web02.fireside.fm Thu, 30 Apr 2026 08:56:18 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) 9 Chickweed Rage - Episodes Tagged with “Stretch Armstrong” https://www.9chickweedrage.com/tags/stretch%20armstrong Tue, 24 Dec 2024 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 039: Would You Mind Spitting In My Mask? https://www.9chickweedrage.com/039 6b64dc0a-893b-486a-bc74-9920ce6cea63 Tue, 24 Dec 2024 04:00:00 -0800 Jeff Drake, Brooke Dillman full Jeff Drake, Brooke Dillman Amos creeps his way around a pool with a scuba mask on and ends up between Edda's legs. Because of course. 1:38:01 yes Amos and Edda are in a body of water, so that of course means that it is unclear: a) what kind of body of water it is, b) how deep the water is, and c) if there are any other people around. Amos threatens (promises?) to drown himself waiting for Edda to swim by again. I mean, they're married or at least dating at this point, so I'm not sure why he's being so stealthy about looking at her. Later, he sees legs under the water and decides to swim through them BEFORE BEING CERTAIN THEY BELONG TO EDDA. It ends up being Edda, who traps him between her thighs (metaphor!), and then he basically stays there, with his head pressed against her vagina. Mostly, it's the top of his head, which is confusing but also a bit of a relief. There's a moment where it totally seems like Ol' Mac-El-Dee wanted to imply that Amos was going downtown while in the pool, but the way it's drawn would rule that out. Physical impossibility rears its head in a strip where it appears Edda has removed Amos's head from his body. In the end, they either fuck, drown, or fart jointly under the water. Because ROMANCE! In a bonus strip, Edda dance/romances a dead-eyed Amos (is there any other kind?) and ends up kissing him while standing with her feet on his shoulders. Yeah. Try to imagine what that looks like. And good luck! The Chickweed strips we discuss this episode: You can find all of the strips on Instagram by clicking here (https://www.instagram.com/p/C_cGP8up0MM/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==). We've abandoned our Twitter presence, but you can now find us on Bluesky by clicking here (https://bsky.app/profile/9chickweedrage.bsky.social). This suspiciously bubbly episode includes: Headphones vs. Earsets Jigsaw puzzles Kansas City Is Stroud's Fried Chicken still around? Yes, it is (https://www.stroudsrestaurant.com/). Sudoku Jigsaw Chat! Brooke's hair surprises! The official beginning of Spring Crocuses are fucking useless Stretch Armstrong Australian Crawl Giantesses Catywampus and Kitty-Corner 9-1-1 & 9-1-1 Lone Star Thigh gap Becky Thatcher A bit of a Ben Franklin Milk Milk Lemonade Little House on the Prairie Slingblade "Can't Touch This!" by MC Hammer "Bad Girls" by Donna Summer 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/). Jigsaw puzzles, Kansas City, Strouds, Crocuses, Stretch Armstrong, Australian Crawl, Giantess, 9-1-1, 9-1-1 Lone Star, Becky Thatcher, Little House on the Prairie, Slingblade, 9 Chickweed Lane, 9 Chickweed, Chickweed Lane, Chickweed, Brooke McEldowney, newspaper comic strip, comic strip, comics, Jeff Drake, Brooke Dillman Amos and Edda are in a body of water, so that of course means that it is unclear: a) what kind of body of water it is, b) how deep the water is, and c) if there are any other people around. Amos threatens (promises?) to drown himself waiting for Edda to swim by again. I mean, they're married or at least dating at this point, so I'm not sure why he's being so stealthy about looking at her. Later, he sees legs under the water and decides to swim through them BEFORE BEING CERTAIN THEY BELONG TO EDDA. It ends up being Edda, who traps him between her thighs (metaphor!), and then he basically stays there, with his head pressed against her vagina. Mostly, it's the top of his head, which is confusing but also a bit of a relief. There's a moment where it totally seems like Ol' Mac-El-Dee wanted to imply that Amos was going downtown while in the pool, but the way it's drawn would rule that out. Physical impossibility rears its head in a strip where it appears Edda has removed Amos's head from his body. In the end, they either fuck, drown, or fart jointly under the water. Because ROMANCE! In a bonus strip, Edda dance/romances a dead-eyed Amos (is there any other kind?) and ends up kissing him while standing with her feet on his shoulders. Yeah. Try to imagine what that looks like. And good luck!

The Chickweed strips we discuss this episode:

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

This suspiciously bubbly episode includes:

  • Headphones vs. Earsets
  • Jigsaw puzzles
  • Kansas City
  • Is Stroud's Fried Chicken still around? Yes, it is.
  • Sudoku
  • Jigsaw Chat!
  • Brooke's hair surprises!
  • The official beginning of Spring
  • Crocuses are fucking useless
  • Stretch Armstrong
  • Australian Crawl
  • Giantesses
  • Catywampus and Kitty-Corner
  • 9-1-1 & 9-1-1 Lone Star
  • Thigh gap
  • Becky Thatcher
  • A bit of a Ben Franklin
  • Milk Milk Lemonade
  • Little House on the Prairie
  • Slingblade
  • "Can't Touch This!" by MC Hammer
  • "Bad Girls" by Donna Summer

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.

