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Part 2 Alison Arngrim: Nellie Oleson of Little House on the Prairie

August 15, 2020Celebrities, Comedy, Interview, Relationships, Stories, TV/Movies/Filmmouseandweens

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E86 – We’re back to finish our fun interview with Alison Arngrim, the wonderful Nellie Oleson actress, turned stand-up comedian and New York Times best-selling author. She talks about real-life ‘Little House on the Prairie’ mean girl moments, on-set rumors, what Michael Landon was like, her ringlet HAIR!, and why she thinks Little House child actors grew up to stay on the straight and narrow. We talk about how Alison is the David Hasselhoff of France and the hilarious reason why French cultural differences work in her favor. Joelle recounts stories when she pretended to be tomboy Laura, learned how to be blind like Mary, and even re-enacted the famous Nellie wheelchair scene, sans duck poop and radioactive waste of course! Alison answers some listener questions about her tv episodes and we learn the truth behind certain famous scenes. We also discuss the fact that The Rock might have a crush on her of sorts!

Alison is the queen of reinvention and hustle, and tells us about her Nasty Nellie tours of Hollywood and her online stand-up shows. She is also a survivor of childhood abuse and now is a powerful advocate at the National Association to Protect Children www.Protect.org Hear her full story in her book, available on www.Bonnetheads.com. We talk about the anxiety during this stressful pandemic, but also the hopeful medical advances that are being made (llama vaccines?!), and how she copes by being a helper. She has found that daily readings of the ‘Little House’ books on her Facebook Live have helped her and her thousands of followers find comfort. Alison is such a positive force out there and we had a wonderful time learning her story, her causes, and getting to know her. Please follow her and do the same!

Find all things Alison at www.bonnetheads.com including her ‘Confessions of a Prairie Bitch’ book, and merchandise. Be sure to click on her newsletter for the latest updates

Join her daily live readings and listen to her radio show The Alison Arngrim Show. Links on www.facebook.com/alison.arngrim

Alison is also on Cameo and Coach The World, so please look her up for special 1-on-1 time

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Song credit: “Weens Slide Guitar” by Julianne Eggold and “If I Had A Chicken” by Kevin MacLeod

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Well Good Morning!

January 13, 2020Comedy, Lifestyle, Relationshipscalifornia, city, freeways, funny stories, homeless, homelessness, HPV, ice skating, internet safety, issue, la, LAPD, los angeles, marc maron, parenting, problem, role model, sex ed, shelter, sisters, skater, street, talk, tent, traffic, trafficked, true crime, volunteermouseandweens

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E67 – Hop on the 2020 sister train and follow our thoughts as we talk through Mouse’s suburban optimism and Weens’ city pessimism, while discussing traffic, Mr. Rogers, true crime, and the homeless. Our eyes were opened by Julianne’s interview with a Los Angeles Police Department officer, who had a lot of information and thoughtful perspectives on the homeless problem in LA and the day to day issues that the LAPD deals with. Then we have some parenting discussions about Mouse’s boys about male role models, teasing and gender jokes, internet safety, and sexual health. Fun fact: did you know Joelle was a sex educator in college and was on the news talking about HPV? Now, don’t be fooled by the heavy topics. This episode is laden with ridiculousness and funny stories. Look out for brisk red sweaters, bearded ice skaters, drunk tarot card readers, caped rollerskaters in g-strings, condom banana totems, and a guy named Rare. Come hang out with us and be part of the fam! Visit Patreon for bonus funny outtakes from this episode!

At A Glance:
0:00-1:49 Donate to homeless a/o trafficked youth CovenantHouseCalifornia.org
1:49-5:48 Catching up, LA, freeway, red sweaters
5:48-9:33 True crime, optimism, Dirty John
9:36-15:43 Skating stories
15:43-21:13 Fascinating people on the street
21:13-26:51 Trying to help homeless
27:12-38:33 Interview with LAPD about homeless
38:33-41:33 Weekend recap, Marc Maron, Black Crystal Wolf Kids
41:33-44:24 Raising boys, role models, internet safety
44:24-48:00 Sex education

