web01.fireside.fm Sun, 19 Apr 2026 07:05:22 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) 9 Chickweed Rage - Episodes Tagged with “Orangutans” https://www.9chickweedrage.com/tags/orangutans Mon, 29 Sep 2025 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 045: I'll Supply The Other Finger https://www.9chickweedrage.com/045 70c7ee2a-af45-4a2a-a384-1c045ff20570 Mon, 29 Sep 2025 04:00:00 -0700 Jeff Drake, Brooke Dillman full Jeff Drake, Brooke Dillman A critic has the audacity to give Amos & Edda a less than glowing review. And there are consequences. 1:36:19 yes So our journey this episode takes us to a recital, where Amos and Edda get a less than glowing review from a critic. They are SO BAD at taking any amount of criticism that they go onstage the next night to flip the critic off. Oh wait! Yeah. In this world, Amos and Edda have a multi-night engagement AND the critic comes to EVERY performance AND writes about every performance. Just like in real life! So Amos flips off the audience (as a way of showing the audience that he disapproves of the critic's take) and Edda joins him. Then there's a reaction to THAT reaction, which also rubs Amos and Edda the wrong way. Because why wouldn't they be anything but, as they admit, childish, vindictive and ridiculous? There's a brief Sunday strip sidebar about how a bunch of scientists ask Amos to ask Edda how she keeps her boobs in her dress. I wish we were kidding about this, but no, this is REALLY what the Sunday strip is about. Then we return to the critic storyline where the critic shows up for a THIRD STRAIGHT performance to explain himself to Edda. She takes it well, and by that I mean she threatens to make him strip naked and dance in front of the audience. But only for the first 100 attendees. Yeah. It made zero sense to us either. Good times! The Chickweed strips we discuss this episode: You can find all of this episode's strips on Instagram by clicking here (https://www.instagram.com/p/DPK8LbakWnP/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==). We've abandoned Twitter, because it's terrible, but you can now find this episode's strips on Bluesky by clicking here (https://bsky.app/profile/9chickweedrage.bsky.social/post/3lzwzyr7wn227). This childish, vindictive and ridiculous episode includes: Breakfast at a hotel Freaky Friday Going to the doctor Half-marathons & marathons The dangers of the omelette bar GU packets Couches The kids in Weapons (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weapons_(2025_film)) Orangutans Leif Garrett Tiger Beat Magazine Shooting rude gestures Fred Mertz pants "Puttin' on the Ritz" (https://youtu.be/ab7NyKw0VYQ?si=Mnusgn0_Lz0WQdIr) Kash Patel sitting on a chair (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6QW23JlIgM) Seinfeld Juggs magazine Janet Jackson The Thing from Fantastic Four Rush 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 Bluesky: @9ChickweedRAGE.bsky.social (https://bsky.app/profile/9chickweedrage.bsky.social). And we're on Instagram: @9ChickweedRage (https://www.instagram.com/9chickweedrage/). breakfast, Freaky Friday, marathons, Weapons, Orangutans, Fred Mertz, Young Frankenstein, Kash Patel, Seinfeld, Juggs, Janet Jackson, FF, Rush, 9 Chickweed Lane, 9 Chickweed, Chickweed Lane, Chickweed, Brooke McEldowney, newspaper comic strip, comic strip, comics, Jeff Drake, Brooke Dillman So our journey this episode takes us to a recital, where Amos and Edda get a less than glowing review from a critic. They are SO BAD at taking any amount of criticism that they go onstage the next night to flip the critic off. Oh wait! Yeah. In this world, Amos and Edda have a multi-night engagement AND the critic comes to EVERY performance AND writes about every performance. Just like in real life! So Amos flips off the audience (as a way of showing the audience that he disapproves of the critic's take) and Edda joins him. Then there's a reaction to THAT reaction, which also rubs Amos and Edda the wrong way. Because why wouldn't they be anything but, as they admit, childish, vindictive and ridiculous? There's a brief Sunday strip sidebar about how a bunch of scientists ask Amos to ask Edda how she keeps her boobs in her dress. I wish we were kidding about this, but no, this is REALLY what the Sunday strip is about. Then we return to the critic storyline where the critic shows up for a THIRD STRAIGHT performance to explain himself to Edda. She takes it well, and by that I mean she threatens to make him strip naked and dance in front of the audience. But only for the first 100 attendees. Yeah. It made zero sense to us either. Good times!

The Chickweed strips we discuss this episode:

You can find all of this episode's strips on Instagram by clicking here. We've abandoned Twitter, because it's terrible, but you can now find this episode's strips on Bluesky by clicking here.

This childish, vindictive and ridiculous episode includes:

  • Breakfast at a hotel
  • Freaky Friday
  • Going to the doctor
  • Half-marathons & marathons
  • The dangers of the omelette bar
  • GU packets
  • Couches
  • The kids in Weapons
  • Orangutans
  • Leif Garrett
  • Tiger Beat Magazine
  • Shooting rude gestures
  • Fred Mertz pants
  • "Puttin' on the Ritz"
  • Kash Patel sitting on a chair
  • Seinfeld
  • Juggs magazine
  • Janet Jackson
  • The Thing from Fantastic Four
  • Rush

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 Bluesky: @9ChickweedRAGE.bsky.social. And we're on Instagram: @9ChickweedRage.

