EPISODE 15 - A Snorkeling Excursion Ticket Kiosk

[JulyDiaz 2797]

Paul F. Tompkins welcomes everyone on the internet back to Spontaneanation! This week, Paul’s special guest is stand-up comedian Jen Kirkman aka The Pod F. Tompkast's Southie! They chat about whether ghosts exist or not, why Jen's mother calls her a miracle baby, and the chilling tale of the one-armed blacksmith that lived in her home in the 1800s. Paul is then joined by Matt Gourley, Jean Villepique, and Victor Yerrid to improvise a story set at a Snorkeling Excursion Ticket Kiosk. As always, the astounding Eban Schletter scores it all on piano!

[FaceLikeThunder 2114]

Ahhh excellent. Love me some Spont feat. Gourley.

[Jon Onyx 1226]

Victor Yerrid is my favorite,

 

but its so hard to not hear him as Hotdog

[Lukas Holmes 2287]

SOUTHIE!!!

[Haze 112]

No more advert characters?

[Lukas Holmes 2287]

"Oh look, the crocus are growing."

 

"Uhhhhhhh......"

[JoshuaTeixeira 34]

How am I supposed to know what to buy if Count Dracula, the Contraptionaire, Mitch & Dolores or the rest of the gang don't tell me?!

 

Always love hearing Gourley. Spont needs a Superego crossover, with all four guys at once! Fantastic episode as usual. Gourley's Ghost Door salesman made me cry-laugh. (Laugh-cry?)

[Xandar1977 421]

CONTRAPTIONS!

[Joe Lerini 7329]

Muuusical Guest: Linda Blackman!

[FisterRoboto 7499]

How am I supposed to know what to buy if Count Dracula, the Contraptionaire, Mitch & Dolores or the rest of the gang don't tell me?!

I was waiting for the voice when Jen said "contraption."

 

One of my favorite things on this show is when weird, long, rapid-fire jumps are made from one topic to the other, and then someone slams it all home at the end. And I don't think there's a better example than the gazebo discussion leading to the Soup Nazi leading to Rolf from Sound of Music leading to Eban playing "Sixteen Going on Seventeen," and then Paul spiking the ball with "We can only hope he was tried for war crimes."

[Kickpuncher 5012]

JAZZY RASCAL!!!

 

Gourley doing a Germanic accent is the best.

 

I also missed the character ads, but at least it wasn't four ads for Jim Gaffigan's new show.

[Henry 3777]

It might have been fun to hear Mitch try to find different ways to pitch the Jim Gaffigan show to Delores while in circumstances that seem to threaten imminent death though

[doggans 126]

SOUTHIE!!!

JAZZY RASCAL!!!

 

Southie AND the Jazzy Rascal! It's a Tompkast miracle!

[Kickpuncher 5012]

Oh, and the "Miracle Baby" discussion might have been my favorite part of a guest interview yet.

[McSmashington 521]

JAZZY RASCAL!!!

 

Gourley doing a Germanic accent is the best.

 

I also missed the character ads, but at least it wasn't four ads for Jim Gaffigan's new show.

 

Gourley is so good he can make Hitler seem like a lovable scamp.

 

 

Also I think those Pistol Shrimp Radio episodes are great. I'm a huge Superego fan, so hearing Matt and Mark stumble through a basketball broadcast is an absolute delight.

[KatherineIsOdd 486]

Gazebo Nazi!!

[LizLemon 6]

Things I never thought I'd say - I loved Hitler in this episode!

 

Victor Yerrid staying in character into the plugs :lol:

[AlexDale 68]

Matt Gourley's softly spoken minister is amazing. I love that once he found that "people don't x" formula he kept hitting over and over, with increasingly odd choices.

[McSmashington 521]

Seeing as our gracious, charming, handsome, dapper host asked for a ghost story, I guess I could share the closest thing I have.

 

As a disclaimer I feel I should mention I do not believe in ghosts.

 

When I was seventeen-ish I had, pretty much, the same experience as Jen Kirkman's sister. It was in my old bedroom in my parents house.

I felt a similar sensation of having a ghostly woman straddling my chest, crushing the air out of my lungs and I was completely unable to move or breath properly. After a while I was able to suck in a deep breath (like I'd surfaced after nearly drowning) and it felt like my heart was going to explode. Also similar to Jen's story, no one sleeps in that room anymore, it's full of bike parts.

 

Looking back on it now, I think it was a symptom of anxiety related issues. Seems less likely that a ghost was trying to kill me like Famke Jansen in Goldeneye.

[mattman92ish 823]

This may be one of my top 3 favorite podcasts holy shit every episode is incredible id expect nothing less from Paul F. and if it was less im sure it would be just as good haha great ep!

 

ps Gourley <3

[AndyPacheco-Fores 437]

Was that Whale of a Tale that Eban played at the top of the story????

 

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[Brian_Eno 119]

So far this has bean my favorite episode of Spont, in fact one of my favorite podcasts in general!

 

Paul should bust out into song more often!

[KajusX 1807]

Btw, Pistol Shrimps Basketball is a great podcast to do other things to while listening. Matt's and Mark's broadcaster voices are great, and the play-by-play, while earnest, is hilariously spotty.

[DanEngler 5249]

Btw, Pistol Shrimps Basketball is a great podcast to do other things to while listening. Matt's and Mark's broadcaster voices are great, and the play-by-play, while earnest, is hilariously spotty.

"Hilariously Spotty" was, of course, the unflattering nickname given to Mark Knopfler by schoolmates during his teenage years in England. #DireStraits

[KatherineIsOdd 486]

"We're not Thomas and Lorand. We're Lomas and Torand.

"But people don't Spoonerize."

"Sure they do! And dure they shoo!"

 

Lost it! So great!