LIVE at FanExpo Chicago!

Live at FanExp Chicago, Billy & Dom lend their thoughts on deep dish pizza, explore the Chicago flag, Gene & Denver Dave discuss their favorite gangster movies, answer audience questions, have a live tongue twister battle, and Eat the World with some Chicago-style popcorn!
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[@darthbakerr]

The wigs story 💀😂 I freaking love that prank and quote it to this day

[@jessesnyder5105]

I miss these episodes with just Billy, Dom and fans. I'd love to see more of this, and fewer interviews

[@libertyjustice2654]

Me too! I don’t watch the interviews tbh. I just wanna hear from them

[@dizzlebizzle8424]

unsurprisingly, some lord of the ring fans are antisocial weirdos, but i'll go ahead and assume that billy and dom like people and interacting with them and don't exclude others from interacting simply for not being a fan of lord of the rings... go outside and touch grass you two.

[@quigonquasar8536]

@@dizzlebizzle8424 stop talking nonsense, if we wanted to see interviews with uninteresting b list celebrities, we could just go and watch one of the hundred different mediocre talk shows. I for one, do not care in the slightest what that moron stephen colbert has to say, i'd rather watch paint dry than listen to him drone on.

[@atlasfeynman1039]

@@dizzlebizzle8424 haha I don't think it's the social interaction that makes it less appealing, it's the addition of another voice. Dom and Billy are a party by themselves!

[@ladymalai]

This episode was so much fun to be at. I laughed so hard my sides hurt. Thanks for a fun event, Billy and Dom! It was lovely to meet you at the VIP session beforehand.

[@isabelklingenberg2673]

The gingerbread question got me 😆

[@jaanaffi]

Thank you so much, Billy and Dom 💛💛❣️ The poem at the end was exceptional good and touching ❤️.

[@shawnax9917]

Laughed so hard at the wig prank story that I almost fell off the treadmill at the gym.

[@katieherskasherman4297]

Great show as always! I love that Dom calls everyone darling I might actually pass out if he said that to me I'll always have the biggest crush on him 😄

[@davect01]

Beverly is gonna be telling the story of sharing the stage with two Hobbits for the rest of her life ☺️ Well done not freaking out

[@kathrynboland7975]

For real tho. I wouldn't have been able to hold it together 🤣

[@narnianprincess3733]

GREAT EPISODE!!! So many wonderful moments 🥰🥰🥰 My favorite would have to be when Dom was telling the story of his prank interview with Elijah 😂 35:41 Dom: "Cause even though I was talking in this like German accent, I figured if I would ask him a question that only I would know, he would say "AHHH! IT IS DOM!!!" 🤣 The poem at the end was also soo sweet

[@rachellake2722]

You guys are so sweet to everyone!!

[@bottomlessmimos]

I’m only a few minutes in to this episode, but I was wondering if anyone else can hear a high pitch ringing/squeaking sound throughout the episode? Absolutely love you both! It’s been so wonderful to get to relive part of my childhood every week with the two of you.

[@Gypsyblood777]

Yeah I can hear that lol

[@kyleny8010]

It’s from Billy’s cell phone when he was holding it near the mic. I didn’t hear it again after that.

[@jakovmatosic4890]

yeah. there's easy ways to remove that, should have done some noise removal before posting it. oh well

[@Yesica1993]

I don't know if I can watch this without crying. I can't believe you're here and I couldn't be there. Sigh.

[@geoffkburton]

You Two deserve way more subscribers .

[@atlasfeynman1039]

I'm not sure what the algorithm is thinking, I subscribe to all things LOTR and I only found this podcast a week ago...

[@nicolepeats2290]

One of the best hours of my entire life! Definitely up there with my 2013 trip to Manchester, UK (a very charming city which Dom often refers to as "better than London", with one of my favorite theater district bridges ever!) and seeing Billy's performance in The Scottish play at The Globe Theater. I've now shared the link with pretty much everyone I know, and refused to tell people where in the episode I'm at, to try and encourage folks to watch the entire thing. Thank you both for for all the laughs and all the fun every week! I hope The Friendship Onion goes on for a long, long, long time!

[@PaToBoB]

This was the best portion I attended at FanExpo. Thank you so much for making my weekend you two!

[@swizard0922]

That was such a wonderful episode. My wife and I hope to one day be able to attend one of the live shows.

