My Fantasy Wife

We talk the ridiculous & crazy 2021 March Madness and then Buffalo spots, the Nats and playing the ponies with comedian guest MATT BERGMAN! (AXS "Live at Gotham"; "Dry Bar Comedy").

Back from break! We talk #marchmadness and the #NFT bubble-or-not and then we talk all things #ATL including #AtlantaBraves #AtlantaFalcons & #AtlantaHawks then play "Best Athletes/Musical Acts Based in Atlanta in the Last Few Decades Who Aren't Hank Aaron or Ray Charles Bracket Challenge" with comedian guest from #ComedyCentral ^ #TruTV DAVID PERDUE!

We talk & trash all things Super Bowl 55 - from plays & low scoring, to ads & pandemic halftime show choices with comedian guest TIM HARMSTON (NBC's "Last Comic Standing"; "The Late Show with David Letterman"; Comedy Central). PLUS we get a tour of the cabin in the woods he's been building piece by piece with his wife, comedian Mary Mack... and we tell them what worries us about in the design and isolated location ;-)

Yep, the show before the Super Bowl, we got the band back together.  The idea was to discuss prop bets for the Super Bowl, but it degenerated into shenanigans that we think you will VERY much enjoy.  Comedian guests include: Brent Blakeney, Timmy Booth, Jarrod Fortune, Brian Granger, Drew Harrison, Laura Cahoy Harrison, Wills Maxwell, Lew Morgante, Eric Megert, Joe Perrow & Cordero Wilson.  IT. WAS. SO. FUN!

NFL Update, Hank Aaron, Dan Campbell's press conference.  Then we talk real, serious, national championship level speech & debate and playing "Best Presidential (or VP or Primary) Debate Quote Ever" Bracket Challenge with comedian guest CHLOE RADCLIFFE!

Gary has won our fantasy football league! But it was a squeaker.  Past winner & this year's running up, Laura Cahoy Harrison, talks about her strategy and what makes for a good season.  And her husband, comedian Drew Harrison, talks about why he's worse at fantasy football than Laura, and about the benefits of marrying up. Plus all the week's hot sports goss & silliness.

Well, it was a struggle to the very end, but Gary wins our Fantasy Football league!  We talk real football playoffs, predictions and then talk Bills (& a little Sabres) with comedian guest & host of t"In the Hunt: A Buffalo Bills Podcast" - who are still hunting as this is typed! (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/in-the-hunt-a-buffalo-bills-podcast/id1378146190) and play "Most Outgageous Act Bills Fans Would Be Willing To Commit To In Order to End Superbowl Disappointment" Bracket Challenge!

We're talking just before Christmas 2020 about the crazy NFL playoffs, our Fantasy NFL League & start of the fresh NBA season. Then we talk to this week's comedian guest - WANJIKO EKE - about her love of LeBron, her shifting NFL devotions, and play "Which Team is the Modern America's Team Bracket Challenge!"

We talk fantasy football playoffs, real life football & Cleveland baseball finally changing it’s name. Then we talk soap operas - daytime, nighttime, good, bad & ugly - with comedian guest IAN ABER!

The gang discusses craziness in the weirdest NFL season ever (only some of it Covid related) and what to expect in the NBA season coming back around fast. Then we talk Do's-and-Don'ts of tailgating and play "Name the Country of Origin of this Crazy Drinking Game" Trivia Challenge with comedian guest EMILY WALSH! All while having small quarantine breakdowns throughout! 

IT'S THE THANKSGIVING EPISODE! For the weirdest Thanksgiving ever.  We discuss preferences & "laws" about mac 'n cheese, potatoes, best side dishes, and why you're not really from Jersey if you've never had lasagna on Thanksgiving.  Then we talk basketball, deep sea fishing, why Gordon Baker-Bone hates the Knicks.  Did we mention there's a lot of Jersey & Thanksgiving food talk & violent deep sea fishing stories in this episode? Yeah. It rocks. We round it out with "Which Player in the NBA Bubble Would You Most Want to Go Fishing With Bracket Challenge!"

