048: A Hushed Crowd of Theorbo Mavens

048: A Hushed Crowd of Theorbo Mavens

From 9 Chickweed Rage by Jeff Drake, Brooke Dillman

June 3, 2026 · 1h 48m

About this episode

The episode humorously explores the absurdity of unicycles and theorbo playing in comic strips.

All of the sudden, out of literally nowhere, Brooke Mac-El-Dee decides to do a whole series based on things you can do (or cannot do) on unicycles. Where we discover that Amos rides a unicycle. I mean, why not? We've never seen him do it before. No one in the comic has ever even mentioned a unicycle even once. But, sure, let's put Amos on a unicycle because it makes sense that he would ride one. I guess? I don't know. This sequence of strips is truly baffling, and certainly annoying. We don't want to spoil the surprise, but one of the things (apparently) you can do on a unicycle is play a theorbo while on a high wire. What is a theorbo, you may be asking? That's a very good question! And there's a reason you do not know what one is, because almost no one knows what one is. It's like a giant medieval guitar. And that -- we suppose -- is why it's funny! Which is to say, it is not funny at all, but at this point in the game, are we really expecting humor? No, we are not. The Chickweed strips we discuss this episode: You can find all of this episode's strips on Instagram by clicking here . We've abandoned Twitter, because it's terrible, but you can now find this episode's strips on…

People in this episode

Hosts: Jeff Drake, Brooke Dillman

Topics covered

  • unicycles
  • theorbo
  • comedy
  • Chickweed strips
  • improv
  • absurdity

Keywords

  • unicycle
  • theorbo
  • comedy
  • Chickweed
  • absurd humor
  • podcast

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Ironwood Pig Sanctuary, Comedy Central

Products: Limited Edition sparkling water

Books & works: Doonesbury, Mad Max, Swords of bygone eras, theorbo

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