Chompin’ with Sophie and Jess

Our guest today is anything but IN-COG-NITO, it's the wonderful Sam Di! We talk to Sam about Oxford Mississippi, College Towns, Rugrats, Premium Blend, The Daily Show, Three’s Company, Les Mis, Star Wars, Bruce Springsteen, Holes, Newsies, Community, The Materialists, Recess, What Lies Beneath, Adam Driver, The Drama, JGL, As I Lay Dying and the layers of Dogma. Follow Sam @samldi, go see him perform at UCB 5/20 and 5/26 with Asian Improv Near Me, and remember there is no pleasure, no rapture, no exquisite sin greater...than central air.

In honor of today's guest we'll pronounce the show Champin', b/c we're chatting with Chicago's own, the delightful Chris Wistaske. We talk to Chis about growing up in St. Charles, Animal House, Revenge of the Nerds, Porky’s, Caddyshack, Blues Brothers, SNL, Blockbuster, Jethro Tull, Alf, Bernie Brillstein, Egon, Second City, Robin Williams, The Power of Now, Book of Mormon, The Sopranos, The Big Lebowski, Phish, Hook, I am, Road to Perdition, John Hughes, Air Bud, My Girl, High Fidelity, The Last Dance, and the foundational importance of The Simpsons. Follow Chris @witow, go see him perform around LA, watch him in The Bear & Chicago Party Aunt, and remember, what really matters is what you like, not what you are like... Books, records, films - these things matter.

Our guest today is always doing that thing she does and we’re all better for it, it’s the wonderful Vanessa Gonzalez. We talk to Vanessa about: Laredo TX, Nick at Night, HBO After Dark, Margaret Cho, John Leguizamo, Sleepless in Seattle, Celebrity Trials, BSB, Leo, Cristela Alonzo, Steve Zahn,  Seed of the Soul, Hairspray, Breaking Bad, Weeds, Chucky, Mike White, Disney Land, Scream, Caviar, Tony Danza, Spice Girls and the joy of Lushious Massacr. Follow Vanessa @vanessagcomedy, go see her THIS WEEK at Mermaid Comedy Hour (5/4 -Hollywood Improv Lab), Roz and Friends (5/5 - The Troubadour), Vanessa & Daniel (5/5 - The Crow) and The Peacock Show (5/6 - Club Teegee), and as always don't do it little girl, don't do it!

As the saying goes, the three most wonderful things in this world are patience, time, and today's guest Lily Du. We talk to Lily about Montreal, Rockville Maryland, TV Guides, Pilots, Bradley Cooper, The Godfather, Otakon, Sailor Moon, Secret History, Sweet Charity, Fleabag, Freaks and Geeks, This Way Up, A Brighter Summer Day, Ali: Fear Eats the Soul, Before Midnight, Vortex, Ed Yang, Todd Haynes, The Barbie Dream House, Jia Zhangke, The Chippettes, Zelda Fitzgerald, Wonderfully, and just how good The Up Series is. Follow Lily @lily_d, go see her perform, watch Dirty Laundry on Dropout, and grow up would ya. 

Our guest this week's banner will never fall, it's the one and only Keiley Backstrom. We talk to Keiley about Sammamish Washington, Goats, Buried Life, Desperate Housewives, Orange is the New Black, Swamp People, The Food Network, Beyonce, Sky High, Glee, Twilight, Amazing Race, Lindsay Lohan, Little Shop, Succession, Quiz Show, Ryan Gosling, Totally Spies, Keke Palmer, Elvira, The Swan, Jim Carrey and the passion of America’s Best Dance Crew. Follow Keiley @smackstrom, go see her perform around LA, and GET THAT WIG!

Our guest this week is the Big Bada Boom himself, we're Chompin' with the one and only Geoff Ross. We talk to Geoff about Rochester Minnesota, Must See TV, Caroline in the City, Classical Music, Superman, Ghost Busters, Thundercats, Transformers, Family Matters, Hoppers, 1984, Music Man, Severance, LOTR, There’s Something About Mary, Keith David, Gargoyles, Dr. Death, Conan, Wall-E, Virtual Insanity, Fargo, Ewoks, Christina Ricci, and the awe of The Fifth Element. Follow Geoff @geoffisfamous, watch him on Dropout, see him live, and be the Michael Bay you want to see in the world. 
 
 

Our guest today has told good stories their entire life, and now you get hear some of them, by way of Toni Adeyemi. We talk to Toni about, Hinsdale, Basements, Hannah Montana, Snow Globes, She’s the Man, Raven, 19 Minutes, Legally Blonde the Musical, Bojack, Dance Moms, Fiction, Being Eddie, Zooey 101, Hard Tac, Family Guy, Tony Soprano, School of Rock, 27 Dresses, Fired Up, Perry the Platypus, Aladdin, and the cozy nature of Eight Crazy Nights. Follow Toni at toni_adeyemi, go see her at UCB, listen to her music, and be nice out there. 
 
 

This week on the old Pork Chop Express, we're Chompin' to whoever's listenin' out there with Captain Colin McGurk. We talk to Colin about growing up in Florence NJ, The Simpsons, Philly Sports, Saved By The Bell, Jeopardy, Must See TV, TGIF, Snick, Pearl Jam, Body Language, Mike & Carla, Big Trouble in Little China, James Dean, The Blues Brothers, Real Genius, William Goldman, Paint Your Wagon, Freaks and Geeks, The Birdcage, Raising Arizona, Bob Dylan, Bill Murray, Paul Newman, Karen Allen, Tim Curry, Hook, Cowboy Stuff, Reginald T. Dorsey, The Boss, Thomas Edison, Topanga, and the guiding light that is Captain Ron. Follow Colin @mcgurked, go see him perform at UCB with Bitchin', and If you get lost just pull in somewhere and ask directions. 

It's time to play the music, it's time to light the lights, it's time to Chomp with our frient Kari Assad! We talk to Kari about Arizona, Santa Rosa, Friends, Frazier, Raymond, Keeping the Faith, Ricky Martin, Gone in 60 Seconds, Toy Story, Wreck-It Ralph, Britney Spears' Memoir, Hamilton, How to Get to Heaven from Belfast, The Birdcage, Girls Trip , Nailed It!, Hocus Pocus, All Dogs Go to Heaven, The Lion King, Come on up to the house, Charles Schulz, Daniel Ratcliffe, and the friendship of The Muppets (2011). Follow Kari @assadkarirocks, go see her perform all over LA, and Please don’t worry so much.

Where today's guest leads we all follow because we our talking to the wonderful Bailey Benningfield. We talk to Bailey about Lakeland FLA, Disney, Busch Gardens, Giraffes, Hyenas, Full House, Totally Spies, Powerpuff Girls, Ashley Simpson, Red Bows, Benjamin Franklin, Honest Abe, Les Mis, Fleabag, Poor Things, Challengers, Zone of Interest, Princess Diaries, Traitors, Chimp Crazy, Cate Blanchett, Practical Magic, Bruce, Marcel the Shell, Dirty Work, Hoot, Cats, Attic Kids and the universal thread of Gilmore Girls. Follow Bailey @baileybenningfield, read her work, and find your red bow.