Hello From The Magic Tavern - 26 - Hunger Ghost

Episode Date: August 28, 2015

I didn't see him at first -- probably because he's a ghost, but Chunt's dad is sitting at our table. I'm so excited to learn more about where Chunt came from.CreditsArnie: Arnie NiekampChunt: Adal RifaiUsidore: Matt YoungHungho: Brett LyonsOtok Barleyfoot: Nick BaerMysterious Man: Tim SniffenProducers: Arnie Niekamp, Evan Jacover, Ryan DiGiorgiEditor: Evan JacoverTheme Music: Andy PolandMagic Tavern Logo: Allard LabanYou can support the show directly and receive bonus episodes and rewards by joining our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/magictavern for only $5 per month. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram, and now Patreon!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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A little over a half a year ago, I felt you a dimensional hole behind a burger king into the magical land of fune. It's a little like narnia or middle earth. And luckily I'm still getting a slight Wi-Fi signal from the Burger King through the dimensional portal. And I use that to host a weekly podcast from the Vermilion Minotaur, a tavern in the land of, in the town of Hogsface, in the land of fune.

And I am joined as always by my cohosts. You should all visit of that twelfth rail of a fesiest master of light and shadow, manipulator of magical lightselfth Realm of Ephesius, Master of Light and Shadow, Manipulator of Meta of Lights, Devour of Chaos, Trappian of the Great Horses of Durugas, Theos Nubius Fienjelek, The Dors Nubius Zonen of Extangies, And I am Norothnorthese, Asgas Maneus Mastar, And there may be other secret names you do not know yet and honked. Why have you kept this secret of other realms from us? Why would he mean other realms? You said Narnian, Middle Earth.

Middle Earth. Does Earth have a top of middle and a bottom? Well, yes. No, they're stories. They're just made up stories from my world of other lands. We didn't realize that they're really on other. Let's throw it to chun. Well, I'll know I'm sorry.

Please chun, please. Oh, you bring it and you decided to go full on, bring that back. You're just like, thank you whoever wrote that email last week, I'm really bringing that back with a force. Yeah. Don't compare us to stories, we're not stories. No, you're not, you're real.

This is real, this is very real. If there's one thing I could get across to all our listeners, that there is another dimension I've discovered it. I am recording it on this podcast every week, and this is important information that everyone on Earth should find out about. It is very important, the most important thing you may have here in all your days.

Another important thing that I'm sorry that I forgot is feline zealoch. I was trying to impart to the people of Earth that this is the most important thing that they'll ever do to listen to your show and we have enough of the dangers that exist here, but then you interrupted me with some nonsense words that are... Did I bear your 50% nonsense? How dare you! How dare you!

All tough from chain color tape! I don't know. What did that mean? And your face. Yeah. All right. So can I, well, I mean, we're recording, of course, but while we're recording, can I

take a run on your computer? No. Can you give me that? I need a turn, too. No, you said, or, yeah, okay. For listeners, you said, or in Chant, or have recently gotten on to Twitter, you said, or, you're what?

At, you said, or, the blue. And Chant, your Twitter handle is? At Chant with six T's. And you guys have taken to it very fast. You've gone from people who don't know what the internet is, to people who tweet a lot, like at lightning speed. Hashtag. Awesome.

Yeah, we've picked up a new vocabulary from Earth. I'm constantly finding you guys on my laptop. Like, I leave to walk around, Michingleshane Forest. I come back, you guys are fighting over who can tweet. We've learned all sorts of new lingo, so awesome is one of them. Awesome. Queen Bay. I'm not really calling me that Bay.

I don't know what that is. I think it's good. What else have we in there? Someone to me said that I was doing something on fleek. Yeah. And to them I responded to fleek as just a sad man who sells us teeth in the gutter. Why would I say I'm on fleek? We need to have fleek on the podcast at some point.

