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“2-4-6-8 Who Do We Appreciate?” NOTE: Technical difficulties kept the regular recorder from working, so this is from the back-up on Doug’s phone. Corey Hasbin and Richard Dyer discuss several topics. Mostly asking the question “Who Cares?” Lots of murder talk. 80s and 90s television. Math math math! Roleplay! Hypnotism! The Cube series!

“Panfree Yacht” Dave the Part-Time Longshoreman joins Doug! Rick Flair! Porcupines! Loud audience members! Phone numbers! Cell phone pranks! Pokemon! Hot wing! Summer Slam! Quentin McLeod! Water Burger! Diabetic comas! Zombies! F*R*I*E*N*D*S! Dead horse! Ace of Base! Tarkus! Shasta McNasty! Then a man named Stanton Albertson joins the two of them. And don’t forget Craplehotch!

“Gassy Boy” Doug watches his language. Wolf sounds. Lillian Stone sounds. Uncomfortable standing. Rasta Methuselah! Maxwell Moments! Good good good. Tulsa, Oklahoma. WWFFWFO. Rock, Paper, Scissors, Shoe. McSoylent Green! Complacency vs. Complicitness! Patting ourselves on the back! Bird noises! Thumb tack chairs! James Deans throughout history! Square dance!

“A Lot Like a Bar Mitzvah” Another live episode from Monk’s Social Club in Springfield, MO! Boner coverings! Sitting on the porch, waiting to die! Doug is pregnant! Tartan tops! 501(c)3! Thumb tacks! Cursing! Secret Angel references! Fondling Roy! The Witch Train To Minnesota! Doug proposes to all the guests! Dovestep! IBS! Egypt people! Pooping Read more

“Paul Punyan” More power! Chet Armstrong! Energy drinks! Vaping! Q102.1 Springfield’s Rock Station! Pokemon GO! Baden! Paul Bunyan! Nudity! Herpes! Verne Troyer! Pee-Wee’s Playhouse! Dubsmash! Reservoir Tip! Pirates! So. Many. Tree. Puns! Hypnotism! Willibly Wob-Do Verne Troyer Warbily Parker! David the Gnome!

“Tubthumping” NOTE: Due to technical difficulties, this episode was recorded on Doug’s phone. Sound quality slightly less than normal, but you can still easily hear everything. Boston Strangler, Brandon Speakes and Dick Sargent appear. Heckling. The electric slide. Seating arrangements. Pedestrians. Back 2 Da Hood. Act outs. David Bowie and Queen. Larry Hagman. V.I.P. Renegade. Read more

“Bathroom Stenographer” Doug comes to you from the Q102 studios, joined by DJ Shadow and comedian Seth White. Seth and Shadow wrestle the podcast away from Doug, and Dave the Janitor shows up. They discuss clean urinals, National Lampoon’s Titanic, frozen and dead Cousin Eddie, the B-52’s, Iron Butterfly, Tyme Machines. Then Captain Hannah the Read more

“I Became Sexy For A Second, What The Hell” The first in a series of live podcast recordings, straight from Monk’s Social Club in Springfield, MO! Doug is joined by returning guests Pot Leaf Tony, Golbacca and new guest, comedian Mike Denny! Memory lane! Doug tries to remember a joke and deals with a loud Read more

“Mornings on The Bridge” Local Low Power FM station morning hosts join Doug in the studio for today’s crazy episode! So much Frank talk! Sexy dogs! It’s Tracy Mitchells and Bill McGillicuddy! Regular music! Dancing spaghetti! D.B. Cooper makes a return appearance! Must Love Dogs! Controlling weather! Wet wool! Past lives and who has them! Read more

“Moving to Spain” Comedian Carter Pfankuch and Huckleberry Ray (wrestler) join Doug in the studio. They start out with bad jokes! Intergalactic Wrestling! Kaiju Big Battel! Taking flip bumps! The premise of the show! The rain in Spain! Curses on houses! The show ends when the guests go to Spain! Uber drivers on speed!   Read more