Thanks to our podcast pals: Best Forevers, Fataliteas, Cult of Domesticity, Not A Safe Space, Quick and Dirty Romance, Her American Story, Couples Talking Couples, Feminists Without Mystique

Song credit: “Beautiful Girl” by Julianne Eggold available on www.julianneeggold.com/art-of-freelance

New Years Resolutions

December 31, 2019Comedy, Uncategorizedaccountability, attorney, book, books, business, drive, driven, exercise, fail, failure, firm, fitness, goals, google, guide, health, law, lawyer, microsoft, new, plan, resolutions, self-help, selfhelp, success, successful, support, weightloss, yearmouseandweens

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E66 – Most people want to start the upcoming year fresh with a clean slate, a healthier mindset, and with new goals to reach. But more often than not, people’s new year’s resolutions fail. Why and what are we doing wrong? What can we do differently to finally hit our goals this year? We are no experts, so we decided to do some research after setting up our traveling recording studio in Idaho. Patent lawyer David, also Mouse’s husband, came in to talk to us about his thoughts on New Year’s resolutions and we ended up connecting the dots between his goal-setting nature and how he built his successful intellectual property law firm ten years ago. Then we snagged a drive-by interview with our brother Chad, a program manager at Microsoft, to hear how business theories can be applied in the new year. And our mom even joins the chat! We agree on most points, but argue over a couple of them as we read off a thorough list on how to set and keep a New Year’s Resolution. Hear about our own goals and what we think will work for us. Let us know what yours are too!

Song credit: “Chocolate Eyes” (acoustic) Written by Julianne Eggold, performed by Dan Mahony

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Ski-Doos and Ski-Don’ts

December 30, 2019Comedy, Uncategorizedadventure, birthday, buried, childhood, Christmas, coffee, cory, dangerous, eggold, elf, emergency, entertainment, eve, family, ferrone, frozen, hollywood, Idaho, island, jazz, jim, matt, memories, mentalism, mentalist, Montana, nostalgia, nostalgic, park, party, plaid, planning, politano, santa, shelf, shop, sisters, skidoo, sled, sledding, snow, snowmachine, snowmobiling, steve, stories, suburbs, trio, uncle, wyoming, yellowstonemouseandweens

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E65 – It’s Christmas Eve and it’s our two-year anniversary, so we go back to where it all began in our mom’s basement in Idaho! She even pops in for a bit – a throwback to episode 1 – and we recount childhood holiday stories, getting nostalgic about the elf on the shelf and dad dressed as santa. So much fun but so many lies! We catch up and compare our LA and San Diego parties. And we tell our latest crazy family story about going snowmobiling in West Yellowstone, where we crashed and got stuck in the snow for hours. Did we survive? Or did we freeze to death, only to thaw out and be discovered in the Springtime like so many other victims? You’ll have to listen to find out!
Mentioned in this episode:

Jim Eggold at https://jimeggold.com our uncle and mentalist!
The Coffee Shop Trio (Matt Politano keyboard, Matt Cory bass, and Steve Ferrone drums)
Holiday card love from Lady Pod Squad podcasts: Cutscenes and Cupcakes, Shelf Love Podcast, Spoop Hour, The Phoenix Nest, Boobies & Noobies, The Geekly, Brook Reading, NRI Woman

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Song Credit: “Hallelujah I Love Her So” cover by The Coffee Shop Trio

Sex and Love

November 18, 2019Comedyabandonment, addiction, anxious, attachment, avoidant, codependent, dating, dismissive, dopamine, emotional, fantasy, fearful, female, insecure, love, married, parenting, psychology, relationship, roleplay, roleplaying, secure, sex, single, sla, slaa, theory, therapy, vibrator, womenmouseandweens

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E64 – Let’s talk about sex. Addicted to love. We put ourselves in the hot seat and discuss role playing in relationships, hear from a couple girlfriends about their fantasies, and talk about spicing up a marriage. When it comes to single life, why do some women pick dirt bag guys? Learn about sex and love addiction and its connection to parenting. The little sister teaches the big sister a lot about attachment theory in this one, amidst lots of laughter and anatomy jokes, especially in our closing song. We just can’t help ourselves. We get real with our love lives and it gets real uncomfortable!

