Brain Queef | Tuesdays with Stories #681 w/ Mark Normand and Joe List

• 0:00 Cold open and the week ahead.
• 7:48 Mark’s foggy travel day.
• 15:40 To Kill a Mockingbird on the plane.
• 16:45 Missed connection in Salt Lake.
• 19:15 Ads: Shopify and Blue Chew.
• 23:30 The hotel delay, then the show.
• 27:00 A three-year-old’s birthday hang.
• 39:00 You Can See Everything.
• 47:00 A hot weekend at Helium Philly.
• 49:00 Holmes, Gibney, and Musk.
• 1:00:00 Joe answers the Austin comments.
• 1:11:00 Tour dates, Skankfest, and Chuck.

• 7:48 16:10 25:10 The brain-queef travel day — Mark breaks a toe running home for headphones, misses his Salt Lake–Portland connection after a lounge stop, and still makes the show. “I have never done that.”
• 39:00 44:30 47:00 You Can See Everything is the talk of the town — Joe hunts for a ticket in New York, lands in an Alamo Drafthouse baby screening, sees it again in Philly, and calls it a masterpiece. “What a masterpiece.”
• 1:00:00 1:11:00 Joe answers the Austin comments — Joe says the Austin move is for family, cost, and space — and that he is the opposite of someone who breaks plans. “This is a life move.”
• 47:00 55:00 A hot weekend at Helium Philly — Joe recaps a sold-out Helium Philly weekend: late starts with no warning, dropped checks, last call, and a second screening of the movie.
• 27:00 34:00 A three-year-old’s party, mostly adults — Joe throws a small-apartment birthday hang: comics, gifts (including a Stomp Rocket and Duplo), and catering from Parm.

You Can See Everything (REC) — Joe calls Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim’s theatrical documentary a masterpiece and saw it twice. New York screenings were sold out. Where to watch: A24 · Fandango 39:00 44:30 47:00

To Kill a Mockingbird (WATCHED) — Mark watches the original black-and-white Gregory Peck film on the JFK–Salt Lake flight and calls it a great movie. Where to watch: JustWatch · Amazon 15:40

Lost in Translation — Mark compares the broken-toe bit to Scarlett Johansson’s toe injury in the film, which he calls one of his favorites. Where to watch: JustWatch · Amazon 11:38

No Country for Old Men — Joe says he has not needed to see a movie this badly since No Country for Old Men. Where to watch: JustWatch · Amazon 42:00

Nathan For You — Joe talks through Fielder’s earlier work, including Nathan For You. Where to watch: JustWatch · Amazon 42:00 43:00

The Rehearsal — Joe points to The Rehearsal (and Nathan For You) as part of why the new movie opened so huge. Where to watch: JustWatch · Max 52:00

This Hour Has 22 Minutes — Joe watched Fielder’s early Nathan on Your Side segments from this Canadian series. Where to watch: Wikipedia · CBC 43:00

The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley (REC) — Joe recs Alex Gibney’s Holmes documentary as a prologue to You Can See Everything. Where to watch: JustWatch · Amazon 49:00

Musk (WANT TO SEE) — Joe wants to see Gibney’s new four-hour documentary — Musk (2026). Where to watch: JustWatch · Bleecker Street 53:00

Digger (mention) — Joe says it’s selling out and divisive: he heard it was terrible, then heard people liked it. Good for Tom Cruise. Where to watch: Official site · Fandango 54:20

The Blues Brothers — Mark compares the hotel-desk delay to the back at 5 beat in The Blues Brothers. Where to watch: JustWatch · Amazon 23:30

Dumb and Dumber — Mark compares the plane already leaving the gate to a Dumb and Dumber beat. Where to watch: JustWatch · Amazon 18:10

Scooby-Doo — Joe’s family Halloween plan is a Scooby-Doo lineup; the kid wants a specific season-one ghoul. Where to watch: JustWatch · Wikipedia 37:00

Primetime — Joe notes that Lance Oppenheim also directed Primetime, which he calls the Chris Hansen show. Where to watch: A24 · Official site 40:00

Kill Tony — Joe says he has to get on Kill Tony, and notes he turned down a date so he could sit with his family. Where to watch: Wikipedia · JustWatch · YouTube 1:04:33

Impractical Jokers — Chuck says they are shooting a pilot with the Impractical Jokers crew. Where to watch: Wikipedia · JustWatch 1:13:12

Stomp Rocket — A birthday gift. Joe likes it, and notes it is a lot of rocket for a one-bedroom in winter. Amazon · Official site 32:43

play sand, brand not named — Part of a sensory-bin gift. Joe played with it, and says they have it at the Comedy Works condo too. Amazon 32:06 33:19

Raycons, model not named — Mark names “the Raycons” in the headphone / train beat. No model was named. · Official site 12:58

Duplo, exact set not named — A birthday gift: kid Lego with a bunny on it. Exact set not named. Amazon 33:05

