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Steele/McFly 2012

Chefgon — December 31, 2011 @ 6:35pm

2011 was a pretty quiet year from Steele/McFly Productions. Sure, there was a spinoff blog and a video game tournament, but we didn't really produce anything in the strictest sense. My New Year's resolution is to release something of consequence in 2012.\n\nI can't tell you if there's going to be a season 3 or new episodes of any kind, but as a red blooded American producer I can promise you that I will reuse and recycle old ideas in arguably interesting new ways.\n\nFor starters, we've been sitting on a "movie cut" of the World Tour for over a year now, which has a few minor changes to the original releases and has the added benefit of being just short enough to fit onto a single CD-R. To go along with that, we've got some art for each episode in season 2 that have previously only been seen as background for the YouTube re-releases that appeared earlier this year. I'll get both of those packaged up and released to the world shortly.\n\nBut releasing unused material isn't really the same thing as actually producing something, so I have another project up my sleeve that's sure to please both of our long-time fans. It isn't quite ready to be announced yet, but I think I can get away with leaving you this teaser image. Happy New Year, Steele/McFly fans!\n\n

McFly at Season's Beatings Velocity

Seamus McFly — October 14, 2011 @ 11:45am

Steele/McFly Productions is proud to be sponsoring a player for the major fighting game tournament Season's Beatings Velocity being held this weekend in Columbus, Ohio. Truth be told, that player is our very own Seamus McFly and the executive at Steele/McFly Productions that is covering his expenses also happens to be Seamus McFly. A sponsorship is a sponsorship though, and we here (or, more accurately, me here) are excited to see what [steelemcfly.com]McFly has to offer this weekend in Street Fighter III Third Strike and Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition. Perhaps failure and crying or, if things go very well, a small moment of victory followed by failure and crying. Either way, there is much shameless Podcast promotion to be had.\n\nAnd, if some article of clothing I was wearing led you to this website, allow me to explain that Steele/McFly is an audio comedy show about the world of overblown Hollywood epics. If you'd like to check it out, I recommend starting with the introduction page, which features a handy, time-saving recap of our sketchy early episodes and a convenient listing of our good later episodes for your listening pleasure. It's good. I think you'll like it.

A Sampling of the Works of Lucas Townsend

Seamus McFly — May 2, 2011 @ 8:29pm

Believe it or not, Lucas Townsend, or Seamus McFly as he is known to the world, has been responsible for making more than the show found on this site. (You should listen to the show found on this site anyway because it's pretty good, especially Season 2, when he figured out what he was doing.) In fact, he has a fancy degree in Audio Post-Production and, occasionally, some free time on his hands. The result of these things is that he's made a whole bunch of interesting things for you to look at. And look at you shall!\n\nIn late 2008, the creators of Dr Horrible's Sing-Along Blog held a contest for three-minute applications of fake super villains to the equally fake Evil League of Evil. I wrote the screenplay based on a story idea by Tim Schuerger, which we co-directed and co-starred in. I edited the project and, through much agony, whittled it down to three minutes.\n\n\nIn summer of 2010, the combination of a music video production course and a big empty house I was subletting led to the creation of a music video for "The Housesitter" by Austin-based musician Mo Shaw. Ziphorah Kim was the producer that secured us our song and actor, Johnny Darwish was our DP and Ben Guenther was our wonderful actor. I sat in the director's chair, which was the same as my regular chair, but I wrote director on it with magic marker. It is now the headlining video on the artist's webpage.\n\n\nLater the same summer, I was part of a team that produced a short concert video for Athens band Zapaño.\n\n\nWhen faced with rebuilding the sound for a movie scene from scratch for a sound design course, I naturally jumped on a scene from Robert Rodriguez's no-budget action classic, El Mariachi.\n\n\nMore audio projects, including an eight-minute This American Life style documentary, an additional fake movie trailer and several local radio ads I produced, can be found at en.audiofarm.org/marsbitrona.

This American Cheese with Seamus McFly

Seamus McFly — January 28, 2011 @ 5:48pm

McFly here, in a state that can only be described as "back from the grave," with news of a new blog for you all to enjoy. It's called This American Cheese with Seamus McFly and is written by the same Seamus McFly seen and heard in the fine works of Steele/McFly Productions. Also the same Seamus McFly that's dictating this blog post as I speak. Unlike the corporate circus of this site, where all blog posts go through an intensive three month editing process at corporate headquarters, I'm free speak my mind openly and rant about all the stuff I care about (Editor's Note: 37 graphic obscenities were removed from McFly's original draft of this sentence).\n\nI will try to keep to a minimum claims that Steele/McFly is more popular than Jesus, but only because such claims are stupid and grossly inaccurate. Investigate further at [a href="http://www.thisamericancheese.com"]ThisAmericanCheese.com[/a].

Last of the Commentary

Chefgon — May 26, 2010 @ 9:53pm

I gave very explicit instructions to McFly that he had to post links to the last two commentary episodes when they went up, but they're not here so I'm forced to assume that Captain Hook went a little overboard with the scorpions and killed my cast members in a gruesome and horrifying death. \n\nOh well, I can always hire a new cast. In the mean time, here's the last two commentary episodes.\n\n[a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTVAM0PF9aM"]YouTube - Episode 7[/a]\n[a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SQbQg9JkeU"]YouTube - Episode 8 Part 1[/a]\n[a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZDT5CcNH6w"]YouTube - Episode 8 Part 2[/a]

More Commentary

James Hook — May 20, 2010 @ 7:40am

All the podcast fans want is for these two scoundrels to stop promising new commentary episodes and then not delivering with easily clickable links for the lazy. Well, my stupid sorry parasitic sacks of entrails; revenge is mine, and links are yours. The final two episodes will be available next week when Steele and McFly are released from the boo box.\n\n[a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_UINn73bVs"]YouTube - Episode 3 Part 1[/a]\n[a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2xXE8iXLz8"]YouTube - Episode 3 Part 2[/a]\n[a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOCn4VtlLUQ"]YouTube - Episode 4[/a]\n[a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32IalrThu1s"]YouTube - Episode 5 Part 1[/a]\n[a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fojaIgeO-QE"]YouTube - Episode 5 Part 2[/a]\n[a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4j6gOW6TqA"]YouTube - Episode 6[/a]

Video what? Oh yeah.

Seamus McFly — May 4, 2010 @ 8:10pm

By now, you're all well aware of how I tend to abuse and neglect the fanbase. I'm going to be a great father one day. Anyway, your malnourishment is at an end because the long-awaited Video Commentary is finally finished and available for your VIEWING pleasure. Yeah. With your eyes this time.\n\nSo, without further ado, here is the schedule for the YouTube release of the Steele/McFly World Tour Video Commentary at two episodes every Tuesday through the month of May.\n\nEpisodes 1 & 2 - RIGHT NOW!\nEpisodes 3 & 4 - May 11\nEpisodes 5 & 6 - May 18\nEpisodes 7 & 8 - May 25\n\nScotland and The Year 2008 are up on YouTube right now, so get to watching!\n\n[a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqtAnXA8iaQ"]YouTube - Episode 1[/a]\n[a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Soc8Zn_6jN8"]YouTube - Episode 2[/a]

Steele and McFly Give Back

Seamus McFly — April 1, 2010 @ 7:54pm

[a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9CngZesuKA"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9CngZesuKA[/a]\n\nSome of you may have been reading certain news stories about certain crimes that Ireland and myself may or may not have committed in a certain baseball stadium. While I'll not go into the specifics of the charges of attempted government overthrow and indecent exposure, I will just go ahead and say that we were recently sentenced to a little public service. Steele and I agreed that, given our widely known celebrity status, the usual business of picking up trash and inspiring underprivileged youth was a grievous waste of our potential for public good. Knowing what was best for America, we decided to skip our court assigned public service and instead "borrow" a video camera to record several public service announcements about hard hitting issues America is facing today, all within about an hour in Steele's apartment. We expect these PSAs to start appearing on television very soon, but you dedicated Steele/McFly fans can go to the link above to watch them all and get an early start on making this country better... for the better.\n\nBecause it isn't really a social issue until a celebrity tells you it is.

