CO2ISFUNNY | Some Stuff Weekly 10.01.2026

CO2 IS SLINGING IT...

...just like Slingin' Sammy Baugh.1936 was a good year for us both. Sammy was offered $4,000 a year to play professional football for Washington. Coincidentally, almost one hundred years later, I have made almost $400 doing comedy. I like to think of it as reverse inflation. Maybe things cost less now??? Perhaps inflation has destroyed the value of the currency, but it has also inflated my ego to the point where I write a seriously delusional weekly newsletter! Here we go again...!

On a side note, for the last 19 months, I have been leasing a space in Studio City for comedians to work out material. We did small mics on Wednesday and Thursday nights, and while it does not look like much, it was one of the most intimidating rooms I have done. Everyone was up on you, and they were all gifted writers and performers chasing the same dream you are chasing. We had a ton of great times, truly inspiring memories with friends running new material, working on our sets, doing podcasts, and supporting each other through a career that can, at times, feel lonelier than it should.  Tonight (Wednesday) was the last night, and that chapter is closed, but the invaluable role it played in my life at a time I needed it will never be forgotten. 

Adios, NoHoShoHo space.

Here is some stuff I like and hope you like too... 

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CHRIS THE COACH

Curly Lambeau and I have a lot of things in common...well, one thing in common, actually. We both like Green Bay, although I only like it when it is warm, to be honest. We also like thick sweaters with random single letters on them, and posing in front of barns (see my travel photos from months back for more on that!)... We also coach: he coached football to adult men, and I coach little kids from the Disney Channel on how to tell jokes. They are both exciting in their own way, and give us a unique perspective. So with that, here are what I assume are our mutual thoughts...

  • The current Packers need to take a cue from Curly and get back to what made them great all of those years...cheese. Load the other team down with unhealthy saturated fats and then run circles around them.

  • Jim Harbaugh should have taken the Kansas Jayhawks job when he had the chance.

  • Lots of injured quarterbacks in the league, and it's bumming me out...Baker Mayfield, Jaxson Dart, Jayden Daniels...I'm sure there's more. Where are Kurt Warner and the Arena League studs when you need them???

THE PICKS!!!!!

LAST WEEK'S RECORD: 12-4

THIS SEASON'S RECORD: 28 - 20

WEEK 3

Pittsburgh Steelers at Cleveland Browns

The Browns are no joke. DeShaun Watson is playing very very very relaxed...hmmmmm..... The stadium must be near a strip mall. This week, the Browns will continue their winning ways, as they take the Doans pills straight outta grumpy Aaron Rodgers pharma-free hands, and put up a serious beat down.

PICK: BROWNS

Indianapolis Colts at Washington Commanders

The only person who can stop Marcus Mariota is...Marcus Mariota. Which he will do his best to accomplish in this game. He will throw 2 interceptions, and lose a fumble, yet the Colts will magically be worse. Daniel Jones looks like he just returned from his missionary trip straight into armageddon.

PICK: COMMANDERS

Dallas Cowboys at Houston Texans

The Battle of Texas that literally no one else cares about. The biggest thing in Texas at the moment is the whining. Both teams will look horrible, but the Texans will look slightly less bad.

PICK: TEXANS

New England Patriots at Buffalo Bills

It's October and you know what that means...It's going to be a brisk -22 degrees in Chicago. Perhaps they can move this game to the frozen Lake America Michigan to warm things up. Although it won't matter. The Indiana Bears will fall to the pluck Jets in the year's most boring game, 2-0.

PICK: JETS

New England Patriots at Buffalo Bills

The Bills have a Tom Brady hangover. They have never fully recovered from the years of majestic losses. Ghosts of Norwood will haunt the new, fully obstructed seats for generations to come. Pats get back on track.

PICK: PATRIOTS

Jacksonville Jaguars at Cincinnati Bengals

The two weirdest quarterbacks in the league square off. Trevor Lawrence bypasses the Fantastic Sams as he gives his team a chance to win, but it will be Burrow driving around in his Batmobile and dressing like a Forever 21 model who will steal the day.

PICK: BENGALS

Arizona Cardinals at New York Giants

This game is my Nap of the Week. Two teams I forget about every Sunday, and this game will be no different. Giants, I guess???

PICK: GIANTS

Tennessee Titans at Baltimore Ravens

I love regular-season Lamar. There is no better quarterback to watch, and while we are still early in the year, I guarantee he will do some stuff in this game that is just bananas. The Titans, meanwhile, are Achy-Breaky Awful. Ravens big.

PICK: RAVENS

Los Angeles Rams at Philadelphia Eagles

This is a game the Rams need, and they win big. Donald will be a Hall of Famer again; Stafford will light it up like the night the Devil Went Down to Georgia, and McVay will put down the cookies and milk long enough to draw up a game plan.

