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Season 23 Ep 14: Workaholism, Valentines Day, The Two New Yorks

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 14:51:03 -0500

Show: #549
Length: 30:04
Format: mp3

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The Valentines Day is coming
I won't forget, baby
Anniversary, yes. This, no.
Cards with hearts, what?
You do work, work but I do the rest
My workaholism smells like vodka
While I watch reality shows
Threatening them to go to bed
If I could work at VH1
You call that brainstorming
The art of casting them?
You are so flawed
But I love you
Working the ASPCA
You lured a stray dog into your car?
Ruining fast food forever
The franchise agreement
The two New Yorks
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Season 23 Ep 14: Croncast Sampler

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 14:47:47 -0500

Show: #549-Sampler
Length: 4:02
Format: mp3

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Thank you for letting us entertain you!

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:38:57 -0400

Most of you knew that we were putting the brakes on this beast, but for those of you that didn't or are catching up . . . we hit our 500th episode and are putting Croncast to bed.

We've had a great time since November of 2004 putting out shows. The rewards from doing this show are too numerous to list but the few that stand out are meeting so many great listeners and fellow podcasters through the years. You guys have shared many insights with us and let us know that our experiences aren't so dissimilar from your own.

The best part is that we aren't done creating shows!

Starting on June 27th, 2008 we will still be cranking them out 3 times a week at Life in the Can, but with a special twist. We'll also be producing a weekly episode that is the best of all three shows from that week, with a special twist.

Yep, I wrote that twice.

The weekly episode will use the previous three episodes like they were brainstorming sessions and we'll pick the best bits and re-record them. We want to push ourselves in another direction and utilize the same skills that I have used for years producing audio for clients. It's time to try something new with our own show.

For the next few months you'll be able to get the new shows through the regular Croncast RSS feeds so that you won't have to resubscribe to the new show right away, though, I'd recommend it. You'll be able to decide which of the shows you'd like to receive.

One last thing, our entire Croncast archive will remain online for the foreseeable future so that anyone can enjoy the shows.

We hope that you'll join us over at Life in the Can in a couple weeks and get your laughing fix with Betsy and Mr. B.

Thanks to you for making this so much fun!

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Season 19 Ep 11: Walzer A., Buffalo Days, The Coffee Drinker

Fri, 01 Feb 2008 10:51:22 -0500

Croncast - 2008-02-01.mp3
Show: #457
Length: 26:13
Size: 18.1mb
Format: mp3

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The Resale Queen Podcast is now here!
Every Saturday by 9 a.m. CST

About the Wednesday show
We were recording and the phone was ringing off the hook
Call from Walzer A
So this is Wednesday's show
Yeah, it was your sister calling
Brother-in-law lost his job
And the three mother hens showed up at his house
I did not envy him at all
It is getting more and more crowded in this boat
Your mom told you that you need to take care of this
I couldn't think of a more depressing situation
I wouldn't have come home
I would have went out at 8 am and got a beer
Where? This isn't Milwaukee
I would have waited that shit out
You are telling me that I am a born leader
I was telling myself that I glad you all weren't here
This is how it goes down in my dysfunctional family
My entire life I have had to be the man
What?
You shoveled in the middle in a snow storm
You can't even tell you shoveled
Doing it repeatedly doesn't make sense
At 4:30 am our neighbor fired up his snow blower
Ridiculous
Some men wake up with motivation, Kris
What would you do if it were a chainsaw?
Then he started cutting down trees
Well, hell he was motivated
Oh, baby
I tossed pup pup in a snowbank
What for?
To send to the TV station
Are you serious?
Well, I did send it
The auto response email was "Thanks for sending to KABC 7 Los Angeles"
Your snowy dog will be on in LA
You dogs suck
Jorge would be restricted to humane society
Ass end up in a garbage can
That is what we should have called the Resale Queen show
Yesterday, I almost slipped and died
Good things that dumpsters are heavy
How come they don't shovel by them?
I am going to open Dumpster Land
A theme park for you and your people
The dangers that you face everyday
It can't be packing peanuts
There is no Calvin pissing on nothing
What stickers would the truck have?
Did the new trucks ever roll out to La Moille?
I though i shouldn't ask because it would be sad
There was a time that they did come out
No one can tie a knot in this town
Ending up in the county jail
Swanson's baby
Onions in the peas
They came to town for Buffalo Days
The quaint small town festivals in movies, lies
There's no tax base to support that
Basketball game in a gravel pit
I grew up across from a buffalo pasture
Did you ride buffalo instead of ponies?
Did they chain them to a claw foot tub to slow them down?
From kindergarten to graduation at 14
Let me run the tilt-a-whirl
I would be right there
Ending up with a corn cob in his bibs
Might be dangerous but in a small town that's fun
Being pulled on sled behind cars
Watching the console in a lawn chair
I have sat in the back of a Chevy and bounced across fields
We didn't do donuts in a Wal Mart parking lot
It was a small town
Ok, K-Mart
That would have been a 30 mile commute
I know you rode in the back of a pickup truck on the way to a K-Mart
Yes, I did
CB radios in those days, figuring out who the coffee drinker was
Your mom would have a handle

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You drove 100 miles in a snow storm, first stop? Goodwill.

