We are finally here, the final episode of the straightforward and high-concept web series Me & My Dolls.  Carmine has been on quite a journey in his quest to be a man.  Officer Benson has been a guiding light in all things manly as he courts Carmine’s mannequin sister Dorothy.  Will Mom/Dad continue to chastise and ride Carmine for his unmanly behavior?  We must watch the final episode to find out.

Episode 6

Written and Edited by Ryan Singer

Shot by Greg Nichols

Mike Cronin as Mom/Dad

Butch Wesley as Officer Benson

Ryan Singer as Carmine

Wow.  I know you can’t believe it.  Studebaker Pie has returned just when you thought there was no chance it could ever happen again.  I know I feel like the wife of Tom Hanks’ character in Castaway when he showed up at her house.  You probably have already married another web series.  I guess you just never know what the tide is going to bring in.

Season Two brings us the return and is sure to answer all of those unanswered questions still lingering from Season One.  Only time will tell what other-worldly things will be revealed and what truths uncovered in the new season.  Please sit back, possibly do whatever it is you feel necessary to truly appreciate all that is Studebaker Pie, and enjoy.

Episode 1 – “The Return”

Created by Ryan Singer

Me & My Dolls is an exploration of manhood and the ever-changing world in which we all live.  Follow with us as we see if Carmine can overcome adversity–both inside himself and from external forces on his journey towards self-actualization.

Episode Four explores the age old question of whether or not human life can ever be truly measured by its counterparts.

Cast & Crew:

Starring – Mike Cronin, Butch Wesley & Ryan Singer

Shot by – Greg Nichols

Score by – Parris Graves

Created & Edited by- Ryan Singer

Tuesday 8/23 at Go Bananas Comedy Club!  Festival begins at 8 pm sharp and doors open at 7 pm.  This is going to be awesome, fun, and babies might be made.

THE LINEUP: (this list is subject to change)

Rent’s Due – Mike Canestaro
Various Entries – Women
Me & My Dolls (episodes) – Ryan Singer
I Didn’t Know I Was Pregnant – Sketch By Number
Ned (episodes) – Mike Shelton
Lobster Boy – Left of Center
Jasper vs. the Woofman – Jasper t. Colbaire
The Adventures of Larry Bird and Michael Jordan In Space – Dean Maiorana & Brian McCabe
We Got That B-Roll – Cream
Connected – Cream
Ballet Drop Out – Left of Center
Axe Body Wash – WATBIT
High On You – The Chronic State
Gay Zombies – Vincent Holliday
Heist – Andy Gaspar
Old Diapers & Hot Soup – Wayne Memmot & Dean Maiorana
Magic 8 Ball – The Asbestos Crew
Henry’s Kitchen – Henry Phillips
The Way To Go – Nick Andrews
The Aggressive Bee – MC Mr. Napkins
Episode #1 of Web Series – Alex Stone & Mike Cronin (tentative)
Parent Teacher Night – The Suburban Housewife
Mo Money Mo Problems – Sumukh Torgalkar & Justin Golak

I’ll be peforming at Woodlands Tavern in Columbus, Ohio on Monday, then off to the Downtown Crackers Wed – Sat of next week.  I’m doing an awesome show put on my buddy Ryan Remmington at the Sinking Ship in Indianapolis, Indiana on Sunday 8/28.  Let’s us all get together and feel all right!

I miss you all very much.  Very, very, very much.  I love you all.  Very, very, very much.

Ryan

Episode Three brings us closer to understanding all the things that can prevent us from achieving our dreams.

Cast & Crew:

Starring – Mike Cronin, Butch Wesley & Ryan Singer

Shot by – Greg Nichols

Score by – Parris Graves

Created & Edited by- Ryan Singer

Episode Two is finally here of yet another critically ignored web series from Ryan Singer.  Fear not, it is quite early and big things are on the horizon for Carmine and his unique family.

Carmine continues his journey to manhood or does he?  You’ll have to watch this episode to see if he finally has decided to commit himself to the noble cause and what will become of his many brothers and sisters?  Will the perp-obsessed police officer get a second date with Dorothy?

 
Cast & Crew:

Starring – Mike Cronin, Butch Wesley & Ryan Singer

Shot by – Greg Nichols

Score by – Parris Graves

Created & Edited by- Ryan Singer

Recently, as you may or may not be aware, I was in Chicago doing a show.  I was there with my buddies Tom Simmons and Billy Wayne Davis to do our weird and strange comedy show “Kooks.”  We did not know really anything about the podcast when we agreed and even when we went to do it as is the case with many podcasts.  You just never really know what you’re getting into and that is half the fun of doing them.

We cover all kinds of weirdness and then we get serious for about 3 seconds and then start being foolish again.  I think you will find that the topics we covered are right up your alley if you enjoy coming to this website and enjoy some of the same things I do out on the fringe of the news and the fringe of social circles.  Life is way too short to be always worrying about the normal stuff.  It is great and fun to go overboard and down the rabbit hole if you keep your sense of humor about it.

