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Lucky number 50! Anwar and Muz talk about games a lot. Muz played Among Us recently and talks about how kindness is punk again on the internet, why people get addicted to stressing themselves out on video games, and gets nerdy with Virtua Fighter. Anwar talks about playing Fall Guys, his own history of being an angry competitive player, and serviettes vs washing hands~ Support this podcast over at patreon.com/pinballmonkeys

Luwita Hana (@luwitahana) returns! In this chill chatversation, she and Muz recall a memory they each have about the other,  how Luwita doesn't have a podcast (or does she?), what a person's top 5 artists can tell you about them, TV shows they haven't seen, as well as Drake, Frank Ocean, and Donald Glover.

Anwar and Muz are back at it again. Anwar shares his recent twitter kerfuffle involving somebody peeing on a stick, Muz talks about how to handle an old friend trying to reconnect, and our live @pinballmonkeys show is happening on September 17th!

It's Muz (@mzkrx) going solo! He talks about how weird Puteri Gunung Ledang and Sultan Mahmud Shah's courtship was, wonders aloud what Malaysia's deal is, and reveals a sneak preview of an upcoming episode of the Pinball Monkeys Podcast. Go to https://patreon.com/pinballmonkeys to listen to full episodes for FREE~

This episode is brought to you by Pinball Monkeys the Podcast: https://patreon.com/pinballmonkeys In this episode, we talk about parental issues in popular fiction and in real life, that time Riezman's attic possibly got broken into, and some helpful ways to deal with difficult people in our lives.

Anwar and Muz return to talk about their preparations for the upcoming @pinballmonkeys show (the first-ever after the lockdown!). Anwar also explains how the live venues have adjusted to the new normal while Muz discusses his recent findings on how hard it is to communicate with strangers through a mask. Book tickets to see their next show on September 17th here: https://wa.link/qd09ey

Fellow standup comedian Gajen Nad (@gajen.nad) drops by the podcast for the first time! In this episode, Muzakir's skepticism and playful curiosity grind against Gajen's structural rigidity and dogmatism a hecka lotta times. They also discuss the place of racist jokes in standup comedy with some depth, and why Gajen always has the best drugs in his medicine cabinet.

Mike Saddi (@mikesaddi) has some feelings about improv and Muz tries his best to have a helpful discussion about it. We also talk about Mike's quarantine challenges which include parenting his son with patience and running out of porn to watch.

Farah Deanna from (@lunariamy) drops by the podcast! In this chill conversation, we talk about what the tweenagers these days are up to, our advice on how to navigate teen angst, and Muz talks about his years as a teenage monster.

We discuss our most recent comedy project "Lawak Mantul" that Anwar performed in and Muzakir wrote for. Muz got serious as he talks about how he handles himself in writer's rooms, how a terrible sketch draft turned into a really good one, and what he sees as best practices for writing in a team. Anwar also got serious as he discusses the challenges of being directed by Harith Iskander, how his training affected his approach to this show, and his role as the straight man in comedy sketches.

Riezman returns once more! He and Muz compare notes on their experiences in the Middle East, Muz goes on a ramble about what he would do if he was in charge of an influential media company, and an entire third of the episode is about that weird trend in 90s cartoons with buff animals.

Harith Iskander (@harithiskander) finally joins the podcast! In this catch-up sesh, we talk about people livestreaming their standup, we discuss his recent diabetes thing, and we disagree about each other's politics a lot.

Anwar and Muz talk about roaches, ants, house lizards, and how we deal with them. There's some talk about food and cooking as well because of course there is. This episode is kinda gross but also very fun? Hah. 

Keren Bala Devan (@kerendbt) talks about how and why he developed his ranty style of comedy, but the rest of the episode is literally just about Animal Crossing. Muz shares the story of how he was worried Keren wouldn't like it, Keren shares his experience as a newbie into the world of AC, and they both talk about the game in a lot of nerdy ways. Yes yes.

Anwar and Muz talk about how people listen to podcasts but then Muz gets interrupted by a phonecall. Thereafter, this episode became a lot about the nature of work, Muz's struggles with workaholism, what their future career plans are, and what it means to have a work-life balance.

Brian Tan (@brian1tan) returns to the podcast! In this very catchuppy session between two buddies, they talk about how crazy the Western world has been in reaction to the pandemic, how comedians are dealing with it or will be dealing with it, and Brian Tan finally finishes that story he was about to tell back in his first appearance on the show!

Anwar and Muz discuss their observations and feelings about death during the festive season. Also, the second half ends up being about the Malaysian school system, and a particularly heart-rending story from Anwar's teaching days when he refused to punish a kid for being naughty.

Abe Latte dari Gegar Lawak (@abe_latte) join podcast kitorang for the first time! Episod ni majoritinya dalam Bahasa Melayu so kalau tak boleh layan, terpaksa tunggu episode minggu depan. SORRY! Dalam episod ni, Abe dan Muzakir bincang tentang macam mana nak jadi penganggur bertauliah, kenapa kebanyakan rancangan memasak tak berapa berkesan untuk mengajar kita masak, dan Muz meluahkan perasaan beliau tentang cornflakes madu.

The first half of this episode is a long riff sesh about how terrible those kidnappers from the "what would you post if you were kidnapped" meme thing on twitter would be. Then Muz talks about phrases he finds funny for a bit, then he overly explains why Community Season 4 is the worst season.

Riezman Radzlan (@rieznuts) comes through to talk about family dysfunction, growing up half Malay in Bahrain versus in Rawang, how we use comedy as children to seek out positive attention, and his best friend growing up.