Sunburnt Podcast: Comedy + Tropical Vibes, Every Week
The Sunburnt Podcast is Heading to Waikiki this Thanksgiving and You're coming with us!
Choose To Spend Thanksgiving in Paradise Now!
Burnt Ones: this is your sign. Spend Thanksgiving week where it's warm, weird, and wildly funny. Join Netflix's Chip Chantry for one tropical night of laughter at Blue Note Hawaii—live in Waikiki, Nov 26.
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Vacations Of The Future, 8-Hour Surf Record & Space Cruises 😂🌴 | Sunburnt Podcast Ep. 38
We peek into the future of vacations (weightless flights, orbital sky cruises), crack open the Good Book for mind-melting records, lay down fresh Vacation Rules, and end with buffet “facts” hotter than Waikiki asphalt. Why hit “Play”? 🚀 Orbital Sky Cruises?! — Space-tourism riff: 72-hour flight, weightless seats, “Sedona = Mars of the Southwest.” 🌺 20-Day Countdown — Thanksgiving in Paradise is almost here: two shows Nov 26 at Blue Note Hawaiʻi; real-ticket PSA + Cathy Tanaka opening. 🌊 Longest Time Surfing a Wave — Austria’s river-wave phenom rides 8h 05m 44s (pizza bites, soup sips, electronic massage mid-ride). 🧩 420 Cubes During a Marathon — A guy in Chiba solves one every 100m; 4:34:23 finish time (previous record smashed by 166). 📕 Vacation Rule #217 — “Not sure where to spend Thanksgiving? Go to Hawaiʻi.” (Yes, to see the show.) 🎶 Buffet “Facts” Closer — Trop-rock vs yacht-rock, and “It’s Black Friday somewhere” (bit). Hit play for island escapism, crowd-work laughs, and vacation ideas you’ll actually try on your next beach week. 🎧 New episodes every week — Subscribe & Get Sunburnt Chapters 00:00 Cold open: intros & “future of vacations” setup 01:34 “Front Desk” bit returns (room-key chaos) 02:05 We’re 20 days from Thanksgiving in Paradise 05:03 Real tickets, Blue Note Hawaiʻi + Cathy Tanaka announced 07:12 Last-minute trip talk: “just go in three weeks” 40:52 Moon vs Mars vs… Sedona (space-travel riff) 41:31 Orbital sky-cruise idea (72-hour “flight”) 42:27 “Would you enjoy the Hawaiʻi flight more if weightless?” 49:34 Open the Good Book (world-record segment) 50:22 Longest time surfing a wave — setup 51:43 Duration reveal: 8:05:44 on a man-made river wave (Austria) 52:29 Pizza, soup, and electronic massage mid-surf details 53:22 Smashed the old record (3:55:00) 55:32 Record #2 setup — marathon + puzzle cubes 56:30 Who/where/when + “one per 100m” math 57:38 Total solved: 420 57:54 Marathon time: 4:34:23 58:32 Trained a decade for the combo 1:01:41 Vacation Rule #217 (go to Hawaiʻi) 1:02:01 Buffet “facts” + Black Friday bit 1:03:06 Pack the bags — see you in Honolulu #SunburntPodcast #ComedyPodcast #TravelComedy #Waikiki #BlueNoteHawaii #Hawaii #Surfing #WorldRecords #RubiksCube #SpaceTravel #VacationRules #ThanksgivingInParadise
Haunted Vacations: Poltergeist House, Queen Mary & Buffalo Bill’s 🕯️😂 | Sunburnt Podcast Ep. 37
Happy Halloween, Burnt Ones! Today we plan your haunted vacation: renting the Poltergeist house (Simi Valley), sleeping near 150 ghosts on the Queen Mary (Long Beach), grabbing BBQ at the Texas Chainsaw Massacre gas station (Bastrop), and even staying at Buffalo Bill’s House from Silence of the Lambs. Plus: the highest-grossing horror movie world record (It beat out The Exorcist), the first horror film ever world record, and Vacation Rule #105 you’ll want to steal before your next trip. 🎟️ Thanksgiving in Paradise: We’re 27 days out from Wed, Nov 26, 2025—two Chip Chantry shows at Blue Note Hawaii (Waikiki). Get face-value tickets via Blue Note Hawaii or SunburntPodcast dot com (avoid reseller markups). Why hit play? 🧳 Haunted travel you can actually book: Simi Valley’s Poltergeist house, Bastrop’s Chainsaw gas-station cabins, Long Beach’s Queen Mary lore, and more. 