Impolite Company

As spring springs, host Chris Cyr is surprised to have to be talking about war.  There probably won't be a massive nuclear launch.  The Sopranos make for good analogies for talking about global politics.  Chris proves he owns the CIA Fact Book for the current year. If there was an attack, who'd be left in America? The GOP would ruin the plot of the movie Red Dawn by throwing a parade for the Russian invaders. Josh Hawley is still terrible and out of touch.  Fat rich kids are more confident than you'd think. Do they still make mouse pads?   Chris is recording an album on 3/30/2022 at Helium Comedy in St. Louis.  Come out and watch! https://st-louis.heliumcomedy.com/shows/165327 Our theme song was written and produced by Lyfestile and Kenautis Smith.  Check out their albums, "From Which I Came," and their newest release "Where I'm At"  on Spotify, Apple Music, or every other platform.  Support independent artists! Follow Chris Cyr on Twitter and Instagram where he's @chrisdcyr, and on Facebook. Enjoy this episode of Impolite Company Listen at the link below, or on Spotify, iTunes, Google Play, and whatever other platform you're into. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/impolite-company/support

We are a culture full of morons who buy exploding Teslas, refuse lifesaving vaccines, think eating a Kit Kat the "wrong way" is a punchable offense, and refuse to zipper merge because someone else might get somewhere 10 seconds before us. Also, Chris bought a new car and reflects on how it is impossible for car dealers to make that transaction simple. It's a lot of exposition disguised as plot on the latest episode of Impolite Company! Our theme song was written and produced by Lyfestile and Kenautis Smith. Check out their albums, "From Which I Came," and their newest release "Where I'm At" on Spotify, Apple Music, or every other platform. Support independent artists! Follow Chris on Twitter and Instagram where he's @chrisdcyr, and on Facebook. Enjoy this episode of Impolite Company Listen at the link below, or on Spotify, iTunes, Google Play, and whatever other platform you're into. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/impolite-company/support

Why are you letting Zuckerberg attack your psyche each morning by pelting you with memories of the past year? Isn't there a rule against a band playing Pearl Jam's "Black" at a paid gig? Should potential editors of magazines really be held liable for things they Tweeted in high school? And can you even comprehend the spiritual and emotional depths of the existential crisis created when America's greatest comfort food can't be trusted? Have fun with the latest edition of Impolite Company! Our theme song was written and produced by Lyfestile and Kenautis Smith. Check out their albums, "From Which I Came," and their newest release "Where I'm At" on Spotify, Apple Music, or every other platform. Support independent artists! Follow Chris on Twitter and Instagram where he's @chrisdcyr, and on Facebook. Enjoy this episode of Impolite Company Listen at the link below, or on Spotify, iTunes, Google Play, and whatever other platform you're into. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/impolite-company/support

On the newest episode of Impolite Company, Chris compares CPAC to way better conventions he's attended. Apparently, the CPAC costumes are way worse. He wonders if Reagan and Rush Limbaugh are burning in Hell together. Also, an explanation for how drinking milk ever became a thing. Have fun with the latest edition of Impolite Company! Our theme song was written and produced by Lyfestile and Kenautis Smith. Check out their albums, "From Which I Came," and their newest release "Where I'm At" on Spotify, Apple Music, or every other platform. Support independent artists! Follow Chris on Twitter and Instagram where he's @chrisdcyr, and on Facebook. Enjoy this episode of Impolite Company Listen at the link below, or on Spotify, iTunes, Google Play, and whatever other platform you're into. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/impolite-company/support

The pandemic continues, but that doesn't stop a significant part of the internet from being outraged by Phoebe Bridgers' appearance on SNL.  Impolite host, Chris Cyr, wonders what those people would do if they saw someone bite the head off of a bat?  The cowardice of a former president to not show up for a battle he doesn't even have the chance of losing.  Should we have had Super Bowl commercials featuring people walking around unmasked? And, why do people only pay it forward in the line of Starbucks and not in more useful places? Have fun with the latest edition of Impolite Company! Our theme song was written and produced by Lyfestile and Kenautis Smith.  Check out their albums, "From Which I Came," and their newest release "Where I'm At"  on Spotify, Apple Music, or every other platform.  Support independent artists! Follow Chris on Twitter and Instagram where he's @chrisdcyr, and on Facebook. Enjoy this episode of Impolite Company Listen at the link below, or on Spotify, iTunes, Google Play, and whatever other platform you're into. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/impolite-company/support

