9 Chickweed Rage

Jeff Drake, Brooke Dillman
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In 1993, Brooke McEldowney began writing and drawing the newspaper comic strip 9 Chickweed Lane. Nearly 30 years later, it's still going strong. For some dumb reason, Brooke Dillman and Jeff Drake read the comic strip, even though it only makes them angry. This is their podcast, certainly one of the worst ideas for a podcast ever: a podcast about a newspaper comic strip that (as far as they know) no one reads. This is 9 CHICKWEED RAGE.

  1. SEP 29

    045: I'll Supply The Other Finger

    So our journey this episode takes us to a recital, where Amos and Edda get a less than glowing review from a critic. They are SO BAD at taking any amount of criticism that they go onstage the next night to flip the critic off. Oh wait! Yeah. In this world, Amos and Edda have a multi-night engagement AND the critic comes to EVERY performance AND writes about every performance. Just like in real life! So Amos flips off the audience (as a way of showing the audience that he disapproves of the critic's take) and Edda joins him. Then there's a reaction to THAT reaction, which also rubs Amos and Edda the wrong way. Because why wouldn't they be anything but, as they admit, childish, vindictive and ridiculous? There's a brief Sunday strip sidebar about how a bunch of scientists ask Amos to ask Edda how she keeps her boobs in her dress. I wish we were kidding about this, but no, this is REALLY what the Sunday strip is about. Then we return to the critic storyline where the critic shows up for a THIRD STRAIGHT performance to explain himself to Edda. She takes it well, and by that I mean she threatens to make him strip naked and dance in front of the audience. But only for the first 100 attendees. Yeah. It made zero sense to us either. Good times! The Chickweed strips we discuss this episode: You can find all of this episode's strips on Instagram by clicking here (https://www.instagram.com/p/DPK8LbakWnP/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==). We've abandoned Twitter, because it's terrible, but you can now find this episode's strips on Bluesky by clicking here (https://bsky.app/profile/9chickweedrage.bsky.social/post/3lzwzyr7wn227). This childish, vindictive and ridiculous episode includes: Breakfast at a hotel Freaky Friday Going to the doctor Half-marathons & marathons The dangers of the omelette bar GU packets Couches The kids in Weapons (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weapons_(2025_film)) Orangutans Leif Garrett Tiger Beat Magazine Shooting rude gestures Fred Mertz pants "Puttin' on the Ritz" (https://youtu.be/ab7NyKw0VYQ?si=Mnusgn0_Lz0WQdIr) Kash Patel sitting on a chair (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6QW23JlIgM) Seinfeld Juggs magazine Janet Jackson The Thing from Fantastic Four Rush Talk to Us! Having trouble understanding what's going on in a 9 Chickweed Lane strip you just read? Send it our way! We'll take a shot at interpreting it for you! Or maybe you just want someone to talk to? We're on Bluesky: @9ChickweedRAGE.bsky.social (https://bsky.app/profile/9chickweedrage.bsky.social). And we're on Instagram: @9ChickweedRage (https://www.instagram.com/9chickweedrage/).

    1h 36m

  2. AUG 19

    044: All Mandibles Glaring!