Ireland : The Episode...Hiatus Review

Ramone Barbossa — February 9, 2010 @ 5:08pm

As far as we know, this is the only documented kidnapping of a podcast episode...EVER!!! Luckily, the daring rescue attempt was updated bi-hourly on the now world famous text only/Hiatus page on this very web site.\nPlease, do yourself a favor and read all the harrowing details of Chefgon (fully cementing himself as the third Steele/McFly) and his fearless (as well as heartless) mission to recover the helpless, victimized World Tour episode.\nYes, I know, there ARE a lot of words there to read devoted "listeners"...but I understand there is a 100% money back guarantee that the benefit of reading this amazing tale start to finish will not only raise your IQ 10 points, but will also immunize you against H1N1. Besides, it is every bit as clever and unpredictable as you've come to expect from our recent Streamy nominees.\nJust read it ya fruit.\n\nReviewer: Ramone "Bubba" Barbosa (no relation)

The Next Thing

Seamus McFly — February 3, 2010 @ 2:35am

[a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvSF_LDJoi8"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvSF_LDJoi8[/a]\n\nAs you may have noticed, we've gone into one of those panic-inducing silences that usually results in months on end with no new Steele/McFly material to greet you in the morning. Fear not, terrified listener, because we've been toiling away tirelessly in this time and, good news, a little bit of that toiling was actually on something Steele/McFly related.\n\nYes, our next big project is imminent. Check the above link for the first official preview. Release should begin within the next few weeks. Check back here for more concrete release details as they emerge.

Welcome, Steele/McFly Fans!

Chefgon — January 3, 2010 @ 11:55pm

Are you finding yourself on this page for the first time? Checking out potential Streamy nominees or aimlessly following links on Facebook? Randomly pounding on keys until a valid URL is formed by accident?\n\nRegardless of how you got here, welcome to our humble web site! If you're completely unfamiliar with the world of Steele/McFly, I'd recommend stopping by the [a href="./introduction.aspx"]Introduction Page[/a] first to get an idea of what we're all about.\n\nAfter that, feel free to peruse our various pages via the navigation bar on your right. Every link will take you to a new page on the site filled with funny jokes, valuable information, or horrible man-eating catfish.\n\nDon't forget to [a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-SteeleMcFly-World-Tour/234499733599"]become a fan[/a] of Steele/McFly on Facebook!\n\nHappy listening!

Vote for Steele/McFly!

Chefgon — December 28, 2009 @ 2:10pm

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The Streamys vs. Steele/McFly

Seamus McFly — December 16, 2009 @ 3:52pm

[a href="http://www.streamys.org/"]http://www.streamys.org/[/a]\n\nThe Streamy Awards: an award show, started last year, honoring excellence in web television.\n\nYesterday, the nomination process for the second annual Streamy Awards began and you can all take part. If you've enjoyed the Steele/McFly World Tour this year, thought about enjoying it, or even if you don't particularly like it, I desperately hope you'll help out by voting for the show by submitting a public submission on the Streamys website. S/McF was ineligible for these awards last year, since they require three episodes to be released in the calender year and we only put out two. This year saw eight full episodes of the show which I put my heart and soul into writing, performing, editing and publishing along with my colleagues Ireland Steele and Chefgon. I've worked very hard on the series this year and it would be a great way to show your love if you could all try to make a point of voting for the show daily and encouraging others to do the same.\n\nHere's some categories you could vote for us under:\n\nSubmit a Series:\nBest Comedy Web Series\n\nSubmit an Individual:\nBest Sound Design in a Web Series - Seamus McFly\nBest Male Actor in a Comedy Web Series - Ireland Steele\nBest Writing for a Comedy Web Series - Seamus McFly & Ireland Steele\nBest Editing in a Web Series - Seamus McFly\nBest Directing for a Comedy Web Series - Seamus McFly & Ireland Steele\n\nFor all submissions:\nSeries Name: The Steele/McFly World Tour\nSeries URL: http://www.steelemcfly.com/\n\nIt would help us out the most if you could vote for as many of these as possible. If you can only dedicate yourself to vote for one each day, please make it Best Comedy Web Series or Best Sound Design in a Web Series. The voting is designed to accept one submission for each category from an IP address every day until submissions close on January 15, 2010. Doing this and spreading the word to others to do the same would be of enormous help to the Steele/McFly empire and I will be eternally grateful. If we coordinate our efforts, I believe we could get this thing nominated.\n\nI guess what I'm getting at here is... Please, please vote for my show! I'll be your best friend!

Hogwarts Review

Ramone Barbossa — December 12, 2009 @ 1:56pm

If there ever was any doubt…this episode makes it official…anything is possible in the world (Tour) of Steele/McFly. In one incredible (literally) scene they manage to bring a previously murdered pirate back from the dead, make him a substitute Professor of Potions, then kill him off again by reprising the all powerful curse first uttered as a vehicle for perhaps the most heinous cliff hanger in podcast archives (Trial of the Century, of course). But, instead of indignant outrage, we must applaud our favorite Purveyors of Audacity. After all, how else could they have given us what we always wanted most in life (and just didn’t know it), to see Capt. Jack Sparrow in the hallowed halls of Hogwarts.\nAlong with the melding of Harry Potter settings with Pirates of the Caribbean stars we are also treated to a rare cameo by Jake Hanes that nearly steals the show, and it just may have if not for the hilariously authentic Red Green commentary of some extreme Emma Watson stalking. In fact, some may wonder if this was the [a href="http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20309416,00.html"]only incident[/a] in which the lads were involved… \nAll in good fun I’m sure, but there does seem to be a little trouble in paradise when a seemingly trivial elevator disagreement causes Steele to cop some serious attitude and get on McFly’s last nerve, who retaliates with some unthinkably insensitive remarks concerning the Irish race and their somewhat primitive customs; which, in turn, sends Steele off into a falsetto Celtic rage that registers a solid 11 on the Shrill-O-Meter. But not to worry faithfully obsessive fans, tensions will be ironed out, to a certainty, by their next epic excursion.\n13 stars\nReviewer: Ramone “Bubba” Barbossa (no relation)

London Review

Ramone Barbossa — December 1, 2009 @ 10:54pm

After an epic meeting with Sir Sean Connery in Scotland and a revealing backward look at 2008, our boys are back in real time (and Steele is back where he started his World Tour).\nLondon appears to be a very strange country indeed, even to our globe trotting Duo of Daring. The sound effects continue to amaze as they paint a picture of "The Big Smoke" (look it up) that is infinitely clearer than what a camera lens could capture through all of that "pea soup".\nUpon fleeing the airport (which could have been located in Crazytown) the City only gets weirder; with multiple non-sightings of Johnny Depp and a mysterious warning of an impending midnight broadcast.\nA little alone time for McFly gives us a chance to sample some pure BBC sitcomedy starring none other than The Beatles (how did they get them on their budget?). This show is so British that evil producer Chefgon was heard to have said that he could practically see them wearing dresses...OH!!! British humour!!!\nI, for one, totally bought into the circumstances of a Steele vs. Federer Wimbledon triple rematch (it could happen)(and when will Roger learn that he is powerless in the presence of the Pink Headband?) and how it got us back, just in time, for the promised midnight April 15th broadcast by some vindictive chap in a Guy Fawkes mask ("was that Johnny Depp?"..."no").\n \n...13 stars...\n \nReviewer: Ramone "Bubba" Barbossa (no relation)

World Tour Over. Everybody Go Home.

Seamus McFly — November 12, 2009 @ 10:23pm

November 2006:\nThe Steele/McFly Podcast premieres to an audience of 2.\n\nJuly 2008:\nThe Steele/McFly Podcast ends with some weird trailer episode that doesn't explain anything.\n\nJanuary 2009:\nThe Steele/McFly World Tour begins. McFly brags about that spy scene for years to come.\n\nNovember 2009:\nThe Steele/McFly World Tour finally ends at that island where Jurassic Park happened. You read this blog post and chuckle a little bit at the joke about the trailer episode. Your life is changed forever.\n\nAnd now, sit back and enjoy the big finale to The Steele/McFly World Tour, Isla Nublar.

And the winner is...