On today's Impolite Company, in the course of talking about the crazy blonde congresswoman who thinks Pizzagate was real, Chris wonders if there's a way for society to objectively identify people too stupid to be allowed to have opinions, and then allow the state to intercede and make all decisions for that objectively stupid person. You know. Basically fascism. Also, Butch Bowers, attorney at law and muscle car salesman. Enjoy Our theme song was written and produced by Lyfestile and Kenautis Smith. Check out their albums, "From Which I Came," and their newest release "Where I'm At" on Spotify, Apple Music, or every other platform. Support independent artists! Follow Chris on Twitter and Instagram where he's @chrisdcyr, and on Facebook. Enjoy this episode of Impolite Company Listen at the link below, or on Spotify, iTunes, Google Play, and whatever other platform you're into. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/impolite-company/support

Chris Cyr returns for Season 4 of Impolite Company and the first episode lives up to the show's name. On the agenda are American politics and the failed right wing insurrection. He wonders why conservatives of different stripes will hug each other tightly regardless of how much they disagree, whereas liberals and progressives will re-enact the fight scene from Michal Jackson's "Beat It" video over the slightest difference. Hallmark donated $11,000 to Josh Hawley's election campaign. And, people who started relationships and moved in together before the pandemic hit might be the true heroes of 2020. As always, a million other topics on tens of other tangents. Happy new year, it's Impolite Company. Our theme song was written and produced by Lyfestile and Kenautis Smith. Check out their albums, "From Which I Came," and their newest release "Where I'm At" on Spotify, Apple Music, or every other platform. Support independent artists! Follow Chris on Twitter and Instagram where he's @chrisdcyr, and on Facebook. Enjoy this episode of Impolite Company Listen at the link below, or on Spotify, iTunes, Google Play, and whatever other platform you're into. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/impolite-company/support

Impolite Host, Chris Cyr, is alone in his hotel in Vegas which he admits, feels weird. He's there competing in the World Series of Comedy (He did not win.) He also just doesn't get Vegas. Maybe people who love Vegas should just try harder to not be boring at home? There's some talk of a time machine. Chris describes the crowd reaction at the show, flying in coach, and how nice airports are overall. Our theme song was written and produced by Lyfestile and Kenautis Smith. Check out their albums, "From Which I Came," and their newest release "Where I'm At" on Spotify, Apple Music, or every other platform. Support independent artists! Enjoy this episode of Impolite Company Listen at the link below, or on Spotify, iTunes, Google Play, and whatever other platform you're into. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/impolite-company/support

In the afterglow of the US Presidential election, Chris worries that Donald Trump will hold on to power one day too long. He also explains an uncharitable thing he said about Rush Limbaugh. Then he doubles down on what he said. Because, eff Rush Limbaugh. For this episode's install of "Who's Effing?", Chris is joined by World Series of Comedy Top 101 contestant, and St. Louis comedy regular, Rich Braun. They discuss the 15th century Catholic Church, food trucks, Northern Exposure, and a lot more. Quick note: Chris Cyr's political views are his own and do not reflect the views of his guests, no matter how much he wants them to. Our theme song was written and produced by Lyfestile and Kenautis Smith. Check out their album, "From Which I Came" on Spotify, Apple Music, or every other platform. Enjoy this episode of Impolite Company Listen at the link below, or on Spotify, iTunes, Google Play, and whatever other platform you're into. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/impolite-company/support

Mollie Amburgey joins host Chris Cyr on Impolite Company for this episode's edition of "Who's Effing?". But first, a sketch about hunting a mythical creature we keep hearing about on CNN. Keep up with Mollie through her podcast, "Casually Mollie" available wherever you get your podcasts. Our theme song was written and produced by Lyfestile and Kenautis Smith. Check out their album, "From Which I Came" on Spotify, Apple Music, or every other platform. Enjoy this episode of Impolite Company Listen at the link below, or on Spotify, iTunes, Google Play, and whatever other platform you're into. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/impolite-company/support

A quick update on some local shows in the St. Louis area. Host, Chris Cyr, wonders if political debates are even worth the time. And, St. Louis comic, Justin Luke, joins us for "Who's Effing?" with an interview recorded back in May. Follow Justin on Twitter (he's changed his handle since we recorded this. Also, go support his roommate's excellent restaurant Tiny Chef. You'll be glad you did. Our theme song was written and produced by Lyfestile and Kenautis Smith. Check out their album, "From Which I Came" on Spotify, Apple Music, or every other platform. Enjoy this new episode of Impolite Company --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/impolite-company/support

