The Dork Forest

loves cartoons. He’s going to be hosting 6 hours of animation with on October 21st. He’s excited. I’m excitable. It’s great. Donation Button, if you wish is on Review the show on Feel free to e me.  NOTES: (stage play) – by Lotte Reiniger (LOUD) Credits:Audio leveling by Music is by Website design by : who has his own Apps are available with the bonus contest:  or 

talks Minneapolis in the 1980’s and then it’s VENTRILOQUISM! Yes… puppet talk! Then monster talk. We skype. And we all learn, by the end of this great episode, why I like it when we’re in the same room. But it’s really cool. Enjoy. Donation Button, if you wish is on Review the show on Feel free to e me.  NOTES:Pedro’s Luggage did Move. Yes. is the 4th of 5 - me collecting the whole MST3K set.. Cre...

is a language dork! He’s a . He codes rare and wonderful languages so that rare and wonderful people can write to each other on the computer. Cherokee, Hmong, Esperanto. I learn stuff. Tune the hell in. Donation Button, if you wish is on Review the show on Feel free to e me.  NOTES:Dr. Gloria Sly (no website but she has plenty of work) Credits:Audio leveling by Music is by Website design by : who...

 is a multilfaceted dork diamond. He's a great  and ... and... well, more will be revealed. So I won't limit him with faint praise. Oh, and he has his own  which you will enjoy. We talk music, guitars and comedy and people and life. It is shown again how little pot I smoked in High School by what I don't know about Led Zepplin. Enjoy. I did.  Donation Button, if you wish is on Review the show on F...

is @negativsteve on Twitter. His dork cred goes back to the conference call days of TDF. He’s on the podcasts and and he collects art and stories regarding the lameness that is Aquaman. (Steve notes that Aquaman in the new 52 is actually good). We talk Heroclix and I laugh. Enjoy. Donation Button, if you wish is on Review the show on Feel free to e me.  NOTES:When I tried to load these notes they...

loves the Olympics! She’s going into withdrawal. She also gets to meet a lot of famous folk because she works the red carpet interviewing people. I know nothing… enjoy that. I let her in on a LOT of the minutia of my life. Kristyn is fantastic. Listen UP. Donation Button, if you wish is on Review the show on Feel free to e me.  NOTES:MINUTIA! What it’s like in my head. She talks again SOON. Keep l...

is the creator of a brand new comedy festival @riotla which will happen in Sept 2012 and is a HOROSCOPE DORK. Yay. We also have similar “father issues.” Her dad stories are Amazing. Love it. I did.  Donation Button, if you wish is on Review the show on Feel free to e me.  NOTES:Credits:Audio leveling by Music is by Website design by : who has his own

is a Korean Spa Dork. Seriously. I like a Korean Spa but she... she knows things. She’s a comic and is on The Tonight Show regularly. I have a great time on this ep. I hope you enjoy. Donation Button, if you wish is on Review the show on Feel free to e me.  NOTES: Credits:Audio leveling by Music is by Website design by : who has his own

(of Freaks and Geeks and MST3K) discusses how he has to use CONSTANT VIGILENCE against being consumed by any dorkdom. So he goes from tree to tree, in the dork forest, looking for the perfect balance of joy before obsession. There’s a part of me that wants to encourage him to lose control. He cooks, he reads, he’s in a band, collects musical instruments, he’s making a documentary. It’s fascinating...

writes one of my favorite ongoing comic stories (). I’m Live at in Minneapolis (Poster by is this week’s image). Again, I’m excited enough for the both of us. I weed off a LOT and keep asking him if he’s seen random movies. I’m told there’s a way to interview people at conventions. I did not know that. But he rolls with my weirdo questions. Enjoy. Donation Button, if you wish is on Review the show...

() is one of my favorite sci-fi/fantasy authors. I’m more excited than both of us. I’m excited enough for both of us. We’re at the Minneapolis CONvergence in my hotel room. Enjoy the occasional sound of the air conditioning unit. I had a blast. I hope you do. Enjoy! Donation Button, if you wish is on Review the show on Feel free to e me.  NOTES: (His ) Credits: Audio leveling by Music is by Websit...

is a true crime dork. More than that… she’s a true crime… expert. She has a website full of investigation, speculation and information. It’s great. And… much like her , we learn that there are a lot of killers I’ve never heard of, and I keep clarifying things that EVERYONE apparently knows already. This was recorded June 21st, 2012 so Sandusky is discussed. It’s a great one. Fire it up.  Donation...

I started stand up comedy with Steve Marmel. He’s writing on The Family Guy, he was in on the ground floor of Fairly Oddparents… he’s a political, animation and comic book dork. We go at it at LENGTH. You will enjoy!! Donation Button, if you wish is on Review the show on iTunesFeel free to e me. NOTES: Commercial with Brett Farvre – this is GREAT= (dork inspirations came to separately, so great) C...