Chefgon — October 31, 2009 @ 9:42pm

Happy Halloween, Steele/McFly fans! We're now ready to announce the winner of our highly anticipated, much hyped, completely unannounced Ireland Steele Costume Contest! Congratulations to Stephanie Townsend, our only entry!\n\n[a href="./media/steelecostume1.jpg"][img src="./media/steelecostume1.jpg" width="180" height="140" style="display:block; margin-left: auto; margin-right:auto"/][/a]\n\n[a href="./media/steelecostume2.jpg"][img src="./media/steelecostume2.jpg" width="180" height="140" style="display:block; margin-left: auto; margin-right:auto"/][/a]\n\n[a href="./media/steelecostume3.jpg"][img src="./media/steelecostume3.jpg" width="180" height="140" style="display:block; margin-left: auto; margin-right:auto"/][/a]

Episode 7: The Beginning of the End of the Second Season

Seamus McFly — October 29, 2009 @ 11:52pm

It has been a long and excessively windy road to reach this point, but the time is finally here. With the world toured and New Zealand reached, what else is there to do? Well, a whole episode's worth apparently. This may seem like a flimsy excuse for me to finally utilize the term "penultimate" legitimately, but there is one more episode to go before the World Tour finally draws to a close. Be sure to return to this very website on November the 13th for the grand finale of The Steele/McFly World Tour. I'd suggest preparing for the event by investing in a special cushion designed around the edge of your seat, because you'll be spending an awful lot of time up there. Until then, enjoy the first part of the Season Two finale, the sprawling epic known as New Zealand.

Works Cited

Seamus McFly — October 22, 2009 @ 2:45pm

Fry, Stephen and Laurie, Hugh. "A Bit of Fry and Laurie" Series 1 Episode 5. British Broadcasting Corporation. 1989.\nCan be found at: [a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHtjl8V483A"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHtjl8V483A[/a]\n\nAccording to everything I've ever learned in English class, it doesn't count as plagiarism anymore. Now it's just damn good writing.

Oh! Canada?

Seamus McFly — October 15, 2009 @ 11:39pm

All that business last time was awful exciting, wasn't it? Helicopters, gunfights, Sulu. A rollicking good time for the whole extended family. The unfortunate part is that all those things cost quite a lot of money. So, I had better just tell you the bad news. The highly televised Times Square launch party has been cancelled in favor of the usual blog post method. In fact, this is even more modest than usual, as this blog post isn't even coming from a computer, but being posted via the "McFlymophone", a big red phone that sits on my desk. But let's not dwell on what we don't have and take a good look at what we do. Our health, a webpage with integrated Twitter updates, millions of dollars and a brand new episode of the Steele/McFly World Tour, the not-so-shockingly titled Canada.

The Hiatus (End)

Chefgon — October 2, 2009 @ 11:59pm

THE END!\n\nAs you are likely aware by now, Episode 5 of the Steele/McFly World Tour has been kidnapped by protesting Hiatus fans. Since I can't make money without a show to air, and I'm too cheap to give away T-shirts, I set out on a daring adventure to rescue it. Unfortunately, I came back empty handed. My helicopter is setting down on the roof of Steele/McFly Productions right now. I'm not looking forward to breaking the bad news to my crew.\n\n"Hey, man, that was fantastic!"\n\nSome damn hippie protester is yelling at me. I don't need this right now.\n\n"Way to send the Hiatus out with style! I liked the part with Sulu, that totally didn't make any sense but it sure was funny! Here's your episode back."\n\nWait, what? Is this.. this is the missing episode! What's going on here? Oh well, sometimes you don't have to understand something to know that you should take credit for it to make yourself rich.\n\nSo, Steele/McFly fans, your new episode has been rescued and released on time. By me. Chefgon. Your heartless producer. No, no, don't thank me. If you really must show your gratitude, then show it in the form of cash donations made payable to me. After all, I did rescue your favorite show from protesters or super villains or something. Would [i]The Guild[/i] have done that for you? I don't think so.\n\nSo, without further ado, allow me to present the fifth episode of the Steele/McFly World Tour, sure to become an all time internet classic, Ireland!

The Hiatus (Part 8-6)

Chefgon — October 2, 2009 @ 10:03pm

SCOTLAND!\n\nMoments after landing I find myself in Sean Connery's living room. This beaming thing can be a little disorienting. I appear to have interrupted some kind of musical recording session. I explain my situation to the board of directors.\n\n"By George, I haven't heard of a screwup this bad since Jake Hanes signed up for advanced chemistry! I used to teach that class you know, it was called Sean Connery's Adventures with Chemistry I believe. I'll never forget the time that Junior and I..."\n\nHe talks a lot. I briefly consider pointing a microphone at him and recording for 20 minutes and calling it a show. That sounds like the kind of crazy thing we might do, nobody would ever know the difference. He's yelling something about elevators now. It looks like the DJ is going to interrupt.\n\n"Didn't we just send these guys to New Zealand to film a movie? We've been spending thousands of dollars a day on a film crew waiting for them to show up while they bounce around Europe. Why are they recording episodes?"\n\nSensing a possible conflict, I interject with an explanation.\n\n"Oh, yeah, it's like a reality show. It's about their adventures while getting to the movie set. You can put it in the DVD special features.. or something."\n\nI can see this is going nowhere. Defeated, I excuse myself from the eccentric old guy actors and walk back to the helicopter to head home. Two hours left in the day, I should arrive back at the studio just in time to break the bad news.

The Hiatus (Part 8-5)

Chefgon — October 2, 2009 @ 8:12pm

ESCAPE!\n\nThe henchmen drop like flies. The distraction of the battle between Seamus and Doctor Stratenov raging in the background made them even more helpless than usual.\n\nI exit the room and head down the corridor away from the action. No need to get involved in the danger, and besides, Seamus has no idea what I look like. I don't need him to mistake me for a henchman.\n\nI don't remember how to get out of here. Why do evil madmen build such complicated buildings? You'd think that being insane would make them too impatient for such complex architectural designs, but sure enough they always turn out to be into some kind of crazy new age designs that think just a little too far outside the box. Personally, if I was going to take over the world I'd do it from an office building. Nice and organized, predictable, you'd never get lost, and there's always easily accessible bathrooms. I haven't seen a single bathroom since I came in here. Isn't that weird? Surely henchmen have to go to the bathroom every once in a while.\n\nWhile I was stopped to examine a particularly interesting piece of abstract art, I started to feel a tingling sensation. I looked down at my hand and it was disappearing like Marty McFly when he accidentally dates his mom. A few seconds later I rematerialized back on the helicopter next to Sulu. Thank you, Scotty.\n\nRelieved, I pull the episode out of my pocket to inspect it more carefully. Spicy Nacho? Cooler Ranch? It's a Doritos commercial looped over and over? It's a fake! All that trouble and I've come back empty handed!\n\nOnly four hours to go until premiere day is over, and I have no episode and no leads. There's only one man who can help me now.\n\n"Mr Sulu, take us to Jurrasic Ranch."

The Hiatus (Part 8-4)

Chefgon — October 2, 2009 @ 6:06pm

SHOWDOWN!\n\nAs I approach room 27A I can feel my muscles getting tense. In my mind I know that a 1:6 Hero to Henchman ratio is a cakewalk, but in my heart I can feel the fear building up. Will I be able to squeeze off six rounds from the deadly accurate ray gun that I am suddenly carrying before my bumbling enemies can let loose the 100 shots required to land a single blow on me? The odds in my favor are good. Almost too good. But not absolute. What I need is a foolhardy employee to do the dirty work for me. If only Mr Sulu were here.\n\nI can hear my heart beating as I inch ever closer to my destination. I round a corner. I can see them now, six henchmen guarding room 27A. Three of them are sleeping, one appears to be both deaf and blind, and the remaining two are engrossed in a game of high stakes poker. They can't see me. Though they are clearly within my sights, I am still outside of the average henchman's ten foot range of vision. I approach slowly, fine tuning my plan of attack. I find a small, seemingly pointless partial wall sticking out from the side of the corridor to use for cover. I turn and rest my back against it. There's no going back now.\n\nI hold my breath, raise my weapon, and turn to face my enemies. \n\nI suddenly find myself distracted by the sound of a door opening. I pause, and turn back behind my cover. Peering beyond the wall I see a shadowy figure standing in the now open entrance to room 27A.\n\n"The hourglass is running out.. on the World Tour release window."\n\nWhere have I heard that raspy French voice before? Before I have a chance to think about it, I hear another voice pierce through the air.\n\n"Hold it right there, Dr Stratenov!"\n\nAnother figure appears at the far end of the corridor. I can't make out who it is. Is it possible that I'm not the only one trying to recover the episode?\n\n"I should have known it was you behind this marginally evil scheme. You've always been jealous of our fame."\n\nS-Seamus McFly? What is he doing here? Is it possible that in addition to being worked like a dog for no money at Steele/McFly Productions he has also been working as a secret secret agent in secret? Remind me to raise his insurance premiums when this is over.\n\n"I expected more from you, Doc. It was almost too easy to gain access to your secret base. Felix overrode your pathetic security in seconds and my trusty explosion proof vest took care of the rest."\n\nBefore I know it Seamus and Dr Stratenov are engaged in an epic battle between good and evil. Having made a career of carefully straddling those two extremes, I decide not to get involved. The commotion does, however, create an opening for me to sneak past the distracted guards and enter room 27A.\n\nI've made it. My body feels more relaxed despite the copious amounts of violence ringing loudly in the corridor behind me. The episode is unguarded. I retrieve it and stuff it into my pocket. Mission accomplished. Now all that's left is getting out of here alive and returning to Steele/McFly Productions to air it before midnight. I have six hours to make it happen. I hold my breath, raise my weapon, and turn to face my enemies.

