Lots of confusion in the episode we just posted about this, so let's put it to a poll: Is the narrator's (Darby) mother the same person as "Aunt Lucy"?
Here is the sentence: "Uncle Kidd never moved away, but my mother, Aunt Lucy and Marisol's mother, Aunt Lindy, moved to Austin."
And please, please, don't tell us ...
2023-12-13 22:26:47 +0000 UTC View PostTime to check in with Murphy, Carmen, Ophelia, Uncle Kidd, Marisol, Granddaddy, Aunt Lucy, Aunt Lindy, Darbie Grimes, Darbie Grimes' mother, three dead husbands killed in an unknown accident, Simon, Lawrence Galloway, Miquel, Douglas, Judge Ed Simpson, Paul Turner, Phyllis Newton, Bailey Fox, Jerry, Mandy, Charles Deever, Dan...
2023-12-13 19:36:49 +0000 UTC View Post
Just trying to get all y'all cozy.
EDIT: I've added more cozy that isn't yogurt based. [mjn]
2023-12-08 20:15:12 +0000 UTC View PostThe second of three talks with an old friend, this one about my dad (and his) because Conor seems to think my dad was a character. He was.
NOTE: I recorded these before we offered the video tier, so audio only, apologies.
2023-12-07 00:03:05 +0000 UTC View PostIn real time, Mike and Conor select their next book - and we guarantee it will be cozy! Select your hugest, fuzziest slippers (preferably cartoon-based), your giant cup of cocoa, we're talking soup bowl sized with a handle on the side, and get a fire going, anywhere. Even if you don't have a fireplace.
It's coz...
2023-12-04 19:07:43 +0000 UTC View Post
Forgive us for the delay, but here are your winners for the Moepek Meme Contest! Congrats to Claire & RotoLando and thanks to everyone who submitted hilarious stuff!
Link to the whole gallery here!
Winners, pl...
2023-11-27 16:09:53 +0000 UTC View PostAn absolutely epic end to an epic book. Let's list them off: giant gorillas, chimpanzees, giant ostriches, gigantic komodo-looking dragons, witch princesses in sheer linen gowns: it's obvious Larry got a little excited and wrote the end of this one.
No Real or Fanfic; however Mike's stats on this are discussed. Spoiler ...
2023-11-22 19:43:30 +0000 UTC View PostA 372 first: Mike is joined by an old friend who witnessed several of his most, ahem, dubious stories.
2023-11-19 01:21:22 +0000 UTC View PostTwo prize winning pigs have gone missing in Idaville, and our intrepid Boy Detective suspects a brand new gang. How many gangs are operating in Idaville and how do things manage to stay relatively peaceful between them? You'd have to imagine there would be all sorts of territory disputes, not to mention horrific initiation ri...
2023-11-17 16:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostSally is once again pounding Bugs' face into oblivion, Encyclopedia is still sucking in the gasoline fumes from his makeshift cash register, and people in Idaville are still doin' some crimes!
Let's see if Conor can crack the case!
Want to watch this instead of listen? We are trying a new...
2023-11-10 18:06:17 +0000 UTC View Post
It's time for our annbookual (<-definitely a real word) Meme Contest! Post a link to an image of your best Moepek memes. Then come back and vote for your favorites by liking them. We'll pick our favorite and also reward the one with the most likes with a fabulous prize! Let's say a signed copy of 2023-11-09 00:34:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Incredible - truly incredible - Larry and Denise stuff in this section. The vast majority of this reading could have been submitted as Real or Fanfic and fooled Mike every time. And speaking of, please listen in if only to hear Mike fail miserably at Real or Fanfic!
READING ASSIGNMENT: *sigh* ...
2023-11-03 17:27:51 +0000 UTC View PostLike jumping into a waterfall and landing in a Nile River of madness, The Adventures of the Teen Archaeologists (Book 1) The Land of the Moepeks by Larry and Denise Ellis does not disappoint. The character names come at you fast and furious, there's a disproportionate amount of yelling, a ton of sarcasm, some non-car...
2023-10-23 17:29:51 +0000 UTC View PostI never do this for a reading, as Conor and I, I'm sure, will discuss it at length and with the appropriate level of passion (we're recording tomorrow 10/23), but who is Charlie? He appears out of nowhere, presumably a friend of Benjamin, which implies he's a friend of Anthony/Richard and Elizabeth.
