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Balderdash Academy

Balderdash Academy

Balderdash Academy

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Balderdash Academy is the comedy and improv ensemble behind the Balderdash Academy’s Competitive Comedy, Head to Head Competetive Trivia comedy show, the improvised sketch serial Balderdash Academy's Teacher's Lounge, and our live shows Balderdash Academy’s On the Air! and Balderdash Academy’s Improv Live. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/balderdashacademy/support
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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best Balderdash Academy episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to Balderdash Academy for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite Balderdash Academy episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

We sat down with PortFringe veteran and award-winning creator and producer, Chris DeFilipp, to talk about his upcoming PortFringe22 show VILLAINY! ...or Something and his upcoming trip to Reykjavik to perform his award-winning Story Gauntlet.

Help Chris get to Iceland!

Visit Chimera Theater Collective

https://www.instagram.com/chimeratheatrecollective/

https://linktr.ee/chimeratc

Buy tickets to PortFringe

VILLAINY!...OR SOMETHING.
(Chimera Theatre Collective)

Show Description: VILLAINY! (...or something?) is afoot. Though honestly we don’t know if we really thought this whole thing through... so just... give us 20 minutes of your time... or else your will shall be mine! Erm... ours? Anyway... we shall see. *dramatic cape flip* And then maybe we’ll all learn something. So there!

Artist Description: Forged in 2015, Chimera Theatre Collective is a Portland, Maine-based theatre collective that takes the theatrical road less traveled as often as possible. This year, we’ve teamed up with our friends at Polyphonic Theatre Ensemble, another local troupe with a similar mission, to bring you a villainously good time.

Schedule: VILLAINY!...OR SOMETHING. is part of PF22 Event #1 and will be presented with two other short PF22 shows – JURASSIC JO’S DINO SHOW! and YOU SHOULD SMILE MORE – on the following schedule:

Thursday, June 16 @ 7:30PM – at Goodfire
Friday, June 17 @ 9:00PM – at PortFiber
Saturday, June 18 @ 5:30PM – at PortFiber

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Join us as we welcome Visiting Professor Jesse Thaul. Jesse is an LA-based audio and video editor producing content for Netflix, Warner Bros, Universal, & more. You might know him as Jetsee, the electronic music artist.

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https://www.jessethaul.com/

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What do waffle irons, farm shares, and a bus pass have in common? They are all like sex. How? Watch and find out,in this bonus episode of Balderdash Academy.

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http://www.davidblairpoetry.com/

https://madhat-press.com/pages/david-blair?_pos=3&_sid=b5e37abed&_ss=r

Want to help Balderdash Academy? Purchase some of David’s books. Click on the Amazon Affiliate link below.

Ascension Days: https://amzn.to/3ix21jj
Arsonville: https://amzn.to/34pgr07
Friends with Dogs: https://amzn.to/3jsz1uz
Barbarian Seasons: https://amzn.to/36Adixj
Walk Around: Essays about Poetry and Place: https://amzn.to/3cTlqd6

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See Bob’s “The Resurrectionists,” October 28 at 7:00 pm.

It’s a dark comedy where a pair of graverobbers discover that even the bad can do some good. It’s one of six plays being produced in The First Annual Firehouse Fright Night Festival. Tickets only $5

https://www.firehouse.org/event/firehouse-fright-night-festival-2/

“45 Plays for America’s First Ladies" by Chloe Johnston, Sharon Greene, Genevra Gallo-­Bayiates, Bilal Dardai, & Andy Bayiates. A biographical, meta-theatrical, genre-bending ride through race, gender, and everything else your history teacher never taught you about the founding of America.

Live Performances Oct 8th, 9th – 7:30 PM CST and Oct 11th – 2:00 PM CST

Or catch their recorded show: Oct 13th – Nov 2nd

Tickets are only $15 and the show is appropriate for high school-aged kids and up.