Helium Comedy Club, Philadelphia — Joe’s recent weekend: late starts with no warning, dropped checks, last call, and a second screening of the movie. He still loves the room. (Official site) 47:00 55:00

Portland, Oregon — Mark’s destination after the missed connection. He still goes on. The club itself is not named. Wikipedia 16:10 25:10

Salt Lake City International Airport — The connection lounge where Mark misses the 3 p.m. Portland flight. (Official site) 16:10 18:10

Wise Guys Comedy Club, Salt Lake City — Mark bumps into a waitress who works at Wise Guys while he is in the Salt Lake lounge. (Official site) 17:10

JFK Airport — Mark’s morning departure, after a Long Island Rail Road run with a broken toe and no headphones. (Official site) 9:20

Alamo Drafthouse, New York (Financial District) — Joe’s Tuesday 11 a.m. screening of You Can See Everything turned out to be a baby screening. Short walk from home. (Official site) 44:30

Battery Park City — Joe says their usual Battery Park City theater, normally empty, was sold out for the Fielder movie. (Official site) 43:00

Skankfest, New Orleans — Joe plugs Skankfest and the Joe List roast. Official site lists November 13–15, 2026 in New Orleans. (Official site) 1:11:00

The Stress Factory, Bridgeport — Joe plugs the Stress Factory in Bridgeport (he almost says New Britain). December 10–12, 2026 (from tour page). (Official site) 1:11:20

The Vic Theatre, Chicago — Joe plugs the Vic Theatre in Chicago. March 6, 2027 (from tour page). (Official site) 1:11:00

Wilbur Theatre, Boston — Joe plugs the Wilbur Theatre in Boston on April 17. The official calendar lists April 17, 2027. (Official site) 1:11:00

Tropicana Showroom, Atlantic City — Mark plugs Atlantic City. Tropicana Showroom, November 20, 2026 (from tour page). (Official site) 1:12:00

Event Center at Turning Stone, Verona, NY — Mark plugs Verona, New York. January 18, 2027 (from tour page). (Official site) 1:12:00

The Comedy Zone, Charlotte — Mark plugs Charlotte. The Comedy Zone, December 10–12, 2026 (from tour page). (Official site) 1:12:00

Great Cedar Showroom at Foxwoods, Mashantucket, CT — Mark plugs Connecticut casino dates. Great Cedar Showroom, December 19, 2026 (from tour page). (Official site) 1:12:00

Parm — Italian catering for the birthday hang. (Official site) 34:52

Comedy Mothership — Named with Kill Tony when Joe talks about how people file the Austin scene. (Official site) 1:05:44

Cap City Comedy Club, Austin — Mark, November 12, 2026 (from tour page). (Official site) 1:12:00

Palazzo Theatre at The Venetian, Las Vegas — Mark, December 4, 2026 (from tour page). (Official site) 1:12:00

Fantasy Springs Resort Casino, Indio — Mark, December 5, 2026 (from tour page). (Official site) 1:12:00

Rumor’s Comedy Club, Winnipeg — Joe, January 14–16, 2027 (from tour page). (Official site) 1:11:00

The Comedy Club of Kansas City — Joe, February 4–6, 2027 (from tour page). (Official site) 1:11:00

Helium Comedy Club, Buffalo — Where Joe recorded his album; the club ran checks at the end for the recording. (Official site) 56:41

Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia — Named while they praise Philly. Wikipedia 59:55

Tacoma Dome — Shane Gillis’s sold-out show Joe skipped to keep plans. Wikipedia 1:02:59

Oracle Arena — Another big show Joe said no to. Wikipedia 1:03:13

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• 0:00 Tuesdays with Stories — Every episode, the Patreon, and the official site. YouTube · Patreon · tuesdayspod.com · All Tuesdays with Stories notes
• 39:00 You Can See Everything — Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim’s theatrical documentary, the one Joe saw twice. A24
• 49:00 The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley — Alex Gibney’s Holmes documentary, which Joe recs as a prologue. JustWatch
• 1:13:00 Fun Bearable — Chuck plugs Fun Bearable, and a pilot they are shooting with the Impractical Jokers crew. Funbearable

• 1:11:00 Joe List tour dates — Skankfest (Nov 13–15, New Orleans), Stress Factory Bridgeport (Dec 10–12), Rumor’s Comedy Club in Winnipeg (Jan 14–16, 2027), the Comedy Club of Kansas City (Feb 4–6, 2027), the Vic Theatre in Chicago (March 6, 2027), and the Wilbur in Boston (April 17, 2027); dates other than the Wilbur’s from his tour page. punchup.live/joelist
• 1:12:00 Mark Normand tour dates — Cap City in Austin (Nov 12), Atlantic City (Tropicana, Nov 20), the Venetian in Las Vegas (Dec 4), Fantasy Springs in Indio (Dec 5), Charlotte Comedy Zone (Dec 10–12), Turning Stone in Verona (Jan 18, 2027), and Foxwoods in Connecticut (Dec 19); dates from his tour page. punchup.live/marknormand
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