Fandomonium - The Witcher LIVE - Aard You Not Entertained vs The Wild C***

Follow the adventures of Sir Duncan the Tall and his unlikely Squire egg as they travel across the realm Baffling to make a name for themselves in the exciting new Game of Thrones series and night at the Seven Kingdoms on now starring Peter Caffey and Dexter saw Ansel and based on the novellas by George or Or Martin Stream it weekly enjoy this and more for only 499 a month for six months with now 18 plus new now entertainment cinema and boost customers only six month minimum term standard pricing after six months further terms apply You're listening to a lily pad production Hello there leapfrogs and welcome back to phantom onium. Welcome back to season six It is not lost on me that I am now entering my sixth year of doing exactly what I want to be doing And it's a privilege and it's a joy It still blows my mind that more and more people are checking out this podcast every year So if you've been with us for a while. Thank you so much for supporting this nonsense It's because of you that we keep on growing, so thank you And if you're here for the first time well, you've picked a great place to start This is our first episode of the season as well as our first live episode of the year as you can probably tell from the episode title We decided to kick things off with the Witcher which are and as you might also be able to tell from the episode title We kick things off with a lot of sea bombs So if you're not not a fan of the sea word being thrown about you know the one then maybe this isn't the episode for you However, if you enjoy a cheeky sea bomb. There's a lot. I think I'm gonna put it out there This might be the most times the sea word has been said on a podcast ever I'm sure some performance artist has just released an hour of them saying the word This is pretty close to that. It's in a team name, so You get why but it was such a fantastic time at the peak improv theater doing our thing live like we do on the second Friday of every month And we had two fantastic guests in Ben and Amanda from Felty and friends, which is the show that happens before our show Obviously if you're a fan of this podcast and you're in Colorado Springs The second Friday of the month is probably the night you're gonna come out to the peak improv theater So we wanted to showcase a couple of the people involved in the show that we absolutely adore that is the flagship show of that second Friday, it's improv with puppets. It's one of the funding of shows at the theater features some of the most talented Improvisors and we are so fortunate that Ben and Amanda said yes, let's let's do that we'd be down for that and they did Fan Tastic I cannot wait for you to listen to this episode also. Thank you to a very special guest who showed up during this Not going to spoil it so that it's a surprise, but thank you to that guest and of course eternally, thank you to Chris and Jen of this very parish Without them these live shows just wouldn't be happening if Chris and Jen are on a couple fewer episodes a couple fewer Lineups this year. It's because they're putting so much work into making these live shows happen So if you see Chris and Jen this year remember to thank them So this is the audio from our Witcher live episode. It's it's mostly pretty solid. We have minimal technical problems this time Just because of how I put together the video for this episode There are a couple of areas where the audio gets a little echoey But it should just be for a couple of minutes and then it then it settles down. I'm learning. I'm growing. I doubt it'll happen next month Maybe it will speaking of the video you can check out the full video of this Live recording over at patreon.com forward slash gate leapers It's the full 75 minute show presented uninterrupted and you can get access to that for just four bucks a month as well as Now a couple years worth of video episodes Mostly from the studio, but those live ones are going to start stacking up pretty rapidly throughout the year So if you feel like this podcast is worth four bucks a month if we if we kind of bring Roughly a couple bucks worth of entertainment per episode Not to mention the entire back catalog then do you consider supporting us over on patreon it all goes back into making this podcast bigger Better paying the brilliant comedians who join us on lineups. That's what all of your money goes towards only about five percent of listeners Supporters on patreon. So if you do decide to supporters for four bucks a month know that you are paying it forward for others You can be like wow my four dollars represents 20 listeners listening to this and that's that's pretty cool Kind of like buying a ticket for someone else at the show right like you want them to enjoy the thing So you're gonna give a bit back our next live shows are on February 13th and March 13th Which is nice and easy to remember and I'll reveal in this intro the themes for those shows will be romcoms and Pokemon So we are doing rom coms on February 13th on valentine's day eve and then we are doing Pokemon on March 13th a favorite fandom Here at phantom onium is Pokemon. So I think it's it's about time we did it live So if you're based in Colorado Springs get your tickets for those shows at peak improv.com Or from the link in the show notes I'll be back with a little chat at the end of this but for now please enjoy the season six premier the live premier Of phantom onium. It's the witch alive Hello and welcome to phantom onium the pop culture game show that shines a spotlight onto everyone's favorite fandoms I'm your games master and leader of the wild hunt which means something very rude in cockney rhyming slam slang I'll use that one in the edit matt Watson But a game oh thank you so much. Thank you so much But a games master needs games and games need players crucially So please welcome our first team. She is our resident panelist a podcaster and comedian who works in stem Which today stands for salvage treasure and eliminate monsters give it up for ultra Stevenson I put a knife on my thigh, but then I put it on the wrong side so you couldn't see it when I walked out And so I had to call it out. It's less cool And joining ordra he is a musician improviser and puppeteer So I better be on my best behavior as he has the ability to change the direction of shows by sticking his hand right Make some noise for Ben Luna Fantastic welcome ordra welcome Ben. How are you both doing? Awesome. I'm doing great. Um, I passed the the trial of the grasses between shows Great time. I shout on my cape, but I'm I'm gonna get through it. Oh fantastic two different energies Brilliant stuff. So I've got to ask it top because it is our first format point Ben you a fan of the witcher. Oh somewhat So what had happened was was that I had a lot of friends who were into which you're growing up And I wasn't allowed to play it because of