web01.fireside.fm Sun, 19 Apr 2026 08:52:20 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) 9 Chickweed Rage - Episodes Tagged with “Monty Python & The Holy Grail” https://www.9chickweedrage.com/tags/monty%20python%20&%20the%20holy%20grail Mon, 17 Oct 2022 04:00:00 -0700 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 010: A Vial of My Personal Body Fluid https://www.9chickweedrage.com/010 4b90b670-4e3e-4cc0-a6f1-b7769e9c0642 Mon, 17 Oct 2022 04:00:00 -0700 Jeff Drake, Brooke Dillman full Jeff Drake, Brooke Dillman Lots of letters. Not angry letters from fans like us, but letters from Chickweed characters to people they're mad at. 1:02:59 yes So there's this whole string of strips where people send off, basically, angry "letters to the editor." Only in this case, it's people or entities that our beloved (?) Chickweed residents have had enough of. Juliette gets mad at the health care system and as a result shoots her computer full of arrows. Someone gets an "unsolicited letter" and throws their computer out of the window. Or the person sending the "unsolicited letter" throws the computer out the window. Or an unrelated person throws a computer out a window. Guys, it's not clear what's going on AT ALL in one of these comic strips. Amos shows what a super cool guy he is by showing he'd rather barf on his own computer than talk to children about what it's like to play in an orchestra. Thorax licks his computer. Why? Seriously? Why does anyone in this strip do ANYTHING? Juliette's husband moons his computer. And finally, Amos & Edda make out near their computer. The letters (and the reasons behind writing them) don't ever really make sense. We hate to be the ones to break this to Brooke McEldowney, but things that you do in front of your computer or to your computer aren't automatically conveyed through your computer to the recipient, at least not when you're typing. Anyway, one of these strips makes us so angry we can barely contain ourselves. All in all, totally worth it! The Chickweed strips we discuss this episode: The computer shot with arrows and the computer thrown out the window are here (https://twitter.com/9chickweedRAGE/status/1582064941686628352?s=20&t=9__snYNajdnQu66iG2465A). Barfing and licking can be found here (https://twitter.com/9chickweedRAGE/status/1582064946157797377?s=20&t=9__snYNajdnQu66iG2465A). Mooning and making out are here (https://twitter.com/9chickweedRAGE/status/1582064949840334849?s=20&t=9__snYNajdnQu66iG2465A). This episode's loquacious journey includes: Biscuits Vitamins Pop Tarts Gummis Swedish Fish Maraschino cherries Luxardos Bananas Diet Coke Juliette, Edda's mom Personal body fluid Bacterial analysis Archery McEldowney Ellipsis Nigerian Prince email Mrs. Jameel Klotilde McSoderstrom Monty Python & the Holy Grail Amos Thorax & Sister Steven The Oxford Comma Grammarly Elliott & Juliette Amos & Edda Marry-Fuck-Kill Gustavo Dudamel Show Notes How gelatin is made (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eu8jOi40-7A). How maraschino cherries are made (https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/maraschino-cherries#TOC_TITLE_HDR_6). The Castle of Aarrrrgghhhhh (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlIz0q8aWpA)! 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 (https://twitter.com/9chickweedRAGE) Gustavo Dudamel, Pop Tarts, Swedish Fish, Gummi Vitamins, Maraschino Cherries, Monty Python & the Holy Grail, Monty Python, Holy Grail, 9 Chickweed Lane, 9 Chickweed, Chickweed Lane, Chickweed, Brooke McEldowney, newspaper comic strip, comic strip, comics, Jeff Drake, Brooke Dillman So there's this whole string of strips where people send off, basically, angry "letters to the editor." Only in this case, it's people or entities that our beloved (?) Chickweed residents have had enough of. Juliette gets mad at the health care system and as a result shoots her computer full of arrows. Someone gets an "unsolicited letter" and throws their computer out of the window. Or the person sending the "unsolicited letter" throws the computer out the window. Or an unrelated person throws a computer out a window. Guys, it's not clear what's going on AT ALL in one of these comic strips. Amos shows what a super cool guy he is by showing he'd rather barf on his own computer than talk to children about what it's like to play in an orchestra. Thorax licks his computer. Why? Seriously? Why does anyone in this strip do ANYTHING? Juliette's husband moons his computer. And finally, Amos & Edda make out near their computer. The letters (and the reasons behind writing them) don't ever really make sense. We hate to be the ones to break this to Brooke McEldowney, but things that you do in front of your computer or to your computer aren't automatically conveyed through your computer to the recipient, at least not when you're typing. Anyway, one of these strips makes us so angry we can barely contain ourselves. All in all, totally worth it!

The Chickweed strips we discuss this episode:

The computer shot with arrows and the computer thrown out the window are here.
Barfing and licking can be found here.
Mooning and making out are here.