NFL, the first female GM EVER of a major N. American sports league team, Fantasy Football blow up.  Then we talk who makes the cut, and who does NOT on "Shark Tank" with comedian guest from "The Late, Late Show"; "Comedy Central Presents..."; & "Heathers" PAIGE WELDON! Including some of her OWN brilliant, shark-tank worthy ideas and a game of "Greatest Products Pitched on Shark Tank Ever Bracket Challenge"!

IT'S BEEN A WEEK MY FRIENDS! (for future generations who find this podcast episode, Donald Trump was president, and he lost an election a week ago and he's being a huge baby about it). We talk more about the crazy world right now than sports.  Then we talk art, and past comedy life stories and play Best Super Smash Brothers Character of All Time Bracket Challenge with co-producer of @negrojump - comedian guest JARROD FORTUNE - @jarrodfortune

Fantasy football, real football, World Series ... then Formula One racing & deep dive into which superheroes (and their movies) are most over and under rated & why, with comedian guest LAFAYETTE WRIGHT (Comedy Central).

We talk World Series, NFL and then it’s fantasy football do’s-and-dont’s with the undefeated leader of our Fantasy Football League, 12 year-old EMERSON! (& his dad/chaperone and person-much-worse-than-Emerson-at-fantasy-football BRIAN).  Then we play Trivia about Idaho burger & ice cream fave: favorite: BIG BUN!

NBA Finals, NFL + Covid 19, our fantasy league is crazy, have the Jordan v. LeBron GOAT debate (again) with comedian DREW HARRISON & co-host SHAWN SUDLER of the "NICKEL & DIME" NFL Podcast - all topped by playing BEST CLASSIC FAST FOOD ITEM OF ALL TIME SWEET 16 BRACKET CHALLENGE - There Can Be Only One.

We talk about our fantasy football league (dominated by a 12 year old), NFL, its covid strategy and NBA playoffs ... oh, and Glenn does an infomercial for crypto currency (My Fantasy Wife, nor its representatives, endorse any representations made by Glenn about crypto currencies, their value or adjacent issues).   THEN we have a long, weird, WONDERFUL chat with comedian  guest DAVE ROSS (Comedy Central, The Late Late Show) about comedy, dating & sanity during Quarantine; the joys of being an  adult (for real); The curative value of Mario Kart, HIS CAT, and a weird and wonderful game based on his "Drunk History" topic.

We check in on the NFL, gear up for NFL finals, talk about the ringers in our fantasy league.   Then play “Worst Snub by Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame” bracket challenge!

Glenn’s pick-up basketball injury is a metaphor for all our injured hearts after the first week of NFL and Fantasy Football.  Then fencing & cat trivia with comedian guest FRANQI FRENCH!

We're back from late summer hiatus and it's that time of year again!  We talk a bit about the opening of the strangest of football seasons, then Gary leaps into his analysis of all the teams drafted by the nice folks in our league, ranking them, and inevitably ticking people off!

EPISODE #200!! We talk “I Can Pee On This” book of cat poetry from New York Times Best-Selling author and cartoonist of “Sally Forth” FRANCESCO MARCIULIANO! And play an epic blood match of “Greatest Cartoon Cat of All-Time Bracket Challenge” that destroyed relationships & shattered lives. It is VERY worth listening to the entire game in this VERY long episode worthy of episode 200!

We're talking about our FANTASY FOOTBALL LEAGUE (even if it has to be strat-o-matic), what league is going to win the Covid lottery and discuss ALL THINGS SNEAKER-HEAD with comedian guest EMIL WAKIM!

