Ep. 17: Dana Gould's Eulogy for Vampira (Hold On with Eugene Mirman)

[Contains explicit content] Dana Gould (Stan Against Evil, The Simpsons) is a comedian of note, sometimes credited as the progenitor of alternative comedy, but anyone who has heard his act or his podcast, knows that he's big into horror and sci-fi movies. Before The Room and Troll 2, Plan 9 from Outer Space was the most famous so-bad-it's-good movie, and in addition to being a fan of the film, Dana has a direct connection to the legendary stinker: he befriended TV host and Plan 9 star Vampira late in her life. So late, in fact, that Dana had the morbid honor of planning her funeral. Eugene Mirman crept out of his crypt to do a little post-mortem on Dana's tale of woe (told to the fine boils and ghouls at a RISK! show) and keep Vampira's peculiar charm alive on this spooky episode of Hold On with Eugene Mirman... from beyond the grave!In each episode of the Audible Comedy series Hold On, host Eugene Mirman (Bob's Burgers) pauses the funny stories of comedians and performers to get the s