Episodes

  • Ep 13: The Round-Up (Mailbag Edition)

    Ep 13: The Round-Up (Mailbag Edition)
    Feb 5 2025

    Mark and Ryan open up the mailbag and go through listener suggestions for the town. With the help of the audience they create so many wonderful new things for the town such as: a hot new restaurant called The Taco Hat, a new regional slang for the word ‘mirror’, and a tourist shop for this town that is anti-tourist.


    If you have suggestions be sure to write in: thetownshow@kellykelly.ca


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    54 mins
  • Ep 12: The Casino w/ Dino Archie

    Ep 12: The Casino w/ Dino Archie
    Jan 29 2025
    Stand up comedian Dino Archie (Jimmy Kimmel Live) joins Mark and Ryan to talk about his hometown of Fresno, California. He tells stories about slinging ice cream, a local one hit wonder who ran a limo company, and his basketball coach who wanted to fight him. He also introduces some major locations for our town: a stadium for Irish hurling, a used car dealership, and a casino.

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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • Ep 11: The Pub with Colin Cowan

    Ep 11: The Pub with Colin Cowan
    Jan 23 2025
    Comedian and musician, Colin Cowan joins Mark and Ryan to talk about his hometown of Riverview, New Brunswick, regional sayings of the Maritime provinces of Canada, and rumours. He also builds the town’s first pub, creates a whole cable access TV station, and has someone murdered in the muddy banks of a river.

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    59 mins
  • Ep 10: The Egg Market w/ Aaron Read

    Ep 10: The Egg Market w/ Aaron Read
    Jan 15 2025
    Standup comedian, musician and artist Aaron Read joins Mark and Ryan to talk about growing up in Burnaby, BC, setting off bear-bangers in the woods, and neglectful landlords. He also creates a Jean Claude Van Damne movie that only exists in our town and builds something called an Egg Market.

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    50 mins
  • Introducing The Town Show

    Introducing The Town Show
    Jan 14 2025

    From the creators of Let’s Make a Sci-Fi and This Sounds Serious comes The Town Show – where comedians Mark Chavez and Ryan Beil set out to build a fictional town. Each week, a guest comedian helps pitch new residents, landmarks, history, and events, that shape the town. Together, they craft a world from scratch, one episode at a time. Building a town… how hard could it be? New episodes every Wednesday.


    Watch the video podcast version: https://www.youtube.com/@TheTownShowPod


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    2 mins
  • Ep 9: The Library w/ Amy Goodmurphy

    Ep 9: The Library w/ Amy Goodmurphy
    Jan 8 2025
    Amy Goodmurphy (CW's Wild Cards) joins Mark and Ryan for this inaugural video podcast, to tell them about the characters of North Vancouver, including Screwy Louie and Jason Priestly. She builds a library for our town and puts on a full costume to embody town busy body, Judy Campbell.

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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • Ep 8: The Candy Shop w/ Christine Bortolin

    Ep 8: The Candy Shop w/ Christine Bortolin
    Dec 11 2024

    Hosts Mark and Ryan are joined by comedian and director Christine Bortolin. The episode introduces several unique landmarks and characters to “the town” including: A generational candy store named 'Trick or Treat' that promises 'no poison' in their candies anymore, a mysterious 'Tongue Time at Lick Lake' where residents fish for tongues, and a public speaking spot known as 'A. Blinken's Stump.' The town’s radio station WK89 is created and we meet some of the hosts. Christine also talks about her hometown of Burnaby which sounds even crazier than the fictional town.


    Heads up - this is the last episode of 2024. Join us in 2025 when the Town Show podcast becomes The Town Show video podcast. Futuristic!!!


    00:00 Introduction and Housekeeping

    00:32 Opening Banter

    01:16 Welcome to the Town Show

    02:08 Guest Introduction: Christine Bordelon

    04:03 Christine's Background and Burnaby

    05:23 Burnaby's Local Flavor and Landmarks

    07:43 Neighborhood Stories and Childhood Memories

    11:40 Fun and Mischief in Burnaby

    23:20 Pitching Ideas for the Town

    27:47 Commercial Voices and Office Talk

    28:08 Candy Shop Conversations

    28:38 Dad's Dark Legacy

    31:41 Tongue Time at Lick Lake

    37:51 Radio Station Antics

    40:43 Candy Store Customer Service

    43:12 Abe Lincoln's Stump

    49:38 Final Reflections and Goodbyes


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    55 mins
  • Ep 7: The Factory w/ Devin Mackenzie

    Ep 7: The Factory w/ Devin Mackenzie
    Dec 4 2024

    Actor and member of the comedy duo Hip Bang, Devin McKenzie, joins Mark and Ryan to build the towns first factory. They also establish that the town is NOT tourist friendly, has an apiary, a Donair Dude that doesn’t serve donairs, and a statue that commemorates a famous local iguana by the name of Grant.


    00:00 Introduction

    01:17 Meet the Guest: Devin McKenzie

    04:02 Devin's Childhood and Early Life

    05:38 Life in Naramata

    12:29 First Jobs and Local Characters

    18:23 The Town's Industry and Donair Dude

    22:42 Exploring the Town's Unique Features

    26:30 The Pencil Factory and Devin's Hobbies

    28:12 Outsiders and Exporters

    28:25 The Apiary Deal

    29:30 The Bee Beard Tradition

    30:42 The Big City Offer

    34:59 The Pencil Factory

    47:13 The Wheel of Fate

    51:33 The Town's Lore and Grant the Iguana

    52:10 Conclusion


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    53 mins