Dan Klass

The Bitterest Pill

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“Former comedian, failed actor, stay-at-home dad/shut-in” Dan Klass mines the victories and failures of his life in Los Angeles to bring you true stories of the joys of being a parent, and the soul crushing realities of feeling like a neurotic loser in modern America. Did Dan really have to pee into a Snapple bottle parked outside the Brentwood Country Club on his way to lunch with a celebrity priest? Yes. Did Dan screw up his lines on The X-Files over and over and over while having a hypoglycemic melt down? Yes. Did Dan’s family end up on the news after a San Francisco mass murder? Yes… Alway...

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PILLBOX: #249: The One About Prince 21.04.2016 1:17:01

IN MEMORIAM: I have been a longtime fan of Prince. Yes, I admit it. I also admit I was a bit taken aback when my wife bought tickets to his recent […]

#349: Surprise? 08.04.2016 1:24:35

We threw a birthday party for Hudson. Surprise? PLEASE NOTE: The mp3 originally published for this show was all kinds of messed up. The file currently available has been fixed, and […]

#348: Verschlimmbessern 29.03.2016 49:10

I learned a new word today. Verschlimmbessern. It’s German. It means “To make something worse in an attempt to improve it.” If I could pronounce it, it would be the […]

#347: Our Lives Are a Wreck (Part Two) 12.03.2016 56:54

The continuing saga of the wreck. I had some technical difficulties that I left in the show. The show is the show, warts and all…  

#346: Our Lives Are a Wreck (Part One) 04.03.2016 1:19:04

Just when you think your biggest problems are in your head, someone comes along and nearly wrecks everything.  

#345: Take Three 27.02.2016 59:20

httpvh://youtu.be/zJ3DqtJvYWs I’m just an annoyed a-hole. I admit it. Sometimes it’s kind of amusing, sometimes it’s kind of annoying, and sometimes it’s kind of useful. At least I got to […]

#344: I Should Have Known Better 19.02.2016 46:16

httpvh://youtu.be/Or1_VKULvk0 I broke my website, took the wrong way out of Santa Monica, didn’t like Steve Jobs, and wouldn’t have cast that guy as Kato…   Thank you to everyone […]

#343: This Isn’t Working 12.02.2016 49:42

httpvh://youtu.be/wydvAIDToc0 I struggle with the streaming set-up on this first edition of The Bitterest Pill as part of the Alpha Geek Media family. I give a vague introduction to who […]

#342: A.D.H…Nevermind 02.02.2016 1:13:06

THE BITTEREST PILL premieres on ALPHA GEEK MEDIA on THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11th! THE BITTEREST PILL – STREAMING LIVE Thursdays on Alpha Geek Media Channel 2 starting February 11th 2:30p – […]

FLASHBACK: A Very Special Bitterest Pill (2004) 21.12.2015 20:03

While recently poking around the servers, I found that this old gem is still on-line. Wow. Hudson’s first appearance on the podcast back in 2004. I hope to get a […]

PILLBOX #164: I’m Just Being Parentnoid 11.12.2015 46:06

(Feb 5, 2009) I talk a bit about my latest trip to Costco, by way of The Diaper Genie. Trust me, there is no actual genie inside The Diaper Genie. […]

#341: Chi Ball of Power 05.12.2015 54:29

I’m gonna say it while it’s still potentially prophetic: The Superhero thing is gonna end with the release of Star Wars. I feel like it’s dying anyway, but Han Solo […]

PILLBOX #163: It’s Zone 9 Again, American Girl! 20.11.2015 52:46

Still recovering from yet another bout of bronchitis. Ugg. I was going to record today but did not want to hear myself snip and cough for an hour. Trust me. We […]

#340: Just to Prove It’s Nothing 07.11.2015 1:12:25

My knees hurt, my foot hurts and I keep biting my lip. What the hell is going on? Did I cross some age line and now I’m just literally falling […]

(reissue) #302: I’ve Been Waffling About the Show 30.10.2015 1:09:12

Reissue of a Halloween-ish show from 2013. The “Paul” whose name I couldn’t come up with is Paul J. Barrie Jr. of the “Window to the Magic” Disney podcasts. Sorry, […]

#339: The Word is “Posterity” 19.10.2015 1:14:50

  I am getting old. I just can’t think of…words…anymore. There is no more memory, there is only Zool. I almost took a spontanious nap at CVS. I wanted a […]

PILLBOX #158: Dog 09.10.2015 34:13

(rerelease) WordPress keeps eating my posts, just like my recorder ate my recent show. What the heck is going on? I don’t even want to try to post anything. Will […]

#338: Señor Senior and the Trip to the Floor 03.10.2015 1:11:32

They kept talking about the Senior Center. I didn’t know we even had a Senior Center. Is that what the strange building is next to the library? The one that […]

#336: Electricity, Not Plumbing 28.09.2015 1:05:40

Apparently, this is now a home repair show. I can’t imagine how many trips to Home Depot were made in the creation of this edition of The Pill. I fix the […]

#337: Going Home is a Trip (part two) 18.09.2015 56:15

This time we talk about the battle of the 24-hour rental car prices (I thought I won), physically attractive humans of female biology and apparently African ancestry, the Chevy Pixel, […]

#337: Going Home is a Trip (part one) 13.09.2015 56:09

This episode ended up being so long, it’s actually two episodes. This tim we talk about listener/Patreon Thom, torx screwdrivers, lint screens, Honors Biology and the O Block, Kung Fu […]

PILLBOX #157: Tired 01.09.2015 53:56

Rereleasing this one while I recover from my annual bought of bronchitis. Not ironically, it’s called “Tired.” Enjoy! (I’ll record a new show or two immeduately after I stop coughing) […]

#335: Hair Suits from the Mall 11.08.2015 59:31

(PART ONE) My vanity has led me to some serious manscaping. Between my lacking musculature and the aggressive pruning, I now have the arms of a 12 year old girl. […]

#334: It’s Not You, It’s Me (It’s Always Me) 23.07.2015 1:03:20

This podcast took WAY too long to record. This was Week 2 of trying to figure out the best way to stream video of the podcast recording sessions. It’s been […]

#333: Hugo Is a Mean Little Dog Who Wants a Cookie 16.07.2015 51:42

This episode was just endless in its making. A couple trips to the studio, hours or redacting names, and several bouts of heat prostration. We talk about our mean little […]