S01E05 - Pizza, Pizza, Perez

Well this is it.  The final episode of the The Lone Shark Podcast is a virtual compendium of the four years we've spent running the gamut from awful to awesome.  Guests aplenty drop by (well virtually) to wish Jim and Sean well.  I'll come back and rewrite this description to single out the friends of the show who made this last one the shizz.  Thanks all, it's been a fun almost-four years!

A holiday extravaganza like no other.  Tales of euthanizing felines and a decent proposal (unless you count the hundreds of dollars spent in 90 Day Fiancé Cameo videos).  Catch up with Jim and Sean as Jim and Sean catch up.  It's the most recent episode of 2021!

It's a Lone Shark wrapped in a Lone Shark smothered in a Lone Shark.  Watch would happens when Jim cheats on his best gal (Sean the Producer) and proceeds to go all cucky with friend of the show Doctor Lovejoy?  Confused?  Why wouldn't you be!

What becomes a 17 year old minor league hockey General Manager?  We find out tonight when Danbury Trashers former Owner AJ Galante joins us to talk about the amazing Netflix documentary chronicling the rise and fall of the notorious Danbury Trashers of the UHL. 

Jim's autism kicks in as he becomes obsessed with the recent Woodstock 99 documentary on HBO, and proceeds to get Sean enraged as well.  After deconstructing the "documentary", we speak to Vermont musician Gary Wade, who attended the event and offers a reality check to the folks responsible for this agenda driven piece of revisionist history.  Oh and 3X World Series champ Curt Schilling puts those "second episode" rumors to bed (OK, maybe literally NO ONE was asking for it but that's beside the point)

Connecticut comic and friend of the show Gary Alexis returns from "college" to share some amazing stories about life in "the joint".  We also celebrate Pride month with Norm MacDonald various other sundry nonsense as we approach the 100,000 downloads milestone (no thanks to Ireland).

A "Proof of Life" episode just to demonstrate that we are still both free of COVID death and still in the podcast game.  Jim puts the breathalyzer, and Sean's patience to the test.  Disc golf hits misses in Westchester, and one of our hosts will regale you with a dream recap that includes music icons "Bad Brains", clam chowder, and a little town called in Connecticut called Cheshire. 

Connecticut comic and self professed entomologist Brii Hiltz (@brii_hiltz on Instagram) takes a break from her many appearances on the Beer Man Beer podcast to show why blackface is not always offensive, and how she was a walk-on Connecticut pageant winner.  We also discover that blackface is OK when it is in the context of choo choo train track frosting cosplay.  Confused?  Then you should prolly give it a listen.  What other show boasts a Debbie Gibson paid homage to your favorite podcast?!

Back for the attack, Jim and Sean ramp back up in '21 with two guests for your consideration.  First we chat up Officer Danny Brown of Live PD fame (now Captain Danny Brown) to discuss the abrupt cancellation of the show and punch some holes in the notion of systemic racism throughout an entire profession.  If that doesn't have you triggered, than comedian Nick DiPaolo (thecomicsgym.com and nickdip.com) will close the deal.

In a move that no one saw coming, three time World Series champ and Roberto Clemente award winner (and Twitter instigator extraordinaire) links up with the Lone Shark Podcast's "maestro of minutiae" for a sojourn into the sophomoric.  Curt and Shark are joined by comedian Nick DiPaolo and the current "King of Kong" and Donkey Kong Guiness World Record holder Robbie Lakeman.  ...and you better believe we turn some tables on the sanctimonious baseball writers who would deign to keep 38 out the MLB Hall of Fame.  It's the "hang" you didn't ask for and had no idea you needed.