The Dork Forest

The TV show Frasier. With Kelsey Grammar. Yeah. Holly Brown (@itshollybrown & @hollybrowncomedy on IG) LOVES it. Has Memorabilia because her dad worked on the show and what was dumb when she was a kid is now the thing she LOVES a LOT. This is great. Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the show. There’s paypal links and venmo my email address. Links to everything is at www.dorkforest.com or ....

We all deal with Q-tine differently. Brian Swartz (@brianswartz, trumpet player w a new jazz album “To Be With You on distrokid.com ) LOVES him some M.A.S.H. Does it hold up? SOME of it 😊 YES. You will love this one. Ha@! Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the show. There’s paypal links and venmo my email address. Links to everything is at www.dorkforest.com or . Merch: My current album “I Am...

Ramon Rivas II @blazerramon has comedy chops all over the internet and IRL. Podcast (PreBaked, Albums – spotify/pandora) and he leads me through the epic Shakespearean drama that IS The Wire. It’s amazing. You will love. FULL OF SPOILERS.   Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the show. There’s paypal links and venmo my email address. Links to everything is at www.dorkforest.com or . Merch: My cu...

Alison Leiby @alisonleiby comic and cohost of @RuinedPodcast is my guest. We do a deep dive into what COULD, ambitiously, be called a charcuterie situation but is really “SNACK dinner.” You will love. Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the show. There’s paypal links and venmo my email address. Links to everything is at www.dorkforest.com or . Merch: My current album “I Am Not the Hero of This S...

STARDEW VALLEY. Ha@! It’s a more dramatic Animal Crossing. I love IT. And Katie McMillian is DIPPED. We get into it and I love it. I LOVE it. Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the show. There’s paypal links and venmo my email address. Links to everything is at www.dorkforest.com or . Merch: My current album “I Am Not the Hero of This Story” available on Amazon, iTunes and hard copy if you want...

Halle Kiefer (@hallekiefer) loves horror tv, movie and will support anyone who does NOT love such things (she has a podcast called “RUINED” and makes it better for her friend Alison who can’t take it. Like Me. She’s great. Listen Up. Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the show. There’s paypal links and venmo my email address. Links to everything is at www.dorkforest.com or . Merch: My current a...

Arthur Gaus (@maniac_bowl twitter and IG) is a comic with a new album “Nice Jokes for Smart People” and we dork out hard on history and San Francisco history specifically. Enjoy Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the show. There’s paypal links and venmo my email address. Links to everything is at www.dorkforest.com or . Merch: My current album “I Am Not the Hero of This Story” available on Amaz...

Briane Parise (@parisecomedy twitter and IG) is a comic with a new album “Last Wishes” and we dork out hard on his love of making pasta. This is fun. You will love. Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the show. There’s paypal links and venmo my email address. Links to everything is at www.dorkforest.com or . Merch: My current album “I Am Not the Hero of This Story” available on Amazon, iTunes an...

Chris Fleming (@chrisfluming twitter and @chrisflemingfleming IG) is a comic that loves puppets and horror and they ALL help his anxiety. (Follow for zoom shows!). He is delightful. Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the show. There’s paypal links and venmo my email address. Links to everything is at www.dorkforest.com or . Merch: My current album “I Am Not the Hero of This Story” available on...

Kyle Ayers @kyleayers (comic w great album called “HAPPINESS” and podcast “Never Seen It”) loves a band. Which seems to be a woman named Annie Clark. And I learn about a BAND!! Yay music. St. Vincent the band. Not the thrift store. Sigh. You will love. Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the show. There’s paypal links and venmo my email address. Links to everything is at www.dorkforest.com or ....

More baseball w Greg Proops: The Negro Leagues - 611 Greg Proops @gregproops is a great comic and we did the history of baseball TDF seasons ago. This ep is a deep dive (w pictures YOUTUBE) into the Negro Leagues. It’s fascinating and inspiring and eye opening. You will love. Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the show. There’s paypal links and venmo my email address. Links to everything is at...

We get to the 1980s with Batman. I know. But with Scott Rogers @mightybedbug you get comics AND TV AND toys AND writers and artists and then ALMOST the movies. He’ll be back. This is great. Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the show. There’s paypal links and venmo my email address. Links to everything is at www.dorkforest.com or . Merch: My current album “I Am Not the Hero of This Story” avail...

Holding Ollie Barder to 5 of his fave Anime and getting to see some sick action figures makes this a must watch TDF. There are SPOILERS for shows FROM THE 1980s. FYI. Ollie is a game designer and toy reviewer for Forbes/Hobbylink and Mechadamashii.com . He’s @cacophanus on twitter and youtube and this ep is on fire. You will love. Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the show. There’s paypal link...