content. Oh, yes. Yeah, you can fuck Yeah, you can primarily do that. That's a big part of the game. Yeah, and so I I absorbed it through friends and um, consuming lets plays and before this to prepare and refresh myself Because I've never really played through an entire game. I watched half of a couple explainer vids. Yeah, that's all you need Yeah, that's all you need that's plenty. Yeah, it's tons. Okay, we got half of a couple of explainer vids What about yourself? Um, I really like the witcher. I played the witcher three which is the one that most people know And I did read some of the books as well because I'm a big nerd That was part of some of the explainer vids There is a girl from Poland and she read them in Polish and she was kind of talking about it like it was the bible And I I connected with that Because that's what you were enjoying as a child Yeah, right. And because instead I was enjoying a different thing with um Uh, graphic graphic gore and yes I'm not afraid sex. Yeah, sodomy. Yep, it's in there. Yeah, it's in there. It's in there. It's actually some say it's from there Excellent bible humor Yeah, so I think you'll make a you'll make a good team pretty back pretty balanced in terms of knowledge. I love it It says here any follow up questions, but I don't have any so I'm just gonna introduce your teammates Okay, you'll need some opponents from a rival animal based school. Let's meet them She is a regular panelist an improviser a stick horse and a tune titan She's a fan of British comedy, but let's see if she's a fan of Polish fantasy. It's Julia Boci Yes, oh my goodness Look at this And she is an improviser puppeteer and counselor who specializes in all of the neurodivergence you'll see over the next 75 minutes It's Amanda bonnets Yes, it's also dagger I hope I pronounced your surname right you didn't but okay That's such a good point and it's on theme and it was planned Uh, welcome Julia welcome Amanda. Good Julia, let's talk about your costume. Yeah, so turns out I've never drawn a beard on myself before. Are we no? I did I think you went better in college um Yeah turns out that beard hair grows like usually in one direction as you move throughout the face as opposed to just like confetti Show of stippling, which is what I went with but uh, yeah, did that did his uh sandpiper looks like a little bit of eyeliner Uh-huh not doing so great and then the hat that is almost like his and then Rob that I thought was a cloak, but turns out it has sleeves But I'm not gonna wear them It's purely a cloak this evening. Yeah fantastic stuff and Amanda should we talk about the DACA? Sure, yeah, it's in my bus line very good um very effective horizontal Fantastic all ready for the witcher uh and speaking of the witcher Amanda, are you a fan? I am a um mild to moderate fan Okay, mild to moderate. Yeah, like eczema and uh I have played the witcher three like once a year Sense probably once a year. Yes mild to moderate. Yes, I know I know I know nothing I do the fun ADHD thing where I get really hyper fixated on it for about a hundred hours a year And then I forget everything that happened. Yeah, totally. I mean fortunately I'm barely gonna test any of it The main thing is that is the passion for it and I think you have it if that's your go to ADHD game Of like I'm gonna sink a hundred hours of time into this. That's fantastic. Yeah Okay, great stuff. Okay, what about you Julia? Do you send a hundred hours a year into the game? I don't play the game But I love that you mentioned the ADHD hundred hours thing because that's what my hundred hours were Spent on watching all of the series this past week because I've seen I had fallen in love with the witcher when it came out and I saw the first two seasons and then it dropped off and oh Hi husband. Yeah, I watched the third and fourth season But you were in Hawaii. So it seems fair It's okay. It was it was for work. It wasn't just him leaving Neil alone We know one thought that But yeah, so definitely got really into the show This past week and have a lot of strong feelings and muses and things and I'm excited to spend the whole Rest of this time talking about it excellent excellent Well, I'm very impressed that you watched four seasons of the witcher in preparation. Oh, not just the four seasons I'm so sorry. I also watched the two animated films as well as the movie about the group of Ragtag young adults the rats Wait So no one else to see the fourth season Yep, that's safe to say well, I think you'll make a fantastic team and I think some of the stuff from the 100 hours will come back I think it will Okay teams you've been paired with a fellow witcher to slay the ultimate monster a person from Great Britain So I'd like each pair to come up with a witcher themed team name please. Let's start with Audra and Ben What if you go? I've got one Rivia a new one Yeah, that's good right? Yeah, because it's where he's from Carol that's of Rivia I remember that part. Yeah First half of the explainer vids pain off I have I have two big ins One is just hey Siri But it spelled like Siri You may mine go off That was the hope Well, then my second option because if that caused too many problems um, I think I think we both have big hearts huge and so um instead of care more and just care more He spelled it with a K. Oh, I was gonna spell it genetically just care more I would also point out that we're also really um fun and kind of funny and so maybe something like are do you not entertained Art from the game those explain a video so really Yeah, it's like firing I like I do like are you not interested? I feel good about that Okay, go ahead. Oh, do you know? I heard you not entertain. Yeah, that's great. That's great. I'd like to reference. Yeah Sure, man more like the witcher bit I am Geralt of Rivia When he sounds like in the video. Yes, in the video and in gladiator the movie Can I hear that again? I am Geralt of Rivia When's how it's like listening to a mirror Perfect, so we've got all do you not entertain very clever uh versus Okay, you should read off your I only have three Julia has a dictionary over there Okay, so uh obviously first um the wild cunt is That's cool That's what's fun um Witcher I hardly know Yes, now you just taking jokes from later in the show I'm sorry and then last but not least um full testicles Uh in in reference to um the conjunction of the spear. Yes. Yes. Yes full test Oh, full test. Okay, yes. Sorry, I got it now. But Audrey's thought the conjunction of the spears. Yes Testicles. Yeah, that's very that is a very good reference If you know the spears, it's good. Yeah. Yeah. Uh, okay So I don't have a bowl of jizz like uh Such a shame This is a reference to when we did the Star Wars episode and Audra had a bunch of team names in a bowl that were all jizz themed so a bowl of jizz Um, I don't have that but I have uh Different thoughts so piss instead of tris or pisea Just the would see me. I think that's