Off Book: The Improvised Musical

Zach and Jess are here with a story of weather, substitute teachers, open journals and open hearts.  Questing Flynn,  might seem like your average school-kid story but just wait until Act 2. With songs like,  "Leave it For You to Find," "That Storm has Lakers Colors,"  and  "Every Key Lime Pie in the Florida Keys, " you'll be wishing for your own time storm to li...

Omi is still here, but they are NOT invited to this episode. We've got High Tea, twisted listener questions, insight into Brett and Dana's personal life, and a shocking reveal about the true nature of amphibians and string instruments. Basically, a normal FamBand episode. Oh, we also got around to writing lyrics for award show play-off music, apologies to the academy that it took us so long. See P...

Zach and Jess answer questions YOU ASKED, and also questions you didn't ask about the Book of Boba Fett and Game of Thrones. ALSO: The live show from Dynasty Typewriter with is now available to all Off Book Clubhouse subscribers AND for individual purchase at OffBookClubhouse.com/posts See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not...

Mercury being weird only makes us stronger, as evidenced by this week's episode. Join us as Zach, Jess, and the band try a segment about salsa, invent the spiciest sauce in Main, stacks hats on hats, reveal which part of the library has all the "cool" books, and we take some serious shots at modern fonts. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art1...

Jessica becomes Detective Pikachu and that's before the musical even starts. This one is about eggs, kickball, when your parents go to India and put the phone on airplane mode to ignore you, and SO MUCH MORE! No guest this week because of a certain ongoing public health situation. Hello new friends who found us from TikTok! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Not...

This is the final episode of our great Marvel Sing-amatic Universe! Clark and his new friend Ivy are shaking off the rubble of this sushi restaurant and they're going to save the day! Will Zach and Jess bring back multiple references and close all the loops? Maybe! Kinda! With songs like,  "Baby RattleSnake" "We're in Space but There's No Space Between Us"  and  "She's Kind of...

It's the End of the Year as we know it! The Fam Band is gathered around to end the year with all bangerz. Find out that Brett doesn't know Rent, but Jess, Zach, and Dana know it by the one chord Scott plays! Hear about Zach being a Tenniz Boi! Discover the horn section of Jess' dreams! All this and more. Thank you for an amazing year of support, we couldn't have done it without you!  See...

It's the most wonderful ep of the year! Paul F. Tompkins and Nicole Parker are back for the 5th Annual Holiday Spectacular! This year's episode takes us to the North Pole where Mr. and Mrs. Claus are having some marital problems. But don't worry, four elves decide to make their own Christmas wish for the pair to fall back in love with a truly convoluted plan! With songs like,  "Rocky, Ro...

A Bonus episode! Our friends Mike Carlson, Jason Sheridan and Scott Gairdner from Podcast the Ride invited us into the nearby woods to watch a bunch of ole time-y bears sing songs, and you know that's EXTREMELY our kinda shindig. Come for the jug music, stay or the bears will get violent. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-...

You asked, you tweeted, and you have received! Ben Schwartz joins Zach and Jess for a tale of grief, shrimp, and friendship in  They Died on Space Mountain.  Ben is a single father just trying to take his boys to Disneyland but this is no ordinary trip. Family secrets are revealed and new friends and love are found! With songs like,  "Ken Marino," "I Feel Powerful When..."  and...

EP 230: The journey continues with part 5 of the Marvel Sing-amatic Universe! In this installment Clark returns to Earth at the urging of Spiderman so he can take some of Spiderman's work load. And thank goodness because a new villain is here to take of the planet it's LORD MADER! We're taking all the IP with us in this one. With songs like,  "Is This All I Can Do?" "Wednesdays"&nbs...

Two times is enough to be a tradition right? We think so! Rachel Bloom is back to help Zach and Jess celebrate Hanukkah in  Breadtime: Who Will Survive?  It's a story worthy of Pixar (if they would just flippin buy it already!) Come into the book nook on the 6th night of Hanukkah and enjoy songs like,  "Bedtime/Breadtime," "Picture Book of a Pitch to Pixar"  and &nbsp...

Top guest, Matt Rogers (Las Culturistas, Q Force) is back! He joins Zach and Jess for a story of female friendship and finding yourself in NEW YORK CITY! Ever heard of it?!? Mariah needs to break away from her controlling husband and find her own joy. The best way to do that is with new friends, eclairs, a pile of gay men and the city that never sleeps. With songs like, "Mariah Who Are Ya?" "...

