81. Lars Midthun

Meet comedian, actor, writer, filmmaker and more, Lars Midthun! From their hometown of Minnesota, Lars and his comedic-brother Jack Kelly (who joined forces to create ‘Something Picnic’) ultimately found a 2nd home for their brilliant-meets-absurd brand of comedy, in Los Angeles. In a world of infinite YouTube channels, the brand of comedy in Something Picnic is something unique and wild, and I could only leave it to Lars, here, to start explaining - and Jack Kelly, to complete when he hopefully comes on the podcast too!, but the shit is GOLD. One of my favourite things about chatting with Lars, was that getting along with and joking with’m felt IMMEDIATELY road-tested. I can’t tell you how wonderful that is for me to interact with, let alone record a podcast… of(?). Grammar. I feel that could be said with almost anyone I might be fortunate to have on, who makes shows for ‘Channel 101’ - where you’ll find Something Picnic’s hit primetime show “Nipple Sucking Aliens”. Do watch that show… In NSA, you’ll see their style shine, and you’ll see allot of that dynamic duo’s handsome faces. (Audio clips in this podcast episode).



In this conversation with Lars Midthun, I went after his whole story; From growing up in Minnesota, finding his calling, getting into comedy, studying film in college, MAKING his first film, the award winning “The Way North” about his Grandfather’s post-WWII journey in Norway, and the beautiful family trek/collaboration involved - and then, how all of these experiences lead to making a show about aliens who suck people’s life-force from them, through their nipples.



Lars Midthun Links:

Follow Lars Midthun on Instagram

Follow Explore My Body on Instagram



Something Picnic Links:

Something Picnic on YouTube

Follow Something Picninc on Instagram & Twitter



Nipple Sucking Aliens, a show on Channel 101

Episode 1 & Episode 2



The Way North, a film by Lars Midthun

Follow The Way North on Facebook & Instagram



Produced, edited and hosted by Todd. V/O by Milo Axelrod. Theme music is excerpts of “Makie Elkino” (Live) by William Chernoff. Piano outro music by JP Sunga. Presented in part by Afternoon Tea - Artist Collective + Record Label. Born of the Shun Club. Shunned since 2012. afternoontealabel.com

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