The Dork Forest

Doug Mellard is an Austin comedian and HE, , enjoys the wonderful world of MAGNUM P.I. And we talk about it. We weed off into the world of Sega Genesis briefly. Heh. Enjoy.   This month our sponsor is MY SISTER!!! Financial Advisor, helper Magoo Darla Kashian! She reads HER OWN AD. Heh. Enjoy that. I have a new hour comedy video out at   $5 download. It’s called “This Will Make An Excellent Horcrux” Own it today and forever. You can also get the CD or DVD at   Speaking of . They are the podcast network The Dork Forest is a part of and there are plenty of other podcasts there if you’re looking for them. DONATE folks… I’m working over here. or You can donate directly, get t-shirts and CDs, and order from our Amazon Banner on . Also, full schedule of stand up shows and live TDF’s are listed. Thanks for tuning in folks. Credits: Audio leveling by Music is by Website design by : Really good Web designs. Apps are available with the bonus contest:  or  and for free on tdf.libsyn.com NO BONUS TRACK THIS WEEK

Rhea Butcher (@rheabutcher) () is a Chicago comic and also has podcasts. Fun. PYHT and a Maximum Fun podcast, WHAM BAM POW on iTunes. She loves her some Back to the Future. A Lot. Let's do this. This month's sponsor is my sister. Respectable, socially responsible financial advisor Darla Kashian. www.darlakashian.com She is smarter than I am and funnier than her ad. So give it a whirl. www.allthingscomedy.com/thedorkforest is the All Things Comedy umbrella we are a part of. There's a MILLION great podcasts over there. Get on it. Credits: Mike Ruekberg composed and sang the intro song (w Sarah Cohen) and sings the lyrics he made up to the Mexican Hat Dance at the end. Vilmos fixes my website and is great. Patrick Brady fixes the audio and makes these teaser clips and rules. My website for standup and, really, everything. It has a player for the pod, link to Amazon banner to buy stuff. Donation button. www.jackiekashian.com Direct to podcast? www.dorkforest.com Donate, Buy Stuff if you want, Listen, Proselytize.

Eric Hollerbach (@erichollerbach) is a comic, podcaster (Highway Diary – we record his right after this, wherein he has found every embarrassing thing I’ve said online and asks me about it . HE dorks out about Whose Line is it Anyway which leads to his love of improv and standup. Then we weed the heck off into conspiracies and I think about the definition of a safe space. It’s all great. Enjoy! This month our sponsor is MY SISTER!!! Financial Advisor, helper Magoo Darla Kashian! She reads HER OWN AD. Heh. Enjoy that. I have a new hour comedy video out at   $5 download. It’s called “This Will Make An Excellent Horcrux” Own it today and forever. You can also get the CD or DVD at   Speaking of . They are the podcast network The Dork Forest is a part of and there are plenty of other podcasts there if you’re looking for them. DONATE folks… I’m working over here. or You can donate directly, get t-shirts and CDs, and order from our Amazon Banner on . Also, full schedule of stand up shows and live TDF’s are list

I’m still A-Kon. Andy () taught a game design workshop at A-Kon and Josh Jordan () LIVES in Dallas and makes, as a hobby SO FAR, tabletop RPGs. So the two of them dork out about game mechanics, table top RPGS and storyline in gaming. It’s a good one. Enjoy. This month our sponsor is MY SISTER!!! Financial Advisor, helper Magoo Darla Kashian! She reads HER OWN AD. Heh. Enjoy that. I have a new hour comedy video out at   $5 download. It’s called “This Will Make An Excellent Horcrux” Own it today and forever. You can also get the CD or DVD at   Speaking of . They are the podcast network The Dork Forest is a part of and there are plenty of other podcasts there if you’re looking for them. DONATE folks… I’m working over here. or You can donate directly, get t-shirts and CDs, and order from our Amazon Banner on . Also, full schedule of stand up shows and live TDF’s are listed. Thanks for tuning in folks. Credits: Audio leveling by Music is by Website design by : Really good Web designs. Apps are available wi

