis</li> <li>Diving board</li> <li>Dutch Angle</li> <li>Core strength</li> <li>Fiji</li> <li>Herbert Hoover</li> <li>J. Edgar Hoover</li> <li><em><strong>Annie</strong></em></li> <li>Polly &amp; Lolly</li> <li><em><strong>Village of the Damned</strong></em></li> <li>George Sanders (we said Saunders, sorry)</li> <li>All About Eve</li> <li><em><strong>Wrecked</strong></em></li> <li>Rhys Darby</li> <li>Gadget Hackwrench...again</li> <li>NASA's space bikini</li> <li>Brooke McEldowney's secret X-rated stash</li> <li><em><strong>Singin' in the Rain</strong></em></li> <li>chickweedcafe.blogspot.com</li> <li>Not tipping your waiter</li> <li>To Catch a Thief</li> <li>Mission: Impossible</li> <li>Pigeons</li> </ul> <h3>Show Notes</h3> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMUz2TNMvL0" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><strong>"At Seventeen"</strong></a> by Janis Ian<br> "I must think of a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEZ0Mr9N1G4" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><strong>brick wall</strong></a>."<br> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0J2NOKiFlUE" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><strong>Shere Khan</strong></a> in the original Jungle Book.<br> Here's a little taste of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qw1bpW7HNWg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><strong><em>Wrecked</em></strong></a>.<br> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ETEbv6BSv8" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><em><strong>Recording sound</strong></em></a> for the first time in <em><strong>Singin' in the Rain</strong></em>.<br> In case you have a hunger to "<a href="https://chickweedcafe.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><strong>dine on words</strong></a>."</p> <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" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><strong>@9ChickweedRAGE</strong></a></p> drinking, heroin, Steve Martin, Depends, wigs, dirndls, Coco Chanel, Dutch angle, Fiji, Herbert Hoover, J. Edgar Hoover, George Sanders, Wrecked, Rhys Darby, Gadget Hackwrench, 9 Chickweed Lane, 9 Chickweed, Chickweed Lane, Chickweed, Brooke McEldowney, newspaper comic strip, comic strip, comics, Jeff Drake, Brooke Dillman Just another day in the life of Edda & Amos Van Hoesen, when a simple trip to the pool ends up with Edda hanging by a thread. A rope? A wire? Look, we don't know. She jumps off a diving board with SOMETHING attached to her bikini bottom and she ends up hanging there for about a week's worth of comics. Amos speculates that it has to do with government surveillance, that someone planted a bug in her bikini bottom. We are not making this up. This is what he says. And so we spend all week on this topic. Sure, sure, there's a brief moment where Amos gets a boner. BECAUSE OF COURSE HE DOES! But does he ever make even the slightest attempt to help Edda down? OF COURSE NOT. He just continues to stare at her like a big dumb idiot. The biggest surprise is that he wasn't just making a goofy "joke" about her bikini being under surveillance. Nope, that's really what's happening. A government agency has put a bug in Edda's bikini bottom, and there's a (roughly) 200-foot cord attached that she somehow didn't notice. For reals. Yeah. We know. It's...it's something. (Part 1 of 2)

The Chickweed strips we discuss this episode:

The bugged bikini saga begins here.
Edda wriggles out of her bikini here.
And we visit the horrible blog cafe and finally see the government agents right here.

This episode's partially bare-assed journey includes:

  • Voicemail
  • Day drinking / day heroin
  • LaCroix Raz-Cranberry
  • Steve Martin
  • Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
  • Depends
  • Wigs
  • Dirndls & Germans
  • Coco Chanel: Nazi sympathizer
  • "At Seventeen"
  • Amos & Edda
  • Red bikinis
  • Diving board
  • Dutch Angle
  • Core strength
  • Fiji
  • Herbert Hoover
  • J. Edgar Hoover
  • Annie
  • Polly & Lolly
  • Village of the Damned
  • George Sanders (we said Saunders, sorry)
  • All About Eve
  • Wrecked
  • Rhys Darby
  • Gadget Hackwrench...again
  • NASA's space bikini
  • Brooke McEldowney's secret X-rated stash
  • Singin' in the Rain
  • chickweedcafe.blogspot.com
  • Not tipping your waiter
  • To Catch a Thief
  • Mission: Impossible
  • Pigeons

Show Notes

"At Seventeen" by Janis Ian
"I must think of a brick wall."
Shere Khan in the original Jungle Book.
Here's a little taste of Wrecked.
Recording sound for the first time in Singin' in the Rain.
In case you have a hunger to "dine on words."

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

]]> Just another day in the life of Edda & Amos Van Hoesen, when a simple trip to the pool ends up with Edda hanging by a thread. A rope? A wire? Look, we don't know. She jumps off a diving board with SOMETHING attached to her bikini bottom and she ends up hanging there for about a week's worth of comics. Amos speculates that it has to do with government surveillance, that someone planted a bug in her bikini bottom. We are not making this up. This is what he says. And so we spend all week on this topic. Sure, sure, there's a brief moment where Amos gets a boner. BECAUSE OF COURSE HE DOES! But does he ever make even the slightest attempt to help Edda down? OF COURSE NOT. He just continues to stare at her like a big dumb idiot. The biggest surprise is that he wasn't just making a goofy "joke" about her bikini being under surveillance. Nope, that's really what's happening. A government agency has put a bug in Edda's bikini bottom, and there's a (roughly) 200-foot cord attached that she somehow didn't notice. For reals. Yeah. We know. It's...it's something. (Part 1 of 2)

The Chickweed strips we discuss this episode:

The bugged bikini saga begins here.
Edda wriggles out of her bikini here.
And we visit the horrible blog cafe and finally see the government agents right here.

This episode's partially bare-assed journey includes:

  • Voicemail
  • Day drinking / day heroin
  • LaCroix Raz-Cranberry
  • Steve Martin
  • Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
  • Depends
  • Wigs
  • Dirndls & Germans
  • Coco Chanel: Nazi sympathizer
  • "At Seventeen"
  • Amos & Edda
  • Red bikinis
  • Diving board
  • Dutch Angle
  • Core strength
  • Fiji
  • Herbert Hoover
  • J. Edgar Hoover
  • Annie
  • Polly & Lolly
  • Village of the Damned
  • George Sanders (we said Saunders, sorry)
  • All About Eve
  • Wrecked
  • Rhys Darby
  • Gadget Hackwrench...again
  • NASA's space bikini
  • Brooke McEldowney's secret X-rated stash
  • Singin' in the Rain
  • chickweedcafe.blogspot.com
  • Not tipping your waiter
  • To Catch a Thief
  • Mission: Impossible
  • Pigeons

Show Notes

"At Seventeen" by Janis Ian
"I must think of a brick wall."
Shere Khan in the original Jungle Book.
Here's a little taste of Wrecked.
Recording sound for the first time in Singin' in the Rain.
In case you have a hunger to "dine on words."

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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