]]> Amos and Edda are in a body of water, so that of course means that it is unclear: a) what kind of body of water it is, b) how deep the water is, and c) if there are any other people around. Amos threatens (promises?) to drown himself waiting for Edda to swim by again. I mean, they're married or at least dating at this point, so I'm not sure why he's being so stealthy about looking at her. Later, he sees legs under the water and decides to swim through them BEFORE BEING CERTAIN THEY BELONG TO EDDA. It ends up being Edda, who traps him between her thighs (metaphor!), and then he basically stays there, with his head pressed against her vagina. Mostly, it's the top of his head, which is confusing but also a bit of a relief. There's a moment where it totally seems like Ol' Mac-El-Dee wanted to imply that Amos was going downtown while in the pool, but the way it's drawn would rule that out. Physical impossibility rears its head in a strip where it appears Edda has removed Amos's head from his body. In the end, they either fuck, drown, or fart jointly under the water. Because ROMANCE! In a bonus strip, Edda dance/romances a dead-eyed Amos (is there any other kind?) and ends up kissing him while standing with her feet on his shoulders. Yeah. Try to imagine what that looks like. And good luck!

The Chickweed strips we discuss this episode:

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

This suspiciously bubbly episode includes:

  • Headphones vs. Earsets
  • Jigsaw puzzles
  • Kansas City
  • Is Stroud's Fried Chicken still around? Yes, it is.
  • Sudoku
  • Jigsaw Chat!
  • Brooke's hair surprises!
  • The official beginning of Spring
  • Crocuses are fucking useless
  • Stretch Armstrong
  • Australian Crawl
  • Giantesses
  • Catywampus and Kitty-Corner
  • 9-1-1 & 9-1-1 Lone Star
  • Thigh gap
  • Becky Thatcher
  • A bit of a Ben Franklin
  • Milk Milk Lemonade
  • Little House on the Prairie
  • Slingblade
  • "Can't Touch This!" by MC Hammer
  • "Bad Girls" by Donna Summer

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.

]]> 012: Day and Night Area Bombing Raids https://www.9chickweedrage.com/012 aacf9b08-de40-479f-89ee-b3a191ddc03e Mon, 31 Oct 2022 04:00:00 -0700 Jeff Drake, Brooke Dillman full Jeff Drake, Brooke Dillman Believe it or not, the title of this episode is referring to sex. And it all gets so much grosser than that. 1:06:46 yes Brooke McEldowney tells us everything he knows about conception and pregnancy. It's not clear that he understands how any of the experience, especially for the woman, really works. We begin with Juliette showing Edda a useless pamphlet that attempts to explain sex. The very same pamphlet her mother showed her and was not useful to her. Amos & Edda talk about their two possible strategies for conception, both of which sound terrible. Edda claims to wear a string bikini for the first time as a "last hurrah" (?) before her body gets super gross because of pregnancy. Amos has sex with Edda while she's pregnant and they both need reassurance that it was okay. Amos speculates about that inevitable time when their kids will imagine him and Edda fucking. Oh yeah, he also then thinks about Juliette having sex to get pregnant with Edda. And apparently it's something he does A LOT. In a Sunday comic, Edda says "whoops" for reasons we're still not certain about. Then there's a whole nursing thing that's also super gross. The Chickweed strips we discuss this episode: The useless sex pamphlet, the bombing raids, and the string bikini are here (https://twitter.com/9chickweedRAGE/status/1587086453032374272?s=20&t=UdIqlmxxQ2zrAnQLVSoKRw). The "coal to Newcastle" sex, Amos imagining Juliette having sex, and the gross nursing are here (https://twitter.com/9chickweedRAGE/status/1587086459730739201?s=20&t=UdIqlmxxQ2zrAnQLVSoKRw). The big Sunday comic with the unexplainable "whoops" is here (https://twitter.com/9chickweedRAGE/status/1587086464038207488?s=20&t=UdIqlmxxQ2zrAnQLVSoKRw). This episode's upsetting journey includes: Norm's $7.99 steak breakfast 9/11 Tattoos Door-to-door meat salesman Juliette & Edda Sex Education What is an Eb Alto Horn (https://www.prowinds.com/product/9158/681?utm_source=google&utm_medium=surfaces&utm_campaign=Surfaces%20Shopping&utm_content=google%20surfaces%20shopping&gclid=Cj0KCQjwwfiaBhC7ARIsAGvcPe7ApStvkzmb2qwiXB-oNN1Zl7Hdf7NgIlRKxP9vzhOLsntnI0eXqnsaAq3kEALw_wcB)? Turtlenecks Amos Ovulation Beaver shots Stretch Armstrong String bikinis By the way, the phrase isn't "coal to Newcastle," (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coals_to_Newcastle) it's "COALS to Newcastle" and it means doing something unnecessary or pointless. Bringing babies home from the hospital Singin' in the Rain Cyd Charisse (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOxpnWbzOco) and Gene Kelly. The bombing of Dresden (https://www.dw.com/en/commemorating-the-legacy-of-the-wwii-bombing-of-dresden/a-52355581). Gaslighting Jessica Rabbit Breastfeeding 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) Steaks, sex education, turtlenecks, beaver shots, Stretch Armstrong, bikinis, Singin' in the Rain, Dresden, gaslighting, breast feeding, 9 Chickweed Lane, 9 Chickweed, Chickweed Lane, Chickweed, Brooke McEldowney, newspaper comic strip, comic strip, comics, Jeff Drake, Brooke Dillman Brooke McEldowney tells us everything he knows about conception and pregnancy. It's not clear that he understands how any of the experience, especially for the woman, really works. We begin with Juliette showing Edda a useless pamphlet that attempts to explain sex. The very same pamphlet her mother showed her and was not useful to her. Amos & Edda talk about their two possible strategies for conception, both of which sound terrible. Edda claims to wear a string bikini for the first time as a "last hurrah" (?) before her body gets super gross because of pregnancy. Amos has sex with Edda while she's pregnant and they both need reassurance that it was okay. Amos speculates about that inevitable time when their kids will imagine him and Edda fucking. Oh yeah, he also then thinks about Juliette having sex to get pregnant with Edda. And apparently it's something he does A LOT. In a Sunday comic, Edda says "whoops" for reasons we're still not certain about. Then there's a whole nursing thing that's also super gross.

