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It's “That Guy… Who Was in That Thing” meets "WTF" but with people even less well known! Sure it's fun to interview the crazy famous and ask them about the difficult years, but that's been done. Memories are plastic - we're getting the real dirt from people still crawling through it. Laura Scruggs is the playwright and Jake Scruggs is the technical guy who listens to a lot of “This American Life” and thinks that qualifies him to interview people.

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The Courtesan and the Cabin Boy - Episode 208

Nov 27, 2017

01:58 - Origin story of group and name: "Courtesan and the Cabin Boy" https://www.facebook.com/courtesancabinboy/
03:25 - International Cosplay Corps https://www.facebook.com/InternationalCosplayCorps/
07:58- How they developed the name of the group.
13:12 - Colonel Quick Stitch. https://www.facebook.com/Colquickstitch-669213319832513/
Picture of them meeting: http://traffic.libsyn.com/areyoufamousyet/CourtesanandtheCabinBoy.jpg
21:09 - What was the first song they felt they really gelled together on?
21:31 - Renaissance period music and a demonstration of a round.
23:24 - Shilling song to the tune of "Row, Row, Row Your Boat."
24:03 - Court and Country. https://www.courtandcountry.com https://www.facebook.com/CourtAndCountry/
24:14 - Society for Creative Anachronsim http://www.sca.org
31:05 - In studio performance of their song "Well-oiled Beef"
33:09 - Upcoming Krampus album!
34:13 - Two, exclusive to this podcast only, songs from their upcoming Krampus themed album: "Carol of the Bells" and "Dreidel"
42:23 - Next year, they'll probably have a Krampus show!
42:33 - Ludicrous Theater Company https://www.facebook.com/LudicrousTheatreChicago/
48:30 - They do Renaissance Faires throughout the Midwest and are looking for other opportunities.


They also play conventions.
They have their Chicago Street Performer License.
They have a Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/posts/here-we-go-14110908
They do house parties and weddings.
Their first album is on CD Baby https://store.cdbaby.com/artist/TheCourtesanAndtheCabinBoyAndT
YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1cf1hHSyNE&list=PL7xK6jbLj8Cqz9ZYAfWhnQEHhUqsfeaVz
Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/6X1KDxIFn8xtcH82O4hW5L
They'll be at Christkindlmarket in Chicago http://www.christkindlmarket.com
and are looking to release their Krampus CD at the end of the month.
A Renaissance Christmas at the Prop Theatre on Dec. 22nd
http://www.propthtr.org
https://www.broadwayworld.com/chicago/article/Prop-Thtr-Presents-A-RENAISSANCE-HOLIDAY-20171121
Benefit Concert at the Wellness House on Dec. 20th http://wellnesshouse.org/
Capricon in February, playing various parties. http://capricon.org/capricon38/

Intro Music: "Are You Famous, Yet?" - Laura Scruggs. Outro Music: "AYFY 1" - Christopher Kriz