The Town Show

Episode

Van Land w/ Emmett Hall

Episode 92 · September 29, 2026 · 46:46
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Emmett Hall – video game music maker and member of thrash metal band Necronado returns to the show to talk about the new neighborhood he’s moved into in Vancouver, but he puts in New York terms so every can understand. Emmett creates “Van Land” an attraction that is basically just 6 rusted vans on someone’s front lawn. We also get a chain eatery called Chagrinie’s that moves into a neighborhood to gentrify it.

What this episode established

Emmett Hall

Emmett Hall discusses his work as a heavy metal musician and his role in composing the music for the video game Rottwood.

1:40
Lilly

Lilly manages the various themed vans at Van Land and provides a uniquely confusing definition of the word "umbrage."

11:36
Van Land

Van Land asserts its dominance over Shegrinnies by demanding a partnership and forcing the establishment to fold to its methods.

20:58
Nathan Billings

Nathan Billings is revealed to be a wealthy figure living in a 'Sky Palace' apartment where he oversees the expansion of the Shegrinnies franchise.

23:35
Collin

Collin counts the expanding fleet of vans in Van Land while being urged by his father to resist the business's influence. Collin expands the reach of Van Land by moving a seventh van into the area and attempting to establish a "van land in the sky" within a high-rise apartment.

23:35
Shegrinnies

Nathan Billings Shegrinnies operates as a high-end restaurant chain that serves messy bolognese balls and features a kitchen overrun by stunt-performing rats.

23:35
Mayor McDaddy

Mayor McDaddy visits the disastrous soft opening of Shegrinnies and is served a signature cocktail consisting of boiling water and ice cubes.

33:03