Oh, fleek's terrible. I would have him on the podcast. Yeah, fleek is pretty gross. But you know what, here's the thing. I'm so excited. I'm so excited. I'm so excited. I'm so excited. I'm so excited. I'm so excited. I'm so excited. I'm so excited. I'm so excited.

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So I'm just saying, Chuchu, Slippery, you get one hour internet time a day after you do your chores. Well you know it's funny that you're, because you're acting like my dad would right now. Do you feel like a chill in here? Yeah, a little cold in here. Do you see that little weird? It's little weird because we're still it's like it's not even close to fall yet It is a little cold in here. It was a fire season. Yes, it's the middle of wishtosh. It should be very warm. I know it's terrifying You see that outline next to me that faint outline What my dad's here guys. He's visiting My dad's here guys. He's visiting

Yeah, there's like a there's and there's someone over there on the other side of the table. I just said my dad's here Oh, I don't act surprised. I just said it. He didn't know I'm still it's I'm okay I've been here the whole time hey poppy. Hey, are you doing? John? Welcome to sir. Hey, Edu, mind if I get the tables and just around the spice potatoes? Let me let me order for you. I know Worcester feet me me yes, rooster feats. Yes, I think you need some more shoulder. It's a poke shoulder I'm really I'm excited to meet your dad Chun. I'm excited to meet you. I feel like there's a little catching up with for maybe first-time listeners Your dad is a hunger ghost. Yes, that's right. I'm a hunger ghost on my wedding

I eat all the wedding cake and died right before I digested it. And so my curse is always be hungry. And it died just before they just... My dad is not like to be interrupt, because so what's your set there? Sorry, it's tone right now. He was in the middle of the cave. Yes. There's a loose arrow came through the window.

Of course, as you know, when you get married in Fune, you shoot 39 arrows into the air and the 40th arrow you shoot just straight. And unfortunately, yes, and I was in the way of the straight arrow. The arrow punctured my neck and I bled out on the dance floor after I had just conceived my son. Very smart. Right, the timeline is very confusing. And unfortunately the wedding cake did not digest, so I died hungry. And thus became a hunger ghost.

And my curse is that cake is always just sitting right here. Oh, and my curse is that I always love my puppy. Yes. What have you been up to? Just walking hungry. Yeah. So yeah, hunger ghosts, they die hungry, and they just are hungry ghosts.

Yes, I'm a hungry man. I'm a hungry hungry man. Thank you. You can tell by your eyes you have hungry eyes. Yeah. You have some spice potatoes as well. Oh. So, chant's dad, what is your...

You can call him Hugo. Hugo. Yes, Hugo. Yes, it was a name, my ghost name I was given to me once I died. When you die, hungry, your soul goes up to the great Sky Lord, and he assigned you a name and says, what's the thing you can't eat as a ghost? And that's the one thing that would stop me

from being a ghost. It's a cruel trick. It's a cruel, it's a very cruel trick he plays on you. Because it's always something ridiculous. Yeah. So what is the thing that you can't eat? The root of the Oswego tree. The root of the Oswego tree.

Which has been its stinked in food for 50 years. And if you ate that, you would... I would have no peace, I guess. No, I would have constant peace. Constant peace. That's just the one thing that could set him free. Wow. Yes, so.

So Hugo, I have a question about being a hunger ghost. You're constantly hungry and never satiated. Are you going to? No, I'm not. I don't want you to be with me. Please pass it over, please. Thank you very much. So you're constantly eating like, doesn't Matt, like, should we even try to Thank you very much. So your constantly eating like, does it mat?

Like, should we even try to feed you? Because it doesn't really matter. No, it's all, I'm just hungry all the time, you know? I've just, a lot of time people won't give me food. Then, because I'm, I can give you another order of dried curds. Yes. My dad is famous for it. He has the best jokes.

Really? The best. Like I remember when I was like, what was the one? He told us a kid he used to say, he'd say knock knock. You mean I don't know? Oh, yes.

