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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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
Waikiki Thanksgiving Playbook, Elevator “Crime Scene” & A Big 9.5 Quake 😂🌴 | Sunburnt Podcast Ep. 35
Rain in Philly, drizzle in L.A., and 41 days until we trade jeans for boardshorts in Waikiki. In this one, we map your perfect Thanksgiving week on O‘ahu (step-by-step), survive a Jon Mulaney show seating disaster, get interrogated after a bizarre elevator ride, and crack open two delightfully Guinness records—plus our weekly “Vacation Rules” and a Jimmy Buffett Facts. Why hit “Play”? 🌺 Waikiki Thanksgiving Playbook — Day-1 to Day-3 guide: HNL → taxi vs rideshare, beach-bar first stop (Duke’s / Hula Grill / Moana Surfrider / Royal Hawaiian), ABC Stores floaties, reef-safe sunscreen, sunset catamaran, Diamond Head reservations, and the Turkey Trot plan. Real ticket PSA for Nov 26 @ Blue Note Waikiki (buy direct). 🎭 Crowd-Work in the Wild — Chip’s favorite “audience member” sleeps through his whole theater set—after demanding the show not be filthy. 📵 Mulaney Night Mayhem — Voice-memos at full blast, a spilled wine “wet-leg” incident, and the wildest row exit in San Diego history. 🔐 Elevator Interrogation — We step out of a hotel lift…and straight into questions from heavily armed security. What was going on on 31? 📚 Record Fan Delight — Martin Tovey’s 816 unique editions of the Guinness World Records (plus the largest GWR memorabilia stash). 🌎 The Big One — 1960 Valdivia quake (M9.5): 10 minutes of shaking, tsunamis across the Pacific, and even Earth’s rotation nudged. 🧭 Vacation Rules — #153: Talk to strangers (safely). #71: Appoint a “Trip Mom.” 🎵 Buffett Facts — Our totally real weekly Jimmy Buffett facts. Hit play for tropical-comedy escapism, practical Waikiki moves, and enough SPF-powered jokes to carry you to Thanksgiving in Paradise. 🎧 New episodes every week — Subscribe & Get Sunburnt Hashtags #sunburntpodcast #comedypodcast #travelcomedy #waikiki #hawaiitravel Chapters 00:00 Cold Open + “Front Desk” bit returns 00:02:10 Ep. 35 kick-off + 41-Day Countdown to Thanksgiving in Paradise 00:06:07 Cloudy-day sunscreen and “slather” talk 00:06:41 Chip’s theater show: the anti-filth crusader who…falls asleep front-row 00:11:43 Mulaney in San Diego: anniversary date, “wet-leg” wine spill, phone chaos 00:18:29 The Hyatt elevator ride → lobby security grilling (what happened on 31?) 00:26:00 UCB/Comedy Deathray memories + Jeff Garlin stories 00:30:21 Waikiki 2025: why we anchor the trip with shows at Blue Note 00:33:04 Ticket PSA: buy direct (avoid reseller markups) 00:34:48 HNL → Waikiki: taxi vs rideshare, luggage, early beach check-in mindset 00:37:58 First stop beach bars (Duke’s / Hula Grill / Moana Surfrider / Royal Hawaiian) 00:41:22 ABC Stores floaties (already inflated) + ocean temps in November 00:43:25 Reef-safe sunscreen (don’t get burned on Day 1) 00:45:19 Sunset catamaran sail (open-bar options) + nightly sunset walk strategy 00:48:35 Diamond Head reservations, hike details (closed on Thanksgiving) 00:50:26 Thanksgiving morning Turkey Trot plan 00:51:26 Thanksgiving dinner options + why we book early (water-view picks) 00:53:01 Sunset + live music (Royal Hawaiian / Moana Surfrider) nightcap 00:57:17 “Good Book” segment intro — Guinness time 00:58:27 Martin Tovey’s 816-edition Guinness collection (& memorabilia record) 01:02:20 1960 Valdivia M9.5 earthquake: energy, tsunamis, Earth’s rotation 01:07:31 Vacation Rules: #153 Talk to strangers; #71 Appoint a Trip Mom 01:11:24 Buffett Facts (completely official, don’t look them up) 01:14:41 Outro + “Front Desk” tag
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.