The Hiatus (Part 8-3)

Chefgon — October 2, 2009 @ 3:58pm

ESPIONAGE!\n\nChefgon, checking in. \n\nAfter rematerializing on the beach of an ominous island somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean, Mr Sulu and I proceeded to hide behind a pile of conveniently placed rocks while some unusually informative guards wandered by on their patrol. It seems that even the lowliest of guards in this organization are privy to the most top secret information.\n\n"So how about kidnapping that World Tour episode, eh? That was pretty awesome."\n"No kidding, and those podcast guys will never get it back!"\n"It's a good thing we decided to guard the episode in room 27A, located on the third level basement of our secret facility, which is just past that grove of palm trees, then hang a right, and then walk about a mile up the path. If you see the Denny's then you passed it."\n"I know where it is, you idiot."\n"Well yeah I was just sayin'. It wouldn't matter even if they did know where it was because it's being guarded by half a dozen of our most easily foiled henchmen."\n"Duh, everybody knows that. I'm hungry, let's go guard something over by the Denny's."\n\nAfter the guards wandered away, we worked our way up the path towards the secret enemy facility. We encountered a few more patrols along the way, but they were easily dispatched with Mr Sulu's skills at indistinct asian continent martial arts and fencing skills. I appreciate that he's good with a sword and everything, but I really wish he would put his shirt back on.\n\nWhen we arrived at the facility, I went in alone as Sulu distracted the guards by asking if they knew how to get to an orchestra. I hope he makes it out okay, because I have no idea how to beam back off of this island by myself.\n\nI am currently working my way through some surprisingly spacious and sturdy ductwork that has no problem supporting my size and weight. Conveniently located vents allow me to view every room I pass and listen in on conversations while those in the rooms below are somehow unable to hear the sound of a person crawling through the ducts. I am systematically working my way down to the third level basement. 8 hours to go...

The Hiatus (Part 8-2)

Chefgon — October 2, 2009 @ 2:09pm

HELICOPTER!\n\n[i]Somewhere over the Atlantic Ocean, our heroes yell to each other over the deafening sound of the helicopter's propellers...[/i]\n\n[b]Chefgon:[/b] "How much farther to the secret enemy headquarters?"\n[b]Mr Sulu:[/b] "One second at maximum warp."\n[b]Chefgon:[/b] "How long at maximum Helicopter speed?"\n[b]Mr Sulu:[/b] "Oh, maybe a day or two."\n[b]Chefgon:[/b] "That's not fast enough, we only have ten hours before our episode premiere is late!"\n[b]Chefgon [i](into communicator)[/i]:[/b] "Scotty, I need more power to the engines! Give her all she's got!"\n[b]Mr Sulu:[/b] "Scotty isn't here, this is a Huey."\n[b]Chefgon:[/b] "Oh right. Aren't you from the distant future? How do you know how to fly a helicopter?"\n[b]Mr Sulu:[/b] "I flew something similar in my academy days."\n[b]Chefgon:[/b] "Right, then this must be old stuff to you."\n[b]Mr Sulu:[/b] "Old, yes, but interesting."\n\n[i]Chefgon nods his head awkwardly.[/i]\n\n[b]Chefgon:[/b] "Look, even without Scotty we need to get to this secret base right away."\n[b]Mr Sulu:[/b] "Well if you need to be there right away then why don't we just beam over?"\n[b]Chefgon:[/b] "Because there's deposits of some kind of crazy mineral in the rocks and we're low on power and there's some kind of jamming field or something!"\n\n[i]Mr Sulu stares blankly at Chefgon for several seconds.[/i]\n\n[b]Chefgon:[/b] "Okay fine I just wanted you to fly the Huey. Geeze! It's like you have no appreciation for Star Trek IV nostalgia at all! Fine, we'll just beam over there. That's cool too.. I guess."\n[b]Mr Sulu [i](into communicator)[/i]:[/b] "Scotty, two to beam down."\n[b]Chefgon:[/b] "Wait, wha..?"\n\n[i]Chefgon's protest is cut off as our heroes dematerialize out of the helicopter's cockpit. Ten hours remain to recover the stolen episode from the evil protesters.[/i]

The Hiatus (Part 8-1)

Chefgon — October 2, 2009 @ 12:06pm

UPDATE!\n\nI have talked to the protesters and they have indeed kidnapped Episode 5. They assure me that it is unharmed and that it will be released immediately if their demands are met. They have provided me with this photograph as evidence that they have the episode captive but unharmed.\n\n[a href="./media/episode5kidnapped.jpg"][img src="./media/episode5kidnapped.jpg" width="180" height="140" style="display:block; margin-left: auto; margin-right:auto"/][/a]\n\nThey have provided me with the following list of demands:\n- An Ending to the Hiatus\n- One Signed copy of Shaq-Fu\n- Four large sheets of Transparent Aluminum\n- A Helicopter, flown by Mr Sulu, to deliver said Aluminum\n- The frequency for the transmitters on the whales\n- Free Steele/McFly T-Shirts\n\nI'm sure you will all agree that these demands are unreasonable. I will never, EVER give away free merchandise from the Steele/McFly store. Don't they know we're trying to run a business here?\n\nI am left with only one option: a daring infiltration of the protester's secret headquarters to rescue the episode myself. It's funny, I could swear I had a secret secret agent on my payroll, but I can't seem to remember who it was. \n\nLooks like this one is up to me.\n\nTwelve Hours Remain...

The Hiatus (Part 8)

Chefgon — October 2, 2009 @ 9:57am

EMERGENCY!\n\nEpisode 5 of the Steele/McFly World Tour has gone missing. It was expected to appear online at 12 midnight last night, but it failed to show up and nobody has heard from it. \n\nInitial speculation is that it has been kidnapped by dissatisfied Steele/McFly fans who are now protesting outside of Steele/McFly Productions. Current word is that they refuse to allow any more episodes to air until the Hiatus has been properly resolved. It seems that they consider it to be unfair that new episodes have begun to air without the text-only Hiatus episode ever receiving an ending. They are marching back and forth in front of the studio carrying signs that say "What about the Senate?" and "Don't forget the monkeys!"\n\nI, your heartless producer, will do everything in my power to get this mess cleaned up as soon as possible and get Episode 5 on the air before the day is over. I don't normally negotiate with protesters, but we haven't missed a release date yet and there's still 14 hours left in this day to make it right! Keep your eyes on this space for updates as this story progresses.

Well... This is awkward.

Seamus McFly — October 2, 2009 @ 2:14am

Oh.\nHey.\nUh, I didn't realize you were still waiting around. Yeah. This is a little weird. So, like, the new episode isn't up yet. You already know that. Why would I say that? That was a stupid thing to say. Stupid. So okay, Episode 5 will absolutely probably be posted some time today. You know, once I find out why it's not posted now. Alright. Cool. I'll see you around then. Yeah. Super sorry about that. Okay, you could probably just check in every once in a while and see if it's here. I promise it's really good. At least, you know, it's pretty good. Oh yeah. Yeah, I'll see you later. Cool. Yeah.

Steele/McFly Season 2.5?

Seamus McFly — September 17, 2009 @ 11:28pm

Everybody's favorite duo of guys that make the Steele/McFly World Tour return with a real life, not imaginary new episode. Really! It's Episode 4! Go ahead and click it, it's packed with all kinds of new stuff. New jokes, new gags, new comedy. I'm not even fooling around here.\n\nSo, without any further, enjoy this new episode of the Steele/McFly World Tour. Then, I dunno, enjoy some old episodes. Those were pretty good, right?\n\nSteele/McFly Fun Fact: Episode 4 is exactly one second longer than Episode 1. How does that even happen?