We talk the #Fauci First Pitch, which sports bubbles will burst - especially in light of the Miami Marlins corona outbreak  - and then #WNBA social justice & fandom, her high school & college track and field career (she was good!), weird pandemic quarantine vibes and what terrible and great about #AmericasGotTalent with comedian guest @carmenlagala! . . #marlins #MLBbubble #fauci #wnba #coronasports #sportspodcast #comedypodcast #fantasyleague

Jamal had to go put out a fire, Glenn calls Blaire out for being too chatty (WHAT?), Gary doesn't believe any sports are going to finish their Covid Season, and Akeem Woods leaves mid-interview/playing  Super Smash Brothers Bracket Challenge. IPlus update on fate of the mouse from Ep. #196. It's a whole thing.

We talk competing Carolina v. Duke allegiances & why folks chose them, the ugly side of Duo-lingo and the high-stakes but very polite game of the Great British Bake-Off with comedian guest KENICE MOBLEY - AND THERE IS A MOUSE HUNT MID SHOW! #GBBO #comedypodcast #sportspodcast #UNCvDUKE #duolingo #greatbritishbakeoff #catandmouse #cats

The MFW team talks renaming the DC Football team, will major team sports come back if they can't get their covid test results, and how Jamal's 3 dates discussed in the last episode went! hint: (Mixed results!). Then comedian guests, and co-hosts of @cheatiespodcast discuss the real ruthless competition in pageants (the moms), the art of NOT really competing in cross country running, and play "MOST FAMOUS SPORTS & CELEBRITY COUPLE CHEATING SCANDALS OF THE LAST FEW DECADES TRIVIA CHALLENGE!"

We talk the sport of LOVE with co-host Jamal, what sports will have to shut down first after re opening, & on-going struggles with NASCAR & the confederate flag & the act of hate vs. driver Bubba Wallace. Then we talk the sad fate of a Buffalo Bills fan; working at a Modell’s in NYC during the 2000 Subway Series; & play “Famous Sports & Other Type Figures from Staten Island Trivia Challenge” with native son & comedian guest JF HARRIS!

We dabble with some Bruce Lee “30 for 30” & some “who’s going to start what sport when first and how?” BUT really this is all about chatting with our hilarious comedian guest about her love to competitive wedding shows like “Four Weddings”; crazy stuff we’ve seen at weddings; kick around how to take the shows next level, i.e. “Wedding Survivor”; and play a round of “Over the Top Celebrity Wedding Trivia Challenge” with our guest! (.... also Blaire pushed the wrong Zoom button & didn’t record the first half of the show).

We talk Kapernick, can MLB/NBA come back and then talk GA Bulldogs, ATL Braves, Dance Battles, Pro Wrestling/The Rock and WAFFLE HOUSE with awesome comedian guest MANDAL - who you can find at www.TheMandalMan.com

We’re back with the DC crew - Blaire Postman, Gary Haymes, Glenn Lawrence & Jamal Russell! We talk #TheLastDance; how pro sports could come back during #coronavirus; Get into ANOTHER fight about #spacejam; then talk Football, Louisiana sports, #YangGang and play “Best Thing to Come Out of Louisiana: Athletes v. Food/Chefs Bracket Challenge” with comedian guest DANTE POWELL!

We’re BACK! After moving to DC from NC - having to say good bye to our co-hosts Louis Bishop and Drew Harrison - we’ve pulled it together and risen from the ashes with new DC co-hosts comedians JAMAL RUSSELL& GLENN LAWRENCE! Turns out, we scheduled our relaunch right when they cancelled all sports. But never fear! There is love of sports and comedy in the time of Corona. Join us as we fill out “March Madness Fan Fiction Brackets” using fake teams from TV and movies (not all of them basketball teams) and empower ATL comedian Dedrick Flynn to be the Bracket God, selecting which teams advance in each matchup, sometimes not even teams on the bracket! NOTE: we are social distancing, so we are all calling into the studio of Glenn Lawrence, so, yeah, the sound is not perfect and we talk over each other a little, BUT. WE. ARE. MAKING. IT. HAPPEN! And we’ll KEEP doing it so long as the electricity stays on, looking forward to when we can re-re-launch when we can all be in the same room.

