Scott Thompson & Paul Bellini of The Kids in the Hall
KEY MOMENTS
0:00 – Intro: Scott Thompson and Paul Bellini of Mouth Congress
3:27 – Writing songs like sketch comedy
7:01 – Writing and self-producing Valley of Song
10:21 – Canada's lockdowns and the Freedom Convoy
12:51 – The Emergencies Act and frozen bank accounts
16:46 – Music videos and Gabor
21:57 – Toronto's comedy scene and Second City rejects
24:48 – Paul's path from assistant to writer
28:14 – The YMCA and gay subtext in pop culture
31:46 – The Dracula sketch and fighting the censors
34:17 – Kids in the Hall versus SNL
37:47 – Are audiences full of scolds?
43:59 – Scott's Buddy Cole show and The Last Glory Hole
48:56 – The lesbian impression and humorless gatekeepers
53:09 – Beam Me Up and Be My Hole
57:28 – The Gucci Colostomy Bag song
ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Scott Thompson and Paul Bellini of The Kids in the Hall and Mouth Congress join Lou to talk about who's behind Buddy Cole, their new punk album, and Scott's one-man show, King.
We also get into meeting your heroes and then becoming friends with them, the beautifully insane comedy Paul and Scott are still making, the night Lou and his wife caught King in NYC, Buddy Cole making Lou's wife laugh so hard she lost her voice, and a Christmas episode that was Lou's gift to himself.