This episode's loquacious journey includes:

  • Biscuits
  • Vitamins
  • Pop Tarts
  • Gummis
  • Swedish Fish
  • Maraschino cherries
  • Luxardos
  • Bananas
  • Diet Coke
  • Juliette, Edda's mom
  • Personal body fluid
  • Bacterial analysis
  • Archery
  • McEldowney Ellipsis
  • Nigerian Prince email
  • Mrs. Jameel Klotilde McSoderstrom
  • Monty Python & the Holy Grail
  • Amos
  • Thorax & Sister Steven
  • The Oxford Comma
  • Grammarly
  • Elliott & Juliette
  • Amos & Edda
  • Marry-Fuck-Kill
  • Gustavo Dudamel

Show Notes

How gelatin is made.
How maraschino cherries are made.
The Castle of Aarrrrgghhhhh!

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 whole string of strips where people send off, basically, angry "letters to the editor." Only in this case, it's people or entities that our beloved (?) Chickweed residents have had enough of. Juliette gets mad at the health care system and as a result shoots her computer full of arrows. Someone gets an "unsolicited letter" and throws their computer out of the window. Or the person sending the "unsolicited letter" throws the computer out the window. Or an unrelated person throws a computer out a window. Guys, it's not clear what's going on AT ALL in one of these comic strips. Amos shows what a super cool guy he is by showing he'd rather barf on his own computer than talk to children about what it's like to play in an orchestra. Thorax licks his computer. Why? Seriously? Why does anyone in this strip do ANYTHING? Juliette's husband moons his computer. And finally, Amos & Edda make out near their computer. The letters (and the reasons behind writing them) don't ever really make sense. We hate to be the ones to break this to Brooke McEldowney, but things that you do in front of your computer or to your computer aren't automatically conveyed through your computer to the recipient, at least not when you're typing. Anyway, one of these strips makes us so angry we can barely contain ourselves. All in all, totally worth it!

The Chickweed strips we discuss this episode:

The computer shot with arrows and the computer thrown out the window are here.
Barfing and licking can be found here.
Mooning and making out are here.

This episode's loquacious journey includes:

  • Biscuits
  • Vitamins
  • Pop Tarts
  • Gummis
  • Swedish Fish
  • Maraschino cherries
  • Luxardos
  • Bananas
  • Diet Coke
  • Juliette, Edda's mom
  • Personal body fluid
  • Bacterial analysis
  • Archery
  • McEldowney Ellipsis
  • Nigerian Prince email
  • Mrs. Jameel Klotilde McSoderstrom
  • Monty Python & the Holy Grail
  • Amos
  • Thorax & Sister Steven
  • The Oxford Comma
  • Grammarly
  • Elliott & Juliette
  • Amos & Edda
  • Marry-Fuck-Kill
  • Gustavo Dudamel

Show Notes

How gelatin is made.
How maraschino cherries are made.
The Castle of Aarrrrgghhhhh!

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

]]> 005: Socrates Never Won a Debate By Licking Someone's Ear https://www.9chickweedrage.com/005 e4ba3620-6e7e-410c-bbd8-86c4b4b8d763 Mon, 12 Sep 2022 04:00:00 -0700 Jeff Drake, Brooke Dillman full Jeff Drake, Brooke Dillman 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. 52:51 yes How do we decide which strips to look at each episode? Brooke uses a very scientific "process of rage." And so this episode we focus on talking about Edda & Amos, the most romantic and perfect couple the modern world has ever seen. What evidence is there of their amazing relationship? Well, Amos goes out of his way to make a terrible pun and Edda either punches him or hip-checks him out of the strip. (Who can tell which? Not us, for sure!) Not for good, unfortunately. Edda also gets sexy for Amos, who is obviously too stupid to pick up on simple cues like lingerie. I mean, he's a real idiot. It nearly makes Jeff lose his mind. In a special Sunday edition, Amos's sexual petulance finds a new level, inspiring Edda to (apparently) put his entire ear in her mouth. We are apparently to believe that Amos and Edda are NOT doing it doggy style on a dock. Yeah yeah, sure sure, it's just accidental that they're drawn that way. Finally, their newborn twins, Polly and Lolly (lord help us), use their powers of mental telepathy to discuss Amos and Edda's sex life. It's totally cool, guys. Very, VERY cool. The Chickweed strips we discuss this episode: The first two are here. (https://twitter.com/9chickweedRAGE/status/1569020251970613248?s=20&t=m4pO1oOKEwzj1QXby5yvvA) The big Sunday strip is here. (https://twitter.com/9chickweedRAGE/status/1569020258039787520?s=20&t=m4pO1oOKEwzj1QXby5yvvA) The last two are here. (https://twitter.com/9chickweedRAGE/status/1569020264092172288?s=20&t=m4pO1oOKEwzj1QXby5yvvA) This episode's "aphrodisiacal" journey includes: Subject: Nightmare Edda & Amos Van Hoesen Contractions Ba-donk-a-donk Jerry Lewis MMA Baby doll nighties Word bubbles The McEldowney Ellipsis KU / MU Rick Moranis Turtlenecks (yet again!) Yodeling The Bletter: The stylish Blazer/Sweater combo Clown pants Krusty the Clown Socrates Feminine wiles Monty Python & the Holy Grail Doggy style Lolly & Polly, the twins Nightrobes Bob Seger Peanuts Quality time Esperanto Sexual beings Fuck swing Show Notes "The Lonely Goatherd" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmmOJx_Hxto) "Krusty Gets Busted" (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0701147/) The Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOrgLj9lOwk) Esperanto Explained (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJWVOkdWQAs) This (https://www.amazon.com/Best-Sellers-Sex-Swings/zgbs/hpc/1243851011) is definitely in Amos & Edda's nursery. 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 (https://twitter.com/9chickweedRAGE) Jerry Lewis, MMA, KU, MU, Rick Moranis, Krusty the Clown, Socrates, feminine wiles, Monty Python, Monty Python & the Holy Grail, Holy Grail, Bob Seger, Peanuts, Esperanto, 9 Chickweed Lane, 9 Chickweed, Chickweed Lane, Chickweed, Brooke McEldowney, newspaper comic strip, comic strip, comics, Jeff Drake, Brooke Dillman How do we decide which strips to look at each episode? Brooke uses a very scientific "process of rage." And so this episode we focus on talking about Edda & Amos, the most romantic and perfect couple the modern world has ever seen. What evidence is there of their amazing relationship? Well, Amos goes out of his way to make a terrible pun and Edda either punches him or hip-checks him out of the strip. (Who can tell which? Not us, for sure!) Not for good, unfortunately. Edda also gets sexy for Amos, who is obviously too stupid to pick up on simple cues like lingerie. I mean, he's a real idiot. It nearly makes Jeff lose his mind. In a special Sunday edition, Amos's sexual petulance finds a new level, inspiring Edda to (apparently) put his entire ear in her mouth. We are apparently to believe that Amos and Edda are NOT doing it doggy style on a dock. Yeah yeah, sure sure, it's just accidental that they're drawn that way. Finally, their newborn twins, Polly and Lolly (lord help us), use their powers of mental telepathy to discuss Amos and Edda's sex life. It's totally cool, guys. Very, VERY cool.

