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James McGee Returns – GPYS 315

by on April 24, 2025 at 8:10 pm
Posted In: Go Plug Yourself, Podcast, Podcasting

The Montreal podcast that asks wrestling promoter and professional improv star James McGee: “What question do you hate being asked?” – That question asked as always by our very own Inés Anaya back in our last episode.

James McGee lives a life on the fringe man. A double life full of moonsaults, yes-ands, powerbombs and audience suggestions. James McGee is the epicentre of improvisational artistry taking his talents to the squared circle and the improv stage with equal measures of grace and wit.

James joins Walter J. Lyng and I at the back of Grumpy’s Bar to talk about this past weekend’s WrestleMania, Jake the Snake Roberts, Survivor Series, Sami Zayn’s comedy and much, much more!

If wrestling is your thing you can catch the next BATTLEWAR this Sunday at Foufounes Electriques (and you should probably follow the BATTLEWAR Facebook page as well to keep tabs on their upcoming events). If improv is more your style you should check out Mile End Improv where James performs and teaches.

With all that out of the way you should sit back, relax and Go Plug Yourself. We’ve had James on this show a bunch and you should probably do yourself a favour and dig into the archives to listen to all the episodes going all the way back to 2014. This is his 7th time on the show!

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Credit Where Credit is Due

As always, a big thank you to the providers of our theme song: Leighland Beckman and Aural Turpitude!

Keith does all sorts of things here on 9to5.cc, he works with the other founders on 9to5 (illustrated), co-hosts our two podcasts: The 9to5 Entertainment System and Go Plug Yourself and sometimes blogs here as The Perspicacious Geek.

Walter J. Lyng is a stand-up comedian based out of Montreal, you should follow him on Twitter @wallygoodtimes and on Facebook: Walter J. Lyng

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James “Twiggy” McGee Returns! – GPYS 287

by on October 25, 2023 at 11:48 pm
Posted In: Go Plug Yourself, Podcast, Podcasting

The Montreal podcast that asks Montreal wrestler, improvisor and man-about-town James McGee: “What’s the craziest thing you’ve done to get out of a test/work/commitment?” That question asked by Kenny Streule and Cat Preston from Mainline Theatre’s Rocky Horror Show back in episode 286.

We’ve had James McGee on the show before. We’ll have James McGee on the show again. When you find yourself at the crossroads of talk show host, wrestling promoter and improvisor you are just bound to wind up on this show repeatedly. That’s just how things go around here.

I realized it has been about 3 years since we’ve had James on the show and that the last time was in 2020 and was what we now lovingly refer to as “peak pandemic” – man, time flies.  Let’s never do that again.

You can find James – quite literally – all over town. You can find him in the ring (occasionally) at BATTLEWAR, on stage at Mile End Improv (among many other stages) and probably other places too. Oh – did we mention that none other than The Dark Order’s Evil Uno will be at BATTLEWAR this Sunday at Foufs? Well we mentioned it now.

Enjoy the show!

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Credit Where Credit is Due

As always, a big thank you to the providers of our theme song: Leighland Beckman and Aural Turpitude!

Keith does all sorts of things here on 9to5.cc, he works with the other founders on 9to5 (illustrated), co-hosts our two podcasts: The 9to5 Entertainment System and Go Plug Yourself and sometimes blogs here as The Perspicacious Geek.

Lawrence Corber also produces some shows you may have heard of (you should probably check out the next Healthy Living show when you get a chance) and if you’re close with him you can call him Lully. The other way to call him “Lully” is to follow him on his socials. @Lully514 on Instagram.

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GPYS 179 – Giant Tiger Returns! (BATTLEWAR)

by on April 4, 2019 at 7:11 am
Posted In: Go Plug Yourself, Podcast, Podcasting

With WrestleMania right around the corner, we thought it was high time to have yet another episode devoted to one of our favorite things: pro wrestling. Sure, we’ve got that OTHER show where we only talk about wrestling (and you should definitely be listening to Pat on the Mat if you aren’t already) but it’s not the same as sitting down with a wrestler and just shooting the shit.

If you only watch the WWE brand of pro-wrestling, you’re doing yourself a massive disservice. There is amazing, local, affordable indie wrestling promotions in Montreal and one of the best of those is the one and only BATTLEWAR and they will be celebrating their 7th Anniversary on April 14th at Foufounes Electrique. Giant Tiger is one of the mad geniuses behind the magic of BATTLEWAR and we welcome him back to the show to talk about learning to wrestle in the back of a porn studio, wrecking people’s cars with a moving truck (transporting a wrestling ring of course) and having his jaw wired shut after working a stiff match. It’s a good one.

Enjoy the show!

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Be there at Foufs on April 14th and surprise GT by buying one of his t-shirts.

As always, a big thank you to the providers of our theme song: Leighland Beckman and Aural Turpitude!

Keith does all sorts of things here on 9to5.cc, he works with the other founders on 9to5 (illustrated), co-hosts our two podcasts: The 9to5 Entertainment System and Go Plug Yourself and blogs here as The Perspicacious Geek.