🎥 Records & film nerd candy: IT (2017) box-office crown, The Exorcist’s long reign, and Méliès’s 1896 Le Manoir du Diable. 🍫 Seasonal vibes: Reese’s supremacy, Salt & Straw’s Great Candy Copia, and Halloween in Hawaiʻi memories. 📜 Vacation Rule #105: “Eat on your grandpop schedule” for a vacation win. New episodes weekly. Subscribe, leave a spooky comment with your favorite haunted spot, and we might feature it next time. 🌴👻 Chapters 00:00 Cold open: Halloween, haunted apartments & “ghost loans” 03:26 AI-slop & K-Pop “Demon Hunter” + Saja Boys bit 06:49 Costumes reveal: “lumberjacks on vacation” 08:24 Front-desk pool sketch 09:59 Ep. 37 + 27-day Waikiki countdown; ticket PSA 11:32 Hawaii trip getting real (+ Halloween/Hawaii tie-in) 13:30 Bret “Hitman” Hart costume → first Hawaii trip story 21:02 Candy talk: Kit-Kat/Twizzlers; Reese’s reigns 22:08 Salt & Straw’s Great Candy Copia obsession 27:01 Today’s rundown: haunted stays + records + rules 28:42 Salem, MA love letter (Hail Hubie Halloween) 30:29 Savannah, GA honeymoon & Spooky Steve hearse tour 32:14 Buffalo Bill’s House (Silence of the Lambs) rental 36:21 Texas Chainsaw gas station (Bastrop): BBQ + cabins 39:28 Poltergeist house (Simi Valley) ~$600/night (group it!) 43:36 Queen Mary ghosts (Long Beach): pool footprints, lore 47:51 Cooperstown haunted-hotel wedding story 49:39 Chip’s “haunted film locations” (Olsen Twinning) 56:09 The Good Book: Guinness segment kicks off 56:28 Highest-grossing horror movie world record 01:01:36 Thomas’s childhood "It" horror story 01:05:40 First horror film ever World Record 01:12:39 Vacation Rule #105 — Eat on your grandpop schedule 01:14:06 Outro setup #SunburntPodcast #ComedyPodcast #TravelComedy #HauntedTravel #Poltergeist #QueenMary #TexasChainsawMassacre #SilenceOfTheLambs #GuinnessWorldRecords #ITMovie #Halloween #Waikiki #ThanksgivingInParadise #VacationRules #Hawaii
Airport Divorces, Bungee Origins & Waikīkī Countdown 😂🌴 | Sunburnt Podcast Ep. 36
Pyramid schemes (…from 5th-grade “success” booklets to laundry balls), airport “divorces” that save your vacation... and marriage, the OG bungee jump and Vanuatu land-diving, plus a 34-day sprint to Thanksgiving in Paradise (two shows, Blue Note Waikiki). Sunscreen ritual? Always. Drawer-packing? Required. Fiber? Don’t ask—just do it. Why hit “Play”? 🚗 Celebrity Road-Trip: Meet the Lake George superfan with a fleet of three “Family Truckster” wagons—vanity plates and Aunt Edna roof-prop included. 🛫 “Airport Divorces” Explained: The trend where couples split up inside the airport to cut stress, then reunite at the gate—plus Chip’s anti-airport-coffee rant and Britt Daniel (Spoon) at LAX. 📘 The Good Book (Guinness): • Longest inverted flight—Joann Osterud, 4h 38m (1991, Canada). • First modern bungee jump—David “Kirk(e),” 1979 UK—then back to the ancient Vanuatu vine-jump ritual (and the wild origin tale). 🧳 Vacation Rules That Actually Help: #82 Unpack the suitcase (and use the “dirty drawer”). #222 Fiber is your friend—start before you fly. 🎟️ 34-Day Countdown → Thanksgiving in Paradise: Two Chip Chantry shows, Blue Note Hawaii (Waikiki). Tickets via Blue Note Hawaii or our site’s Tickets tab; we’ve also linked a local Turkey Trot 5K and Thanksgiving dining options for the week. Hit play for SPF-soaked escapism, practical travel rules, and a tropical-comedy vibe that’ll make you forget sweater weather. 