really strong. You know, it's a witcher pun To say uh uh strugabona instead of strugabor. Yeah, okay Roach girls instead of horse girls because roaches the horse. Oh, that's good. That's good Yeah, and I have a thing about the fact that his name is mousac Show What kind of thing? Yeah, what kind what is the nature of the thing? When I was watching the tv show I couldn't get over it so now every now and then I'll just turn to my husband But like did you know? His name is mousac Um, so his name is mousac is one of the mickey mousac is another one rat sack endless options Because I but now that I know that no one's watched season four all the rat references are bad because I was like rat pack Arifluza oxen fart jaskieros and child surprised It is a ridiculous thing that the child was surprised So those are my I really liked your first We're going with we are going with wildkent. I like it a wildkent. Absolutely fantastic for SEO. Thank you for letting me Yet another sea bomb in the podcast feed. Okay, how does that do for uh sponsorships? It very badly So strugabona You could have got blue shoes or something If it's strugabona could have been like a blue chew or yeah, we could have got sponsorship with that for sure But with wildkent. No, there's just no no company Uh, but it's fantastic and we're all having a good time. Okay Especially Matt So we have are do you enter to are do you not entertain versus the wildkent? Whoa, this is cool Yeah, right now that's sort of held at knife point visual game. Audra and Amanda. It's a girl's girl Yeah, okay proceed. All right If you listen to this and thinking witcher, I hardly know her And it was like right after this I've got to step up my game. Don't worry. His order with a little segment. We like to call passing knowledge. Give it up for Audra The witcher began as a series of fantasy novels by Polish author Andre Sapkowski and as an American do I get bonus points for saying his name right? I shouldn't The series revolves around the eponymous witcher Geralt of Rivia. Where's Rivia? It doesn't matter Witchers are monster hunters given superhuman abilities for the purpose of killing dangerous creatures like ghouls, trolls or Joe Rogan Ironically, he's both it's yeah Geralt has a wife who's not his wife named Yennefer a daughter who's not his daughter named Siri and a dandelion who's not a flower called dandelion The witcher inspired a series of extremely successful video games with the fourth release coming Theoretically at some point next year. So if you need me in 2027. No, you don't Netflix also released a show based on the witcher starring Hollywood hunk and absolute mega nerd Henry Cavill There's not a joke here. I just need us all to know that he's one of us So let's start a new save for the hundredth time and let's play some fandom onium Yes Thank you so much Audra just before we get to today's games I've asked each player to bring in a muse something that inspires them or something they love from this particular fandom The witcher is inspiring to me because I also like to pump myself full of chemicals and take swings or trolls Got a quick social media this year Julia will start with you. What's inspiring you from the world of the witcher again? Didn't know I was the only one that watched them the rest It's actually not He's not about the rats, but it's about how serious portrayed in the show as I was watching it again I was struck by how much I relate to Siri and that she tries so hard, but she fails And how relatable that is and how just like seeing someone who has you know It's the gifted kid program syndrome of like you have all the potential in the world But you might fuck up a lot and I like seeing that Yeah, someone who you're supposed to be like this is the all-powerful person that everyone's trying to get And she's just a little fuck up. Yeah That is a really good character trait of Siri that like she's grounded. She's a real person. She makes mistakes Yeah, yeah, it's not her fault. She grew up in privilege. No, it's not her fault. She's the chosen one Yeah, that's who she's the chosen one that like I can not hate which is really you know rare And maybe that inspires you to you're the chosen one of your own life. No, don't hate you. No, no No, no, the chosen one of your own life. No, okay We're working on it, but no No, yeah, I'll ask in a couple years. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Cool. 2027. Maybe I'll just play in the Witcher Well, fantastic. That's very inspiring series a great character and that's a great character trait And I think you're secretly inspired by that deep down even if you're not saying that right now I am inspired by it for sure. You're just just not embodying it. Yeah, yeah, exactly. I'm inspired. I'm not embodying it. Love it 2027 Okay, let's move on over to your wild cut the the wild can't teammate Feel so terrible turning to two female presenting people and saying can't repeat it like British Yeah, I know, but we're currently on American soil No, I know you actually care Amanda, what's inspiring you from the Witcher? Gwent nice friend. I fuck with Gwent. Yeah, we got some we got some Gwent lovers here I I yearned to be an 83-year-old woman and have a physical copy of Gwent and know how to play it and just be in a nursing home Like losing my god damn mind I want to do that. I want to do that so bad. I got so good at it in my $300 Would you believe it? What went? Oh my god It's like Magic the gathering if it made more sense and you have to didn't talk to people So it's like a game within the game. Yeah, it's a mini game, but it's it's it's interesting because there's a good amount of Skill but you also have to go collect cards for your deck in the game. It's so fun Yes, it's it was perfect for evading the main quest when I got overwhelmed Yep, it's a fantastic diversion a great shout out to Gwent I would hope that with a hundred hour play through your your clock and in some good time in Gwent there So I mean you're right idea that being in a nursing home with a physical copy of Gwent that could happen sooner if if you wanted You could buy a cop physical copy of Gwent and be in a nursing home They need friends. They don't learn how to play any game. Yeah, awesome. I'm gonna go teach all people Gwent So inspiring Working with the older community. That's awesome Okay, so let's move on over to odd you not entertained and let's start with Ben. What's inspiring you from the Witcher? I um Like primarily like how the first game storyline for the most part. I think is a lot like Shrek Yeah, um any in general It's very Shrek like the entire like storyline of the Witcher in that it's like a conglomeration of Fairy tales that are all mishmashed together. Okay, it's kind of about like finding your own community and how like Being feared sort of is what creates the monster and it's things can become a self-fulfilling prophecy in the way in a way of like The the ideas of like