Helen McCarthy (@tweetheart4711 & ) is, possibly, the GREATEST guest that has been. And that is saying a lot! We talk romance novels. She is a little quiet on the mic but it's totally worth it. She is an anime historian and is FASCINATING! Yay her. Hooray for us. Enjoy.   Darla Kashian sponsoring the show for the foreseeable future! How does she do it? By being a GREAT financial advisor to others and knowing her stuff! Www.darlakashian.com   CREDITS MIKE RUEKBERG composed and sang the intro, plus sings us out at the end! PATRICK BRADY fixes he audio (even when I don't record it right) and outs he teaser slates together! VILMOS creates and maintains my website and can do yours!     NOTES:Barbara Cartland - Georgette Heyer -  Guy Branum on TDF about Canada -  Helen McCarthy Bibliography -  Adam Kern -  A Brief History of Manga by Helen McCarthy  Rhinestone – Dolly Parton -  Charles Wirgman -  Beato & Wirgman, Artists and Photographers -  Emma -  TDF EP 237 – Josh Jordon/Andy Ashcraft​

Kristen McGuire (@kriscomics on twitter ) makes manga, watches manga, does voice work and this is a weird audio filled challenge. But Manga, My Little Pony and all things tiny and adorable are discussed. So I think it’s worth going for, if only to hear me trying to keep it together with ONE mic. Blow it off if you must and I’ll have her back on. But she’s great… enjoy. I have a new hour comedy video out at   $5 download. It’s called “This Will Make An Excellent Horcrux” Own it today and forever. You can also get the CD or DVD at   Speaking of . They are the podcast network The Dork Forest is a part of and there are plenty of other podcasts there if you’re looking for them. DONATE folks… I’m working over here. or You can donate directly, get t-shirts and CDs, and order from our Amazon Banner on . Also, full schedule of stand up shows and live TDF’s are listed. Thanks for tuning in folks. Credits: Audio leveling by Music is by Website design by : Really good Web designs. NOTES: Attack on Titan – Stretc

Wil Anderson (@Wil_Anderson) is a great comic, has a fun podcast TOFOP on All Things Comedy () and we talk a LOT about Batman. The movies. And the superhero. THEN it’s all AFL (Australian Rules Football). So great. This month our sponsor is MY SISTER!!! Financial Advisor, helper Magoo Darla Kashian! She reads HER OWN AD. Heh. Enjoy that. I have a new hour comedy video out at   $5 download. It’s called “This Will Make An Excellent Horcrux” Own it today and forever. You can also get the CD or DVD at   Speaking of . They are the podcast network The Dork Forest is a part of and there are plenty of other podcasts there if you’re looking for them. DONATE folks… I’m working over here. or You can donate directly, get t-shirts and CDs, and order from our Amazon Banner on . Also, full schedule of stand up shows and live TDF’s are listed. Thanks for tuning in folks. Credits: Audio leveling by Music is by Website design by : Really good Web designs. Apps are available with the bonus contest:  or  and for free on

Emo Philips is one of the greatest writers of the standup comedy EVER. A silly, happy man. He’s on. But Nathan and Jonathan and I dork out AT Emo for a glorious 40min episode. I am clearly excited. Clearly. I sing the song TOO MANY TIMES. But he plays the recorder and I wanted him to like me. Hear the desperation. Tune the hell in. I have a new hour comedy video out at   $5 download. It’s called “This Will Make An Excellent Horcrux” Own it today and forever. You can also get the CD or DVD at   Speaking of . They are the podcast network The Dork Forest is a part of and there are plenty of other podcasts there if you’re looking for them. DONATE folks… I’m working over here. or You can donate directly, get t-shirts and CDs, and order from our Amazon Banner on . Also, full schedule of stand up shows and live TDF’s are listed. Thanks for tuning in folks. Credits: Audio leveling by Music is by Website design by : Really good Web designs. NOTES: ONE CD – More please. Emo on Myspace - Jackie on Myspace -