The World Tour Returns with a Vengence

Seamus McFly — September 2, 2009 @ 2:04pm

Recording is officially wrapped on Season 2 and we're finally ready to start putting out the remaining episodes. Mark your calenders, we'll be returning to our bi-weekly Friday release schedule starting September 18. Here's the official release calender from Episode 4 through the season finale.\n\nEpisode 4 - September 18\nEpisode 5 - October 2\nEpisode 6 - October 16\nEpisode 7 - October 30\nEpisode 8 - November 13\n\nAnd you thought we'd forgotten about you.

World Tour on YouTube

Seamus McFly — August 18, 2009 @ 8:25pm

Because you've been begging me for it constantly for months (right?), the three currently existing episodes of The Steele/McFly World Tour are now streaming on YouTube. Also, some painstaking organization of the YouTube page has occurred. It didn't actually need to painstaking, but I overcomplicated it to the degree that it could be considered painstaking. It seemed like a good idea at the time, but I probably shouldn't have explained that part of it.

The World Tour is still happening

Chefgon — August 10, 2009 @ 6:26pm

Steele/McFly [i]Big Cheese[/i] Chefgon here, calling out to you from the eerily quiet, seemingly abandoned halls of Steele/McFly Productions with an announcement of vague proportions.\n\nI can see you now. Sitting in your faux-leather computer chair, biting your nails down to unattractive stubs and doing that annoying thing where you endlessly tap your foot without realizing it out of fear that Steele/McFly Productions has given up on you. There are no new episode release dates announced, there hasn't been a new Hiatus in almost two months, and Ireland Steele hasn't been answering your phone calls. All the bad things in the world seem to be descending upon you at once.\n\nI am here to relieve you of your fears. No, not with new content, not even with release dates for new content, but with the noncommittal yet emotionally comforting promise that the Steele/McFly World Tour is still in production. \n\nThere have been lots of exciting goings-on in the world of Steele/McFly the last few months, but due to contractual obligations I am unable to reveal them to you yet, which has the convenient side-effect of making these new developments significantly more exciting to your brain than anything I could have possibly announced outright.\n\nWhat could these exciting developments possibly be? A hot air balloon? Some quarters with mustaches drawn on George Washington's face? A small jar of of leftover screws from a bookshelf that Seamus and myself put together over the weekend with questionable success? Only time will tell for sure.\n\nSo feel free to continue biting your nails and stomping your feet, but this time do it with anticipation of greatness rather than fear of disaster. If that isn't enough, feel free to throw in some incoherent babbling for good measure. And remember, all of this excitement is made much more profitable when you accompany it with regular visits to the Steele/McFly merchandise store.\n\nUntil next time,\n-Chefgon, Heartless Producer of Steele/McFly

The Hiatus (Part 7)

Seamus McFly — June 18, 2009 @ 10:44pm

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy contains an entry on the subject of the hiatus, which reads as follows:\n\nThe term “hiatus” was invented by a group of exceedingly lazy and self-important people who thought their jobs, which were already tremendously easy, were getting in the way of their excessive laziness. A hiatus allows these individuals to abandon their work without explanation to better spend their time sleeping in hammocks or attending more dinner parties. While the hiatus frees a person of all their obligations, the only rule that is required of those on hiatus is not to do any work at all. The penalty for breaking this rule is some very awkward dinner party conversation when fellow partygoers inevitably ask why, if you're not doing work, do you not get off your lazy arse and do what you were actually supposed to be doing in the first place.\n\nThe most noteworthy exception to this rule is the Steele/McFly Podcast, whose attempt at a hiatus resulted in an expansive project that had nothing to do with the show they were supposed to be making. All that they managed to accomplish through this painstaking and agonizing project was to deeply offend the Union of Monkey Performers (or UMP) and manage to get their studio, Steele/McFly Productions closed down indefinitely by the Federal Communications Commission. The FCC, under pressure from a number of monkey lobbyists, opted to step up their punishments by closing Steele/McFly Productions by decimating it with a small neutron bomb and detaining any hapless person who happened to have visited their website in the past six months in an undisclosed location. These unfortunate individuals returned several weeks later with no recollection of the event and a strong drive to purchase seasons of 24 on DVD.\n\nThe Guide also has this to say about Steele/McFly Productions:\n\nSteele/McFly Productions is highly renowned as the only business venture in the universe where profits are a statistical impossibility. Its founders, Ireland Steele and Seamus McFly, openly burglarize so much copyrighted material that it is widely speculated that any attempt to make a profit on it would result in their studio, as well as everything else in a three block radius, being ripped from the earth and jettisoned into deep space. In fact, in his short autobiography (at only 32 words long), Seamus McFly explained the show's usual writing process as “go to movies, put their stuff in our show, claim it's ours.” Ireland Steele's biography, spanning several thousand pages, dedicated about 200 pages to the topic but pretty much says the exact same thing. They only got corporate funding after the show's two writers presented business mogul and all-around rich person, Chefgon, with a complex scheme about how he could make money off the project without either of them knowing. The scheme worked and is widely considered Steele and McFly's greatest idea to date, in spite of its overdependence on their own inherent stupidity.\n\nThe studio has, of course, since been shut down in a well-publicized neutron bombing, later chronicled in the made-for-TV film, “The Trial and Subsequent Neutron Bombing of Steele and McFly: The FCC Story.” It has been presumed that the last words of the three masterminds behind Steele/McFly Productions were something along the lines of, “Maybe that Hiatus thing wasn't such a good idea after all.” Their actual last words have been lost forever because, to be quite honest, nobody was really paying attention.\n\n\nDISCLAIMER: Much of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy has been proven grievously inaccurate, so some or all of these entries may be a complete fabrication.

The Hiatus (Part 6)

Chefgon — May 28, 2009 @ 11:12pm

Ireland and Seamus approached with pause,\nwas this Mountain of Monkeys a worthy cause?\nIf the evil businessman has his way\nthe monkey mountain would be plowed away.\nAnd in its place, a sweatshop would be built,\ndoes the businessman feel no guilt? \n\n"Of course we must do something while the night is still young"\ncried Ireland Steele at the top of his lungs\n"if we allow him to complete his terrible plot,\nwe'll be no better than him, celebrities or not!" \n\nMcFly pondered the Irishman's words,\nit seemed irrelevant that they were completely absurd.\n"By George you're right, my Irish friend,\nwe must bring this sweatshop plan to an end!"\nSeamus stopped and rose his finger to the sky,\n"You will never get away with this, you evil guy!"\n \nIreland Steele turned to Seamus McFly\nand said to his friend, a small tear in his eye,\n"We're sort of like heroes, saving the monkeys like this,\nwe're always there to help whenever things are amiss." \n\nSeamus McFly liked where this thought was going,\nhis overgrown pride was already showing.\n"You know, we're sort of like this mountainous source,\nthe two of us together are an unstoppable force!\nA Mountain of Monkeys is what we've always been,\nstrong and wily, covered in goats to the end." \n\nThe Irish Magician wasted no time to concur,\n"Now let's go stop that evil entrepreneur!" \n\nThe podcast stars turn back to the peak,\nand a shock sets in.. they can hardly speak.\nWhile they were talking the mountain was purged,\nand right under their noses a sweatshop emerged.\nA moment of silence while the reality set in,\nhow was it possible that the businessman could win? \n\n"Maybe we're not a Mountain of Monkeys at all,"\nsaid Ireland Steele to break up the stall\n"We jumped into this hero thing just a little too soon,\nat this point in our careers we're more like a lobster lagoon." \n\n"That sounds about right" his co-star agreed,\n"but at least we tried to do a good deed.\nMaybe if we were in a position of power\nwe'd be better equipped to save more monkeys per hour." \n\nQuick to interrupt, Steele had to proclaim\n"If we were on the Senate we'd have endless fame!\nPeople would have to listen to whatever we say,\nwe'd have no trouble keeping the bad guys at bay."

