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Some of your Thrilling Adventure Hour pals will be at San Diego Comic-Con this week! Schedule below.
Please stop by the Boom booth (ideally, Thursday between 2-3pm) and pick up both TAH: A Spirited Romance, collecting for the first time the previously published Image Comics “Beyond Belief” series and origin issue #0 by Acker & Blacker and Phil Hester, and TAH #1, featuring an all new “Beyond Belief” series illustrated by MJ Erickson. Above is the SDCC exclusive variant cover for TAH #1 featuring the cross-over you thought you’d never see! (Crossover does not appear in the story).
Both of these books are available in comic shops this Wednesday.
In October, TAH: A Spirited Romance will be published in a fancy collector’s edition with extras, including an annotated script of issue #0.
THURSDAY:
- 2-3pm: Signing at Boom Studios booth #2229 with Ben Acker, Ben Blacker, and Hal Lublin.
- 4:45-5:45pm, Ballroom 20: “The Great Debates” with Janet Varney, Aisha Tyler, Felicia Day(Mystery Science Theater 3000),Joe Manganiello(Rampage),Adam Savage(MythBusters),Orlando Jones(American Gods), and John Barrowman(Torchwood).
FRIDAY:
- 5-6pm, Room 23ABC: “Pop Culture Witches” panel. Ben Blacker discusses his new Vertigo Comics series, HEX WIVES (out 10/31) with Nell Scovell, creator of the Sabrina the Teenage Witch TV show from the 90s; Jessica O'Toole & Amy Rardin, the creators and showrunners of the CW’s Charmedreboot;Ruth Connell who has played the witch “Rowena” onmany episodes of Supernatural;Tomi Adeyemi, author of Children of Blood and Bone; andJuliana Crouch, who is an actual practicing witch.
- 6-7pm, Room 23ABC: DC/Vertigo panel with Hex WivescreatorBen Blacker and artist Mirka Andolfo; video game developer and programmer Zoe Quinn(Goddess Mode); Nine Inch Nails art director Rob Sheridan(High Level); writers Bryan Hill(American Carnage) and Eric Esquivel(Border Town); and more!
- 7:30pm, Observatory North Park: Adventure Zone Q&A and reading with Hal Lublin,Travis McElroy, and more. Ticketed event (sold out)
SATURDAY
1-2pm, Room 7AB:Stan Against Evil season 3 panel with Janet Varney,Dana Gould, John C. McGinley, Deborah Baker, Jr.,and Nate Mooney.
5-6pm, Grand 1&2, Marriott Marquis: Don’t Go Broke Collecting panel with Hal Lublin,Joseph Gordon (Into the Wormhole: A Star Trek Podcast), Vince Moore (Total Recall: Life on Mars; former comics retailer), and more.
SUNDAY:
- 10-11am, Grand 1&2 Marriott Marquis: Nerd for a Living panel with Travis McElroy (The Adventure Zone; My Brother, My Brother and Me), Susan Eisenberg (voice of Wonder Woman in Justice LeagueandJustice League: Unlimited),Tomi Adeyemi (author of Children of Blood and Bone), and more! We’ll talk about how to turn your passion into $$$.
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Our Nazi-Smashing Benefit recorded in November is now available for download! Starring Nathan Fillion, Autumn Reeser, Paul F. Tompkins, Paget Brewster, Busy Philipps, Joshua Malina, Marc Evan Jackson,The Good Place’sJameela Jamil, and all of your Thrilling Adventure Hour pals!
A portion of the proceeds from your purchase go to the Anti-Defamation League of Los Angeles.
photos by Liezl Estipona
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Thanks for making our benefit for the Anti-Defamation League a sell-out! If you missed out on tickets but still want to support the ADL, please give.
There are still lots of opportunities to see the WorkJuice Players and friends this fall.
OnFriday, Oct 6, at the Bell House in Brooklyn, it’s the Variety Show celebrating Acker & Blacker’s second STAR WARS book! Featuring Jonathan Coulton, Jean Grae, Paul & Storm, Hal Lublin, Mark Gagliardi, and lots more NY pals. TICKETS
Star Wars: Escape from Vodran is released Oct 3. Acker & Blacker also have a short story about the stormtrooper who bumps his head in the Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View 40th anniversary collection.
