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NO GUEST, JUST FILL IN – S02 E08.75

By Charley @ 05/12/13 in Fans of the Show

Just a quick bonus show to fill you in on what’s happening.

Music featured: Nasty Habits – Jacqueline

Reeform – I Don’t Mind

Evan Morgan Jones – Sick of the World

Joshua Sterling – Home

Kirk Irvine – Still Life

Daniel Sky – Be Like a Child.

**Mr. Marx appears courtesy of the chaotic prattle and vibrations of Mr. Miller’s larynx, and the marvelous wizardry of the Internet.

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GUEST HOST SIR REGINALD JOHNSON WALKER V – S02 E08.5

By Charley @ 04/26/13 in Fans of the Show

Season 2, Episode 8.5

Charley and Groucho are off working on the stage presentation of “Groucho Marx LIVE!”, so they are on hiatus this episode leaving the producer Sir Reginald Johnson Walker V holding down the fort.  Reginald does his best to provide some worthy entertainment including an old time radio commercial for Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer, a replay of “Queen of Kittens” by previous guest Kirk Irvine (S01 E07) and a surprise visit from Humphrey Clarence Walker who happens to be Reginald’s half-brother.

Quote of the episode: “Alright, next one is: ‘Was it just me?’ – women for women – OH! Here’s a dirty little one …  It says ‘I met you at a party over the weekend. You have been on my mind ever since. You happen to have a gf. I am not a ‘home wrecker’. Thus why I am posting here anonymously. I couldn’t help but notice you looking at me. It could just be my ego talking, or maybe you were just showing respect and paying attention to the conversation at hand. If I am totally reading too much into our meeting, please accept my apologies. Maybe you have a ‘truly’ available friend you could introduce me to instead??’ – Well, I hope that works out for you ladies.”

**Mr. Marx appears courtesy of the chaotic prattle and vibrations of Mr. Miller’s larynx, and the marvelous wizardry of the Internet.

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GUEST FFOP RADIO – S02 E08

Dave, Andy and Ben from the podcast FFOP Radio join Groucho to discuss podcasting, movies, friendships, video games and more!

Listen and follow FFOP Radio on iTunes, Twitter, Facebook or athttp://fistfullofpodcasts.com

In the Random Segment Charley talks about “first date night” after the birth of Drew which included a dinner and a show plus a whole lot more!

Quote of the episode:

DAVE: So the two things I can say to aspiring internet entrepreneurs is this: Equipment.  Focus on equipment, learn all you can and number two have structure in your show because, I always am looking for new shows, and I follow a lot of shows on Twitter and they follow me back.

GROUCHO: Well, that’s how we met.

DAVE: Exactly! Your show is a perfect example because it has structure. It has A to B to C to D. It’s not just a random gab fest for an hour and a half where you’re like … ‘I forgot why I started.’

GROUCHO: Yes, you’re right. You’re right! It does have structure.

DAVE: So those are the two things I will push the strongest. Quality equipment and structure. If it’s not funny or interesting if you have structure people will come.

ANDY: My tip is to … disrupt David’s structure because a lot of times that’s where will you get the best material you have.

GROUCHO: Throwing a monkey wrench into his soufflé there?

ANDY: Yeah.

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EDITOR/VIDEOGRAPHER SCOTT FREUND – S02 E07

In this episode up-and-coming editor/videographer Scott Freund (pronounced ‘friend’) joins Groucho to talk about his growing passion for editing and filmmaking. However, they do get off on a few tangents and speak of books, vinyl records, writing, directors and storytelling.

Watch the music video that Scott edited on YouTube “DevOcean – Close My Eyes”

Follow Scott on YouTube, Twitter, Facebook and watch his demo on YouTube!

For the Random Segment, Charley shares some truly random moments and stories including an old time radio style version of the poem “Face Upon the Barroom Floor” by John Henry Titus (1872) performed by our producer Sir Reginald Johnson Walker V and Groucho Marx!