The Hiatus (Part 5)

Ireland Steele — May 27, 2009 @ 10:55pm

[b]Monkey’s Story[/b]\n\n“We’re being hunted,” I whispered, “In the trees over there, it’s alright I got her.” I crept slowly forward, preparing my banana gun for the epic Jason Isaacs flip from The Patriot.\n \nAll of a sudden, a rustling to my left, and out she stepped. Emma Watson herself, wand pointed straight at my love struck face. The gun fell from my hands, I was powerless to resist.\n \n“What’s that Christopher? Oh really? I wasn’t aware Dillards’ sold automatic toenail clippers. 50% off you say? My my, might have to bust out some Ming Dynasty artifacts to trade. Did you try the elevator when you were there? You did? Now wait a second- what’s the one descriptive word that comes to mind thinking about those elevators. YES—ROOMY—BY GEORGE CHRISTOPHER ONCE AGAIN YOU REALLY HIT THE JEDI BANG SMACK ON THE HEAD! Anyway got to run, I’m running a new monkey selling business, tell the wife I said hello.. oh you sick sick man…”\n \nI awoke in a cage, my mind in a confused fog. Who was this man? Where have they taken me? And, more importantly, How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop? I sprang to my feet, eager for answers, praying the monkey gods had left me a Tootsie Pop. Surprisingly there were two. I eagerly opened one and went to work on the tedious counting process. Minutes passed and we started to move.\n \n13, 14, 15, 16...\n \nI noticed out of the corner of my eye I was not alone; it seemed this fellow with the funny accent was a monkey collector of sorts. I pondered the thought of thinking about what he may do with us all, then decided even initiating the thinking of the thought was unworthy of my time and resumed my counting.\n \n102, 103, 104, 105…\n \nWe had stopped now and our captor was chatting with a shady looking chap with long black greasy hair parted like curtains around his face. “I need monkeys for my potions,” he hissed. But I was almost there I could sense the center; I was on the verge of a massive breakthrough for monkey and man alike!\n \n391, 392, 393…\n \n“394,” the greasy man said to my captor. I was flabbergasted. How was this possible? How had he known? My whole life is an epic failure; I stood up and wailed aloud for the world to hear.\n \n“My line has ended! I am fit for nothing more than to be imprisoned in a sound studio providing legitimate monkey sound effects.” And now here I am staring out at the two podcast stars working away.\n \n\nMcFly seems like he’s afraid of me; every few seconds he flashes a nervous glance in my direction. I am beginning to wonder if he’s all there in the head. Perhaps he’s one oven short of a decent meal. Or two movies short of a trilogy. Possibly the wheel’s still turning but the hamster’s dead. Even more likely is quite simply he’s one iceberg short of a decent chick flick. I find myself hating him. I can feel the rage building inside me. I know I’m on the verge of a monkey meltdown of terrifying consequence. But I recite some poetry and hold my nerve.. until the man in the hood spoke\n \n“Gooooood,” he snarled, “use your hatred, strike me down!”\n \nI turned to my fellow colleagues and screamed “BREAK THE DOORS DOWN”\n \nPandemonium ensued. My low swinging sidekick was hit by force lightning. I myself hit McFly with a Tootsie Pop wrapper. Three of my colleagues scampered through the door clutching a bottle of rum with a staggering pirate hot on their heels shouting about only having one shot. Keanu Reeves was eaten by a T-Rex and, possibly most importantly, I saw the face of the mysterious Chefgon!\n \nI had to escape, find a monkey sketch artist, and tell the world what I had seen. I ran for the door, but NO it was blocked by a tall dark skinned man in a very flashy suit. He was carrying a funny looking instrument which he pressed towards my face.\n \n“Now I need you to look right into the red light,” he said “NO WILL,” someone cried from inside, “NOT THE MEMORY FLASHER THINGY.” \n\nToo late.\n \nI awoke in a cage, my mind in a confused fog. Who was this man? Where have they taken me? And, more importantly, How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop? I sprang to my feet, eager for answers, praying the monkey gods had left me a Tootsie Pop. Surprisingly there were two. I eagerly opened one and went to work on the tedious counting process.\n \n1, 2, 3, 4, 5…

The Hiatus (Part 4)

Chefgon — May 22, 2009 @ 6:56pm

[b]CRAZED MONKEYS CAPTURED AFTER 10 HOUR CAVORT IN PRODUCTION STUDIO[/b]\n\nEarlier this evening, Police finished capturing the last of the escaped monkeys that have been terrorizing beloved podcast studio Steele/McFly Productions for the better part of the day. With the help of local Apeologists and Monkeymaticians, officials successfully contained the primates by linking them together by the elbows and lowering the chain into a large plastic barrel.\n\nWhile they were loose, the monkeys inflicted considerable damage to the studio and may have permanently damaged the psyche of Seamus McFly, one of the podcast’s famous personalities. It seems that Mr. McFly has an intense fear of monkeys, but he brought them onto the set because of his even more intense distaste for inauthentic sound effects. \n\n“It wasn’t so bad at first when they were just screeching and throwing knives,” recalled the still-shaken McFly, “but when they all started riding around on roller skates and making silly faces with their lips I just started to lose it. Do they really think that’s funny?”\n\nAmong the damages was a complex video feed system commonly used by the studio’s owner to broadcast his censored image so that nobody could learn his true identity. When questioned about whether he would choose to replace the questionably useful system, he replied that he was already underway with a new, even more complicated holographic system that could project his concealed appearance in three dimensions.\n\n“Now my employees will be able to not quite see me in excruciating detail” he told our reporter over the phone.\n\nThere were several other witnesses to the madness, mostly guest stars who had just arrived to record their cameo appearances when the monkeys got lose. Their recollections of the event were varied. A Canadian lodge member professed that he had to call his wife to tell her he was getting home late, a pirate captain of questionable sobriety lamented that the monkeys drank all his rum, a sith lord swears that the monkeys possessed powers that many would consider unnatural, and a former politician seemed very concerned about how the monkeys may have affected global warming.\n\nKeanu Reeves could not be reached for comment because he had been eaten by a T-Rex.\n\nIt’s still unclear exactly how the monkeys broke loose in the first place, but early speculation points to a flaw in the structural integrity of their paper mache cages. Action Sunshine News was able to catch up with the mysterious traveling monkey salesman who originally sold the monkeys to the podcasting duo, who had this to add,\n\n“Monkeys!? Christopher, that’s fantastic! Where’s my martini?”\n\nWith the mysterious salesman’s input proving less than helpful, the mystery of the monkey breakout may never be resolved.

The Hiatus (Part 3)

Red Green — May 20, 2009 @ 5:26pm

Hey everyone, Red Green here from the Red Green Show. I’ve been invited here to share a few thoughts on hiatuses. Now I know it’s easy to get caught up in the excitement of fake episode updates about sharks and monkeys, but that doesn’t mean you should get all upset and start sending out hate mail when an update takes a little longer than you were expecting. Take Harold, after getting impatient waiting for the new Hiatus he set up his computer to send an angry letter every ten seconds until the site was updated. While this is very amusing, it’s much easier to just complain passively to the person sitting next to you.\n\nI think the biggest problem is that nobody is willing to just drink away their problems anymore. Who has time to check a website when they’re passed out face down in an alley or arguing about the finer points of fly fishing with a coat rack? So next time you want to harass some podcast celebrities about infrequent updates, take a moment to consider if you wouldn’t rather be killing just enough of your brain cells to leave you babbling incoherently at your friends about how much you miss MASH. You may just save yourself from wasting a lot of time that could have been better wasted elsewhere.\n\nRemember, I’m pullin’ for ya, we’re all in this together.

THE YEAR 2008...THE REVIEW

Ramone Barbossa — May 3, 2009 @ 10:08pm

The seemingly straight forward title to this podcast installment could make the prospective listener think either 1) OK...it's another year in review where the talent looks back on past glories...or...2) no way would our co-pilots of unpredictability sink to something so cliche'. Apparently you are both right (I think). It's a look back in a way no one could have predicted.\nJust when we all thought that the verdict to the "Trial of the Century" would continue to haunt our every waking thought (as well as visit many restless dreams) as forever unknowable, our unfathomably, benevolent heroes drop it out of the sky (they were on an airplane to London, right?) directly into our earbuds. And all it took was an obnoxious fan with a fat wallet.\nWhatever the reason (or lack thereof) for this episode, this reviewer can say for a certainty that it completely dispels the popular belief that Ireland Steele and Seamus McFly cannot work together. Unless the inscrutable McFly orchestrated some massively clever studio trick, it is obvious S/McF were in very close proximity when recording (as opposed to the previous practice of recording from different states) and they were also obviously very drunk!\nOf course, this is the much anticipated buddy movie that no one knew was coming. Perhaps the most hysterical eight minutes ever recorded, this episode features two legendary podcasters on top of their game, showing a skill-set that is unattainable by anyone else in the genre.\nWe all love to drop a quote or two to show everyone how hip we are and that we got the joke, but this gem is practically wire to wire quotable (repeat any line...it's bleepin' funny).\nWe can only hope that the boys have sparked a renewed mania for the once king of all drunken activities...COWTIPPING.\n"See, I told you it was a cow."\n\n...13.5 stars...\nReviewer: Ramone Bubba Barbossa

Update of Progress

Seamus McFly — April 7, 2009 @ 11:40pm

We the Podcast have update on what we the Podcast has been doing with the show-making process. Episode 4 is going to be soon to your computers. Release date is not yet. You must be with the patience. Meantime, enjoy more parts Hiatus-filled textual adventures. Also tell friend and loved one the internet place where the Steele/McFly show lives. It give us more fans for who to make the show more popular upon. Just say, "Hear the man with funny Sean Connery for laughter to happen." Failure is not.