I don't know if you'll follow. We have knock knock jokes. Yeah, we have those. It's like someone's on a door. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So he would say knock knock. And as a little kid, I'd be like, who's that? Who's there? He'd say, Duane. This is the like at a door. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So he would say knock knock and I as a little kid I'd be like, who's that?

He'd say, Dwayne. This is the pattern of the joke. Okay, you know, I'm following. And I'd say he'd say Dwayne and I go, Dwayne who? And he goes, Dwayne the tub, the baby's drowning. Oh. Oh. Dwayne.

Dwayne, because you know, baby's drowning. That's a pretty baby's drowning. Yeah. So Dwayne the tub, Dwayne the tub, the baby's drowning. That's funny. So much childhood. Ah, honey. Yeah.

Knock, knock. Who's there? Hugo the Hunger Ghost. You say who? I know I'm not going to say Hugo the Hunger Ghost. So Hugo the Hunger Ghost, who? It's me. Can I have your spice potato?

That's my topic. Ah, buddy, because of the juice. You know, I felt like I was with it all the way until the end. So maybe, so maybe you're right, maybe there's my jokes changed. Once I died. Oh, I guess. I remember more. You got one thing on your mind, all.

Stop it. So. A lot of people's jokes changed when they have children. Yeah? Mm-hmm. Yeah, that's true. That happens to you on old. Yeah, you haven't been funny once.

I'm, yeah, well, okay, fair. Maybe I was, I was probably a lot funnier before I had a child, but I'm happier. Now, you're a little drag and gray. Can you remember what your baby looks like? Yes, I can. I have pictures on my computer. I don't know what she looks like now. It's been half a year.

Oh, the, uh, uh, uh, Chantel, also, you're looking well. Oh, thank you. I haven't seen you in, in badger form. Yeah, this is my new, yeah, this my new thing. Yeah, last time I saw you, uh, the horse. Yeah, I was a horse raw. I think before that was a scroll when you, when you visited it. Yeah. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. My coat's looking pretty good. Mm-hmm. How How's what have you seen mom? Oh You sure Yes, yes, yes, yes, and chant your mom was a man to cori A man to cori. Yeah, she has a scorpion body lying head dragon wings Man to ho Devosh, but still looking up. No, we're not anymore

unfortunately as a ghost you lose use of your penis. Yeah, you don't, you don't feed. No, no. You thought he was going to say feed? Yeah, I assumed he was going to say feed. I don't know why. You lose, you lose a lot of use of pretty much everything on your body, but he's sort of floating there.

He's your meat. Yes, just sort of floating there. You don't need to be. Yes, but upstairs, he specifically says, you're not going to use your penis anymore. And he really just points it to and lets you know that. So real, like real hardcore. Yeah. Is he like happy about it? Is he like, oh, he pulls down a picture of your penis.

Oh, specifically your penis. Yeah. So apparently what I've been told is the minute you die, He pulls down a picture of your penis. Oh. Specifically, your penis. Yeah, see. So apparently what I've been told is the minute you die, a demon comes down, goes in your pants, takes a photo of your penis, and then sends it upstairs. Ah, but what if you die without pants on? I assume it makes the job of the demon easier

because he doesn't have to burrow into your pants I found a loophole. Does this so wait does this happen to everyone that dies in food or who dies? Who does a long ago specific? Yes, most other dead people have use of their Penises because I don't wear pants under these ropes And no and also too you don't are you still hungry? I'm I've just been I feel like I'm eating a lot Don't you worry? I don't think I'm gonna be able to eat for quite a while now I know so too they specifically he tells you you don't have also the other cool ghost powers that most other ghosts have Yeah, so like what are some cool? I have to use doors. Oh, yeah, I can't I can't just

Go through a door also a lot of ghosts. It's kind of like ghosts and fun normal ghosts not like 100 ghosts Yeah, are known for like really good pottery. So it's like usually you go to a ghost for pottery sure Oh, yeah, my dad can't do that. No, can't I don't I as a human I was very good at operating a kiln I can't, I don't, as a human, I was very good at operating a kilm. Oh, really? And that's an oven you put babies in. Oh, no! When they passed that time. Oh, boy, you were really good at that.