Well, well, well looks like you've decided to listen to this Fam Band ep. Good going! This one's got Dana's hot take about Paul Rudd, Jess' take that Tim Meadows is sexy, and a video game! Come along as Zach and Jess play the famously hard video game, "Trench Wizard" in the arcade Brett set up in the studio. Thanks Brett, what a guy! Will Zach and Jess save the village from eternal darkness?...

Drama! Intrigue! Bubbles? Zach and Jess are joined by gem of the universe Kelly Marie Tran ( Star Wars, Raya and the Last Dragon)  for  "Soap Opera."  When some scrappy civilians figure out that all soap is soap, Big Soap has to fight to keep control. It's a tale of wealth and power but also...Carson Daly? Songs include  "Soap is Soap," "Conditioner is Just Hair Lotion"&nb...

Welcome back to the Marvel Sing-amatic Universe! This week we bring you, "MSU: Crack, Crack, Boom!" On the eve of his 30th birthday Spiderman is faced with big life questions that he grapples with in COUPLES THERAPY! Can Spiderman and Mary Jane find a better balance in their relationship or are they doomed to be torn apart by villains real and/or intangible. With songs like,  "...

It's the scariest time of the year so Zach and Jess travel to the scariest setting: Scotland! Katy Berry joins for  "The Other Scottish Play,"  a theatrical episode that asks the question: Are all the audience members actually ghosts? Avant garde artist Shirley McClain may be here to entertain or to take your soul! Muahahah! Songs like,  "This Show is Your Last,"...

This Fam Band Ep kicks off with some raging hot Metallica vibes and finds its way to a moment where Jess asks the question, "Does this hold up as a comedic premise?" Come on in and relax while we sing about bread, Dana the Weather Girl, and the 90s sitcom that should have been involving a goat! Come be friennnzz with us. More at  offbookclubhouse.com See Privacy Policy at https://art19.c...

Boo! It's the spookiest month of the year so Zach and Jess are joined by Dan Lippert (Big Grande, Paranormal Activity) for  Crypts and More!  It's a classic haunt set in Ancient Rome (or is it Greece?) that includes all your classic monstrous characters like the god of war, Mars. With songs like, "...and MORE!," "At the Roman Bath" and "Super Bounce this Ball into the Sky" you'll fi...

Well, well, well it looks like Stargazer may have opened a little portal and now a bunch of duck variants wanna take over Earth. Does that sentence make sense? Who knows! But come along and join all kinds of ducks as we deal with timelines, furniture and certain Scottish ducks who swim in gold coins. We got songs like " When the Duck?", "Trucking with Trevis"  and  "S...

Listen, sometimes you call the shot. This one is  Minerals and Plants: ONLY.  Zach and Jess are joined by the truly great and hilarious friend of the show, Zeke Nicholson for a story of class, taxes, surfing, drugs, romance, friends, sex, thousands of years...but with rocks and gems. With songs like,  "I am the Hero," "Mantle Girls,"  and  "Rock Your Body Like a Wonderland...

The Ol' Fam Band is here to  Describe! Describe!  What exactly? Oh all kinds of things and probably mostly breakfast. Also there's a return of the ol' segment, "New Phone Who Dis?" It's a fun time with your friends. More fun with friends?  offbookclubhouse.com See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-in...

Zach and Jess are joined by Sarah Claspell (top tier wedding guest) in this episode that's a real party!  Best Guest at the Wedding  is a jam-filled story of love, passed appetizers, and angel investors. With songs like,  "Names That Start with Shel," "We Have so Much in Common,"  and  "Would You Like to Party?"  you'll be toasting to love and dancing along! Dance on...

It's the second installment of the musical Disney's lawyers are calling "an obvious violation of IP." If you missed the first one, who cares, this one is new. If you don't know anything about Marvel, don't worry, this isn't about those dudes. Tune in for the adventures of Clark, Delilah, and the mysterious hero, the Stargazer, as they attempt to feed a hamster, shop for furniture, and name all the...

The one and only Rachel Bloom (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend) joins Jess and Zach LIVE for a new alternate-universe musical filled with orphans, fireman, Tom Cruise, and the most expensive restaurant in the world: Subway! With songs like "Why Do People Like Sports?", "Underground Bettin'" and "Recipe for Disaster", you'll need a Code Red to cool off from the heat of these songs! Plus, stay til the end...