[S]Steele/McFly World Tour CANCELLED

Chefgon — April 1, 2009 @ 7:49am

As a result of the harsh economic climate, Steele/McFly Productions has been forced to close its doors forever. Mysterious producer and evil billionaire tycoon Chefgon was forced to fire his entire creative staff and give himself a $240 million severance package.\n\nReports say that an attempt was made to obtain a bailout check from the government, but after much internal debate in the senate the request was denied. When reached for comment, a depressed President Obama replied "It's quite unfortunate; I really wanted to find out what happened with that cow tipping thing."[/S]

The Hiatus (Part 2)

Seamus McFly — March 30, 2009 @ 7:03pm

McFly immediately gets defensive, “Clearly, the subtle subtexts were well over your head. Think about it, a mountain of monkeys. A mountain: strong, sturdy, covered in snow and goats. And add to that, monkeys: fast, wily, impossible to catch. Together, these create an unstoppable force, the Mountain of Monkeys. And our characters, Ireland and Seamus, feel like they're a Mountain of Monkeys that can never be stopped. So, when the evil business owner tries to tear it down to build a monkey sweatshop, our protagonists, Ireland and Seamus, feel they have to do something about it. So, when they fail and the mountain is torn down, they learn they're not a mountain of monkeys after all. They're more of a lagoon of lobsters. And that sets up why they run for senate.”\n\nSilence befalls the whole room. After a moment, Steele speaks, “I have never been so overjoyed to eat my own words.” McFly, without missing a beat, responds, “Delicious, aren't they?” Steele nods knowingly. Chefgon, having just witnessed the entirety of this nonsense, is once again forced to interject, “But do you really need to have monkeys in the room with you?” McFly glances back at the cage behind him with a look of pure terror in his eyes. He turns back to the monitor, quickly regaining his composure, “Poor naive Chefgon, you know better than anyone that we never use stock sound effects. If we can't record it ourselves, it doesn't appear in our show. What, do you think we've just been impersonating Sean Connery all this time?” He laughs with noticeably too much delight.\n\n“Those monkeys aren't cheap, you know!” Chefgon fires back.\n\n“We maintain our budget of zero dollars for our show. That's why we have you to pay for everything.” McFly states as though it were a logical thought.\n\n“You don't think you're being a little cavalier with the budget? At this rate, we won't have any money left for the animated Christmas special,” Chefgon pleads.\n\nMcFly turns away for dramatic effect, “I didn't much care for the Christmas special idea.” With the cage of monkeys once again in his field of vision, he promptly turns back.\n\n“I think we both know you didn't mean that,” the producer says slowly.\n\nSeamus crosses his arms and shrugs, “Maybe I don't celebrate Christmas. It offends my religion or something.”\n\nMcFly's thoughts suddenly turn to his hat. He didn't remember putting on a hat today and is surprised at how fuzzy it is to the touch. The monkey leaps from McFly's head to the nearby desk. McFly starts hyperventilating before he manages to shout the second most terrifying collection of words in the English language, “MONKEY BREAKOUT!”\n\nTO BE CONTINUED...

RSS Feed and Podcast Subscription

Chefgon — March 22, 2009 @ 5:59pm

This feature has been around for a while, but just in case you were unaware of it, Steele McFly Productions offers an RSS Feed for various site updates as well as a Podcast Subscription feed.\n \nIf you wish to receive notifications of site updates, point your favorite RSS Reader over to blogfeed.xml.\n \nIn order to download new episodes automatically, grab your Podcast software and direct it to podcast.xml.\n \nIf these instructions are too complicated to follow, please feel free to contact your nearest computer-savvy friend/neighbor/relative/guy from work and pester them mercilessly until they agree to help you.

The Hiatus (Part 1)

Seamus McFly — March 16, 2009 @ 12:16pm

“Welcome to the Mountain of Monkeys!” Ireland Steele shouts into the microphone with reckless abandon. He glances at his co-star, Seamus McFly, who gives him a slight nod. Steele takes a deep breath before speaking again, “How was that?” McFly nods, more furiously this time and calmly asks, “Could you run that line one more time, exactly like that?” Steele stops, clears his throat and screams, “This, my friends, is the Mountain of Monkeys! I welcome you to it!” McFly gives a thumbs up as he stops the recording. Their producer, known to the world only as Chefgon, finally interjects. “Wait, that wasn't exactly like the first time at all,” he plainly states.\n\nThe mysterious Chefgon only ever appears to his producees via a sophisticated video monitor system but his face is always digitally blurred for his own protection, as well as his voice being digitally altered. Steele and McFly have had lengthy discussions concerning how pointless the whole sophisticated video monitor system is, given that his face is never visible. He rarely involves himself in the recording process of each episode, with the exception of an annual sit-in that the podcast stars have grown to despise. Of course, he had only been their producer for six months, so they've really only grown to despise it over the past 20 minutes.\n\nMcFly rolls his eyes at his producer and explains as clearly (and pretentiously) as he knows how, “Steele never records a line the same way twice. That's why he's such an asset, artistically.” Before giving anyone a chance to respond, Ireland Steele interrupts with an unrelated comment, “Speaking of which, what's the deal with the Mountain of Monkeys? Are we really building a whole episode around this?” Steele pauses for a moment and finally says the most terrifying collection of words in the English language, “I think we've jumped the shark.”\n\nTO BE CONTINUED...

New Site Sections

Chefgon — March 10, 2009 @ 10:48pm

At long last, the new Steelemcfly.com is complete. Check out the latest features to come online, most notably the Bonus Materials section. Here you'll find great tidbits like the Steele/McFly Productions origin story, Coming Attractions movie posters, and Seamus McFly's One Year Anniversary Special episode.\n\nAlso new are some specialized blog sections, one containing all of Ramone Barbossa's episode reviews, and another that will contain all the entries from the upcoming "Hiatus" text-only episode.\n\nThere has also been some housekeeping behind-the-scenes, in the evil laboratory known as the chefgonDOTcom science lab. The results were two-fold. The first was a top-secret new strategy to charge you money every time you listen to an episode without you realizing it. The other, less imaginary creation was a program to allow Ireland and Seamus to more easily update this blog at their leisure. What this means is that you can expect your favorite podcast stars to show up here far more often from now on, and if they don't you can hold them personally responsible by throwing empty candy boxes at them when you see them on the street.

The Steele/McFly Hiatus

Seamus McFly — March 8, 2009 @ 2:47pm

For those keeping score at home, we only provided release dates for the first three episodes of the World Tour. This release schedule of one episode every two weeks has been fantastic but we're out of material. Seriously, every single thing we've written or recorded for this season has already been released in the first three episodes. Now, you're panicking, I can see it from here. Stop panicking, Episode 4 (and many more beyond that) are on their way just as soon as we make them. We're not three episode teases like Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog. We're also not a Sing-Along Blog. We're a Podcast/World Tour. Big difference.\n\nIn the meantime, however, you won't have to live your life Steele/McFly-less. Starting next week, we will be exclusively offering The Steele/McFly Hiatus as a text-only episode delivered exclusively through blog posts here at steelemcfly.com! Cop-out due to lack of new material? Cash-in on the highly profitable Steele/McFly name? More like, rockin'-out due to lack of new material. And, like, awesome-in on the highly profitable whatever I just wrote.\n\nSo keep yourself tuned in for the first part of The Steele/McFly Hiatus next week. And in the meantime, enjoy the ten episodes we already have. You can listen to it more than once. This is allowed.

Science, Computers, Blogs

Seamus McFly — March 7, 2009 @ 9:16pm

Stand back everyone. There's science happening here. Experimental blog physics. If you get your eyebrows burned off by a blast of information, don't come crying to me.

Episode 3: London

Ireland Steele — February 27, 2009 @ 12:00am

In a world where nothing is as it seems.. where no-one is who they claim.. it's comforting to know the podcast will always be there to back up those dastardly earthly philosophies. We here at Steele/McFly Productions are proud to support the dark, sketchy, and sometimes witty low standards set by the world around us. So sit back dear friends and enjoy the slew of stereotypes, snappy one-liners, and Emma Watson references.

