Bunkum: Recent Episodes
Dan Grubb
Bunkum is a scripted comedy in the vein of The Goon Show that was made from 2015-2018. I now make The Restory of History's Mysteries with Aaron Fletchersmith, a time travel comedy podcast, also scripted.
It's the last Bunkum! You made it to the end! Congratulations! An epic quest! A monster to be slayed! A kingdom to save! A display of cowardice! Bunkum goes out with a bang AND a whimper! Bye, everybody! Be sure to listen to my current and better scripted comedy podcast, The Restory of History's Mysteries!
A voyage of discovery! The founding of a new colony! Imperial expansion without the hindsight of 21st century multiculturalism! Hooray! A feast to welcome the new neighbors! Long distance relationships! An awkward situation comes to a head! Bunkum is the wacky neighbor of podcasts!
Home improvement! A relaxing stroll through a house in progress! Brilliantly revolutionary architecture! How do they do it?!? Bunkum is on the cutting edge of making stuff up!
A secret agent! A counteragent infiltration! Tracking down a mole! Cool fancy gadgets! A conspiracy that goes all the way to the bottom! Hey, get away from that bottom! Bunkum is basically a five-year-old with a better vocabulary!
A stroll through the classifieds! A spooky market! All sorts of strange items! A dusty old lamp and its genie tenant! Everything you ever wanted at your fingertips! A happy ending for almost everyone! Bunkum brings utopias to fruition!
There's no sponsor this week! It's all ad-free! High culture! Dan says Richard III instead of Richard II! A boxing drama! A medical service! A word from a for-real god! Bunkum is just oozing with excitement! We should really get it looked at!
Listener questions! A strange case of what must be mistaken identity! A doppelganger! What are the odds? Oh, not that unreasonable, really! Unjustly imprisoned! A suspenseful escape attempt! Bunkum keeps you in...........
It's a fantasy adventure! Magic and monsters! Dice and dungeons! A tabletop RPG that goes sideways! Awfully darn close to a normal yet still entertaining sketch! Good job, Dan! Bunkum rolls a natural 20 on bad metaphors!
Our Man loooooves playing the lottery! I think it's a sensory thing! All that scratching! A sudden influx of liquid assets! A first-class elite tour of the land of wonders! Entering the viral class! The glorious transfer of wealth! Bunkum is your pass to the good life!
MacArthur Genius Grant-winning poetry! Hercules performs amazing feats! His neighbors are not so pleased! Someone call Terry Gilliam! The lines between reality and madness are getting blurry up in here! Bunkum has convinced itself it has Munchausen syndrome!
A family curse! It's brain versus body! Can Our Man find out what's causing the explosion of were-beasts? Of course! It's so simple! A battle for the future of were-Americans! (Awereicans?) Bunkum's dictionary is crammed with sticky notes with new words!
The Grand Canyon is missing! What could have happened!?!? Let's investigate together! Yay, friendship palling around times! A small town cop works the case of his life! And what he uncovers will blow you away! Bunkum mostly read movie posters as a kid!
Some actual science! And some actual religion! But, alas, no actual Dan Grubb! Sorry, folks! I'm not genuine! I'm a figment of my imagination! Whoa, heavy, duuude! The ancient Mesopotamians thought Adam and Eve were big weirdos! Bunkum is basically one of those ivy league classes you can take online!
No superheroes! It's a high class farce! Oh, those parlor doors opening at just the wrong moment! Oh, and also Senator Bigfoot, your favorite!\ And the new episode of Bunk Beds, the hit Bunkum review program! Bunkum hates fourth walls, man! Smash them up!
It's here! The epic finale of the Redressers arc! You made it, pal! Good job listening! I'd tell you what happens, but your mortal brain can't handle it! Or maybe it can! Give it a listen and see if you survive! Bunkum is playing chicken with your mind!
I did not expect the team to wind up here. But, hey, they have powers now! Cool! This story is getting pretty weird! Buckle in, it's almost done! Bunkum is strapping in for the big finish!