Ben Blacker and musical director Jordan Katz helped produce this benefit for Muzack, which helps gets instruments into the hands of kids who need them, on Saturday, Oct 7. The show features Paul F. Tompkins, Ted Leo, Aimee Mann, Natalie Morales, Thomas Lennon, Patton Oswalt, Angelo Moore (of Fishbone), John Wicks (of the Records), Clemmie Williams, Dan Wilson, Tony Thaxton, Zach Sherwin, Billy Bragg, and lots more. It’s an all day carnival. TICKETS & INFO HERE
Sunday, Oct 8, Hal Lublin and Mark Gagliardi and special guests bring their hit podcast “We Got This” live to New York Comic-Con. Acker, Hal, Mark, and lots of WorkJuice Players and pals will be at NYCC all weekend, so check their Twitters for appearances. TICKETS FOR “WE GOT THIS”
Saturday, Nov 12, at Largo, LA, is another Dead Pilots Society, the live show and podcast produced by Ben Blacker and frequently featuring WJ Players and Friends. The Nov 12 show stars Patton Oswalt and David Koechner in scripts by Rob Schrab (co-creator, The Sarah Silverman Program) and Adam McKay (Anchorman; The Big Short) & Chris Henchy (The Campaign).TICKETS HERE
We’ll be sure to keep you updated on as many of the WJ Players and pals’ goings-on as we can. In the meantime, thanks so much for your continued support and interest.
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Adventurekateers! We’re coming out of retirement for one night only to punch Nazis in the face!
Please join us at our Benefit for the Anti-Defamation League on November 4 at Largo at the Coronet. CLICK FOR TICKETS
Starring all of the WorkJuice Players in your favorite freedom-fighting episodes of Jefferson Reid, Ace AmericanandAmelia Earhart, Fearless Flier.
Proceeds benefit the Anti-Defamation League, combating anti-Semitism and bigotry of all kinds in the Los Angeles area. If you cannot attend the show but would like to support the ADL, please give here.
This will be our only show this year!
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We’ve raided the old WorkJuice Vaults to bring a you a “new” podcast today. But more exciting is the information that comes with it! This Thursday, May the Fourth, you can watch our entire STAR WARS-THEMED BOOK RELEASE VARIETY SHOW-SLASH-BENEFIT FOR PUBLIC COUNSEL! It’s an amazing show that stars Workjuice Player Busy Philipps, our pals “Weird” Al Yankovic, Matt Gourley, Mark McConville,Janina Gavankar, Open Mike Eagle, Sara Watkins, Gaby Moreno, and MORE. It was an incredible night of music, comedy, and fun. Get the video, audio, and mp3s of the songs on Thursday at our website!
Today’s “lost” podcast is a studio recording we did back in 2006. It’s a version of the first and third episodes of Beyond Belief that we originally performed at M Bar in 2005.
As always, starring Paul F. TompkinsandPaget Brewster as those married mediums Frank and Sadie Doyle. Also starring Hal Lublin as the Spooky Narrator; Marc Evan Jackson as the President; Crissy Guerero as the President’s daughter; Mark Gagliardi as another president; Craig Cackowski as Agent Garvey; and Toby Huss as Buddy Holly.