Yes. Mm-hmm. You know what, let's move away from child death for once. And, you know, I'd like to hear about child life. Chunt, also about little baby and child chant. Well, well, he was a regular boy, shapeshifter boy. He, you know, he'd play fun gags

where in the morning he'd show up as a bird. And then we'd say, we'd be home by dinner. And then when he'd come back, he'd be a lizard. And we'd, oh, we know what you've been up to is a fucking lizard. And so shape shifters, you should know every year for like a normal creature, normal being first shape shifters like 14 years. So like when I was two, I was basically like 28.

Just so everyone's clear. Yeah, it's the mature maturity process. Yes, it's the mature maturity process. Yes, of course, the shape shifter must take other forms to reach maturity, but in order to do that, they must engage in the act of quotas, which requires a certain mental maturity, which comes very early. So don't get the right idea. It's... No, that's good. That's good enough. And we've thought about this.

Yeah. Yes, and we would play fun games like Watertown. Oh, how do you play Watertown? No, you remember Chant, don't you? Watertown. I know a place. I know a place. I know what it's called.

It's called Watertown. That's the game. That's fun. Yes, I play. Yes, yes. I know a place. I know a place. It's a place called Water Town.

Oh, very good. Here, we're in. All right, you want to try? Yeah. I know a place. I know a place. It's a place called Water Town. No, terrible.

Last you asked. Why would you put an inflection on the end of water? Oh, I... All right. Yes. Hey, Arnie. Yeah knock knock who's there tree so you would say so tree yeah tree who What It's a tree. Why would you ask what it is?

We're in we're in one right now. How do I how does it spell is H you in G H. Oh, okay Yeah, I'm sorry. It's sometimes it's it looks like a silent It's a silent ten in it Okay, I didn't spell you go. I guess I if I had to guess I would say H.U. Geo. Yes, I'll go the name before I died. I have my name was brand brand Mm-hmm. That's a pretty good name. Yeah, I'm really cool to say it's a pretty good name

When your name is garbage, you don't have to impress you don't have to act cool in front of me. I gotta be a big man. Junt. Junt. I gotta be a big man. I'm feeling fine. Junt, not knock. Who's there? Arnie. Arnie who? Who cares? Let's not open a fucking door. That's my man. I've only met you.

I've only met you. He's funny. My son has told me just many things and he says he'd be okay. Every time you make me mad, I send him a letter. I mean, he's gotta to receive like 500 letters. That's a lot of letters, yeah. Let's play, I feel like there's a little bit of tension. Do you want to play a round of Dragon's talent?

Yeah, refresh my memory. It's been a while. I remember we played that. Do we play it? It's sort of like a letter town. It's a game that my dad, yeah, we played it with flowers. A game that my puppy taught me, which is you go around and everyone compliments each.

We compliment each other. My wife and I played it once And then we didn't play it again. Oh gosh what bad Yeah, so okay, so we just go around and complements each other. We just go around and complements it. I'll start Okay, um, you said or yes, I want to let you know that when you lifted up your robe I was very impressed. I think you you're you're way more put together than I would think. I saw you had like a six pack almost I can't tell if that was some sort of charm that made me see that but it looked like you're pretty fit Either maybe a glamour I showed them a tell Okay, sorry poppy

I Think the world of you. I'm so proud of you and proud to call you my popping and I feel like you're the Recent I'm the shape-tifter I am today. Oh Thank you so much Arnie it is your turn That doesn't really sound like compliment. I think it's a compliment to choose you to go next I feel like is it pretty big? He couldn't chose he couldn't chose me. Yeah, it shows yeah, it shows is on wavering trust to you Yeah, the only way to lose dragons talent is to question a compliment