Song credit: “Synonyms of Sex” by Julianne Eggold and Joelle Kohn
Promo: #NoOffense Show
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Girls Trips, Moms Nights Out, Female Friendships

October 25, 2019Comedy, Uncategorizedbalance, codependency, controlling, female, friendships, girls night out, girls trip, guilty, helicopter parenting, husband, independence, independent, insecurity, issues, judgement, judgy, kids, lonely, marriage, maternal, me time, mom, mom friends, mom guilt, moms night, moms trip, motherhood, mothering, overparenting, overprotective, oxytocin, parenting, passion, progesterone, selfcare, selfish, shoulding, social life, stay at home, time, vulnerability, wife, women, working mommouseandweens

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E62 – Mouse recaps her girls’ trip wine tasting in Mexico with friends but feels guilty being gone three weekends in a row. Meet Joelle’s friends and find out if her husband is really okay with all this time away or resentful? Are the kids feeling abandoned thinking mom is selfish? How do you take female friends from acquaintances to besties and how do you keep those friendships going over the years? We go over reasons why we need our mom’s nights out and the science behind having girlfriends. We will post study references in our Show Notes. Hear the statistics on how much moms really work and how much free time they have to themselves. No wonder we need our time away! Then we read a controversial article about why some mothers don’t want girl time. Is it healthier to focus more on your husband or is it codependency? Joelle feels judged by this “blessed” woman who shoulds her, but maybe it’s insecurity and she needs to hear it? Weens does a great job giving advice as a non-mom and talks kids’ independence, giving up some control, and raises the future question of how much you should talk dirty in front of your kids. This is a good one for all of us striving to get balance with parenting anxiety. Please take a listen and rate/review on Apple Podcasts to let us know what you think! Thank you!

Song credit: “The Mouse and Weens Thank You Song” by Julianne Eggold and Joelle Kohn
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LA Werk It Weekend, Stump Dan, Stunts and Special FX

October 14, 2019Comedyacehotel, afroman, author, Bob Calvert, cars, castbox, chris Fairbanks, Chris Martin, Coldplay, David Duchovny, David Rowden, Dessa, do you need a ride, driver, driving, EEG, fighting vipers, fMRI, Georgia hardstark, Gillian Anderson, helen fisher, integrity, Karen Kilgariff, lightning mcqueen, lizzo, loft, love, luminary, merv, mfm, MRI, music, my favorite murder, my own devices, nerdy, neurofeedback, neuroscience, no one knows, nomad hotel, npr, passion, podcast, podcaster, podcasting, queens, rapper, science, scientist, scooter, sega, sfx, Slumber Party with Alie and Georgia, special effects, special fx, spotify, stone age, stuntman, stunts, stuntwork, team, TED talk, tiny desk series, werkit, wnyc, writer, writing, x-filesmouseandweens

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E61 – Come play! We break down our weekend in downtown LA at the historic Ace Hotel’s Werk It women’s podcasting conference. Hear our lecture takeaways and highlights scootering in skirts, meeting famous podcaster Georgia Hardstark of My Favorite Murder, and hanging with Dessa, well-known rapper, author, and TED Talk lecturer at the closing party. She went deep with us into the neuroscience behind love and we talk a little bit about both of our relationship obsessions. Then we come back to Julianne’s cottage and have a jam session with Dan Mahony, playing the game Stump Dan the Guitar Man. He is so good! See if he gets stumped by Lizzo, Afroman, Coldplay, or Queens of the Stone Age, and watch the rest of the performance on our Facebook Live video in our FB Group. We take a turn into the behind the scenes of tv and film as Weens talks about her dream of working in stunts. What is her connection with the Sega Fighting Vipers commercial and main character design? Should she take a stunt driving course? What did she do in The Rookie’s Season 2 trailer? Hear her interview with Special Effects coordinator Bob Calvert and one of his craziest memories working with Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny on The X-Files. And find out where on the risk-taking scale Mouse is these days.
Podcast Promo: Nerdy B*tches
Guitarist Dan Mahony: Soundcloud
Julianne & Dan Collaboration Album: www.julianneeggold.com/art-of-freelance
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Song credit: “Close to Weens” by Dan Mahony and Julianne Eggold

