CRUMBS radio August 30th 2010




Hello and welcome to yet another post about another radio show involving another week of scoops that the mainstream media is reluctant to comment on. When we started this radio show way back in 2002 we never would have thought that we would be here in 2010. Mostly because we were absolutely sure the world was going to end in 2007, which it didn't. Enjoy the CRUMBS radio hour every single Monday at 5pm CST.

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The show touched on such topics as:

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Becky & Aitor visiting Winnipeg on their North American tour. Becky & Aitor are two amazing artists who spread their unique brand of love every year across Canada and the States. They tour the "craft fair" circuit and have enjoyed many a success with it. Becky produces world famous buttons and Aitor is known for his "unflattering portraits". If you ever get the chance, buy a button and get your picture drawn.

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Lee's apartment building was on fire! Everything worked out in the ending, but people should be really careful when they smoke cigarettes.


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The Sex Pistols have released a perfume. Yes, I am talking about the same Sex Pistols who have been famous for being a punk rock band in the 70's. It turns out they have decided to turn their backs on what it means to be punk and have thrown their gloves into the capitalist ring. But if we dig deep into the origin of the Sex Pistols we aren't really surprised to learn that they actually formed as a sort of commercial for a clothing store... So it isn't that crazy after all.


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What is new to Manitoba? Jellyfish! We finally have them after so many years of being jellyfish free and being jealous of all the other countries who have this pesky little slime bag.


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What is coming to Winnipeg? The Bodies exhibition. Ladies and Gentlemen, being someone who has actually seen this exhibit before, I can say that it is amazing. This is your chance to see what the inside of a human body looks like without going to jail or medical school (I hear that both can be quite unpleasant).


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And of course, what Winnipeg radio show or blog would be complete without a mention of our sweet Mayor Sam Katz kicking ass, or in this case, kicking a small child in the face.


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Thank you for reading/listening

CRUMBS Radio August 23rd 2010




Another episode of the CRUMBS radio show has gone off without a hitch and if you missed it live you can always download the "podcastic" podcast. The CRUMBS radio show is a live radio show on 101.5 UMFM in Winnipeg and streaming live on the www.umfm.com website.

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This weeks show we scraped the surface of several topics.

First of all, Stephen did NOT go on a fishing trip, while Lee DID go out and buy a number of fish. How many fish? Well that is a tricky question, because several of the fish were in fact eaten by one or more of the fish. More evidence will be gathered before there is an aquarium trial.


The epic traffic jam in China enters its 9th day and the games of "eye spy with my little eye" are starting to wear thin.


World Helium supplies are running out and the world will soon be completely out of the inert gas. What does this mean for balloons that float and high pitched voices?



The GOOD news and the BAD news.

The GOOD news is we found the Chilean miners trapped underground for 17 days. The BAD news is we can't actually rescue them for months. And we thought a 9 day traffic jam was bad.

This is not an actual picture of the Chilean miners, this is an old Black and White picture from "the olden days".

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We heard from our "funny talking" man on the street reporter who talked about planned a planned rally the citizens of Winnipeg are undertaking that are fed up with the delays in construction affecting the new Bombers stadium. It turns out people will just show up and dig with their bare hands.

We also heard a live report from the traffic jam in China... and they sound pissed! The Red Cross will help Haiti and Pakistan but there is no love for commuters in China.

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Like always, we did promote the ongoing Live Comedy nights happening in Winnipeg:

Sunday Nights
The Cavern (the basement of the Toad in Osborne Village)
Open Mic Stand-up
Free

Tuesday Nights
The King's Head (120 King Street)
Free Laughs Comedy Series
Rotates between Stand-up, Improv, Alternative Comedy

Thursday Nights
The Standard Tavern
Open Mic Stand-up
Free

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Thank you for listening, thank you for reading, now go out and do something.

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CRUMBS radio show August 16th 2010



Ladies and Gentleman,

The CRUMBS radio show continues to pump out content and digs deep into the pockets of information to deliver you the scoops you so deserve. Every Monday at 5pm CST on 101.5 UMFM or www.umfm.com on the internet.

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This week the show touched on:

It was reported on our show by one of our eye witness reports that our city's mayor Sam Katz was seen texting while driving his car... This of course is now against the law in Winnipeg and you would think that after the Mayor had banged down his by-law gavel and uttered the magic words that makes these things into law, he of all humans would know not to do it. We will be investigating this issue further.



