web01.fireside.fm Sat, 30 May 2026 04:10:50 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) 9 Chickweed Rage - Episodes Tagged with “Muppets” https://www.9chickweedrage.com/tags/muppets Tue, 18 Jul 2023 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 028: I'll Just Serve You A Colossal Jong-Jong https://www.9chickweedrage.com/028 334e9add-a915-4cd5-b3ad-7eea9c14f071 Tue, 18 Jul 2023 04:00:00 -0700 Jeff Drake, Brooke Dillman full Jeff Drake, Brooke Dillman We go back to the beginning, to the very first 9 Chickweed Lane, to prove it was just as terrible then as now. 1:28:08 yes <p>Inspired by the 4th of July (I guess), we go all the way back to the beginning and take a look at the very first Chickweed strips. Brooke Mac-El-Dee comes right out of the gate with Juliette talking with Edda about physical attractiveness and how that's very important to catch a man. Edda at this point is maybe 12, so this is a TOTALLY NORMAL AND APPROPRIATE conversation for a mother to have. But don't worry. Things get WAY MORE inappropriate pretty quickly. Isn't it comforting to know that this horrible comic strip was horrible in exactly the same ways from the beginning? Following up Juliette's lessons in female attractiveness, pre-teenage Edda already expresses what can only be described as Championship Level Body Dysmorphia. Classic Mac-El-Dee! There's a whole Sunday strip about a fly. Twelve-year-old Amos, who looks either drowned or electrocuted or both, spends an entire strip sniffing Edda...at her request of course. Sophia Loren's "bosom" is described as "proud." Edda shames her mother for not getting boned on a date. Then later the two of them celebrate Juliette finding her boyfriend's "button" and "pushing it." Which I suppose means she had sex. Edda encourages Amos to imagine random adults they're looking at naked. So that's totally cool also. And finally we spend about ten solid minutes trying to figure out what "I'll just serve you a colossal jong-jong" means. </p> <h3>The <em><strong>Chickweed</strong></em> strips we discuss this episode:</h3> <p>Juliette teaches Edda about the necessity of being attractive and Edda expressing her complicated body dysmorphia <a href="https://twitter.com/9chickweedRAGE/status/1681133741673172992?s=20" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><strong>ARE HERE</strong></a>.<br> A Sunday strip all about a dumb fly and Amos uncomfortably and repeatedly sniffing Edda <a href="https://twitter.com/9chickweedRAGE/status/1681133743338315779?s=20" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><strong>ARE HERE</strong></a>.<br> Sophia Loren's "proud bosom," Juliette's inability to transform a man into a "gelatinous blob of slavering desire," and Amos showing his leg to some other boys <a href="https://twitter.com/9chickweedRAGE/status/1681133745057980417?s=20" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><strong>ARE HERE</strong></a>.<br> Juliette talks to Edda about finding and pushing her boyfriend's button, Edda and Amos imagining adult strangers naked, and the famous colossal jong-jong <a href="https://twitter.com/9chickweedRAGE/status/1681133746786045953?s=20" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><strong>ARE HERE</strong></a>.</p> <h3>This gelatinous, colossal episode includes:</h3> <ul> <li>4th of July</li> <li>Joey Chestnut</li> <li>Eating harmonicas</li> <li>Christmas</li> <li>Free Will</li> <li>Major League Eating</li> <li>"<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdd6q0pW4DM" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">76 Trombones</a>" from The Music Man</li> <li>Funnel Cakes</li> <li>Pizza Hut P'Zone</li> <li>Dutch ovens</li> <li>Twinkies</li> <li>International waters</li> <li>Barbie dolls</li> <li>Lauren Bacall</li> <li>Muppets</li> <li>Telly the Monster</li> <li>Dorothy Hamill</li> <li><em>Scent of a Woman</em> and Al Pacino's <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dNeIAxll2A" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><strong>catchphrase</strong></a></li> <li>Sophia Loren</li> <li>Slavering</li> <li>Imagining everyone naked</li> <li><em>Fast Times at Ridgemont High</em></li> <li>The Colossal Jong-Jong</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> 4th of July, Joey Chestnut, Major League Eating, Barbie dolls, Lauren Bacall, Muppets, Dorothy Hamill, Scent of a Woman, Sophia Loren, 9 Chickweed Lane, 9 Chickweed, Chickweed Lane, Chickweed, Brooke McEldowney, newspaper comic strip, comic strip, comics, Jeff Drake, Brooke Dillman Inspired by the 4th of July (I guess), we go all the way back to the beginning and take a look at the very first Chickweed strips. Brooke Mac-El-Dee comes right out of the gate with Juliette talking with Edda about physical attractiveness and how that's very important to catch a man. Edda at this point is maybe 12, so this is a TOTALLY NORMAL AND APPROPRIATE conversation for a mother to have. But don't worry. Things get WAY MORE inappropriate pretty quickly. Isn't it comforting to know that this horrible comic strip was horrible in exactly the same ways from the beginning? Following up Juliette's lessons in female attractiveness, pre-teenage Edda already expresses what can only be described as Championship Level Body Dysmorphia. Classic Mac-El-Dee! There's a whole Sunday strip about a fly. Twelve-year-old Amos, who looks either drowned or electrocuted or both, spends an entire strip sniffing Edda...at her request of course. Sophia Loren's "bosom" is described as "proud." Edda shames her mother for not getting boned on a date. Then later the two of them celebrate Juliette finding her boyfriend's "button" and "pushing it." Which I suppose means she had sex. Edda encourages Amos to imagine random adults they're looking at naked. So that's totally cool also. And finally we spend about ten solid minutes trying to figure out what "I'll just serve you a colossal jong-jong" means.