Sat, 15 Dec 2007 15:39:39 -0500

Where else would be stop?

Betsy and I drove like crazy in a snow storm to get to Jeanie's husband, Evan's, graduation party in Bloomington, IL. We had about 10 minutes to kill and this is how we did it. Betsy style.

My physical response once in the store was to start texting and taking photos so I could avoid having to hold things she would pick up.

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Betsy and her husband Kris Dec 03, 2007

Mon, 03 Dec 2007 09:32:34 -0500

Croncast - 2007-12-03.mp3
Show: #441
Length: 33:28
Size: 23.0mb
Format: mp3

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Note: Something was off with the sound level on Betsy's mic in today's show and I didn't catch it until it was too late. Content wise, well, they all can't be winners.
Welcome to December
Ron Paul is taking Naperville by storm
If Rick was here this wouldn't be happening
Tell me why Iowa gets to pick the best candidate?
I dunno
I don't have a better answer
That is what I am talking about
It's needed for the parties to have a race and for the media to have a news cycle
Live blogging from a combine in the field
I like to see how far away I can find something to listen to
I didn't chase it on the quad
The law of the land says you gotta sit in the tree
It took 10 men and new named jr. to kill a deer
Are we gay or gangster tonight?
Oh, baby
Iowa matters to the candidates and the media
It's all bunk
Did you now just hear me?
They got the world's largest truck stop
You totally agree with me
My path has been illuminated Mr. B
My inner gyroscope has stopped spinning
Don't fall over
I'll talk more about our perfectly good babysitter
You need to bring it
She looks at me and says are you the comedian?
Are you the model?
I'm paying to learn how to be a comedian
If I were a doctor I would me doing bush medicine
Is there a big expectation to be funny?
There is always a standing expectation that you'll be funny
Brunch, play date, dinner or church I have to be funny
You're like a young Don Rickles
I saw him again, the Starbucks stalker guy
At church I had to follow two cases of breast cancer but I still slayed them
You're mom comes home
"Can you believe I had to go to three stores to get a dog sweater?"
Uh, no
The fact that you didn't have to go to 80 blows my mind
She dressed him in a rain coat
It wasn't a rain coat Kris, it was a fisherman outfit
We're thinking about doing another live show

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We'll be a little late with today's show

Thu, 23 Aug 2007 21:32:00 -0400

Hey guys, today's show is going to be a little late. With the storms tonight we are having a hard time getting Maggie down to sleep. So we are going to call it a night and hang with her since she is pretty freaked out by all the thunder.

We'll knock out a show in the morning that I will try to have up by 10 a.m.

Also, wanted to say thank you to everyone who posted comments and sent emails after the last show.

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Betsy and her husband Kris Jun 11, 2007

Mon, 11 Jun 2007 08:31:55 -0400

Croncast - 2007-06-11.mp3
Show: #374
Length: 32:29
Size: 22.3mb
Format: mp3

Betsy and her husband Kris Jun 11, 2007

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Join Croncast Cronies . . . thanks to all those signed up already!.

July 8th, live show, must get 20 peeps in seats by June 15th
Sorry this was late this morning, technical difficulties this morning with production software. But all is good now.

Show notes in 10.

Was longer than 10. I had to deal with the man.

We of course talk the Sopranos finale
I've got a great story I am going to tell you for 8 years
Then I am just going to give you nothing
The end is whatever you want it to be
How sweet would it be to be the lead singer of Journey?
We're going to use you song for the finale
You go to the botox joint look over and Al Gore is there too
The bad vacation gene kicks in full core
Betsy falls victim to it's dominant traits
Do you want to go on vacation with someone who says, "Is there wi-fi there?"
It was the camping vacation at a trailer park with
This ain't no Yellowstone Mr. B
Slowski was a rolling party
It sucked to be me but you guys were having a rock-n-roll party
Well, the Volvo was no rock-n-roll party
Elliot rode backwards all the way to WI
Mama told me it was cool, look the light sabers glow in the dark
Raise you hand if you know where Oshkosh is?
Traveling is anticlimactic
The 'naughty pine'
Betsy's glory hole vacation from here to Canada
The two dollar specials
The travel begins and Betsy lays it down

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Let's get ready to rumble

Fri, 04 May 2007 11:17:00 -0400

Fellow Naperville nerd buddy Rick has set the stage for a nerd night out like no other. I'm pretty excited about this one since it will involve punching . . . De La Hoya vs. Mayweather tomorrow night.