Written by Ben Acker & Ben Blacker
Directed by Toby Wilkins
Produced by Dave Gruber Allen
Engineered by Tommy Chan with assistance from Jillinda Palmer
Music produced and composed by Andy Paley. “Here’s To Us” by Andy Paley & Acker & Blacker
Some thoughts about this episode from co-writer/co-creator Ben Acker:
In the early days of the Thrilling Adventure Hour, back when it was The Thrilling Adventure and Supernatural Suspense Hour, it was a stage show and not a podcast. This episode of Beyond Belief was our very first one. It was the first one we wrote, the one we dropped on Paget’s doorstep, the one we sent Paul, that first time. It was the first one we staged, it only made sense that it be the first one we record, in our first attempt to record the show. Why did we make this recording? To what purpose, you might ask? It was for the same reason as we did the show - we did not know, but it seemed like fun. The opportunity arose due to generosity from friend of the show Tommy Chan, whose studio we used and who engineered the recording and from the generosity of founding WorkJuice player Dave (Gruber) Allen who produced the thing. As you can hear, Beyond Belief at its inception was a different animal. Frank and Sadie were con artists. They had an enemy in the form of a secret service man named Garvey, with whom they had a history. They also had history with famous ghosts. The idea of famous ghosts, while fun initially, wasn’t something we ended up with, in that it planted the Doyles in time, which didn’t turn out to feel right. We found better outlets in the show for celebrity impressions and America stuff. You can also hear in this recording the things that were there at the start of the Doyles, the things that lasted all the way through. Not just their love for each other and booze and their banter and their clink, but the chemistry that Paul and Paget had at the core of those characters. It got richer over the years, but it was there before we were writing it. We hope you enjoy listening to the early days of it.
Where can I find my favorite WorkJuice Players at SF Sketchfest this weekend?
Well, the most WorkJuice bang for your buck is
WORKJUICE IMPROV: Friday 7:30pm
WorkJuice Players Craig Cackowski, Mark Gagliardi, Marc Evan Jackson, Hal Lublin, Annie Savage, Paul F Tompkins and Little Janet Varney improvise scenes based upon monologues by international hip-hop icon and NY pal Jean Grae.
What else?
Ben Blacker’s newest podcast and live show, Dead Pilots Society,features live reads of TV pilots that were bought and developed but never produced. On Sunday 1/15 at 1pm they’ll perform pilots by TAH pals Andy Richter(Conan) and by Steve Agee&Rob Schrab(co-star and co-creator, respectively, of The Sarah Silverman Program)!
Starring WJ Players Paul F. Tompkins, Joshua Malina,andJanet Varney and TAH pals Wyatt Cenac, Dave Foley, Matt Gourley, Mark McConville, Christopher McCulloch, Tawny Newsome, and more!
Speaking of podcasts, Hal LublinandMark Gagliardi bring their MaxFun hit We Got This to SFSF on Saturday 1/14 at 1pm. Mark and Hal settle disputes and promise lots of WorkJuice guests!
We Got This TICKETS
Looking for something to do after the WJ Improv show on Friday night? At 10:15pm head over to the Brava Theatre to see WJ Player Craig Cackowski and WJ Player-in-Law Carla Cackowski and friends in Orange Tuxedo. Guaranteed great improv.
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As usual, Paul F. Tompkins is all over SF Sketchfest. In addition to WJ Improv on Friday and Dead Pilots Society on Sunday, Paul’s has sold out SpontaneanationandSuperego shows (though, you never know, maybe just show up?). On Friday night after WJ Improv see Paul in Wheels Off: The Rhett Miller Show for music, comedy, and fun times.
Wheels Off TICKETS
And on Sunday, Paul joins hosts Vanessa Ragland and Cole Stratton for Pop My Culture LIVE for their final episode. Other guests include our pals Samm Levine and Rhett Miller.
Pop My Culture TICKETS
What’s more, be sure to check the SFSF schedule for shows by lots of TAH pals, including John Hodgman, Paul & Storm, Jean Grae, Jonathan Coulton, Adam Savage, and others.
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Thanks to everyone who came out to last night’s special holiday show at the Theatre at the Ace Hotel! It was a special night for all of us.
Thanks to the WorkJuice Players: @paulftompkins, Marc Evan Jackson, Paget Brewster, @hallublin, Mark Gagliardi, Craig Cackowski, Joshua Malina, Annie Savage, Autumn Reeser, Janet Varney, and Busy Philipps.
Thanks to our special guests: Timothy Omundson, Chris Tallman, and Open Mike Eagle.
Enormous thanks to Jordan Katz and the Elements of Style, featuring composer Jonathan Dinerstein. And thanks to Rhett Miller and Ted Leo for the amazing new songs.