A list of cool stuff! Epic brainstorming! The All-New, All-Different Redressers! Oh, yeah! I'm super excited, you guys! Bunkum is heading for the epic climax!
Man, jail sucks! Do trials suck? Let's find out! A courtroom drama! Everything gets better! According to some! Bunkum puts the "real" in "Am I really listening to this?"
Tonight there's gonna be a jailbreak! Etc. etc. etc.! Actual teamwork! Good job, Redressers! I bet it'll totally work! Bunkum is always optimistic because it refuses to learn from the past!
Look out! It's Robbing Jack Do-Harm! His name is a little on-the-nose! I tried to give him notes, but he doesn't accept constructive criticism very well! Probably has something to do with his anti-social tendencies! Justice is served! I bet! Bunkum is in kind of a gray area, morality-wise!
An action-packed training montage! The part of the movie where the rag-tag motley crew learn how to work together! I love those parts! Too bad these folks are idiots! Even glamorous superhero teams have to clean up the monkey's room! Let's cut that part out! Yuck. Bunkum has been waiting for this series its whole … Continue reading Bunkum 60: The Redressers, Part 4
Oh no, not Master R.A. and the Dorm Room Dojo! Some complications provide a glimpse into the inner workings of the team! A secret revealed! A new team model is slapped together! Bunkum puts the human drama in superhuman melodrama!
Consider that table set! That's story writing lingo for laying out dishes and silverware! Let's meet the team! It's a really good team! And pretty inclusive! There's even an undead-American! Bunkum is the future liberals want!
It's the epic beginning of the maxi-series The Redressers! A cosplayer meets a mysterious stranger! Who could it possibly be?!? Oh my goodness! I think this might be a bigger deal than we at first suspected! Bunkum knows how to pace a story, baby!
There's something in the basement! Police drama! Whatever could it possibly be? I hope our hero is alright! The male gaze! Bunkum is madcap! I'm so mad about these caps!
A tragic loss! A retrospective on an incredible life! One man's influence on the world! Mind you, Stalin and Genghis Khan had a big influence too! But I'm sure this guy is different! He's a tech innovator! Those guys are always working for the betterment of humanity, right? Bunkum's ignorance means your bliss!
A different post-apocalyptic show than that one from two years earlier! A hospital stay! A message from beyond the stars! A murder investigation! Bunkum has almost figured out the new format!
Experimental theater! An astounding feat! Pushing the limits of the human body and ingenuity! Bunkum wins all the Nobel Prizes and Olympic medals! Nyah nyah!
Listener mail! The life of a gorilla! A gritty noir drama! Hard hitting action! Bunkum, see? Mnyeah, see? It's a hackneyed Edward G. Robinson imitation that went out of style in the 40s, see?
Remember when I said Bunkum was gone forever? I lied! Sorry for manipulating your emotions like that! Anyway! A new format! Ghost dating! Feathers! Bunkum got tired of recreating old time radio and decided to join the podcast era!
A galaxy of guest stars! All your favorites! Just kidding! Everything goes horribly wrong! Fun with paradoxes! Bunkum is over forever!
Oh, for heaven's sake, it's a bunch of pirates! Or, if you're at the gym, "pi-rah-tees"! I don't know pi-rah-tes! But I know ca-ray-zeh! What were we talking about? Look at that jungle island! Oh my, what a deadly threat! Treachery and danger abound! Bunkum is a terrible realtor!
A gentleman thief! It's a frame-up, I tells ya! Hmm....what else did they say in the 30s? I sure am enjoying jazz in the dangerous part of town and those talkies! A stunning revelation in the pursuit of ka-nowledge! A landmark development in podcast technology! Bunkum reinvents the medium once again!
An important chemistry lesson! Is it a religious holiday? Is science a religion? Kind of, if you think about it! Oh, wait! No, not at all! But they can have holidays, even though the etymology doesn't allow it! I think we've all learned a lot today! Oh yeah, and the devil shows up, haha! Bunkum: … Continue reading Bunkum 47: Mole Day
Holy mackerel, it's a whole episode about your pal Dracula! Do holy mackerel swim in holy water? That'd be bad news for ole Drac! Some important public service announcements! A fabulous epistolary podcast! Believe it or not, it kind of follows the original story! Wow! Good job, Dan! Bunkum: Where Dan does a good job!
