Episode 197 | The Podcast's Husband

Drunk in a Graveyard

Our first ever memorial episode for Drunk in a Graveyard is dedicated to the podcast’s husband, graveyard fave, Hogfather of forever – Michael Madsen who died from a heart attack on July 3, 2025. He was 67 years old at the time of his passing. He will be remembered as a character actor, Robin’s future ex-husband, a poet, and much more. We raise our glasses in his name by rewatching Free Willy (1993) and discuss being whale crazy in the 1990s, the infamous trope of the “mystical indian” from the perspective of an indigenous person, having whale warts, getting Marlboro reds in Heaven and more. In commemoration of Michael Madsen and his role of a hot dad in Free Willy, we release our episode on July 16, 2025 – 32 years to the day of the release of Free Willy. We also spend some time doing a poetry reading of some of Michael Madsen’s poetry and discuss the meanings inherent in his large body of work. The graveyard crew wishes only to say that we loved you, Mike, and we love you still. You better keep Heaven nice and sexy for us, and we’ll see you when we get there.

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