Kame House Party - A Dragon Ball Comedy Podcast

Ooh boy, buckle up Ball Brigade cause this episode is a tangent-filled extravaganza. It's the semi-finals and Krillin and Jackie Chun are fighting for honor but mostly prize money. Topics of discussion include: The Silent Five, tallness syndrome, Dragon Ball music, appropriately aged butt, morning talk shows, pantie logistics, Roshi's fame, insider trading, and frat parties. We also drop a fire re...

It's the last of the quarterfinals as Goku gets ready to go ham on the "Non-Human Person" Giran (thanks, PC culture). Topics of discussion include: apologizing for Sam Raimi, the "M" word, Back to the Future, sounding dumb, dimension cop, ghost protocol,Nips (those little toffee candies), narcolepsy, and how to get snaps. We also meet the Long Island video game fan and discover the Dragon Ball wri...

Yamcha begins his losing streak when he goes up against "Jackie Chun". Then a stereotype overcomes sexy fighting. It's also another guestisode with Vince's friend Hunter. He just got back from visiting Japan and is ready to tell us how we're doing anime wrong. Topics of discussion include: Vince's impression spiral, dems the rules, invasive species, what Roshi smells like, meat on bone, anime mann...

The Official Tenkaichi Tournament finally gets underway, and it’s the brown noser without a nose up against the most dedicated/smelliest man in martial arts. Topics of discussion include: TV judges, ear necklaces, career day, a brand new dance craze, passive aggressive Yoda, Interstellar rage, commitment, crazy Uncle Yamcha, the logistics of Blank Check, Dragon Ball noir, Y2K, Mortal Kombat slash...

137 fighters enter. 8 leave. It's the prelims of the Tenkaichi Tournament, where grown men attempt to murder little boys and anthropomorphic wolves get snappy one-liners. Topics of discussion include: lawyer cosplay, Vince's fever dream, Oolong's slavery, pig penis physiology, Steve Martin disease, awkward Woody Woodpecker, being friends with ex's, Aaron's emotional rollercoaster, animal racism, a...

All that training paid off ‘cause our boys are headed to the Tenkaichi Tournament. But first, SUITS! It’s also our second guestisode as Zac Lux http://zlux.tumblr.com/ joins us to continue denouncing the turtle hermit way. Topics of discussion include – Banksy speculation, Kanye’s fashion scam, Roshi denial, Capsule Corp. customer service, future nursing homes, baby Yamcha, Bulma’s curse, how drea...

Goku and Krillin continue their training by dodging child labor laws and reading slash fiction. It’s also our first guestisode guest starring our guest Zac Lux http://zlux.tumblr.com/ 1/9 of our improv team Generous. Spoilers: he’s not a fan of Roshi’s methods. Topics of discussion include: schlubby trainers, push-up inflation, tools, sewer heroes, how to gain superpowers, Elon Musk, Quaker meetin...

Goku and Krillin are tasked with delivering milk to improve their karate skills while Master Roshi smokes a pipe and Yamcha beats up middle-schoolers. Topics of discussion include: the Taylor Swift compound, Launch’s existential crisis, how to stop horniness, fighting game strats, Boy scout memories, Vince’s senatorial run, the Dr. Strange/Family Matters crossover, where milk comes from, Alex Jone...

NEWS: Vince and Aaron will be at Derpy Con in Morristown, NJ this Saturday, November 19th. We’ll be milling about the con floor with some swag to give away so come find us and say hi. More info here: www.derpycon.com/ Goku and Krillin finally start their training while Roshi keeps on being a gross old man. Topics of discussion include: Turtle’s extended vacation, the Rock’s next movie, the world s...

The wait is over Ball Squad 'cause we're back to talking about episodes proper. Goku and Krillin are tasked with finding a gal pal for Roshi in exchange for martial arts training. It’s less horrible than it sounds. Also, wild west for some reason. Topics of discussion include: wacky names, layovers in Beijing, song lyric analysis, Dragon Ball conspiracies, flying nimbus logistics, Kickstarter resp...

It's the last Pregame of the season and this time we're talking about the freshly announced Nintendo Switch. We also stumble around with our words for half an hour. The episode title is not a misnomer. Topics of discussion include: old-timey internet videos, console bragging, avatar references, job simulators, Spectre, Samuel L. Jackson, Moonrise Kingdom, more Bulma shade, and how media players ar...

In this sorta heavy Pregame we gush about the greatness that is Luke Cage on Netflix. Spoiler warning? None needed. Topics of discussion include: laughter weather, being a basic anime, John Wick, film criticism, how acting works, the epidemy of ignorance, call backs, massive assumed spoilers for Game of Thrones, and the most 90's thing that Aaron ever did. We also create a regrettable character, a...