The Chickweed strips we discuss this episode:

The first two are here.
The big Sunday strip is here.
The last two are here.

This episode's "aphrodisiacal" journey includes:

  • Subject: Nightmare
  • Edda & Amos Van Hoesen
  • Contractions
  • Ba-donk-a-donk
  • Jerry Lewis
  • MMA
  • Baby doll nighties
  • Word bubbles
  • The McEldowney Ellipsis
  • KU / MU
  • Rick Moranis
  • Turtlenecks (yet again!)
  • Yodeling
  • The Bletter: The stylish Blazer/Sweater combo
  • Clown pants
  • Krusty the Clown
  • Socrates
  • Feminine wiles
  • Monty Python & the Holy Grail
  • Doggy style
  • Lolly & Polly, the twins
  • Nightrobes
  • Bob Seger
  • Peanuts
  • Quality time
  • Esperanto
  • Sexual beings
  • Fuck swing

Show Notes

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

]]> How do we decide which strips to look at each episode? Brooke uses a very scientific "process of rage." And so this episode we focus on talking about Edda & Amos, the most romantic and perfect couple the modern world has ever seen. What evidence is there of their amazing relationship? Well, Amos goes out of his way to make a terrible pun and Edda either punches him or hip-checks him out of the strip. (Who can tell which? Not us, for sure!) Not for good, unfortunately. Edda also gets sexy for Amos, who is obviously too stupid to pick up on simple cues like lingerie. I mean, he's a real idiot. It nearly makes Jeff lose his mind. In a special Sunday edition, Amos's sexual petulance finds a new level, inspiring Edda to (apparently) put his entire ear in her mouth. We are apparently to believe that Amos and Edda are NOT doing it doggy style on a dock. Yeah yeah, sure sure, it's just accidental that they're drawn that way. Finally, their newborn twins, Polly and Lolly (lord help us), use their powers of mental telepathy to discuss Amos and Edda's sex life. It's totally cool, guys. Very, VERY cool.

The Chickweed strips we discuss this episode:

The first two are here.
The big Sunday strip is here.
The last two are here.

This episode's "aphrodisiacal" journey includes:

  • Subject: Nightmare
  • Edda & Amos Van Hoesen
  • Contractions
  • Ba-donk-a-donk
  • Jerry Lewis
  • MMA
  • Baby doll nighties
  • Word bubbles
  • The McEldowney Ellipsis
  • KU / MU
  • Rick Moranis
  • Turtlenecks (yet again!)
  • Yodeling
  • The Bletter: The stylish Blazer/Sweater combo
  • Clown pants
  • Krusty the Clown
  • Socrates
  • Feminine wiles
  • Monty Python & the Holy Grail
  • Doggy style
  • Lolly & Polly, the twins
  • Nightrobes
  • Bob Seger
  • Peanuts
  • Quality time
  • Esperanto
  • Sexual beings
  • Fuck swing

Show Notes

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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