Plus listener feedback, including a voicemail from a future guest AND a previous guest! (Thank you for calling (619) 407-8770)

BE SURE TO LISTEN ALL THE WAY TO THE END FOR THE EASTER EGG!

Quote of the episode:

SCOTT: When I graduated high school, I got a job and I was still trying to figure out what I wanted to do.

GROUCHO: As everybody does.

SCOTT: Yeah. And I was like … You know what? I have always wanted to play drums for some reason so I’m gonna buy a set. So I bought a set put it in my room and just played. Luckily I was living in my garage too.

GROUCHO: So it worked out twice as well that way.

SCOTT: So I could play all day and no one would care.

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**Mr. Marx appears courtesy of the chaotic prattle and vibrations of Mr. Miller’s larynx, and the marvelous wizardry of the Internet.

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ELIZABETH “LIZZIE” JOHNSON – S02 E06

Elizabeth “Lizzie” Johnson joins Groucho to talk about her original play “A Day in my So-Called life” which played at the end of October 2012 for three performances to full houses and received high accolades from all who attended and shares what her future goals are.

Reginald reads the “Facebook Story” composed of listener contributions. Charley rambles on about ClassActSanDiego.com and more!

Quote of the episode: “I’m not passionate about any of those things. I can’t imagine living without drama in my life. My life would be so boring and I don’t feel that I would have very much purpose without theatre. I feel that it’s unfair to myself to go and major in something ‘sciencey’ or ‘mathy’ just because it’s not what I want to do.”

**Mr. Marx appears courtesy of the chaotic prattle and vibrations of Mr. Miller’s larynx, and the marvelous wizardry of the Internet.

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Podcaster Nick Gauss – S02 E05

Our guest this episode Nick Gauss chats with Groucho about how he and his friends created the podcast Divided by Zero, his web comic Black Sock his experience as a parent, plus a little bit of how he and our previous guest Brian Sparks (S01 E20) became friends!
Follow Nick on Twitter! Listen to his podcast Divided by Zero on iTunes and be sure to check in on his web comic.
For this episode’s Random Segment we have with us in studio Rebecca Seubert Miller from S01 E21 stating her response to the random segment of last episode! Better know the word Mobius Strip to appreciate this! Plus Charley announces some BIG NEWS!
Quote of the episode:
NICK: “My favorite is never when a show goes absolutely perfect.  We had my friend Jeremy on who actually writes the comic strip that I do … but he was on and he was pretty self conscience and he made the mistake that we did recording our first episode and got just belligerently drunk so I kind of revel in the chaos that happens when something goes crazy.
GROUCHO: So when everything goes against the norm.
NICK: Yeah. I like to see how far it will go and if we can ever rein it back in.”
**Mr. Marx appears courtesy of the chaotic prattle and vibrations of Mr. Miller’s larynx, and the marvelous wizardry of the Internet


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EpicPodQuest – S02 E04

Justin, Grant, Nayt (and sometimes John) join Groucho to discuss movies, podcasting, Star Wars, Star Trek, nerf guns and friendship.
Watch their original short movie “Trading Cards” on IMDB
Groucho & I were guests on their podcast – listen to it on iTunes!
Follow them on Twitter, Facebook, Website and iTunes
Plus Charley speaks about Valentines Day and about being “liked” along with some listener feedback and three, count of THREE voicemails!
Quote of the episode:
NAYT: To me its … you know … with the internet in general, I think is what has caused the whole sensation. I mean basically we can call it entertainment on demand, but really we are now releasing information on demand.
GROUCHO: That’s one way to put it. Very true, very true.
NAYT: In one of my previous blogs I wrote about his actually. It was 20, 30 plus years ago, if you wanted to know the weight of the moon; you might be lucky enough to find something in a library after getting your parents permission to drive you up there and they drop you off and then having to hopefully know the Dewey decimal system or to ask for assistance and then dig through the books and then dig through pages upon pages upon pages after looking at a glossary that might have been incorrect. And then finally finding the information.
GROUCHO: You sound like you’ve done this before.
NAYT: Where now you just simply open a browser go to one little search bar and just in the time that I explained it and probably less we were able to find out the weight of the moon is. … Wow! That doesn’t even make sense.
GROUCHO: So you didn’t get an accurate answer?
NAYT: It’s 7.35 times 10 to the power of 22, whatever that means.
GROUCHO: Well, that sounds about right to me.
**Mr. Marx appears courtesy of the chaotic prattle and vibrations of Mr. Miller’s larynx, and the marvelous wizardry of the Internet.