    For this episode, we spend basically all of our time in the water, a Mac-El-Dee classic! But we begin with Edda staring at her reflection in a mirror, because of COURSE that's what she's doing. Edda provides multiple opportunities for the Brooke-ster to draw crazy teeth, for reasons that are completely unclear. Turns out, she's trying out various monster faces to look sexier for Amos -- like that would make any fucking difference with him. Amos points out that she has spinach in her teeth (which she somehow missed while staring at her mouth in the mirror) and Edda is despondent from shame. He makes up for it by calling her "the sweetest girl in all the world." Edda and Amos kiss in front of Polly and Lolly who hope that Amos "doesn't pick up her cold sore." Yep. That's a normal phrase: "pick up a cold sore." Edda then grabs Amos's legs underwater causing him to scream "like a little girl," which she then shames him for over the course of several strips. Proving, naturally, that she is indeed "the sweetest girl in all the world." Later, when Polly and Lolly are older, they again have a conversation with Edda about being sexy, which is a totally normal conversation moms have with their daughters literally all the time. Lolly makes out with Alistair at the beach, climbing up him and sliding her feet into his swimsuit to remove it. Yes, you read that right. And then she locks toes with him. Because: ROMANCE! The world is on fire but romance is still alive on Chickweed Lane! Hooray! The Chickweed strips we discuss this episode: You can find all of this episode's strips on Instagram by clicking here (https://www.instagram.com/p/DNgVzuzPgv7/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link). We've abandoned Twitter, because it's terrible, but you can now find this episode's strips on Bluesky by clicking here (https://bsky.app/profile/9chickweedrage.bsky.social/post/3lwoxklgzmc2y). This strangely vegan episode includes: Peeps vs. Peeps Defending Your Life YouTube Rosetta Stone Jeff's Crazy Mom Oberammergau Garmisch-Partenkirchen The Passion Play Munich Marienplatz Hofbräuhaus I said "Angry Orange" but I meant "Annoying Orange (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DD5UKQggXTc)" High School Swimsuits Vegans Cold sores Seth Meyers Crimepot The Wilhelm Scream (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6JK-gRELI0) Christopher Lloyd as Judge Doom (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TE0KLwfbM-0) Talk to Us! Having trouble understanding what's going on in a 9 Chickweed Lane strip you just read? Send it our way! We'll take a shot at interpreting it for you! Or maybe you just want someone to talk to? We're on Bluesky: @9ChickweedRAGE.bsky.social (https://bsky.app/profile/9chickweedrage.bsky.social). And we're on Instagram: @9ChickweedRage (https://www.instagram.com/9chickweedrage/).

    1h 56m

  3. JUL 28

    043: I Hear You'll Do Anything for a Box of Mild Duds

    So sorry we've been away for so long. If it's any consolation, these strips punish us quite handily for our laziness. Boy do they ever! The white hot romance of Juliette and Elliott is explored a little this time around. Seems that Juliette loses her shit for Milk Duds. She makes it sound like it's a sexual thing, because isn't everything sexual in this godforsaken strip? But by the time we actually witness it, it's just Elliott with a cereal box-sized container of Milk Duds on his lap and Juliette sitting next to him with what appears to be 100 duds in each cheek. Certainly all of this came about so ol' Mac-El-Dee could have Elliott talk about how Juliette likes to have a "mouthful of caramel balls." Otis weaponizes the information by tempting Juliette with Milk Duds and getting her to sing a dirty version of an old TV theme -- one she makes up for him. Don't think too hard about what appears to be a teenager prostituting his girlfriend's mom. It's actually just silly and fun and definitely NOT WEIRD AT ALL. We also see one of the most poorly drawn examples of the Edda-in-a-leotard-in-front-of-a-mirror trope that the old pervert loves so much. And to finish it off, Otis reveals to Edda that he literally has no idea what a sunset is. None. Seriously. The Chickweed strips we discuss this episode: You can find all of this episode's strips on Instagram by clicking here (https://www.instagram.com/p/DMoy3kuRrdp/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==). We've abandoned Twitter, because it's terrible, but you can now find this episode's strips on Bluesky by clicking here (https://bsky.app/profile/9chickweedrage.bsky.social/post/3luypqio4r22q). This sensual phantasmagoria of an episode includes: Nuts vs. Seeds GoComics is not free Diet Coke Jeff Goldblum in Jurassic Park Brooke's imaginary horse Brooke's non-imaginary mom Charlie Brown's shirt Milk Duds Junior Mints How to Train Your Dragon Chuck E. Cheese Gilligan’s Island The Forbidden Dance Peanut Butter M&M’s Milk Duds Whoppers Mickey Rourke in Diner Dutch angle Talk to Us! Having trouble understanding what's going on in a 9 Chickweed Lane strip you just read? Send it our way! We'll take a shot at interpreting it for you! Or maybe you just want someone to talk to? We're on Bluesky: @9ChickweedRAGE.bsky.social (https://bsky.app/profile/9chickweedrage.bsky.social). And we're on Instagram: @9ChickweedRage (https://www.instagram.com/9chickweedrage/).