PICK: RAMS

Green Bay Packers at Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Even though he broke his thumb, Baker will still be able to give the Packers the finger from the sidelines. Unfortunately, it will not be enough for the win. Jordan Love will one-night-stand the Bucs, and then ghost them the next day. Later, Tampa.

PICK: PACKERS

Miami Dolphins at Minnesota Vikings

Where are Luther Campelll and Two Live Crew when Miami needs a shot in the arm? The Vikings are the darlings of Lake Wobegon all of a sudden, and should handle the Dolphins with ease.

PICK: VIKINGS

Kansas City Chiefs at Las Vegas Raiders

Lady Luck is rolling the dice for the Chiefs this week, and she is on a hot streak. Vegas is like if the Rat Pack were actually comprised of rats. I love the Maxx Crosby vs Mahomes trash-talking, but any Kirk Cousins is too much Kirk Cousins for me.

PICK: CHIEFS

Denver Broncos at San Francisco 49ers

We already saw the Broncos one and only comeback last week, and that is all they will have this year. They will get down early to the 49ers in a San Fran gold rush, and unlike Yukon Cornelius, these Broncos won't bounce.

PICK: 49ERS

Los Angeles Chargers at Seattle Seahawks

Watch out for the LA Super Chargers. They are gonna be desperate and feisty, and the Seahawks will need their 12th man to drive them home after they get mauled by LA. Get a coffee and a fish on your way out of town, LA. It's gonna be a tasty weekend for you!

PICK: CHARGERS

Carolina Panthers vs Detroit Lions

I love the Lions. I can't help it! They are still a guilty pleasure for me, and I will watch them until they win a Super Bowl, or, perhaps more likely, my bones decay in the earth from an untimely demise. Regardless, they have my vote this week as they demolish the Panthers!

PICK: LIONS

PICK: LIONS

Atlanta Falcons at New Orleans Saints

Really??? This is the final game on the slate??? Was Toledo vs Schenectady in ice fishing not an option??? ESPN will wish they still broadcast bowling and rugby, as this snoozefest ends 3-3.

PICK: TIE

MY SPOTIFY PLAYLIST OF THE WEEK...

CO2ISFUNNY | Songs About Sweaters and Other Fall Apparel...

The weather is turning...well, not in LA. But I keep seeing stories about it elsewhere, and I am hoping for a return to light sweaters soon myself.

Join me as we celebrate transitional clothing season:

Undone--The Sweater Song | Weezer

Short Skirt/Long Jacket | CAKE

Song for the Dumped | Ben Folds Five

Autumn Sweater | Yo La Tengo

Sweater Weather | The Neighbourhood

Hang Me Up to Dry | Cold War Kids

Laundry Room | Avett Brothers

The Sweater | Meryn Cadell

New Order T-Shirt | The National

cardigan | Taylor Swift

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THE SHOW I AM WATCHING

This movie has been a favorite since I was a kid. Warren Beatty was the Dennis Quaid of his day--a man who is way too old to ever be cast as an athlete, but we all went a long with it anyways. The movie is a remake of Here Comes Mr Jordan, a 1940s film where the protagonist is a boxer taken just a little too soon by an over-eager angel. Warren Beatty switched the hero to a Rams QB, but it is still the same "put in the wrong body" comedy hijinks that make the plot work.

Any movie with Buck Henry is a movie I can watch over and over, and Jack Warden, Julie Christie and the ex-Mrs Cary Grant Dyan Cannon all turn in stellar performances.

Great guilty pleasure!

SUSAN WARE CLIP OF THE WEEK

1927's One-Legged Sally Dances the Virginia Reel was meant to be a cutting social satire on the way veterans were being treated post WWI. It turned into an instructional video on squaredancing as performed at the local VFW Hall #139. Susan was an odd shoice for this role as she quite literally had two left-feet. They paired her with double-right-footed Harold Astaire, 3rd cousin to the famous dancing Fred. They thought the twin ailments would balance each other out. Thy did not. Instead the two stars just kept butting heads like Moe and Shemp. The romantic spark was akin to Mother Teresa and Ernest Borgnine. Susan later took up with the director, and when he threatened to leave her, she spent three long years once again faking a pregnancy, until he finally grew suspicious due to the lack of said child. That is what sent her back on the can-can circuit.

Anyways, check out Susan by clicking HERE.

I hope you enjoy these as well! Feel free to subscribe if you want. I will also include them here, but the posts that come from her site are hilarious and go out on Mondays and Thursdays!

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HERE'S A RECIPE

Everyone is always asking for party planning ideas. I say, go big! Show your guests you love them by serving up the classics. There is nothing classier than Cheez Whiz on a Ritz.

Take a Ritz

Spray Cheez Whiz all over it (and then some straight into your mouth)

Eat

By golly, your guests will rave. 

CLIP OF THE WEEK

I really need to upload some new clips!

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