all of the enemies like create themselves in a sense It's just like Shrek. It's just a trick again Yeah, the Witcher's a lot more deep than I thought it question. Yeah, is dandelion dunky? Yeah, dandelions dunky and he make the lawful From Shrek. We love Shrek. Yeah, we love Shrek. Uh, I've never thought about the Witcher like that all Shrek that deep Yeah, I love it. Oh, yeah, that's it. Can we get you back for the Shrek episode? Yeah. Oh, I'm so here dude. I'm crazy about Shrek I even love Shrek for wow Yeah, put me in cuz Shrek for have Liam Hemsworth in it. Yeah, Shrek for If so I'm not watching. Yeah, not interested. No more mind. I have like a foot thing in Shrek for yeah, there's a whole foot thing Yeah, uh, don't think the Witcher has no the Witcher does have fake things. Oh, yeah, yeah, it does Oh, yeah, they don't show feet in the show. Sorry You are missing out Like you wasted your time Where's the feet Tarantino over here A director track Okay, last but not least, Ohdro, what's inspiring you from the Witcher? What's inspiring me Is this little figurine of Siri right here? This was a Christmas present to me from our friend Jason who's 3D printed It and painted it you like found the model online 3d printed it and the most inspiring thing to me about this Is whoever sculpted this my my friend did not sculpt to this part? Um, is this ass? Straight-up ass cheeks. They did not sculpt pants. Oh, this ass. No, it's just cheeks Spires me to go to the gym every day To do my squats to get on that stair climber so that I can have I can be cheeked up like this Series an adult in the in the video games, right by the time of this figurine The time of this figurine. Yes, you can objectify the figurine. Yeah, good. Yeah, it's totally fine. Good Would you take a rat she's a beige I think someone else say it. It's not my word I can but I'm now scared the wild You can whisper it apparently You get spied if I whisper Yeah, we're referencing our team. Okay, got it. I'll keep that in the back pocket So just for the record, Ohdro your muses cheeked up Siri I stand by it. Okay, well, I'm feeling very inspired by our players muses. Are we ready for some games? Oh, yeah, some games Okay, teams. Let's hop on the back of roach and glitch up the side of a mountain into round one Wow music Round one is our version of Pictionary that we call ordinary and it's anything but Oh, that was good. Thank you. Thank you. So the slant puns. Yes, there's a lot of slant puns in here In this game, I will give each player the two words name of a junk item that you might find in your inventory In the Witcher 3 or many of the popular RPG video games That player will have three opportunities to make a continuous three-second soundscape for their teammate to guess the item They've been given the rules because you're probably wondering No words in your sound please. I don't want to hear any words you will be disqualified The three-second soundscape can be made up of different sounds But try and make them all bleed into one continuous sound. This is a podcast medium The teammate can make one guess after each sound get the guess wrong and we can hear another sound Which can either be another attempt at the same sound or a new sound entirely Yeah, there are two this isn't very HD friendly There are two words to each item. So I'll give you a point for each correct word you get But I'll give you a bonus point if you get them both on the first sound. So each each Thing we have to guess is two words. That is correct. Got it. That's like Siri figuring you'd get a point for either word Okay, and then we cannot make gestures or we can make gestures No gestures, but maybe on the final sound you can make gestures I'm going to need that. I feel like I'm going to need that. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Well, it's a good job You're going to need that ordra because you're up first making a sound You're going to make it for Ben to guess. Okay, so ordra could you close your eyes turn away from this? We're going to show wait no Ben close your eyes Ordra you're going to be making the sounds Ordra's item is Healing potion And whenever you're ready, ordra make that sounds But Healing potion. Yeah Three points. Hey Goatee aren't you not entertained? I want to both here But then I was like there's no way. I mean to get this over. I appreciate your dedication to logistics. I'm high on the ape index But not that high How long your arms are? Oh, thank you. Saw some confusion. Ben looked at my eyes directly I saw fear Is this being your closer to the planet of the apes is what I thought that's right And bring me back for that one too, by the way. I'll hold your money. Yeah That means they've got three points. Yeah. Trace Liches Fantastic. Tres. They left you. It's not true Just because you know this is going out Okay, so up next we're going to have Julia making a sound for Amanda, so Julia's item is seashell Yeah Okay, that's you that's your sound that's your sound Any ideas Amanda what that sound could be I'm processing so Oh It's not a silver horn Julie would you like to make a second sound and this time I still just cannot make I can't do like rhyming words. I can't You could try to you could try to just get one point and doing one of the words maybe and Sure Okay, okay All fully similar to the first one I reckon I'm on a world Not a common object. I'm a rainstick Two words. We're kind of closer. This time Julia, you can you can make a You can use your hands. You can make gestures as you make your sound A magic con That's all three sounds and all three guesses the actual answer was seashell It's the main junk that you pick up you can find it You did a great seashell sound. I'm sorry. I didn't recognize it This is Matt's fault Amanda. You're perfect. Yeah, what do we think do we give one point for cunch? Yeah, okay, at one point for cunch The wild cunch Yeah, would that be better if we were the wild cunch It'd be better for our ads We'll think about it. We'll put it under consideration Okay, this time we have Ben making sounds for Audrey. Okay, Ben's item is a rusty sword Oh your sound machine. I don't know about that. We'll see Well, let's let's find out what this sound machine can do. Audrey, you can look now. Okay. Thank you Ben whenever you're ready. Make your first sense. So no no gestures. No gestures. This first one. Okay Okay, great soundscape Feels feels like weapon. I'm going to go sword Um, what a okay, I'm trying to think back at my inventory. What is the nature of the sword? What is the what are they like broken sword That is an official guess and it's not the word we're looking for but you do have swords sword for one point So Ben you now have two more sounds to get one word so you can pull it in on that word. Okay And no gestures still. No gestures on this one. Okay And how do I communicate? It's stuff. Oh, okay um All right Yeah Uh, I know old sword We're getting closer. We're