Thanks to our director Aaron Ginsburg. And thanks to Ben Acker & Ben Blacker who created, wrote, and produced the show. The doors are closed for now, but they aren’t locked.
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New episode!
The Thrilling Adventure Hour #235: Beyond Belief, “Snakes in a Mane”
Starring Paul F. TompkinsandPaget Brewster as those married mediums Frank and Sadie Doyle. Also starring Hal Lublin as the Spooky Narrator; Annie Savage as a gorgon; Mark Gagliardi as Pterodactyl Jones; and Autumn Reeser as Bloody Mary.
Music by Jordan Katz & the Elements of Style. Written, produced, and directed by Ben Acker & Ben Blacker.
“Love Ain’t No Billy Goat” written by Jonathan Coulton.
Recorded November 12, 2016 at the Bell House in Brooklyn, NY.
Tickets are on sale NOW for the FINAL THRILLING ADVENTURE HOUR show for many years. It’s at the Theatre at the Ace Hotel in Los Angeles this Saturday, December 17, 2016.
Starring Paul F. Tompkins, Paget Brewster, Busy Philipps, Joshua Malina, all of the WorkJuice Players, and special guests including Timothy Omundson(Galavant; Psych) and rapper Open Mike Eagle!
NY photo Credit: Mindy Tucker
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New ep!
The Thrilling Adventure Hour #234: Sparks Nevada, Marshal on Mars, “Still Alive”
StarringMarc Evan Jackson as Sparks Nevada, Marshal on Mars and Mark Gagliardi as Croach the Tracker. Also starring Hal Lublin as the folksy narrator; Paul F. Tompkins as the Gelato Stand; Jonathan Coulton and Paul & Storm as The Jonathan Coultons; Hal LublinandAnnie Savage as androids; Paul F. Tompkins as Paul’s Character and Paul’s Other Character; and Autumn Reeser as Virginia West.
Music by Jordan Katz and the Elements of Style. Sparks theme by Eban Schletter.
Written and produced by Ben Acker & Ben Blacker.
Recorded November 16, 2016 at the Bell House in Brooklyn, NY.
Tickets are on sale NOW for the FINAL THRILLING ADVENTURE HOUR show for many years. It’s at the Theatre at the Ace Hotel in Los Angeles on December 17, 2016.
Follow The Thrilling Adventure Hour and its creators, Ben BlackerandBen Acker, on Twitter!
Bell House photos: Mindy Tucker
Largo gif: Liezl Estipona
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A new episode!
The Thrilling Adventure Hour #231: Beyond Belief, “Mannequin Episode”
StarringPaul F. Tompkins andPaget Brewster as those married mediums Frank and Sadie Doyle. Also starring Craig Cackowski, Autumn Reeser, Busy Philipps, and Janet Varney as mannequins; and HalLublin as a mannequin hunter.
Music by Jordan Katz & the Elements of Style, featuring Jonathan Dinerstein.
Directed by Aaron Ginsburg. Written and produced by Ben Acker & Ben Blacker.
Recorded October 23, 2016 at Largo at the Coronet in Los Angeles.
PLUS: A bonus musical treat recorded at the Bell House in Brooklyn, NY, featuring Paul F. Tompkins, Paget Brewster, Ted Leo, Jean Grae, and the cast!
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Tickets are on sale NOW for the FINAL THRILLING ADVENTURE HOUR show for many years. It’s at the Theatre at the Ace Hotel in Los Angeles on December 17, 2016. Tickets: https://www.acehotel.com/calendar/losangeles/thrilling-adventure-hour-holiday-funaround
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Some “Love Ain’t No Billy Goat” videos from “A Halloween Beyond Belief” recorded Sunday, Oct 23, 2016 at Largo at the Coronet.
With Paul F. Tompkins, Paget Brewster, Busy Philipps, Janet Varney, Hal Lublin, Craig Cackowski, Annie Savage, and Autumn Reeser. Music by Jordan Katz & the Elements of Style.
We have ONE MORE BIG SHOW before calling it quits for quite some time!