The Chickweed strips we discuss this episode:

Juliette teaches Edda about the necessity of being attractive and Edda expressing her complicated body dysmorphia ARE HERE.
A Sunday strip all about a dumb fly and Amos uncomfortably and repeatedly sniffing Edda ARE HERE.
Sophia Loren's "proud bosom," Juliette's inability to transform a man into a "gelatinous blob of slavering desire," and Amos showing his leg to some other boys ARE HERE.
Juliette talks to Edda about finding and pushing her boyfriend's button, Edda and Amos imagining adult strangers naked, and the famous colossal jong-jong ARE HERE.

This gelatinous, colossal episode includes:

  • 4th of July
  • Joey Chestnut
  • Eating harmonicas
  • Christmas
  • Free Will
  • Major League Eating
  • "76 Trombones" from The Music Man
  • Funnel Cakes
  • Pizza Hut P'Zone
  • Dutch ovens
  • Twinkies
  • International waters
  • Barbie dolls
  • Lauren Bacall
  • Muppets
  • Telly the Monster
  • Dorothy Hamill
  • Scent of a Woman and Al Pacino's catchphrase
  • Sophia Loren
  • Slavering
  • Imagining everyone naked
  • Fast Times at Ridgemont High
  • The Colossal Jong-Jong

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

]]> Inspired by the 4th of July (I guess), we go all the way back to the beginning and take a look at the very first Chickweed strips. Brooke Mac-El-Dee comes right out of the gate with Juliette talking with Edda about physical attractiveness and how that's very important to catch a man. Edda at this point is maybe 12, so this is a TOTALLY NORMAL AND APPROPRIATE conversation for a mother to have. But don't worry. Things get WAY MORE inappropriate pretty quickly. Isn't it comforting to know that this horrible comic strip was horrible in exactly the same ways from the beginning? Following up Juliette's lessons in female attractiveness, pre-teenage Edda already expresses what can only be described as Championship Level Body Dysmorphia. Classic Mac-El-Dee! There's a whole Sunday strip about a fly. Twelve-year-old Amos, who looks either drowned or electrocuted or both, spends an entire strip sniffing Edda...at her request of course. Sophia Loren's "bosom" is described as "proud." Edda shames her mother for not getting boned on a date. Then later the two of them celebrate Juliette finding her boyfriend's "button" and "pushing it." Which I suppose means she had sex. Edda encourages Amos to imagine random adults they're looking at naked. So that's totally cool also. And finally we spend about ten solid minutes trying to figure out what "I'll just serve you a colossal jong-jong" means.

The Chickweed strips we discuss this episode:

Juliette teaches Edda about the necessity of being attractive and Edda expressing her complicated body dysmorphia ARE HERE.
A Sunday strip all about a dumb fly and Amos uncomfortably and repeatedly sniffing Edda ARE HERE.
Sophia Loren's "proud bosom," Juliette's inability to transform a man into a "gelatinous blob of slavering desire," and Amos showing his leg to some other boys ARE HERE.
Juliette talks to Edda about finding and pushing her boyfriend's button, Edda and Amos imagining adult strangers naked, and the famous colossal jong-jong ARE HERE.

This gelatinous, colossal episode includes:

  • 4th of July
  • Joey Chestnut
  • Eating harmonicas
  • Christmas
  • Free Will
  • Major League Eating
  • "76 Trombones" from The Music Man
  • Funnel Cakes
  • Pizza Hut P'Zone
  • Dutch ovens
  • Twinkies
  • International waters
  • Barbie dolls
  • Lauren Bacall
  • Muppets
  • Telly the Monster
  • Dorothy Hamill
  • Scent of a Woman and Al Pacino's catchphrase
  • Sophia Loren
  • Slavering
  • Imagining everyone naked
  • Fast Times at Ridgemont High
  • The Colossal Jong-Jong

