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Episode 164 - Men At Work

·1 hr 3 min·4 clips

Paul and a friend dive for golf balls in a lake, then find leeches covering their bodies.

1. The MicroDose Podcast episode 164 centers on Paul Meyerhaug and Damon Schritter comparing the regular jobs they held before stand-up comedy. 2. Paul Meyerhaug is the co-host and Damon Schritter is the co-host, and both matter because they trade stories from Alberta and Vancouver job sites. 3. The episode asks what their pre-comedy work actually looked like and how those jobs shaped the people they became. 4. Paul says his first job was a butcher's assistant at the co-op, where he wrapped meat and used stickers to hide the worst parts. 5. He says he ground hamburger with a stick and learned to wrap gifts well because of that meat-wrapping work. 6. Paul recalls a paper route in frozen Alberta with a giant old folks home, Wednesday mornings, Sunday afternoons, and minus 35 weather. 7. He says he would tell the newspaper that the retirement home ordered more papers and then throw extras in the garbage. 8. Paul and Damon talk about gas-station work at Esso and Pay Less, including cruise-strip traffic and pumping gas at 16 years old. 9. Paul says the kiosk was so narrow that a worker who spilled gas and lit a smoke caught on fire and could not roll properly. 10. Paul also describes a fake resume he built for Christie's work at the Lennox, complete with references and an eight-by-ten photo. 11. That resume had a three-day availability window in December 2011, which he says was only for getting into the Christmas party. 12. One memorable moment is Paul's claim that all his work references are dead, which turns the job stories into a joke about the passage of time. 13. Another is the line that stand-up comics can have a 21-year gap on a resume, with nothing listed except comedy. 14. The golf-course story stands out because Paul and a coworker found a pack of cigarettes with a chunk of weed inside. 15. The owner returned to ask for the cigarettes, and Paul says they stared him down and said, 'Nope.' 16. Paul also recounts diving into a lake before sunrise to collect golf balls for a scooter fund and surfacing covered in leeches. 17. The episode's tone is loose, self-deprecating banter, with both hosts interrupting, correcting, and amplifying each other's stories. 18. The format stays conversational and anecdotal, with quick pivots from Oscar talk to work history to childhood scams. 19. Listeners who like comedians swapping specific job stories and Alberta nostalgia will fit this episode. 20. People wanting a tightly structured interview or a polished narrative may skip it.

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A late recorded Oscar night hangout that leans on old job stories and easy banter.

Episode 164 starts by owning the clock: Paul Meyerhaug and Damon Schritter admit they are recording an hour before release, and the lateness joke hangs over everything in a way that actually helps.

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Press play if you want comedians turning Oscar-night fatigue into a procrastinator bit.

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