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What Just Happened

What Just Happened

By Sam Hedges

Join the dysfunctional love fest that is Big Lick Conspiracy, Roanoke's first/last improv group (troupe?). We have silly conversations that we use to inspire 99.9% improvised scenes, many of which are funny. In this podcast, you will learn to:
Eat clean. Tan right. Think soft. Snore loudly.
Enjoy!
Cover art photo provided by Mona Magnussen on Unsplash: unsplash.com/@kireinamona
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What Just HappenedMar 31, 2019

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Tell Him, Carol!

Tell Him, Carol!

Join Big Lick Conspiracy improvisers Ami, Kevin, Sam, Haley, and Chad for another episode! You'll learn about cravat-themed moving parties, Death Metal bounce houses, existential beach children, & what to do about the disturbing guest who's ruining your radio show. Plus, you'll get an exclusive clip of the future hit song, "I like the way Sam moves."

Aug 12, 201930:47
The Strawberry Festival Special

The Strawberry Festival Special

WHAT JUST HAPPENED honors Roanoke's Strawberry Festival in this special episode. Some communities celebrate plums or watermelons, but Roanoke IS A CITY DEDICATED TO THE STRAWBERRY! In this episode, you'll get a first-tier look into how the strawberry sausage is made. Then, a ventriloquist dummy gets stabby, and Slim Jims turn us on!

Plus, check out our new catch phrase! 

Jul 30, 201933:16
Jippy the Mouse & Mr. Caterpillar

Jippy the Mouse & Mr. Caterpillar

You probably saw the movie Split (112% on Rotten Tomatoes) and thought, "What an enlivening story. Too bad it would never happen in real life!" What Just Happened is here to tell you... it's still not real. But you can listen to an improvised comedy podcast in which something sort of, very loosely, at the last minute, inspired by James McAvoy's ageless performance as the Naked Beast who chews on people's tummies. And then, you'll discover MORE thrilling content, the likes of which you've never been thrilled to such an extent as now before! Here are some tasters:

  • How to fashion our own movie trailer narrator voice
  • How to make a civic court case into a murder trial
  • How to keep vermin out of your SPAM hoard
  • How useless children's couples therapists are. 
  • How to marry Pool Boyz.
Jul 07, 201931:49
Nic Cage Got Left Behind

Nic Cage Got Left Behind

You thought we'd stopped pooping art, but that was only because we were traveling internationally and oftentimes suffer constipation when doing so! But now, uh, yeah, we're regular again. Thanks, Yogi-brand Smooth Move tea! 

And here comes another episode down the ole poo...dcast shoot. 

In this episode, a few things are going to happen to your brain.

You learn:

  1. How to professionally lodge complaints to your father.
  2. How to serve breakfast pepperoni's.
  3. The definition of Breathability = a lot goes in, nothing comes out.
  4. Lumpy underwear is out, waistband-only underwear is in.
  5. The fun you could be having with Weird Uber drivers.
  6. How jerky God can be.
Jun 23, 201929:07
Corporate Baby

Corporate Baby

Do you like laughter? Coming from which part of your body? 

(let me finish before you go blah blah blah)

Your nose? Your mouth? 

Trick question; those are the only 2 options. Well, your belly too. Trick question. It's your mouth, and that's where Big Lick Conspiracy's "What Just Happened" podcast makes the laugher come from. What are the health benefits? Uh, well, removing phlegm from your lungs is one. So. Yeah. And gingivitis goes off your teeth too. 

In this episode, you will learn:

  • What the real life Benjamin Buttons looks like.
  • How to design interesting and exciting new Segway models.
  • The compromise between Old Navy and J. Crew corduroy underwear.
  • How to channel your anger into searching dumpsters for mannequin parts.

Intrigued? Uh, yeah, you and your whole dumb house.

May 12, 201931:45
Stompy Foot

Stompy Foot

It's not every day that you get to listen to a funny podcast. Heck, it's a once-in-a-lifetime chance. The only question you gotta ask yourself is this: Are you a wadded-up pair of underpants? If ya are, don't you wanna be in a nice laundry basket with other boy and girl underpants, all going into the 8th grade together? Will Sharon Underpants sign your yearbook?

Big Lick Conspiracy's What Just Happened podcast is out and FRESHER THAN EVER! This episode is like soap to the wadded up underpants in your ears. Right now, you listen, and you learn:

  • A lyrical analysis of Avril Lavigne's "Sk8ter Boi".
  • How to convert your shed into a sex dungeon.
  • What to name the giraffe in your pasture.
  • Shlubby cardigans: what are they?
  • Not to trust people in wells who say they're looking for their sister.

All this, and an eggwhite omelet! Enjoy!

Apr 30, 201931:51
Something Sorta Happened: Greasy Blob

Something Sorta Happened: Greasy Blob

Due to an impending crisis, What Just Happened is releasing TINY, INSIGNIFICANT mini-episodes between its bi-weekly HUGE, WEIGHTY full episodes. In these mini-episodes, we play improv games to delight your ear tongues. What's the best thing about What Something Sorta Happened? THE EPISODES ARE SHORT!

In this episode, the only thing you will learn is what a Greasy Blob is. And then you'll take that into the world.

Enjoy. Share. Marvel. Share more. Never stop sharing. We love you.

Apr 23, 201903:01
Virginia Dave, Pride of the Colonies

Virginia Dave, Pride of the Colonies

Uh-oh, you've left the Tee-Hee Sea behind now, friends, and have ventured deep into the Mesa of Mega-funny Marzipan... Cloudz. Here goes Big Lick Conspiracy on its second maiden-voyage! In this episode, your withered, sad little brain will learn about...

  1. Engaland and its fancy manners and detective portals
  2. How to wear tissue boxes as shoes
  3. Sunburn tattoos
  4. The recipe for human hot dogs
  5. "When the North aggressed"
  6. What kinds of cut-off jeans the Devil wears (it's cut-offs)
  7. Who is responsible for the disappearance of all those Roanokers (it's Salem).
Apr 15, 201932:03
Bryan Adams Kill Meese

Bryan Adams Kill Meese

All aboard for What Just Happened's maiden voyage into the frothy Tee-Hee Sea! In this episode, you will learn about:

The diverse uses of Cat Meows to censor bad language!
What meth smells like.
Where IHOP's meat comes from.
How to spell "Hell".
Canada's baby crisis.
Canada's moose crisis.
Canada's Bryan Adams crisis.
And not that much more!
Mar 31, 201928:48