So if I straight up lost the game I now play I'll play chunt You know what? What? You're just a good friend. I know you Sometimes you're a little afraid of like showing you he does this no showing genuine emotion He does it kind of like he tries to make me kind of like needle people his face his face is more

Ogresh though. Yeah, you described mug. He's so sorry Oh, grish, though, that you described. Mug, he's so slow. Hey, is there, I'm talking about... Oh, I'm so sorry, what were you saying? Jun, you're a good friend and I still appreciate this. You kept me alive when I was first here. I saw you're letting. I still appreciate all the stuff you did for me

to help me infoon my first was very scared and alone, infoon. Thank you, Arty. Thank you, I appreciate it. You, Sador. Yes. You should be easy. You have... You have... You said or yes, you should be easy you

You have Thank you. I really appreciate I keep wanting to take them make them thanks, but they're really more compliments aren't they? Yeah, well, why would you be giving things? I don't know I guess it's like on my on earth. There's a thing called Thanksgiving where you just are thankful for things Really looking the bone. Aw, chicken wings. You said, or you are really good at using tiny electricity to keep my computer from going completely dead, making this whole podcast possible. Yes, without me, none of this would be possible.

Can you compliment my name? Oh, and Hugo, you know what? You raised a great son. Oh, thank you. I keep wanting to thank. That's, that's, I think that's an acceptable extension of the game. I'll show you some of the gratitude.

Yeah, that's wonderful. I'll give. Oh, I need some props for that. Yes, poppy, you want to go? Oh, yes, yes, yes. John, to your, my favorite son. Is it okay to interrupt with questions? It's not.

Oh, okay. I'm his only son at that time. And don't, please don't interrupt me. That's my dad's a danger. Okay. My favorite son is you may shave shift a lot, but I still remember you when you were just a small, small little weasel dancing around. Oh, my boy could dance when he was little.

I had the music in it. Yes, yes. Oh, you, even though you get older, older you still still always be my little chant I will be happy. Oh you used to sit on my finger And I'd be like oh look at my little finger chant You used to do it getting really emotional You said oh yes You've been a good

Deliverer of food since I've been here and I appreciate that. I hope if our paths have a cross again, I can help you in a way. Don't do it. Arnie. Don't do it. Don't do it. I can't ask a question during the game. He's not going to join your quest, so I shent. Donnie? Yes. Knock knock.

You say this there's no you have to you have to say it's a question. You say who's there, but don't interrupt him. Don't ask questions. Who's there? You don't you lost. We'll continue with it anyway. Yeah, Donnie. Knock knock. Who's there? Everybody. You say everybody. Everybody who? No one's to see you though. Oh. I really wasn't a cop on it. I really wasn't a cop on it. Now it is usadors turn Hugo.

Yes. I would first like compliment you. Also on raising the defying sun. But also, we all particularly like to compliment you also on raising such a fine son but also for your particularly campus sense of humor. I do enjoy it greatly and of course, chat to my good friend. I look forward to our future adventures together for I know that now what the one that has the good business sense that you'll make a restaurant a huge success and you look beautiful today. Oh, chump, please.

Adult. Yeah. Slippin. You. Yeah. Are a kind man. Oh You are destined to save this world. Oh And I

And that's it. Why would you say that? That's And that's it. Did I tell you or what? What, I mean, really, you go there. Oh. No, I meant that's it. Look, you were the most uncomfortable. I was really touched, and then I started to feel like it was leading up to you trying to get me to join your quest. But, and that's why I asked that's it.