Mark Alan Miller (@markalanmiller) likes Horror, scary stuff and has collected MANY of them on that genre known as V.H.S. Mark writes, produces, and directs original content alongside master of horror Clive Barker. Hellraiser, Next Testament. It's a lil' creepy. He's great! Enjoy. This month our sponsor is MY SISTER!!! Financial Advisor, helper Magoo Darla Kashian! www.darlakashian.com She reads HER OWN AD. Heh. Enjoy that. I have a new hour comedy video out at www.allthingscomedy.com/records  $5 download. It's called "This Will Make An Excellent Horcrux" Own it today and forever. You can also get the CD or DVD at www.jackiekashian.com  Speaking of www.allthingscomedy.com. They are the podcast network The Dork Forest is a part of and there are plenty of other podcasts there if you're looking for them. DONATE folks... I'm working over here. www.dorkforest.com or www.jackiekashian.com You can donate directly, get t-shirts and CDs, and order from our Amazon Banner on www.jackiekashian.com. Also, full schedule of

Julie Klausner (@julieklausner on twitter) is a funny writer, podcaster and hellova smart woman. http://julieklausner.com/ for links to her podcast (How Was YOUR Week?), her upcoming pilot and all the great things about her. This month our sponsor is MY SISTER!!! Financial Advisor, helper Magoo Darla Kashian! www.darlakashian.com She reads HER OWN AD. Heh. Enjoy that. I have a new hour comedy video out at www.allthingscomedy.com/records  $5 download. It’s called “This Will Make An Excellent Horcrux” Own it today and forever. You can also get the CD or DVD at www.jackiekashian.com  Speaking of www.allthingscomedy.com. They are the podcast network The Dork Forest is a part of and there are plenty of other podcasts there if you’re looking for them. DONATE folks… I’m working over here. www.dorkforest.com or www.jackiekashian.com You can donate directly, get t-shirts and CDs, and order from our Amazon Banner on www.jackiekashian.com. Also, full schedule of stand up shows and live TDF’s are listed. Thanks for tunin

Myq Kaplan (@myqkaplan on twitter) is comedian, podcaster and wordsmith! He loves him some letters that form words that make sentences and we talk about them. Using words of our own. Podcast: http://www.keithandthegirl.com/hang-out-with-me/ Website: www.myqkaplan.comThis month our sponsor is MY SISTER!!! Financial Advisor, helper Magoo Darla Kashian! www.darlakashian.com She reads HER OWN AD. Heh. Enjoy that. I have a new hour comedy video out at www.allthingscomedy.com/records  $5 download. It’s called “This Will Make An Excellent Horcrux” Own it today and forever. You can also get the CD or DVD at www.jackiekashian.com  Speaking of www.allthingscomedy.com. They are the podcast network The Dork Forest is a part of and there are plenty of other podcasts there if you’re looking for them. DONATE folks… I’m working over here. www.dorkforest.com or www.jackiekashian.com You can donate directly, get t-shirts and CDs, and order from our Amazon Banner on www.jackiekashian.com. Also, full schedule of stand up shows a

Live from Austin, TX Moontower Comedy Fest - Randy and Jason Sklar, Erin Foley (@sklarbros and @erinfoleycomic on twitter) talk about baseball and sports and it makes me WANT to want to get INTO it!! Another Dork Forest guest WIN! This month our sponsor is MY SISTER!!! Financial Advisor, helper Magoo Darla Kashian! She reads HER OWN AD. Heh. Enjoy that. I have a new hour comedy video out at   $5 download. It’s called “This Will Make An Excellent Horcrux” Own it today and forever. You can also get the CD or DVD at   Speaking of . They are the podcast network The Dork Forest is a part of and there are plenty of other podcasts there if you’re looking for them. DONATE folks… I’m working over here. or You can donate directly, get t-shirts and CDs, and order from our Amazon Banner on . Also, full schedule of stand up shows and live TDF’s are listed. Thanks for tuning in folks. Credits: Audio leveling by Music is by Website design by : Really good Web designs. Apps are available with the bonus contest:  or