ED...
2023-10-22 19:37:06 +0000 UTC View PostWe're back to Idaville, the boy detective, Leroy Brown, replete with gangs of roving toughs, girls breaking boys jaws: you know, the usual stuff. But can Mike crack this very, very tough case?
The long promised third leg of Mike's Stephen King-like childhood is told here. As well as an amazing update on the career path of Super Constitution author Charles Kim.
Also, if you want to read something good, or at least funny, go check out 2023-10-11 18:23:10 +0000 UTC View Post
(That's right, we ain't attempting to spell "archaeologist" every time.)
Yes, a long episode, but this book more than earns it. So much to talk about, so many Real or Fanfics, so many Dumb Sentences, so many slaps on so many teenage faces...
And folks, you may not believe it, but Larry and Denise actually...
2023-10-05 19:12:28 +0000 UTC View PostTo prepare for what we can only assume is an epic reading of Larry and Denise's The Adventures of the Teen Archeologists (Book 1) The Land of the Moepeck we asked you to submit your favorite moments from Antigua. Gordle the Gorilla, Nasty Fox, f...
2023-09-29 16:11:05 +0000 UTC View PostAs we get ready to re-enter the Ellis-verse, we want to hear from YOU! What were your favorite moments from Antigua and the Antigua eps? What Ellis tropes do you hope get revisited in Teen Archaeologists? Predictions for how this one turns out?
Leave us a comment and we'll discuss some of them in a preview episode later...
2023-09-26 19:58:00 +0000 UTC View PostIn the meantime, as we await what adventures, thrills, and misspelled octopus names L&D have in store for us, let's see if Mike can solve The Case of the Frightened Playboy!
2023-09-21 18:35:33 +0000 UTC View PostThank you to everyone who voted in our poll to pick Book 26! It was extremely close, but in the end, The Adventures of the Teen Archaeologists (The Land of the Moepek) by Larry & Denise was a clear winner. So that's what we're reading next! Will it live up to...
2023-09-21 17:58:55 +0000 UTC View PostListen to your choices here (and enjoy stories of frozen moles and wasp stings), and give us your choice in the poll below.
2023-09-13 16:02:46 +0000 UTC View PostVote for what book we should read next. Please listen to the above announcement ep before voting, it contains important information about the availability of one of the books.
Will it be:
The Missus by EL James?
Join us once again in Batshitcrazytown, USA, aka Idaville, where Encyclopedia Brown is attempting to solve a case that initially appears to be an attempted murder, but fortunately only ends up beating a savage beating during a home invasion. How many rich people live in Idaville and just how rich are they? Maybe we'll find ou...
2023-09-08 18:55:20 +0000 UTC View Post
TONS of great memes this time around. Congrats to our two winners, Grignr and Harris!
Check out the entire gallery here. There will be a warning about Adult or Erotic imagery. We don't know why, these memes are no more or less erotic th...
2023-09-06 14:33:31 +0000 UTC View PostThe Bark Squad wraps up Dodie Smith's fever nightmare of a sequel in this final episode covering The Starlight Barking. Sirius the Dogstar visits, promising a lifetime of bliss in outer space. Unfortunately, some whiny mangey strays are all like "Uh, no, we like having owners who mistreat and starve us" and so Pongo is forced...
2023-08-29 17:34:57 +0000 UTC View Post
It's time for our traditional roughly 2/3rds of the way through a book Meme Contest! Upload your best memes/edits to an image host and paste the link as a comment. Then come back and vote for your favorites. The one that gets the most votes, as well as a judge's favorite, will win a spectacular prize of to be determined sort!...
2023-08-22 17:51:41 +0000 UTC View PostWe learn a lot of new things in this episode: mostly Mike is terrible at Real or Fanfic! Seriously, all sorts of new rules about physis and metaphysics are explained, but they all boil down to how terrible Mike is at Real or Fanfic. Who is causing "The Sleep"? Is Cruella actually a demon from Hell? Doesn't m...
2023-08-14 18:35:19 +0000 UTC View PostLook, Bartok; Plus side, he hated Nazis. Minus side; HIS MUSIC.
2023-08-13 00:30:27 +0000 UTC View Post