The MFW regulars talk #NBADraft #NBAPlayoffs #StanleyCup outlook and death of Grumpy Cat. Then we talk with comedian NONYE BROWN-WEST - @thatnonye - about keeping her competitive side on the down low in cheer, D&D and LITERALLY playing second fiddle to sis in the orchestra... UNTIL she found her true love in college: Fight Club. Yes. For reals. (and, yes, we know: we broke the first rule of Fight Club).  *Guest section starts about 30 minutes in* FB & Intsa: @myfantasywifepodcast Twitter: @myfantwife www.myfantasywife.com

We talk #NBA Playoffs, #NHL Playoffs, a book of Trump #golf cheating stories & more.  Then we talk to comedian guest COURTNEY BAKA - @courtneybaka - about her life as a mall goth, and fledgling eBay Auction & slot machine compulsions.    

We talk #NBAPlayoffs & especially good performance of James Hardin, WTF #KentuckyDerby - then get deep into what has happened and what we THINK will happen in the rest of final season of #GameOfThrones with comedian BRENT BLAKENEY aka @sixsevencomedy #GOT #NBA

We enlist @joeperrow to pre game on #GameofThrones including our bracket choices, but it winds up interspersed with commentary as we all watch the last 3 holes of Tiger's comeback in real time.  Plus more unnecessary references to TV show #supernatural.

This episode as it all:Baseball starts; March Madness; NBA Playoffs; the pros and cons of Velshi &/or Ruhle; and WTF is going on with that Matthew McConaughey Lincoln TV ad? Then we play a "free skate" game of the best/worst improv troupe names we can come up with.

Look.  We planned a nice, lively college basketball chat with multiple NC comics.  One slept through the call, one was "celebrating" in a bar parking lot, and one, well, simply didn't study. Our chaos is your SUPER FUN LISTEN!! #marchmadness #ncaabasketball 

Kraft & the massage parlor. Is LeBron a "villain"? Steelers' loss, Raiders' gain. And we play "Most Famous American Strippers/Former Strippers of All Time" with comedian & former strip club bouncer, our very own LOUIS BISHOP. BONUS: he tells us the time about getting stopped at a DUI checkpoint while covered in blood.

We talk to Kyle Cromer about who's looking good in NCAA men's basketball, his NY & FL fandoms, and how not to get killed when charged on the court by a future NFL lineman.  Also Super Bowl recap, NBA trades and all that. Please REVIEW, RATE & SUBSCRIBE TO US IN APPLE PODCASTS! Click here to leave review: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/my-fantasy-wife/id962572377?mt=2&ls=1

Join us as we pick our prop bets with comedian guest WENDI TOWNSEND - clearly the most fun part of this Super Bowl - along with playing Biggest Moments in Baltimore Sports History Bracket Challenge! We talk about NBA and our fantasy hockey team too - some fun stuff.  

Gary, Blaire, Louis and guest Drew Harrison throw down on who they think will win the Championships and go to the Super Bowl... and who they WANT to win (might now be the same thing). PLUS the Trump College National Football Championship Winners fast food buffet! Seriously, this is a fun and free-wheeling episode.

We bicker about NFL playoffs & an awful Cowboys' player injury, College Football finals, our fantasy football season wrap up, as well as a little NBA & NHL. Then we talk to comedian guest RACHEL WEEKS - @rachelgweeks - about her career as a competitive swimmer & then coach, a little Iowa State tailgating and then play a killer game of "Famous American Coaches - Real & Fictional"! #NFL #collegefootball #nba #fantasyfootball #swimming #coaching

We talk the big stories of 2018, but more importantly the WEIRDEST sports stories of 2018 - and plenty of fun bickering for everyone to enjoy!

