Uppers & Downers

## Overview

Double Heads Variety Hour presents “Uppers & Downers," where DJs Matt Fox and Dillon Minacci presents a playlist combining bangers and sad songs. They speak to a Circle K heir, a reptile wrangler, and a baby prophet. Listen to the episode.

## Episode Summary

The show begins with Matt trying to talk about *Alien vs Predator: Requiem* and spoils the first five minutes of the movie. They quickly receive a call from a man claiming he has a baby prophet who wants to speak. Baby Prophet is an actual child and provides no prophecies, only babble. A second caller quick calls to compliment the DJs, praising them as "masters of comedy." Matt and Dillon get very insecure for fear of the compliment being followed with an insult, so they hang up on him quickly before he's finished talking.

They also get an unexpected call from English poet and regular caller Jim E. Brown, who calls to let them know that he has monkeypox, which has been making him very sad. He has no poems and has instead started political writings on Substack about jogging on crack cocaine, and it costs 40 pounds to access (about 50 USD).

Halfway through the show they have an unexpected visit from a man who walks into the studio. His name is Mike Korolla, and he is in town from Wyandott, MI on a bachelor trip for his uncle's third wedding to the same woman. Each marriage lasts roughly three years. Mike comes from the family who founded Circle K, and his uncle's wedding it taking place at the Circle K on 14th and Congress. Matt vouches for the venue because he's seen the weddings happening while buying his Gatorades. It appears that this might be a money-making scheme for the Korolla family, but they edit this out in post.

Mike is now a freelance journalist who writes sponsored content for Circle, receives weekly placements in *Popular Mechanics*, and has 14k Instagram followers. They get another from Carol, an Australian reptile handler for weddings. It turns out she's actually bringing a bearded dragon for Mike's uncle's wedding. Mike then shouts out some of the boys: Papa Cool Boss and Marissa J.

Jim calls in under a fake alias, which he quickly sheds. He just wanted to let the DJs know that he recently married at a Flying J, a direct competitor of Circle K weddings. It turns out the Flying J weddings are conducted by Mike's brother, Johnny Korolla, but Mike claims that he is more successful.

The final caller is a 92-year-old man named Danny O'Malley, who has a lot of trouble speaking because of his dentures. He has a bruise the shape of Ireland and also has a troublesome craving for Guinness stouts.

The first caller that the DJs calls back after being hung up on to provide more compliments. His name is Shawn, and he also says their brand of comedy is very subtle. Dillon and Matt love the compliments.

They decide to let Shawn determine whether the genres complement or contradict, and he decides contradict.

## Featured Characters

Matt Fox

Dillon Minacci

Baby Prophet

Mike Korolla

Jim E. Brown

Carol

Jim from San Antone

Danny O'Malley

Shawn

## Featured Music

LilC4 - "70s"

Bright Eyes - "At the Bottom of Everything"

Daphni - "Cherry"

The Mountain Goats - "No Children"

Boys Noize - "Let's Buy Happiness"

The Magnetic Fields - "I Don't Want to Get Over You"