Find out more information at neofuturists.org

Music by ThinkFishTank: https://thinkfishtank.bandcamp.com/ & https://soundcloud.com/thinkfishtank

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Balderdash Academy Merchandise: https://teespring.com/stores/balderdashacademy

https://www.balderdashacademy.com/

Disclaimer: The following podcast was recorded on 16 July 2020 during the Coronavirus Pandemic. The performers and guests used whatever equipment they had on hand during the lockdown. Audio qualities may vary between performers.

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Balderdash Academy - Ep 14 After Hours Bonus: Sex With Me with John McCarthy
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12/21/20 • 11 min

What better way to cap off our time with John McCarthy than by explaining to him how Sex is like a Muddler, a cat, and a bicycle pump. Yikes. Lots of great pointers all in the bonus of episode 14, on Balderdash Academy.

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The Modern Gentleman: The Guide to the Best Food, Drinks, and Accessories : https://amzn.to/3o2makvWhiskey Rebels: The Dreamers, Visionaries & Badasses Who Are Revolutionizing American Whiskey (Preorder): https://amzn.to/3gKMnlk

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Music by ThinkFishTank: https://thinkfishtank.bandcamp.com/ & https://soundcloud.com/thinkfishtank

Support Balderdash Academy: https://anchor.fm/balderdashacademy/support

Balderdash Academy Merchandise: https://teespring.com/stores/balderdashacademy

https://www.balderdashacademy.com/

Disclaimer: The following podcast was recorded during the Coronavirus Pandemic. The performers and guests used whatever equipment they had on hand during the lockdown. Audio qualities may vary between performers.

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Bob sits down and talks to Kerry Anderson and Catherine Buxton about their new show in this year's PortFringe22, Windows95 Relaunch. We talk about the operating system, and its influence, and play a little Technically Correct.

You can also play a game along at home by spotting every time Bob's exhaustion affects his speech patterns. For every time Bob misspeaks, rambles, uses the wrong word, and the like, give yourself 1000 points. At the end of the podcast, tally up the total and post your number. The highest score wins bragging rights and forces Bob to go to bed early. It's super fun!

See Windows95 Relaunch along with our Aphrodite Prime and the Invaders From Venus 12! and It's Complicated: The Musical June, 14, 16, and 18. 1 ticket for all three shows!

6/14 9 PM Goodfire Brewing Co. ., 219 Anderson St., Suite 6, Portland, ME 04101
6/16 7 PM Portfiber , 50 Cove St, Portland, ME 04101
6/18 4:30 PM Goodfire Brewing Co., 219 Anderson St., Suite 6, Portland, ME 04101 Tickets at http://portfringe.com/pf22boxoffice/ Select the

Pick up your tickets today.

Advance Ticket Pricing

$15.00 – Base Ticket Price. Get your butt in a guaranteed seat, support PortFringe artists, see a great show!
$30.00 – I <3 Fringe Price. Do you 💗 Fringe? Show your love the old-fashioned way – with money! This is the same as a base ticket, but the artists involved get a little extra for the hard work they’ve poured into their show.
Too rich for your blood? That’s fine – stick with Base Price Advance Ticket... or take your chances with a Rush Pass at the door (Click here for more information about the Rush Ticketing process)!

Rush Pass Pricing & Packages

Single Show Pass – Sliding Scale Pricing. One single-use pass good for any PF22 show. Suggested range of $9-$15 per single pass.
$75.00 – Frugal Fringer Pass. A punch card good for one person to attend one performance of each of the PF22 Short-Format events plus HEDY!. Late-night shows NOT included.
$180.00 – Fringe Fiend Pass. Avoid the rush! an all-access pass with a reserved seat to see all PF22 shows, Late Night Shows included (seats will be held until 5 minutes before showtime).

Presented by PortFringe - Maine's Fringe Festival #PORTFRINGE #PORTFRINGE2022 #EASTBAYSIDE

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There's a call at the Blue Spotted Fraghole and it's all hands for the BCPD, if dispatch can get them all to go.

What do you get when you mix a serialized sketch improv with the effects from an old-time radio show? You get Balderdash Academy's Teacher's Lounge. What was once a bonus podcast has gotten too big for the platform and sprung off into its own series. Listen to the rest of Episode 12, now playing on your favorite podcast service.