From our series of interviews recorded during quarantine, St. Louis comic, Kate Barton is the guest during our new favorite segment, "Who's Fucking?" Chris and Kate talk about cucumber sandwiches, spittle, and elevators. During the intro, Chris gives some advice on how to score free stuff from a hospital. Follow Kate on Twitter and Instagram. Our new theme song was written and produced by Lyfestile and Kenautis Smith. Check out their album, "From Which I Came" on Spotify, Apple Music, or every other platform. Enjoy this new episode of Impolite Company --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/impolite-company/support

No cute line from a poem today. Chris explains why he hasn't published a new episode in the few weeks, and why the next episode will sound strange since it was recorded back before the streets were filled with protests. A few thoughts on the murder of George Floyd, and just how long eight minutes and forty six seconds is. Black Lives Matter. We should know that by now. Our new theme song was written and produced by Lyfestyle and Kenautis Smith. Check out their album, "From Which I Came" on Spotify, Apple Music, or every other platform. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/impolite-company/support

The first in a series featuring our new segment, "Who's F@*%ing?" Chris interviews Ellen Doyle, a traveling comic who's sheltering in Pennsylvania. The two discuss everything from dating apps, to the best review Ellen's ever received from an audience member. Also, CSI: Madea. Enjoy this new episode of Impolite Company. Ellen Doyle is the favorite child of two fifth generation coal miners. She was famously the fourth heterosexual to graduate from her all girls college, but has so far been unable to produce genetic proof of her love for reproductive sex due to black magic. She moved to the west coast to pursue her lifelong dream of creating reality television but has been forced into a life of stand up comedy due to the fact that everyone just watches Netflix now. Ellen has been known to being nice to animals and children (in that order) and dreams of doing comedy for poor kids in no kill shelters. So far she has had to settle for performing at the SLO Comedy Festival, The World Series of Comedy, The North Carolina Comedy Festival, Sno Jam Comedy Festival, Mutiny Radio Comedy Festival, The Paul Bunyan Comedy Festival and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland. She tours the United states in a leased 2018 Kia Sorento that is well over its miles. She has been featured at clubs, breweries, coffee shops and public restrooms across America's heartland. She owns a dog named "Ghost". Ghost was featured on animal planets "Rescue Dog to Super Dog". Ellen has no on camera credits. Dog:1 Owner: 0 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/impolite-company/support

It's one of those ranty kind of nights where Chris watched too much CNN.  The target of his ire?  Armed protesters in Michigan and elsewhere, the militia guarding an angry barber, pickup driving rednecks who murdered a man, and a rampaging herd of 200 goats. Enjoy this new episode of Impolite Company.  Or don't.  We're not cops. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/impolite-company/support

A dead cat. Survivalists. Phone sex.  Not all part of the same story.  Today's quarantine episode of Impolite Company has something for everyone. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/impolite-company/support

From the stasis of quarantine, Chris Cyr gives you the top 10 ways you can prove yourself useful to future aliens who happen to thaw you out in hopes of learning something about the human race.  Also, buy a shop vac.   It's Impolite Company time! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/impolite-company/support

#QuarantineLife continues as Chris mourns the loss of a staple of our existence, says good riddance to a terrible food vending method, and lets you know that it's perfectly okay to not learn a new skill right now. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/impolite-company/support

We're homing in on the right settings for this home podcasting thing during quarantine. Hopefully the days of studio casting will be upon us before too long. Chris talks about working from home, some weird conspiracy, and then tells another of his favorite "longest jokes(?) ever!" --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/impolite-company/support

Kenny Rogers is dead. That's not cool. Chris recalls some inappropriate childhood moments, along with some sweet moments involving "The Gambler." Who bought all of the Nintendo Switches? St. Louis locks down at 6:00 p.m. on Monday 3/23/2020. Impolite Company is Quarantined! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/impolite-company/support

The semi-quarantine continues as Chris talks about praying to both Prince and Les Paul, why old people love him, and licking people with face masks? We don't know. He just talks and weird stuff comes out. If you know, then you know. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/impolite-company/support

After a long hiatus, Chris Cyr returns to the Impolite Company microphone, recording from the dining room table as he, and the rest of America, have been told to stay indoors and self isolate in order to not bring about an apocalypse. The sound you hear in the background might be the refrigerator, or it might be the hooves of the fourth horseman running down Route 66. Also, a discussion of ninja smoke bombs. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/impolite-company/support

