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Hello and welcome to the Kevin Can F*** Himself series wrap-up! Another great show in the bag. We answer audience questions, talk Sienfeld dynasties, and reflect on nearly a decade of podcasting. Thank you so much for listening. See you next week for Season 1 Episode 1 of The Magicians!

Hello and welcome to the final episode of Kevin Can F*** Himself! Allison is back after a 6 month stint masquerading as "Gertrude", and she has some choice words for her asshole husband. But these last few months haven't been kind to Kevin. He has finally managed to drive everyone away and is left with only his hideously dumb thoughts and easy access to fire. Let's see how this all shakes out! Thanks for listening.

Hello and welcome to Kevin Can F*** Himself season 2 episode 7! This week, Allison has decided that faking her own death might not be what she really wants after all. But, has she already come too far? Neil surely isn't looking to make that decision any easier. He is currently wandering around town drunk and telling "interesting stories" to anyone who will lend him an ear. Thanks for listening!

Welcome to Kevin Can F*** Himself season 2 episode 6! This week Allison begins planning the intricacies of faking her own death. The current best plan involves ripping out teeth and burning a car...maybe let's keep thinking? Meanwhile, Patti is sloooowly packing to move in with Tammy. One box of a few books at a time. Thanks for listening!

Hello and welcome to Kevin Can F*** Himself season 2 episode 5! The whole town is impacted by a massive blackout after an errant firework hits a transformer. Sure, Kevin was out working on a firework display around that time, but that's just a coincidence. Meanwhile, Allison and Patti take this opportunity to do some crimes and get Allison her ticket to freedom...a death certificate! Thanks for listening.

Welcome to season 2 episode 4 of Kevin Can F*** Himself! It's Patti's birthday but for some reason she REALLY doesn't feel like celebrating right now. A little too much going on. What, with Allison putting the final touches of her death and Neil getting slapped with a "drunk and disorderly" at the family ice rink. Thanks for listening!

Welcome to Kevin Can F*** Himself season 2 episode 3! This week, Allison and Patty are out searching for an unclaimed corpse with a good name and no Facebook page. But stealing an identity and running off into the sunset isn't a decision to make lightly. Maybe a few flashbacks to the worst day of her life will help add some perspective? Thanks for listening!

Hello and welcome to Kevin Can F*** Himself season 2 episode 1! Neil wakes up in the hospital to a bit of blackmail, and wakes up again and again to his own living nightmare...? Meanwhile Allison has a couple chats with a private eye. Kevin isn't in danger of losing everyone close to him, right? Thanks for listening!

Hello and welcome to Kevin Can F*** Himself season 2 episode 1! In this season premiere Allison and Patty have a falling out over how to best handle the "We knocked out Neil and tied him up in the basement" situation. Meanwhile, Kevin's political future is looking brighter by the hour. Maybe Allison can get in there and gum up the works and bit. No way she makes the situation worse, right? Thanks for listening!

Hello and welcome to the Kevin can F*** Himself season 1 wrap-up. Thank you to everyone who sent in questions! We hope you enjoy listening to the tangents and reflections as much as we enjoyed recording them. See you next week for season 2!

Hello and welcome to the Kevin Can F*** Himself season 1 finale! So, get those questions in for the wrap-up! Last episode Kevin shot Allison's would be hitman during a botched B&E. But after a day or two of big sad feelings, Kevin's Kevin-ism is redoubled by a free round of 10am beer. Now, he knows what he has to do...he has to run for political office! Will Allison call it quits now that murder has been upgraded to assassination? Not a chance. Thanks for listening!

Hello and welcome to Kevin Can F*** Himself season 1 episode 7! Allison, after last week's boost in confidence, is starting to spiral the opposite direction. Murdering your husband is an emotional affair. And an affair is also an emotional affair. Can she cope with the stress until the deed is done? Will she even want to finish the deed once Kevin and Neil's rock group goes triple platinum? Thanks for listening!

Hello and welcome to Kevin Can F*** Himself season 1 episode 6! This week is Kevin's 36th birthday and the whole gang is going out to celebrate. Well...Kevin is technically celebrating with two groups at once with a classic "Ms. Doubtfire" double dinner. Meanwhile, Patty is kissing her assigned detecrive and trying to figure it all out after the fact. Thanks for listening!