    1h 33m

  4. MAY 30

    042: You Didn't Pass the Panty Round

    After two and a half years of doing this podcast, Jeff has obviously lost his mind. He brings thirty -- THIRTY -- strips to discuss, all about the lead-up to Seth and Fernanda's wedding. And boy oh boy is it a doozy! We talk about how Brooke is obviously the world's favorite co-host of this podcast, and that's it's not even close. We begin with Fernanda talking about panties at length, which we had just barely scratched the surface of in our previous episode. We discover that Fernanda (and ultimately Brooke Mac-El-Dee himself) does not truly understand the concept of rounding off numbers. Apparently, a skill being taught to (and being understood by) elementary school children eludes our dear author. Nor does he seem to be aware of the total number of people currently on the planet or how many of that number would be men. Why would that be important? It's not really. But he mis-uses both of those pieces of information to get to what he believes is a joke. So he's both inaccurate and not funny. But, shit, we knew all that already, didn't we? In the lead-up to Fernanda and Seth getting married, Edda kisses Seth, for no real good reason, TWICE. Both times, Amos is like, "Well, that seems normal and fine." But to us, of course, it seems like proof the two of them totally did it. Like, for sure. Fernanda and Seth are in a pool, a shower, and a couple of different tubs. And after basically six straight weeks of this dumb storyline it ends with them in a tub throwing a phone away. Yep. Classic stuff. The Chickweed strips we discuss this episode: You can find all of this episode's strips on Instagram by clicking here (https://bsky.app/profile/9chickweedrage.bsky.social/post/3lqeeckl3jc2t). We've abandoned Twitter, because it's terrible, but you can now find this episode's strips on Bluesky by clicking here (https://www.instagram.com/p/DKQ6DWAR6VF/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==). This episode is a trifle cyanotic yet still includes: Louise Brooks Rounding numbers Crab claws Shiplap Vinyl Siding Gilligan's Island Fonzie Cunnilingus/Streetilingus Moby Dick Dorf on Golf Phones in tubs Talk to Us! Having trouble understanding what's going on in a 9 Chickweed Lane strip you just read? Send it our way! We'll take a shot at interpreting it for you! Or maybe you just want someone to talk to? We're on Bluesky: @9ChickweedRAGE.bsky.social (https://bsky.app/profile/9chickweedrage.bsky.social). And we're on Instagram: @9ChickweedRage (https://www.instagram.com/9chickweedrage/).

    2h 5m

  5. MAR 16

    041: Welcome to the Sex Toilet, Matt Fraction!

    Matt Fraction really should be writing the new Batman comic, but instead he made the mistake of wondering, "What exactly is this comic strip Jeff and Brooke are talking about?" It's a dangerous question to pose to yourself. Even more so, as Matt discovered, if one makes the mistake of Googling this comic strip. It kind of opens a Pandora's box. Which is what happened, and the next thing Matt knew, he was reading years' worth of Chickweed Lanes. Seriously guys, he took pages of notes! After the deep immersion, he agreed to join us on the podcast to talk about the things he witnessed. That includes: couples going to TGI Fingerbang's, something known as "ffawnky mozm fimps," curious children who lift mommy's skirt, hetero-curious ballet dancers, buttholes that look like clown's mouths, falling in love with Nazis, vaginas (with and without crawfish), "knockout gams," how much Brooke Mc-El-Dee knows about menstruation (not much!), elderly men who produce ink when startled, the hypnotic sexiness of cat's buttholes, and a final strip so surprising, it floors Brooke Dillman, almost literally. And this after two of the earlier strips nearly killed her already! Along the way, we talk about Dilbert, Alan Moore, Gene Simmons, and Kansas City's most famous serial killer. Also Matt makes a really good point about Raiders of the Lost Ark. It's our largest episode ever and for a good reason! Drake! Dillman! Fraction! Let's go! The Chickweed strips we discuss this episode: You can find all of the strips on Instagram by clicking here (https://www.instagram.com/p/DHPuijSRw0C/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==). We've abandoned Twitter, because it's terrible, but you can now find us on Bluesky by clicking here (https://bsky.app/profile/9chickweedrage.bsky.social/post/3lkhq52yxvc2u). This ffawnky mozm fimps episode includes: Malcolm in the Middle Good Brooke vs. Bad Brooke the Death Star trash chute Game of Thrones Dilbert Dutch angles Terminator 2 sexual chicken fight The Shining twins The Brady Bunch Converse All-Stars Hoosiers Alan Moore Swamp Thing The Mona Lisa & the Scream Eva Braun Danny Thomas Bill Oakley tight butts drive Matt nuts KISS and the Kiss Kasket (https://nashvillecasketsales.com/kisskasket.htm) Gene Simmons Cindy Lou Who Raiders of the Lost Ark The Lockhorns Stephen Sondheim Stan Lee Kansas City serial killer Bob Berdella (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Berdella) Jorge Jimenez Talk to Us! Having trouble understanding what's going on in a 9 Chickweed Lane strip you just read? Send it our way! We'll take a shot at interpreting it for you! Or maybe you just want someone to talk to? We're on Bluesky: @9ChickweedRAGE.bsky.social (https://bsky.app/profile/9chickweedrage.bsky.social). And we're on Instagram: @9ChickweedRage (https://www.instagram.com/9chickweedrage/). Special Guest: Matt Fraction.