There are some commercials at the beginning and throughout the episode, but here’s a hint:  you can skip ahead!  Hooray!  Unless you enjoy listening to them, then feel free.  And my apologies to anyone old enough to be offended by a misplaced reference I used as a joke in this podcast.  Everyone knows your generation was awesome and I did not try to give some of that awesomeness to a different group of people.  My schedule is updated, too!

You should see my schedule as I have added a lot of dates opening for Marc Maron around the country at some pretty radical places that I have yet to perform.  So, I am looking forward to those dates and will be moving out west to Los Angeles in one month from now.  I am looking forward to living where I no longer need an ice scraper again, it has been way too long.  Also, will be (fingers crossed) filming a new web series in the next coming days and hope to have the episodes start going live before I leave for California.

Here’s the link to the podcast:  http://ryebreadradio.com/post/5378624629/ryebread-radio-episode-44

Thanks to all the cool people I met over the past weekend in Bloomington, Indiana, when I was there doing some shows.  It was one of those comedy magic weekends that make the little kid inside of me that dreamed of doing this when I got older realize that everything has well been worth it along the way.  I am a lucky son of a bitch and I am just making sure that everybody knows that I know that fact.  It is definitely not lost on me.

Here’s the video and I hope you like it…I suspect you will.

halfwayokay – Episode 26

There has been a lot going on lately and I am not sure I can accurately recount all of the details, but I will try to give you a good, swift, accurate overview.  I would love to tell you all about some of the very fun and awesome gigs I have recently been fortunate enough to be a part of or some of the incredibly cool, unique, talented people I have recently met.  BUT, something more pressing is on my brain.

I have an operational CB radio.

You might think this is not a HUGE deal.  You would be wrong.  Dead wrong.  This CB radio is consuming my life more and more by the day.  There is something freeing and sneaky about being able to broadcast your voice out in the atmosphere to complete strangers.  You can also just listen if that is what you prefer to do.  It is allowed eaves-dropping.  You might be surprised by the blunt and honest conversations people will have when they are shrouded in secrecy.  Probably not though since we all know about the internet and chatting.

The 40 channels on the CB radio were the first internet chat rooms.  People use “handles” and divulge information that is deeply private about their darkest fears, dreams, fetishes, and even their relationships.  My handle is “Monster Hunter” and if I am in my car, you can be assured that I have my “ears on.”  That means that my radio is on, but you probably already knew that or could figure it out quite easily.  I am slowly but surely creating a whole new world in which I can exist joyfully, filled with drama, intrigue, deceit, romance, and comedy on various channels.

I feel this topic is deserving of a post dedicated to it and it alone, so I will leave you with that information at this time.  Just know that as time goes and more road trips happen, I will have a more intense, detailed and enjoyable CB radio world.  If I ever get my car equipped with cameras I will film the internet show, “The Ryan Singer Bandwidth.”

I figure I need to get this world built in time to make it real enough for my future child to inherit it.  Yes, I am going to have a baby.  My girlfriend is not pregnant at this time and we have no plans to get pregnant, but she will be pregnant at some point and we are going to have a sweet ass kid.  She lives in Baltimore and I think it is fitting that the home of John Waters will be where I found the mother of my child.

Here are some great gigs I have coming up:

Columbus Funny Bone this Wednesday night (3/2) and it should be a blast.  It is the national showcase show, so there is always a great lineup of comedians that are on their way up the comedy ladder.

The Comedy Attic this Thursday thru Saturday w/Marc Maron.  These will be some great shows and that can be guaranteed.  The last time we worked together there a drunk, crazy, sad woman left the show crying as she snapped out of her walking blackout.  It was intense and one of those comedy magic town moments that can never be duplicated – you just had to be there.

Bob & Tom radio show this Friday morning sometime after 7:20 am.  That is all the info I have right now, but it will be fun to get back on the show again.

As you could tell, there was a poster for a show in Wilmington, NC, at Nutt Street Comedy Club.  That show is April 1st weekend and it should be an absolute blast.  I have heard a lot of great stuff about that club and I am looking forward to finally getting down there and doing my thing.

After that I will be heading back to The Comedy Cabana (4/5 – 4/9) and hanging with my buddies down there will assuredly make Cooter tell me the story about Barry Dean and the epic Green Sea Monkey Boxing Match.

I am going to stop in Atlanta to hang with some buddies and crash on their couches (they don’t know it yet) before I head up to Johnson City, TN, to headline Capone’s Rock Club for some shows 4/15 & 4/16.  That should also be good times as my buddy Mike Cody is scheduled to feature those shows.

Also, I have come across some really great performers the last 6 months that I think you may really enjoy if you are reading this, so the Under the Rock series will be picking back up very soon.

Season 2 continues with Episode #6 and now that Big Foot has teamed up with Carl and they have buried old hatchets, the action begins to ramp up.  Will the Bounty Hunters foil their plan to win back Carl’s wife, Janet?  Things will only get weirder, stranger, and more funny as this we are halfway through Season 2.  Janet is convinced that Carl has moved on and now their marriage and their love hangs in the balance.

Episode #6 – Day Old Bread Version of Girl