W. Kamau Bell (@wkamaubell on twitter) and wkamaubell.com is a great comic and a fine advocate for the movie Rocky 2. So great an episode. Then we weed off into the world of Bruce Lee. You will enjoy. ADRIENNNNNNEEE! This month our sponsor is MY SISTER!!! Financial Advisor, helper Magoo Darla Kashian! She reads HER OWN AD. Heh. Enjoy that. I have a new hour comedy video out at   $5 download. It’s called “This Will Make An Excellent Horcrux” Own it today and forever. You can also get the CD or DVD at   Speaking of . They are the podcast network The Dork Forest is a part of and there are plenty of other podcasts there if you’re looking for them. DONATE folks… I’m working over here. or You can donate directly, get t-shirts and CDs, and order from our Amazon Banner on . Also, full schedule of stand up shows and live TDF’s are listed. Thanks for tuning in folks. Credits: Audio leveling by Music is by Website design by : Really good Web designs. Apps are available with the bonus contest:  or  and for free o

Emily Gordon (@thegynomite on twitter,) is the co-host of The Indoor Kids on Nerdist.  We dork out about breakfast. It's good times. Tune in and enjoy. This month our sponsor is MY SISTER!!! Financial Advisor, Helper Magoo Darla Kashian! www.darlakashian.com She reads HER OWN AD. Heh. Enjoy that. I have a new hour comedy video out at www.allthingscomedy.com/records  $5 download. It's called "This Will Make An Excellent Horcrux" Own it today and forever. You can also get the CD or DVD at www.jackiekashian.com  Speaking of www.allthingscomedy.com. They are the podcast network The Dork Forest is a part of and there are plenty of other podcasts there if you're looking for them. DONATE folks... I'm working over here. www.dorkforest.com or www.jackiekashian.com $8.33 a month. I've made it not automatic to that you can make that call EVERY month. You can donate directly, get t-shirts and CDs, and order from our Amazon Banner on www.jackiekashian.com. Also, full schedule of stand up shows and live TDF's are listed. T

Michael Dorsher (@dorsher on twitter) is my guest. He’s a comic and comedy producer and we talk Hong Kong and then  We are live in HK, the intro got cut off… but we’re at the FIRST Hong Kong Podcast Festival. The interview is WELL recorded. The Audience is not. It takes FOREVER for me to allow him to talk. Let’s have him on again. He’s GREAT. This month our sponsor is MY SISTER!!! Financial Advisor, helper Magoo Darla Kashian! She reads HER OWN AD. Heh. Enjoy that. I have a new hour comedy video out at   $5 download. It’s called “This Will Make An Excellent Horcrux” Own it today and forever. You can also get the CD or DVD at   Speaking of . They are the podcast network The Dork Forest is a part of and there are plenty of other podcasts there if you’re looking for them. DONATE folks… I’m working over here. or You can donate directly, get t-shirts and CDs, and order from our Amazon Banner on . Also, full schedule of stand up shows and live TDF’s are listed. Thanks for tuning in folks. Credits: Audio le

She’s BACK! Kelly Anneken (@thefatling) LIVE at the Green Gravel Comedy Festival in Toledo IOWA. Yes, Iowa. Kelly gets into American Girl Dolls. SO much. So great. Her website is Up Yours Downstairs (a proletariat celebration of Downton Abbey)   This month our sponsor is MY SISTER!!! Financial Advisor, helper Magoo Darla Kashian! She reads HER OWN AD. Heh. Enjoy that. Gee, did you know I have a new hour comedy video out at ? Cuz I do. $5 download. It’s called “This Will Make An Excellent Horcrux” because comedy is all about soul ;) … Own it today and forever. Speaking of They are the podcast network The Dork Forest is a part of. Plenty of other podcasts there if you’re looking for them. DONATE folks… I’m working over here. or You can donate directly, get t-shirts and CDs, and order from our Amazon Banner on . Also, full schedule of stand up shows and live TDF’s are listed. Thanks for tuning in folks. Credits: Audio leveling by Music is by Website design by : Really good Web designs. Apps are avail

