In this episode, the dogs discuss Connor’s new album (00:39) and his recent experience at Second City (03:40). Mike asks the guys whether they make jokes during homilies (6:30); Rob (7:50), Connor (10:14), and Mike (24:20) give their different perspectives. Connor invokes Aquinas to explain man as the risible animal (30:15) and they all talk about the power of laughter (35:00).
Quotes:
“When Chuck Norris falls into water, he doesn’t get wet the water gets Chucked.” (Rob, 7:55)
“You do you, but that’s not me.” (Rob, 9:10)
“The boogeyman checks under his bed for Chuck Norris.” (Mike, 9:24)
“How’s Mormonism treating you?” (Anonymous, 12:49)
“We’ve been doing this for so long we can start repeating stories and nobody will know.” (Mike, 24:13)
“It’s one of my great stories. It’s one that I laughed hard at too, which is nice.” (Connor, 24:19)
“I talk to the customers so the engineers don’t have to.” (Connor quoting Office Space, 28:15)
“It’s a revelation of the person when you get to watch someone deep deep belly laugh.” (Mike, 35:00)
“To have someone’s capacity to enjoy another person expressed, it’s deeper than words… it’s an authentic response to something.” (Mike, 38:40)
“As the kids say, neat-o.” (Fidel Jesus, 39:50)
“There’s something delightful in delighting in someone.” (Connor, 40:28)
“It’s important not to canonize the person (at their funeral), we’re here to pray for them.” (Rob, 41:10)
Media Mentions:
- Connor Danstrom’s Blue and Gold Days
- Connor Danstrom’s Why the Water Came
- Baptism of Jesus
- Plato’s The Republic
- Rudy (1993)
- Office Space (1999)
- St. Thomas Aquinas’ Summa Theologica
- SNL’s Stand- Up and Win
- 3DN S11 E47 (The Screwtape Letters)
- C.S. Lewis’ The Screwtape Letters
- The Passion of the Christ (2004)
- A Quiet Place (2018)
References:
- iMessage
- iPhone
- Bandcamp
- Chicago, IL
- The Second City
- Uber
- Norm Macdonald
- Chuck Norris
- National Eucharistic Revival
- Kalamazoo, MI
- St. Augustine Cathedral
- Mormons
- St. Thomas Aquinas
- Jerry Seinfeld
- Jim Gaffigan
- Nate Bergatze
- Bill Maher
- Institute for Priestly Formation
- Super 8 Camera
- Goofy
- Utah
- Mel Gibson
- Judas Iscariot
Shout- Outs:
- Tony Napolitano
- Bishop Mark Bartosic
- Fr. Adam Wilczak
- Fr. Paul (IPF)
- Fidel Jesus
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