But if it's not leading up to joining your quest, thank you so much, Yusador. There is no reason to ask you to join my quest when I know your destiny. Oh, also please, please, for the love of everything invite me to the opening of the restaurant. Of course. I would want to have a percent love to taste, just taste everything on the menu. You know, my dad took me to my first mittens game. We went and saw the stink pigs. Oh, wow. Yes. What city saw the stink pigs. Oh wow. And what's it here? The stink pigs based out of Deloria. Deloria. Yeah, the fight in Deloria. stink pigs. Oh wow. We saw there's a guy in the stink pigs. Their wizard was

this like this real, this like just a dick like a total prick. And my dad says like that guy's the worst, you know, like, you're never gonna meet a bigger asshole. And then I did. I met someone who was worse than my puppy. Good job, John. We also put that wizard in the kiln and burned him alive afterwards. What was that, was that Bloth?

Yes. Yes. Bloth, the brown. I knew Bloth. Bloth, the brown, yes, yes, Lord the brown. I I knew bloth Bloth the brown or brown wizards. What do they do their masters of their masters of sense? sense ability So Hugo, thanks so much for stopping by and it's kind of cool to see you shot with his dad even though Honestly, you guys have been teaming up on me a little bit, but still, you know, hopefully it's not another two blunders before I see you again.

But you came in the middle of Wish Tosh this year instead of Blunder. Yeah, I guess. Are you enjoying this Wish Tosh? Yeah, not as much fire as usual. Back when I grew up, there was a lot more fire. I've got to say, it's like, if it's usually more fire than this, it's terrifying. But it's beautiful. It is, I mean, it's beautiful if you feel like it's not coming at you, but it's just like just fire everywhere So I met a metchump's mother during this tush. Oh really? Yes

We're down by the fire pound which at this time of year is Extra firing. Yeah, this has got to be the best time for the fire. I saw her across the pond, just going to town on just another woman, just murdering her like no one's business. What had this story? She had her scorpion up in that story. I was thinking a lot of turns.

No, no, it's not. You want Chant, you have to know where you're going. I know a place. I'll pick in that Taking a lot of turns You want chun, you have to know where you go place I know a place. I know a place called water town And when it was fire down and that's where I met your mother. Oh Anyways Okay, let's you know hey, I completely appreciate you not wanting to hear this these stories chun So let's let's read. As always, you can email chunt at gmail.com. That's chunt with 60s. You can also reach me on Twitter at chunt with 60s as well. I got two emails here. First one is Hi Chunt, big chunt fan. Arnie, excuse me, Arnie always sounds kind of down. Yeah, it does. Is there a way we could maybe chip in and get him one of those treat baskets with the cookies on sticks that look like little flowers? That sounds nice.

Yeah, that sounds great. Those are good for Mondays, six week breakups, funerals, that sort of thing. Thanks for co-hosting and good luck on the tapestry, that's from Jacob. Thank you, Jacob. I have been a little, I mean I miss miss my my wife and child, but thank you Yeah, I mean if you want to send him a basket go ahead and send that to the Vermilion Monitor I also have another email here. This is from aftabb says dear chant I love the podcast It motivates me every week to try and find even the most mundane magic on earth Oh, so are there any equivalent to marijuana on food or does it not or does it just not flow like that since early aftab. What is marijuana? It's a drug I guess I mean it's I know that we have more glorb here which is a allisa drug that you said yes. If you need to slow it on me.

Yeah but it's not really like more glorb. You smoke it I guess it's like drag and we what is what is it that you smoke? You said or I'm trying to remember. Pipee. Pipee. It's a really like more gorg, but you smoke it. I guess it's like dragon. What is it that you smoke? You said, or I'm trying to remember. Pipede. Pipede. It's a little like pipe weed, but it has a little more of a fact, I imagine. Do you have any with you? I do not.

No. I'm a dad. I don't really have. Dude, dad's not smoke anymore. That's crazy. But I do tingle. What's tingle? Tingle?

