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This is a personal account, and there's nothing official about it. Except it’s officially awesome. I am a writer and reformed stand-up comic and improv guy. I’m also a podcaster, but, who isn't? My books and stuff: https://bio.site/jleibovich
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A farmer’s quest has more to it than meets the eye. Please check out this week’s Quick Cuts short fiction tale. substack.com/home/post/p-...

An inspection report for a bar owned by a Mr. T. Waits. open.substack.com/pub/howlingm...

Corporate retreats, allergies and darts in my latest tale, Fostering Enduring Relationships in Bunkhouse Seven. howlingmonkeyradio.substack.com/p/fostering-...

Here's a seven day free trial to my Substack. You have nothing to lose but your time and....your very sanity. Mostly your time. howlingmonkeyradio.substack.com/d6f341ba

I bet that when dogs watch baseball games they demand a pitcher AND a belly-itcher.

The hunt is on for a killer. And time is running out. open.substack.com/pub/howlingm...

I’m on Substack now. Here ya go: howlingmonkeyradio.substack.com I’m very good at promotion. (Humor, fiction, pop culture stuff).

Maybe we will get TACO trucks on every corner after all.

There is no more fraught issue than where to stand on this whole new Harry Potter show. Because the people against it have very different reasons for those feelings, and it creates this weird giant tent of people diametrically opposed to each other in most other areas.

Fireflies lead the way to old stories. open.substack.com/pub/howlingm...

I find it hard to believe that the production budget of Andor didn’t include Jimmy Smits money.

When did this nonsense start where people text to see if they can call? If you want to call, just call. I’ll answer if I can and/or want to. And don’t get me started on wanting to preschedule personal calls. That’s too much pressure, man.

Our family has started using this app with a little bird (or birb!) that is supposed to help you take care of your mental state and moods. None of us like this and we are apparently doing it solely to redirect our anger to the dumb little birds. Well played, birb.

Does the Administration not realize that attacks on Harvard will only lead to mildly amusing jokes written by alums who work in late night TV or cartoons?

There’s no “I” in “team. “ But there are a lot of eyes, and they are all hungrily watching you and passing judgment.

“It’s a dog eat dog world, and I’m wearing Milk Bone underwear.”

A judge is forced to testify in a murder trial against his brother in this week’s Quick Cuts. www.howlingmonkeyradio.com/news/thejudge

If Edward R. Murrow were alive today, he’d be forced to resign from CBS.

Did the Season 50 finale do SNL’s historic year justice? Find out in the After Party! www.howlingmonkeyradio.com/news/afterpa...

have been out of school for nearly 30 years, and I still routinely have nightmares about either having an assignment due or of having missed too many classes. I assume this means I am a sociopath or something.

You gotta assume Hillary Clinton’s on an emotional roller coaster about this Comey thing.

The Coke company puts too much pressure on us by adding names/titles to their cans. I may not want to be your “Partner,” Coke. Let’s not label our relationship, man.

I bet Pete Rose would be thrilled. I’ll bet against it depending on the line.

Look, I don’t claim to be an expert on anything, much less Constitutional law, but seems to me that the 14th Amendment is super clear on this whole birthright citizenship business.

Ghostly tales from the sea in this week’s Quick Cuts. www.howlingmonkeyradio.com/news/fishing...

No, but seriously. How did we - somehow - let an antonym for “asleep” become an insult?

Was Walton Goggins’ time on SNL Justified? Find out at this week’s After Party! www.howlingmonkeyradio.com/news/afterpa...

SNL prediction: A “Da Bears” guys cameo sketch with a super shocker bonus cameo by Bill Murray as the Pope.

First piece of papal business: Ex-communicating Catholics who put ketchup on hot dogs.

Like everyone else from Chicago, I bet the new Pope claims he was “at Second City,” but really only showed up for one drop in class.

“You want to know how to defeat the Devil? Here’s how you defeat the Devil. He brings a possession, you bring an exorcism. He brings brimstone, you bring holy water. That’s the Chicago way. And that’s how you get the Devil.” - The new Pope.

If I owned a chimichanga shop, I’d write a parody version of “Chim-Chimney” from Mary Poppins to use in commercials.

A servant and his employer have a fireside chat in this week’s Quick Cuts. www.howlingmonkeyradio.com/news/fireplace

Never fall asleep on the subway… www.howlingmonkeyradio.com/news/subway

The old copper pit still has a mystery or two in this week's Quick Cuts. www.howlingmonkeyradio.com/news/copperpit

Decisions are made in an ambulance in this week's Quick Cuts. www.howlingmonkeyradio.com/news/ambulance

I don’t know. If you’re in space for a period of time shorter than an old Bugs Bunny short, kissing the ground upon return seems silly.

Can we blast Russell Brand into space now?

Does Jon Hamm it up on SNL this week? Let's find out at The After Party! www.howlingmonkeyradio.com/news/afterpa...

The left has really fallen behind in the dumb sticker gap by not having pictures of Trump pointing at prices and saying “I did that!”

Scientist have solved The Voynich Manuscript: “It was just some guy goofing around”.

Byron's Dog is a bit of a scamp in this week's Quick Cuts. www.howlingmonkeyradio.com/news/byronsdog

Does Jack Black still have it? Let's find out at the After Party! www.howlingmonkeyradio.com/news/afterparty250405

People act like the Marvel Universe thing is something novel. Guess again! There’s a writer from a little while ago whose work was often in the same universe. They called him William Shakespeare. Puts things in perspective, ya know.

I was murdered by a narwhal! April Fool’s!

An Interview With Another Vampire is this week’s Quick Cut. www.howlingmonkeyradio.com/news/vampire...

Did Mikey Madison host an award winning SNL? Find out in this week’s After Party! www.howlingmonkeyradio.com/news/afterpa...

The Studio is for people who didn’t thing Curb Your Enthusiasm was cringey enough. I love it.

The Residence is so much fun, and I hope we get more limited series with Detective Cupp. Great stuff.

If ghost guns are illegal how are we gonna fight ghosts? Makes you think.