Scotland Review

Ramone Barbossa — February 17, 2009 @ 12:22pm

Season 2...Episode 1...Scotland...Review...\n \n Yet another first for the fearless podcasters Ireland Steele and Seamus McFly...GLOBAL PODCASTING. The boys bravely transport their unwitting followers out of the safety of the movie theater and the stranger than fiction world of the criminal courtroom to the furthest reaches of our hemisphere (pick one). Of course, we were all aware that McFly (who, this reviewer thinks, has one too many capital letters in his name) is a secret secret agent (in secret) and that Steele has the most famous pink headband on the internet. But to actually be present to witness their amazing heroics is beyond description (even for yours truly).\n \n It's called Scotland...and where else would you find Sir Sean Connery imbibing in his favorite libation (the noble mah-tini).\n \n So crank up that 5.1 system you got for X-mas and be thunderstruck by the lifelike, upgraded and enhanced sound effects (which, btw, actually are real) and have yourself taken away to wherever the Cheese (former sidekick) and the Magician want to take you (with, of course, absolutely no funds in their budget).\n \n ...13 stars...\n \n Ramone "Bubba" Barbossa (no relation)

Episode 2

Chefgon — February 13, 2009 @ 12:00am

Looks like I get the honor of introducing the Episode this week.\n\nOver a year in the making, this episode is destined to become an instant American classic. Produced by chefgonDOTcom, written by my most talented writers (Ireland Steele and Seamus McFly), and performed by the only actors willing to work for the money I offered (also Ireland Steele and Seamus McFly), "The Year 2008" is truly the product of today's greatest minds coming together. I hope you enjoy listening to it as much as I enjoyed taking credit for it.

Yet another site feature online

Chefgon — February 4, 2009 @ 10:21pm

The characters page is now ready for viewing. And reading, if you know how, but don't let that deter you. It's plenty of fun to just stare at the incomprehensible words and imagine what kind of fanciful jigs they would be dancing if they were able.

The Tale of Magdelian Magdelor

Ireland Steele — February 2, 2009 @ 7:39pm

Friends, Romans countrymen- lend me your ears\n For I bring you a story that will drive you to tears\n Taws’ a wet dreary day in the middle of May\n When our hero zipped up his jacket and went off on his way\n Through the long winding streets of a long winding town\n Past the long winding vender and his long winding frown\n Up a long winding lane on a long winding hill\n Where our dear friend Magdelian took quite a spill\n His jacket was torn and his trousers were soiled\n His knees were in tatters and his sandwiches spoiled\n His hat was tragically lost in a cruel westerly breeze\n And Magdelian Magdelor fell to his knees\n And proclaimed to the sky “I ran out of time!\n Is there no forgiveness for my dastardly crime?\n I swear I was planning on listening later\n Please do not label me as a Steele/McFly hater”\n But there was no answer but the mocking west wind\n For all knew that our miserable hero had sinned\n I urge you dear readers- take heed at my words!\n Or your hat will soon too be at the mercy of birds\n Listen to episode 1 of podcast season 2\n Or a horrible fate will come calling for you\n For the sake of your sanity I strongly implore\n You heed the Tale of Magdelian Magdelor\n \n An original piece of wordweaving by Ireland Steele\n Written, produced, choreographed and performed on the fly\n \n I don’t do this stuff for my own health people-\n Ireland

Blog page is up!

Chefgon — February 2, 2009 @ 6:42pm

Another latent feature coming to life, the Blog page is now available for your clicking pleasure. It isn't really that big of a deal since there aren't all that many Blog posts yet, but some day you'll thank me for this you young whipper snappers.

Season 2 is upon us

Seamus McFly — January 30, 2009 @ 12:01am

You've waited. You've been patient. You only occasionally threw rocks at me on the street. Let's be honest, you've earned it. The Steele/McFly World Tour is finally here.\n \n Steele and I have put hour of work into this so we hope you enjoy it as much as we think you might. If you don't, we will cry. I mean really cry. So either you get a wonderful, entertaining show or you get to see the weeping of talentless hacks. Either way, you win!\n \n Welcome to the World Tour. I think you'll like it here.

Full Episode Archive

Chefgon — January 26, 2009 @ 10:02pm

New feature for the day! The full episode archive is now Live and should be available via the sidebar menu or the link in the "Recent Episodes" box above. If you have any issues, please send all whiney complaints and death threats to chefgon at steelemcfly dot com.

Welcome to SteeleMcFly.com

Seamus McFly — January 26, 2009 @ 6:06pm

Coming straight from your purple and neon green dreams, the new steelemcfly.com is here to provide a classy new home for a classy new season of Steele/McFly joy. Massive amount of gratefulness go out to our producer Chefgon for giving 100% of his free time to design us a site for easy updating and the general simplification of things for Steele/McFly fans. When all is said and done, this site will be your one stop for everything you will ever need from your very favorite comedy web series located at steelemcfly.com. In short, adios livejournal.\n \n Come back to this very spot on this very Friday for the long-awaited premiere of The Steele/McFly World Tour. I think you'll like it.

New Site is Go!

Chefgon — January 25, 2009 @ 11:00am

The new SteeleMcFly.com is now live! Exciting, isn't it? It unfortunately requires mouse clicking, unlike the old style clickless navigation, but using this new style we should be able to bring you regular updates so there is something new to read every day. There might be broken links hanging around here and there while we get everything up to speed, but we should have all the kinks worked out in the next week or so. Be sure to stay tuned for the launch of Season 2, happening this Friday!

Finally, the Podcast 7 review!!!

Ramone Barbossa — September 14, 2008 @ 10:46pm

Why are those people whispering, giggling and shushing? Oh...I get it!!! Yes, loyal readers, Podcast 7 is on the loose and the boys have again chocked it full of awesome. As in 6 (Trial of the Century) they chose to go with the concept...um...concept. Although this time it is up to the intelligent listener to make the leap of understanding instead of having it presented in an obvious format (the addition of the title will, of course, make it a wee bit more obvious).\n\n When this latest project gets rolling few can argue that Steele/McFly have reached a new apex in podcast freshness, and by releasing it on July 31st (literally in the eleventh hour) they officially made July 2008 the "Amazing Media Month of the Century" when it joined the releases of "The Dark Knight" and "Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog" in the same month (tell your friends).\n\n As if the consistently maintained high podcast quality were not enough, our favorite Irish Magician and American Cheese have been joined by the mysterious chefgonDOTcom as producer, and he has set the floor on fire with a shiny new logo as well as giving the fans MP3 links to all seven historic podcasts...\n\n chefgonDOTcom ... both of which make it plain to see that his work is up to the high standards set by S/McF. But what is really off the hizzy is the creation of the Season One Box Set complete with some incredible extras. Having recently obtained a copy of this 2 disc behemoth of creativity one can safely assume that this partnership will only raise the bar for the already 13 star quality performances that have, quite frankly, changed all our lives (admit it).\n\n \n Ramone "Bubba" Barbossa (no relation)

Review Retraction

Ramone Barbossa — February 1, 2008 @ 5:23pm

In the review of podcast 6, Mr. Steele and Mr. McFly were regarded to as Greg and Hector respectively. Actually, their christened names are Ireland and Shamus respectively (and respectfully). The aliases where used without consent (theirs or anyone else's)(written or otherwise). So, Greg and Hector, I offer my deepest, most desperate apologies...R.B.B.

Steele/McFly Podcast 6 review here!

Ramone Barbossa — January 31, 2008 @ 9:50pm

It's here! It's new!! It's Podcast 6!!!\n\n \n The talented and hard working duo of Greg Steele and Hector Mcfly have found a writing style based on borrowed themes and timing with many subtle (and not so subtle) touches. Their latest effort is a very entertaining and thought provoking project worthy of their gargantuan reputation. Even though "6" is probably their most focused and accessible creation to date, repeated listenings will be required to grasp the multitude of references borrowed here (this reviewer will use the term "borrowed" until the verdict of their trial is revealed...a possible sequel?).\n\n Fans should appreciate these skillful podcasters now. How long will it take for the inevitable commercial sell-outs, bloated budgets, and finally, the highly publicized break up (followed by a half hearted reunion a decade or so later). Try to hold it together boys...think of the children.\n\n \n Reviewed by:\n Ramone "Bubba" Barbossa (no relation)