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The Town Show

by Kelly&Kelly Inc · English · Comedy

From the creators of Let’s Make a Sci-Fi , comes The Town Show – where comedians Mark Chavez and Ryan Beil set out to build a fictional town using the power of improv comedy. Each week, a guest comedian helps pitch new residents, landmarks, history, and events that shape the town. Together, they

New episodes: Weekly
Typical length: 55 min
Latest: 7 Oct 2026
Language: English

Latest episode

7 Oct 2026 · 1 hr 2 min

Ep 93: Naked Grapes w/ Tom Hill

Tom Hill, part of the comedy/theatre duo Hip.Bang! comes on the show to talk about their new show about You Bet - which is all about gambling. And he also talks about their comedy album Hi-Fi Comedy Kit. Tom brings a very precious and very serious improv troupe to our town by the name of Naked Grapes. The internal politics are crazy. We meet a man by the name of Tylanosaurous Rex. Tom also builds the Central Community Gardens for our town. Tylanosaurous Rex gets a plot. Lastly, we take a visit to our pyrite mine. The Town Show is nominated for a 2026 Signal Award for Best Video Podcast…

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S1 · E92 · 30 Sep 2026 · 47 min
Ep 92: Van Land w/ Emmett Hall
Emmett Hall - video game music maker and member of thrash metal band Necronado returns to the show to talk about the new neighborhood he’s moved into in Vancouver, but he puts in New York terms so every can understand. Emmett creates “Van Land” an attraction that is basically just 6 rusted vans on someone’s front lawn. We also get a chain eatery called Chagrinie’s that moves into a neighborhood to gentrify it. Sign up here for our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheTownShow The Town Show is sponsored by Puppers Premium Lager - The official beer of Shoresy and Letterkenney.…
S1 · E91 · 24 Sep 2026 · 53 min
Ep 91: On Location - Gazebo! w/ Howard Dai
Actor Howard Dai joins us for our “on-site” episode, where Mark and Ryan host from the outdoor gazebo at The Caravan Farm Theatre in beautiful Armstrong, British Columbia. Howard talks about his time growing up in Taiwan, getting in trouble for throwing rocks in a pond, and a mysterious “Journey Man”. He brings a night market to our town (complete with some sketchy vendors), hints at the beginnings of an AI revolution, and adds a few new updates to some existing town lore. Sign up here for our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheTownShow The Town Show is sponsored by Puppers Premium Lager -…
S1 · E90 · 16 Sep 2026 · 59 min
Ep 90: Hissy Beer w/ Paul Anthony
Host of the legendary Talent Time, Paul Anthony comes by to tell us about getting kicked out of NXIUM, telling Zach Galifianakis that The Hangover was going to flop before it was released, and living in a dead zone. He creates so much this episode including: a town beer called Hissy, a goal orientated cult, and a black market for Certs breath mints. Sign up here for our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheTownShow The Town Show is sponsored by Puppers Premium Lager - The official beer of Shoresy and Letterkenney. https://www.instagram.com/officialpuppers/ Must be legal drinking age to…
S1 · E89 · 9 Sep 2026 · 54 min
Ep 89: Homeroom
School is back in session and so are we, and this time Chris is joining Mark and Ryan on mic. Lots of promises are made in anticipation of Episode 100 of The Town Show. We also read a few listener emails and take their suggestions which results in two Christmas themed sandwich shops, one Victorian Bear Pit themed sandwich shop, and a very cool banker named Dill. Sign up here for our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheTownShow The Town Show is sponsored by Puppers Premium Lager - The official beer of Shoresy and Letterkenney. https://www.instagram.com/officialpuppers/ Must be legal drinking…
S1 · E88 · 26 Aug 2026 · 45 min
Ep 88: The Outskirts of The Outskirts