getting closer. Okay, I need to go through the roller decks in my mind of all the stuff I've sold to various merchants Uh, Ben this time you can make a gesture for your final sound. Okay Okay Okay It's what I got for you I'm between two got pick one you have to pick one Okay, because because of the I'll go Yeah, rusty By the way We've just lost the sponsorship fall because of saying can't so much Maybe we haven't decided yet You should ask first Yeah, we should ask WD. Yeah, no, Matt you should ask us first Oh, yeah, ask that. Oh, is it Kant or Kant? Do you know WD for what would you prefer? Do you prefer a Kant Talking to the two ladies across from Okay, now I close my eyes. Yes, because Julia you'll be guessing and Amanda will be making his hands Amanda's item is pig hide Okay, I actually can't see okay Julia you can look now This is perfect for the one person that hasn't played the video game Yeah, this is ideal Yeah Whenever you're ready Amanda make your first sound Okay Dead pig Well you get you get in one point because you got pig Okay, because I was gonna guess like piglet is what To say it calls Yinefer and but like that's not the vibe I'm getting Okay, Amanda if you'd like to make another sound to try and communicate that And I know this time you weren't doing pig because we already got that one And so it was something different but I don't know that I've ever like even like considered that some people can't do a pig sound And that's okay. Yeah, there's nothing wrong with that Yeah, so that had nothing to do with pig apparently Um what word do you like in with pigs snuffle? Okay, we're going with snuffle. It's not snuffle, but I like that. Yeah, Amanda this time You can also make a gesture, okay. Yeah, this will do Let's go check the word on my board here I don't know what anyone's surprise looks are meaning that was perfect I get to know if the pig is the first or the second word. Yeah, go on then. It's the first word is the second word skin It's not the exact word and I give you the point for conscious. I'm not gonna give you the point for this It's pig hide So you were right you were right, but just not exactly right I was thinking truffle pig for a second but I was like where do they have truffle pig in the Witcher? That's the start of the alley Yeah, save it for the stardew episode All right, that's the end of round one Produced a gen. Could you please conjure up the current scores aren't you not entertained is on five points Yeah, let's go and the wild count potentially conscious are on two points all right Okay, Axi you're all enjoying the show and applause is about to break out Yeah The sign works. It's time for round two Round two is called barred trivia and we can't play this game without a very special guest So please welcome the peak in prof theatres resident bard Megan hi So in the witchery would be Megan Oh my god Megan how are you doing fantastic? How are you doing great? Thank you so much for asking I don't think they asked me how I was doing. No, thank you so much. It's because we don't care. Okay, yeah, I don't need the know she's paid to care Megan you are looking like a fantastic bard. This is so bard-coded. I love it Images Well, it's great. It's fantastic. You're witcher ready. Thank you. Yeah Okay, Megan you're gonna help us out with this game. Is that good? Yeah fantastic So in this game Megan will sing a four-line clue to a specific name all word from the witcher franchise However, she won't sing the last word in her song As that is the answer to the clue So teams will take turns hearing a song from Megan making awkward eye contact with each other throughout the song So as to mind meld with each other at the end of the song They must then at the same time sing the correct one word answer completing the song If they both sing the correct answer they get two points if one person sings the correct answer But the other player fails to coherently mind meld they get one point And if all we hear is nonsense from both players, no points But we'll all have a good laugh about it. I reckon So the first song is going to be for Julia and Amanda Oh, yes, the team name is of course Yeah, it's their team name The Wildcunt It's the Wildcunt Wow, it's like you don't even have respect for it I think you're saying one of the rules So what Megan when ever you are ready could you take it away with the first song And I some start violet Learn she's a hunch back in Netflix She functions as advisor Not Senator She rolls one true love Oh Beautiful stuff for two points beautifully sung by both Megan and the team Smash I will be taking no further questions a thousand times smash Yeah, Amanda and you're a hundred hour playthroughs how much time do you spend with Yennefa? Um, you know, I think I need to take ownership that I don't prioritize my time with her enough It's a language You're lost to the card Okay, now we are going to have another beautiful ballad this time for Audra and Ben. Are you not entertained? Are you ready? Yes, take it away You have no coin after a monster attack You The love and your child's eyes and surrender them to the law of child of surprise I'll give you a surprise good stuff Two points Child of surprise what we were looking for the child of surprise is that surprise that's the thing Julia finds Yeah, it kind of sounds like they forgot to use condoms It seems like a weird like like treat like it sounds like I can't believe Abstinence is still the best contraceptive No, I said I can't believe in a world of magic that abstinence is still the best contraceptive Yeah, you think they'd have some Ages have to get you know, like I was like a uterotomy. Yeah Yeah, which is a which is a sterile and which is our baron Yeah, that was in the Polish explainer Yeah, there was a beautiful young lady explaining You one of her points because she gets like so in the new gritty is that like well This is a bad translation because this is about a specific mushroom not about mushrooms and in Poland we like all kinds of mushrooms That was a point she had So next we're gonna have another song for the Wild Hunt um Make it whenever you're ready. This is a fantastic No, this is all I ever wanted. This is perfect Reacher you dread ranches for arms and a skull for a head The wear it's a tax in your next gaming session or You will fall victim to a monstrous Nice two points for lessons great stuff My favorite monster. It's a great monster at first. I thought thrashy, but then I thought I don't know if that's right I think less she is the nickname, I think so So again, yeah, TV show Sorry, this is this is largely video game But I feel like that's where the quality is is where I've heard because people like you have the books and people were like Yeah, that's all right, but let's take the the good parts and make it a video game and everyone loved the video game So then they made a movie the movie is not gonna be as good as the good video game and they took three