Hello and welcome to Kevin Can F*** Himself season 1 episode 5! This week, Patty is EXILED for her heinous and unforgivable act of...not bringing Kevin a burger. Meanwhile, the guys find a replacement Patty who is actually a dude with a knife. Maybe Allison can lend a sympathetic ear in-between reckless acts of petty theft and adultery? Thanks for listening!

Hello and welcome to Kevin Can F*** Himself season 1 episode 4! This week we split the party. Kevin and Neil are at home trying to get rich quick in the escape room business. But maybe puzzels and problem solving aren't exactly at their fortes. Meanwhile, Patty and Allison are hitting the open road in search of enough oxy to kill a husband. Thanks for listening!

Hello and welcome to Kevin Can F*** Himself season 1 episode 3! This week, Patty gets a bit of the spotlight as we explore her motivations for starting her pill selling side hustle. Meanwhile, Kevin and Neil have a falling out over their yearly "bribe chili" and Allison pays the price for fanning the flames. Thanks for listening!

Welcome to Kevin Can F*** Himself season 1 episode 2! This week, Allison puts on her favorite new hoodie and hits the town to try and gather some much needed husband murdering supplies. Meanwhile, back in the sitcom reality, Kevin has declared REVOLUTIONARY WAR on his neighbors. The slight that led to the dramatic declaration? They stole his favorite new hoodie...probably an unrelated hoodie? Thanks for listening! 

Why hello there and welcome to season 1 episode 1 of our new show, Kevin Can F*** Himself! While we don't know too much yet, we do know that this show is playing with the time honored format of the "sitcom". We have our zingers, our laugh tracks, and our motley crew of bumbling neighbors. But, impossibly, we also seem to slip out of that sterilized world into the messy, complicated, and exhausting reality we all know and....love? Thanks for listening!

Hello and welcome to the Gravity Falls wrap-up! It's been a wonderful, heartwarming romp but we eventually had to say goodbye to the Pines family. Thank you to everyone who sent in questions. We hope you join us next week with episode 1 of a brand new show!

Hello and welcome to the Gravity Falls finale! This week, the confrontation with Bill finally comes to a head...literally speaking. Turns out, even after a fued lasting multiple decades and a potential global apocalypse, Ford and Stan can still learn a thing or two from their niblings. But, can we reconcile in time to defeat the big bad and get Mabel and Dipper home to California? Thanks for listening and and remember to send in your wrap up questions!

Hello and welcome back to the end of the world! It's season 2 episode 20 of Gravity Falls and with Mabel and Dipper back on great terms, it's time to start working on the other set of twins. Unfortunately, the Ford+Stan fued has been stewing for decades, not days. Can we all come together in the darkest hour and finally stop Bill? Thanks for listening.

Hello and welcome to Gravity Falls season 2 episode 19! This week, Dipper finally finds Mabel, ruling in a utopia of her own design. Candy, color, and boys as far as the eye can see! But under the sugar dusted surface of smiles and stickers there is something dark lurking just out of sight. Can the siblings rebuild their bridges before it all comes tumbling down? Thanks for listening!

Hello and welcome to Gravity Falls season 2 episode 18! Welp, it's finally here. Weirdmageddon is dumping all of the chaos of Bill's universe into ours and reality is start to bend and shift in some weird and horrifying ways. Can Dipper rise to the occasion and save his sister from the sinister clutches of a chaos god? Content warnings if you hate anthropomorphic teeth, bat violence, orbs, or BIG goats. Thanks for listening!

Hello and welcome to Gravity Falls season 2 episode 17! It's the last episode of 2024 and I wish I could say this was one of those fun, low stakes holiday episodes that family cartoons are known for. But after Ford makes Dipper an offer that's seemingly too good to be true, Mabel comes to the stark realization that her perfect world is about to change in some dramatic and abrupt ways. Stability has been replaced with chaos and you know who thrives on chaos? Yeah...Bill is back. Thanks for listening!

