Our guests are quarter-zipped up, looking fly as hell, and are ready for whatever InTALLerable has in store (hint, a lot). Both Denver open-mic comics whom Grant loves so much that he provided their quarter-zips & sat in with these fine gentlemen for the EATIN’. Join me in welcoming two dudes who we had almost too much fun hanging & eating smoked chicken wings with, it’s dapper & debonair, spruced up & suave, personable & pulchritudinous, folks click those digital fingers for: Deandre Simmons & Merci!

Deandre has recently found a love for reading, so I thought he’d appreciate some new adjectives to use on the ladies (I gotchu, bro). Let’s be real. Deandre & Merci are here for laughs, fun, and our usual ill-fated reflections of the world around us, yes. But reeeaaally.. They're here at Top Shelf Studios to see if our smoked wings pass the ‘Cultured’ test.

From ice skating & other white activities, potential plans to picket (if necessary) to reclaim hosting an open-mic for black history month, a new color that’s name is superseded in stupidity only by the fact that you can’t actually see the color, to our meager attempts at educating young Deandre on American pop-culture references that he’s too young to know or understand.

“19?!? Goddamn!” -Deandre after asking what year Sean & Grant were born

Follow them on Instagram to see what fun they’ve got going on next!

@Deandre.Simmons03 @MerciWithAn_i

EATIN’ on Patreon. If you believe in us (Sean & Friends) please consider joining (only $2/month) to help us continue to make leaps in our capacity (equipment & food-wise) to bring you great guests & even better wings.

Patreon.com/InTALLerable

FO & BW

0:00 — Guest Introductions

1:15 — Grant’s Only Black Friends

2:30 — Wintertime White Activities

4:00 — Guest Co-Hosting (Crazy Mountain Mic)

4:30 — Picketing to Reclaim the Mic

6:00 — Skits & Third Amigo, Carlos

7:30 — Oil as a Solution

8:00 — Venezuela News & NYC Jail

9:00 — Merci studied PoliSci & Covid-Era College

10:00 — HS in Covid

10:30 — Changing Mascots

12:30 — Native Americans Explaining to (mostly) White Kids

13:00 — Rocket League at School

14:00 — Pulled into the Magic of Reading

16:00 — Algorithms & the Rage-Machine

19:00 — Olo, a new color (kinda, maybe?)

20:00 — Vatican-type Free Speech Zone

20:30 — Merci Color Joke

21:30 — Advanced Chinese Color

22:00 — Sean Connery’s Podcast

22:45 — Deandre “Clean” Joke

23:15 — Need to Retire this Joke

24:00 — Writing new Jokes & the “process”

26:00 — The War of Art (book)

27:30 — Just Have Fun

30:00 — Show for HOA & meaning of comedy

31:00 — Camera’s Racist (apparently)

32:00 — What is the best Race?

33:00 — Esports Generation

35:00 — Mom Hates ‘Moist’

35:45 — EATIN’

36:15 — Signature Station I.D.

36:30 — Wing Review & After-Hours

37:15 — Surprised by how Cultured Sean is

38:30 — One of the “Good Ones”

39:30 — Too Young to Know

41:00 — Educating Deandre on American Pop-Culture References

42:45 — Deandre has Homework

44:00 — Grant’s “Deep” Question

45:45 — Dad’s Lesson: Taking Things as a Joke

48:00 — Pumped for Life

48:30 — Ice Skating w/ a Lady

50:30 — Deandre is a Closeted White

51:30 — Grant’s Abba Story, a Lesson in Life

52:15 — “What are you scared of learning something?”

53:45 — Merci Travel Plans

54:30 — Youngest guy here owns a house

56:00 — Insurance is a scam

57:00 — Spice Analysis

1:00:00 — Paying the bills, grinding comedy

1:00:30 — Door Guy

1:02:30 — Free Business Idea for Deandre

1:04:30 — Not supposed to wear underwear with sweatpants

1:05:30 — Dad got swag

1:07:00 — Advice on Women from Dad

1:08:00 — Black Trump

1:10:30 — Impression Origins

1:12:00 — Kamala Attempt

1:13:00 — Run for Office

1:14:00 — “I could have a beer with him!”