[@kathrynboland7975]

OMG Billy Boyd and Dominic Monaghan are the delight of all delights 🥺🤩 Thank you for being you, you two!! What a great crowd too. The woman who shared her poetry, #goalz: make the thing and share the thing!!! "12 year old me is freaking out right now" -- it me on Sunday...T-5 days until I am in the presence of these legends, I can't even 👏🏻🤩😁#bostonfanexpo

[@nicolepeats2290]

"Make the thing and share the thing!!!" I love, love, love that sentiment. Maybe it's the librarian side of me, but YES! sharing, always!

[@kathrynboland7975]

@@nicolepeats2290 ty 😃 I'm steeped in conversations in art and artmaking for what I do for work (part of it, I have 80 jobs lol) so I think about this stuff often. TY for what you do, librarians are rockstars!!

[@auntvesuvi3872]

Thanks, Dominic! Thanks, Billy! Thanks, Gene! Thanks, Dave! 🧅

[@Draethius]

I think this is the first KZbin video I've ever clicked on when it says "no views". Quite the timing lol. This was a fantastic episode!! Wish I could have been there! Thank you Billy and Dom!!

[@Jezzikah287]

Billy and Dom, please come to Awesome Con next year!

[@andreatcheichvili660]

Holaaaaa!!!! 🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷❤ thanks Dom and Billy for this podcast... love it !!!!

[@jeeranko3359]

That poem Nicole read at the end of the show was so sweet and beautiful! I didn't even know Dom was a poet (or I did, but only vaguely), gonna look for his poetry online, should be really interesting

[@afolsom685]

Always a good time😊

[@davsavchav]

49:25 Johnny forgot to censor!!

[@PaddyMcShane]

My brothers friend got me Dom's autograph. 🤣 Dom said That's my middle name! Buddy's middle name too but the sad pleb hasn't even seen LOTR... He did get me your autograph though so he's halfway decent 🤣. I'll get him to watch soon

[@newonlinetheatren.o.t1339]

"But you're part of this fucking world!" Is my vote for Merry's PG-13 line.

[@MetaJew]

You guys are such a bundle of joy and fun!! It would be an honor and privilege to meet you someday 🙂

[@TJStock85]

Best. Podcast. Ever.

[@jaycray4632]

In taking my breath away you remind me to inhale 👏

[@smorin1487]

Awesome, awesome poem.

[@dantedoomsday]

that poem was amazing

[@diannawoodlands8200]

Something to make you smile and warm your heart.

[@BlueDemon16]

I was there!! I love it

[@SnkrPrince]

This is such an awesome channel!! @Dudes from Middle Earth is also awesome!

[@Alexis-ld2jm]

Patiently awaiting the Dallas episode!

[@johnperivolaris6447]

Amazing as always. Please come to Glasgow!

[@JojosRainbowAdventure]

I wish I was there!

[@dreamerboybray8823]

Merry! Pippin! ♥️♥️♥️

[@larrynintendo6838]

You guys rule!

[@thenerdfaraway]

I give this one an 11.

[@animalanimation5110]

The gingerbread man question makes no sense. No one ever calls it a "gingerbread man house", it's just a gingerbread house. So why would the gingerbread house ever be made of flesh at all?!

[@geoffkburton]

He's a poet, but I didn't know it , though his feet show it , they're long fellows .

[@cantthinkofausername8698]

Billy looking more and more like my glaswegian granny every week.

[@gingerbaker_toad696]

I loved Tim Curry ever since i watched Muppets Treasure Island as a kid ❤ He also is hilarious in Loaded Weapon 1, that Lethal Weapon parody with Samuel Jackson

[@ciscoponch67]

Ol' Toby powered???? Hey, was that antique roadshow garlic bum mate from transylvannia?

[@amberkeys5201]

Commenting on Dom’s injured boob- I’m in the middle of healing a broken foot and I swear so far meditation has been 100x more effective than pain killers. Kind of like how kids will often start crying only after seeing they’ve scraped a knee. It’s important to be mindful of serious injuries so you don’t make it worse (I’m not about to go for a run anytime soon), but not allowing your thoughts to zero in on it can do wonders for the healing process.

[@spidrawebster]

I've always loved your podcast theme. Who wrote and performed on it?

[@minnaloosh9189]

For the record: Garlic definitely IS a medical wonder. ;)

[@tcs007]

Dammit. I was supposed to o to this and I got called into work.

[@aheartlikethesea]

OOOH! I'M EARLY TODAY!

[@lakshyatatoo408]

i think you can upload highlights of podcast as shorts which might bring more audience and some clickbait

[@mooremagic1301]

Great episode, laughed my ass off! Billy since you claim to be a Michigan expert, do you know where Iron Mountain Michigan is? And do you know what Yoopers and Trolls are??

[@lazerboi34]

That Thor lady... Like bruh relax who cares.