We’re back with Ep 5 of The Outskirts - our creepy serialized show within the world of The Town Show. Mark and Ryan start things off with a scene between the two undercover cops - Carol and “The Sad Man” racing through the desert on a silent ATV where they encounter a Mad Max-esque encampment. Then they jump over to a scene with our main character Engle - who is faked his death and the man who is trying to change his identity for him - Shadow Spike. And last but not least we end with a very steamy scene with the Pig Man, and we end on a thrilling cliff hanger - all the be wrapped up in Ep 6…
S1 · E87 · 19 Aug 2026 · 1 hr 1 min
Ep 87: Death, Taxes, and Witches w/ Kayla Lorette
Actor and writer Kayla Lorette (Netflix’s Wayward ) joins Mark and Ryan to talk about growing up in Pamela Anderson’s home town of Ladysmith, BC. She talks about her cool drama teacher, her high school improv team that didn’t wear shoes, and the pseudo science film What the Bleep Do We Know!? She also talks about her deep connection with the goth kids of Vancouver Island. For our town she builds a grocery story with a wine bar call The Spirits of Grocery, a beach where teens hang out, a we see a tax dispute between local magicians and an order of witches. Sign up here for our Patreon:…
S1 · E86 · 12 Aug 2026 · 1 hr 1 min
Ep 86: Grand Prank Revenge w/ Taz Van Rassel
Mark and Ryan welcome back Taz Van Rassel (The Sunday Service), the first member of the Three Timer Club! He talks about the town of Prince George, BC where he used to visit his grandparents. He talks about Mr PG - the famous log statue. Then the conversation quickly turns to pranks of all scales - from a garbage juice prank to the infamous Boner Satan Statue of Vancouver. In our town he builds a credit union, a very suggestive sculpture, and we follow a very elaborate prank that plays out for years in our town. Sign up here for our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheTownShow The Town Show…
S1 · E85 · 5 Aug 2026 · 57 min
Ep 85: The Arena w/ Abdul Aziz
Podcaster and comedian Abdul Aziz (Spout Lore) drops by to tell us about growing up in The United Arab Emirates and Dundas, Ontario. He talks about his school in the UAE having an airplane hangar and about how his high school in Dundas was turned into a cemetery. He gives a full Power Point presentation on his high school in Dundas, so you’ll want to watch this one on video. He builds a hockey arena in our town and it is named after a haunted character by the name of PT FRIGHTDREAM. Our town also gets a cemetery in honor of Abdul’s high school. Sign up here for our Patreon:…
S1 · E84 · 29 Jul 2026 · 59 min
Ep 84: The Party Island Podcast w/ Ronald Dario
Comedian Ronald Dario joins Mark and guest host Christine Bortolin to talk about: His experiences on Bainbridge Island, Washington. The difference between Corn Pops in Canada and the US. How creating Party Island for our town now hangs over him and how he can’t escape it. Mark spoils the end of S.E Hinton’s The Outsiders. Despite being unable to get away from it, Ronald creates a podcast for Party Island which is sponsored by “Boner Gum” and he creates a Hall of Fame for the town. Sign up here for our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheTownShow The Town Show is sponsored by No Smoke Coffee…
S1 · E83 · 22 Jul 2026 · 1 hr 5 min
Ep 83 - Squawk Palace w/ Allie Entwistle
Comedian Allie Entwistle joins Mark and guest host Christine Bortolin to tell us all about Kelowna, BC’s infamous “boob wall”. They actually talk a lot about the night life in Kelowna. It inspires a nightclub in town called Zero Love that has its own special wall. Allie also tells us about a very unremarkable museum and a place known as Parrot Island. This inspires some wild improv and of course we get our own parrot sanctuary called Squak Palace. Also be warned: there is a lot of talk of “clampsh” in this episode - the town’s very confusing currency. Oh yeah, and a London Drugs gets built…
S1 · E82 · 15 Jul 2026 · 51 min
Ep 82: Tenants
We’ve got a treat for all of you Townies - we are sharing with you Episode 1 of our Patreon exclusive series Tenants! It is a serialized story line about a group of Town citizen that live in a small apartment. This is the pilot episode and so you’re literally getting in at the ground floor. If you like this episode and want to hear what happens next, head on over to our Patreon and become a member of The Neighborhood Watch and get 4 more episodes right now! Sign up here: https://www.patreon.com/TheTownShow The Town Show is sponsored by No Smoke Coffee - " No Smoke. No Mirrors. Just great…