You'll never guess what this one is about! Aw, dang! You're too clever for me! I guess you'll just have to make do with all of these wonderful jokes! I think this is around when I started to lose my mind. Yup! There it goes! Bunkum done run off with all ma dang brains!
A mystery solved! Well, how shall we spend the rest of the episode? Oh, like that! What a strange bunch of characters! Another mystery! Thank goodness that first one was solved so Our Man's inbox is cleared! Bunkum is on the trail to laughs!
True crime! Everybody loves true crime! Hooray for taking gut-wrenching tales of human misery and loss and making them all about me! Line of sponsors forms to the left! Bunkum profits from other people's pain!
In medias res! That's Latin for "I'm confused! I hope there's a flashback coming up!" Don't worry! There's flashbacks! All is explained! Oh, now I see why Our Man did that stuff! Thanks, backwards plot! Bunkum listened to "Suspense" way too much that month!
Can you tell I've been reading comics for 30 years? There are entirely too many superheroes! Thank goodness Our Man isn't one! A community divided! The world will never be the same! Until next summer's epic crossover, that is! Bunkum mocks the things we love!
Hooray, more time travel! These are the best stories! Unless this one goes horribly awry! But that would never happen in a farcical comedy show! Bunkum defies time and space, but never you, the dear listener! That's the Bunkum Promise©! bunkumpromisenotvalidinallfiftystatesaskyourlocalpodcastproviderfordetails
The start of a very bad day! Two cities merging! But not in a boring, municipal revenues way! It's actually quite dire! What can we possibly do?!?!?! Listen to Bunkum, I guess! Bunkum is the solution to everything!
Dog training! What could possibly go wrong?!? Aha! You've discovered the beginning of every writing session! Very large dogs! That could go wrong, I bet! Trouble with The Law! Bunkum: We're stupid, so you don't have to!
The artistic temperament of a composer! The gritty composing underworld! Another miracle product! I'm pretty sure I was born 90 years too late! A great joke that's only funny if you see it written! So I guess you'd better follow me on Twitter @senatorbigfoot! Bunkum: Where Dan does his disgusting self-promotion!
Definitely not an infringement of copyright! Billionaire playboy with cool crime-fighting gadgets! Uh oh, another superhero! I hope they get along and don't fight arbitrarily! Tragic origin stories of villains! Everybody loves those! That's why Episode I was a huge success! Bunkum: It's like a comic con for agoraphobes!
Ye olden times! Actually, they still pronounced it "the"! They just used a letter for "th" that looked kind of like a weird Y that we don't use anymore! You've now officially minored in Linguistics! Oh, right, the episode! Knights and squires and all that junk! An infested basement! An incredible journey! Bunkum fills your … Continue reading Bunkum 35: Sir Ourman and the 404 Error
One of my favorite characters! A surprise cameo by my other favorite character! This is as self-serving as a...as a, uh...well, as a podcast! A timestream in peril! An epic western! Drama in the ring! Bunkum is bigger than sticking to one genre per episode!
Tension! Amateur narration! No, I mean even more amateur than mine. Competition bringing out the best in everyone! The future of genetics! Oh, thank God, Dan sings again! Bunkum brings the world of idiosyncrasy to your ears!
Media history! I think I took that class one semester! I got a B! Podcasting through the centuries! Awfu I mean, Amazing imitations! Bunkum is your source for accidental exposure to actual information about history!
A giant monster! The ugliest kaiju ever seen! Competing plans for survival! There's always time for romance! An in-depth interview sure the jerk all your tears! The glorious return of Captain Scarred Mangled Banner! Bunkum is the King of the Monsters!
