Mentol Pecah

Muzakir Xynll (@mzkrx), Anwar Hadi (@nooranwarhadi), and Farid Azmeir (@faridazmeir) get together once again for another recorded mood check! Learn more about what went into some recent episodes of the audio show on Patreon, Farid's cat, local ice-cream, FIFA shenanigans, childhood silliness, and more! Video version over on patreon.com/pinballmonkeys

We go scene by scene and talk each other's heads out about Bo Burnham's Inside. Literally nothing else is discussed by Anwar Hadi (@nooranwarhadi) and Muzakir Xynll (@mzkrx) in this episode.

[CW: Bullying, sexual assault] Muzakir Xynll (@mzkrx) and Jacky Ng (@jackyngcomedy) hang out and riff on hella silly stuff. BUT we also talk about some pretty serious things that we did which we had to reckon with. So. It's that kind of episode. Expect tonal whiplash. Also expect them to discuss: How Jacky inspired Pinball Monkeys and vice versa Jacky's one and only Malay joke Our relationship with the people who support our work Machaspize, TikTok, and our friend Gajen Nad Freestyling and improvising on stage versus pre-written material Planning for failure on stage The pizza restaurant that doesn't sell pizza >> Jacky's difficult football bullying story << The function of restaurant menus and McDonald's Gender reveal parties The mysterious world of grocery store cashiers Grocery store fruit shenanigans >> Muz's difficult dorm room bullying story << Thanks for your continued support over at patreon.com/pinballmonkeys that continue to fuel our work! Stay safe

Muzakir Xynll (@mzkrx) and Anwar Hadi (@nooranwarhadi) back at it again~ They get pretty angry up top but then it gets pretty mellow and funny towards the end so it's cool. They talk about: The particular logistics of watching movies Tajuddin. That guy who was very chill about the LRT crash? Yea that guy How Malaysia doesn't get good villains Muz's new job  The most responsible thing to do with a fanbase Why Anwar promotes theft The meaning of "baring", and "kita ni timun, depa durian" Managing their anger at the people in power Not eating animals with a face The similarities of fishing and alien abduction Muz's problems with eating crabs Taskmaster, and content-making stuff How to maintain unfocus in meetings Muz's feelings about nasyid And other fun stuffff This and all other episodes of the podcast made possible by your support over at patreon.com/pinballmonkeys Go click over for other fun content if you haven't!

For the first time ever, please welcome Henry Choo (@itshenryc)! Muz (@mzkrx) and Henry know each other from the standup scene and he is also a regular member of the stage version of Pinball Monkeys. In this catchuppy episode full of insider improv stuff, they talk about: How improv brought Henry and Muz together Their first time performing improv as a group How theatre improv is like team sports The low-level cosplay of wearing a jersey with someone else's name on it Perodua Service Centre's interesting motto Hidden keyboards at work Snakes eating spicy food Follow them on the socials and check out the Dunnolah Podcast wherever you get podcasts~

It's a special Ramadhan/Raya episode with all the core members of Pinball Monkeys! Muz (@mzkrx), Anwar (@nooranwarhadi), and for the first time ever, Farid Azmeir (@faridazmeir) hang out and catch up on stuff!  Farid is the recent winner of a local standup comedy competition (Gelak Gempak) and has been performing standup, improv, and doing a lot of commercial acting since 2016 and can be found on Instagram and on your TV screens pretty soon in an upcoming raya ad near you. The three of them discuss: What they've been up to since they last caught up with each other The difference between Bangi and Bangsar An inside joke come to life and a bunch more silliness as well~ To watch the video version of this episode, head over to patreon.com/pinballmonkeys! ~Selamat Hari Raya~