1:15:00 — Save the country, Deandre

1:16:00 — ‘Heighting’

1:18:00 — Plugs

1:19:00 — FO & BW

Our guests are two childhood friends who grew up together in South Carolina. Jesse Green makes his Top Shelf debut, promising to keep his clothes on the entire time, and returning fan-favorite, Jacob Humphries, who is always eager to smash some smoked chicken wings & turn up the riff to InTALLerable levels.

We learn about the origin of Jesse’s old-timey name, and hear all about working in a local grocery store. If you’re someone who disrespects check-out-boys, just remember that Jesse is the crucial conduit between hard-working families & the ever-present threat of their child starving. We refuse the right to refuse service to anyone, especially people who are rude to service workers. Jacob tells us about performing stand-up in a unique, perhaps terrifying, venue: a gun range combo whiskey tasting room. Luckily we had our guests check any weapons at the door. Safety (& jokes) first.

Southern Grandma is always well-seasoned, RED40 creates stronger kids, chicken parm is meant to be prepared on a pellet smoker, deep fear of the “blue water people”; the only truth you’ll find here is that the Dixon Ticonderoga is the greatest pencil in human history.

The rest is jokes, satire, or sarcasm.

YUGE shoutout to Brody, our newest Patreon supporter! Apparently, Brody isn’t concerned with the follies of men, because he has God on his side, so he skipped the small ball stuff & joined the ‘Manifest Destiny’ Tier for $20. What a king, y’all. He’s also ripped as shit, full natty.

Supporters like Brody make our show possible & keep us 100% ad-free.

If you (Yes, YOU!) want to get in on the fun while supporting our dreams & helping to put smoked meats into the mouths of new hilarious guests, then go join our growing ‘Heights’ at: Patreon.com/InTALLerable — EATIN’ w/ guest & lots more bonus content!

FO & BW

0:00 — Guest Introductions

1:00 — Not a fan of ‘Holes’ & Gonna Keep His Clothes on

2:30 — ‘Ole Timey Name

4:30 — High School Friends on the Pod

6:00 — Negative Internet Comments

8:00 — Jesse & Jacob’s Friendship Origin Story

9:30 — Afraid of the Blue Water People

11:30 — WeDontWork

12:30 — Working at a Grocery Store

14:30 — If you can tolerate people

19:30 — What’s actually cool & killing bad guys

21:45 — “Quiet Piggie”

22:30 — Jacob’s Alter-Ego

24:00 — What Jesse does for Fun

25:00 — Judge says no to RFK Food Dye Ban

26:00 — RED40 makes kids stronger

27:30 — Tribe that owns the Hard Rock Casino

28:30 — Camera cut out, we got too deep

30:30 — Rich by Association & Mormon Orange Juice

32:00 — Incompetence or Resiliency?

33:00 — “The Lobby is that Way”

34:00 — Dixon Ticonderoga

36:30 — Flawed logic game of Trumpies

38:00 — You should be happy about Wealth Consolidation

39:00 — Comedy in a Gun Room

41:00 — Almost BDSM Comedy

43:00 — What is your Guess?

43:30 — How old do you think Grant is?

45:00 — ‘Situations’

48:00 — Use it or not, You’re paying for it

49:00 — Sri Lankan

50:00 — Casino Stories

53:00 — Baccarat

54:30 — Grant lost it all on Gamestop

55:30 — Patreon Shoutout: Brody!

56:30 — EATIN’

57:00 — After-Hours & Wing Review

58:45 — Solving Crimes in the South

59:45 — Living by a Data Center

1:02:00 — Works at a Food Lion, Resides in the Ocean

1:03:00 — Data Center Treat me & my Family ‘Real-Good’

1:05:00 — Smoked Chicken Parm

1:07:00 — ‘Super-Sure’ Advertisement

1:08:45 — Government Program & Tax Dollars

1:10:00 — Rural Hospital Fraud

1:11:30 — Best Gas Stations are Indian Owned

1:14:00 — JT Made the McDonalds Song

1:14:30 — Kanye’s Disney Score

1:15:30 — Dave Blunts & Getting Wheeled onto a Stage

1:17:00 — Grimace Baby Hippo

1:18:00 — GHB at the Gym

1:20:30 — ‘Heighting’