Interview: Tony Gleeson, Illustrator, Author, Wise Young Soul

October 3, 2019Comedyartist, author, book, book deal, comic books, illustration, illustrator, it's her fault, mouse and weens, mystery, novel, poster, publisher, publishing, sci fi, science fiction, sketch, soft core porn, spike lee, storyboard, storyboard artist, tony gleeson, writermouseandweens

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E60 – From a sidewalk café in Atwater Village, Los Angeles, meet the well-known artist Tony Gleeson. Hear his inspiring story, starting as a young student with dreams of becoming an artist, to a full-fledged professional in Hollywood. We learn about his evolution from illustrating gentlemen’s magazines to sci-fi comic books to creating storyboards and posters for movies including Spike Lee’s. He is also a man of mystery – mystery novels! He describes his process of creating stories and of getting them published, giving a clear path for hopeful writers. And his advice for budding artists is key. Tony is one cool cat and we know you’ll love him as much as we do! Please follow his work:
mystery novels on Amazon
artwork on https://www.facebook.com/TonyGleesonIllustrator/
and the Sunday morning sketchbooks of dinosaurs https://www.facebook.com/tony.gleeson.1238
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Song credit: “Mouse and Weens is a Good Movie” by Dan Mahony and Julianne Eggold

Fourteen is a Rollercoaster

September 19, 2019Comedy14, amusement, band, berry, bully, bullying, control, crush, farm, flags, football, fourteen, freshman, frosh, games, grade, high, knotts, kombat, marching, mortal, ninth, parental, parenting, park, rap, restriction, rollercoaster, school, shooter, shooting, six, teen, teenager, theme, tween, videomouseandweens

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E59 – We recorded most of this episode while spending a day at the Southern California amusement park Knott’s Berry Farm with Mouse’s 14-year-old and his buddy. Hear our interview with them about video games, restrictions, thoughts on bullying in high school, and what might be going on in the mind of a school shooter. They break down current rap styles and rappers for Weens as she lists off her favorites from the 90’s. And even though we are forgetful and say words like brawn and gams, we were pleasantly surprised that these sweet kids wanted to hang out with us! Mouse tells a story about high school football and marching band, and we jump into our theme park memories of boy crushes. Weens – what a heartbreaker!
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Song credit: “Punch Drunk Weens” by Dan Mahony and Julianne Eggold
Podcast Promo: Movie Drone Podcast

Mouse Doggy Dog You Need a Jobby Job

August 24, 2019Comedyaltadena, babysitter, bowlmor, brad, camp, counselor, DiCaprio, film, first, garden, hollywood, job, jobs, la, leonardo, locations, manson, pitt, rookie, school, sleep, spahn, study, stunt, tarantino, work, workplace, writing, zorthianmouseandweens

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E58 – Weens talks work on Warner Brothers hit show The Rookie and Mouse discusses writing her garden book. How do you reset goals and hit new writing deadlines? We get talking about first jobs as Mouse’s son starts to save up money. Guess who was the babysitter, camp counselor, telemarketer, candy shop girl, frozen yogurt jerk, urgent care receptionist, and bowling alley waitress? It wasn’t all work either with motorcycle rides, whipped cream huffs, office looting, bomb threats to Treasure Island, and lying about lobsters. We sidetrack to discuss Once Upon A Time in Hollywood and agree that the Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt characters, and the Manson Ranch scene, is scarily reminiscent of a strange summer in our childhood during which our dad trained to be a stuntman at the artist colony Zorthian Ranch, full of nude models and pig pens. Hear a list of friends’ and listeners’ first jobs and enjoy this funny, weird little trip down memory lane.

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Song credit: “Jolene Mouse and Weens” by Dan Mahony and Julianne Eggold
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Category Archives: Comedy

Part 2 Alison Arngrim: Nellie Oleson of Little House on the Prairie

Well Good Morning!

New Years Resolutions

Ski-Doos and Ski-Don’ts

Sex and Love

LA Werk It Weekend, Stump Dan, Stunts and Special FX

Interview: Tony Gleeson, Illustrator, Author, Wise Young Soul

Fourteen is a Rollercoaster

Mouse Doggy Dog You Need a Jobby Job