309 - The Play (w/ Tyson Fountaine)

Middling with Eden and Brock

Eden Sher & Brock Ciarlelli

Abc, Rewatch, Eden Sher, Tv & Film, The Middle, Rewatch Podcast, Comedy, Brock Ciarlelli

4.7 • 739 Ratings

🗓️ 12 November 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

WE'RE DOING A LIVE RECORDING!! Friday, December 5th, 2025 @7pm at the Stray Theater in Los Angeles!! We'll be recapping one of our (and maybe your!) favorite episodes in front of a live audience! Trivia, behind the scenes clips and videos, and lots of laughs. Tickets are limited, get them here: https://buytickets.at/thestraytheater/1922627

We have a cast and crew favorite on the show today -- Tyson Fountaine, our makeup artist! Tyson's here to talk about the ONLY episode of The Middle to be nominated for an Emmy (ep 309, "The Play"), and it's because of his work! We talk all about the skill that goes into making people look 'plain' for television, his designs for the Wizard of Oz characters, and Brad's shiny lips. Plus, we answer more Middle trivia from a fan.

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0:00.0	We need like a breaking news thing.
0:02.8	Before we start the episode, we have an announcement.
0:10.4	Eden, say it.
0:11.3	Just say it.
0:12.5	We are doing our very first live taping, live show in front of a live studio audience.
0:20.6	We are going to a... If you are in the Los Angeles area, we are going to be at the
0:26.3	Stray Theater in Hollywood.
0:28.4	And I'm so, so excited.
0:31.9	We are going to be recap.
0:33.4	We're going to be doing a live podcast.
0:36.2	Yes, I'm so excited.
0:37.4	It's on December 5th. It's a Friday at 7 p.m. So don't worry, you'll be able to finish work. You could like have a cute cocktail, make your way over to the theater, hang out with us. But it's going to be, we're going to recap an episode. We're not announcing which one yet.
0:54.2	We're going to keep it a surprise, but it's going to be something that means a lot to both to eat and I. And we're just going to kind of juice it up a little bit. We'll do some. We're going to bring the fans into the mix. Let's be honest. Yes, if you come, there is a chance that you might be on air, baby. baby.
1:09.9	Baby.
1:10.2	Get ready to sign a guest release.
1:11.9	Yes, get ready to sign a bunch of,
1:13.8	oh my God,
1:14.1	we're going to print out so many guest releases. We sure are. It'll be fun, though. But that's so exciting. So keep a lookout. That's coming on Friday, December 5th. If you go to the link, link in bio, our link in our Instagram bio, you can purchase tickets there.
1:29.2	It's 20 bucks.
1:30.3	And you get to spend an evening with Evenin and I.
1:32.2	A fun Friday night with Eden and Brock,
1:35.3	a romantic evening with Eden and Brock.
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