Papa's Basement

The Krispy Kreme Halloween donuts I mentioned in the last episode? Yeah, I didn't get them. And, well...I might have flipped out in line at that news. Hear about that and two other stories involving my Halloween gluttony, then reach out to us and let us know via Twitter, Instagram, or email, which ones feature behavior that certifies me…a fatass. Click here to listen to the latest episode of Papa's Basement in your browser (and here to give us your money via Patreon). Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify Stitcher YouTube Follow this episode's cast on Twitter and Instagram. Eva Kriksciun - Twitter - @OrchardEva, Instagram - @OrchardEva John Papageorgiou - Twitter - @PapasBasement, Instagram - @PapasBasement

Krispy Kreme has debuted donuts with Hallween monster face designs, and it's taken all of my willpower to not consume them the entirety of October. But Halloween, it's going down. We talk about my planned gluttony, Eva's run-in with a trained squirrel that mimicked her every move, and your responses to whether or not male shirtlessness around the house is okay. Click here to listen to the latest episode of Papa's Basement in your browser (and here to give us your money via Patreon). Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify Stitcher YouTube Follow this episode's cast on Twitter and Instagram. Eva Kriksciun - Twitter - @OrchardEva, Instagram - @OrchardEva John Papageorgiou - Twitter - @PapasBasement, Instagram - @PapasBasement

Eva and I vote early in person in Virginia's 2020 elections. Here all about our harrowing journeys at the polls and what went through our minds as we surveilled our fellow voters. Oh, and my mom insisted that I tell you all that, at least in Virginia, people age 65 and older are allowed to drive up and vote from their cars. Are you happy, Mom? Do I still get to live here for another month? Good. Click here to listen to the latest episode of Papa's Basement in your browser (and here to give us your money via Patreon). Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify Stitcher YouTube Follow this episode's cast on Twitter and Instagram. Eva Kriksciun - Twitter - @OrchardEva, Instagram - @OrchardEva John Papageorgiou - Twitter - @PapasBasement, Instagram - @PapasBasement

I, a man, don't wear a shirt around my house. Is this weird? Am I a gross slob? I want you to leave your feedback, either by emailing inpapasbasement@gmail.com, or hitting us up on Twitter/Instagram at @papasbasement. We will read your takes on the next show. Click here to listen to the latest episode of Papa's Basement in your browser (and here to give us your money via Patreon). Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify Stitcher YouTube Follow this episode's cast on Twitter and Instagram. Eva Kriksciun - Twitter - @OrchardEva, Instagram - @OrchardEva John Papageorgiou - Twitter - @PapasBasement, Instagram - @PapasBasement

Eva K., co-host of the podcast, learned immediately after recording last wee’s episode maskless in a backyard with me that she had Covid. She’s been sick. And I’m a hypochondriac, so then I started to feel sick. This led to her infecting loved ones and me finding out what it’s like to take a dump while wearing an N95 mask. Also on the docket? I take my first bike ride as an adult man, which lead to me spending a day with an ice pack on my taint, the magic of elementary school Thanksgiving meals, my horrible career as a drummer, the death of Eddie Van Halen, and whether it’s the fate of all genius ultimately usher in a wake of lesser imitators. Click here to listen to the latest episode of Papa's Basement in your browser (and here to give us your money via Patreon). Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify Stitcher YouTube Follow this episode's cast on Twitter and Instagram. Eva Kriksciun - Twitter - @OrchardEva, Instagram - @OrchardEva John Papageorgiou - Twitter - @PapasBasement, Instagram - @Papa

Summers Restaurant, where I started performing standup and more recently performed improv, has closed due to the pandemic. I mourn, and Eva and I talk PEN15, Cobra Kai, and everything else we've watched/done in the past month since last recording. Click here to listen to the latest episode of Papa's Basement in your browser (and here to give us your money via Patreon). Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify Stitcher YouTube Follow this episode's cast on Twitter and Instagram. Eva Kriksciun - Twitter - @OrchardEva, Instagram - @OrchardEva John Papageorgiou - Twitter - @PapasBasement, Instagram - @PapasBasement

We have on Eva's longtime friend Steph, the most Italian quarter-Italian since Robert De Niro, to join us as we pick up a topic from last week: people that should have thanked us AND DID NOT! Also, she bitches about the quality of deli meat in Nashville. See? Italian! Click here to listen to the latest episode of Papa's Basement in your browser (and here to give us your money via Patreon). Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify Stitcher YouTube Follow this episode's cast on Twitter and Instagram. Eva Kriksciun - Twitter - @OrchardEva, Instagram - @OrchardEva Mikael Johnson - Twitter - @MikaelLJohn, Instagram - @MikaelLJohn John Papageorgiou - Twitter - @PapasBasement, Instagram - @PapasBasement