S1 · E81 · 8 Jul 2026 · 39 min
Ep 81: Round Up
Yeehaw! The “Round-Up” is back. For those of you that don’t know, the round-up has nothing to do with rounding up anything - it is our mailbag episode and this one is a doozy! A townie suggests some overzealous police who try and try make people more healthy. We get an amazingly detailed voice note account of how Town got its name. The kids in town have a new catch-phrase - “Long Hours No Showers” and we meet a couple of old timers who get into gene splicing. If you want to take part in our first ever live Town Hall - be sure to sign up for our PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/TheTownShow…
S1 · E80 · 1 Jul 2026 · 55 min
Ep 80: Brass Rubbing w/ Helen Zaltzman
Helen Zaltzman, host of the legendary podcast The Allusionist stops by the show to talk about her home town of Royal Tumbridge Wells, England, a town famous for writing complaint letters. She talks about a local sausage shop that was a front for embezzlement, meeting Dr Who in a book shop, and “Killing and Maiming” man. She builds our town a headless statue garden, a sausage store, and a “brass rubbing center” … you’ll have to listen to find out what that means. If you want to take part in our first ever live Town Hall - be sure to sign up for our PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/TheTownShow…
S1 · E79 · 24 Jun 2026 · 58 min
EP 79: The Fishing Pond w/ BC Bob
The man who is "BC Bob" on TikTok & Instagram, Bob Kronbauer (rhymes with Prawn-Power), stops by to talk about starting the world’s first online skateboard magazine, growing up in Vernon, not knowing the difference between apple juice and cider. He also makes in impassioned plea to the maker’s of Altoids to sponsor Ryan Beil. He also tells a wild story about how he went fishing at Disneyland for bass right next to the Indiana Jones Ride. He builds our town an apple orchard and a fishing pond that is largely stocked with frogs. If you want to take part in our first ever live Town Hall - be…
S1 · E78 · 17 Jun 2026 · 55 min
Ep 78: The Sandwich Shop w/ Andrew Barber
Actor and comedian Andrew Barber (@isandrewenough) comes on the show to talk about growing up in Tsawwassen, BC. Giving his weed smoking spots names, going to see The Backrooms on mushrooms, historical re-enactors being too in character. Mark talks about taking a first class flight once and the tiny VHS cassettes the plane had to play movies. That takes up a lot more time than you’d think. In our town, Andrew builds Black Sabbath Sandwich - a store with a long legacy and a very odd owner. We also revisit Slippery and Stationary, the water park we built last episode and check in with the…
S1 · E77 · 10 Jun 2026 · 51 min
Ep 77: The Rock Shop w/ Jess Lupini
Stand up comedian Jess Lupini ( @jlupini ) come on the show to talk about dissecting baby pigs in high school science class in Victoria, BC. She also talks about dead seals, positive graffiti, and local celebrity furniture salesman Gordy Dodd. Mark and Ryan also talk about famous “toadies”. Jess goes on a building spree in our town and makes a water park, a rock and gem shop, and a furniture store. Ryan also plays a very funny caveman character right at the end of the episode. If you want to take part in our first ever live Town Hall - be sure to sign up for our PATREON:…
S1 · E76 · 3 Jun 2026 · 52 min
Ep 76: The Fort w/ Mary Saunders
Comedian and doctor (!!!), Mary Saunders comes by the show to tells us why growing up in Fort Langley was being on the set of Gilmore Girls. We absolutely roast Mark for his e-mail signature in college, joke about the movie Air Bud and the TV show SeaQuest, and talk about curfews. Mary builds a cool spot for teens to go drink in town called ISPEP, she also builds Fort Town - a historical fort complete tour guides in period costumes. If you want to take part in our first ever live Town Hall - be sure to sign up for our PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/TheTownShow The Town Show is sponsored by…