Mike Drucker (comic @mikedrucker, head writer ofFull Frontal, author of new book Silent Hill2) will play a scary video game. In VR. I will HEAR about such things. But not play. Too Scary!! But Fascinating. Enjoy. Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the show. There’s paypal links and venmo my email address. Links to everything is at www.dorkforest.com or . Merch: My current album “I Am Not the He...

Free Willy and that Orca that killed SEVERAL jailers… Andie Main you guys… (@AndieMain, album MAGPIE, and her podcast People Enjoying Terrible Accidents-PETA) and I talk NOT fish. It’s awesome. You will love. Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the show. There’s paypal links and venmo my email address. Links to everything is at www.dorkforest.com or . Merch: My current album “I Am Not the Hero o...

Orlando Leyba (@heylando, album and special on HBO Max “Adorable”) is a comic and loves the positive energy of some HGTV. Notably… The Fixer Upper. We also get some Orlando Grandmother stories and it’s great. You will love. Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the show. There’s paypal links and venmo my email address. Links to everything is at www.dorkforest.com or . Merch: My current album “I Am...

Wonder Woman Spoiler – Ep 4 Andy, his good friend and DC long box Lee Bennet all saw Wonder Woman and we TALK ABOUT IT IN DETAIL. THIS IS SO SPOILERY... so only listen if you've SEEN IT. Or DO NOT CARE. Both are acceptable to us. Enjoy. Donate to The Do

Tom Papa (@tompapa and has all the books and shows) makes bread… simple bread.. exciting and, weirdly, for me, complicated. It’s a good one. You will love. Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the show. There’s paypal links and venmo my email address. Links to everything is at www.dorkforest.com or . Merch: My current album “I Am Not the Hero of This Story” available on Amazon, iTunes and hard co...

PS2 Platform Games. Specifically Sly Cooper. A DEEP dork dive with Xander Kwiecien @thewhatsupdate. This is so great. You will love. Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the show. There’s paypal links and venmo my email address. Links to everything is at www.dorkforest.com or . Merch: My current album “I Am Not the Hero of This Story” available on Amazon, iTunes and hard copy if you want it signe...

This is MOST covid Dork Out! Suwon Weaver @suwonweaver (produces @hotmedusacomedyshow) is a comic and fashion designer and we talk COMFORT and STYLE. The Sweatpant. What could be more timely. You will love. In November and December - do NOT DONATE TO THE DORK FOREST - donate to your LOCAL FOOD BANK. ie Google "food bank" and the name of your town. If you're in the US it's slightly harder but fun t...

Kevin James Doyle (@kevinjamesdoyle) is a comic (with a new album 30 Year Old Virgin and a podcast called The Bradshaw Boys) and loves the scratchy lyricism of Tom Waits. I learn who Tom Waits is. You will love. In November and December - do NOT DONATE TO THE DORK FOREST - donate to your LOCAL FOOD BANK. ie Google "food bank" and the name of your town. If you're in the US it's slightly harder but...

Jenn Welch (@jennwelchnow) is a New York comic and has a podcast (@LadyHDpod) and is one of the legion of people that told me Animal Crossing is THE BEST. She brings it. You will love. In November and December - do NOT DONATE TO THE DORK FOREST - donate to your LOCAL FOOD BANK. ie Google "food bank" and the name of your town. If you're in the US it's slightly harder but fun to go to www.feedingame...

Two years ago, Gary Petersen (@garyjpetersen) (ep 492) talked about LEADING UP to the Revolutionary War. We have him back to talk about the NEXT YEAR. Oh… it’s 7 more eps with him. He has a new album!! “Yellow Belt Confidence!” It’s great. He’s great. You will love. In November and December - do NOT DONATE TO THE DORK FOREST - donate to your LOCAL FOOD BANK. ie Google "food bank" and the name of y...

FINALLY! Jen Kirkman (@jenkirkman on twitter/IG) will break her NON EXISTENT silence about her love of Hallmark Christmas Movies. Because of their simple SIMPLE formula. This is so good. You will love. PROMISE. : In November and December - do NOT DONATE TO THE DORK FOREST - donate to your LOCAL FOOD BANK. ie Google "food bank" and the name of your town. If you're in the US it's slightly harder but...

My brother RUSS KASHIAN loves many things. Great films. But not HERE. Here it is the love of a mediocre movie and that constant; a love of data. The video. You’re going to want to WATCH the video bc there’s a tour of his spreadsheet. OMG. In November and December - do NOT DONATE TO THE DORK FOREST - donate to your LOCAL FOOD BANK. ie Google "food bank" and the name of your town. If you're in the U...