In this episode of Catholic Laughter, Carl and Scott venture into the topics of Easter, the patron Saint of Beer, and interview comedy legend Tom Dreesen - who, back in the day, opened for Frank Sinatra.

This week's episode follows Scott's visit to the Religious Education Congress, one of the largest Catholic conventions in the world he dubs 'The Comic-Con of Catholics!" They also shine a spotlight on the patron saint of comedians Saint Lawrence, and the outrageous joke he made while being roasted to death, and have a fascinating in-depth interview with comedy mega-manager Barry Katz, who's the man that discovered Dave Chappelle, Bill Burr and more than two dozen comedy superstars and helped Dane Cook become the biggest comic on the planet!

This week, Scott Vinci and Carl Kozlowski talk with a comedian they've known from all of their very beginnings in the '90s- $100,000 "Star Search" comedy champion John Roy! (Who's also been on the Tonight Show and just about every other late-night comedy show known to man!) Plus they reveal their Lenten secrets, talk about sloppy ashes on Ash Wednesday, why Scott feels like God's chimney sweep, and point out some amazing things we all get wrong about St. Patrick! Hoist a cold one and have a listen!

SNL legend (and devout lifelong Christian!) Victoria Jackson joins us to talk about her incredible 30-year career - with lots of great SNL stories and other hilarious moments from her life and career, plus shares how her deep faith has guided her through it all! Plus, your hosts Carl and Scott share some of their worst Valentine's Day memories and teach you all about the amazing life of St. Valentine in a funny yet fact-filled fashion! Tune in!

It’s another great episode where we have some funny discussing the intriguing news that world-famous Russell Brand might be headed to becoming Catholic and whether he’s doing Jiujitsu for Jesus, school you on the powerful Saint Barbara and the wild things that she’s a patron saint of, and have a hilarious interview with one of our fantastic Catholic Laughter comics Mary Gallagher - CBS's “Late Show with Stephen Colbert” and countless other credits!

Episode 4 is fresh and exciting, with our special guest - frequent Catholic Laughter headliner Tom Clark (CBS' "Late Late Show," "Conan" and many more!). He talks about how he combines faith and funniness into a clean comedy career and shares his creative process as a fantastic crowd-work comic (who also writes great jokes, of course!) But there's so much more, as he tells amazing and hilarious tales of mentoring gang members in Mexico for the Salesians order, recounts a bizarre set of shows with Pauly Shore, his craziest Catholic school stories and so much more! PLUS hosts Carl Kozlowski and Scott VInci banter about Carl's three-day weekend at the Catholic Media Apostles retreat ub Malibu led by jovial Pauline nuns, and teach you all about Saint Rita, the levitating and incorrupt patron saint of abused wives, heartbroken women and impossible causes! Tune in!!! And follow us at Catholic Laughter on FB and IG!

Join Carl Kozlowski and Scott Vinci for another great episode, featuring guests Azhar Usman (named "America's Funniest Muslim" by CNN) and his touring partner, Iraqi-American Chaldean Catholic Paul Elia! The two discuss how comedy brings peace in our turbulent times and how their devout faith impacts their careers and their sense of mission in the world. Plus, they tell us some amazingly funny stories from their careers!

We also explore how celebrity Nick Cannon handles fatherhood of 12 kids, take a fun look at St. Nicholas since this is our Christmas Week episode, and learn that he's not just a gift-giver but also the patron saint of repentant thieves, brewers and pawnbrokers - and Father Brannon Leppa answers why God needs a day of rest if he doesn't sleep, in "The Final Word"! It's laugh-packed!

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Carl Kozlowski and Scott VInci are back with another great episode, where Carl details the comical experience he had at a Latin Mass silent retreat and the guys teach everyone about the very unusual Saint Cornelius - patron saint of twitching, cattle and so much more! Then Carl sits down for an extensive interview with comedy superstar Pete Holmes (two HBO specials, his own HBO sitcom "Crashing," a best-selling memoir, hit podcast and now a great new Netflix special called "I Am Not For Everyone." You've GOT to hear this!

Welcome to our debut episode, where hosts Carl Kozlowski and Scott Vinci tell you all about Catholic Laughter. We spotlight one of the Church's thousands of unusual saints - Saint Drogo, the patron saint of unattractive people (and coffee!), before having a fun talk about all things faith and comedy with one of our favorite headliners, Guinness World Record-setting comic juggler-actor Ron Pearson ('That '70s Show," "Lopez Vs. Lopez," "Mr. Iglesias" and "The Ranch")! Check out Ron's website - RonPearsonComedy.net. Tune in and turn on with God!