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Stories with keyword: la

The Peach Badge of Courage

Living in LA with his girlfriend, Michael has gotten used to agreeing with plans that he’s not at all enthusiastic about, because he figures that most of the time, they’re not going to happen. So when his two close friends … Continue reading →

Keywords accelerated free fall, airplane, claustrophobia, desert, fear, hand signals, jump, jumpmaster., LA, Live story, Los Angeles, parachute, peer pressure, plane, puke, rip cord, sick, skydiving, terror, The State, vomit

Mission Impersonable

Growing up in Detroit, Cooper wants to be an actor, but is self-conscious about how much he looks like Tom Cruise – he doesn’t want that to hurt his chance at getting roles in the future. In 2000, while “Mission … Continue reading →

Keywords actor, blockbuster, cart, celebrity, cops, costume, Detroit, escape, event, freeze, golf, golf course, golfers, guns, imitation, impersonator, LA, Live story, lookalike, Los Angeles, Mission Impossible, movie, outhouse, sniper, suburb, surprise, SWAT, Tom Cruise

Familiar Pattern

Starlee gets a job in LA for a month, and has to rent a car. The first day she picks up the car, she’s talking to her sister on the phone, and gets distracted by her sister’s tale of this … Continue reading →

Keywords accident, compliments, damages, earrings., flirting, gas pump, gas station, LA, Live story, Los Angeles, mansion, millionaire, money, nozzle, relationship, rental car, service desk, sister, writer

A Dreamer Schemer Spendthrift

Shauna has hemorrhoid issues, which she knows could be helped by a hot tub, but she and her husband are reluctant to let themselves spend money on something so expensive and luxurious. So Shauna hits up Craig’s List, and finds … Continue reading →

Keywords ass, bargains, BoJack Horseman, bottom, cheated, Craig’s List, Dan, deals, delivery, fire, frugal, hemorrhoids, hot tub, jacuzzi, LA, Live story, Los Angeles, no refund, sitz bath, thrifty, unsafe, unscrupulous

The I in Team

At 36, Larry is invited to join an all-men’s a capella singing group in LA. He’s never been the kind of guy who was asked to join an all-men’s anything, and had always wanted to be a part of things … Continue reading →

Keywords choir, Constantinople., ensemble, group, harmony, independence, Istanbul, jazz, LA, Los Angeles, men, mirthful, misfit, New York, NY, outsider, performances, pop, Radio story, singing, The Upscales, train, tunes, vibrato, vocal, vocal arrangements

Happy Ending

Jenna goes to a chic, trendy massage parlor in LA, and is surprised when her very handsome male masseuse, Antonio, offers to give her a “happy ending” using his hands and mouth. Jenna agrees, and has a great time, but … Continue reading →

Keywords Antonio, bodywork, climax, fingering, hand job, LA, Live, Los Angeles, massage, masseuse, oral sex, orgasm, public sex, sex, spa

Untitled

Kumail tells his Risk! Live in LA co-host Pete about the time in his life when he lived with three roommates in Chicago, in a 3-story house with an attic, and his roommate Katie kept insisting that she heard “someone … Continue reading →

Keywords attic, banter, Best of RISK!, ceiling, Celebrity storyteller, colander, footsteps, hobo, improvisation, Indian storyteller, LA, Live story, Pakistani storyteller, Pakistani-American, POCI storyteller, Risk! Show hosts, roommates, spaghetti strainer, two person conversation, walking

Marcia Nadel

Carlos is in film school in LA, and his assignment is to create a character study; he’s only allowed to use one actor in the film, and he feels this rule is stupid. He decides to get around it by … Continue reading →

Keywords adult toy store, adult toys, air, assignment, blow-up doll, cast, characters, college, customers, defective, dorm, dyke, film, film school, hole, Hollywood, inflatable, inflate, LA, leak, Live story, Marcia Nadel, movie, Pleasure Chest, return, sex doll, sex shop, sheep

Straight Flush

David has had Crohn’s Disease for years, which is now manageable thanks to medication and life adjustments, but he still has to be very conscious when he goes out about knowing where a restroom is, and, sometimes, making a very … Continue reading →

Keywords basement, bathroom, cater waiter, catering, celebrities, chronic illness, Crohn’s Disesase, flush, gastrointenstinal disorder, gay, Gay storyteller, GI, glbtqia, high tech, homosexual, IBS, irritable bowel, LA, Live, poop, queer, restroom, toilet, Whoopi, Whoopi Goldberg

When Things Go Bump in the Night

Ben and his Korean wife, Kathy, take a detour on a road trip to visit a ghost town kept intact since the days of the Old West. The B&B owners won’t book Ben a room over the phone, but when … Continue reading →

Keywords B&B, bed and breakfast, ghost town, ghosts, Halloween, haunted, Korean, LA, Live, motel, Nerdmelt, paranormal, road trip, rohypnol, roofies, sex, spirits, supernatural, vacation

The Trouble with Tooty

As a new college-grad writer in LA, Andy got hired to write for the TV show “The Facts of Life.” It was a terrible show, and Andy made an effort to create actually funny dialogue for the boarding school girls. … Continue reading →

Keywords Blair, boarding school, Celebrity storytellers, cheese shop, comedy, Edna, fact, funny, Jo, LA, Live show, Los Angeles, moral, Mrs. Garrett, Natalie, sassy, script, sorority, The Facts of Life, Tootie, wise-cracking, worst., writer

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