web01.fireside.fm Thu, 11 Jun 2026 19:53:31 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) 9 Chickweed Rage - Episodes Tagged with “Stephen Sondheim” https://www.9chickweedrage.com/tags/stephen%20sondheim Sun, 16 Mar 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 041: Welcome to the Sex Toilet, Matt Fraction! https://www.9chickweedrage.com/041 83bb2470-a87b-47dc-9c76-8badb3819c4a Sun, 16 Mar 2025 04:00:00 -0700 Jeff Drake, Brooke Dillman full Jeff Drake, Brooke Dillman Wherein we drag award-winning comic book writer Matt Fraction into the abyss. 2:13:32 yes <p>Matt Fraction really should be writing the new Batman comic, but instead he made the mistake of wondering, "What exactly is this comic strip Jeff and Brooke are talking about?" It's a dangerous question to pose to yourself. Even more so, as Matt discovered, if one makes the mistake of Googling this comic strip. It kind of opens a Pandora's box. Which is what happened, and the next thing Matt knew, he was reading years' worth of Chickweed Lanes. Seriously guys, he took <em>pages</em> of notes! After the deep immersion, he agreed to join us on the podcast to talk about the things he witnessed. That includes: couples going to TGI Fingerbang's, something known as "ffawnky mozm fimps," curious children who lift mommy's skirt, hetero-curious ballet dancers, buttholes that look like clown's mouths, falling in love with Nazis, vaginas (with and without crawfish), "knockout gams," how much Brooke Mc-El-Dee knows about menstruation (not much!), elderly men who produce ink when startled, the hypnotic sexiness of cat's buttholes, and a final strip so surprising, it floors Brooke Dillman, almost literally. And this after two of the earlier strips nearly killed her already! Along the way, we talk about Dilbert, Alan Moore, Gene Simmons, and Kansas City's most famous serial killer. Also Matt makes a really good point about <em>Raiders of the Lost Ark</em>. It's our largest episode ever and for a good reason! Drake! Dillman! Fraction! Let's go!</p> <h3>The <em><strong>Chickweed</strong></em> strips we discuss this episode:</h3> <p>You can find all of the strips on Instagram by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DHPuijSRw0C/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><strong>clicking here</strong></a>. We've abandoned Twitter, because it's terrible, but you can now find us on Bluesky by <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/9chickweedrage.bsky.social/post/3lkhq52yxvc2u" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><strong>clicking here</strong></a>. </p> <h3>This ffawnky mozm fimps episode includes:</h3> <ul> <li><em>Malcolm in the Middle</em></li> <li>Good Brooke vs. Bad Brooke</li> <li>the Death Star trash chute</li> <li><em>Game of Thrones</em></li> <li>Dilbert</li> <li>Dutch angles</li> <li><em>Terminator 2</em></li> <li> sexual chicken fight</li> <li> <em>The Shining</em> twins</li> <li> <em>The Brady Bunch</em></li> <li> Converse All-Stars</li> <li> <em>Hoosiers</em></li> <li> Alan Moore</li> <li> <em>Swamp Thing</em></li> <li> The Mona Lisa &amp; the Scream</li> <li> Eva Braun</li> <li> Danny Thomas</li> <li> Bill Oakley</li> <li> tight butts drive Matt nuts</li> <li> KISS and the <a href="https://nashvillecasketsales.com/kisskasket.htm" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><strong>Kiss Kasket</strong></a></li> <li> Gene Simmons</li> <li> Cindy Lou Who</li> <li> <em>Raiders of the Lost Ark</em></li> <li> The Lockhorns</li> <li> Stephen Sondheim</li> <li> Stan Lee</li> <li> Kansas City serial killer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Berdella" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><strong>Bob Berdella</strong></a></li> <li>Jorge Jimenez</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 Bluesky: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/9chickweedrage.bsky.social" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><strong>@9ChickweedRAGE.bsky.social</strong></a>. And we're on Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/9chickweedrage/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><strong>@9ChickweedRage</strong></a>.<br> Special Guest: Matt Fraction.</p> Stan Lee, Jorge Jimenez, Bob Berdella, Stephen Sondheim, Dilbert, KISS, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Alan Moore, Matt Fraction, Fraction, Batman, 9 Chickweed Lane, 9 Chickweed, Chickweed Lane, Chickweed, Brooke McEldowney, newspaper comic strip, comic strip, comics, Jeff Drake, Brooke Dillman Matt Fraction really should be writing the new Batman comic, but instead he made the mistake of wondering, "What exactly is this comic strip Jeff and Brooke are talking about?" It's a dangerous question to pose to yourself. Even more so, as Matt discovered, if one makes the mistake of Googling this comic strip. It kind of opens a Pandora's box. Which is what happened, and the next thing Matt knew, he was reading years' worth of Chickweed Lanes. Seriously guys, he took pages of notes! After the deep immersion, he agreed to join us on the podcast to talk about the things he witnessed. That includes: couples going to TGI Fingerbang's, something known as "ffawnky mozm fimps," curious children who lift mommy's skirt, hetero-curious ballet dancers, buttholes that look like clown's mouths, falling in love with Nazis, vaginas (with and without crawfish), "knockout gams," how much Brooke Mc-El-Dee knows about menstruation (not much!), elderly men who produce ink when startled, the hypnotic sexiness of cat's buttholes, and a final strip so surprising, it floors Brooke Dillman, almost literally. And this after two of the earlier strips nearly killed her already! Along the way, we talk about Dilbert, Alan Moore, Gene Simmons, and Kansas City's most famous serial killer. Also Matt makes a really good point about Raiders of the Lost Ark. It's our largest episode ever and for a good reason! Drake! Dillman! Fraction! Let's go!

