At the request of Royal Carrie (see pic left) we hit the holiday road and recorded this episode at Six Flags (formerly Marriott’s) Great America in Gurnee, IL, coincidentally located right across the street from one of Luke’s main caricature stand drawing spots.

Between rides we give a 44 minute report on GenCon Indy (see Wil Wheaton photobomb left), Luke spies on his caricature competition and what he finds shocks, amuses, and befuddles him, and we do a quick review of Insane Ian‘s new album “The Last Arcade”.

We also have music by The Guild, Run DMC, some classic Great America park theme songs, and the epic musical conclusion of our pan-Atlantic podcast love-fest with Flat 29.

If that’s not enough, we’ve turned this week’s News of the Stupid into a game! So ‘game on’, and be sure to visit Six Flags Great America, the place to go when your family can’t afford to go to Disney World that year!

Episode length: 1:52:31

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My brain is so fried from dealing with the events of the past 2 weeks and the events of the next 2 weeks to come that I have lost all sense of whether or not this Episode is remotely entertaining. Well, it does have songs by Possible Oscar, Positive Attitude, Flat 29, Toy Dolls, and the Plants vs. Zombies song, so it definitely has some awesome content.

The dark lord of the Sith makes a statement during News of the Stupid, and Carrie tells of her and her disgruntled husband’s pilgrimage to see a live Liverpudlian. And oh yeah, Luke talks forever and a day about his trip to Orlando for Nerdapalooza, with stops at the Magic Kingdom, the beach, and a Weird Al concert where he actually got to see the show from where he was sitting.

Episode Length: 2:04:34

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After a quick non-spoiler review of “Weird Al” Yankovic’s 2010 Concert Tour, Luke and Carrie give a lengthy review of their new favorite PodCast, “Flat 29’s Big Book Of Everything”, hosted by and featuring comedy music of Dan, Charlie, and Rich of the British comedy music group Flat 29. We also discuss more cool British things than you can shake your spotted dick at. We have comedy songs from the movies “Shock Treatment” (made by Brits), “the Jungle Book” (Yanks pretending to be Brits), and the new YouTube hit by The Damsels of Dorkington (not British, so just think of them as the Spice Girls if they performed at Renaissance fairs). After News of the Stupid, we explain the unexplained (rash), the usual pluggery of the Funny Music Project (The FuMP dot com), and we finally get the definitive answer as to why specifically “Star Trek V” sucked so much. Yes, life is but a dream.

Episode Length: 1:33:30

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As we discuss the future (Star Trek 5?), and the past (Zoolander?), we play music by MC Frontalot, Possible Oscar, and Futurama.

We also give the rundown of comments on last episode’s special event, “U Pick Luke’s FuMP”! Did your favorite song parody idea get picked? You’ll have to listen to find out!

As well as the usual News of the Stupid, Carrie talks about drunk freaks on the city bus, and Luke asks the philosophical question, “Is everyone else in the planet an idiot, or is it just me?” I think we all know the answer to that.

Episode Length: 1:50:25

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There are two main components of this fortnight’s episode. The first is our report on the epic awesomeness of w00tstock Chicago, which also inspired our song picks for this week. We got tracks by Paul & Storm, Wil Wheaton & MC Frontalot, a song about Adam Savage’s show “Mythbusters” by Devo Spice, and songs by Molly Lewis and Tim Cavanaugh.

The second main component is “U Pick Luke’s FuMP”, in which Luke describes 10 abandoned song ideas of his from the past 15 years, and if you like one or more of them, you can leave a comment on this episode here and tell us which one(s) it is, and if any particular song(s) gets a lot of support from the you, the Luke Ski super-fans, he will consider making them and posting them at the FuMP dot com. (The first comment below is from Luke, containing a typed list of the ideas as a reference for you to use after you’ve listened to the show.)

The show also has News of the Stupid, an in depth explanation of the final scene from our puppet video episode, and tales of robots who try to teach Luke how to be a safe driver by talking to him like he’s a kindergartner. For realsies.

