Is It Camp?!

This episode: Strictly Ballroom It's the final week of *Romance Month* and the Camp Counsellors have one last thing they need to do before the end. Win the Inter-Provincial Semi-Amateur Final Qualifiers of Competitive Hokey Pokey! But tensions are building between our Counsellors as Sarah believes in the traditions of the Hokey Pokey, but Sam wants to try wild and exciting new steps . Can these tw...

This episode: Can't Hardly Wait It's our third week of *Romance Month* and also graduation day! Graduating from what, who cares, but here we all are throwing caps in the air and looking back on the best years of our lives. And we're also going to a sick party where everyone will get to go on an emotional journey as they move on to the next thing. In order to help the Counsellors with their intense...

This episode: Intolerable Cruelty It's our second week of *Romance Month* and wouldn't you know it, the Camp Counsellors are getting a divorce. Ironic right? Sarah thinks they should just split the Is It Camp assets straight down the middle, but Sam wants to take her for EVERYTHING, so he can lounge around in wealth and independence for the rest of his life. And no one seems to want custody of poo...

This episode: Everything Everywhere All at Once Well now, this is a fine mess we find ourselves in. Sam has fractured his mind across the multiverse in search of the perfect man, and now Sarah has to stop him before he creates a man too beefy for the universe to contain. But she only has her quick wit, deep knowledge of pirates, and a machine that lets her access skills from alternate versions of...

This episode: She Devils on Wheels The Counsellors have decided to abandon the Is It Camp Palace and hit the road again, but this time on cool motorcycles! They're having free love, punching shitty dudes in the mouth, and generally being badasses. Sarah now goes by FacePuncher and Sam has become Backflip! So rad. But who could change them so quickly? Why its special guest host Janet Harvey! She go...

This episode: The Mask of Zorro Sam and Sarah have been betrayed *gasp* and locked in the Is It Camp Palace Dungeon for an extended period of time. Somewhere between 20 minutes and 20 years. And now, upon their release, they have sworn revenge upon the person who put them there. Doesn't matter who it is, the point is REVENGE! It's a whole Count of Monte Cristo thing. What better way to get revenge...

This episode: The Black Hole The Camp Counsellors have decided to explore space. A truly noble effort in the name of the Camp Sciences. But as they traverse the cosmos they've come along a second, larger Palace parked conveniently on the edge of a black hole! Sarah thinks she can see the form of horrible intern puppet Quizmaster Robin running through this mysterious Palace, but Sam is certain it's...

This episode: Showgirls The Camp Counsellors are worried about the possibility of being incapacitated in a completely freak stair accident and unable to continue the show, so they've decided to audition an understudy. Sam's already eliminated everyone who took classes, and Sarah cut out anyone who doesn't like pirates. But how do we narrow down the field further? Why, with special guest host Tommy...

This episode: Blackadder Back & Forth We are winding down the *Holiday Season* here at the Is It Camp Palace, and we've got one last Holiday left in our torpedo tube: New Years! And while we look forward to whatever year you are listening in, we can also look back. Using a Time Machine! What bigger New Years to look back on than Y2K itself?! So, in order to figure out the time travel and what Y2K...

This week: Cup of Cheer After saving the *Holiday Season*, Counsellor Sarah has decided to get one last big project out of the way before the New Year: writing a big article for the magazine in the big city! Sam on the other hand needs to make enough money to keep the Is It Camp Palace afloat for another year. And maybe, along the way, they'll find love in a quaint little town. But in order to do...

This episode: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964) A great and terrible storm has hit the Is It Camp Palace, so Sam and Sarah are snowed in! The good news is Sarah has been training to be a dentist, so their teeth will be in great shape. The bad news is that this might mean that *Holiday Season* is cancelled… unless…. Unless they can find a way to bring Holiday Cheer to all the Campers in time! A...

This episode: The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978) A long time ago (a few weeks), in a Palace far, far away… (down the street) It's *Holiday Season* and the Camp Counsellors are deciding to celebrate holidays of all kinds, and this year they've decided to do Wookiee Life Day! What is Wookiee Life Day, you ask? Honestly we have no idea. There's like red robes, and gifts, and…. Wookiees? You know wh...