    2h 14m

  6. FEB 16

    040: A Bellowing Stag in Rut

    In the days leading up to the wedding of Amos and Edda, Edda tries to seduce her (mostly) gay roommate Seth. He rebuffs her, or does he? She's engaged to Amos, but she (at the very least) dry humps his knee. He says no. But then (apparently?) he changes his mind and has sex with her anyway. Later, that same night? Later, like, the next day? It's impossible to decipher. But later she has sex with Amos and declares to him that she has always loved him. Both she and Seth lie about what happened. Amos seems to know what really happened but shoves it down deep inside so he can carry on living inside The Greatest Love Affair The World Has Ever Seen. As a result of whatever Edda did with Seth, she wants to elope. But they're stopped by Juliette and Seth who both want there to be a regular wedding, for very different reasons. Juliette wants a wedding she can attend, Seth wants Edda to wear the wedding dress he made her. The reasons he made the dress were to make Amos so amazed by her beauty that he would feel inferior and run to Seth for comfort, so Seth could then fuck Amos. Guys, this is actually what he says out loud in the strip. They get married. Their dog sniffs Eddas ass. And The Greatest Love Affair The World Has Ever Seen continues! The Chickweed strips we discuss this episode: You can find all of the strips on Instagram by [clicking here](https://www.instagram.com/p/DGHwroKxPJd/?utmsource=igwebcopylink&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==). We've abandoned Twitter, because it's terrible, but you can now find us on Bluesky by clicking here (https://bsky.app/profile/9chickweedrage.bsky.social/post/3libhrs6kv22l). This disgusting episode includes: Diet Coke Buying 9chickweedrage.com Albania Coach from Cheers The Gulf of America Matilda Little Annie Rooney Billy Budd Siege of Vicksburg Cameltoe on both shoulders the Ben Franklin Odysseus McEldowney ellipses corn niblet teeth bag of Scrabble tiles Van Halen / Van Hagar / Van Hoesen Chimney sweeps crab claw hands see you next Tuesday turtlenecks It Happened One Night Howdy Doody Talk to Us! Having trouble understanding what's going on in a 9 Chickweed Lane strip you just read? Send it our way! We'll take a shot at interpreting it for you! Or maybe you just want someone to talk to? We're on Bluesky: @9ChickweedRAGE.bsky.social (https://bsky.app/profile/9chickweedrage.bsky.social). And we're on Instagram: @9ChickweedRage (https://www.instagram.com/9chickweedrage/).

    1h 56m

  7. 12/24/2024

    039: Would You Mind Spitting In My Mask?

