Bastardy as genealogy is an ill-understood topic that Kevin and Tony make murkier. But as they forget to quote Edmund in King Lear, “Now, gods, stand up for bastards!” But they tie the title nimbly into the succession of segments. First, Mr. Skids returns in his usual early morning comatose state to “save the congregation.” As he dozes alcoholically on the church steps of a Sunday morning, the Army of the Faithful stands ready to trample him to death on their way to worship. Will he hold them back by force of lassitude? We’ll see… Next, there’s a commercial/exposé on “The Invermectin Roundup ..read more

Tony and Kevin fret about how people today, especially Kevin’s family, just don’t care about groin sprains, especially Kevin’s, the way folks used to back in the day and ought to now, consarn it! But then, excitement builds with part deux of Emily Wellingtonford’s encounter with the “Edmonton Chanteuse,” Betty Ann Rutherfordford (if that is her real name), whose voice includes something uncannily canny. Next, a work by a new writer (listen to the credits for who it is), “The Noble Gases Committee.” What happens when inert gases get together to discuss new members? The usual sniping and clubby ..read more

In this long-awaited “pants” episode, Kevin and Tony use the late Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld’s dim-witted remark to a soldier as way of addressing the similarly dim-witted remarks of those who are against pants mandates in this country. Matching that foolishness are this weeks segments. First, Emily Wellingtonford (chapter 9!) wishes to bring Edmonton nightlife to Coronach, while Archie, her lover/captive, flees into November night. Next, Roger Basement interviews Father Blemish, an unfrocked priest, who reviews (harshly) his clerical colleagues' pulpitry, and finally, on Pox & Phle ..read more

In this episode, Tony and Kevin discuss the need to cover themselves with glory, because no one else will. To forward that effort, the show starts with “The Men in Charge Talent Search,” a shabby effort to lure the local populace into working for Men in Charge for free, after they’ve paid their “audition fees” into the MiC vanity press account. Next, our hosts give us a sort of homage to film director Roger Corman, who may be alive (or not (check your Schrödinger’s box to be sure!)) in a radio drama called “Strike, Cassowary! Kill! Kill!,” about an avian/human love affair and white guys who li ..read more

This episode, Tony and Kevin are a little put off by how close you got to them in order to smell their t-shirts and so they demand you buy "Men in Charge" cologne (only slightly toxic) in recompense. Then it's another listening session as we give you the European Complainer's Society--their topic: pork steaks. Did they originate at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair? Yes, but not how you're thinking. Then it's the fifth installment in "A Man Called Bamby," in which we return to the voice-over duplicates of Lance Bamby and Michael the bartender to see how they deal with a mob boss, Mr. Giuliani. F ..read more

In this episode we learn that by winning the minority vote, writer Ann Porter imposed that terrible title upon us. (But Kevin and Tony still want you to buy Men in Charge cologne…) They soon leave this lamentable topic and move on to “European Complainers Society 2,” in which the absent virtues of pork products are discussed in a complaining tone, as is Teddy Roosevelt. After that, we move to the fifth (5th) segment of the series, “A Man Called Bamby.” Our heroes voice-over characters Michael and Amber remain trapped in the bar (they’re only voice overs, after all), and Mr. Giuliani, mob boss ..read more

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Tony and Kevin complain, as a couple of older white guys always do, complain about other species get away with stuff regular humans like them can’t. Why do animals commit murder? Why do they so often die at each other’s teeth and claws? Why do they even attack humans just for invading their habitat and poking at them? The answer may well be clear, Listener. After a cheap segue to unrelated segments, we have a new “Adventures of SkyHighMan” (#7!), in which our Dog Food heir, Wendel (Wendy) Henderson goes after a criminal mastermind named The Overthinker, because that’s all their parents could c ..read more

Brian Lindsey—yes, The Brian Lindsey—returns this week for another hard-hitting interview, in which Kevin and Tony ask him which Men in Charge segments he’s enjoyed most over the years, and who’s taller. He anticipates enjoying the first segment, when we hear the orders from corporate about Men in Charge “Tattoo Guidelines,” and how Kevin needs a chip in his head, not just in his arm from the vaccine. Next, Tony and Kevin air “Failed Narrations,” which by definition weren’t supposed to be aired but now, unaccountably, they are. Thirdly, you’ll hear the first of what should be many in a series ..read more

Tony and Kevin invite the mysterious Brian Lindsey—the unacknowledged master of solo Twister—to explain why listeners tune into only the very end of each Men in Charge episode. After that, our hosts explain how each of the segments for this episode is unrelated to the episode’s title. First, “Cajun Chef and Sniper”: a Cajun Chef TV show is enlivened—or deadened—by the unaccountable presence of a sniper in the rafters. Next, Roger Basement interviews two brothers who write incriminatingly “Fair and Balanced Blurbs” that they paste onto the dust jackets of books in bookstores throughout Lower He ..read more