HeyJaredMary Jo Pehl
Mary Jo Pehl is a writer and actor on Rifftrax, and cast member on Mystery Science Theater 3000. Check out her show on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/themaryjopehlshow.
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THE GOOD THINGS JAR (opens the original)
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The fall colors were glorious! Art crawl through the towns along the North Shore, Tweed Museum and Karpeles Museum in Duluth. All the exclamation points in the world!
THE GOOD THINGS JAR (opens the original)
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I have gently dragooned many a friend and acquaintances to perform at the Garage. I coax them by rhapsodizing about the cozy space and the enthusiastic audiences. Some folks have never been on stage, or seasoned performers might hesitate, so I simply summarize: “It’s a garage”.In other words, the stakes are low:A one-car garage.A 4’x4’ stage, 6” high, lit barely and sporadically by the garage door opener light.Roughly 24-26 audience members, all in their own lawn chairs.$5 cover.6 pm on random S
THE GOOD THINGS JAR (opens the original)
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Peter and I have had season tickets to the Guthrie for several years. We find the best possible deal, calculating how many plays we actually want to see, and crunch the numbers against rush tickets for any given show. It’s a project every year, comparing our brochures which end up laden with notes and calculations and who can do what nights when. It’s become our regular hangout, every other month or so.First we pretend not to see each other in the lobby at our appointed meeting time, even though
THE GOOD THINGS JAR (opens the original)
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…Phew!The doctor didn’t think it was anything to be concerned about, but sliced part of the back of my hand for a biopsy anyway. It hurt like hell.“It’s probably just an age spot that got a little angry”.Just a little angry. I like that age spots can get miffed. I imagine it clenching its jaw and slamming stuff around: No, no, everything’s fine.Me: It doesn’t seem like it. If you want to talk, I’m here.These little spots, also called liver spots, can be from sun damage. But I prefer to think of
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It was a milestone birthday for Bridget - so take her to Restoration Hardware, natch. She didn’t even know it existed and she’s always got her finger on the pulse of great restaurants. She was impressed, and I was impressed that I impressed her.Bridget has told me she “courted” me as a friend. It was the mid-80s, and a bunch of us were doing the standup comedy rounds in the Twin Cities, slogging through odd, hilariously painful, laugh-free open mics. She tells me that when we met, she made up he
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