S1 · E75 · 27 May 2026 · 49 min
Ep 75: The Musical w/ @antronsongs
Viral TikTok sensation and musical theatre wizard Anton Lipovetsky (@antronsongs) stops by the show to provide our most musical episode ever! He starts off hot with an original song all about THE TOWN!!! He then talks about growing up in Vancouver, playing in bands, music stores, writing musicals, and his fear of improv. We then go into the town and meet a busker and bylaw officer. The band “dirt” forms and then gets busted by the cops. Two musical theatre creators pitch a musical called “Lovers at Lick Lake” and we head to Buck Flicks - a second run movie theatre and hear a song about the…
S1 · E74 · 20 May 2026 · 1 hr 6 min
Ep 74: The Hat Store w/ Paul F. Tompkins
The legendary Paul F Tompkins (BoJack Horseman, Mr Show) joins Mark and Ryan to talk about growing up in Philadelphia, riding trolly cars, performing stand-up when he was really bad at it, and his first job a store called “Hats in The Belfry”. In our town he creates a hat store called “You Dirty Hat” that also happens to be haunted. If you want to take part in our first ever live Town Hall - be sure to sign up for our PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/TheTownShow The Town Show is sponsored by No Smoke Coffee - " No Smoke. No Mirrors. Just great coffee." Head to NoSmokeCoffee.com and use the…
S1 · E73 · 13 May 2026 · 51 min
E3 73: The Dunes w/ Carolyn Taylor
Star of I Have Nothing (Crave/Peacock) and Baroness Von Sketch (CBC), Carolyn Taylor drop by the show to talk about growing up in Montreal, haunted elevators, losing someone in Sandbanks Provincial Park, and why her favorite coffee in Vancouver is made by a robot. She builds “Rune’s Dunes” in our town. Starts a hot air balloon company and opens a massage parlor called “Heel and Head”. If you want to take part in our first ever live Town Hall - be sure to sign up for our PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/TheTownShow The Town Show is sponsored by No Smoke Coffee - " No Smoke. No Mirrors. Just…
S1 · E72 · 6 May 2026 · 1 hr 3 min
Ep 72: The Convenience Store w/ Graham Clark
At long last Graham Clark, the co-host of Stop Podcasting Yourself is on the show and there is a twist! For the first time in Town Show history we have a guest host. Christine Bortolin is in the Ryan chair to co-host with Mark and learn all about Graham growing up in Calgary in the 80s. They talk about Graham’s intense fandom of Alf, Jared Leto’s Italian accent, trick or treating in a gated community, biblical accurate angels and so much more. Graham builds another cursed retail location that can’t stay in business and he makes 7-11 knock-off convenience story “6:30 - 10:30”. If you want to…
S1 · E71 · 29 Apr 2026 · 45 min
Ep 71: The Outskirts
We’re back in the darkest place in all of Town … The Outskirts. Mark and Ryan conjure dust devils and hail storms for this episode where we scene three scenes that all have to do with our man in hiding: Engles. We call this installment “Covering All Engles” It involves a murder, Pay Day loans, a silent ATV, and something for the dirty skirties at the end. We have rolled out all of the tiers for our PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/TheTownShow The Town Show is sponsored by No Smoke Coffee - " No Smoke. No Mirrors. Just great coffee." Head to NoSmokeCoffee.com and use the promo code TOWNSHOW20…
S1 · E70 · 22 Apr 2026 · 45 min
Ep 70: The Big Tea Bag w/ Riley Hardwick
Actor and comedian Riley Hardwick ( @rileyhardwick ) drops by to tell us about growing up an army brat and living everywhere from Virginia to Germany to Petawawa! He talks about being a unicycle kid and what B.O.F.A means. He builds a giant tea bag for our town, he creates new TV show in town called The Finger Brothers, and he rides around on a unicycle. We have rolled out all of the tiers for our PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/TheTownShow The Town Show is sponsored by No Smoke Coffee - " No Smoke. No Mirrors. Just great coffee." Head to NoSmokeCoffee.com and use the promo code TOWNSHOW20…
S1 · E69 · 15 Apr 2026 · 45 min
Ep 69: The Round Up