Imperial ennui! The overthinking that comes with privilege! Three wise guys! Brilliant quatrains by an unnamed literary genius! Executions, executions, executions! Come on down to the Imperial Execution Dealership on Route 61 and get something chopped off today! Bunkum unites the world under the iron first of comedy podcasts!
Hair melting off people's heads! Baby Grandpa! Consumerism in the streets! Only one special agent who can stop it! Well, the hair part, not the rest! Get, it? Hair part! Ta-daaaaaaaaaa! Bunkum brings only the absolutely worst puns! Hey! Where ya goin'???
CHUNG CHUNG! Some quality professional introductions! I win another award! More beautiful singing! Oh yeah and I guess the thing up there in the title. Mars or whatever. Bunkum - The Podcast that Doesn't Know Dumpster is a Brand and Not a Generic Description!
It's Dracula! I love Dracula! I shoehorn Dracula in whenever I can! Here, have a full episode about him! He's a big dope and I love it! Hooray for Dracula episodes! My favorite cereal is Count Bunkula!
Victorian experimentation! Bunkumus Vincit Omnia! Vaudeyvilly-type jocularisms! My favorite telephone joke! The Contrarian Know-It-All Podcast! Get out! Bunkum has the formula for success! (It's bad jokes like that one!)
Getting away from it all! Hitchhiking is perfectly safe! Creeps and social commentary and bears! I think the worst of all the sponsors! Bunkum: the Uncola!
Happy Halloween! It's a twister! A trip to Emerald City! Trying real hard not to violate copyright! I erupt in delight with the return of Heartless M. Moral! Y'know, I think they might not be the best and brightest. Bunkum! I honestly don't remember making this one.
Day 3824 of Nukegate! Life in the wasteland! Ted's running late! These entitled nuclearennials! A world without law! The director saves the program at the 11th hour! Bunkum? More like bunker! Ya get it? It's a joke about everyone dying!
A mysterious murder! A world of intrigue! Seeking information in the criminal underworld! A femme fatale! The only ending worthy of a show like Bunkum!
A scary movie TV show host! Racist Stereotype Theater! A depressed game show host! Shock jock radio! Old Man Whitey is back! I love that guy! It's a Bunkum grab-bag of fun!
Oh, thank goodness, another awards show! The return of my favorite-named-character, Flo Magnon! An important cultural artifact! Special guest Paul Stanley! With Bunkum around, we all win, if you think about it.
A Roman rebellion! Parenting advice! Gladiators gladiating! Rebellions leading back to the status quo! Coffee! Hooray for coffee! OH MY GOD COFFEE!!!!!
The bard! Legitimate theater! Theatre, even! Hamlet was 30, and other cultural punchlines! A pretty accurate parody of Hamlet! This is how I'm putting my college degrees to work! Bunkum keeps it classy while wearing tights and a codpiece!
A Belgian detective! A murder to solve! Tough guys who never learned to deal with their insecurity! An off-off-off-Broadway one-man show! It's also my favorite part of the whole run of Bunkum! Bunkum brings the stupid!
A cattleman! No, not like that! A man who has cattle! Trouble in the Old West! A word from a new sponsor! A musical interlude! A suspenseful standoff! Bunkum puts the "flop" in cowflop!
A fancy gambler! A nude man! Don't worry, the podcast blurred it out! A fortune made and lost and made and gradually lost and then replaced and oh dear I've lost count. An even fancier gambler! A greed boy who's not fancy at all! Bunkum invents terms like "greed boy"!
Senator Bigfoot vs. Cthulhu! Who will be president? A nightmarish creature with no moral code, or Cthulhu? It wasn't meant to be topical, but here we are! Bunkum for America 2020!
Kid Ourman! A boxing title match! Dracula grapples with addiction! A heartwarming reunion! Just like Rocky, Bunkum treats a loss like a wild success!
Shmolf Shmitzer! Eager fans awaiting Dan's appearance! The New Temple of the Higher Fundament! The theater of the mind! It's Bunkum on Bunkum on Bunkum on oh god i'm getting sick excuse me blurrrghhh
Marble shins! Marble shins??? Special guest Knavish D. Plorable! Old Man Whitey has a deal for you! The Dalai Lama teaches us about inner peace! A prison break thriller! Marble shins?
