Raising Bairns

Raising Bairns is a comedy banter show from Clinton and Alicia, and he introduces her as his co-host and his wife in the same breath. The title points toward parenting. The episodes range well beyond it, into reality TV, a children's cartoon and the small logistics of life in lockdown. Episode titles reveal two numbered recap strands. Bachelor Chaser covers the Bachelor universe, and in Bachelor Chaser 44 - Madison About You the hosts needle Peter for his sudden turn toward Hannah Ann, reminding him that what he said on television about Madison is still on television. They react to Chris Harrison throwing shade at Peter, then walk through a proposal they think should have been a plain conversation about continuing to date. Tangents come with the territory. A question about purity rings slides into under-16 nightclubs at resorts. In Bachelor Chaser 43 - SNAKE DOGS, a question about whether someone counts as a semi-professional basketball player becomes a rant about college athletes getting nothing while schools collect millions. That episode's cold open rebrands the show as Guy with a Lozenge in His Mouth Radio, with one host recording through asthma and a pandemic joke that the other immediately questions. Equestria for the Rest of Ya! is the second strand, a My Little Pony recap announced by a rap that chants 'ponies' again and again. Its Episode 1 cold open writes off a Bachelorette season lost to what they call 'Plague Times' and wonders what to do with the show instead. The pony talk is close and fond: how to say 'gala', whether a single plus one from Celestia is a faux pas, and Fluttershy nearly matching Rainbow Dash on a rescue flight. One host confesses a Twilight Sparkle streak, an A-type love of lists that has loosened over the years. They also look ahead to later episodes that, by their account, drift into Terminator 2 style plots. The leap from the bleak German series Dark to pony season one gets described as rolling in toxic waste and then jumping into a vat of cotton candy. Episode 15 - Bubble Budz stays closer to home, with a chant about podcasting in quarantine, contactless errands, a pharmacy pickup and a check-in on Winnie. In one Equestria cold open, pregnancy comes up between spoonfuls of yogurt. The teasing runs both ways, from a joke about being served divorce papers on air to Clinton reporting that his co-host is boring holes into the back of his skull with a stare. One sign-off promises more stories from inside 'the vault', which is their basement. The language is often strong, so this is banter for grown-ups despite the family shelf it sits on.