Summer Break Updates

My first year as a NYC school teacher was busy, and my first summer vacation has been just as busy it seems. The school year starts back up again in just under a month, but I’ll still be doing standup and episodes of Take This Pod and Shove It as often as possible throughout the year.

Some quick updates:

  • We Still Like You, the show I co-created over a decade ago in Chicago, is coming back to Brooklyn! It will make its new home at The Gutter in Brooklyn on Fri August 30th, show at 9pm. It’s co-hosted by the hilarious and brilliant Maggie Crane, whose phenomenal show Side by Side began as a humble (and shameful) WSLY story. Tickets and lineup coming soon!

  • Take This Pod and Shove It just dropped a new bonus episode and its first ever Patreon-exclusive video! Danny and I have been releasing new episodes for free on the main feed all summer, but we hope you’ll check out Patreon.com/takethispod to support the show and get access to our whole library of bonus content.

  • Following a week-plus of shows in Denver (shout out to Josh Johnson and Comedy Works for letting me pop on some super fun shows, Ben Kronberg, Zac Maas, and the fellas at Ratio on Wednesdays for providing such great spaces to perform), I’m back in NYC for the remainder of the summer. Check out the Shows link for what’s coming up this fall!

Updates from Take This Pod and Shove It

Take This Pod and Shove It is fresh off its most recent live show—at The Chief Comedy Festival in Trinidad, Colorado (be on the lookout for that episode soon!)—and a lot of exciting things have happened recently.

For one, our newest episode explores the controversial notion that Artificial Intelligence can convincingly write music. We put Chat GPT’s ability to write country music to the test, and the results are…well, less than authentic, let’s say.

We also have a new shirt in our MERCH STORE, with new designs dropping in the next couple months! Check out our Bonfire shirt shop online, and support the show on Patreon to get reusable discount codes on our merchandise! (Plus we have a new Patreon tier that gets you FREE MERCH!)

NEW on the Take This Pod and Shove It Patreon

Howdy! In case you’ve missed it, my podcast Take This Pod and Shove It has a number of new stuff on our Patreon page! My co-host Danny Maupin and I have been hard at work to offer some great stuff for our Shovelos.

What’s new in the last few months:

Our $5 tier (“Hillbilly Deluxe”) gets you access to bonus episodes, like our newest Pub Trivia episode featuring Late Late Breakfast’s Tyler Jackson, but now it also gets you a merch discount code from our merch store!

And our top two tiers (“If You Got The Money I Got The Time” & “Working 9 2 5”) now get you access to a BIGGER discount in our merch store, and also monthly essays on music, comedy, and life from me and Danny. PLUS you still get access to all bonus episodes, blog posts, and voting power in polls!

We hope you’ll check out the Patreon! And be sure to catch up on our recent episodes about Marty Stuart, Sierra Ferrell, Ha Ha Tonka, Wynonna, Zach Bryan, and others!

Take This Pod and Shove It now has a merch store!

My country music comedy podcast, Take This Pod and Shove It, has officially turned one year old! My cohost Danny and I are super proud of what we’ve accomplished in the last year and sincerely thank all of our listeners and supporters! To celebrate surviving one year as a podcast, we have finally launched our merch store! Right now we are offering a new, stylized version of our logo, perfect for wearing on your body—in classic black font, and also white font for darker shirts. But we’ll have more fun country and western-inspired designs coming up throughout the new year!

Also, now our Patreon subscribers get discount codes automatically for being a patron! So if you haven’t yet, check out our Patreon page and see what tier works for you!

Take This Pod and Shove It LIVE in St. Louis MO next week!

Howdy! Fresh off a very fun live show in Chicago, Danny and I will be bringing Take This Pod and Shove It to my home state of Missouri for the fantastic Flyover Comedy Festival! If you live in STL, we hope to see you there. Or if you have friends in the area, I hope you’ll let them know about the show. Take This Pod’s Live show will be Thu 11/10 at 9pm at The Improv Shop!

Danny and I will also be performing standup on the fest, opening for Tina Dybal on Fri 11/11!

Take This Pod and Shove It now has a PATREON

My cohost Danny and I are thrilled to announce that the Take This Pod and Shove It Patreon is NOW LIVE! We are really happy to become listener supported and hope this allows us to spend more time working on the podcast and creating better and better episodes for our listeners.

Becoming a patron will get you access to exclusive bonus episodes, blog posts, behind-the-scenes updates, and more! We also have Patreon goals, with rewards coming to the main podcast feed and Patreon subscribers alike upon completion. Already, you can listen to two special bonus episodes: “Denver Songs (part 1 and 2),” and “Drinkin’ Songs.” And there’s more on the way!

Thank you for your support, and if you haven’t checked out the regular podcast yet, there are over 20 episodes for you to dig into! Plus there is the ever-growing playlist, and much more!

Listen to Take This Pod and Shove It!

The country music podcast I host with Danny Maupin, Take This Pod and Shove It, has been chugging along since late November and we’re really proud of what we’ve made so far. If you haven’t yet, give us a listen. Even if (or ESPECIALLY if) you aren’t a country fan, we think you’ll enjoy these barnburners we’ve picked out.

Listen in the player below, or follow/subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or just about anywhere else you get podcasts.

You can also follow our public Spotify playlist to hear the songs we discuss!

New podcast! Take This Pod and Shove It is now available!

I’m so excited to announce my new podcast with comedian Danny Maupin, Take This Pod and Shove It!

Take This Pod and Shove It is a comedy and music commentary podcast all about sharing some of the best country music songs ever written with the world, especially folks who don’t think they like country music. Danny and I didn’t like country music for a long time, or so we thought. Now we think it rules and we are here to share the goods!

