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5 min readComedy Bang! Bang! Live In Portland, OR 2016 (Early Show)
The episode opens with Scott Aukerman alone, explaining that Threedom is on hiatus until September, so they're releasing early live episodes from the 2016 Comedy Bang! Bang! tour—the tour where the three hosts "got to know each other very well" and spent months "going insane day by day." This particular recording is from May 24, 2016, at Revolution Hall in Portland, Oregon, the early of two shows performed that night. The episode features Lauren Lapkus as Kid Detective Murphy O'Malliman, Paul F. Tompkins as Big Chunky Bubbles (a character he invented after seeing "big chunky bubbles" on a soup menu at dinner that night), and Tim Baltz as Don Darling.
The Kid Detective and Her Missing Brother
Murphy O'Malliman is a nine-year-old amateur sleuth who arrives on stage with a large magnifying glass she can't seem to hold still. She's searching for her brother, J.J. O'Malliman, who disappeared after climbing a tree to catch a live squirrel for a hat. The last time she saw him, he "scrambled up like something out of The Ring" and "leapt to another tree" before vanishing. Murphy and J.J. had been in Portland hunting for honey to make "artisan Cheerios" for their father, an old prospector who lives inside a TV.
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What you'll learn
- 1 (05:35) **Scott Opens Solo in Portland** - Scott Ackerman introduces the live episode from the 2016 Comedy Bang Bang tour, explaining the Threedom hiatus and the characters to come.
- 2 (05:35) **Scott's Hostile Crowd Work and Stage Gripes** - Scott berates the audience, complains about the venue's lighting and mic cord, and establishes his irritable on-stage persona.
- 3 (10:50) **Murphy O'Malliman Introduces Her Missing Brother Mystery** - The kid detective enters, establishes her backstory, and reveals the central mystery of her missing brother, JJ.
- 4 (18:10) **Investigating the Clues: The Wizard and the Bones** - Murphy details her and JJ's past adventure with a wizard who taught them to read their mother's bones, leading to surreal logic.
- 5 (27:25) **Scott Becomes the Prime Suspect** - Scott tries to help solve the mystery but is accused of being the killer, leading to a paranoid interrogation.
- 6 (39:38) **Big Chunky Bubbles Enters: A Children's Entertainer** - A morose, soup-based bubble artist is introduced, who immediately clashes with the child detective.
- 7 (53:51) **Bubbles' Family and the Bizarre Logic of His Act** - The entertainer describes his three hated children and walks through the painful details of his performance.
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Show Notes
As Them Threedom Boys take a short hiatus, they give you a treat to tide you over:
Live Comedy Bang! Bang! performance, May 24, 2016 from Revolution Hall in Portland, OR - featuring Scott Aukerman, Lauren Lapkus as kid detective Murphy O'Malaman, Paul F. Tompkins as children’s entertainer Big Chunky Bubbles and Tim Baltz as Don Darling.
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