The Dork Forest

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TDF EP 71 – Maria Bamford Dork Origin Episode Oct 21, 2011

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My guest is ME. is the guest host interviewing me about my dorkdoms that she most enjoys. She’s thinks I haven’t talked enough about Chicken or Romance Novels. Maria, btw, is much better than Andy in not talking about herself. She says she’s over talking about herself right now. So she interviews me. We’re at lunch. It’s noisy. And Maria has taken up a loud hobby of crunching ice. I hope you enjoy meeting me. Again. Credits: Audio leveling by Music is by . Website design by : who has his OWN . The websites are and . Apps are available for the ,and . Review the show on iTunes and feel free to e me. Notes: – you SHOULD read these. They’re awesome. – random site. Can’t vouch. – bookstore in Minneapolis – these are ridiculous. I read most of them. Not under her real name - Jayne Anne The correct answer is actually my Grandmother’s Boiled Chicken. Grr. Balls (Southern Theatre, MPLS)

TDF EP 70 – Jessica Mills and Stephanie Thorpe Oct 18, 2011

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My guests are and and they are total fangirls! There is a lot of Star Trek talk. Heh. and are on twitter as well. Credits: Audio leveling by Music is by . Website design by : who has his OWN . The websites are and . Apps are available for the ,and . Review the show on iTunes and feel free to e me. Notes: Can’t FIND the Original Star Trek I’m thinking of, what do you think? MFM – Minty Fresh Monsters… no longer in business. APP Bonus: I read a couple emails from Fans: APP NOTES: Fritz: Ann Arbor, MI wrote to suggest a dork expedition to … what do you think? Shelly: Lincoln, NE , Justin, didn’t say where from: There is a bit of a learning curve here. More of these?

TDF EP 69 – Andy Ashcraft Dork Origin Episode Oct 11, 2011

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My guest is ME. is the guest host interviewing me about the show. Andy wants me to talk about my dorkdoms. I’ve tried to explain that that’s what I do every episode, so we talk about the parts of the forest that he led me into. It’s a good one. I hope you enjoy meeting me. Again. Credits: Audio leveling by Music is by . Website design by : who has his OWN . The websites are and . Apps are available for the ,and . Review the show on iTunes and feel free to e me. Notes: tenants

TDF EP 68 – Matt Fulchiron Oct 04, 2011

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My guest is , standup comic and, seriously, a guy that will watch some TV. This episode is a LOT like hanging out with Matt and I. We talk about how dorky we are about the new technology. Follow him on for more of this. He’s great. Credits: Audio leveling by Music is by . Website design by : who has his OWN . The websites are and . Apps are available for the ,and . Review the show on iTunes and feel free to e me. Notes: – Jackass guy. Viggo Mortensen - Aragorn – I just never saw it. Not my fault! He’s never seen LOTR. And then the phone rang… I just left it in – entertaining? Podcast rules? . Right after 9/11, coincidence? Yes. No conspiracy. said he’d talk board games with me. One day. App Bonus Note: Adding to the whole episode of not remembering names…Jonathan Coulton

TDF EP 67 – LIVE with Chris Hardwick, Mike Palascak and Dana Gould Sep 23, 2011

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We are at in the Theater and we’re talking Harry Potter. It’s the best ever. , and does a set. I am having a great time. I hope you enjoy this as much as I obviously did. Credits: Recorded Live by Audio leveling by Music is by . Website design by : who has his OWN . The websites are and . Apps are available for the ,and . Review the show on iTunes and feel free to e me. Recorded Live by Recorded Live by – well, they are ridiculous and awesome He did mean Hermione I tell the Kinkos story… 2nd time? I can’t remember now. We discuss Randy Braun at length! Friend of Andy's and TDF! Reading Suggestions SET by Dana Gould. Fantastico.