Ramadhan Mubarak! Why is this episode so late? What was Muz up to during Ramadhan? How did the recent Pinball Monkeys secret show go? Anwar (@nooranwarhadi) and Muz (@mzkrx) get together and discuss all that! They also talk about: Reciting the shahada in Islam and how it's kind of an incantation and kind of an expletive Muz's particular Ramadhan experience Anwar's upcoming theatre project and his process Recapping the Pinball Monkeys secret show (heavy on improv performance specifics) The one scene that keeps popping up every time we do Pinball Monkeys on stage Anwar's new move that he did at the secret show Muz's insistence on listening and saying yes to the audience The one obvious bad move we did on the same show How the show actually went Muz's looming pandemic anxiety and which podcast it belongs How Muz is good at interviews but bad at assessment tests Writing portfolios versus writing assessment tests Muz's capitalist tendencies and Anwar's people pleaser tendencies switch pla

We're back after a bit of a break! In this light light but heavy episode, Anwar (@nooranwarhadi) and Muz (@mzkrx) talk about: Fun dates in March  The lyricism of T-Pain How Muz has been feeling and how it affects this podcast  How being an experienced comedian helps in job interviews Why we wear (or don't wear) underwear Anwar and Muz's worst job interview experiences Anwar and Muz roleplay a bad interview and see if they can turn it around How job interviews are like dating  Muz and Anwar's different outlooks on the new loosening of the SOPs Anwar and Muz's Worst Years Ever The myth of Sisyphus and accepting that we all live in hell The many temples of Iblis Littering How we only have the morals we can afford Muz's feelings about poop jokes and how much Anwar likes it The value of laziness in comedy and generating inside jokes Send us questions, comments, or topic suggestions at mentolpecah@gmail.com! See you in a couple weeeeeekszszs

Riezman Radzlan (@rieznuts) is back at it again! The Malaysian but Bahraini-raised half Malay half Chinese comic returns alongside Muzakir Xynll (@mzkrx) and this time they discuss: How Muz always notices when something isn't normal How Riezman spent his Chinese New Year How to casually deal with recurring dengue attacks Their respective understandings and feelings towards tattoos Riezman's Grandma and how she manages trauma from her time during WWII Being single during the lockdown Riezman's reputation as being the comic who writes a lot How Riezman's ustazs and ustazahs used to bully him out of the religion The first joke Riezman was punished for back in school That whole DidikTV thing Their friends' kids trying to go to school during the lockdown Muz's proposal to help kids stuck in the pandemic Riezmans' tertiary education experience mid-plague Riezman's body temperature problems Waking up laughing and the dreams that got them there The many, many, anxieties of going to the ba

Muzakir (@mzkrx) and Anwar (@nooranwarhadi) are back at it again! This early February episode has them discussing: Google &Facebook versus Patreon How countries are weaker than multinational corporations Why Muz always gets angry at the monarchy on How to Malay Why being proud of your work is hard to do in a system that devalues merit Why appealing to a person's humanity is not an effective way to change their behaviour How difficult it is to do a video remix of Ismail Sabri's speeches and why Being suspicious of people who display flags in their house The meaning of being "too on the nose" and why it's bad How Anwar just straight up doesn't consume Malaysian news Muz's arrogance and ambition as an important propeller to leaving the country The first time Muz heard "you can't do that in this country" and how it made him feel How jail isn't as bad as tahfiz The fearlessness of Indonesian comics

Qamarul Haziq (@qamshot) drops by the podcast for the very first time! Even though him and Muz (@mzkrx) have been working on a podcast together ("How to Malay") for quite some time now. In this episode, they talk about: How Qamarul just found out about Muz's YouTube channel that's the same name as this podcast Muz's feelings about being called "Mozek" What a 'mood check' is, why Muz thinks it's important, and why Qam kinda hates it Managing emotional vulnerability on stage and off stage Why Qamarul and Muz see dramatic theatre as mean The myth of needing pain to be creative Hacky writing crutches Why a lot of bad pieces of work get made anyway How good content is no longer king How making media makes us less critical of bad media The way Netflix makes content decisions The way Marvel Studios' picks directors How underrated producers are Qamarul getting too used to special treatment too fast during a shoot Why Muz doesn't like being on set as a writer Being creative collaborative