It's like an eye drop. You put in your eye. When it drops in, your eyes fall into the back of your head and you can see your brain. It's incredibly deadly to mortals, but ghost tend to do a lot of tingles. I have any time you see a ghost that's like, boo. The tingle, yeah, they're tingling. Yeah, we don't usually, we're not usually doing like, ooooh. That's a real just a ghost stereo yeah it's a it's tingle that's everyone's tingling oh so yeah I've done

some terrible things for tingle and we won't hear but I don't want to know what you had to eat you can tell me later yeah yeah I'll tell you Tarny's getting any uh hate mail uh yeah well, I got some nice emails then. Thank you to everyone that emails me at MagicTavern at puppies.supplies. I know it doesn't sound like a real email address. And I actually get a lot of emails that just say, is this a real email address? Here's an email.

We are huge fans of your podcast. We come from Pure Michigan. Oddly enough, we write this email as we wait in the drive through a Burger King, sadly no portal. We had a few questions. One, who plays the theme for your podcast each week? Is it Glenn Miller in Spants? Or the Vermilion Minotaur's House Band? If so, what are they called? It's actually just Mundle the Grindel. He's always here and he plays the music before the podcast. He doesn't speak. He's a bundle, the Grundle. Yeah, he's always here and he plays the music before the podcast. He doesn't speak. He's mute. But thank you, Mundle.

He nodded. A light head bow. Okay, there are other questions. Are there any holidays in Fune? Like, we have Christmas and Halloween and what not here on Earth. And I also, we have Thanksgiving on Earth. Well, yeah, what are I having? There hasn't been a holiday since I've been here that I've known about?

Well, I think envelop is coming up. Invella, what's that? No, it's just a day when the rocks turn into liquid. Oh, it's just one day. Yeah. Rocks get to shed their hard outer surface and relax for a day. Like an old rock or? Yes, all the giant mountains. No, just just one rock

That's what we have a holiday it's because one rock does it all right all right, Sean come on I know your dad's here. You don't have to be you know what you know I'm upset Because you limited my computer time to one hour. Yeah I'm all out of faith. This is how I feel okay I'm all out of faith. This is how I feel. Okay. Yes, all the rocks get relaxed for one single day, and then in response, everyone in the realm decides to take the day off and celebrate in old great feasts.

Yes, even bitter enemies look to each other and cross a cup together. Chat, on enveloped, do you want to have a drink together? I'd actually like that. Sounds nice. And of course you're buying the greatest holiday in food. Oh, yes, the winter solstice In the midst of winter when things look the bleakest we do gather together We shall find back with joy and laughter and gift-giving men. This is going to take a while. Oh, God. Mondo, why don't you go ahead and start that. Oh, we also have MLK Day.

Oh, yes. It's for modern monarchs, lords and kings. I forgot about MLK Day. You have to celebrate the other regions, yes, or worse. Yes. Mondo, yes. Yes. Mundo, play a spell. Oh, don't mind me just doing the evening crossword. Hmm, 13 across, rhymes with this schmmodcast schmisin schmappening.

Chant the shape shifter was played with an ever-increasing pallet of emotions by Adel Rathai. Used all the wizard was portrayed by Matt Young. In roughly the manner we've come to learn is about as much as we can expect. Special guest breath lions played Hugo the hunger ghost. Arnie, Adel, Matt and Brett, all grown men, perform together regularly in I.O. Chicago's world news tonight. You can also see Brett perform with I.O.'s deep schwa, one of their longest-running teams, which I guess is something to be proud of.

Hello from the Magic Tavern is produced by Arnie Neacamp, Evan Jakova and Ryan DeGeorgi. This episode edited by Evan Jakova. Music by Andy Poland. Hello from the Magic Tavern logo by Allard LeBan. Want to see hello from the Magic Tavern performed live? You have two chances, kind of. The first live show will be September 5th at I.O. Chicago as part of the Jangle Heart Circus. Get more information and tickets at Jangle Heart Circus.com. The second live show is September 11th in Portland, Oregon as part of the XOXO festival, but unfortunately that festival is already completely sold out, so why am I even mentioning it? Sorry, eager fans in the Pacific Northwest.

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