As ancient terrors from the deep infiltrate sleepy suburbia, Stephen Hawking and Satan debate Bewitched casting.  Hardcore Holmes makes the ultimate edgy sacrifice, the inventor of the Time Phone wages an awkward war against himself, and legendary impaler Vlad Tepes takes on his biggest enemy yet: Zoning Bylaws.

Meanwhile, in the writers’ room, the creators of a sketch-comedy podcast embark on a sprawling metafictional odyssey equal parts hilarious, confusing and TERRIFYINGLY APOCALYPTIC.

Big Explosions!  Brain-Sucking Monsters!  Car Chases!  Wailing Guitars!  Taxidermy!  Awkward, Potentially Homoerotic Domestic Situations!  A Ham Sandwich!  All this and oh-so-much more in this massive, charmingly convoluted labour of love, two comically on-and-off years in the making.

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Tim Morrison, Andrey Summers and Alastair Craig

Original Music
Taxidermists from a Parallel Universe written and produced by Alastair Craig.
Lead vocals by Christopher Shadforth

Episode produced by Alastair Craig

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Alastair: During his brief but bright tenure as Rubber Chicken cartoonist in 2003-4, Scott McQuaig gave us a memorable visual personality that lingers to this day.  (I could have used a fart metaphor there, but no, I’m better than that.)  Even now, many of his creations peer out from the left hand side of this website, each a glorious gaseous tendril of nostalgia.

Scott has recently thawed from creative hibernation – some call it “business school” – to deliver this hand-crafted rendition of “popular” podcast “personality” Sir Nigel Haversmith IV.  See it.  Smell it.  Savour it.  And if you would like to see more of our audio-only characters brought to life, please share your suggestions below.  Scott’s return to artistry is a self-admittedly tentative one, and with this public call-out, I hope to lure him back with guilt.

Oh, and registration is no longer required to post a comment, so a big “hello” to our new spambot readership!

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A world-weary noir detective and a dark ‘n’ gritty reimagining of Sherlock Holmes investigate the brutal death of a beloved TRC cast member in this epic murder mystery / romantic comedy / time travel adventure.

Written by
Andrey Summers, Alastair Craig and Tim Morrison.
Additional scenes by Ben K. and Chad McCanna.

“Original” Music
Tomorrow performed by Fiona “I Don’t Really Sing Like This” Revill
Rock Mobster (It’s Funny, You See, Because…) composed under academic duress by Alastair Craig.
Zombie Girl appears courtesy of The Terrordactyls

Episode compiled by Alastair Craig

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In this bonus episode: another collection of outtakes tasteless even by our standards.

In the interests of public safety and social conscience, the audio recording described as “The Rubber Chicken Podisode #2″ carries the following content warnings:

HIMN: Horendous Improvised Musical Number
MS: Medium-level Movie Spoilers
BoP: Bag of Puppies
DAO: Strong Discrimination Against Orphans
SNH: Sir Nigel Haversmith
CAWE: Conversation About Wine and Ears
S-D: Mild Splicey-Dicey sequence that may be unsuitable for small children

This Podisode has been classified with a rating of RU (Reprehensible and Unreleasable). If you believe this rating to be in error, an appeal can be submitted in writing to forums.thatchickensite.com.

Compiled by Tim Morrison

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It’s guffaws at 700 feet as The Rubber Chicken troupe takes to the skies.

Guest Starring
Michelle Rodriguez

Includes the sketches:
In-Flight Announcements
Stephen Hawking and Satan Discuss Emoticons
Andrey vs Fiona: Countdown to Biology
Susie vs Robbie: The Tear-Stained Sandbox
The Self-Referential Sketch
Toni’s Brain
An Unsanitary Paradox

Original Music
Wanna B N Angel written and performed by Andrey Summers and Gord Myren
Recorded by the Red Square Collective

Episode compiled by Alastair Craig
(with thanks to Ben K and Tim Morrison)

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Go behind the scenes to discover the exact quantity of blood, sweat and tears (amongst other bodily fluids) The Rubber Chicken’s writers will sacrifice to make you say “yeah, that’s kind of funny, I guess”.

Written and performed by
Tim Morrison, Andrey Summers, Brett “Mister Bung” Cullen, Ben K, and Alastair Craig.

Also starring
Fiona Revill
Gord Myren
And introducing Alastair’s Mum and Chad McCanna.

Episode compiled by Alastair Craig

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The double-length, cliffhanger-laden season finale, in which Beryl finally learn the true meaning of the word “callipigious”.
Guest starring Emily Horn as “Andrey’s Ex-Girlfriend”.

Includes the sketches:
Andrey/Emily: SHOWDOWN
Death of a Paint Show
Hlaude’s Horrible Hliffhanger
Evil Rollerblades
…and more!

Original Music
“Final Song” written and performed by Andrey Summers and Gord Myren.

Episode Compiled by Alastair Craig and Tim Morrison
Additional production and BATSHIT INSANE remixing by Brett “Mister Bung” Cullen.

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This episode: the Existential Electrician consults a Rock Lobster regarding a bag of puppies.

Includes the sketches:
The Testicular Cancer Essay Showcase
A Friendly Hostage Scenario
At Home with The Announcer
…and more!

Original Music
Fall (acoustic version) by special guest musicians The Terrordactyls

Episode compiled by Alastair Craig

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This episode: a mysterious gunshot in the night, an interview with a real live female, and a library that is not a library …or is it?

Includes the sketches:
The Mystery of the Exploding Butler
Not a Library
The Andrey’s Single & Depressed Show
Splicey Dicey
Abstract Emancipation of the Inner Canoe
…and more!

Episode compiled by Alastair Craig

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