That's News to Me Twisted Dreams Comedy
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Each week, comedians Erica and Mookie G of That’s News To Me dive into the deepest depths of the internets to dig up crazy and obscure news that you won’t find anywhere else. In the inaugural season of That’s News to Me, we discuss everything from dominatrix grandmas to poo coffee. Yum.
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Episode 63 - You Otter Order More Sauce
Summary
This week’s episode takes us to interesting places! In Georgia, a fight broke out between customers and employees when the store ran out of sweet n sour sauce while an outlaw otter in California is wanted for stealing surf boards from local surfers!
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https://brightgram.com/atlanta-ga/2588917/customers-and-staff-go-at-it-when-the-mcdonalds-sweet-and-sour-sauce-runs-out/
A group fight broke out at a Georgia McDonald’s when the restaurant ran out of sweet n sour sauce!
Story 2
https://www.npr.org/2023/07/22/1189352338/sea-otter-search-santa-cruz-surfers
An otter is wanted in California for stealing surf boards! -
Episode 62 - Cocaine Shark Barbie
This week’s episode Mookie talks all things BARBIE by taking us through some of the lesser-known Barbie doll concepts while Erica tells of the possible world take-over by drug-fueled sharks
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Episode 61 - The Best of the Best
This week’s episode is our first EVER best of! Check out this fun revisit of episodes hand-picked by Editor-In-Charge NELSON! We’re looking back on some classics such as “The Fart Jar Lady”, “New Zealand’s National Wizard”, and “Cocaine Penis”. You don’t wanna miss this!
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Episode 60 - Killer Run
Notes
On this week’s episode Mookie recounts the dangers of running near farm animals while Erica tells the strange tale of the time Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor was mistaken for a murder victim.
Story 1
A woman in Maine went out for a jog but ended up running from a cow!
https://apnews.com/article/jogger-cow-maine-b79c5facfe1c075e0e8a2a40d7d8193b
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The lead singer of Nine Inch Nails found himself on the radar of local law enforcement for a very unusual reason… they thought he’d been MURDERED!
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/548360/nine-inch-nails-trent-reznor-fbi-murder-investigation-down-in-it -
Episode 59 - Prison Bites
Update!
Pablo Escobar’s cocaine hippos are back in the news. This time, one was tragically killed when it tried to eat a car… just kidding. A driver hit it on accident. I wonder if it has to spend the afterlife with Pablo…
https://nypost.com/2023/04/12/pablo-escobars-cocaine-hippo-killed-in-colombia/
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Two prisoners from Virginia tunneled out McGyver-style and were found enjoying an American breakfast favorite… IHOP!
https://www.wsbtv.com/news/trending/escaped-prisoners-found-ihop-hours-after-breaking-through-jail-wall-with-toothbrush-metal-object/SS4C5LBIPZE33ISJAOUHW6J7GU/
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A Florida family event got cah-ray-zee again, y’all! A man tried to break up a fight but ended up with flesh-eating bacteria when one of his relatives bit his leg. And the congregation says, “only in Florida!” -
Episode 58 - Butt Plug Implosion
On this week’s episode we’re talking about the submersible vehicle implosion that took place near the Titanic site. It’s a discussion of how we’d spend $250k, whether or not we’d want to see the Titanic gravesite in person or in the Encyclopedia Britannica, and what it would take to get us to seal ourselves into a metal butt plug.