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Carla Pettigrew

Carla Pettigrew
Social Media Xanadu

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Social Media Xanadu

All my (and the podcast’s) social media: That’s you all over. –The Tin Man to the Scarecrow, The Wizard of Oz * Bloglovin * Booklikes * Etsy * Facebook: Podcast page * Facebook: Podcast group * GetVokl * Goodreads * Goodreads: Podcast bookshelf * Goodreads: Podcast group * Instagram: Podcast * Instagram: Personal * Letterboxd * LibraryThing * Litsy * Patreon * Pinterest * Podchaser

By Carla Pettigrew 24 Apr 2017
Announcement: Podcast Launch

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Announcement: Podcast Launch

No turning back now! It’s written in stone pixels! https://instagram.com/p/BSthR8ClDcu/

By Carla Pettigrew 10 Apr 2017
There Might Be Cupcakes: Reason No. 4

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There Might Be Cupcakes: Reason No. 4

https://instagram.com/p/BSmklSSl1Nq/

By Carla Pettigrew 07 Apr 2017
Episode 246: Reverse Dollop: British Comedian Tommy Cooper

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Episode 246: Reverse Dollop: British Comedian Tommy Cooper

Gareth: He realizes he’s misplaced the pith hat. Dave: Oh, fuck that! This doesn’t work without the pith! Gareth: And he doesn’t want to walk up (on stage) with nothing– Dave: What the pith! Note: All pullquotes in this entry are, of course, Tommy Cooper quotes. Enjoy

By Carla Pettigrew 06 Apr 2017
Episode 247: Smollop: The Falling Pilot

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Episode 247: Smollop: The Falling Pilot

Once again, our hoses are inadequate for this job! –Gareth Notice the caption on this picture of William Rankin? Well, I have decided to give y’all a present. There’s going to be a follow-up to this entry shortly; you’ll get an extra soundfile. I’m gonna read

By Carla Pettigrew 26 Mar 2017
There Might Be Cupcakes: Reason No. 3

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There Might Be Cupcakes: Reason No. 3

Reason number three that I have called this podcast-to-be There Might Be Cupcakes: They allow mingling, because they are more finger food than plate food, like cake. Think back to your last shower or reception. Cake is served, and everyone sits down or perches somewhere and fills their…well…cakehole.

By Carla Pettigrew 21 Mar 2017
Obituary: Episode 3: Competitive Endurance Tickling

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Obituary: Episode 3: Competitive Endurance Tickling

One of The Dollop’s most popular episodes is also one of its earliest–Episode 3: Competitive Endurance Tickling. When it was recorded, David Farrier was on Kickstarter, trying to raise money to film a documentary about David D’Amato, the shadowy figure behind Terri DiSisto behind the homophobic slurs

By Carla Pettigrew 20 Mar 2017
Episode 225: Live: The Birth of Porn

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Episode 225: Live: The Birth of Porn

Dave: …and then they would all have an orgy. Gareth: Why the honey? They just like honey? Wil: You know, like at a restaurant…it’s an amuse-bush. Guest host: Wil Anderson Okay, y’all. These are the gold nuggets that I mine that you live for. BEHOLD: Martin Luther

By Carla Pettigrew 12 Mar 2017
There Might Be Cupcakes: Reason No. 2

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There Might Be Cupcakes: Reason No. 2

If you over-decadent (totally making that into a verb) a cake, you either get really strange looks, or you thrust the cake’s cost into the stratosphere. Or both. And no one wants a piece of super-expensive side-eye cake–that’s too unnerving to be fun. But cupcakes are expected

By Carla Pettigrew 09 Mar 2017
Episode 231: Dollop: Chang and Eng

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Episode 231: Dollop: Chang and Eng

Dave: Did you just call them Siamese twins? Gareth:…Wait a minute…are these the Wright brothers? Dave: I thought you were putting stuff together, but you’re not. The second Dollop subject in American Horror Story: Freak Show, the first being Lobster Boy. Conjoined twins are shown twice in

By Carla Pettigrew 04 Mar 2017
There Might Be Cupcakes: Reason No. 1

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There Might Be Cupcakes: Reason No. 1

Why “cupcakes?” Why cupcakes? Why show up if there might be cupcakes? Why are you calling your podcast “There Might Be Cupcakes”, flaky chick? So many reasons, starting with all the reasons in my friend @greggaestyle and his splendid comedy routine about the joy of cake. But so many more

By Carla Pettigrew 26 Feb 2017
Book Review: Ghostland

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Book Review: Ghostland

Relevant episode, post, and navigation: * Episode 28: The Talk Board * Dollopween October 1: Finding the Spooky Side (Dollopween 2015) * tag: Spiritualism * category: Religion: Spiritualism And away I bluster rant warn you review: I was quite excited to spend my monthly Audible credit on this book; what a fascinating idea–reframing

By Carla Pettigrew 24 Feb 2017
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Horror, true crime, paranormal, disability through a literary lens, whimsy, writing in progress since 2017.

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Horror, true crime, paranormal, disability through a literary lens, whimsy, writing in progress since 2017.