Episodes

  • Patrick Cotnoir and the Sweet and Sour Roasted Chicken Thighs
    Oct 18 2024

    This season's cookbook is 50 Shades of Chicken. This New York Times Best Seller is the parody cookbook you didn't know you needed, and we're here to show you some of the surprisingly good recipes from the book.

    This week we're talking about Sesame Place, delicious spices, and Jell-O Wrestling with our guest Patrick Cotnoir. Patrick is a talent booker and producer based in Los Angeles. His past credits include talent booking for Marvel and "The Chris Gethard Show". He currently books guests for ASSSSCAT at UCB in LA, "The George Lucas Talk Show", the Exactly Right podcast network among many other things.

    Show Links:
    50 Shades of Chicken
    The George Lucas Talk Show
    I'm George Lucas: A Connor Ratliff Story
    The Naboo Movie- A 25th Anniversary All-Star Live Reading of Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace
    Crawford's Bar LA
    Patrick on Instagram
    Patrick on Twitter

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    54 mins
  • S02E02 - Alison Zeidman and the Glazed Chicken Skewers
    Sep 27 2024

    This season's cookbook is 50 Shades of Chicken. This New York Times Best Seller is the parody cookbook you didn't know you needed, and we're here to show you some of the surprisingly good recipes from the book.

    This week we're talking about writer's rooms, recipe substitutions, starting an OnlyDoors account, and counting how many times we can say cabinets.com with our guest Alison Zeidman. Alison is an emmy-nominated and WGA award winning writer for shows like Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, Adam Ruins Everything, and Archer.

    Show Links:

    50 Shades of Chicken
    Cabinets.com
    Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
    Adam Ruins Everything
    Archer
    Alison on the Web

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    53 mins
  • S02E01 - Kait Thompson and the Wine-Steamed Chicken
    Sep 13 2024

    Welcome to Season Two! This season we're sliding sexily into our next cookbook... 50 Shades of Chicken. This New York Times Best Seller is the parody cookbook you didn't know you needed, and we're here to show you some of the surprisingly good recipes from the book.

    This week we're tackling Twilight fanfic, wines with neighbor guy names, Italian restaurants in the burbs, and eating bugs with our first guest for season two, Kait Thompson. Kait did comedy in Philadelphia before packing up and moving to LA to do more comedy and writing, and now she's making chicken with us. How steamy!

    Show Links:

    50 Shades of Chicken
    Josh Wine
    Gardens of Taxco
    Dollywood
    @kaitdrawingstuff on Instagram

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    59 mins
  • S01E10 - Jana Savini and the Mystery of A Keene Soup
    Oct 13 2023

    Welcome to the show that turns obscure recipes into awesome conversations, Cookbook Obscura! This week, the gang welcomes Jana Savini to help us solve the Mystery of A Keene Soup! We talk about our strong feelings about Christmas, share some behind the scenes zoo facts, chat about pizzelles, and MORE.

    Jana Savini is is a collaborator, facilitator, and champion for clean water and community resilience. She's an improviser, director, coach, and instructor with Fearless Improv. She's a co-founder and co-producer of the Tax Free Comedy Festival, and she's the Managing Director at City Theater Company in Wilmington, DE.

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    Tax Free Comedy Festival
    City Theater Company
    City Theater on Instagram
    What's a pizzelle anyway?
    Philadelphia Zoo

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    46 mins
  • S01E09- Steve Kleinedler and the Clue of the Double Jinx Salad
    Sep 29 2023

    Welcome to the show that turns obscure recipes into awesome conversations, Cookbook Obscura! This week, the gang welcomes Steve Kleinedler to help us find the Clue of the Double Jinx Salad! We talk about chemical spills, the dangers of pineapple, weird food combos, and MORE.

    Steve Kleinedler is an editor and improviser raised near Flint and currently living near Boston, with stops along the way in Chicago and Philly. Steve teaches with ImprovBoston, performs occasionally in The Pickle at Union Comedy, and performs even more sporadically as one-half of Sad Trombone (along with Ralph Andracchio).

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    Steve Kleinedler Facebook
    Steve Kleinedler Twitter
    Sad Trombone
    ImprovBoston
    Union Comedy
    The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries
    Centralia, PA
    Are There Drugs That Interact With Eating Fresh Pineapple? (Livestrong.com)

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    49 mins
  • S01E08- Nic Novicki and the Quest for Ned's Potato Pancakes
    Sep 2 2023

    Welcome to the show that turns obscure recipes into awesome conversations, Cookbook Obscura! This week, the gang welcomes Nic Novicki on our Quest for Ned's Potato Pancakes! We talk about swimming, stir-fry, Antarctica, and MORE.

    Nic Novicki is an actor, comedian, and producer who has performed on six continents.
    He is the founder and Director of the Easterseals Disability Film Challenge. His television credits include: Boardwalk Empire, The Sopranos, AXS Gotham Comedy Live, Jack and Triumph, The Neighbors, Austin and Alley, Private Practice and Drop Dead Diva. He has appeared in several movies, such as Life Happens, November Rule, The Last 5 Years, Boston Girls, Breaking Wind , and Dead Ant. He is the voice of Lego Spider-Man in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.

    As a stand-up comedian, Nic has toured all over the world, including several tours for the troops overseas through Armed Forces Entertainment. He has performed stand-up on AXS Gotham Comedy Live.

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    Nic Novicki Facebook
    Nic Novicki Twitter
    Nic Novicki Website
    Easterseals Disability Film Challenge

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    47 mins
  • S01E07 - Tanya Morgan and the Mystery of the 99 Steps French Toast
    Aug 18 2023

    Welcome to the show that turns obscure recipes into awesome conversations, Cookbook Obscura! This week, the gang welcomes Tanya Morgan to help solve the Mystery of the 99 Steps French Toast. We talk about a ton of things like stranger danger, Oprah, puppies, TV dinners, and adding a touch of vanilla to your French toast.

    Tanya Morgan is a South Jersey-based actor, writer, director, teaching artist, improv performer, and acting/improv coach. In March 2023, Tanya opened her own community theatre in South Philly called Sawubona Creativity Project where she offers SEL-infused theatre art classes (improv, acting, playwriting, and storytelling), monthly improv jams, and free family-friendly workshops, shows, and events.

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    Tanya Morgan Website
    Sawubona Creativity Project
    Sawubona Instagram

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    54 mins
  • S01E06- James Hesky and the Togo Dog Mystery
    Aug 4 2023

    Welcome to the show that turns obscure recipes into awesome conversations, Cookbook Obscura! This week, the gang welcomes James Hesky to help solve the Togo Dog Mystery. We talk about Dangerous Things like cooking with corn oil, fancy sushi restaurants, and Pete Buttigieg.

    James Hesky can be seen posting informational TikToks for A Dangerous Thing (@adtpod), and his new movie, Oppenheimer, comes out in theaters this fall.

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    James Hesky Twitter
    James Hesky on YouTube
    A Dangerous Thing Podcast
    A Dangerous Thing Podcast TikTok

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    39 mins