It’s time for another round up and we have the the most controversial letter of all time: Someone tries to name the town! We also build an insect museum called The Thorax Gallery, we try to escape a Townover themed escape room called Stupid Town. We have an audio message from Maria who suggests a cross country snowboarding course and a compost scandal. And get a scam business that claims to be able to shrink or grow your dog. It is a packed episode! We have rolled out all of the tiers for our PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/TheTownShow The Town Show is sponsored by No Smoke Coffee - " No…
S1 · E68 · 8 Apr 2026 · 43 min
Ep 68: Live @ On-Air Fest 2026 w/ Maddy Kelly
Our beloved Maddy Kelly ( Let’s Make a Rom-Com ) joined us live on stage at On-Air Fest 2026 in Brooklyn, New York. Against all weather odds we made this show happen and Maddy came on to talk about growing up in a suburb overrun with horses, she intentionally tries to doxx herself on stage, and we get really hung up on the word "fealty". Maddy also builds a really cool music store in town called "Clarna’s" that sells tacos, has a podcast studio and you can sign out musical instruments from. "Cool" is a relative term. Thanks to On-Air Fest for having at this year's festival. Check out all of…
S1 · E67 · 1 Apr 2026 · 59 min
Ep 67: The Bone Broth Shop w/ Mark Little
Stand-up comedian Mark Little (Gary and His Demons) joins Ryan and Mark to talk about his life as a stand-up in New York City, having to work his material into 3 minute sets, and where he gets his groceries and coffee (i know this doesn’t sound funny but it is so god damn funny). He builds a bone broth cafe in our town called O Broth-er We’re Out There. We also visit McDonkey’s Hee Haw Night - a stand up comedy night at The Town Library and we hear about a pretty sweet Boy Genius concert where Lily Tomlin is the opener. We have rolled out all of the tiers for our new PATREON:…
S1 · E66 · 25 Mar 2026 · 57 min
Ep 66: The San Diego Chicken w/ Jacob Reed
Director and host of the new podcast Jacob Reed & Me, Jacob Reed drops by the show to talk about growing up in San Diego. He talks about the legendary San Diego Chicken man, he talks about how his brother’s friend has Tony Gwynn’s bed, and he perfectly recounts the script from a phone sex line he called in high school. And he tells us all about his new pod (which Chris produced) In our town he creates the first public transit system, and he finds a way to make the San Diego Chicken Man part of our municipal government. We have rolled out all of the tiers for our new PATREON:…
S1 · E65 · 18 Mar 2026 · 55 min
Ep 65: The Wrestling Promotion w/ Kyle Fines
Pro-Am wrester and comedian Kyle Fines (Boom Pro Wrestling) comes on to talk about growing up in Oakville, Ontario. How all of the rich kids acted like street toughs, how he flunked out of wrestling school at 16, and his current love of 1996 WCW episodes. He build a combination climbing gym/dojo/lego store called “That’s How They Get Ya Dojo”. He also creates the town wrestling promotion: Town Championship Entertainment (TCE). Mark also talks about being best friends with Freddie Prinze Jr. We have rolled out all of the tiers for our new PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/TheTownShow The Town…
S1 · E64 · 5 Mar 2026 · 44 min
Ep 64: The Marathon w/ Ese Atawo
Comedian and very competitiveathlete Ese Atawo joins us again to talk about attending a marathon in the Caymen Islands. Ryan learns that we only have 1 liver. Ese gives our citizens the trait that they all know too much about each other (our first ever town wide personality trait) and she establishes our very own town marathon. We have rolled out all of the tiers for our new PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/TheTownShow The Town Show is sponsored by No Smoke Coffee - " No Smoke. No Mirrors. Just great coffee." Head to NoSmokeCoffee.com and use the promo code TOWNSHOW20 at checkout to get 20%…

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Publisher: Kelly&Kelly Inc
Language: English
Category: Comedy
New episodes: Weekly
Typical length: 55 min
Latest episode: 7 Oct 2026
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