The Chickweed strips we discuss this episode:

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

This ffawnky mozm fimps episode includes:

  • Malcolm in the Middle
  • Good Brooke vs. Bad Brooke
  • the Death Star trash chute
  • Game of Thrones
  • Dilbert
  • Dutch angles
  • Terminator 2
  • sexual chicken fight
  • The Shining twins
  • The Brady Bunch
  • Converse All-Stars
  • Hoosiers
  • Alan Moore
  • Swamp Thing
  • The Mona Lisa & the Scream
  • Eva Braun
  • Danny Thomas
  • Bill Oakley
  • tight butts drive Matt nuts
  • KISS and the Kiss Kasket
  • Gene Simmons
  • Cindy Lou Who
  • Raiders of the Lost Ark
  • The Lockhorns
  • Stephen Sondheim
  • Stan Lee
  • Kansas City serial killer Bob Berdella
  • Jorge Jimenez

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.

Special Guest: Matt Fraction.

]]> Matt Fraction really should be writing the new Batman comic, but instead he made the mistake of wondering, "What exactly is this comic strip Jeff and Brooke are talking about?" It's a dangerous question to pose to yourself. Even more so, as Matt discovered, if one makes the mistake of Googling this comic strip. It kind of opens a Pandora's box. Which is what happened, and the next thing Matt knew, he was reading years' worth of Chickweed Lanes. Seriously guys, he took pages of notes! After the deep immersion, he agreed to join us on the podcast to talk about the things he witnessed. That includes: couples going to TGI Fingerbang's, something known as "ffawnky mozm fimps," curious children who lift mommy's skirt, hetero-curious ballet dancers, buttholes that look like clown's mouths, falling in love with Nazis, vaginas (with and without crawfish), "knockout gams," how much Brooke Mc-El-Dee knows about menstruation (not much!), elderly men who produce ink when startled, the hypnotic sexiness of cat's buttholes, and a final strip so surprising, it floors Brooke Dillman, almost literally. And this after two of the earlier strips nearly killed her already! Along the way, we talk about Dilbert, Alan Moore, Gene Simmons, and Kansas City's most famous serial killer. Also Matt makes a really good point about Raiders of the Lost Ark. It's our largest episode ever and for a good reason! Drake! Dillman! Fraction! Let's go!

The Chickweed strips we discuss this episode:

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

This ffawnky mozm fimps episode includes:

  • Malcolm in the Middle
  • Good Brooke vs. Bad Brooke
  • the Death Star trash chute
  • Game of Thrones
  • Dilbert
  • Dutch angles
  • Terminator 2
  • sexual chicken fight
  • The Shining twins
  • The Brady Bunch
  • Converse All-Stars
  • Hoosiers
  • Alan Moore
  • Swamp Thing
  • The Mona Lisa & the Scream
  • Eva Braun
  • Danny Thomas
  • Bill Oakley
  • tight butts drive Matt nuts
  • KISS and the Kiss Kasket
  • Gene Simmons
  • Cindy Lou Who
  • Raiders of the Lost Ark
  • The Lockhorns
  • Stephen Sondheim
  • Stan Lee
  • Kansas City serial killer Bob Berdella
  • Jorge Jimenez

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.

Special Guest: Matt Fraction.