“And I Thought Mic Cords Smelled Bad On The Outside” In this violently good episode, Doug is joined by Seth White (after he takes off his blindfold), explains the premise of the show, then Doug’s other guest, Bob, jumps in, torch talk happens. Then, Bob storms off in a huff and Doug and Seth talk Read more

“Homonyms” On the 150th episode of Obscure Reference, Doug Driesel Jr., your intrepid host, is joined by Johnson Franklin and Golblax von Blackleblack (from another galaxy). Sassy emperors! Elvis Palpatine! Facetiming with Doug’s niece! The Death Star II Hotel! Crunchy towels! Shrivelled penis talk! Rev. Sun Myung Moon! Doom Patrol! Coach! Cooper has to sit! Read more

“Narfle the Garthok” Doug Driesel Jr. and Tweedle and the Dee! Rocky Horror Picture Show! Adam Sandler albums! Have the guests listened to the show at all? As usual, NO! Human-sized chickens! Married people! Rupaul’s Drag Race! Branson! A-HA songs! Tweets from last night! Songs! Grey’s Anatomy!

“White Astronauts Can’t Jump” Childhood commercials. Back scratchers. The Simpsons. Scooby Dumb. Hong Kong Phooey. Casey Kasem. Facebook algorithm. Selling merchandise. Assassin sharks. Men at Work. Apollo 13. Rosie Perez. Hangovers. The origin of Golbacca. Okay Google failure. Right Right Right Right. Canada. Body temperatures. Sasquatch.

“Uncle Jesse Hair” Chekhov’s Gun. Tiny Toons. Laser discs. #HanShotFirst. Arrested Development. Z. Strongbad. Sandwiches. Andrew Garfield. The movie “Next.” Full House. Punky Brewster. Evil twins. The superpower of “memory.” Splatball. Queen Amidala. The need of glasses. Face/Off. Legal downloads. Trading Places. Mug collections. No creepy whispering at the Alamo Drafthouse. Samurai Jack. Family of Read more

“Green Bean News” Whippits. Introductions. James Earl Ray. The evening news. Green beans. 10 minute theme songs. Killing vampires. Cauliflower. Snapping bones. Albert Einstein. Many tailed cats. Explaining jokes. Post-it Notes. Writhing habits. Mexican Beans: GO! Crowns. Muscle Men. Tie breakers. Terminator 2: Secret of the Ooze. Disney’s Robin Hood. Is Doug a wolverine? Fondest Read more

In this special episode, Doug is still working on getting his new podcast studio setup (damn these delays!), so he put together a collection of sketches for a sketch comedy show! On Doug’s Patreon page ( patreon.com/dougdrieseljr ), two months ago, he did a sketch-a-day, and now he’s releasing it as part of an Obscure Read more

Obscure Reference Presents: Basket of Tapes Episode 2, “Power Tools and Things Being Taken Down” Doug’s life got hectic, and couldn’t get a podcast recording together for this week, so he’s releasing another Patreon EXCLUSIVE for free. This is the second episode (third, if you count the backdoor pilot) of Basket of Tapes, where Jake Read more

Episode One-Hundred and Forty-Five – Rock, Paper, Tinder In this episode, Doug has invited Crisco to his secluded island to be hunted for sport. The Fantasy Island remake, vinegar and baking soda volcanos, rock monsters, burger toppings, Sonic’s speaker systems, rocking the dinosaurs, whether you should say “shoot,” what’s going on over at the Sandals Read more

Episode One-Hundred and Forty-Four – The Burrito Came Back In this episode, Doug is joined by Doug Briesel Jr. and Doug Driesel Poonior. Together, they discuss bathroom wizards, Pile of Merchandise, what Pamela Anderson Said, Anderson Cooper, Port-O-Potties, inside jokes for inside people, webcrawler, Chris Gaines, Jimmy Olsen, Norman Fell’s gypsy curse, obscure early nineties Read more