of those to get it good Yes, yeah, no, not at the season to get hey To Queer I didn't know that You are able to answer a question and know that you're with a rat named missile But it's Okay, we're gonna have another date for argy not and argy not entertains Megan, please whenever you are ready Lismic world changing events. It unleashed darkness and monstrous fears. Oh, yes, it's the conjunction Of the spheres fantastic for two points perfect Lovely stuff such such high scores in this I should have made it more difficult Yeah, okay, so back on over to the wild cun When his sexist surfer guy hangs 10 Is recording We've always said it we've always said it Okay Megan whenever you're ready Someone from the land Black watch out their nation is always the bottom tank And night to get here makes this milk hard again I'm thinking of becoming a milk guardian nice good stuff milk guardian for two points Megan thank you for singing milk hard again in For the record Matt did save I was uncomfortable with it. I didn't have to sing it and come up with something else and I was like Yeah Audra and Ben you are up next for your final song Uh, Megan are you ready for the final the final tune? Whenever you're ready take it away. He wrote this series. Audra said his name You can remember it This game it's Polish so I guess it rhymes with lapowski I don't know if he's big Andre stovkowski Okay, I heard stovkowski from Ben which isn't quite right so we're gonna say a one point because Audra did say Andre stovkowski Uh, so one point that uh, but you know what both teams did really well that Um, all right, that is the end of the round. Please toss a coin to your bard. Everyone. Let's give it up for Megan. Hi And Megan is Uh, Megan if you want to join Jen over at the scores table you're absolutely welcome to if you'd like to cause some more chaos But producer Jen in the meantime could we please have the latest scores? Yes, that was a fantastic showing. I got everyone Last points. Sorry There you go. Are 10 points and the wild cunt? I'll say it Ronnie points. Oh Catching up. Igni. Let's hope the sprinkler system is working because it's time to get even yep someone Because it's time to get even hotter in round three Oh Round three is called flash fiction It's the game where I ask our players to compose the most popular kind of fan generated content No, not the crew drawings of all the sexy characters, but fan fiction I will take suggestions from our wonderful peak improv audience as to what our players Witcher fanfics will be about which they then must compose one word at a time Back and forth between teammates until we reach a natural or horny conclusion So Our wonderful peak improv audience if you could help me out here If you could tell me your favorite relationship from the Witcher two two characters that you would like to hear a fanfiction about Do we want to do the rats? Mitt we're doing missile we're doing missile and Siri and I think it's only right that we give this to the wild Okay, whenever you're ready, take it away one word at a time. Let's hear an original Witcher fan fiction as The rat awakened She looked upon Siri and her illuminated What do you want Siri said Luringly wink Abashedly she looked at her mouths the gaping whole in series face and I love you be most beautiful creature Said the rat Then Siri put her fingers in the rats mouth Why all right let's end it there That was fantastic I I don't think I've ever heard a mouth be referred to as the gaping door of the face That was genuinely fantastic. There were adverbs in there. It was amazing Oh my god. I think I've got to give the full five out of five points I Incredible can I up on A03 for God's sake Okay, I'd like another relationship from the witcher pleas this time for are you not entertained as anyone have any suggestions. That's a mirror and me I love that so we're gonna we're gonna go fan fiction style and we're gonna say Oh, I bet he's gonna Daddy you can only imagine So whenever you're ready one word at a time your fanfic about Vesemir and the self-incer who may or may not be called Cory Vesemir I Can't stop thinking about your face the The way it is Just so Radiant and also expeditious We cannot leave the Castle because there's a Really big storm and maybe Instead we could wait out the storm together by Fucking Suspense built throughout that I love that so much you kept it clean you dance around it you built the tension Yeah, and then fuck it in release Oh, I loved it. I don't think the flow was quite there as much as with the other team But I still thought it was very strong. So I'm gonna give you guys four out five four out of five That's still pretty good. That's still pretty good Okay, let's see a one more fan fiction from each team. I think I'm not turned on enough I know I'm not turn me on I won't say cut when when you do it Freaks me out Okay, so this time I would like a uh a creature or monster from the witchers uh something that Geralt slays maybe Any ideas any suggestions? Dijkstra. Do we like that? I remember what a Dijkstra is. Is that the is that a vampiric? Was that the lady Who was with The guy who was keeping alive Almost like already. Yeah, we can only do rat Any any of the monsters. If you shout out fantasy things. It probably will be in there Drown her. Okay, we heard drown it. Should we do drown it like water zombies? Oh tight. Yeah, let's do a fan fiction about a drown You can take in any directions you like whenever you're ready. Take it away deep in the lagoon weighted a lonely hot what She was knowledgeable and hot one day a witcher came and came the richer noticed the drowner wet and knowledgeable and the Drowner approached witcher and said hey there richer Wanna unsheath that sword wink the witcher unsheathed is sword wink the sword penetrated the drowner sheath and got really wet and then the drowner said It feels good. I like that he was potentially still doing his monster slaying duty. Yeah, it's it's it's like Maybe for a drowner feels good to die it's like yeah, it's kind of like inception It's like you don't really know how it ends. Yeah, and they say she can say it of his sheath. Yeah, and and a pleasure in pain are so similar. So yeah, that is that is true and for that truth I'm gonna give you the full five points or is it how many times we said what Yeah, it was great. I loved it. Yeah, all right. We're gonna hear one more piece of fan fiction. Do we know any more monsters? Love it. Let's hear it. We should have a fan thick about roach the hole. Okay, so whenever you're ready, but ideally not without too much of radio silence. Right. Yeah, take it away. One moment at a time about roach the holes. Easy there, buddy. We've come so far together. But there's something I have to tell you come closer. Give me your big ear. Geralt the Witcher is not able to control you because he is too hot to handle. You have to become a real boy. All right, let's do that. I don't think I need