Dinner at Your Place? is a weekly podcast brought to you by Boston-based stand-up comedian Danny Killea from Hooker Boy Studios.
He invites a guest over for their favorite meal from childhood and gets to know them through the stories and people behind it.
Danny Killea: With a warm smile and a face you can trust, Danny Killea has been doing stand-up for almost a decade. He’s had the pleasure of working across the country with greats like Robert Kelly, Shane Torres, and Tig Notaro. Now based in Boston, Massachusetts, Danny doesn’t shy away from bringing family experiences or embarrassing moments to the stage, mixed with some of the other things he’s discovering about life.
This week, Comedian Caroline Moore comes by and asks Danny to make Ooey Gooey Butter Bars.
They begin with what even is an Ooey Gooey Butter Bar, and quickly move to Caroline’s dad finding a passion for bull riding. Caroline would be packed up in the family car for a drive to Kansas from Massachusetts to watch her dad compete in a bull riding event at the state fair, while Caroline herself would compete in a sheep riding event known as Mutton Bustin’
After a little slice of Americana, Caroline tells us about her day job as the burial planner for a cemetery. Having always wanted to work in the Deathcare Industry, Caroline walks us through what it’s like being the “Wednesday Addams” kid, the idea of respecting death, and how death is something that happens to everyone yet is a conversation no one wants to have.
Caroline also talks about a few predatory practices in the Deathcare Industry, how you really don’t need that 700 dollar urn (unless that’s what the person going in the urn ACTUALLY wanted), and how even in death there’s things to laugh at.
Referenced throughout the episode is Caitlin Doughty’s book Smoke Gets In Your Eyes (And Other Lessons from the Crematory) which can be found for purchase through Caitlin’s website.