Chris is on the road today, so there's not a regular episode. He did fire up the ol' remote studio (a.k.a. The Samsung Galaxy S 8) and give you his two favorite street jokes in observance of Comedy Contest Season! Also, most of America needs to learn how elevators work. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/impolite-company/support

Sam and Kate trade stories of love, loss and laughs, and get into the gritty of what comedy, performance and art mean to each of them. Hit them up if you need an engagement ring, wedding dress or a breast pump. You can catch Sam at Helium Comedy Club 7/14, and Kate at Kingside After Dark (7/5), New Comic, Who Dis (7/11) and Impolite Company's WAL takeover at Southtown Pub(7.25).

7th Heaven is still perplexing. Netflix is still just putting out whatever the hell they want. And Sam is still talkin bout it. Come to Yours, Mine, and Ours Thursday at The Heavy Anchor, 8PM.

THIS IS NOT A SPORTS SHOW. Except this week it is. Ron Finger joins Yale in the studio to let go of 96 combined years of angst about the St Louis Blues. We've got exultations, analysis, probing ethical questions and the formula for foolproof barbecue ribs. All this plus a loaded lineup of local comedy shows. As loaded as Brett Hull? Perhaps not, but damn close.

Chris makes the case for moving New Year's Day to the summer.  He rants about a lot of stuff. The late night crowd at his show this weekend hated him, which was awesome.  One more call for a revolution.

You thought the Blues winning the Stanley Cup was special, but the real miracle will be if Sam acts like an adult and goes to the dentist for his toothache. Tune in for the second part of that lost nonsensical interview with Lucas Hinderliter, complete with a No Limit Records dining experience. 

Chris is on the road today, so there's not a regular episode.  He did fire up the ol' remote studio (a.k.a. The Samsung Galaxy S 8) and give you his two favorite street jokes in observance of Comedy Contest Season!  

Take a trip back in time to 2 months ago, and listen to Sam and fellow comic Lucas Hinderliter discuss their comedy and their youth. See Sam at Westport Plaza tonight as the preliminary rounds of the Funny Bone Comedy Competition continue, and catch him at Southtown Pub for We Are Live's Free Comedy.   

As he does each June, Yale shares Tom Junod's humorous, poignant and - yes - useful story "My Father's Fashion Tips" via a quasi-dramatic reading. Bask in its magnificence and let it carry you through the next two weeks, which is our way of saying Yale won't have a show next week. The comedy rundown is also here with plenty of suggestions as to how to spend your idle time in wake of next week's vacancy.

Your Podcast Dad(TM) takes some time out to chat about all the great things going on in St. Louis comedy and explains/atones for the reason why last week's show was scrapped. A new feature makes its magnificent debut and we close with the weekly independent comedy roundup.

Chris gives away three million dollar ideas on today's episode.  The best of which is a new children's series featuring the remaining members of the Wu Tang Clan.  He recounts his memorial day weekend, and complains about a car that needs to be retired.   Welcome to Impolite Company.

Play Gloria and come to the Justice Cup at 7PM Memorial Day to stand against the abortion ban and other injustices. 400 14th St. across from the Enterprise Center. Meredith's back on the mic this week to gush over the genius that is Beyonce and reminisce about high school parties. Check her out Wednesday at The Heavy Anchor for Sorry, Please Continue and Thursday at Southtown Pub for We Are Live.

Sam is shellshocked by the ending of Game of Thrones this week, so he's offering you some lighter alternatives in TV Land: including a show about a town of high schoolers who get thrown into their own personal Lord of the Flies, complete with teen pregnancy and homicide.   Check out the Clayton Comedy Series, Yours, Mine and Ours, and all the great mics in St. Louis this summer. Valar Morghulis.

Your Podcast Dad comes to you from his kitchen table this week where he processes a change in circumstances by delivering a lecture on the business of comedy and how not to be an asshole when dealing with others in a professional capacity. Learn from his experience and insight, then stick around for the weekly, local indie comedy roundup.

Chris discusses Game of Thrones, insomnia, conspiracies, LSD, and good Christian values.   Impolite Company is here to remind you, #NoGodsNoMasters

The Lyons Den becomes the Lovin Den when St. Louis Comedy sweetheart Tony Gardiner drops by to talk about his Comedy Digest showcase, adventures in exotic dancing, and why a Blues player would name his kid that. Catch Yours, Mine, and Ours and Pit Stop Comedy at The Heavy Anchor 5/16 and 5/21, respectively.