to explain myself five out of five. Yeah, I would I'd also like to point out Ben's fist just getting tighter. Yeah, well around his reigns. Of course, he's betting his flanks and then he grabbed his reigns. Just a quick fact that roach roach is a girl. Yeah, roach is a girl. Right, but he's become a real boy. My best. I don't think our suspension of disbelief of a magical world should stop that a girl was becoming a real boy. He doesn't care about genders. That's right. Anything. Okay, that is the end of round three. Perhaps our resident bard could sing the latest scores. Is that without be possible? What are the scores? Or are you not entertained? Have pulled the head with night cheese. Oh, I have one more point than the other team with fires left. You will be the yeah. Let's go. Will it be Siri? We will find out. Look, it can watch season four to find. It could all be rats. The entire quick fire around his pop culture. It's a tight page with a nice ass and it's all rats. It's a rat queen. I'm, you know, if if I had to watch season four in order to get a five on that rat fanfic, it was all worth it. Yeah, we're at the end. Totally. Totally. You can't have the time back though. So as Megan alluded to, it can all change in the quick fire round, which is coming up next. But before that, I'd like to remind everyone of tonight's mystery prize. Jen, could you hold up the box there? This is what it's all been about. Yeah, the winning team will receive that magic mystery prize. All right, quick fire round. Should we should we do this? Yes. Yeah. All right. Let's do this. Our final quick fire round will test your broader pop culture knowledge and it's called meta gaming. It says here, are we all familiar with Gwent? So in this game, I will give our players clues to a fictional game from pop culture history. It could be a tabletop game, a sport, that sort of thing. Those clues will be in the style of a stern quizmaster asking questions because after 100 episodes, I can finally do the meta thing and just read the clues as intended. If this is your first show, I'm subverting what I normally do, and now you're all caught up. There is, of course, a classic fandemonium twist. Before you say your answer, you need to say about a game of then the answer. So it's your best like villager accent. About a game. So I don't have to yield content a bunch of times, like when I be a foreskin a bunch of times. No, you do. So you buzz in with your team name. Let's practice that now. All is like one kind of that'll work. And then before you say your answer, you've got to say about a game of the game that is a fictional game from pop culture. So for example, if I said, which board game can summon spiders, monkeys and trap you in the I think I heard Arjuna and say slightly before Jumanji. No, thank you. But yes, it's the answer. It's the answer I practice. You can interrupt me at any point during the clue as you just did so wonderfully. Are we already? Yeah, here we go. Which international sport made its way to the real world as quad ball? Equipment includes beaters bats. It was an intake of breath there. So I'm going to go with Connors. How about a game of quidditch? Yes, it is indeed quidditch. Which board game often found below a holodeck is played on multiple platforms. It's an evolutionary variance on one of the older strategy games in the world. First introduced in the episode where no man has gone before played on three vertical platforms. Yes, Aldra. How about a game of three-dimensional, four-dimensional chess? Because chess is already three-dimensional. You said three-dimensional first. I'll give you it. Yes, three-dimensional chess is what I've got here. Oh, I'm trying to implement you. chess is already three D. That's such a good point. Yeah, they're about to try. Take it up with Star Trek. Okay. Which video game is named after a Lewis Carroll creature from Through the Lucking Glass? It was delisted from Netflix in 2025 and encourages the viewer to make choices for the game's creative. How about a game of, oh, fuck. I'll give you a few more seconds. Oh, my god. It's gone from my brain. I started to do that with the accent. How about a game of Banda SNES? It isn't the Banda Central point. Which improvised social game is never played the same way twice, often involving flags, masks, various scoring systems, or none of the above, often played with a tiger named after a political philosopher. Political tigers. Okay. No, not this one. Yes, Audrey. How about a game of a caucus race? It's not a caucus race, but that's a really good guess. How about you repeat that question? It's the quickfire round I can't, I'm afraid. We'll pass on that one. It was Calvin Ball. Which national hyper normalized event is used as a mechanism for controlling a fragmented, industrialized population. Contestants travel to the capital to prepare- Sorry, do not entertain. I said it. I said it. I didn't even register that. Yes, Julia. I'm about a game of hunger game. No, it's American Idol. No, it is the hunger game. Which national hyper normalized violent reality TV game show is used as a mechanism of control in a late-stage capitalist dystopia? Contestants or runners must evade hunters for 30 days in order to win a cash prize. The series was rebooted in 2025 with old young heartthrob Glen Powell. Ord. You not entertain. Yes, Audrey. How about a game of tag? It's not, it's not tag, but you would, you do do this thing in tag. You said this thing. I said this. Pass it on that one. What? Yes, Julia. How about a game of chase? It's not chase, it's the running man we were looking for. One for the old fans there. Which two player card game is commonly played in post-apocalyptic Las Vegas and sees players try to build columns in order to sell them. Often played by traders, this game is named after a vehicle that British people might go camping in. That was almost exactly the same time. See, the thing is, the thing is, I don't know. And so if you do know, Julia, how about a game of caravan? It is caravan, what's the point? I should have taken it. Which board game requires two wizards, one maverick, one arbiter, one to two warriors, one corporal and a legitimate, and was invented by Ben Wyatt, who is referred to as the architect. Yes, Audrey. Oh, fuck, I don't actually, do you know? Oh, fuck. How about a game of that one with the cones? I need its name. Oh, oh, I can't. How about a game of cones? I've done shy. It is indeed for a point, good stuff, and parts of recreation. I'm out of my depth. Which variation on baseball is played in the year 3000, especially in New York, where heated sports rivalries still exist, including the New York Yankees and the New New York Metz? Lila Terango becomes the first female player of the game, satirizing 21st century progress in women's sports. Thank you, Chris. Yes, Julia. How about a game of smash them up? It's a great guess, but it's not smash them up. It's a great guess, but