Welcome to season 2 episode 15 of Gravity Falls! This week, forget saving the world from Bill, Dipper has got to meet some ladies! Perhaps slightly too many ladies?? Maybe Grunkle Stan isn't the best source of romantic advice. Also, join us this Saturday to Sunday from 9am to 9am for Extra Life! Watch us stream games for 24 hours and raise money for children's hospitals. Win-Win! https://www.extra-life.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.team&teamID=68935 Thanks for listening!

Welcome to Gravity Falls season 2 episode 15! This week, Mabel "Pure of Heart" Pines is off on a magical unicorn quest and she couldn't be more prepared. Her whole life has been building to this moment. Time to shine! But something isn't sitting quite right with these mono-horned cryptids. Maybe being beautiful and majestic doesn't necessarily make you good and decent? Thanks for listening!

Hello and welcome (back?) to season 2 episode 14 of Gravity Falls! This week Stan Pines both literally and metaphorically throws his hat into the ring to be the new mayor of Gravity Falls. But is he moved by a deep sense of civic duty, or is it something more akin to spite? Who knows. But our ponderings won't really matter if the nibbling can't help polish some of the MANY rough edges on their grumpy old uncle. Thanks for listening!

Hello adventurers and welcome to Gravity Falls campaign 2 session 13! This week, family drama takes a back seat to make room for high fantasy and some really crunchy math. OH BOY! That's right, grab a bag of salty snacks and dust off your cloaks because we are "playing" DD&MD. Thanks for listening!

Welcome to Gravity Falls season 2 episode 12! Now that the big secret is out we can finally have that juicy flashback episode we have all been waiting for! This week, Ford and Stan take a trip down memory lane. But while the trip starts off heartwarming and full of love, the murky realities of life start to set in pretty quickly. Is it true that time heals all wounds? Thanks for listening?

Hello and welcome to Gravity Falls season 2 episode 11. The time is finally here...Stan has been working tirelessly for years to get to this exact moment. But what is it he has been working towards? He claims it has all been for the good of the family. The federal agents claim it has been a plot to destroy the world. Is he a villain or a hero? Or, perhaps, something in-between? Thanks for listening!

Hello and welcome to Gravity Falls season 2 episode 10! This week, Dipper and Mabel are invited to the luxurious and fabulous Northwest family soiree. But they are not invited because of their charm, their money, or their political influence. They are invited to help dispel a pesky lumberjack curse...the spookiest kind of curse! Thanks for listening.

Hello and welcome to Gravity Falls season 2 episode 9! This week, Mabel decides to take her matchmaking skills to another level. She had a magic touch before, but now she has THE magic touch, courtesy of The Love God's secret concoctions. But is mixing magic and love really a consequence free combination? Thanks for listening!

Hello and welcome to Gravity Falls season 2 episode 8! This week, Dipper and Mabel are trying their darndest to help Soos have an incredible birthday. Which he deserves. Unfortunately for them, Soos has a....complicated relationship with his birthday. But you know what he has a pretty incredible relationship with? (Other than the Pines family) LAZER TAG! Thanks for listening.

Welcome to Gravity Falls season 2 episode 7! Everyone get your chanting voices ready and steam your matching robes, this week we are meeting a secret cult! In an attempt to finally unravel the mystery of the journal's true author, Mabel and Dipper enlist the help of town eccentric Old Man McGucket. His memory might be fragmented but that might not actually be his fault....thanks for listening!

Welcome to Gravity Falls season 2 episode 6! This week is the show's second take on a classic anthology episode! We have 3 unrelated spooky stories to frighten and delight all who dare enter here. Thanks for listening!

Hello and welcome to Gravity Falls season 2 episode 5! It's Soos's time to shine bright and find love in this small town. It's not going to be an easy task, but we all know he deserves it. Thankfully, we have a old friend of the podcast here to give a voice to everyone's favorite big dood. Big shout out to Nick from Alley Cat Comics! Thanks for listening.

Hello and welcome to Gravity Falls season 2 episode 4! This week, Mabel's heart writes a check that might just be too big for her to cash. Turns out, putting on a fully produced, full length puppet rock opera (sock opera if you will) takes a LOT of work. But with a little luck and with Dipper pulling a sleepless night or two, maybe there is a chance. Thanks for listening!