]]> So our journey this episode takes us to a recital, where Amos and Edda get a less than glowing review from a critic. They are SO BAD at taking any amount of criticism that they go onstage the next night to flip the critic off. Oh wait! Yeah. In this world, Amos and Edda have a multi-night engagement AND the critic comes to EVERY performance AND writes about every performance. Just like in real life! So Amos flips off the audience (as a way of showing the audience that he disapproves of the critic's take) and Edda joins him. Then there's a reaction to THAT reaction, which also rubs Amos and Edda the wrong way. Because why wouldn't they be anything but, as they admit, childish, vindictive and ridiculous? There's a brief Sunday strip sidebar about how a bunch of scientists ask Amos to ask Edda how she keeps her boobs in her dress. I wish we were kidding about this, but no, this is REALLY what the Sunday strip is about. Then we return to the critic storyline where the critic shows up for a THIRD STRAIGHT performance to explain himself to Edda. She takes it well, and by that I mean she threatens to make him strip naked and dance in front of the audience. But only for the first 100 attendees. Yeah. It made zero sense to us either. Good times!

The Chickweed strips we discuss this episode:

You can find all of this episode's strips on Instagram by clicking here. We've abandoned Twitter, because it's terrible, but you can now find this episode's strips on Bluesky by clicking here.

This childish, vindictive and ridiculous episode includes:

  • Breakfast at a hotel
  • Freaky Friday
  • Going to the doctor
  • Half-marathons & marathons
  • The dangers of the omelette bar
  • GU packets
  • Couches
  • The kids in Weapons
  • Orangutans
  • Leif Garrett
  • Tiger Beat Magazine
  • Shooting rude gestures
  • Fred Mertz pants
  • "Puttin' on the Ritz"
  • Kash Patel sitting on a chair
  • Seinfeld
  • Juggs magazine
  • Janet Jackson
  • The Thing from Fantastic Four
  • Rush

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 Bluesky: @9ChickweedRAGE.bsky.social. And we're on Instagram: @9ChickweedRage.

]]> 006: A Trampoline Comes Convulsively to Mind https://www.9chickweedrage.com/006 58331365-7dc5-4bce-ad2d-a6b6f894cf9f Mon, 19 Sep 2022 04:00:00 -0700 Jeff Drake, Brooke Dillman full Jeff Drake, Brooke Dillman In the course of one week, Edda & Amos travel through time, without the constraints of logic, common sense, or even relative size. 1:00:21 yes A few listeners had questions and comments, which led us to a week's worth of very confusing strips, even by this ridiculous comic's standard. Our goal was to answer their questions about what in the specific fuck was going on. There was a question about swings, and why the characters were on swings, and how old were they exactly, and also, seriously, what the fuck is up with this goddamned strip. Seriously. How do you go from a standstill in one panel to nearly flying off the swings in the next? But let's backtrack to the beginning of this story, a couple days earlier, where World's Most Romantic Couple are drawn as Hobbit-sized children, and they speak only of how they will have babies later. This leads us to our introduction to Edda's mother Juliette, who is infuriated (?) to hear that her daughter and her daughter's friend are discussing having babies at whatever age or ages they're currently portrayed at. Five? Eleven? Fifteen? Your guess is as good as ours. Is a conversation between two children about possibly having children when they get older awkward and gross? What? Are you new here? Of course it is! The Chickweed strips we discuss this episode: The first three are here (https://twitter.com/9chickweedRAGE/status/1571521012818415616?s=20&t=5TA0D6noFIhYnmbim7Bf1w). The last three are here (https://twitter.com/9chickweedRAGE/status/1571521019751596039?s=20&t=5TA0D6noFIhYnmbim7Bf1w). This episode's time-traveling journey includes: Phantom of the Opera Writing letters Long-distance phone calls Kansas City local commercials Amos & Edda Swingsets Farting (but blaming the chair) Message boards Tuberculosis Brooke's (Dillman) birthday Fisher Price Little People (https://shop.mattel.com/products/little-people-collector-the-golden-girls-gwr84) The McEldowney Ellipsis Peanuts Dorf on Golf Edda's mother Juliette Fulbright scholar Orangutan / Orangutang KU / MU Hotline Rotary phones RADAR vs. SONAR The Gas Giants of our Solar System The DOUBLE McEldowney Ellipsis Balloon animals Siri Accidental conception Crotchless ballet outfits Show Notes "All I Ask of You" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfPLh_6ckzI) Dorf on Golf (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFlOgrodJPo) The correct pronunciation (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiDw65tR2vI) of "orangutan." Rotary phones for sale. (https://www.etsy.com/search/vintage?q=rotary+phone&ref=pagination&vintage_rewrite=vintage+rotary+phone&original_query=2&orig_facet=) Telephone dialer (https://www.replacements.com/silver-tiffany-and-co-silver-cordis-sterling-1958-telephone-dialer-with-hollow-handle/p/7225671?utm_source=google_shopping&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=shopping_feed&gclid=Cj0KCQjw94WZBhDtARIsAKxWG-8zCyEwI1vsaqLxLdsYzywpUsPBfnVIy0g8tF7a4DHj_GEAbsZNPK4aAmRdEALw_wcB) How does RADAR work? (https://www.eol.ucar.edu/content/how-do-radars-work) The poetry of Robert Krut (https://www.robert-krut.com/). 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) Phantom of the Opera, swing sets, Little People, Peanuts, Dorf on Golf, orangutans, KU/MU, rotary phones, radar, sonar, balloon animals, ballet, 9 Chickweed Lane, 9 Chickweed, Chickweed Lane, Chickweed, Brooke McEldowney, newspaper comic strip, comic strip, comics, Jeff Drake, Brooke Dillman A few listeners had questions and comments, which led us to a week's worth of very confusing strips, even by this ridiculous comic's standard. Our goal was to answer their questions about what in the specific fuck was going on. There was a question about swings, and why the characters were on swings, and how old were they exactly, and also, seriously, what the fuck is up with this goddamned strip. Seriously. How do you go from a standstill in one panel to nearly flying off the swings in the next? But let's backtrack to the beginning of this story, a couple days earlier, where World's Most Romantic Couple are drawn as Hobbit-sized children, and they speak only of how they will have babies later. This leads us to our introduction to Edda's mother Juliette, who is infuriated (?) to hear that her daughter and her daughter's friend are discussing having babies at whatever age or ages they're currently portrayed at. Five? Eleven? Fifteen? Your guess is as good as ours. Is a conversation between two children about possibly having children when they get older awkward and gross? What? Are you new here? Of course it is!

