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UTC 089 Greg Engel of Arrr Ink

May 2, 2017 / Phil Johnson / 0 Comments

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Greg Engel of Arrr Ink

Greg Engel aka Oddly O’Differous is the captain (because he’s got the red coat) of Arrr Ink, a pirate comedy troupe that you can see at a variety of pirate fests in the Southeast US.

Like many of the groups we’ve talked to, Arrr Ink is a family affair with Greg’s wife, sister, and brother in law getting in on the action.

We both do comedy, but in drastically different worlds. So we dig into all sorts of good comedy talk about atmosphere, venue, level of appropriateness, etc. You’ll hear that he’s waaaaay better with kids than I am. 🙂 I’m constantly amazed at the amount of work pirate performers put in. And Arrr Ink is no exception.

Today’s show is sponsored by:

Pirate Radio of the Treasure Coast – The best in pirate talk and music! Get to listenin’! http://www.PirateRadioOfTheTreasureCoast.com

Here’s some of the amateur video of Johnny Depp playing with riders on Pirates of the Caribbean at Disneyland that I talked about. More schtick and less girls (s)creaming. I think it’s interesting that even with these new fangled phone camers, the color of the ride still looks like the old 1960’s films of it. The official Disney vid definitely had a lot of color correction done.

Here’s the official Disney one for comparison. Looks better but, ya know…

Whoever came up with this idea should get a bonus though. Huge amount of free promotion for the new movie.

Important Websites:

Greg Engel
https://www.facebook.com/arrrink/

http://www.hireonlypirates.com
Make sure to get your business registered on Hire Only Pirates and dole out your to-do’s to the Brethren. 🙂

You can get my latest comedy special, “Pretty From TheBack”at

Support the show!: http://www.UnderTheCrossbones.com/support

UTC 088 Marck Forget of Festival des Pirates

April 25, 2017 / Phil Johnson / 2 Comments

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Marck Forget of Festival des Pirates

Marck Forget is a huge promoter of pirate entertainment in Canada. He’s one of those guys whose name I’d seen around the pirate communities online and it was great fun to finally talk with him and hear about all his different projects.

Festival des Pirates is an online pirate festival helping to promote various pirate folk the world over. Marck and his team are doing great stuff to bring pirate entertainment to the masses.

He’s got an online magazine, a Pirate of the Day photo, a pirate map the world, and lots more to come including a new pirate podcast! Marck is about to become the Rupert Murdoch of the pirate world. But with less sleaziness and phone hacking.

And we’ll dig into Marck’s pirate past and how a trip to Florida ignited a love of piracy in him and why.

You’ll enjoy this fun talk. We even devise a plan for a pirate invasion of the world’s largest comedy festival. 🙂

Today’s show is sponsored by:

Pirate Radio of the Treasure Coast – The best in pirate talk and music! Get to listenin’! http://www.PirateRadioOfTheTreasureCoast.com

Are you interested in being a sponsor of the show? Visit the support page for more info.

Important Websites:

Marck Forget – https://www.facebook.com/Festivaldespirates

You can get my latest comedy special, “Pretty From TheBack”at

Support the show!: http://www.UnderTheCrossbones.com/support

UTC 087 Mike Kelly of Old New Orleans Rum

April 18, 2017 / Phil Johnson / 0 Comments

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Mike Kelly of Old New Orleans Rum

Mike Kelly is the head distiller at Old New Orleans Rum, America’s longest running rum company since 1995. That doesn’t seem like a very long time and Mike will tell us why that is.

We’ll get into the process of making rum including how they make their own aging barrels. Mike will also tell us about his rum adventures as a six year old. He took a circuitous route to his current gig at Old New Orleans Rum, but all of his previous skills are used here.

And I’ll tell you about the strangest compliment I received after a show on my recent Midwest tour.