The Chickweed strips we discuss this episode:

The useless sex pamphlet, the bombing raids, and the string bikini are here.
The "coal to Newcastle" sex, Amos imagining Juliette having sex, and the gross nursing are here.
The big Sunday comic with the unexplainable "whoops" is here.

This episode's upsetting journey includes:

  • Norm's $7.99 steak breakfast
  • 9/11
  • Tattoos
  • Door-to-door meat salesman
  • Juliette & Edda
  • Sex Education
  • What is an Eb Alto Horn?
  • Turtlenecks
  • Amos
  • Ovulation
  • Beaver shots
  • Stretch Armstrong
  • String bikinis
  • By the way, the phrase isn't "coal to Newcastle," it's "COALS to Newcastle" and it means doing something unnecessary or pointless.
  • Bringing babies home from the hospital
  • Singin' in the Rain
  • Cyd Charisse and Gene Kelly.
  • The bombing of Dresden.
  • Gaslighting
  • Jessica Rabbit
  • Breastfeeding

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

]]> Brooke McEldowney tells us everything he knows about conception and pregnancy. It's not clear that he understands how any of the experience, especially for the woman, really works. We begin with Juliette showing Edda a useless pamphlet that attempts to explain sex. The very same pamphlet her mother showed her and was not useful to her. Amos & Edda talk about their two possible strategies for conception, both of which sound terrible. Edda claims to wear a string bikini for the first time as a "last hurrah" (?) before her body gets super gross because of pregnancy. Amos has sex with Edda while she's pregnant and they both need reassurance that it was okay. Amos speculates about that inevitable time when their kids will imagine him and Edda fucking. Oh yeah, he also then thinks about Juliette having sex to get pregnant with Edda. And apparently it's something he does A LOT. In a Sunday comic, Edda says "whoops" for reasons we're still not certain about. Then there's a whole nursing thing that's also super gross.

The Chickweed strips we discuss this episode:

The useless sex pamphlet, the bombing raids, and the string bikini are here.
The "coal to Newcastle" sex, Amos imagining Juliette having sex, and the gross nursing are here.
The big Sunday comic with the unexplainable "whoops" is here.

This episode's upsetting journey includes:

  • Norm's $7.99 steak breakfast
  • 9/11
  • Tattoos
  • Door-to-door meat salesman
  • Juliette & Edda
  • Sex Education
  • What is an Eb Alto Horn?
  • Turtlenecks
  • Amos
  • Ovulation
  • Beaver shots
  • Stretch Armstrong
  • String bikinis
  • By the way, the phrase isn't "coal to Newcastle," it's "COALS to Newcastle" and it means doing something unnecessary or pointless.
  • Bringing babies home from the hospital
  • Singin' in the Rain
  • Cyd Charisse and Gene Kelly.
  • The bombing of Dresden.
  • Gaslighting
  • Jessica Rabbit
  • Breastfeeding

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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