Patreon Newsletter #40: February 2023! (Patreon)

From Adal:

Hey Future Lizards!

Had a really wonderful start to 2023 with lots of quick trips. I went to Atlanta to puppeteer Statler for a Muppet themed wedding at the Museum of Puppetry and got to heckle the attendees from a balcony. Absolute dream come true. I took my sister to London for her birthday and went back to see The Burnt City three more times. I’m absolutely obsessed so please let me know if you’ve been so we can chat experiences. We also saw a wonderfully charming new musical called HEX at The National Theatre and had a top notch meal at Manteca (if you’re looking for great pasta in London). San Francisco is always a blast and had a wonderful time doing both shows and getting to catch up with friends. Thank you to everyone who came out to the shows and especially to the folks who were generous enough to bring gifts! Lastly I just came back from Dallas where I went to visit my dad and half-siblings for a few days with Jemma. My dad cooked a middle eastern feast (including my favorite dish; maqluba) so it was a big success.

For upcoming travel; I’m heading out on a cruise to Mexico in a couple hours and then sometime in the coming months Jemma and I are going to Australia to visit some of her family (please send me any recommendations you have!) and plan to either pop over to New Zealand or finally set foot in Japan after our 2020 trip fell through. VERY excited however that shakes out.

Other than that I’m hoping to get some work done around the house and chip away at a few projects I’ve put on the back-burner.

Here’s what I consumed in January:

TV:

• The Last of Us - Murray Bartlett immediately makes any show better
• Poker Face - John Darnielle popping up made me guffaw
• Cunk on Earth - Diane Morgan is the best. She’s in my top 3 people I’m dying to have guest on the podcast.
• Extraordinary - hilarious new britcom about superpowers (or the lack of) on HULU. Please check it out
• RuPaul’s Drag Race season 15
• Copenhagen Cowboy
• Celebrity Jeopardy - Brendan Hunt is so weird and fun to watch
• Extraordinary Attorney Woo
• My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with Volodymyr Zelenskey
• Mo
• The Legend of Vox Machina season 2
• Mayor of Kingstown season 2
• Gudetama: An Eggcellent Adventure - I love that little yolk

Movies:

• Avatar 2: The Way of Water - JPC, Casey Toney and I saw this in 4DX and it was VIOLENT. I don’t know if some teenager snuck in the booth and turned the machine up to horse on cocaine but watching this 3 hour movie felt like sitting on top of a machine that wanted us OFF of it. That being said; we had the time of our fucking lives.
• Banshees of Inisherin
• The Menu
• The Sound of Metal
• RRR
• The Lost City
• Bros.
• Black Adam
• You People
• Tom Papas: What a Day!

Other Stuffs:

• Been enjoying The Rest Is History podcast and Off Menu podcast (especially the Rafe Spall episode)
• Jemma got me a class at a Bartending ‘college’ near us and now I have way more confidence in using a shaker and being able to muddle, strain and garnish. Look out future guests to my house! Daddy knows how to not fuck it up!
• Read Hollow Kingdom - legit funny book about the end of the world and a crow named Shit Turd.
• I was a recent guest on Bigfoot Collectors Club podcast and had a hoot talking about cryptozoology, aliens and ghosts! Please check it out!
• I started playing Vampire Survivors on iOS after Arnie mentioned how fun it is and jesus christ is this an addictive little chaotic game
• Just started Elden Ring on PS5 after Casey and JPC harangued me for months to check it out. So far I am absolutely getting my ass pounded at every turn.

Please let me know what you’ve been enjoying!

Love

Adal

7:17pm

From JPC:

Hey Riddiots,

Hope you had a great January. It's been very cold here and I hate it. The only plus side to the winter time is that Spaghetti absolutely loves the snow. So at least she's having a good time out there. The downside to being inside is that I've had a ton of time on my hands to waste playing video games and watching TV so I'll give you a few of my recommendations for things that I've enjoyed.

1. Horizon Forbidden West - I loved HZD and this sequel does not disappoint. The first one (no spoilers) has a great mystery and a hell of a twist which this one can't really replicate. But what it lacks in mystery, it makes up for in narrative and tons of gameplay improvements. Also (and I love that games are getting better at this) a ton of interesting accessibility options.

2. Spider-Man: Miles Morales - I just fucking love slinging webs from those buildings. I could do that all day.

3. Marvel SNAP - Man, this game sucks. I started playing it when I had the puppies and I just never stopped. The games go by so quickly and require so little brain energy. Baby game for babies. 5 stars.

4. Bob's Burgers - finally finished watching every episode and the movie. Really great show. My favorite part is how much the family loves each other unconditionally. Even when they have conflict in the show, they always center it and resolve it on the love they share. Also the jokes are pretty good too.

5. Knowledge Fight podcast - This podcast has like 800 episodes so I haven't listened to them all, but I've been really enjoying it. I feel like this is as close as I'll ever get to listening to True Crime. The premise is that 1 host listens to Infowars and then debunks Alex Jones' claims to the other host. It's wild.

Much love to you all. Stay safe and warm!

JPC

HRR Updates/News

1. Tickets aren't live yet, but save the date Friday April 7th for Hey Riddle Riddle live at Dynasty Typewriter in LA!  We will give patrons advanced notice when tickets go live.
2. For February our Review Crew episode will (most likely according to the current poll results) be reviewing Medieval Times! That episode should be relased on Monday February 20th.
3. The February Review Crew Live Stream will be on Thursday February 16th at 7:30pm CT!

Love you all!

Adal, Erin & JPC