Jeopardy winner, author and personable dork… Ken Jennings! @kenjennings is so fascinating. Geo-caching. This month our sponsor is MY SISTER!!! Financial planner, helper Magoo Darla Kashian! She reads HER OWN AD. Heh. Enjoy that. Gee, did you know I have a new hour comedy video out at www.allthingscomedy.com/records? Cuz I do. $5 download. It's called "This Will Make An Excellent Horcrux" because comedy is all about soul ;) ... Own it today and forever. Thanks. (Limited Edition T-shirt of the cover art available too at www.jackiekashian.com/horcrux ). Speaking of www.allthingscomedy.com They are the podcast network The Dork Forest is a part of. Plenty of other podcasts there if you're looking for them. DONATE folks... I'm working over here. www.dorkforest.com or www.jackiekashian.com You can donate directly, get t-shirts and CDs, and order from our Amazon Banner on www.jackiekashian.com. Also, full schedule of stand up shows and live TDF's are listed. Thanks for tuning in folks. Credits: Audio leveling by

Slow Clap Jock (supporter of nerds and dorks everywhere), Jay Mohr (@jaymohr37)  comes into The Dork Forest! He’s a guy that is THERE for the nerd who “does it right.” All of this is me extrapolating. He’s great. His dorkdom: Presidential Biographies… this is fun. Enjoy. This month our sponsor is MY SISTER!!! Financial Advisor, helper Magoo Darla Kashian! She reads HER OWN AD. Heh. Enjoy that. NEW STANDUP ALBUM: Some people just want audio. So the album version of This Will Make an Excellent Horcrux will be available on Tuesday on , for example, for $9.99. The $5 downloadable video of that material is still available from All Things Comedy at  Here’s the thing: the DVD is from the Friday show and the album is from the Saturday show. Much of the material is the same but the jokes are told a bit different because I am not a machine. If you’re some kind of completist you can spend less than $15 for both digital copies and compare and contrast those sets. Live it up. If you are a hard copy kind of person you c

For so long… I’ve been trying to get John Roy () on the show. Warhammer. Comic Books. We talk at about a MILLION miles an hour. Good luck. It’s great. This month our sponsor is MY SISTER!!! Financial Advisor, helper Magoo Darla Kashian! She reads HER OWN AD. Heh. Enjoy that. Gee, did you know I have a new hour comedy video out at ? Cuz I do. $5 download. It’s called “This Will Make An Excellent Horcrux” because comedy is all about soul ;) … Own it today and forever. Speaking of They are the podcast network The Dork Forest is a part of. Plenty of other podcasts there if you’re looking for them. DONATE folks… I’m working over here. or You can donate directly, get t-shirts and CDs, and order from our Amazon Banner on . Also, full schedule of stand up shows and live TDF’s are listed. Thanks for tuning in folks. Credits: Audio leveling by Music is by Website design by  Hire him! Apps are available with the bonus contest:  or  NOTES

Louise Palanker and I talk music, documentaries and psychology. She’s a freaking dork diamond and is all over the place. She has a book, directed a movie, has an album and runs a website for wayward, and perfectly not wayward, children. She’s great and you will love her too. Gee, did you know I have a new hour comedy video out at ? Cuz I do. $5 download. It’s called “This Will Make An Excellent Horcrux” because comedy is all about soul ;) … Own it today and forever. Thanks. (Limited Edition T-shirt of the cover art available too at ).  Speaking of They are the podcast network The Dork Forest is a part of. Plenty of other podcasts there if you’re looking for them. DONATE folks… I’m working over here. or You can donate directly, get t-shirts and CDs, and order from our Amazon Banner on . Also, full schedule of stand up shows and live TDF’s are listed. Thanks for tuning in folks. Credits: Audio leveling by Music is by Website design by : who has his own Apps are available with the bonus contest:  or