Podcaster, baking mogul, former/future(?) comedian and LA transplant Megan Rice joins her only (current) St. Louis friend Yale in the studio to chat about her years on the LA comedy scene, her adjustment to full-time residency in St. Louis, savory hand pies and more! She also makes a respectable showing on the "how St. Louis are you" quiz. Yale gets you caught up on all the local comedy action as well as next week's packed lineup of shows.

Back from his trip to New York, Chris catches up with the audience, discusses NYC, Game of Thrones, Avengers, Illinois's recreational marijuana effort, and wants to know "Are we recording?"   Welcome to Impolite Company!

Sam just emailed a proposal to Brenda Hampton for a remastering of this classic family drama, with yours truly playing the role of Eric Camden. Shang isn't seeing the bigger picture when he sings for Ping(Mulan) to pack up and leave basic training. Come see a show: Yours, Mine, and Ours 5/16, and The World Series of Comedy Satellite Round at Wichita's Loony Bin, 5/22.   The theme music for this episode is VHS by Keanutis Smith & lyfestile. Used with permission of the artist.

Yale is joined in the studio by St. Louis entertainment legend, Tom Brown. The two chat about the region's current political scandal, a missed opportunity for Missouri's new license plates, the business end of show business and more. Plus, of course, the weekly comedy rundown.

NO DIRTY DISHES...EVER!!!!! It's time for you and your favorite Fake Dad to have a little one-on-one conversation about life's little, yet important, matters. Listen closely as he doles out sage advice on better living. Because he loves you.

Sam touches on the injustices served to one of his favorite Merediths(Palmer of Dunder Mifflin- Scranton) and rejoices in the impending return of the other (Hopping, of St. Louis comedy). He skates around Game of Thrones spoilers without ruining everything like Chris does with Gossip Girl. And there's a fun new movie on Netflix. Watch "Someone Great". Come to Dark Roast Comedy in Edwardsville on April 27. Love a little more.

Comedian, playwright, performance artist and podcaster Mollie Amburgey casually drops by the studio to talk about the 5 C's - Comedy, Coffee Cups and Cincinnati Chili. Host Yale Hollander earns an executive producer credit on Mollie's not-yet-created TV talk show. Learn about the St. Louis Fringe Festival! Check in with the weekly independent comedy roundup! Congratulate one of our sponsors on some big news!

Chris wonders if he's ready to start the show. He can't work the coffeemaker in the studio.  He delivers a special pep talk for you about accomplishing your dreams. RIP Notre Dame cathedral. It's #NoGodsNoMastersNoChurches on today's Impolite Company!

Suffering the ill effects of hot dog hangover, unconventional biker chick Amber Klear joins Yale for a deep dive into the business of comedy, the ability of toxic people to cause blood clots in the brain, naughty nurses, and more. Yale admits to being a literal slave to fashion. An extended comedy rundown debuts and its anyone's guess where Executive Producer Chris Cyr drops the music. Editor's Note: We really resisted the urge to drop the intro music into 37 different places.  Someone give us points.

Chris is under siege from a pigeon who's nesting on his front porch. Will he survive this aggression? Who knows?  Exploding soup cans, weird house selling superstitions, and other topics all get blown off so he can spend more time on the bird. Listen to Impolite Company!

Casey Paulsen's back in the booth with Sam for this week's episode. They talk a lot about Lindsay Lohan and Frankie Muniz. Did you know Frankie Muniz and Hillary Duff were costars in Secret Agent Cody Banks? Did you know Frankie also played Hillary's love interest in an episode of Lizzie McGuire? What would an Andrew Dice Clay-themed Mexican restaurant be called? Who are the previous cohosts of Boondoggle? Listen up!

Comedian, showrunner, weasel wrangler and malamute time-sharer Christian Lawrence is our guest this week. Listen in as he and Yale chat about Bare Knuckle Comedy, History Shmistory and Boob Gun. You'll also learn about how British pubs got their names, get a recap on Yale's fortuitous comedy weekend and, of course, hear the weekly rundown of upcoming comedy shows.

Chris sings most of today's episode.  We don't mean that he sings on today's show, we mean he SINGS THE DAMN SHOW.  He assures us there were no drugs involved.  Most of the show involves, Joe Biden, and how "Biden: The Musical" is not going to be made.  He didn't mean for that to happen, but it did.  We also briefly discussed new superhero trailers, but somehow made it back to Biden.  The hour went by really fast. That's Impolite Company for you.