I’ve known for … ever. He’s a wonderful man and I get a bit snarky with him. He’s a storyteller and comic and writer and I am SO not the hero of this show. This is the last episode I taped before I took a hiatus. So I regret the lack of total support I show for Dylan on this show… but it’s got the draw of hearing me as a dorky jackass. He’s great. See him later this month. Donation Button, if you...

is on Howard Stern a lot, he’s written a , he’s a great comic. He has his own podcast () and I love his stand up a lot. He’s just the most charming guy ever. See him live. As usual, I like someone so much I talk too much. He DOES say that he thinks I’m the modern day Erma Bombeck and we talk about porn more than I thought we would. Enjoy. Donation Button, if you wish is on NOTES:And the button pus...

Do you love Magic? Uh… I do. is a magician and a funny comic. I am SO easily wow’d by magic that you will get to listen to Derek do visual magic and me lose my mind. In the end I think he’s a card dork and a dork about his new son. He knows a LOT about decks of cards. You can also tell I’m gonna need a day off during this one. I’m punchy! So, yeah. Listen up.  Donation Button, if you wish is on NO...

has been doing stand up forever. Like Me. But he’s got to work, extensively, with fancy people… George Carlin, Joan Rivers, Rodney Dangerfield to name a FEW! And… fascinated by Hitler. It’s a great episode. We both allow that JAWS is a really well done film. Donation Button, if you wish is on   NOTES: (Sewer saved Jews during WW2) What to read: Credits:  Audio leveling by Music is by Website desig...

(@aljacksoncomedy) is a great comic that I met in New York City. We talk old school Hip Hop, UFC, and he interviews me a lot. A LOT… so that was fun. I need to have him back and interview HIM. What a great guy. You should definitely go to see his awesome standup comedy. Because it’s so great. Enjoy. Donation Button, if you wish is on NOTES: Hip Hop Documentary: FOB = Forward Operating Base, COB =...

is a fan of so many things that it went from games to movies to books to everything… so fun. I hope you enjoy it and I hope you support his kickstarter . Enjoy the dorky goodness. Donation Button, if you wish is on NOTES: Fringe Thunderbolts – this was recorded a couple weeks ago.   What to read: (the opposite one I haven’t read) Heh… SAX says too corny but he’s adorable about all of our grandpare...

has a love of robots! He’s a comic, an artist and he knows a LOT about robots and art and robots and art. It’s an extry long episode of the show because we get INTO it. I thought about breaking it up… this is better. Listen, pause, go to his wordpress and look at drawings, and listen again. Break it up as you will. He’s great. Enjoy.   Donation Button, if you wish is on NOTES: - – GarrataK7 – Toyb...

is a GREAT standup comic and lovety loves the NY Giants. We spend a great portion of our time laughing. I hope you enjoy hearing people laugh. It was fun. You will like. Listen up. Donation Button, if you wish is on NOTES: did NOT record an ep. One day. Credits: Audio leveling by Music is by Website design by : who has his own Apps are available with the bonus contest: or My websites are and Apps...

is an actress and one of the founders of . You may remember her from . Minute 38 I find out she collects furniture. Hi. It’s a fun show … She’ll be at the Philly Comic Con this week. Go. Donation Button, if you wish is on NOTES: William Shatner Patrick Stewart Avery Brooks Kate Mulgrew Scott Bakula – rhymes with? Right about 15:45 I realize Clare was Glory on Buffy. GAH Walking Dead – Clare interv...

is a GREAT standup comic from the DC area and she collects shot glasses. When I asked her to be on the show she said, “yeah… but everyone collects shot glasses.” Heh. Welcome to the Dork Forest.   Donation Button, if you wish is on   NOTES: Credits: Audio leveling by Music is by Website design by : who has his own Apps are available with the bonus contest: or   My websites are and

 is The Tolkien Professor. I grill him about Tolkien and then I Iet him talk about more modern fiction… so it’s all books all the time. His book is available for pre-order. I am excitable and on-freaking board. Listen and enjoy.   Donation Button, if you wish is on   NOTES: : Nenya Narya Vilya  Credits: Audio leveling by Music is by Website design by : who has his own Apps are available with the b...

is a great comic and knows “a lot about 3 people.” Let’s hear him talk about Elvis Presley, Pete Best and Anne Frank. He’s great, it’s great. I compare myself to Anne Frank. Enjoy.   Donation Button, if you wish is on   NOTES: Gladys Love Presley died on August 14, 1958 – Pete Best’s mom Credits: Audio leveling by Music is by Website design by : who has his own Apps are available with the bonus co...