1:22:30 — Plugs

1:25:15 — FO & BW

My guest is Colorado Springs based stand-up comic, Russell Keller! You can follow him on Instagram @RussellPKeller or find out where you can see him perform next on his website: https://www.russellkellercomedy.com

Russell produces & hosts lots of amazing shows around the Springs, including: ‘Pikes Punks’ a monthly comedy show & the ‘Don’t Tell’ comedy shows in Colorado Springs. His journey to our humble garage here at Top Shelf was a long one, but I hope our signature ‘smoked-wing-hospitality’ made up for the time lost with his beautiful family.

That’s time he won’t get back, so you better love this episode.

We discussed what it’s like being a ‘Girl-Dad’, how Russell’s lack of self respect & deep fear of confrontation resulted in 6 hours of driving just to NOT perform at an open mic in Fort Collins, and our shared disdain for mega-church, strum-heavy, stomp-along music. Be honest with yourself, folks, we need a drastic revamp. A return to a more angelic approach: Choir in the back, no fanfare, just sweet hymnal song & organ music. PTL

Hear about how Russell got reported to the ministry HR for allegedly committing Heresy at their daily group Bible study, declining from teaching other Door Staff “manners” because it was his only differentiating skillset among the drug-addled degenerates (I assume). Are you a dude who needs to learn how a pad works? This is the ep for you.

Thankful to Russell for his time & grateful we got this hang together.

EATIN’ w/ Russell for our supporters (100% UNCUT) — Patreon.com/InTALLerable

FO & BW

0:00 — Guest Introduction

1:00 — Colorado Springs Comic

2:00 — Being a Dad

3:00 — Big Dogs Die Young (Sean)

4:00 — Wanting a Family

5:00 — Girl Dad & Having Little Kids

6:30 — Female Influence

8:00 — Looking at the mm

9:30 — Nerd Homework

10:00 — North of Castle Rock is Denver

11:00 — Lack of Self Respect

12:30 — Afraid of Confrontation

12:30 — Will Never “Ask”

14:00 — Overall Christian Guilt

15:00 — Mega-Church needs better Music

17:00 — “These preachers, man.”

18:00 — It’s a Tax write-off

19:00 — God’s lying to one of us!

20:00 — No Stories of Hell

21:00 — Discovering his Ethnic Judaism

22:45 — Hoping to get something cool..

23:15 — Late-in-life Circ Squad

24:00 — Botched

25:00 — Females are a little different

26:30 — Sew it up

28:00 — How do you think a pad works?

30:00 — Ultimate Frisbee

31:30 — EATIN’

32:00 — After-Hours & Wing Review

33:00 — Springs comics to have on

34:00 — Working at a Ministry

35:00 — You can Work at a Comedy Club?

36:00 — Juxtaposition & breaking the “Template”

37:00 — In Trouble for Heresy at the Christian Ministry

39:00 — Profit using God to Summon Bears onto children

40:00 — Always trying to Riff

42:00 — New car for commute.. Oh wait.

43:00 — Hitting a family with his car

45:00 — Journey to Door-Guy

46:00 — Russell seeing his first club comedy show

47:00 — Story of becoming Mike Hammock’s bottom (opener)

48:30 — Make dreams come true Rory

50:00 — Inspiration to try new things

51:00 — Hannah Jones Buried Russell

52:00 — What would Rory Scoval do?

53:00 — Hanging upside down on Monkey Bars

55:00 — Pushing toward ‘No’

57:00 — Four shows in Four Nights (all bad)

58:00 — Stop humbling me, Lord.

59:00 — Insurance would ‘Total’ Sean

1:00:00 — Quitting Alcohol to try to be a better person

1:01:30 — Russell’s ‘Heart Pills’

1:02:30 — Late night eating hacks

1:03:30 — Serious Question Time

1:04:30 — Honest Communication

1:05:00 — Kindest thing is Honesty

1:06:00 — Learning from his Parents

1:07:30 — Tell your Wife She’s Annoying, Apologize to your Kids

1:08:30 — ‘Heighting’

1:10:00 — Plugs for Russell & Thanks

1:11:30 — FO & BW