Tomefoolery

In this episode, we have PIRATES and BUGGERY and LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE! Every little boy and girl’s dream. Ranjit and Cody are also joined by Bay Area humorist and fantastic human being, Carey Callahan. You can find ‘Sodomy and the Pirate Tradition’ on Kindle and Amazon.   Follow ‘Tomefoolery’ for information about upcoming episodes & books: @Tom [...]

This episode, Cody is down in Austin, TX at The Out of Bounds Comedy Festival sans Ranjit. He’s joined by friend-of-the-show Peter-john Byrnes and this episode’s guest, Minneapolis improvising guru Jill Bernard. We had a weird and fun time talking leprosy, the Blade trilogy, and tourism. You can find ‘White Rabbits’ on Kindle and Amazon as part of ‘Weird Tales’.    

WE’RE LIVE at The Out of Bounds Comedy Festival in Austin, TX with Los Angeles’s Brandie Posey and Austin’s own Justin Davis to discuss David Foster Wallace (DFW)’s short story ‘Lyndon’ based loosely (but, how loosely?) on President Lyndon B. Johnson. Oh, I’m sure the Austinites’ll love this.   Follow ‘Tomefoolery’ for informat [...]

This episode, Cody and Ranjit are joined by friend and comedic master, Stewart Huff to discuss, well… the universe. But, more specifically, they talk about partial taxidermy, feminism, and American history. You can find ‘Principles 101′ at ManhoodAcademy.com, however, beware… it’s a really awful website.   Follow ‘Tomefoolery’ for information about upcoming episodes & books: [...]

Cody and Ranjit are overjoyed to be joined by the talented, worldly, intelligent, and oh-so-charming personalities of Michael Gellman and Tim Kazurinsky. They discuss the chilling, haunting, and just super weird tale of ‘The Last Feast of Harlequin’ by terror-master Thomas Ligotti. Listeners beware, you’re in for a scare (and sexy voice contest)! The story can be found online, at the library, on Amazon, and in the shadows lurking just outside of your house. Follow ‘Tomefoolery’ for information about upcoming episodes & books: @Tomefoolery and Facebook.com/Tomefoolery. Please feel free to rate and leave feedback on iTunes! Also, email us at Tomefoolery@gmail.com with any questions or comments. We love to hear from you! Special Thanks to Olin Kidd for the logo design and Rob & John Scallon for the awesome theme song. More Scallon music can be found at youtube.com/RobScallon.

Cody and Ranjit have friend, comedian, latter day Funmaker, and musician extraordinaire, Casey Brown over to discuss the creepy Campbell novella which inspired several movies including John Carpenter’s ‘The Thing’. We had a rocking good time, and we know you will, too! The story can be found online, on Amazon, and in the darkness of your psyche. For more information on the Tomefoolery LIVE! episode, go here: https://www.facebook.com/events/126533580882665/ Follow ‘Tomefoolery’ for information about upcoming episodes & books: @Tomefoolery and Facebook.com/Tomefoolery. Please feel free to rate and leave feedback on iTunes! Also, email us at Tomefoolery@gmail.com with any questions or comments. We love to hear from you! Special Thanks to Olin Kidd for the logo design and Rob & John Scallon for the awesome theme song. More Scallon music can be found at youtube.com/RobScallon.

Cody and Ranjit are pleased to be joined by writer, improviser, actor, sketch comedian, and lady of the stage, Mary Jo Bolduc to discuss the foreshadowy nature of Flannery O’Connor. It was a hoot of semantics and game shows, the likes of which can be enjoyed by all! The story can be found online and also in short story collections available on Amazon. Follow ‘Tomefoolery’ for information about upcoming episodes & books: @Tomefoolery and Facebook.com/Tomefoolery. Please feel free to rate and leave feedback on iTunes! Also, email us at Tomefoolery@gmail.com with any questions or comments. We love to hear from you! Special Thanks to Olin Kidd for the logo design and Rob & John Scallon for the awesome theme song. More Scallon music can be found at youtube.com/RobScallon.

Cody and Ranjit are pleased as Wendigo punch to have comedian Dave Stinton pop in to gab about ‘The Wendigo’ by Algernon Blackwood in what is, quite possibly, the silliest episode of the show to date. The book is available on Amazon Kindle and also on YouTube as a sort of visual audiobook thing. You can find Dave Stinton on Twitter: @DaveStinton Follow ‘Tomefoolery’ for information about upcoming episodes & books: @Tomefoolery and Facebook.com/Tomefoolery. Please feel free to rate and leave feedback on iTunes! Also, email us at Tomefoolery@gmail.com with any questions or comments. We love to hear from you! Special Thanks to Olin Kidd for the logo design and Rob & John Scallon for the awesome theme song. More Scallon music can be found at youtube.com/RobScallon.