Hello and welcome to Gravity Falls season 2 episode 3! This week, Mabel and Pacifica Northwest find themselves at the center of a turf war between multiple factions of mystical putt-putt creatures. If only Grunkle Stan wasn't so eager to help his nibblings break and enter we probably could have just played a quick round and called it there. But, now we are here and Mabel has to decide if beating Pacifica at her own game is worth playing Pacifica's game in the first place. Thanks for listening!

Welcome to Gravity Falls season 2 episode 2! This week, Wendy finally joins the nibblings on a spooky adventure into the deep dark woods. Can Dipper find the right words to tell her how he really feels before any monster shenanigans ruin the titular moment? Maybe with the "help" of his VERY "helpful" sister? Thanks for listening!

Welcome to episode 1 of Gravity Falls season 2! The Mystery Shack is back in business and the whole town has turned out to show their support. But while smiles and good cheer abound, Dipper only has eyes for uncovering mystery. He will do anything, even if that means breaking PCRC rule #1: "NEVER read Latin infront of the books!" Thanks for listening.

Hello and welcome to our first ever Gravity Falls season wrap up episode! With season 1 in the bag, the gang sits down to talk all thing Mabel, Grunkle Stan, and Dipper. Along with a few questions from you, our lovely listeners! Join us next week for the first episode of season 2.

Hello and welcome to the season 1 finale of Gravity Falls! After last week's cliffhanger episode we pick back up with Gideon's grubby paws all over the Mystery Shack. But with a town full of fanatical Gideon fans, can Stan overcome his....less than stellar reputation and convince the locals that the child psychic is up to no good? Can the kids find a way to keep their summer dreams alive before they are sent back home? Thanks for listening!

Welcome to Gravity Falls season 1 episode 19! This week, after another failed attempt to steal the deed to the mystery shack, Li'l Gideon decides to speak some Latin and summon a triangular demon. The demon's name is Bill Cypher and he is more than happy to pop into Grunkle Stan's mind and root around a bit...for a price. Tune in next week to find out how we wrap up our first ever "to be continued". Thanks for listening!

Welcome to Gravity Falls season 1 episode 18! This week, the family is out on a prehistoric pig rescue mission. But tensions are flaring up within the group and time is of the essence. Can we get waddles back from the lair of a featherless pterodactyl before nature takes its course? Thanks for listening!

It's season 1 episode 17 of Gravity Falls! This week Mabel... brings home a boy band! While the boy band tries to stay on the down low, Dipper and Grunkle Stan bond over loves lost to musicians. Thanks for listening.

Hello and welcome to season 1 episode 16 of Gravity Falls! This week everybody is getting their Friday's Freaked. But what can two feuding siblings really accomplish when their bodies and minds are switched for an afternoon? Thanks for listening!

Hello and welcome to Gravity Falls season 1 episode 15! This week, both of the niblings are pursing their summer crushes and getting in over their heads. Dipper gets a job as a lifeguard to spend time with Wendy, but rule breaking is way more fun than rule enforcing. Meanwhile, the mysterious boy at the pool which captures Mabel's heart isn't quite your standard mysterious pool boy. Thanks for listening!

Welcome to Gravity Falls season 1 episode 14! This week the family falls into a bottomless pit. After a few panicked seconds, feefall gets kinda boring so we decide to tell stories while we await death. Some stories are short lies, some stories are long truths. But how does it all end? Thanks for listening!

Welcome to Gravity Falls season 1 episode 13! It's no secret that Mabel and Grunkle Stan have fundamental differences in their approach to money. One feeds dollar bills to pet pigs and the other would give his nephew hookworm for some pocket change. But which approach makes for a better boss? Let's settle that question once and for all. Thanks for listening!

Welcome to Gravity Falls season 1 episode 12! This week, the crew discovers that Gravity Falls might be the best place to live - two halloweens??? Sign us up. Thanks for listening!

Welcome to Gravity Falls season 1 episode 11! This week, Dipper comes to the HORRIFYING realization that he is exactly 1mm shorter than Mabel, the Alpha Twin. But if there is a seemingly innocuous problem to solve then there is a dangerous magical solution. I'm sure the feuding siblings wont let said magic fall into the wrong hands. That would get awkward. Thanks for listening!