🎧 New episodes every week — Subscribe & Get Sunburnt #SunburntPodcast #ComedyPodcast #TravelComedy #AirportDivorce #BungeeJumping #Vanuatu #WorldRecords #Waikiki #HawaiianShirt #ThanksgivingInParadise #VacationTips #GuinnessWorldRecords Chapters 00:00 Cold open + “Sha Na Na” pyramid bit & side-hustle jokes 02:00 Pyramid-scheme lunches → napkin triangles; 5th-grade “success” booklets 08:16 Laundry ball & “solar-powered clothes dryer” (rope) scams 11:33 Today’s roadmap: road-trip celebrity, airport divorces, Guinness, Buffett, rules 14:05 “Front Desk” hotel sketch (first tag) 14:24 Ep. 36 + 34-day Waikīkī countdown (Blue Note Hawaiʻi) 15:20 Beach hangs invite; Waikīkī family vibes 16:38 Ticket links: Blue Note Hawaiʻi + site (SunburntPodcast.com) 17:07 Warm-water chat; Chip’s first Hawaiʻi trip 18:03 Sunscreen slather ritual + Turkey Trot sign-up plan 18:42 Thanksgiving dining page on site; “one-stop shop” gag 19:51 Bit: re-publishing Thomas’s childhood “success” books 21:03 “Wallet full of wonder” riff 21:35 Weekend shows: Don’t Tell; Yakov Smirnoff in the suburbs 24:00 Flu-shot line story & the “jazzy” pharmacy guy 25:40 Vincent Price intrusive crowd-work idea; SNL/Hader aside 29:39 Road-trip with the Family Truckster (Lake George, NY) → fleet of three 37:17 Chevy Chase impersonator vs. Truckster—who ya road-trip with? 41:01 Planes/Trains segue; airport coffee rant 48:11 “Airport divorces” trend; 54% say they behave differently in airports 50:07 Travel styles; same LAX→HNL flight; wives meet; family on board 53:53 Crack open “The Good Book” (Guinness) 54:20 Longest inverted flight—Osterud’s 4h 38m upside-down record (1991) 59:10 First bungee jump (1979) → Vanuatu land-diving & yam-harvest origin tale 1:07:01 Would you bungee? (Hard pass.) 1:07:24 Vacation Rule #82 — unpack & use the dirty-drawer system 1:10:27 Vacation Rule #222 — fiber is your friend (start pre-trip) 1:12:22 Take more photos—and be in them 1:12:33 Jimmy Buffett “facts”: escape room → Aruba; star navigation bit 1:14:25 Outro + “Front Desk” button
Meet the Hosts
Two friends who traded the mainland hustle for island time and endless laughs
Chip Chantry
Chip Chantry is a stand up comedian, television writer and actor. In 2024, he released Move Closer, his first stand up special, following his role as Kyle the Liar on the Netflix series Tires. Formerly a 4th grade teacher, Chip Chantry left the classroom to pursue a successful career as a comedian, touring nationally and opening for acts such as Sarah Silverman, Dave Chappelle, Bob Saget, Gary Gulman, and Andrew Schulz.
Coming up in the Philadelphia comedy scene, Chip won Helium Comedy Club's "Philly's Phunniest" contest, and was named "Best Comedian in Philly" by Philadelphia Magazine. With his sharp writing and energetic stage presence, Chip keeps audiences on their toes, shifting easily from hard-hitting one-liners to well-crafted storytelling.
As a television writer, Chip has written comedy series for NBC, FOX, Disney+ and NatGeo. Chantry has been a recurring guest on the "Doug Loves Movies" and "Todd Glass Show" Podcasts. In 2012, he released his first live comedy album, "Across From The Adonis." His second stand up album, "Swingers Party," debuted at #1 on the iTunes Comedy Charts in March 2019.
Thomas O'Brien
Thomas O'Brien is an Emmy‑winning producer, television writer, showrunner, and co‑host of the Sunburnt Podcast. Originally from the Pacific Northwest, O'Brien blended a background Seattle's tech world with a passion for comedy—performing in the L.A. scene while producing more than 600 episodes of TV for NBC, ABC, FOX, Nat Geo, Disney+, and others.
He is the founder of Electric OBrien, a production company at the intersection of comedy, film, and emerging tech. With experience spanning network television, branded storytelling for global giants like Procter & Gamble, Anheuser‑Busch, and Mattel, plus production‑level app development, O'Brien brings a unique mix of showbiz savvy and startup energy to everything he does.
But most people don't know—or care—about any of that. They just see a beautiful man in a dazzling Hawaiian shirt who loves his wife and daughter, and whose dead eyes flicker back to life whenever someone mentions a beach vacation or Waikiki.