This episode: Miranda, season 2 episode 6 "The Perfect Christmas" and season 3 episode 1 "It Was Panning" Note: we discuss body size, obesity, and fat acceptance in this episode. Please skip this episode if you find those topics upsetting. Hello to you Campers, and welcome to the *Holiday Season*! The Counsellors are decking the halls, and mulling the wine, and due to so much wine mulling they're...

This episode: 101 Dalmatians (1996) The Rift between hosts has been dealt with, but now the Counsellors want to start a faux fur empire. Those poor faux. But where do they get enough faux fur to start their international fashion empire? Perhaps they can call on the help of special guest Leah, to shed some light on how to acquire such a rare and luxurious commodity. So Leah thinks they should check...

This week: Chess Oh no, a Rift has happened between our Counsellors. Sarah believes that Chessboards should be black and white. Sam likes variety, and is open to red and black. Oh woe is us to be torn between the two of them! We need an Arbiter! So we've brought back Kacey of Joseph's Memecoat fame to help them through this. They've even prepared the standard grey turtleneck and Matrix-style sungl...

This week: Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night. Robin, the podcast's horrible puppet quizmaster, has been seeing bus ads for the new Disney Pinocchio, and so wants to take the opportunity to become a real person as well. Problem is, the Counsellors don't know how to get that Good Fairy magic going. So, they're going to watch the pseudo-sequel to the original movie made by a completely different...

This week: Hudson Hawk So the castle and gig as Villains was a bust, and now the Counsellors return home to the Palace. But who should be waiting for them? It's returning guest KatyBeth, and she's got the score of a lifetime to offer them! They're going to steal three separate works of art, in order to Da Vinci Code some stuff, and yadda yadda yadda, rule the world! Sp they're going to watch Hudso...

This week: The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) Now that the Counsellors are Big Time Disney Villains, they have to drive out to California to get those villain careers started. But wouldn't you know, they got a flat tire. In a storm! Miles from civilisation! Except for that spooky old castle a ways back. So, in order to make a proper entrance, they've decided to watch The Rocky Horror Picture Sho...

This week: Disney villains A quick dose of aural antibiotics took care of that nasty little infection, and the Counsellors are onto bigger and better things. Namely: becoming the next big hit Disney Villains. But how do they achieve these lofty goals, beyond wearing purple and green? Well, they've decided to do a little crash course, and then rank their Top 5 favourite Villains. The rulings are ba...

This week: Pontypool The undead creature is now employed as a custodian and given a fair wage for helping clean up the Palace, and sp the Counsellors can go back to what they love the most: drive-home radio. But something seems to be wrong with the DJ. He's been repeating words, over and over again, on top of reports of strange things happening in the nearby town. So to educate themselves, the Cou...

This week: The Mummy (1932) While cleaning up the rubble and weeds from the Martian invasion, the Counsellors found a mysterious and ancient tomb on the grounds of the Is It Camp Palace. And not being even remotely qualified, they decided to open it! And now a grizzly being from beyond the grave stalks them through the halls. Thankfully, it moves so slowly the Counsellors have time to sit down and...

This episode: Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of War of the Worlds The Is It Camp Palace is in ruins! What could possibly have happened to get us to this point? Was it poor maintenance? A natural disaster? Bad architecture? Or that Martian invasion that just happened, where they destroyed the countryside with giant tripods shooting lightning beams?! Maybe that last one. In order to fight back against...

This episode: The Great Race (1965) The Counsellors made it to Hollywood, but ohnoooo now they have to go back… for plot related reasons? Whatever, they've decided to make the trip fun. Sarah will dress all in white, Sam will dress all in black, and they'll race using old-timey automobiles to see who can make it first! I'm sure it will be a delightful romp! So, to get their engines revved up for i...

This episode: The Muppet Movie After exploring the depths of the koi pond and finding nothing, the Counsellors have decided the seek out their fame and fortune by travelling to Collingwood. Ontario. They've heard there's opportunities for fame and fortune, as well as making millions of people happy. What could be more lucrative and giving than that? Thank goodness the in-flight entertainment is Th...

This episode: The Meg The Counsellors have solved the Labyrinth, and are now exploring the koi pond out back. Its so mysterious, who knows what's hidden in its depths. In fact Sam has a hypothesis: that if they dive down deep enough, they'll find a creature believed dead for millions of years: the deep-sea sloth! In order to help flesh out this idea, Sarah has decided to screen The Meg. How does p...