2013 has begun, and boy, what a year it’s going to be! Cody and Ranjit invite Mister Danny Pudi (from NBC’s Community) by the Tomefoolery studios to discuss Stefan Grabinski’s ‘The Dark Domain’ in an episode that is as wandering, disjointed, and engaging as Grabinski’s own stories. The book is available on Amazon Kindle and in the darkest corners of Poland. See Danny on Community’s return to television on February 7th. Follow ‘Tomefoolery’ for information about upcoming episodes & books: @Tomefoolery and Facebook.com/Tomefoolery. Please feel free to rate and leave feedback on iTunes! Also, email us at Tomefoolery@gmail.com with any questions or comments. We love to hear from you! Special Thanks to Olin Kidd for the logo design and Rob & John Scallon for the awesome theme song. More Scallon music can be found at youtube.com/RobScallon.

It’s the end of 2012 and the beginning of 2013, and so Cody and Ranjit kick the new year off right with Jamie Campbell, stand-up comedian and “bombastic genius” to discuss ‘Baby Fever’ by Susan Crosby–perhaps the hardest book the Tomefoolery troupe has had to suffer through. The book is available through Amazon or in Hell. Follow ‘Tomefoolery’ for information about upcoming episodes & books: @Tomefoolery and Facebook.com/Tomefoolery. Please feel free to rate and leave feedback on iTunes! Also, email us at Tomefoolery@gmail.com with any questions or comments. We love to hear from you! Special Thanks to Olin Kidd for the new logo design and Rob Scallon and John Scallon for the awesome theme song. More Scallon music can be found at youtube.com/RobScallon.

Happy Holidays and congratulations on surviving the Apocalypse! In celebration, Cody and Ranjit have invited over two of the most fun and joyous people in Chicago, Alexandra Tsarpalas and Kristin Clifford, to depress the hell out of them with Hans Christian Andersen’s ‘The Fir Tree’. The story is available on Amazon Kindle or for free here: http://hca.gilead.org.il/fir_tree.html Follow ‘Tomefoolery’ for information about upcoming episodes & books: @Tomefoolery and Facebook.com/Tomefoolery. Please feel free to rate and leave feedback on iTunes! HO HO HO, Merry Hanukkwanzaadan

This month, Cody and Ranjit have a good old-fashioned hootnanny with Peter-john Byrnes, stand-up comedian and literary connoisseur to discuss Doc Savage, American Badass. The book is available through Amazon or, we’re sure, in some dusty basement somewhere. Follow ‘Tomefoolery’ for information about upcoming episodes & books: @Tomefoolery and Facebook.com/Tomefoolery. Please feel free to rate and leave feedback on iTunes! Quote of the episode: “It’s crap, but it’s crap on a bobsled.” - Peter-john Byrnes

This month, Cody and Ranjit are overjoyed to have the fantabulous Dan Telfer, stand-up comedian, science fan, and master of galactic powers to discuss H.P. Lovecraft’s semi-nautical tale of genetic woe. The book is available through Amazon, audio on iTunes, or from your local bookstore. Follow ‘Tomefoolery’ for information about upcoming episodes & books: @Tomefoolery and Facebook.com/Tomefoolery. Please feel free to rate and leave feedback on iTunes! Quote of the episode: “That’s the bummer of that era. There’s some really good Anglo fiction.” - Dan Telfer

This month, Cody and Ranjit are joined by Kris Simmons, stand-up comedienne and co-producer of Double-Shot Showcase in Evanston, IL, to discuss pastor Scott Lively and Kevin Abrams’ ‘The Pink Swastika’–a piece of rhetorical gymnasticism which aims to prove that the Holocaust was a homosexual action. Pesky, pesky homosexuals indeed. The book is available online for free here: http://archive.org/details/ThePinkSwastika. Tomefoolery does not suggest purchasing the book, as it has the potential to fund hate organizations (or make you look creepy when someone looks at your bookshelf). Follow ‘Tomefoolery’ for information about upcoming episodes & books: @Tomefoolery and Facebook.com/Tomefoolery. Please feel free to rate and leave feedback on iTunes! [...]

This month, Cody and Ranjit are joined by Bryan Bowden, stand-up comedian and member of Blewt!, to discuss G.K. Chesterton’s anarchist-tangential/subversively Christian: ‘The Man Who Was Thursday’. If you’d like to read the book, it’s currently available for free on Amazon for the Kindle. A synopsis of the book is also found on Wikipedia. Follow ‘Tomefoolery’ for information about upcoming episodes & books: @Tomefoolery and Facebook.com/Tomefoolery QUOTES: “Where are the galoshes?” “Shut it.” “Eat your Grape Nuts.” “Come around to the garage.”

This month, Cody and Ranjit are joined by Sherman Edwards, voted Best Stand-Up in Chicago by the Chicago Reader, to discuss Edgar Allan Poe’s first and only novel: ‘The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket’. If you’d like to read the book, it’s currently available for free on Amazon for the Kindle.