    Amos and Edda are in a body of water, so that of course means that it is unclear: a) what kind of body of water it is, b) how deep the water is, and c) if there are any other people around. Amos threatens (promises?) to drown himself waiting for Edda to swim by again. I mean, they're married or at least dating at this point, so I'm not sure why he's being so stealthy about looking at her. Later, he sees legs under the water and decides to swim through them BEFORE BEING CERTAIN THEY BELONG TO EDDA. It ends up being Edda, who traps him between her thighs (metaphor!), and then he basically stays there, with his head pressed against her vagina. Mostly, it's the top of his head, which is confusing but also a bit of a relief. There's a moment where it totally seems like Ol' Mac-El-Dee wanted to imply that Amos was going downtown while in the pool, but the way it's drawn would rule that out. Physical impossibility rears its head in a strip where it appears Edda has removed Amos's head from his body. In the end, they either f**k, drown, or fart jointly under the water. Because ROMANCE! In a bonus strip, Edda dance/romances a dead-eyed Amos (is there any other kind?) and ends up kissing him while standing with her feet on his shoulders. Yeah. Try to imagine what that looks like. And good luck! The Chickweed strips we discuss this episode: You can find all of the strips on Instagram by clicking here (https://www.instagram.com/p/C_cGP8up0MM/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==). We've abandoned our Twitter presence, but you can now find us on Bluesky by clicking here (https://bsky.app/profile/9chickweedrage.bsky.social). This suspiciously bubbly episode includes: Headphones vs. Earsets Jigsaw puzzles Kansas City Is Stroud's Fried Chicken still around? Yes, it is (https://www.stroudsrestaurant.com/). Sudoku Jigsaw Chat! Brooke's hair surprises! The official beginning of Spring Crocuses are f*****g useless Stretch Armstrong Australian Crawl Giantesses Catywampus and Kitty-Corner 9-1-1 & 9-1-1 Lone Star Thigh gap Becky Thatcher A bit of a Ben Franklin Milk Milk Lemonade Little House on the Prairie Slingblade "Can't Touch This!" by MC Hammer "Bad Girls" by Donna Summer Talk to Us! Having trouble understanding what's going on in a 9 Chickweed Lane strip you just read? Send it our way! We'll take a shot at interpreting it for you! Or maybe you just want someone to talk to? We're on Bluesky: @9ChickweedRAGE.bsky.social (https://bsky.app/profile/9chickweedrage.bsky.social). And we're on Instagram: @9ChickweedRage (https://www.instagram.com/9chickweedrage/).

    1h 38m

  8. 09/03/2024

    038: Producing A Hissing Sound While Your Bosom Swells

    First of all, we recorded on Brooke Dillman's actual birthday. That was fun. To celebrate, we welcomed our first-ever guest Adam Grosswirth to the podcast. He tipped us off to the disgusting storyline about Polly & Lolly wanting to fuck the same guy...and both basically being okay with the fact that they might just do that. It's a truly upsetting journey, that we only cover the tiniest fraction of. Oh man, the Mac-El-Dee sure loves writing about this tired masturbatory fantasy. They're both in love with a guy named Alistair, who appears to be in his mid-30s. But SURPRISE! He's 16. Look at a picture. You won't believe it either. He's as sixteen as any of the cast members of Beverly Hills 90210 were. Even less so. Anyway, Alistair's courtship of the twins begins with him asking both of them out on one date, because he doesn't want to choose. Also, they're obviously not individual human beings but identical fantasy fucktoys! Seems impossible that someone would ever accuse Mac-El-Dee of being a feminist. The Chickweed strips we discuss this episode: You can find all of the strips either on Twitter by clicking here (https://x.com/9chickweedRAGE/status/1830800511823671634) or on Instagram by clicking here (https://www.instagram.com/p/C_cGP8up0MM/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==). This disgusting episode includes: Lemonheads Brooke Dillman's Birthday Gadget Hackwrench from Rescue Rangers Trios for six hands Masturbation Bosoms Mac Tonight Poitrines Anything Goes Benny Hill George Carlin The Ben Franklins Skibidi Toilet Talk to Us! Having trouble understanding what's going on in a 9 Chickweed Lane strip you just read? Send it our way! We'll take a shot at interpreting it for you! Or maybe you just want someone to talk to? We're on Twitter: @9ChickweedRAGE (https://twitter.com/9chickweedRAGE). And we're on Instagram: @9ChickweedRage (https://www.instagram.com/9chickweedrage/). Special Guest: Adam Grosswirth.

    1h 23m
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In 1993, Brooke McEldowney began writing and drawing the newspaper comic strip 9 Chickweed Lane. Nearly 30 years later, it's still going strong. For some dumb reason, Brooke Dillman and Jeff Drake read the comic strip, even though it only makes them angry. This is their podcast, certainly one of the worst ideas for a podcast ever: a podcast about a newspaper comic strip that (as far as they know) no one reads. This is 9 CHICKWEED RAGE.

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  • Creator
    Jeff Drake, Brooke Dillman
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2025
  • Episodes
    45
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2025 Jeff Drake and Brooke Dillman
  • Show Website
    9 Chickweed Rage