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Writer/Filmmaker/Dir. of the Dam Short Film Fest, John LaBonney – S02 E03

Our guest this episode is John LaBonney a writer, filmmaker and the director of the Dam Short Film Festival in Boulder City, Nevada.  He shares how his passion for filmmaking began as well as the process and his experience with the Dam Short Film Festival, now celebrating its 9th year.
Watch Barn Dance on Vimeo, John’s first film that he wrote and directed!
If you’re in or near Boulder City, Nevada from February 6-9, 2013 be sure to check out the Dam Short Film Festival!
View Buzz’s last Halloween a short film that John wrote, I starred in along with our guest Matt Jarbo from season 1, episode 12 and directed by Carleton Torpin, our guest from season 1, episode 11.
Follow John & the Dam Short Film Festival on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, or at DamShortFilm.org

Quote of the episode:
JOHN: “I said that because I don’t think you can love or hate words. They’re just words.
GROUCHO: Ah … very poignant.
JOHN: There are lots of words out there and they only have meaning when you give them meaning. So words are tools. As good tools and bad tools. So ‘cheese’ can be as good a word as it is a bad a word.”

**Mr. Marx appears courtesy of the chaotic prattle and vibrations of Mr. Miller’s larynx, and the marvelous wizardry of the Internet.

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ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY SHOW! – S02 E01

By Charley @ 01/04/13 in Actors, Fans of the Show

Season 2 Episode 1

To celebrate our one year anniversary we have a very special guest this episode – someone that Groucho found while searching the internet, the disembodied voice of Sir Reginald Johnson Walker V, a narrator, storyteller and sound designer.  Reginald shares his story about how he came to be.

During random ramblings, Charley is overly excited about celebrating a year of podcasting that we hear from all our guests from the previous season as well as general updates!

Plus listener feedback, voicemail and more!

Quote of the episode:

REGINALD: You are lucky that I’m a storyteller and sound designer.

GROUCHO: Oh really? And why is that?

REGINALD: Well you see Groucho because we’re speaking and dancing around and playing in the audio entertainment arena I can bring forth almost any sound or music.

**Mr. Marx appears courtesy of the chaotic prattle and vibrations of Mr. Miller’s larynx, and the marvelous wizardry of the Internet.

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STORYTELLER CODEYE – S01 E24

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Our guest this episode is CodEye, a podcaster and storyteller in his own right who has a very interesting tale to tell.

Listen to CodEye on iTunes, watch on You Tube, follow on Twitter, friend onFacebook & check out his web site!

Plus Charley shares thoughts on being a stay-at-home-dad, 12-12-12, and the end of season 1 of the RVSP and as a special bonus Groucho sings “Show Me A Rose” and Charley plays the harmonica!

Quote of the episode: “There were rumors going round the town that my mother was intimate with a fish, but they were just rumors and nothing more, you see we took the fish for a DNA test.”

**Mr. Marx appears courtesy of the chaotic prattle and vibrations of Mr. Miller’s larynx, and the marvelous wizardry of the Internet

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 Season 1 Episode 22

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Jeff gets into detail with Groucho about how his love of performing, music, and dancing started at the tender young age of 4 and has been flourishing ever since. Jeff speaks about his time performing in the “Days of 98 Show” in Skagway, Alaska as well as in “The Wedding Singer” in Las Vegas, Nevada. He also shares his passion for making backing tracks with samples from: Seussical – “Oh The Thinks You Can Think!” The Wedding Singer – “Right In Front of Your Eyes” Next to Normal – “You Don’t Know/I am the One” and Little Women – Weekly Volcano Press.