TDF EP 66 – Brodie Foster Hubbard and Gene George Sep 20, 2011

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My guests share a podcast called . was on the old version of the show and he’s the guy that first talked to me about Fantasy Wrestling! And his co-host, , fits right in. We’re awkward and then discover each other. It’s lovely. It’s dorky. Enjoy. Credits: Audio leveling by Music is by . Website design by : who has his OWN . The websites are and . Apps are available for the ,and . Review the show on iTunes and feel free to e me. Notes: The Indian walking I speak of is I’VE EVEN SEEN A MUMMY. Good grief. Taping on a Sunday. – Fantasy Wrestling Now there is IWA () – Sept 30, 2011 (full info) – it exists! New!! Yahoo! bought GeoCities then closed. I get swords and rapiers all mixed up Sword articles from Gene

TDF EP 65 – Damien Fahey and Murray Valeriano Sep 16, 2011

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My guests are both huge fans of U2. Finally, I found another hard core fan of for regular, returning guest to talk to! And that man is comic, host and good guy . I prove that I don’t know about older music as much as I didn’t know about newer music. I’m sure I make the same mistakes from last episode. Let’s go there…again. When will I learn? Enjoy. Credits: Audio leveling by Music is by . Website design by : who has his OWN . The websites are and . Apps are available for the ,and . Review the show on iTunes and feel free to e me. Notes: Steve Winwood Back in the High Life Traffic – Lyrics by Steve Winwood – follow him on twitter – huh. Neat. - All Night Through on clarinet – dang… he’s good. Hollywood Bowl – seats just shy of 18,000 Milwaukee County Stadium – seats 36011 Madison Square Garden – just show of 20k – top ten last year on amazon

TDF EP 64 – Dave Ross and Whitmer Thomas Sep 13, 2011

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My guests are actors, stand up comics and music dorks. Heh. Let’s go there. and . We talk music, take a tour of old dork episodes and talk stand up. It’s a fun one. Enjoy. Credits: Audio leveling by Music is by . Website design by : who has his OWN . The websites are and . Apps are available for the ,and . Review the show on iTunes and feel free to e me. Notes: – daughter of played El Cid, the famous Spanish hero. Sigh. v – they mock but they like it in the same breath – tdf ep – tdf ep Jimmy Buddish is a perfectly nice man now.

TDF EP 63 – Dork Expedition plays Perfume! Sep 09, 2011

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This is a dork expedition to house where we met with some of her friends: Trina, Jill and Stacy. It might be the girliest dork forest ever! We talked Perfume. Because of the guerilla nature of the expedition the audio is out there. There is some talking over each other and it’s like being at a meth convention. The discussion of science and ounces is intense and very dorky and addictive. I want, now, to smell better. It is great. Enjoy. Credits: Audio leveling by Music is by . Website design by : who has his OWN .Photos of Jill Duvall's curio shelves of perfume The websites are and . Apps are available for the ,and . Review the show on iTunes and feel free to e me. Notes: You have to join Makeupalley to read reviews… But Elliza’s handle is Nancy – my stepmother – kept some of my granny’s perfume, gave some to the grandkids that wear it and tossed the dollar store stuff. She did wear and, also, (in the 90’s) Episode The Only Book I've ever read about perfume: Books Elliza, Trina and Jill all liked: Stores they like: Websites recommended: They just kept going … and I had to go back to the hotel and get ready for my set that night in Portland… the bonus track is ANOTHER 5 minutes in the car, talking perfume more with Elliza and Jill. They are AWESOME. Man… Perfume dorks. They KNOW THINGS.

TDF EP 62 – Baron Vaughn Sep 06, 2011

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My guest is the comic, actor and gentleman: . He wanted to talk Shakespeare but he brought his non-popular card collection with him. Have you heard of Hyborian Gates? No one has. But you’re going to hear Baron Vaughn from USA’s Fairly Legal and I talk around games and movies and more Game of Thrones. Then some Shakespeare. Enjoy. Credits: Audio leveling by Music is by . Website design by : who has his OWN . The websites are and . Apps are available for the ,and . Review the show on iTunes and feel free to e me. Notes: is NOT

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