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Today we introduce "No Neck Tayvoun" as part of a new segment we are calling "Special Guest." Tayvoun is a trans man who suffers from Klippel-Feil syndrome. Despite this, Tayvoun is able to spit game, blow smoke, and do time in county. Click the link to hear more from this amazing individual!

We sat down with Rob Crews creator of Attention Horse and talked about the process of making an episode, bombing on stage, and we introduce him to a special guest.

released his second special "The Second One" on Christmas Day. We caught up with him to discuss the new special, interns, and how different comedy scenes are reacting to the COVID situation. You can check out his special at davetemplecomedy.com

We caught up with Director  to discuss his time working with GaS Digital, and his documentaries , and !

is a lot of things, a comedian, one of the producers behind the , and the only candidate running for the office of Philadelphia Comedy Network Admin, a campaign he takes very seriously. Despite all of his contributions to the comedy scene, he get's A LOT of hate! He's been denied the role of Admin for the Philadelphia Comedy Network, which we covered , fans on the Matt & Shane Secret Podcast enjoy giving him a hard time, and it seems like the guy can't catch a break. We caught up with Lee to discuss how he scored such the awesome gig with Matt & Shane's Secret Podcast, his genuine desire to be an Admin for PCN, and what comedy will look like when the Rona is over!

On this podcast episode of Today In Comedy History we talk about Mitch Hedberg releasing Mitch All Together on December 9th, 2003.

Before there was Madea, there was Geraldine! In today's podcast we cover Comedian Flip Wilson who was born on December 8, 1933 . Wilson earned two Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe and was featured on the cover of TIME and dubbed "TV's First Black Superstar!"

On today’s podcast Dec. 7th we have Clarence “Ducky” Nash. Nash was born on December 7, 1920 and was the voice of Donal Duck. Nash went on to voice for 51 years, in over 120 shorts and films. In 1993, Nash was posthumously honored as a Disney Legend.

On today’s podcast we are covering three different comedians and entertainers. For today Dec. 6th we have Scottish Arabell Weir, American David Ossman, and Steven Wright.  Arabell Weir was born on December 6, 1957. Her story is interesting because she was the daughter of a diplomat. She has had roles in The Fast Show and Posh Nosh, and was a comedian contestant on the Weakest Link.  American comedian and writer David Ossman was born on December 6, 1936. Although Ossman isn’t a comedian, he has voiced the roles roles for The Tick, Osmosis Jones, and A Bug’s Life.  Steven Wright is was ranked as the 15th Greatest Comedian by Rolling Stone and wrote for Louie, and has won an Academy Award.  This episode is a short dive into each of them and their contributions to the comedy community. We learn about shows we’ve never heard of, movies we’ve never seen, and comedy albums we never knew existed.

In today’s podcast we talk about comedian Margaret Cho who was born on December 5, 1968! Cho got her start by doing spots in a club closet to her parents' bookstore. By 1994 Cho had already been on HBO and won the American Comedy Award for Best Female Comedian. Cho has starred in movies and television since 1992 and was nominated for an Emmy for her work on 30 Rock. To date she has released a total of eight comedy specials including: An HBO Comedy Half Hour in 1994 I’m The One That I Want in 2000 Notorius C.H.O in 2002 CHO Revolution in 2004 Assassin in 2005 Beautiful in 2009 Cho Dependent in 2011 PsyCHO in 2015 Margaret Cho has a wild story and we talk more about her life and a lot of other cool shit on the podcast. Check it out!