Each week we’ll discuss one undeniable country song in-depth, talk about the artist’s history and impact, point out notable covers, and add the song to a public playlist so you can follow along with every great song. Follow the public Spotify playlist HERE.

(Podcast logo by the super talented Krista Cockrum!)

Upcoming shows in Denver and St. Louis!

Howdy folks! I’ve got some shows coming up in Denver and at the Flyover Comedy Festival in St. Louis! So stoked to be back in both cities for more than a couple days. Come check out the shows if you’re in town!

Check out my SHOWS page to see which FLYOVER shows I am doing!

(Denver shows poster art by me, inspired by Mountain’s album “Climbing!” For art or poster commissions, email SnodgrassComic @ Gmail dot com)

Shows in Springfield Missouri at The Blue Room Comedy Club

Howdy y’all! I’m gonna be back in my hometown of Springfield Missouri for a week, and I’m stoked to be doing shows at the new and improved Blue Room Comedy Club. In addition to opening for the hilarious Carmen Morales over the weekend of the 13-14, I’ll be doing my own long set on 8/11, hosting my comedy storytelling show WE STILL LIKE YOU on 8/12, and also hosting a local showcase of standup on 8/11 (late show). There’s a lot of show variety and a lot of fun to be had, so if you’re feeling well and comfortable with indoor spaces (please DO NOT come if you’re feeling sick at ALL—for the safety of everyone!), enjoy some comedy this week.

(If you are not vaccinated—also…please get vaccinated, c’mon—I kindly ask that you’ll wear a mask at shows, to keep people safe from COVID and the spreading Delta variant. Thank you!)

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WE STILL LIKE YOU comes to Brooklyn!

As the world swiftly approaches its new normal, and venues and bars are opening again, We Still Like You makes its monthly debut in Brooklyn NY. Hosted by Tyler Snodgrass (WSLY Chicago) and Allison Rose (WSLY Denver), WSLY Brooklyn will be every fourth Saturday at Central Organic in Bushwick.

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Our debut lineup is honestly far too good for it to be a free show (did I mention that it’s a FREE show??) This month features:

Ashley Ray (HBO)
Sonia Denis (Bird Girl on Adult Swim)
Steven Castillo (SNL)
Dylan Adler (Rape Victims are Horny Too)
Bobby Condon (Bobby Condon’s Greatest Hits, WSLY favorite)

Located in the backyard of Central Organic, where you can buy beer to bring to the show. This show will be packed so arrive early for a good seat!

Show Announcement: The 2020 MTV Movie Awards Hosted by Steven Castillo--THIS FRIDAY!

I can finally officially announce a date for a project I’ve been working on for almost 2 months: the 2020 MTV Movie Awards Hosted by Steven Castillo is happening this Friday live on Youtube!

Written by myself & Steven Castillo (SNL, Just for Laughs), and directed by Harris Mayersohn (The Late Show with Stephen Colbert), we have put together a comedy event unlike any other. Featuring some of our favorite names in comedy right now (like Chloe Fineman, Meg Stalter, the guys from BUTT, Chris Redd, Martin Urbano, and Jo Firestone, just to name a few!), you wont want to miss this totally free tribute to movies and/or films.

Click on THIS YOUTUBE LINK and set a reminder to watch LIVE this Friday at 8pm!

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Clips from Sufjan's Super Christmas Show

Last year I wrote a show with Nicky Martin about Sufjan Stevens saving Christmas after learning that Santa has bone cancer. We performed it at The Hideout (the best venue in Chicago), and taped it! But since it was performed right before Christmas 2018 the video wasn’t edited until a few months later, which is far from the Christmas season. But NOW it IS the Christmas season, so here are a few clips for you to enjoy! (Or watch the whole show, if you have a spare 90 minutes, and there aren’t any kids around.)


Commissions Open for the Holidays!

Hey there! I wanted to take a moment to mention that I’m currently accepting art commissions, which would probably make a great gift for someone you like or love! (Also, it could be a gift for yourself, because you deserve it, champ.) I’m open to all sorts of illustrations, but I’m often asked to do portraits (people AND animals, both) when it’s a gift. Here’s a breakdown of the kind of portraits I have done and could do for you!

DIGITAL SKETCHES
Provide me a photo of the subject and I’ll do a cartoon version of them! (Scroll through the slides below for examples!)

STYLIZED “FLAT” SKETCHES
Provide me with a photo of the subject and I’ll design a shape-based portrait of them! (Scroll through the slides below for examples!)

FREEHAND CARTOON ILLUSTRATION
A cartoon version of your subject drawn in the style I fortunately (or unfortunately) naturally do. (Scroll through the slides below for examples!)

Have other ideas? Have questions? Want to know about options for printing yourself or having prints mailed to you? Email me at SnodgrassComic@gmail.com and ask away! Based on past experience, it’s possible I’ll get too busy to take on new commissions within a week or two of Christmas, so book now!

-Tyler

I'm in New York now!

I should have posted this two months ago when I moved here, but…I live in New York now! I’ve done a bad job with keeping the website up to date with upcoming shows and recent flyers, but I’m gonna be doing better! I’ve also got a new header photo, and some other new photos on my bio page, taken and edited by the incredible Sarah Larson of Chicago.

Already you can check the Illustrations page to see some of the new stuff I’ve made over the past few months.

For booking/commissions, email SnodgrassComic @ Gmail [dot] com.

And remember to keep up with dumb jokes and cartoons on my twitter (@TylerSnod) and IG (@Tyler_Snod). (I know, I’m disappointed they aren’t the same handle, too.)

-Tyler