#496 - Chuck and Brad's Christmas History - Part 1

What do you get when you combine a walk in a winter wonderland with a walk down memory lane? You get a History of Chuck and Brad Christmas episode! Part one of two! After a quick overview about the importance of creativity and Christmas, we go through our history of creative endeavors centered around the holidays. Prank videos, punk rck shows, crazy creatuve gifts, crazy gifts that are also pranks that nearly ruined our friendship (literally) - the list goes on and on! We also include clips from some of our previous Christmas episodes, but be warned - these clips tell a few NSFW stories! Merry Christmas!
- Brad
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#495 - Listener Emails, Warner Bros vs Theaters, and Chappelle vs Streaming

We start out this week with a bushel full of listener emails! Including one that is very controversial to our Chuck and Brad hearts! Chuck talks about why there hasn't been a Brian Quinn interview on TESD Town History yet and his affection for Trey Parker and Matt Stone. We talk about new Christmas songs from the Dropkick Murphys and the Offspring (same song!). Chuck talks about a self-improvement goal with hopes talking about it on the podcast will result in increased accountability. We talk about our Thanksgiving weekends (including Chuck's trip to film with Tell 'Em Steve Dave), then about the charity table read for It's A Wonderful Life, starring Pete Davidson as George Bailey. Chuck tells me about Tales of the Uncanny, as well as his profound affection for the game Tetris Effect (he's playing it in my living room as I write this synopsis). We gush about the documentary series Marvel's 616 and then break into the big news items of the week. Warner Bros plans to release some of its biggest 2021 films into theaters and on HBO Max at the same time - what does that mean for theaters? For movies? And then we talk about HBO Max and Netflix streaming Chappelle's Show, and Dave Chappelle not seeing any money from the deal. Controversy!
- Brad
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#442 (Archive Ep) - The Story of Nana and Papa

We have a ton of new listeners, and we think you all deserve a special holiday "Archive Episode!" Thanksgiving is a time for family. And what better way to celebrate family than by inviting Chuck's 90-something-year-old grandparents on the podcast? We learn all about their childhoods in the 1930s, Papa's job during WWII, everything Nana did on the homefront...then we learn about how they met, dated, and their early married life. We get some adorably scandalous stories about Chuck's mom and learn about being a judge in Rhode Island. A very fun conversation and celebration! Happy Thanksgiving!
- Brad

#494 - Thanksgiving Memories with Chuck's Parents

Whose heart needs warming? After a Chuck-and-Brad-only intro involving listener emails, we get into it! We speak with Chuck and Pat Staton (Chuck's parents) and talk about their Thanksgivings growing up and the Staton family celebrations thereafter. This extends into a further discussion about holidays and hospitality and I really think you'll feel like you're one of the family! This is a very special holiday episode!
- Brad
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#493 - Chuck Gets Blackmailed, The Greatest Showman, and Weirdos At Thanksgiving

Chuck and I are back! We start out with an update on the latest video Chuck completed for Tell Em Steve-Dave and Chuck is PSYCHED about it. I talk about my progress in sitcom class, then we read an email from a listener Down Under! It's only slightly injurious to my pride! Chuck tells me about the WNUF Halloween Special, then we talk about the 2020 release of The Invisible Man. Chuck tells me about his Halloween celebration, which concluded with him watching the documentary American Murder: The Family Next Door. We segue into some COVID talk and speculate about the vaccine giving me superpowers. Judd Apatow has a movie going straight to streaming, and there's a podcast documentary series coming soon about David Cross. We talk about the Darkwing Duck reboot, then things take a dark turn. Chuck is being blackmailed by a scammer! Will we all soon receive videos of Chuck's private moments? Things turn back around as Chuck gushes about his recent watch of The Greatest Showman, then we talk about The Prestige. And our final topic of the evening concerns Thanksgiving - should you invite strangers to your meal (in normal years) and if so, what is the correct ratio of weirdos to your normal group?
- Brad
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#492 - Chuck's Road Trip to Texas (Part 2 of 2)

Howdy, y'all! We start off this week with some listener emails, including two from pals in the Great White North! Wow! As you definitely know, Chuck and our friend Lou Perella recently drove to Austin. Last week was part one - almost to Nashville. This week is Part Two - Nashville to Austin! And then two days in Austin! We review and comment on their trips to many different restaurants and coffee shops and collectible stores and hotels and...did they encounter homophobia? Maybe! Unconfirmed! What happened to make them feel the slightest bit unsafe, COVID-wise? And how could they eat so, so much??!?
- Brad
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#491 - Chuck's Road Trip to Texas (Part 1 of 2)

I (Brad) unwittingly introduce this episode as 492. How embarrassing! After a quick dip into some listener emails and Chuck's British accent, we launch a very special episode of the podcast. Recently, Chuck and our friend Lou Perella drove to Austin. They podcasted along the trip. We review and comment on their trips to collectible stores and flea markets, deal with real-life-Tinmen, talk about the time Lou almost literally died from a poop-prank (true story), and I get to judge Chuck and Lou's time-travel squabble! Perfect!
- Brad
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