The Town Show

The bad boy of The Town Show, Kevin Lee is back. And in true rebellious fashion he doesn’t say one thing that warrants a disclaimer. He does, however, create a new festival for our town called The All Night, which is a combo of The Purge and the solstice. He also builds a dinner theatre for the town called Act Chew The Story Zoo, which boasts an international buffet and a play that is very anti tourist called Rift Raft. He also tal...

Yeehaw it’s time for another round up. Mark and Ryan read your letters and play a townie’s voice note. The town gets an improv group, a toy store, a pirate parade that is a weird form of extortion, and the 1986 film F/X plays a pivotal role in this episode. 

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Tom Hill of Hip.Bang Comedy joins Mark and Ryan to talk about the 3 foot rock he had in his yard growing up in Edmonton. Then he gets really spicy about his hometown of Regina and tells us everything wrong with it. He build a Squash Club where the elite of our town make deals, he helps our town break a Guinness World Record, and he introduces a new restaurant called the Hands Only. 

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Mark and Ryan host a rare late night session and invite their producer, Chris Kelly on as guest! He talks about growing up in Winnipeg and why his home province of New Brunswick needs a glow up. He also creates the town’s first flag … although a new one might need to be made. Squint Lake gets a new piece of lore and a whole lot of new shows are made for the local radio station, including a show called Motorhead Baking. 

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Improviser Sarah Ferguson stops by the show to talk about growing up in Airdrie, Albert and shares with us the most shocking rumour about what it means to leave your garage door open a little bit in her town. She creates our town’s first karaoke bar, Singing in the Main. She is also a former horse girl and so she builds our town a stable. 

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Welcome to The Outskirts, a new mini-series that looks at the outer reaches of our town. It’s a little darker, a little weirder, a place where freaks and lost storylines roam. Take a listen as Mark and Ryan introduce you to the residents of the Laughing Ghost Hotel and Gas Station. 

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Comedian Brad MacNeil stops by the show to talk about moving from town to town as a military kid. He teaches Mark about Gordon Korman. Brad also builds the town’s first video store: Kideo Video. Cool, right? We also expose an illegal slug ring that is having devastating effects on the arcades in town. 

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Our first ever guest, Pete Oldring (CBC’s This Is That), is back! He talks about his chickens and an exotic pet hospital in Santa Monica. He also revisits the fountain he built in Ep 1. We actually witness a “town perm” ceremony. And Peter answers one of your letters as legendary town advice columnist Barnaby Advises. 

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Taz Van Rassel is back! Our first returning guest. Mark and Ryan’s improvising partner from The Sunday Service, comes back on the show to update some storylines, specifically that of Bill Harris - a town resident who was caught stealing from local bakery Yeast Meets West. We also learn some troubling things about Party Island. Taz also inadvertently starts an Escape Room league in our town … which means our town has multiple escape...

It’s another round up and we got some excellent new additions from Townies. In this episode we: Build a hospital that has some serious prime time drama, visit The First Cut Is The Cheapest Hair Salon, go deep inside the Town’s pyrite mine, and have a meal at Mayor McDaddy’s restaurant. 

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Edmonton’s very own Syd Campbell comes on to tell us about their curiously named high school and their hometown bar The Black Dog. They name our town’s first street, build a bowling alley/office supply store, and build a piece of lore that involves the mayor and his wife that the town will NEVER get over. 

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Comedian, director and video game streamer Peter Carlone (aka Solid Content) comes by to build a viaduct right the through the center of our town, covering up a beloved ravine. He builds a Gregg’s pasty and sandwich shop, and a museum of unnecessary objects. He also tells an incredible story about being in a production of The Lion, the Witch, and The Wardrobe. 

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Actress and comedian, Ese Atawo (FX’s Legion) talks about being super athletic, growing up in Nigeria and Toronto and her king-like laugh. For the town she builds a ski-hill and pitches an amusement park. Plus, a poorly crafted text has everyone in town thinking they’ve won a million dollars and gets them all talking about the 1995 film Major Payne. 

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Mark and Ryan host another mini-sode where they issue corrections, establish more rules for the town, and even read a listener suggestion for the town. If you want to get to know Mark better, this is the episode for you because Mark talk A LOT about growing up in New Mexico including the time he “auditioned” for a youth soccer league. They also build something called a Tot Lot for our town. 

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Co-host of Stop Podcasting Yourself, Dave Shumka joins Mark and Ryan and builds a 1950s style diner for our town with a duck theme. He also introduces a Can-Con-esque system for music, Mark plays a new kind of a regional Santa Claus and Ryan is the star in a new show - Dougie Howser, M.P. (Member of Parliament)

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Comedian and causal raver, Kevin Vidal stops by the show to start a rave scene in our town. He also quite accidentally builds an entire industrial park, and a newspaper printing press. And Mark gets fixated on the idea that there should be a door to door knife sharpener by the name of Mr Whetstone. 

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Kelli Ogmundson (Fox’s Animal Control) joins Mark and Ryan to build not one but two theatres for our town. Both of them decide to stage Tron: The Musical. Kelli also talks about the eerie May Day celebrations in her home town and she introduces a new spring festival for our town. 

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Our town now has a map! Created by Townie D’Leen, Mark and Ryan pour over all of the details in the map and do some scenes. They also get on their horses for the round-up and read some emails which inspire a secret society barber shop, and a very bizarre conspiracy around french horns in the town. 

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Actor and comedian, Cam MacLeod joins the show to talk about being a “scrubber” growing up in Maple Ridge, British Columbia. He builds two arcades for our town with a hilarious rivalry. He gives the town a pants store where the slogan is: “Where you always know where the legs do meet”. A town clock gets built by local artist/grifter Jessna. Plus, we meet the Bleepsy, The Janitor Clown.

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