Walter J. Lyng is a stand-up comedian based out of Montreal, you should follow him on Twitter @wallygoodtimes and on Facebook: Walter J. Lyng

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BATTLEWAR – Big Magic & Twiggy – GPYS 152

by on March 22, 2018 at 6:27 am
Posted In: Go Plug Yourself, Podcast, Podcasting

Montreal’s favorite indie wrestling promotion is taking over Montreal’s favorite indie podcast! In preparation for their upcoming 6th Anniversary spectacular this Sunday March 25th at Foufounes Electriques Walter and I are joined by not only Talent Relations Coordinator Twiggy, but the BATTLEWAR Champion himself, Big Magic! We talk about the history of the promotion, including Kevin Owens’ (as Kevin Steen) last match in Quebec in the BATTLEWAR ring with Big Magic himself as well as what WWE Talent Twiggy would like to have make a BATTLWAR appearance. Enjoy the show! Vote for both BATTLEWAR and Go Plug Yourself in this year’s Best of Montreal reader’s poll over at Cult MTL.

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As always, a big thank you to the providers of our theme song: Leighland Beckman and Aural Turpitude!

Keith does all sorts of things here on 9to5.cc, he works with the other founders on 9to5 (illustrated), co-hosts our two podcasts: The 9to5 Entertainment System and Go Plug Yourself and blogs here as The Perspicacious Geek.

Walter J. Lyng is a stand-up comedian based out of Montreal, you should follow him on Twitter @wallygoodtimes and on Facebook: Walter J. Lyng

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James “Twiggy” McGee – GPYS 138

by on August 24, 2017 at 3:13 pm
Posted In: Go Plug Yourself, Podcast, Podcasting

BATTLEWAR returns to Go Plug Yourself! Montreal’s hippest independant wrestling federation has been consistently putting on spectactular shows nearly every month at Foufounes Electriques for the last five years featuring the likes El Generico, Kevin Steen and 2 Cold Scorpio to name a few. If those names don’t ring any bells you might know them by their more popular WWE names: Sami Zayn, Kevin Owens and Flash Funk. But what makes BATTLEWAR almost a sure bet on any given Sunday is their core roster of local wrestlers. Guys like “Big Magic” Shane Matthews, Surfer Mitch Thompson, Shayne Hawke, Mathieu St-Jacques, Thomas Dubois and so many others that I feel guilty for having started a list. James McGee used to actively wrestle in BATTLEWAR under his ring name “Twiggy” but now works behind the scenes in the “official” capacity of Talent Coordinator. We talk about what’s going at BATTLEWAR lately, Una Sigaretta and farting in the bathroom. Also, tell Mike Carrozza we talk about Big Brother. gpys138

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As always, a big thank you to the providers of our theme song: Aural Turpitude! Hey there! If anything jumps out at you on this website, please consider checking it out. We talk music, games, beer and more and also host a few webcomics and podcasts, all produced DIY style.

Keith does all sorts of things here on 9to5.cc, he works with the other founders on 9to5 (illustrated), co-hosts our two podcasts: The 9to5 Entertainment System and Go Plug Yourself and blogs as The Perspicacious Geek.

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Go Plug Yourself 104: James “Twiggy” McGee

by on April 7, 2016 at 7:25 am
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Hey! You! Everybody! Friend of the show James Mcgee is back to talk about his upcoming show “Le Merveilleux and Marvelous World de Bonhomme Caramel” that is happening TONIGHT (April 7th) at Mainline theater as part of the Montreal Solos festival. He also talks about one of Montreal’s great independent wrestling promotions BATTLEWAR that is celebrating its 4th Anniversary on Sunday, April 17th. You should go to both of these things!gpys104-twiggy

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But for real, you should check out James’ show tonight at Mainline Theater as part of the Solos Festival and of course, check out all the amazing shows this weekend.
And celebrate BATTLEWAR’s 4th anniversary on April 17th at Foufounes Electriques.

As always, a big thank you to the providers of our theme song: Aural Turpitude!

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Go Plug Yourself 47: The Stars of Battlewar

by on November 14, 2013 at 3:25 pm
Posted In: Go Plug Yourself, Podcast, Podcasting, Uncategorized

Ohhhhhhhh…. what a russssssshhhhhh…. Walter and I managed to call in a lot of favours and get backstage access while the ring crew set up the BATTLEWAR ring at Foufounes Electrique. In a true show of courage Walter managed to secure a few minutes with some of the more intimidating, bizarre stars of the Montreal based independent wrestling promotion. Top contenders for the upcoming BATTLEWAR championship Buxx Belmar and Shayne Hawke, along with the Hardcore Hero The Green Phantom and ring announcer (and about to come out of retirement for “one more match”) Beef Wellington. Catch all the action at the last BATTLEWAR of the year on December 8th at Foufs and enjoy the show.gpys47

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As always,  a big thank you to the providers of our theme song: Aural Turpitude!

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