Aaron is out of town for work and hotel wifi is a cruel mistress, so we’re forced to put the brakes on our regular programming for a few weeks. Instead, we’re bringing you the new hotness that we’ve lovingly dubbed the Kame House Party Pregame, wherein we take a break from watching Dragon Ball to talk about other stuff we’ve been watching/doing. In this pregame Vince talks about his recent trip to...

We really earn our explicit tag with this one, folks. With the Dragon Balls gone for another year, Goku flies off to train with Master Roshi but ends up becoming Tinder instead. Topics of discussion include: the gentrification of Vince, suggested donations, prudish America, six degrees of Danny Glover, unnecessary trigger warnings, anime running, Kianna’s Flex Appeal, anime ham, fight scenes, how...

It’s the end of a saga (one of MANY) as Goku turns into a giant monkey forcing the rest of the cast to perform a kung-fu reenactment of King Kong. Topics of discussion include: Johnny Depp’s Transcendence, helicopter bow staffs, growing up trains, the statue of limitations on spoilers, Pangean Paris, Pilaf's daddy issues, the power of deadlines, Speed Racer (but in an office), #StartupProblems, At...

The eternal dragon Shenron (or Shen Long, depending on who you ask) finally appears and is ready to grant that wish. Is it going to be the child Emperor Pilaf or a member of the Ball Brigade? We’ll never tell. Jk we tell you a bunch of times. Topics of discussion include: Oolong’s ultimate sacrifice, Shenron’s dulcet tones, re-dubbing the dub, Gilbert Godfrey’s constant pain, wishing loopholes, th...

The Ball Brigade tries to escape but ends up playing pinball instead. Deadly pinball. Or maybe it was pachinko. Deadly pachinko. We remain undecided. Topics of discussion include: The Pilaf/Trump analogy, Airplane! References, praise for Rashida Jones, moves that don’t work on ladies, Bulma’s dirty mind, cartoon created fears, noses and the lack there of, how worshipping is bad for infrastructure,...

They’re really calling a spade a spade in this episode. The dragon balls do indeed get stolen as Emperor Pilaf takes the Ball Brigade through his trapped-filled dungeon. Topics of discussion include: How The Wizard of Oz stole from Dragon Ball, nicknames for private parts, the hip-hop state of the union, our undying love for Shu and Mai, bank robbing advice, self-identifying your generation, calli...

The Ball Brigade stops in town for supplies but ends up finding a rabbit gang boss instead. Well, I guess not instead. As well. They find a rabbit gang boss with magic powers as well. Topics of discussion include – where dragon balls come from, sympathy for Oolong, Puar and the friend zone, sex toys, our robe-wearing future, hipster Bulma, Zeni exchange rates, racist-ass Dragon Ball, owning your o...

Goku and Chi Chi enlist the help of Master Roshi to put out a flaming mountain, and all he wants in return is a date with Bulma. That's what the dubbed version tells us, at least. Topics of discussion include - what we'd like to see in a Roshi prequel, Aaron's dislike of Spectre (2015), secret old man dreams, our Gamera obsession, Vince's future as a slenderman, various boob touches, Drake's love...

The Ball Brigade's next destination is a mountain that's constantly on fire. There they meet a viking steampunk lumberjack and a dinosaur-murdering young woman. Obvious fertile ground for romance. Topics of discussion include - our lunch critiques, how trenchcoats need a comeback, the McConaiisance, whether or not Pilaf is a child, spoiling twenty-year-old movies, lasers vs. karate, and gettin' th...

Hoo, boy. This episode is - well, it almost broke us. Just, not nice stuff happens in it. The Ball Brigade hunkers down for the night while Yamcha, Shu and Mai try to get their hands on the dragon balls. We also find out that Oolong is a literal and figurative monster. But it's not all face palms. We also discuss robot suits, Yamcha's destitute romantic future, Transformer rules, secret shapeshift...

Yamcha, the eventual punchline of every Dragon Ball Z joke, shows up to rob a group of teenagers. We talk about his tragic future, the origins of our hatred for research, Bulma's impeccable taste, Oolong's student loan debt, and Judd Apatow's Dragon Ball. We also have a million dollar idea that we forgot to cut out so please don't steal it okay thanks bye! Opening/Closing Track: Dragon Ball (metal...

Oolong the shapeshifting, anthropomorphic pig comes a courtin' in this week's episode, Topics of discussion include - kidnapping etiquette, the logistics of shapeshifting, and zoning regulations. We also talk about Pokemon Go because we're tapped into the pop culture zeitgeist, baby. Enjoy! Opening/Closing Track: Dragon Ball (metal cover) by Sonata Antartika sonataantartika.bandcamp.com/ CC BY-NC-...

Goku and Bulma are off to save a turtle, but all we want to know is who or what is that robot person in the palm tree? We don't get an answer, but we do discuss - white privilege metaphors, sentient animal classification, obedience school melodrama, and unnecessarily transforming vehicles. Opening/Closing Track: Welcome Player! by Visager https://visager.bandcamp.com/album/songs-from-an-unmade-wor...