In Harrisonburg Virginia?
Come join us! We play Bingo is Life - The Game Show every Tuesday night at 7:30 in Ruby's Arcade
100B 165 S Main St Harrisonburg, VA 22801
Contact us at: BrothersHowdyshell@gmail.com
Bingo Is Life: A Post-Bingo Harrisonburg Podcast
Join Mike and Chris Howdyshell with Jay Zehr, Dan Easley, and Britney ”Mumshackles” Mongold each week in a post-Bingo Harrisonburg Podcast. We discuss, music, theater, comedy, the Harrisonburg scene, and course the Bingo Gameshow! Links to our topics will be in the show notes.
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The Brothers Howdyshell
Welcome to this - our opus of absurdity. Each week on a Tuesday night at a basement bar in Harrisonburg VA we host a friendly little gameshow we call, Bingo Is Life!
We spin the Wheel of Fate, we ponder the Skulls of Destiny, we unleash the Swinging String Rings of Justice. And we sing about Bingo Heaven while we play Bingo.
After the show, we get together with our talented friends Jay, Dan, and Britney to discuss the zeitgeist of the day. Our podcast is hyper local, but universally accessible to anyone with a slight penchant for short, discussions on music, comedy, history, games, and of course- the scene in our little town of Harrisonburg Virginia.
Join us and enjoy the simple pleasure of living in a small town full of the most interesting and the most mundane. Take a break from the politics and any semblance of serious discussion. Laugh about something silly with us. Hearing is believing.
Episodes
Tuesday Jun 18, 2024
Tuesday Jun 18, 2024
Emerson Kelly, Ruby's very own super bartender, joins the gang to talk about life behind the bar, in the 'burg, and even on the beam. Balance beam that is!
Also, a part of this show is a very excited and quite verbose cat bird. Don't worry, he eventually settles down... Ah, the fun of recording outside!
A few mentions:
Ruby's Arcade - Offering the finest pizza and drinks served by the finest of bartenders!
https://rubysarcade.com/
Lauren Davis - New manager for Ruby's and great advocate for team Bingo!
https://brothershowdyshell.podbean.com/e/065-lauren-davis-from-rubys-arcade-may-14-2024/
Best Weekend Ever - https://downtownharrisonburg.org/best-weekend-ever/
Automatic Sweethearts -
https://youtu.be/L3SQbuCVxIM?feature=shared
Cat Bird - https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Gray_Catbird/overview#
JMU Gymnastic Team -
https://www.jmu.edu/recreation/sports/sport-clubs/clubs/gymnastics.shtml
The National Center for Catastrophic Sport Injury Research puts gymnastics as the most dangerous sport, when you look at injuries per athlete.
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/good-question-what-h-s-sports-are-the-most-dangerous/
Wednesday Jun 12, 2024
Wednesday Jun 12, 2024
Jake Gerl joins our show (Episode 69, Nice!) and share his take on being an artist in Harrisonburg while planning his next move to Los Angeles. He shares his take on what's important in being a creative and taking risks to move forward with your art. Best of luck in LA Jake!
A few mentions:
Ruby's Arcade - East Coast, West Coast, we got your pizza boast.
https://rubysarcade.com/
Best Weekend Ever - Harrisonburg Downton Renaissance Presents
https://downtownharrisonburg.org/best-weekend-ever/
Queen City Porch Swingers
https://www.thequeencityporchswingers.com
My Ragged Company - A Rolling Stones Tribute
https://www.facebook.com/events/1153267809253165/?_rdr
Pop Up Stand Up Comedy - The FWAF Show
https://www.thefunnywomacks.com/fwaf-conversion-video
Jake Gerl
https://www.jakegerlmusic.com/
Help, My Baby is a Rat
https://open.spotify.com/album/3LydmSndHuXWE50D1
Tuesday Jun 04, 2024
Tuesday Jun 04, 2024
Emily Winter, Director of Marketing, joins the gang to talk about all the wonderful things the Harrisonburg Downtown Renaissance, or HDR, is bringing to the town!
We also finally start to talk about another super exciting tribute show coming this September: My Ragged Company - A Tribute to the Rolling Stones!
A few mentions:
Ruby's Arcade - Bringing a pizza renaissance to Harrisonburg since it all began.
https://rubysarcade.com/
Harrisonburg Downtown Renaissance
https://downtownharrisonburg.org/
My Ragged Company - A Tribute to the Rolling Stones
https://www.facebook.com/events/1153267809253165
Earlier episode with Bingo Trivia
https://brothershowdyshell.podbean.com/e/episode-020-july-5-2023/
Friday May 31, 2024
Friday May 31, 2024
Harrisonburg's own Dave Scott returns to our podcast on this, our 67th episode! Dave is a gracious guest who shares with us a little of what goes on in the mind of a retired teacher, novelist, comedian, song writer. He even follows the gang through all the usual rabbit holes, somehow landing on the Waynesboro scene tonight.
Dan also gives us his second, "Unexpected Notions."
A few mentions:
Ruby's Arcade - Our sponsor, our king. The folks who do that pizza thing.
https://rubysarcade.com/
Basement Rebellion at Best Weekend Ever
https://downtownharrisonburg.org/best-weekend-ever/
Friendly Fermenter
https://www.friendlyfermenter.com/