The Chickweed strips we discuss this episode:

The first three are here.
The last three are here.

This episode's time-traveling journey includes:

  • Phantom of the Opera
  • Writing letters
  • Long-distance phone calls
  • Kansas City local commercials
  • Amos & Edda
  • Swingsets
  • Farting (but blaming the chair)
  • Message boards
  • Tuberculosis
  • Brooke's (Dillman) birthday
  • Fisher Price Little People
  • The McEldowney Ellipsis
  • Peanuts
  • Dorf on Golf
  • Edda's mother Juliette
  • Fulbright scholar
  • Orangutan / Orangutang
  • KU / MU
  • Hotline
  • Rotary phones
  • RADAR vs. SONAR
  • The Gas Giants of our Solar System
  • The DOUBLE McEldowney Ellipsis
  • Balloon animals
  • Siri
  • Accidental conception
  • Crotchless ballet outfits

Show Notes

"All I Ask of You"
Dorf on Golf
The correct pronunciation of "orangutan."
Rotary phones for sale.
Telephone dialer
How does RADAR work?
The poetry of Robert Krut.

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

]]> A few listeners had questions and comments, which led us to a week's worth of very confusing strips, even by this ridiculous comic's standard. Our goal was to answer their questions about what in the specific fuck was going on. There was a question about swings, and why the characters were on swings, and how old were they exactly, and also, seriously, what the fuck is up with this goddamned strip. Seriously. How do you go from a standstill in one panel to nearly flying off the swings in the next? But let's backtrack to the beginning of this story, a couple days earlier, where World's Most Romantic Couple are drawn as Hobbit-sized children, and they speak only of how they will have babies later. This leads us to our introduction to Edda's mother Juliette, who is infuriated (?) to hear that her daughter and her daughter's friend are discussing having babies at whatever age or ages they're currently portrayed at. Five? Eleven? Fifteen? Your guess is as good as ours. Is a conversation between two children about possibly having children when they get older awkward and gross? What? Are you new here? Of course it is!

The Chickweed strips we discuss this episode:

The first three are here.
The last three are here.

This episode's time-traveling journey includes:

  • Phantom of the Opera
  • Writing letters
  • Long-distance phone calls
  • Kansas City local commercials
  • Amos & Edda
  • Swingsets
  • Farting (but blaming the chair)
  • Message boards
  • Tuberculosis
  • Brooke's (Dillman) birthday
  • Fisher Price Little People
  • The McEldowney Ellipsis
  • Peanuts
  • Dorf on Golf
  • Edda's mother Juliette
  • Fulbright scholar
  • Orangutan / Orangutang
  • KU / MU
  • Hotline
  • Rotary phones
  • RADAR vs. SONAR
  • The Gas Giants of our Solar System
  • The DOUBLE McEldowney Ellipsis
  • Balloon animals
  • Siri
  • Accidental conception
  • Crotchless ballet outfits

Show Notes

"All I Ask of You"
Dorf on Golf
The correct pronunciation of "orangutan."
Rotary phones for sale.
Telephone dialer
How does RADAR work?
The poetry of Robert Krut.

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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