We're back for 2021! Do you like the new format? We've kinda been doing it for a couple of episodes now. Anwar (@nooranwarhadi) and Muz (@mzkrx) talk about: Where is Jack Ma? And where is Muhyiddin? The different types of crying Anwar did as a child How Anwar often tells his students to fall asleep in class Muz's anxieties about New Year's Eve That whole Janna Nick vs Aidil thing on twitter How Muz has been listening to The Roots' "Things Fall Apart" to cope with the continuing pandemic The "turning water into vapour" theory of success through discipline Anwar sneezed with a mouthful of food and they talk about how to handle this effectively Muz feels sorry for Luigi while watching the trailer for the new Super Nintendo World theme park Anwar and Muz discuss collectors' items and collecting things as a hobby The giant Gundam they made in Japan Muz has some thoughts about the "how it started vs how it ended" meme Muz couldn't share ice-cream properly and how he felt bad about it Anwa

Anwar (@nooranwarhadi) and Taka (@takaharasuiko) drop by the podcast to talk a looooot about a lotta things. The first half with Taka is a lot more fun and breezy while the second half after Taka leaves gets reallllly in the weeds about sketch comedy with possibly no real insight. It was fun to record though. In the episode: Taka talks about the difficulties of making film & TV, Muz offers his thoughts on writers who are also directors, and Anwar's true feelings about movies are revealed. Taka then talks about how she fell in love with Anwar again, which really should be on Buah Mulut instead of this podcast. Anwar talks about the difficulties of working with children for the first time and the balance between 'sticking to the script' & 'playing with the scene' Muz explores the meaning of days, why people begin their sentences with "tak", what an alien means when they say "take me to your leader", what aliens look like, extradimensional beings, and flat earthers. Finally, there's a long-ass exp

Muz (@mzkrx) is regaining his talky powers and celebrates his brain readjusting to regular capacity with Anwar (@nooranwarhadi) by discussing their allergies, why Muz doesn't like learning about biology in school, the zen teaching that helped Muz get out of his brain funk, how Anwar used ice-cream to deal with relationship problems with Taka, why Muz doesn't like talking about relationships, Muz's limits on empathizing with his friends, how one's job is either a scam or absolutely essential, our unique challenges of working on Pinball Monkeys the Audio Show, the show-destroying Season 4 of Arrested Development, Anwar's character growth in the kitchen, how Muz has eaten through everything in his house because of his drain problem, kimchi considerations, our feelings about pickles, and the best geometry for food. >> Support this podcast by heading over to patreon.com/pinballmonkeys for weekly improvised audio sketches! <<  

Muz (@mzkrx) is still mentally discombobulated from his lack of access to reliable psych care. In this episode, Anwar (@nooranwarhadi) patiently listens to Muz describe his brainscape, how he sleeps, how his memory is or isn't working, and then Anwar takes a turn to describe the both of them in new ways. Also, Muz has a thing about snakes? This podcast is brought to you by Pinball Monkeys on Patreon. Head over to patreon.com/pinballmonkeys for weekly improvised comedy skits in audio format.

Nuha (@nuhahalal) drops by the podcast for the first time ever! She and Muz talk about her journey from the Maldives to Malaysia, how being a hijabi presents unique challenges in doing standup comedy, and Muz reckons with his deep, unrelenting, assholery.

This episode has Muzakir (@mzkrx) talk about how he uses zen teachings to get out of his week-long depressive episode. That's mostly it? Be good.

In this episode, Anwar and Muz talk about hip-hop a lot. For the whole episode! We discuss good and bad feature verses, our favourite rappers, when Eminem used to be good, and just nerd out over hip-hop for way longer than we should. 

Keren Bala Devan (@kerenbdt) returns! We recorded this episode immediately after the PKPB announcement for Selangor/KL and had a LOT to process. We discuss how Keren and Muz differ in their approach with comedy during a pandemic, how to manage our heightened emotions, and we also rant a lot in general. Enjoy!

Our Bruneian boy is back! Zainal (@zainalthebostaman) and Muz (@mzkrx) get on the podcast to talk about the other episodes we tried and failed to upload, rap censorship in Brunei, BEES, and how weird it is to see Cookie Monster talk about vegetables.