it's not the right answer. It's Blurnsball. Which game sees a bear, a boy, and a piglet dropping twigs in a stream? Players drop branches from one side of a bridge and race to see whose emerges first on the other side. Yes, Ben. How about a game of pine cone races? It's not pine cone races. That might be the American version. Yes. How about a game of try not to drown? That's what it should be called. No, it's Poustics. Poustics. I don't remember Poustics. We called it the Winnie the Pooh. We'll do more of an American one now. I'm leaving that in. Which chaotic drinking game plays like an adult version of the floor is lava? Yes, Ben. How about a game of real American true American? I'll give you it. It's true American. Good stuff. From New Girl. Yes. And quick before the buzzer, which magical clockwork board games these players houses transported into outer space, often seen as a spiritual successor to the example question in this round. Dwayne Johnson. Yes, Ben. How about a game of jithura? It is indeed, it's a thura and that's the buzzer that I will add in. I'll show you what you're seeing in that movie. Also in the Hunger Games, he's in two finishing games in this lightning round. Fantastic. Do you want to come back to the Hunger Games episode? I'm reading it right now for the first time. Oh, I'm happy. I'm excited for you. It's a good book, but we're here to talk about the way. Okay, that was the buzzer. Before we get to the final scores, I'd like to thank our players. You all slayed. That's the first time I've ever said that in that context. Okay, I'm going to do some promos. Now, Ben, Amanda, you are both brilliant improvisers and puppeteers. Tell our listeners what Felty and Friends is all about and where and when folks can come and see it. Yeah, it is the second Friday of every month here at Peak Improv Feeder and it is about digging around with puppets. Yeah. Yeah. It's got a lot of heart. It's a show about friendship and it's about what unites us and about fairy tales and about building community. Just like Shrek. Just like Shrek. Yeah. And it's naughty like Shrek. Yeah. Even no longer than Shrek. And it takes place here, but also somewhere else. Just like Shrek. If you liked that joke, you will like Felty and Friends. Yeah. Get your tickets to see Felty and Friends. They are a fantastic show. They are some of the quickest improvisers that we have here at the Peak Improv Feeder, but on top of that, also control puppets at the same time. I have no idea how you guys manage it. My right shoulder is really buffed. Okay, this time for plugs. Amanda, Julia, stick horses. Yeah. That's Family Friendly Improv and it's the first Friday of every month. Yes, it is the first Friday of every month and we are preceded by our lovely new opening team, Friends of the Pilot, who are doing short form Family Friendly Improv as well. Yeah. And we do say cut a lot less. So if it made you uncomfortable, no worries. Just don't we don't do that. No, we'll get fired. Zero cunts. We give cunts, but, you know, you don't say it. Serve, don't say it. Serve, don't say it. Don't ask, don't say it. And I think Ben, just Ben, guest bedroom is also in guest bedroom and we have a show on the 24th. It's an incredible improv team of also of our local improvisers and we do theme shows. We have not yet picked a theme for this month, but it's going on in the group chat right now. It's popping out here now. Yeah, we might do a rat theme, which your season five theme is the fourth Saturday of every month. It's the fourth Saturday. Yes, every month of every single month. Consider the guest bedroom. Yes, love me some guest bedroom. Check out peakimprov.com for tickets for all of the above if you are based in Colorado Springs, or if you're just going to take a trip out here and you listen to this and you're like, yeah, I'm going to check out some improv. Let's get to those final scores. Jen, or Megan, even fantastic. Okay. Take it off your knee. This game was really close. I won't tell a lie. Wow, kids watching. It almost ended on an actual time. There's one point difference between the winners and the losing team. The winners have two people on the team building up suspension. Okay. The score was 22-2. 23-2. Today it's snowed if it were for her it would have rained. The winners tonights are our do not entertain us or do you not entertain us or do not entertain you win the mystery prize. Jen, could you please come to the mystery prize so you can find out what it is. It's a coin on its own. It's like magic. You beautiful rat. What do we do? What do we do with that? We got to open it. We grab that side and we'll go this side. You pull out. Oh, it bit me. It's a lion. It's a dandelion. He's in the lion. This has been fandomonium. Thank you so much for coming to see us live. Give yourselves a round of applause. You deserve it. Especially on this snowy night. Fuck ice. Check out the first five seasons of whatever this is wherever you get your podcasts. Make some noise for producer Jen on the scores. Give it up for producer Chris in the booth. Make some noise for our bard Megan. Thank you to the peak improv theatre and this has been a Lily Pad production for iHeartRadio and the internet. Thank you and good night. Good night everybody. And there it was our first episode of the year, our first live show of 2026, the Witcher. Thank you so much to Megan Hyde for being our fantastic bard. She is one of the owners of the peak improv theatre, just a community that has supported our work so much over the past year or so. Their partnership means so much we wouldn't be able to produce affordable live comedy without their help. So thank you Megan. Thank you everyone at the peak improv theatre. And thank you to everyone who came out to the live show on such a frosty cold night. It was I don't know what it is in American temperature but it was like minus nine Celsius. That's got to be that's got to be pretty low in the old Fahrenheit scale. We were fully expecting to have no audience for this show and we were just going to be like right well this is this is a studio recording in a theatre space. But people showed up and made noise and laughed and played along with us. So that that means the world that is just incredible that even during a blizzard some people will come and support live local comedy. It's it's amazing. Cannot thank this community enough. Okay leap frogs as per our new release schedule we will be back in two weeks with a brand new fandom onium. But if you're just finding this feed because you're a Witcher fan who loves the C word. Then do you check out our back catalog we've got so many more over a hundred fandom oniums for you to listen to. Our patreon has at least 50 or 60 of those on video available. And last year we released a whole series of press play and bonus round episodes. So there's a bunch of bonus stuff from 2025 to check out as well. 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