Episode 128: Mardi Gras Zulu Coconuts, Cocaine Hippos, & The Hotel That Beanie Babies Emptied

Madigan's Pubcast

Kathleen Madigan

Madigan, Comedy:stand-up, Standup, Society & Culture, Kathleen Madigan, Comedy, Stand-up

5 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 8 March 2023

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Summary

Kathleen opens the show drinking a Beignet Au Lait Blonde Ale from Faubourg Brewing Company in New Orleans. She reviews her fun weekend in New Orleans, touring St. Louis Cemetery No. 1, buying art in Jackson Square, eating gumbo at the Oceana Grill, and a sold-out show at the Joy Theater.

QUEEN NEWS: Kathleen shares Mardi Gras beads with the Court, and advises that Queen Tanya Tucker helped Wynonna close The Judd’s final weekend of touring.

“GOOD BAD FOOD”: In her quest for delicious not-so-nutritious food, Kathleen samples Zapp’s Evil Eye kettle chips, Elmer’s New Orleans CheeWees, and Swamp Dragon Bourbon Hot Sauce.

UPDATES: Kathleen gives updates on Pablo Escobar’s cocaine hippos, and Ralphie the Jerk Frenchie’s training progress.

“HOLY SHIT THEY FOUND IT”: Kathleen is amazed to read about the discovery of a new Moai statue on Easter Island, a rare Jurassic-era bug is found at an Arkansas Walmart, mysterious 60-foot dragon bones are uncovered in China, and an 1869 shipwreck is found in Lake Superior.

FRONT PAGE PUB NEWS: Kathleen shares articles on the history of New Orleans’ Krewe of Zulu and their lucky Mardi Gras coconuts, the last surviving original member of Lynyrd Skynyrd dies at age 71, a new report finds that only 50% of murders are solved., Prince Harry broadcasts a live session with a trauma expert, the governor of Tennessee signs a historic bill restricting drag shows, Adidas has $500M worth of Kanye sneakers and no good options, and the Beanie Baby founder is holding a legendary California hotel “hostage.”

WHAT TO WATCH THIS WEEK: Kathleen recommends watching her new stand-up Special “Hunting Bigfoot” on Prime Video.

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0:00.0	Hey everybody, it's me, Kathleen Madigan. Welcome to Madigan's Pubcast. You grabbed
0:13.0	yourself a drink, full of a bar stool. Let's talk about what's been going on.
0:21.0	Turbites! It's episode 128. How crazy is that? Yeah, what am I drinking? Out of my
0:35.2	sloth glass, I love this glass. This is called a bignet au lait. It's an
0:40.3	imperial blonde from New Orleans. Yes, I love it. What a weekend in New Orleans. So
0:49.4	much fun. It's my favorite American city. But yeah, Charleston second, but Charleston
0:56.1	doesn't have the spookiness. They have the history, but they don't have the spooky town.
0:59.5	I love spooky town. Michael Somerville opened in case some of you were asking who that man
1:05.1	was that went up there first at the joy at the joy theater in New Orleans. Yeah,
1:11.5	crowd was great. I went to the St. Louis Cemetery. It's actually called the St. Louis Cemetery
1:15.9	where that tour where Marie Le Vaux is buried. Yeah, the Thalawis Cemetery. Here's a weird
1:24.0	thing though. You used to, I remember being able to go in there on your own. Then it was
1:30.3	oh, now it's only tours. So you had to be on a tour to go through because they're worried
1:35.1	about the wearer tear and the plaster and all that shit. I get it. But now the Catholic church
1:40.0	was like, yeah, maybe we just do that for ourselves. Yeah, they own the land. Yeah, I'm like,
1:47.5	so you have to buy a ticket through the one thing or you can't go because I went on a walking
1:51.6	tour that I thought I was going to get to go in there and the guys like, good news bad news,
1:54.8	we're not going in there. I'm like, what? It's said it. No, I know it was like, whatever.
2:01.5	So if you go there and you want to go in that one, make sure you go to the Catholic
2:06.2	because Louis goes, do they let Jews and I go, do me now or to be buried?
2:12.4	I said, Lou, they didn't bury Protestants in there till the late 60s. So I don't think we've
2:16.4	gotten to the Jews yet. We're not there. Give us time, Lou. Give us time. We have to, we have to
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