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

]]> 016: Say Hello to Sphinxter, the Mobile Comments Wart https://www.9chickweedrage.com/016 13c7f61a-8d8d-443d-98ac-041f0144b422 Mon, 28 Nov 2022 04:00:00 -0800 Jeff Drake, Brooke Dillman full Jeff Drake, Brooke Dillman Brooke McEldowney introduces a sock puppet named Sphinxter, and he looks like a butthole. 1:16:42 yes <p>Neither of us was ready for Brooke McEldowney to introduce us to a filthy sock puppet named Sphinxter. But he did it anyway. Here, Sphinxter takes on internet trolls, or as McEldowney calls them, "anonymous onliners." If you're wondering if Sphinxter has a literal butthole for a mouth, he does. And we see it A LOT. In the end, McEldowney claims victory over the trolls and throws Sphinxter away. It's super fun!</p> <h3>The <em><strong>Chickweed</strong></em> strips we discuss this episode:</h3> <p>Sphinxter gets introduced, states his thesis, and accosts Juliette &amp; Elliott on the street <a href="https://twitter.com/9chickweedRAGE/status/1596916594911113216?s=20&amp;t=22cX8UtP1t_ydjYB08_pSw" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><em><strong>right here</strong></em></a>.<br> Sphinxter uses a typewriter to address internet trolls, Juliette attacks Sphinxter, and then throws him away <a href="https://twitter.com/9chickweedRAGE/status/1596916600514306048?s=20&amp;t=22cX8UtP1t_ydjYB08_pSw" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><em><strong>right here</strong></em></a>.</p> <h3>This episode's butthole-filled journey includes:</h3> <ul> <li>Taking Brooke McEldowney to court</li> <li>Dolly the dog</li> <li>Class-Action Lawsuit</li> <li>Thorax</li> <li>Sock puppet</li> <li>Muppets</li> <li>Washing machines</li> <li>Oxy-Clean</li> <li>Dishwashing pods</li> <li>Sphinxter</li> <li>Popsicle sticks</li> <li>Lomi</li> <li>Mark Cuban</li> <li>Elon Musk</li> <li>Emeralds into diamonds</li> <li>Twitter</li> <li>"Onliners"</li> <li>Typewriters</li> <li>Cloaca</li> <li>Munchausen Syndrome</li> <li>Judy Garland</li> <li>Stockholm Syndrome</li> <li>So many turtlenecks!</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> Stockholm Syndrome, Munchausen Syndrome, Judy Garland, turtlenecks, cloaca, typewriters, Elon Musk, Mark Cuban, Lomi, Muppets, 9 Chickweed Lane, 9 Chickweed, Chickweed Lane, Chickweed, Brooke McEldowney, newspaper comic strip, comic strip, comics, Jeff Drake, Brooke Dillman Neither of us was ready for Brooke McEldowney to introduce us to a filthy sock puppet named Sphinxter. But he did it anyway. Here, Sphinxter takes on internet trolls, or as McEldowney calls them, "anonymous onliners." If you're wondering if Sphinxter has a literal butthole for a mouth, he does. And we see it A LOT. In the end, McEldowney claims victory over the trolls and throws Sphinxter away. It's super fun!

The Chickweed strips we discuss this episode:

Sphinxter gets introduced, states his thesis, and accosts Juliette & Elliott on the street right here.
Sphinxter uses a typewriter to address internet trolls, Juliette attacks Sphinxter, and then throws him away right here.

This episode's butthole-filled journey includes:

  • Taking Brooke McEldowney to court
  • Dolly the dog
  • Class-Action Lawsuit
  • Thorax
  • Sock puppet
  • Muppets
  • Washing machines
  • Oxy-Clean
  • Dishwashing pods
  • Sphinxter
  • Popsicle sticks
  • Lomi
  • Mark Cuban
  • Elon Musk
  • Emeralds into diamonds
  • Twitter
  • "Onliners"
  • Typewriters
  • Cloaca
  • Munchausen Syndrome
  • Judy Garland
  • Stockholm Syndrome
  • So many turtlenecks!

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

]]> Neither of us was ready for Brooke McEldowney to introduce us to a filthy sock puppet named Sphinxter. But he did it anyway. Here, Sphinxter takes on internet trolls, or as McEldowney calls them, "anonymous onliners." If you're wondering if Sphinxter has a literal butthole for a mouth, he does. And we see it A LOT. In the end, McEldowney claims victory over the trolls and throws Sphinxter away. It's super fun!

The Chickweed strips we discuss this episode:

Sphinxter gets introduced, states his thesis, and accosts Juliette & Elliott on the street right here.
Sphinxter uses a typewriter to address internet trolls, Juliette attacks Sphinxter, and then throws him away right here.

This episode's butthole-filled journey includes:

  • Taking Brooke McEldowney to court
  • Dolly the dog
  • Class-Action Lawsuit
  • Thorax
  • Sock puppet
  • Muppets
  • Washing machines
  • Oxy-Clean
  • Dishwashing pods
  • Sphinxter
  • Popsicle sticks
  • Lomi
  • Mark Cuban
  • Elon Musk
  • Emeralds into diamonds
  • Twitter
  • "Onliners"
  • Typewriters
  • Cloaca
  • Munchausen Syndrome
  • Judy Garland
  • Stockholm Syndrome
  • So many turtlenecks!

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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