Plus if you’re looking for custom podsafe music or custom audition sheet music contact Jeff HERE!

Follow Jeff on Twitter, FaceBook, his website or email him!

Charley rambles on a bit about Thanksgiving and how the holiday season always comes way too early every year.

Plus a “voicemail” promo for AfterMathStory on Twitter from Yap Productions.

Quote of the episode: “Really awesome music, and what I mean by ‘awesome’ is the kind of music that gives you goosebumps. You hear it and it just hits you the right way and you say, ‘Wow!’ That’s all you can say is ‘Wow!’”

**Mr. Marx appears courtesy of the chaotic prattle and vibrations of Mr. Miller’s larynx, and the marvelous wizardry of the Internet.

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ENTERTAINER JEFF STRONG – S01 E22

 Season 1 Episode 22

Jeff gets into detail with Groucho about how his love of performing, music, and dancing started at the tender young age of 4 and has been flourishing ever since. Jeff speaks about his time performing in the “Days of 98 Show” in Skagway, Alaska as well as in “The Wedding Singer” in Las Vegas, Nevada. He also shares his passion for making backing tracks with samples from: Seussical – “Oh The Thinks You Can Think!” The Wedding Singer – “Right In Front of Your Eyes” Next to Normal – “You Don’t Know/I am the One” and Little Women – Weekly Volcano Press.

Plus if you’re looking for custom podsafe music or custom audition sheet music contact Jeff HERE!

Follow Jeff on Twitter, FaceBook, his website or email him!

Charley rambles on a bit about Thanksgiving and how the holiday season always comes way too early every year.

Plus a “voicemail” promo for AfterMathStory on Twitter from Yap Productions.

Quote of the episode: “Really awesome music, and what I mean by ‘awesome’ is the kind of music that gives you goosebumps. You hear it and it just hits you the right way and you say, ‘Wow!’ That’s all you can say is ‘Wow!’”

**Mr. Marx appears courtesy of the chaotic prattle and vibrations of Mr. Miller’s larynx, and the marvelous wizardry of the Internet.

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PERFORMER REBECCA SEUBERT MILLER – S01 E21

By Charley @ 11/09/12 in Actors

Season 1 Episode 21

Rebecca Seubert Miller is our special guest this episode! Why is she a special guest? Well, she is the wife of the show’s creator, host & producer! Rebecca and Groucho converse about opera, musical theatre, acting, performing at theme parks and singing as a Victorian Christmas Caroler with Full Measure Carolers, and they finish off the conversation with what it feels like to be a new mom!

Follow Rebecca on Twitter
See performances of Rebecca on YouTube and Vimeo!

Remember to mention Rebecca and the Random Variety Show when you contact Full Measure Carolers!

Plus Charley rambles on about listener feedback, being a dad and his most recent voting experience

Quote of the episode: “Being a creative person myself … it’s something that I’m so connected to that it’s hard to express, because it is something that’s deeply seated in me emotionally. That for me myself … I feel most alive when I am performing and creating things. So to not have that as a regular outlet for … it’s like a part of you is missing when that’s not happening. So it’s wonderful and it makes me exceedingly happy that he’s so happy and content.”

**Mr. Marx appears courtesy of the chaotic prattle and vibrations of Mr. Miller’s larynx, and the marvelous wizardry of the Internet.

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Season 1 Episode 21

Rebecca Seubert Miller is our special guest this episode! Why is she a special guest? Well, she is the wife of the show’s creator, host & producer! Rebecca and Groucho converse about opera, musical theatre, acting, performing at theme parks and singing as a Victorian Christmas Caroler with Full Measure Carolers, and they finish off the conversation with what it feels like to be a new mom!