]]> 001: The New Car Aroma of Her Khakis https://www.9chickweedrage.com/001 6eaff716-569a-48e2-a6d0-4c0cbcaa67cc Mon, 29 Aug 2022 04:00:00 -0700 Jeff Drake, Brooke Dillman full Jeff Drake, Brooke Dillman Jeff & Brooke begin their 9 Chickweed Lane journey with the romance of Thorax (either 90 or 100 years old) and 30-year-old policewoman Esme. Part 1 of 3. 42:50 yes <p>Our long-awaited first episode! Is it the dumbest idea for a podcast? Probably!</p> <p>We talk about our least favorite newspaper comic strip, <strong><em>9 Chickweed Lane</em></strong>, written and drawn by Brooke (no relation) McEldowney. We kick this journey of rage off with the romance (?) of <strong>Thorax</strong> and <strong>Esme</strong>. According to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9_Chickweed_Lane" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Wikipedia</a>, Thorax is an amiable elderly farmer, who is "brilliant and odd beyond all description." He also appears to be anwhere between 90 and 100 years old. The object of his affection is Esme, a policewoman who is definitely in her 30s. In this first part (of three), Thorax introduces himself to Esme and has a lengthy conversation with himself through a typewriter. It ends with a sigh and a cliffhanger. Which seems an impossible combination, but here we are.</p> <h3>The <em><strong>Chickweed</strong></em> strips we discuss this episode:</h3> <p>The first three <a href="https://twitter.com/9chickweedRAGE/status/1563729301458919424?s=20&amp;t=d1FgRE29hct43fXpzotThg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><strong>are here.</strong></a><br> The last two <a href="https://twitter.com/9chickweedRAGE/status/1563729306747998209?s=20&amp;t=d1FgRE29hct43fXpzotThg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><strong>are here.</strong></a></p> <h3>This episode's wild journey includes:</h3> <ul> <li>Stephen Sondheim's <em>Company</em></li> <li><em>Calvin &amp; Hobbes</em></li> <li>The Pandemic</li> <li>Grindr</li> <li>Manual Typewriters</li> <li>Ellipses</li> <li><em>Dear Abby</em></li> <li>Julie Andrews</li> <li>Googly Eyes</li> <li><em>Roget's Thesaurus</em></li> <li>Khakis</li> <li>Barf bags</li> </ul> <h3>Show Notes</h3> <ul> <li><a href="https://youtu.be/hcI_Px5_Vi8" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><strong>"Ladies Who Lunch"</strong></a></li> <li><a href="https://youtu.be/1fzZ4l2H5-w" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><strong>"Bewitched, Bothered &amp; Bewildered"</strong></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.dictionary.com/browse/maunder" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><strong>Maundering</strong></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! 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> 9 Chickweed Lane, 9 Chickweed, Chickweed Lane, Chickweed, Jeff Drake, Brooke Dillman, comedy, improv, newspaper comic strip, comic strip, comics, Stephen Sondheim, Calvin & Hobbes, Grindr, Dear Abby, Julie Andrews Our long-awaited first episode! Is it the dumbest idea for a podcast? Probably!

We talk about our least favorite newspaper comic strip, 9 Chickweed Lane, written and drawn by Brooke (no relation) McEldowney. We kick this journey of rage off with the romance (?) of Thorax and Esme. According to Wikipedia, Thorax is an amiable elderly farmer, who is "brilliant and odd beyond all description." He also appears to be anwhere between 90 and 100 years old. The object of his affection is Esme, a policewoman who is definitely in her 30s. In this first part (of three), Thorax introduces himself to Esme and has a lengthy conversation with himself through a typewriter. It ends with a sigh and a cliffhanger. Which seems an impossible combination, but here we are.

The Chickweed strips we discuss this episode:

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

This episode's wild journey includes:

  • Stephen Sondheim's Company
  • Calvin & Hobbes
  • The Pandemic
  • Grindr
  • Manual Typewriters
  • Ellipses
  • Dear Abby
  • Julie Andrews
  • Googly Eyes
  • Roget's Thesaurus
  • Khakis
  • Barf bags

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! Just want someone to talk to?
We're on Twitter: @9ChickweedRAGE

]]> Our long-awaited first episode! Is it the dumbest idea for a podcast? Probably!

We talk about our least favorite newspaper comic strip, 9 Chickweed Lane, written and drawn by Brooke (no relation) McEldowney. We kick this journey of rage off with the romance (?) of Thorax and Esme. According to Wikipedia, Thorax is an amiable elderly farmer, who is "brilliant and odd beyond all description." He also appears to be anwhere between 90 and 100 years old. The object of his affection is Esme, a policewoman who is definitely in her 30s. In this first part (of three), Thorax introduces himself to Esme and has a lengthy conversation with himself through a typewriter. It ends with a sigh and a cliffhanger. Which seems an impossible combination, but here we are.

The Chickweed strips we discuss this episode:

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

This episode's wild journey includes:

  • Stephen Sondheim's Company
  • Calvin & Hobbes
  • The Pandemic
  • Grindr
  • Manual Typewriters
  • Ellipses
  • Dear Abby
  • Julie Andrews
  • Googly Eyes
  • Roget's Thesaurus
  • Khakis
  • Barf bags

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! Just want someone to talk to?
We're on Twitter: @9ChickweedRAGE

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