Stephen ate raw oysters for the first time in his life. This isn't really news though, more of one of those human interest stories.


The famous Winnipeg festival Folklorama happened and broke attendance records again. The festival, which celebrates several cultures in this mash up of cultures we call Canada, is the longest running and oldest of its kind in Canada (perhaps North America... Maybe even the world?).


Frequent CRUMBS radio caller Andrew made a 5 second short film and will be featured at The Malta Film Festival.




As always we also plugged all the live comedy shows that happen in this city.

Sunday nights at the Cavern (the basement of the Toad in Osborne Village)
Show up at 9pm to sign up because this show is an open mic show. The comedy starts at 9:30 and the hilarity never stops (they do kick you out of the bar at midnight).
This show is FREE!

Tuesday nights at the King's Head Pub for the Free Laughs Comedy Series.
This show is also free and has been running for years. We enter into the 5th season in September. The show rotates between Improv and Stand-up comedy. Always great.

Thursday nights
at the Standard Tavern on Sherbrook.
This show is also an open mic stand-up night and is also free.


How do we make money? We get paid in laughter.

CRUMBS radio show


CRUMBS has been doing a radio show at the U of M since... since a whole lot of years. We have been filling the airwaves via this College and Community Radio station known as 101.5 UMFM with CRUMBS nonsense.

The show has evolved and evolved over the last... whole lot of years. We started out getting people to call in with suggestions and we would improvise little radio plays. Then it just turned into a live call in show. Then we really started to make fun of the news and current events. Now it has been fun to do all those things and also do live interviews with cool people.

This last week was an interview from Vancouver with our old friend Paul Anthony. He is the coolest and the craziest. Perhaps he is another "C" word I cannot recall at this moment as well.



Paul was/is a co-conspirator in our battle waged versus comedy. He was in the seminal Winnipeg sketch comedy troupe "Higher Than The Ground" along with Stephen (me) and Lee White (him). That lasted from 1992 to 1996 until finally self destructing. Paul moved to Vancouver to conquer the West Coast and Stephen formed CRUMBS with Lee.

Paul runs the highly successful show Talent Time in Vancouver which is not only a live talent show but also his very own TV show... I know, cool right? Paul also acts in real live movies including the upcoming smash hit "Suck" which is like "Lost Boys" meets "Hard Core Logo" because it is a Rock'n Roll Vampire movie... duh.




But what am I doing? Writing Paul's bio? Just download the podcast and listen to the show and the interview/conversation. Be on the "listen out" for further CRUMBS explorations of interviews and storytellings from around the world and enjoy them.

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Thank you for downloading the podcast and listening to the CRUMBS radio show every Monday. Thank you for going out and seeing "Suck" and maybe even buying the DVD. Thank you for supporting Talent Time out in Vancouver. And thank you for reading this.

CRUMBS in the summer!

Oh summer, oh hot hot sun, oh sunburns, oh sunstroke, oh global warming, sweating, dying of heat...








But it isn't all bad is it? No, of course not, nothing is all bad. CRUMBS just goes into summer hibernation. We still do our radio show every Monday at 5pm on 101.5 UMFM.

We still end up showing up at the Cavern in the basement of the Toad in Osborne Village for the open mic stand-up shows that happen on Sundays.

There still is Tuesday night comedy shows at the King's Head.

There also is an open mic comedy night on Thursdays at the Standard Tavern on Sherbrook.

Jeez, it seems like there is still great summer comedy happening in Winnipeg.


Upcoming action?

Okay, how about Becky Johnson coming through town. Becky makes an appearance every year or so and delights the pants off Winnipeg. She will be rolling through town on the weekend of August 20th and we are hoping to showcase her on a stage at an actual improv show with CRUMBS that weekend. We are hoping to have her at the Rocker on the 3rd floor of Mondragon on Albert Street. Stay tuned for the scoop.

More upcoming action?



Okay, how about the official launch of the Free Laughs Comedy Series Season 5! Season 5 already folks, perhaps the longest running weekly underground comedy show in the history of Winnipeg. The shows are running all summer but we have an official launch at the beginning of September. We will have tons and heaps of special new things... mostly we will just continue the amazingly hilarious party time we throw every Tuesday night at the King's Head. Go there.