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Balderdash Academy - A Message from our Headmaster
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02/16/21 • 3 min

Here's a special message from our co-founder, Headmaster Bob LeBlanc. We'll be back in the spring. In the meantime check out our Teacher's Lounge podcast!

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Your favorite clueless DJ from Balder 97.5 is back. Join Flip Axeman as he interviews former porn star-turned rock hero, Red Stallion.

Balderdash Academy's Teacher's Lounge is available on your favorite podcast service.

https://www.balderdashacademy.com/teacherslounge

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Balderdash Academy: Teacher’s Lounge was produced and edited by Bob LeBlanc. Theme Music by ThinkFishTank. Performed and written by Nate Greene, Randy Hunt, Bob LeBlanc, and Molly McGill.

Copyright 2021 Balderdash Academy. All rights reserved.

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Balderdash Academy - Teacher's Lounge Episode 23 Sneak Peek: Dad's Will
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07/07/21 • 7 min

Dad left an unusual request in his will in this special Teacher's Lounge behind-the-scenes video.

What do you get when you mix a serialized sketch improv with the effects from an old-time radio show? You get Balderdash Academy's Teacher's Lounge. What was once a bonus podcast has gotten too big for the platform and sprung off into its own series. Listen to the rest of Episode 23, now playing on your favorite podcast service.

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Balderdash Academy - Hey Party People! Sketch Comedy Special
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05/25/22 • 56 min

CarlaRose, Molly, and Bob have been busy helping to start a new sketch comedy group in Portland, Maine. We've received special permission to present a part of the show here for you. You can check out the full video here.

Hey Party People! No longer is this just a phrase drunk uncles use to greet their vaping teenage nephews, but a full-fledged comedy experience! This new sketch comedy show from the minds of Portland's fifth most talented group of writers and performers promises to be a Project-X style rager. So strap on your party hats and get those little noisemaker things you blow into and they shoot out at the end and go BZOOO (you know what I'm talking about) because this comedy show is gonna be a SHINDIG!

Featuring: Greg Baker, CarlaRose Dubois, Gwenyth Fraser, John Heffernan, Bob LeBlanc, Molly McGill, Pat Neuguth and Tanya Schultz.

Presented here with permission.

BIOS!

Greg Baker is a writer, stand-up, filmmaker and a very nice person. He began his career at the University of Colorado Boulder writing for the premiere on-campus sketch comedy team Secret Recipe. After moving to Los Angeles, he worked on dozens of short films, music videos, feature films and sitcoms in production, art, casting and as a writer. He frequently performed stand-up comedy around Hollywood and occasionally wrote sketch comedy with The Upright Citizens Brigade and iO Theater West. Currently, Greg runs and manages his writing workshop group and writing collective The Los Angeles Writing Group and recently created the Maine based sketch comedy group Hey Party People. He enjoys going to the movies, playing beer league softball and baking cookies.

twitter: @gregthebaker

Tanya Schultz is a comedy/sci-fi nerd who writes half hour animated comedies for adults from an egalitarian perspective. She utilizes parody and satire to dissect contemporary culture/politics and is influenced by shows like South Park, Futurama, Bojack Horseman and seasons 1-8 of The Simpsons. Tanya studied improv and sketch comedy with the Second City in Toronto.

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How many episodes does Balderdash Academy have?

Balderdash Academy currently has 112 episodes available.

What topics does Balderdash Academy cover?

The podcast is about Podcasts and Comedy.

What is the most popular episode on Balderdash Academy?

The episode title 'Episode 204: Ben Rameaka, Actor & Improviser' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Balderdash Academy?

The average episode length on Balderdash Academy is 44 minutes.

How often are episodes of Balderdash Academy released?

Episodes of Balderdash Academy are typically released every 6 days, 23 hours.

When was the first episode of Balderdash Academy?

The first episode of Balderdash Academy was released on Apr 30, 2020.

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