Comedy
Sandy and Ashley (Travis Cherniss and Will Frazier) join us for this episode of Phonies to chat about their traveling dueling piano show, Ashes and Sand (formerly the Thunder Trio). They talk about Ashley’s late brother, Shelia, who used to open for them with a puppeteer act. They also explain what a piano is to Mari and what the “dueling” part of their name really means; they started out with lances, ramps and actual piano fighting! Sandy explains his family fortune, from the invention of craisins (and their Disney rivalry) to the du Pont family that the movie Foxcatcher is based on, and then shares his various sexual escapades with other famous pianists. They chat about the craziest venues and events they’ve played at, including a ChumbawamBoat cruise, and the MadTV theme songs they wrote. Mari asks some insensitive questions about the keys of the piano, and Sandy and Ashley also sing. A lot.