Saturday, December 17th, at the Theater at the Ace Hotel in downtown Los Angeles! It’s our annual Thrilling Adventure Hour Holiday Funaround starring all of the WorkJuice Players and special guests!
The Ace is an enormous, beautiful theater. This looks to be a special evening of comedy, music, and holiday cheer. We sincerely hope you’ll join us.
New podcast is up!
The Cross-Time Adventures of Colonel Tick-Tock, “Refurbished”
Recorded January 9, 2016 at the Brava Theater at San Francisco Sketchfest.
Colonel Tick-Tock: Craig Cackowski
Trick Clock: Hal Lublin
Spring-Heeled Jack: Adam Savage
Bob McCrumbs: Paul F. Tompkins
Ladysmith Black Mambazo: Rhett Miller, Mark Gagliardi, John Roderick, and John Ross Bowie
Written and produced by Ben Acker & Ben Blacker.
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A new episode of the podcast is up now! “Sparks Nevada’s ‘I’m from Earth’ Day Special will pick up right after this episode! Get tix now!
Sparks Nevada, Marshal on Mars, "That’s No Honeymoon”
Recorded January 9, 2016 at the Brava Theater at San Francisco Sketchfest.
Sparks Nevada: Marc Evan Jackson
Croach the Tracker: Mark Gagliardi
Ginny West: Janet Varney
Red Plains Rider: Busy Philipps
Felton:Craig Cackowski
Barkeep:Joshua Malina
Ronk:Hal Lublin
Xance:Rhett Miller
QQQQ:Adam Savage
Hedo:John Hodgman
Music by Jordan Katz and Philip Krohnengold. Sparks theme by Eban Schletter.
Written and produced by Ben Acker & Ben Blacker.
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On the ol’ podcast feed RIGHT NOW!
WorkJuice Presents: The Worst Scripted Event of All Time
BenAcker and Ben Blacker, creators of the Thrilling Adventure Hour, teamed up with Tim Batt and Guy Montgomery, the creators/hosts of The Worst Idea of All Time podcast, in which the New Zealand-based comedians watched Grown Ups 2 every week for one year,to bring this one-of-a-kind live show to Los Angeles.
After watching Grown Ups 2 for 50 weeks, Tim and Guy wrote their own version of the movie, with their own brain-addled commentary.
Acker & Blacker produced this live read of that script starring The Thrilling Adventure Hour’s WorkJuice Players Busy Philipps(Vice Principals) and Hal Lublin(We Got This), and TAH friends Kate Micucci (Garfunkel & Oates), Baron Vaughn (Grace & Frankie), Arden Myrin (MadTV), Mark McConville (Superego), Michael McMillian (True Blood), Jason Ritter (Parenthood), Humphrey Ker(Dymock Watson: Nazi Smasher), and Melanie Lynskey(Togetherness).
Jordan Katz & the Elements of Style, featuring Eric Kufs, perform the opening and closing music.
We added a late show! On Friday, April 22nd, at 10pm at Largo at the Coronet, WorkJuice Presents: Sparks Nevada’s “I’m from Earth” Day SpecialstarringMarc Evan Jackson,Paul F. Tompkins, the WJ Players, and very special guests.
Photos by Rachael Porter.
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Thanks to everyone who came out to our April Fool’s Eve Funaround last night. What a blast!
Enormous thanks to Paul F. Tompkins for being the greatest interdimensional imp, the host with the so-very-much. Thanks to all of the WorkJuice Players for playing and singing their hearts out: Paget Brewster (“In These Shoes”),Craig CackowskiwithAnnie Savage(“Run Joey Run”),Marc Evan Jackson, Hal LublinandBusy Philipps (who backed up everyone).
Thanks to our special guests: Ed Helms (who joined Paul on “Just a Fool”),Adam Savage,Shannon Woodward,Matt Gourley, Steve Agee (who took all of these stunning photos), Mike Phirman (who also made the sound-effects go, to hilarious effect), and first-timer Michaela Watkins.
