Guest Julia Celley (Locked in Julia’s Basement, The Darlings & Goat Rodeo) and Sam discuss procrastination as motivation (though it may cause Sam frustration) and they set their sights on becoming weird artists.  This week’s props: The Sad Peanut Man and a child sized mannequin with a box of dismembered hands and feet.Follow the Should I Keep This? Podcast Instagram account at @shouldikeepthis_pod!CROSSROADS SHOWS AND CLASSES!Are you interest in seeing a sketch show or maybe taking a sketch comedy writing class? Visit XroadsComedy.com, because we got you covered on both. 

Our guest this week is Meg Favreau.  Sam and Meg chat about how sketches don’t always have to make sense and writing an entire script around one dumb gimmick.  This episode’s items: a small fake duck and a grayscale costume dress and wig.Meg Favreau is an LA comedian.  She has written for multiple animated series and is currently co-writing a movie for Netflix. She’s been on sketch comedy teams Meg & Rob, DJ Faucet, Bone Mouth, and Glendale. She has also written humor for Real Simple, The New Yorker, Eating Well, McSweeney’s, and American Bystander, and is the author of the humorous cookbook Little Old Lady Recipes. Follow Meg on instagram @hellofrommegFollow the Should I Keep This? Podcast Instagram account at @shouldikeepthis_pod!CROSSROADS SHOWS AND CLASSES!Are you interest in seeing a sketch show or maybe taking a sketch comedy writing class? Visit XroadsComedy.com, because we got you covered on both. 

On this week’s episode, Sam talks with Alyssa Truszkowski about how props are divided up among members of a sketch group and Alyssa comes up with a plan that could shut down the whole podcast!Alyssa is a comedian, film producer, and former member of Cups & A Half: The All-Bitch Sketch Comedy Team.  Follow her at @alyssatrusz and check out @meanspiritedfilm!Follow the Should I Keep This? Podcast Instagram account at @shouldikeepthis_pod!CROSSROADS SHOWS AND CLASSES!Are you interest in seeing a sketch show or maybe taking a sketch comedy writing class? Visit XroadsComedy.com, because we got you covered on both. 

This week Kait Thompson and Sam discuss how elaborate props can make sketches better and how old is too old to play a child in a comedy sketch.  This week’s props: a plastic lobster and children’s footy pajamas.Kait Thompson is an LA based comedian who has been featured on Collegehumor.com and performed with sketch groups Goat Rodeo, Mani Pedi, and UCB’s Clapback.  Follow Kait on instagram @kaitdrawingstuff.  Follow the Should I Keep This? Podcast Instagram account at @shouldikeepthis_pod!CROSSROADS SHOWS AND CLASSES!Are you interest in seeing a sketch show or maybe taking a sketch comedy writing class? Visit XroadsComedy.com, because we got you covered on both. 

This week we have a mini Secret Pants party with guest Brian Kelly (Secret Pants & Mean Wendy Band). We discuss the potential of repurposing props and how some props can enable you to hoard other props. This episode’s items: a (very large) disassembled spaceship control panel and three shopping baskets.Follow Brian Kelly on instagram @secretpantsBKCheck out Mean Wendy Band at www.meanwendyband.comFollow the Should I Keep This? Podcast Instagram account at @shouldikeepthis_pod!CROSSROADS SHOWS AND CLASSES!Are you interest in seeing a sketch show or maybe taking a sketch comedy writing class? Visit XroadsComedy.com, because we got you covered on both. 

Our guest this week is Jacquie Baker (Flat Earth & The Incredible Shrinking Matt and Jacquie).   We talk about how high school memories only get better with age and that time we all had a case of pope fever.  This week’s props:  Jacquie’s cap and gown and a cardboard cutout of Pope Francis. Follow the Should I Keep This? Podcast Instagram account at @shouldikeepthis_pod!

In our first episode with guest Joe Moore (Dog Mountain & Steve Swan Vs Joe Moore) we discuss items that remind us of sketches that bombed and how costumes worn on big stages can be very hard to let go.  Today’s props: a homemade basketball jersey and Alvin and the Chipmunks costumes.Follow the Should I Keep This? Podcast Instagram account at @shouldikeepthis_pod!

On “Should I Keep This?” sketch performer Samantha Russell (Secret Pants, Goat Rodeo & Youth Large) talks with fellow comedians about props they’ve been holding on to and whether or not they should keep them.   No matter how useless an item may seem, the emotional connection to comedy props can be strong.  New episodes every two weeks!