Comedy Bang Bang: The Podcast Bever's Yuk-Em-Ups with The Calvins Triplets (Jason Mantzoukas, Taran Killam, Paul Brittain, Ryan Gaul)
Mar 23, 2026
Bever Hopox, a taffy‑pitching, joke‑book hawker; Chico Hands, the entrepreneurial Calderon of bizarre ads and ranch ideas; Bisbee St. Hancock, the quieter Calvin triplet who fuels sketches; and Jason Mantzoukas, comic actor fresh from Broadway. They riff on new taffy flavors, design chaotic ranch commercials, stage immersive live‑show stunts and build absurd business schemes in rapid-fire sketches and crowd‑work.
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Jason's Broadway Sprint And Taskmaster Surprise
- Jason Mantzoukas describes his brief Broadway run in All Out and rushing to a Taskmaster live show the same night.
- He ran between venues, did Taskmaster two nights, and says audiences were rabid and polite, which unnerved the British creators.
Taffy Flavors As Brand Identity
- The Calvins treat flavor creation as iterative and expansive, claiming thousands of taffy flavors as part of identity and marketing.
- They named playful flavors like Backwards Apple, C-Water acronym, and claim 14,000 new flavors last year.
Ranch Business Model As Ouroboros
- The Calvins explain their ranch economics: bees sting horses to swell hooves, honey is a byproduct, and taffy is made from that honey.
- They frame the operation as an Ouroboros cycle linking horse fighting, bees, honey, and taffy sales.