We START with super spectacular opening sequence where Blaire almost dies by cough drop, then launch headlong into a crazy-fun episode including updates on the playoffs of our fantasy football league & the prospects of Soccer in the US. For some reason there's a lot of puke talk. THEN we devote the second half to talking Texas, Cheerleading, Dallas Cowboys & Frito Pie with comedian guest MAGGIE MAYE! #nfl #football #fantasyfootball #ussoccer #fritopie #hallscoughdrops #coughdropskill 

The MFW team talks Heisman Trophy, Fantasy Football, LA Lakers coming on strong AND how WE might cast a "Smokey & the Bandit" reboot! Then it's soccer, politics, Golden State Warriors bandwagon & Shakespeare with comedian guest PEGGY SINNOTT - @peggysinnott - out of LA! It culminates in a very seriously considered game of "GREATEST HARRY POTTER CHARACTER OF ALL TIME BRACKET CHALLENGE" where we also get a taste for Peggy's childhood. Wherever you get your podcasts or at www.MyFantasyWife.com #NFL #football #fantasyfootball #nba #LALakers #HeismanTrophy #SmokeyandtheBandit #GoldenStateWarriors #soccer #politicsassport #harrypotter #bestharrypottercharacterofalltime    

First, Gary, Blaire & Mr. Bishop talk Fantasy Football, another nasty NFL player scandal, Cowboys, basketball and MORE.  Then we interview comedian guest ALEX PRICE - @hauntedshopper - out of Indy!  We talk a lot about The Fighting Irish, good stories when your dad is a head of security at Notre Dame football stadium, his short career in high school football, Tri-opoly, our new Patreon podcast fundraiser where we talk about who we think is funniest in every city in America and people pay us to hear our dumb list and get angry, his past career that overlaps with Gary's in resale/antiques/pawn shops and SO. MUCH. MORE! Then we play "The Fighting Irish & Leprechaun Ultimate Trivia Challenge" for all the marbles! #fightingirish #notredame #isithaunted #indy #indycomedy #indianapolis #football #nfl #fantasyfootball #duke #dukebasketball #triopoly #bouncer 

We talk holiday movie watching: Bohemian Rhapsody & Blaire has a problem with The Lion King... fave mash up? "The Bad French Lieutenant's Woman" ... Then it's Duke Basketball (the 4th guy is the story) NFL and Tiger v. Mickelson. But then...THEN! Did you know @drodsgotjokes was for reals one of the TOP PROFESSIONAL POKER DEALERS in the country!!!???! DID you know he knows a ton about CHESS??? A. MAN. OF. SUBSTANCE! #chess #denver #denvercomedy #poker #pokerdealer #NFL #TheLionKing #BohemianRhapsody   

We #NHL, college basketball, #NFL, #fantasyfootball and "meet" an player on our fantasy hockey team.   Then we get down to brass tacks and talk all things #UFO and play UFO Trivia Challenge with comedian guest @brian_bahe out of NYC by way of Arizona!

Blaire joins the rest of the gang from her car parked at the Clara Barton rest stop on the #NJTurnpike & they discuss how this podcast could turn quickly into a cool #truecrime podcast.  We discuss #fantasyfootball & BP confused Dax Shepard & Dak Prescott.  It's the one week to change lineups in our "Bishop's Rules" league, and we talk the hot start to the #NBA season. Then we're joined by friend of the podcast, @joeperrow - who makes us learn something about #englishpremierleague soccer & as he is the king of posting questionably pumpkin spice flavored foods on social media, we play a unexpectedly exciting & interesting game of PUMPKIN TRIVIA CHALLENGE! RATE & REVIEW US ON APPLE PODCASTS & WE'LL READ YOUR REVIEW AND SAY NICE THINGS! :-)

We check in on our fantasy football league and "real" football in general with fill-in side kick, DC comedian MATT "SUNSHINE" DEAKINS who is also in our Fantasy league.  Among other things, Gary confuses the movie "Remember the Titans" with "We Are Marshall" which have very different happiness quotients.