046: Etaoin Shrdlu, Baby!

046: Etaoin Shrdlu, Baby!

From 9 Chickweed Rage by Jeff Drake, Brooke Dillman

December 15, 2025 · 2h 5m

About this episode

Brooke and Jeff explore the chaotic romantic dynamics of characters Arthur and Nan-Lin in a comic strip, leading to humorous discussions about character inconsistencies and narrative choices.

When given the simple task of doing a listener request, Brooke decides instead to go rogue. So instead of us talking about Alistair and his indifference about which twin he fucks or marries (but which would he kill?), we end up in the world of the Peels, Arthur and Nan-Lin. It's been ten episodes since we last saw them, and it took us a while to figure out exactly who we were dealing with this episode. Once we caught up, we discovered that -- of course! -- Arthur was drawn very differently from when we saw him last. Not a surprise! Anyway, these two people who (hilariously?) share the same last name, fall in love after accidentally (?) touching their tongues together. Brooke and Jeff absolutely lose their fucking minds over the creative choice to put the thoughts in a thought bubble backwards. But things only get worse from there when we finally remember that we've seen these two characters before. And after the briefest amount of research, we discover that -- of course -- Arthur looks NOTHING like the Arthur we met before. Nothing. Barely resembles the same character. Nan-Lin jumps his bones, because that's the only way courtship works in this fucking comic strip. And then we go…

People in this episode

Hosts: Brooke, Jeff

Topics covered

  • listener request
  • romantic comedy
  • character development
  • comic strip analysis
  • improv discussion

Keywords

  • listener request
  • romantic couple
  • comic strip
  • character analysis
  • improv comedy

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