Click here to listen to the latest episode of Papa's Basement in your browser (and here to give us your money via Patreon). Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify Stitcher YouTube Follow this episode's cast on Twitter and Instagram. Eva Kriksciun - Twitter - @OrchardEva, Instagram - @OrchardEva Mikael Johnson - Twitter - @MikaelLJohn, Instagram - @MikaelLJohn John Papageorgiou - Twitter - @PapasBasement, Instagram - @PapasBasement

Fat people behaving fatly, hiding their fatty fat food like fatties. Click here to listen to the latest episode of Papa's Basement in your browser (and here to give us your money via Patreon). Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify Stitcher YouTube Follow this episode's cast on Twitter and Instagram. Eva Kriksciun - Twitter - @OrchardEva, Instagram - @OrchardEva Mikael Johnson - Twitter - @MikaelLJohn, Instagram - @MikaelLJohn John Papageorgiou - Twitter - @PapasBasement, Instagram - @PapasBasement

Click here to listen to the latest episode of Papa's Basement in your browser (and here to give us your money via Patreon). Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify Stitcher YouTube Follow this episode's cast on Twitter and Instagram. Eva Kriksciun - Twitter - @OrchardEva, Instagram - @OrchardEva Mikael Johnson - Twitter - @MikaelLJohn, Instagram - @MikaelLJohn John Papageorgiou - Twitter - @PapasBasement, Instagram - @PapasBasement

Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion (I’m an almost-40 white guy, I want credit for knowing who the hell these people are) have released a hyper-sexual single titled “WAP.” Ben Shapiro, whom I’m not really aware of outside of his shit politics and punchable face, then did a fake-offended reading of the lyrics on-air. We make fun of that, Eva’s engagement (congrats!), and my last reckless bender. Share this episode. Tell a friend. Unlike Ben Shapiro, be proud of the filth you listen to. Click here to listen to the latest episode of Papa's Basement in your browser (and here to give us your money via Patreon). Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify Stitcher YouTube Follow this episode's cast on Twitter and Instagram. Mikael Johnson - Twitter - @MikaelLJohn, Instagram - @MikaelLJohn Eva Kriksciun - Twitter - @OrchardEva, Instagram - @OrchardEva John Papageorgiou - Twitter - @PapasBasement, Instagram - @PapasBasement

On our last podcast episode, we spent the entire runtime pouring over the music video for Benny Mardones’ “Into The Night,” which featured, among other things, a 34-year-old Mardones’ throwing a magic carpet into the room of a 16-year-old girl, then flying away with her on a date. (Should there be quotation marks around the word date? She’s a kid, she can’t consent to buying a pack of cigs much less an excursion where the choices are acquiesce to the demands of your captor or PLUMMET TO YOUR DEATH!

!! I digress. We had so much pouring over that video like it was the Zapruder film that we had our guest from the episode, comedian Pete Bergen, return once more to dissect another music video gem: Aaron Tippin’s “That’s The Closest I’ll Get To Lovin’ You.” While everyone is of the age of consent in this one, it features a singer that looks like redneck Freddie Mercury, a gaggle of wino Southern women whose pictures are next to "pretty 90s white bitch" in the dictionary, and a shed that looks like it’s covered in

For this episode, we dissect a music video that co-host Mikael Johnson brought to the table, Benny Mardones' "Into The Night." The song's troubling lyrics, depicting the downright illegal plowing of a minor, is matched in creepiness only by its horrifying video, which we dissect live on-air with comedian Pete Bergen. You can watch the video here, which I recommend you do as we MST3K-style attack it. Oh, and if you guys have any creepy music videos to recommend for future episodes where we do this, by all means, send them our way. Click here to listen to the latest episode of Papa's Basement in your browser (and here to give us your money via Patreon). Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify Stitcher YouTube Follow this episode's cast on Twitter and Instagram. Pete Bergen - Twitter - @PeteyBergen, Instagram - @PeteyBergen Mikael Johnson - Twitter - @MikaelLJohn, Instagram - @MikaelLJohn Eva Kriksciun - Twitter - @OrchardEva, Instagram - @OrchardEva John Papageorgiou - Twitter - @PapasBasement, Insta