When do nerds ever resolve to hit one another? It's almost as rare as a albino rhino. "Huh huh, I'll use my Google juice against you. Or I'll unleash some proxy based email storm upon you. Heh he, heh he."

Maybe we can do some Wii boxing and Rick will give me a chance at the title? Hmmmm . . .

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Betsy and her husband Kris Feb 14, 2007

Wed, 14 Feb 2007 08:19:21 -0500

Croncast - 2007-02-14.mp3

Show: #337
Length: 41:26
Size: 28.4mb
Format: mp3

Betsy and her husband Kris February 14, 2007

Here I am at Duke and a little behind schedule. But today's made with love show is awesome.

So awesome that, in fact, I don't have time for show notes at the moment.

I should have some time at the break.

Update: Looks like notes will be coming later in the day.

Kris sings
Kris isn't reliable, no shows, now comments
As you are listening to this Kris is on the road
I though about driving to North Carolina
It would have cost me more but it was a cheap flight
I don't want to fly on the 13th . . . let alone a snow storm
In a couple years we'll be married for 13 years
Gas station rose for valentines day
Your ring will come in, it gives twice
Poor Mr. B
You guys are like those balls of mucus
You need to tread lightly Mr. B
Once you are gone I am going to sell all your shit on eBay
It's a health hazard Mr. B
Flocked with snow crap from a Wal-Mart Christmas
My bald head is like the underbelly of a oily snake
This show is brought to by Kathryn Jurik
More soon.

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Betsy and her husband Kris Dec 01, 2006

Fri, 01 Dec 2006 07:42:50 -0500

Croncast - 2006-12-01.mp3

Show: #308
Length: 25:15
Size: 17.3 mb
Format: mp3

Betsy and her husband Kris December 01, 2006

I am way under the weather today and it isn't just the snow. My voice is really tore up in this show and I have to force my voice quite a bit. Not to mention, there is not a real Kris laugh in the show. When I laugh for real I cough like an emphysemic grandfather.

I ask Betsy to do the intro
Kris is on Death's door
I've got Tasmanian Bird Flu
Tell the people what you had for lunch
I just wanted a hamburger then it turned into a big mac
Kris's blood is like a milk-shake
I don't want to talk about your French thing
What is really interesting in the email that you got
"I'm so famous"
I really gotta hire a nanny
The assistance position may be paid soon, Vickie. You can apply.
State run television
They want to follow Betsy around for a day and broadcast it in France
Betsy wants a first class flight to Paris . . . lol
It would be very funny if we followed you all day
It should be the week before Christmas
We've never done a video podcast, we'll just use their's
A search for Elmo TMX's?
She doesn't know what she is getting into
It's ok if we don't get one
Why don't you try to write an email in France?
Disruptive for an entire day
This is what I do
I sit in the snow and shiver and drink coffee
I know 10,000 French people are laughing at me right now
Chasing the furry red vibrator
The breaking story will go to the French
The NBC Dateline candid camera for pedophiles
The storm is coming, get milk
The Goodwill 'Beast'
The swinging boobs, denim shirt . . . in my line of work you've got to hold it together
No bra and makes a quick left for an out of the back item
She could breastfeed a snake standing up
The slightly played with or brand new for the holiday
Kris' car gets horrible gas mileage
He needs a sweet hybrid car
It's just not for me
I could go for a Tesla
"You may have a great weekend, but what are you bringing home with you?"
Thanks for all the donations again!!!!!!

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Croncast - Betsy and her husband Kris 126

Fri, 23 Sep 2005 05:43:11 -0400

Croncast - 2005-09-23.mp3

Show: #167
Length: 37:49
Format: mp3
Bit rate: 64 kbs
Size: 17.1 mb

Croncast - Betsy and her husband Kris 126

Old time radio for hurricane watch 2005
My mother bears down on Texas
Hurricane Betsy drink at Red Lobster
Redemption for Bush administration
Supporting voters after the storm
NPR has slipped and become simply depressing as they have begun to tell personal stories non-stop
It all started with Air America
We don't have supreme court
More of Betsy's us vs. you
Betsy is smarter than Fox News
One lesbian with a two string guitar
Jesus theater
Don't say FEMA uses your technology
Kate Moss posters on eBay
The explanation for our living situation
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