A mysterious jungle relic! Villains and treachery! Cheap Hanna-Barbera animation in handy audio format! Bunkum: Seriously, he's tall!
Werewolf! There wolf! Oh, that doesn't work when it's typed out! Also a good old-fashioned doctor sketch! And another thing I threw in to take up time! Oops! Pretend you didn't see that! Bunkum: it's always planned out very well!
A classy public radio interview show! Our Man talks to important makers and shakers! Ads for other WBNKM programs! Cerebral jazz-inspired background music! Bunkum is for the people! The suburban moderate liberal people!
A faustian agreement! The return of Sham Fraudruse! Top-notch corporate responsibility! Big hero man Buster Dauntless vs. conniving fiend Dr. Blechnik! A peek inside Hell! Bunkum: the taste that satisfies!
Our Man tries to overthrow the government! It works out really well! Depending on if you like stability or not. Plus a moving love song! We hold these truths to be self-evident: that Bunkum is your favorite!
A monomaniacal billionaire industrialist! A crime-fighting vigilante with cool gadgets! Reckless child endangerment! No, that doesn't sound familiar at all. Why do you ask? It's the podcast we deserve right now, but not the one we need right now. So we'll listen to it. Because it can take it, because it's not a podcast. It's … Continue reading Bunkum 5: Steel Flying Squirrel
A coherent plot! Almost! Lost at sea! A mysterious island! A theological bombshell! The first appearance of Heinous D. Praved! Bunkum is your favorite aunt!
Dink Inkerblink has a scoop! Mr. Cloy's students get out of hand! Amazing impressions! The story of the century! All for your lucky, lucky ears on Bunkum!
Our Man meets pirates! A family wants some quiet! The War on Christmas! A good old-fashioned western! It's Bunkum! Hooray for Bunkum!
It's the grand premier of Bunkum! Sergeant Ourman is on the hunt for a mysterious killer! Will it have anything to do with the title of this episode? Only one way to find out: read the next sentence! It does! Bunkum is the World’s Favorite Podcast for jokes like that!
Hello! And welcome to "This Old Dump". I'm your host, master carpenter Bob Ourman. This week, we're restoring a charming 1920s ranch home to its original design and upgrading it with a second and third story, a finished basement, a wraparound porch, four corner turrets, an elaborate fountain installation, and my signature addition of a … Continue reading This Old Dump
My name is Ourman. James Ourman. I'm a secret agent for British Foreign Intelligence. I have a license to kill and I've personally stopped dozens of brutal dictatorships and anti-democratic movements around the world. But you mustn't tell anyone. It must remain between you and I. "Whatever you say, sir. Here's your change. Next please. … Continue reading Tinker Tailor Ourman Spy
My name is Dr. Buckminster Ourman, Ph.D., MA, BFA, MS, JD, LLC, TP, WC, MGM, WTO, IDIOT, pronounced "Ourman". I'm the Anders Flanders-Sanders Professor of Comparative Correlation at Flotsam University. I was relaxing one Sunday morning with my coffee and a copy of the Big City Tribune Gazette Times Post News Sun Journal. Having read … Continue reading The Genie
Act 2, Scene 1 JOHN OF GAUNT, nearing death, speaks with the DUKE OF YORK. JOHN OF GAUNT Methinks I am a prophet new inspired And thus expiring do foretell of him: His rash fierce blaze of riot cannot last, For violent fires soon burn out themselves; But if the burn of athlete’s foot persists, … Continue reading William Shakespeare’s “Richard II”, Brought to You by Chevrolet
It all began with the universe exploding out of nothingness in a phenomenon known as the Big Bang. 13.8 billion years later, I was walking to the post office to mail my pet giraffe to the vet. It seemed to have broken its neck as I folded it into the crate so the vet seemed … Continue reading The Mystery of the Mysterious Twin Mystery