Overview of Ep 586 - Shift Work (feat. Nate Marshall)
This episode of Matt McCusker & Shane Gillis features guest Nate Marshall and is a freewheeling, anecdote-heavy conversation recorded after SkankFest in New Orleans. The trio trade stories about festival debauchery (strip clubs, naked roasts, contests), a bar confrontation, travel hangovers, everyday gripes (apps, DMV, Starbucks samples), and cultural oddities. The tone is conversational, improvised comedy — lots of vulgar humor, observational rants, and barroom storytelling.
Guests & hosts
- Hosts: Matt McCusker & Shane Gillis
- Guest: Nate Marshall (comedian)
- Also mentioned briefly: Sean Gardini (announces a December 7 stand-up date)
Main topics covered
- SkankFest / New Orleans festival recaps
- Afterparties, strip club (“Barely Legal”), and the general debauchery vibe.
- Naked roast / naked stand-up: observations on why people (especially men) do it.
- Wild moments: ass‑slapping contest, crowd dares, and a live proposal followed by two men kissing the groom’s penis (played for shock/comedy).
- Bar confrontation in New Orleans
- Nate had a drink poured out by a bartender, reacted (knocked a glass), glass shattered, locals interceded and smoothed things over — near‑fight vibe avoided.
- Hangovers, travel, and the worst drives home after festivals
- Bodily aftermath of festival drinks (purple drink anecdote → neon‑green stool)
- Everyday annoyances and “spaz” moments
- Starbucks sample line and public entitlement
- Farmers market delays/overly chatty customers
- DMV/registration hassles, missing stickers and paperwork, car rental headaches
- Difficulty watching sports now that games are spread across streaming services
- Pop culture / news mentions
- “Quiet piggy” incident on Air Force One (journalist asking Trump questions)
- OpenAI/Harvard leadership emails and Epstein connections (brief discussion)
- Books & media
- Matt mentions reading Dreiser’s The Titan and Bukowski’s Post Office in the car.
- Miscellaneous rants about public nudity/topless beaches, walking around shirtless, and bar culture (“clocking in” for a bar shift).
Notable anecdotes & highlights
- Purple drink at Lafitte’s: Nate and others joke about neon‑green bowel movements after drinking it.
- Naked roast: hosts describe seeing nudity onstage, reactions to men being naked vs. women, and how the events tend to be more performance than full disrobing.
- Live proposal/performance: a groom was kissed on the penis twice onstage shortly after proposing — discussed as one of SkankFest’s wild moments.
- Bar incident in New Orleans: bartender poured out Nate’s beer after an interaction; Nate knocked a glass off the bar, it shattered, patrons diffused the situation and one followed him on Instagram afterward.
- DMV/searching-for-stickers saga: Matt recounts frantic searches, driving to HEB, and eventually finding the mailed sticker the moment he started looking.
- Starbucks sample fury: a lengthy sample request in front of the line nearly pushed the hosts into snapping.
- “Quiet piggy” — recurring joking phrase used to lampoon a journalist who aggressively questioned Trump on Air Force One.
Tone & themes
- Tone: loose, drunken/comedic, stream‑of‑consciousness; lots of profanity and crude humor.
- Themes: festival culture and its consequences (hangovers, public nudity, dares), friction between patrons and service workers, modern hassles (apps replacing cash, streaming fragmentation), and nostalgia for “putting in a shift” at a bar.
Sponsors & promo codes mentioned
- PrizePicks — code: DRENCH (get $50 in lineups after first $5 lineup)
- ZipRecruiter — try for free at ZipRecruiter.com/MSSP
- Aura Frames — promo code MSSP for $45 off Carver Matt frames
- Robinhood — (ad read)
- Monster Ultra — (ad read)
Practical takeaways / where to follow
- If you want more from the hosts or exclusive content: Matt & Shane have secret/patron content on Spotify and Patreon (episode plugs toward the end).
- Matt McCusker tour highlights announced in the episode (check mattmccusker.com for full routing): early December dates in Tucson, Phoenix, Boise, Portland, Springfield (MO), Syracuse, then a theater run starting Jan 16 in Houston and more cities to follow.
- Sean Gardini: stand-up at Comedy Vault in Batavia, IL on Dec 7 (tickets at SeanGardini.com).
Memorable lines / quotable moments
- “I was shitting neon green” — on the purple drink aftermath.
- “Quiet piggy” — recurring nickname used to mock a persistent journalist on Air Force One.
- “Clocking in” — described as settling into a long bar shift and enjoying the social grind.
If you want a short bullet summary for social sharing:
- Post‑festival chaos + shocking SkankFest moments (naked roast, penis‑kiss proposal).
- Nate’s bar blowup in NOLA (beer poured out → glass shattered → near fight).
- Travel/DMV/streaming/app frustrations and observational rants.
- Tour dates, sponsor deals, and Patreon/secret episode plugs at the end.