Episode Length: 2:07:00

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It’s our shortest podcast since Episode 8 back in January, clocking in at a mere 1:36. Carrie and Josh have returned from their 1st Anniverary trip to Hawaii via Arizona, and in this episode they tell us all about it. After News of the Stupid, Luke rants about the ignorance of Fedex Office, makes an announcement regarding his next album, and tells of baffling requests for caricatures of celebrities. This episode also has Hawaiian music by Brak, Spike Jones, and Barnes & Barnes, as well as one of the remakes from the great Luke Ski’s Greatest Hits 2-CD set. So as they say in Hawaii, Auf Wiedersehen!

Epsiode Length: 1:36:11

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Even though this is not a full-fledged episode, a fact made most apparent by an almost complete lack of Carrie Dahlby and News of the Stupid, somehow this episode still managed to hit the 2 1/2 hour mark. This episode was made as a bonus for everyone out there who is a fan of the new sketch comedy group, “Cirque du So What?”, comprised of Devo Spice, ShoEboX of Worm Quartet, Chris Mezzolesta of Power Salad, and yours truly, the great Luke Ski. In it we answer all your questions and give you behind the scenes stories of the making of our first album, “Procrastinators of the Apocalypse”, with some segments recorded at KeyCon in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Canada! Home of the Arrogant Worms! At the end of the episode, I recorded a special segment in which I discuss the series finale of “LOST” with the effervescent Voice Of Kiki, because she had a lot of interesting thoughts on her blog, and because Carrie doesn’t watch “Lost”. So if you’re not into CdSW or Lost, just skip this episode, we’ll have a new regular one complete with Carrie and Stupid News up in a few days. At the very least go look at the new YouTube video of a CdSW track that Sara, Chris, and I made.

Episode Length: 2:31:44

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This episode has songs by Insane Ian, the Muppets, MC Frontalot, and the Former Fat Boys. It has a bunch of other stuff too, but I’m so tired right now I could pass out. I seem to remember something about Jim Henson being awesome, the demise of the video store industry, and girl scouts with pet skunks. Hey, look at this completely nonsensical YouTube video we made. See? Told you it was nonsensical. God, I’m tired.

Episode Length:  2:00:11

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Is it wise to record a PodCast the day after you return from a long weekend convention that’s 5 hours away from home? No, it isn’t. But we did it anyway. So prepare yourself for the least energetic show ever. We discuss the nation’s most pressing political issue: KFC’s Double Down sandwich. We also do a PenguiCon Wrap-up, and Luke breaks down the aliases of his monkey puppets. We also have comedy tracks by Patton Oswalt, Worm Quartet, The Lonely Island featuring Natalie Portman, and Dr. Steve of The Radio Adventures Of Dr. Floyd. And in case you somehow missed it, please go watch the ten minute long Bad Rapport Video Episode #1, and leave comments for it.

Episode Length: 1:59:33

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“Blasted Bill and Moonbeam’s Pod Of Destiny” did their first video PodCast earlier this year. It featured a time plot, a green screen, and a tiny net. Here are links to watch it on YouTube: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 (Each part is 10 minutes long, so if you’re pressed for time, just watch Part 3, that’s the most important part).  It ended with a gauntlet thrown in the faces of Luke Ski and Carrie Dahlby to create a video PodCast that would top theirs. So Carrie and I are brought the fight to their turf, and world premiered the first ever video installment of our PodCast “Luke & Carrie’s Bad Rapport” at PenguiCon in Detroit on May 1st, 2010.

Due to how YouTube works, we had to keep the episode to under 10 minutes, so we managed to do an encapsulated version of our PodCast complete with four comedy music tracks, News of The Stupid, and many of the regular segments you tolerate so much. If you enjoy it, please tell your friends about it on line by sharing the YouTube link and/or the link to Bad Rapport .com, and also please leave comments for us here letting you know what you thought of the show. If there is enough demand, we will do more in the future. Thanks for reading, and we hope you love it!

Episode Length: 9:49