Thanks to Jordan Katz for leading and putting together a knock-out band: Eli Wulfmeir, Tripp Beam, Jon Flaugher, Phillip Krohnengold, Danny Levin, Michael Birnbryer, Jonathan Dinerstein, and featuring Eric Kufs.
Thanks to behind-the-scenesters Julie, Todd, and Clint. To director Aaron Ginsburg for doing his damndest, and to Ben Acker & Ben Blacker for creating the show and bringing everyone together.
Our 4/22 show, Sparks Nevada’s “I’m from Earth” Day Special, is SOLD OUT! So thanks! If you’d like us to add a late show, tweet at us and let us know!
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Love Ain’t No Billy Goat, that’s for sure.
Rehearsal from our SF Sketchfest show in January. Paul F. Tompkins, Paget Brewster, and Marc Evan Jackson are friends. We promise.
See MEJ, PFT, the WorkJuice Players and pals in Sparks Nevada’s “I’m From Earth” Day Special on April 22 in LA. Featuring an ALL NEW episode of “Sparks Nevada, Marshal on Mars” as well as music, classic episodes, and more!
I’m just a little excited about going over to LA to see thrilling adventure hour. I get to see Mark Gagliardi, Marc Evan Jackson, hallublinpaulftompkins Paget Brewster. I love all the Work juice players but those guys are my fave. My friend has already put in her order for me to bring sweets/candy over from London for her. ✈️ bring it on
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This trip to LA has been a real eye opener. I finished treatment the day I flew out, which is awesome, I just gotta wait for a scan to see if all the tumours have totally gone but I’m not as ready as I though mentally for this trip. I miss my dog so much and to call home to have my mum ask me who I was is heartbreaking and to know I’m not welcome at my granddads headstone blessing because I’m not in the UK for Easter just makes me feel like what is the point? Why do I keep fighting? but then I stick my ear buds in and try carry on. I have had so many anxiety attacks it has been tiresome. So I have spoken to my complex care team and I’m going in to see them when I get back. Don’t get me wrong I am so glad I made the trip, I wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for the podcasts, they have literally saved my life. I listen TAH, Janie and Aaron does Hollywood, dead authors podcast and now the two new ones spontaneanation and we got this, they all help me.
To meet paulftompkinshallublinaaronginsburg & Marc Evan Jackson and to be able to say thank you to them was just the best I can’t even put into words how amazing it was to see them, speak to them and get hugs as well, I do not deserve how nice they were to me. I am glad I made the trip I just wish I could be a better person.
Omg I can’t believe this time next week I will be in LA to watch Thrilling Adventure Hour. I am so excited but freaking out big time. I’m not only going to see the people who have pretty much saved my life, hallublinpaulftompkins Marc Evan Jackson, Mark Gagliardi and Paget Brewster have been the Workjuice players who have made a big difference I really want to say thank you to them. But I’m going to respect the wish of a friend who wanted to see the show but lost the fight with the demons.
I have sorted everything out at home for my mum and nephew so they will be sorted but I feel selfish for going and leaving them. I havnt been on holiday for 10yrs so it’s well over due but I’m really nervous, Anxiety is a Bitch. Sending a great big hug to anyone out there who suffers from it. Onwards and upwards. Ok gotta stop the moaning, this washing won’t put itself away.
This cheeky monkey is called Josh. On Friday I was making an animation video with him and little brother when Josh said can I call the Green goblin man from my phone to come and do voices.
I have hallublin green goblin as my txt ring tone and Josh loves it. I had to brake the news that Hal lives in America and he can’t come over to do the voices. I just got a phone call from Josh saying that I can get him to do voices when I go to America… The boy doesn’t give up
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We Got This #86 - Clean Slate IV with Jackson Publick and Doc Hammer.
“It’s the first of our two LIVE recordings from NYCC Presents! From the Hudson Mercantile, Mark and Hal clean the slate with the creative behind The Venture Bros: Doc Hammer and Jackson Publick! Doc molts, Mark gets a new nickname, and Hal confronts his father in front of a room full of people.”
Podcast available through the link!
(Photo via Jeremy Frank/Max Fun NYC)
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