Comedian, musician, and actress Mollie Heckerling joins us to help review out favorite episodes of Hulu’s PEN15 in anticipation of its second season, releasing September 18. She was extremely funny and a joy to have on, and you should check out all of her projects, linked below. Enjoy and share! Mollie Heckerling's YouTube channel, featuring her Ratso puppet series. Mollie's new album, You Would, on Spotify. Click here to listen to the latest episode of Papa's Basement in your browser (and here to give us your money via Patreon). Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify Stitcher YouTube Follow this episode's cast on Twitter and Instagram. Mollie Heckerling - Twitter - @MollieSchmollie, Instagram - @MollieHeckerling Mikael Johnson - Twitter - MikaelLJohn, Instagram - @MikaelLJohn John Papageorgiou - Twitter - @PapasBasement, Instagram - @PapasBasement

I remember zip about this episode, as it's languished on my recorder since Mikael and I completed it back on 6/30. But I did listen to the first 30 seconds to hear where it started and it stars with Mikael spinning improv gold while I tread water like a pawless dog chucked into the Potomac to keep up with him. Enjoy! Click here to listen to the latest episode of Papa's Basement in your browser (and here to give us your money via Patreon). iTunes Google Podcasts Spotify Stitcher YouTube Follow this episode's cast on Twitter and Instagram. Mikael Johnson - Twitter - MikaelLJohn, Instagram - @MikaelLJohn John Papageorgiou - Twitter - @PapasBasement, Instagram - @PapasBasement

We cover a lot of ground in this episode. Highlights include: -Debating who should host the Netflix reboot of Unsolved Mysteries, with Mikael coming up with a real winner -My adult massage happy place is back open, and I share its new health policies for banging strangers during quarantine -Another anti-mask jizz-chugger, this time wearing a “Running The World Since 1776” shirt and screaming he was being intimidated in a bid to use the concealed weapon he carried (seriously, check out his waist in the video of the incident) -Mikael and I discuss how we had crushes on every single woman on The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air as kids -I bust out one of my two impressions, that of Fast Times At Ridgemont High’s Mike Damone -#FartPlate Click here to listen to the latest episode of Papa's Basement in your browser (and here to give us your money via Patreon). iTunes Google Podcasts Spotify Stitcher YouTube Follow this episode's cast on Twitter and Instagram. Mikael Johnson - Twitter - MikaelLJohn, Instagram - @Mi

Netflix has two new offerings poised to court fans of Steve Carell and Will Ferrell: Space Force, an original series starring Carell, John Malkovich, Lisa Kudrow, and countless other big names, brought to us by The Office showrunner Greg Daniels. And Eurovision Song Contest: The Story Of Fire Saga, an original film starring Will Ferrell, Rachel McAdams, Pierce Brosnan, and my Greek future bride, Melissanthi Mahut. Is either worth your time? I mean, like, your pre-quarantine time, when you had options and didn’t view the mailman coming by as the highlight of the day. Click here to listen to the latest episode of Papa's Basement in your browser (and here to give us your money via Patreon). iTunes Google Podcasts Spotify Stitcher YouTube Follow this episode's cast on Twitter and Instagram. Howard Flood - Twitter - @HowardRants Eva Kriksciun - Twitter - @OrchardEva, Instagram - @OrchardEva John Papageorgiou - Twitter - @PapasBasement, Instagram - @PapasBasement

I apologize, because I didn't think this material was too dated, so I took forever to upload it. Then, I remembered it was about comedian Chris D'elia getting accused by a bunch of girls of hitting on them while they were underage. Which happened a few weeks ago. Forgive the delay. Next episode, we'll talk about a new disease spreading like wildfire in China, called Covid-19, and what it might mean for your spring. Click here to listen to the latest episode of Papa's Basement in your browser. iTunes Google Podcasts Spotify Stitcher YouTube Follow this episode's cast on Twitter and Instagram. Mikael Johnson - Twitter - @MikaelLJohn, Instagram - @MikaelLJohn Eva Kriksciun - Twitter - @OrchardEva, Instagram - @OrchardEva John Papageorgiou - Twitter - @PapasBasement, Instagram - @PapasBasement

Author, comedian, and all-around mensch Mike Sacks joins us to talk about his latest project, the Amazon-exclusive novelization of Passable In Pink , his 80s-drenched, coming-of-age audio book that satirized Pretty In Pink, Sixteen Candles, and every other work in the John Hughes canon. Hear what life has been like for this DMV-area transplant as he rides out quarantine in a Brooklyn apartment with his daughter, a pair of cats, and a browser window permanently open to the Thrasher’s French Fries camera on the Ocean City boardwalk. Has his OCD-driven work ethic and punk rock, DIY attitude been bested by the sounds of nightly fireworks, months without Orioles baseball, and flashbacks to the trauma of childhood trips to see the Capitol Steps? Only one way to find out...(by listening to the episode, in case that was too cryptic for you.) Amazon link to purchase the novelization of Passable In Pink by Mike Sacks. Click here to listen to the latest episode of Papa's Basement in your browser. iTunes Google Podca