Make My Day with Josh Gondelman

Jessica McKenna and Zach Reino (Off Book: The Improvised Musical Podcast) compete to cheer Josh up. Zach and Jessica create the dream slate of Broadway shows for when theaters reopen during a game of The Show Must (Eventually) Go On. They then donate their $100 grand prizes to SELAH and the Armenia Fund. Plus, pep talks for standing ovations and the period of indecision when you're deciding what to eat for dinner.

Follow Jessica and Zach on Instagram:

Jessica: https://www.instagram.com/jessjessmckenna/

Zach: https://www.instagram.com/zachreino/

Listen and subscribe to Off Book: The Improvised Musical Podcast: https://www.earwolf.com/show/off-book/

Donate to SELAH: https://donorbox.org/selah

Donate to the Armenia Fund: https://www.armeniafund.org/

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Randy and Jason Sklar, The Sklar Brothers (Cheap Seats, Dumb People Town) compete to cheer Josh up. The Sklars set a new all-time Make My Day high score by outlining the perfect small town crime during a game of Crime is a Flat Circle. They then donate their $100 grand prize to Young Storytellers. Plus, pep talks for pickpockets and children who have won the ownership of candy factories.

Follow the Sklar Brothers on Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube:

www.twitter.com/sklarbrothers

www.instagram.com/sklarbrothers

Listen and subscribe to the Sklar Brothers' podcasts: http://www.supersklars.com/#podcasts

Donate to Young Storytellers: https://www.youngstorytellers.com/

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Mike Drucker (co-head writer of Full Frontal with Samantha Bee) competes to cheer Josh up. Mike sets a new all-time Make My Day high score by describing how we'd beat a video game version of 2020 in a round of Game of the Year. He then donates his $100 grand prize to Child's Play Charity. Plus, pep talks for people who are worried their vote doesn't count as well as Broadway performers.

Follow Mike on Twitter and Instagram:

www.twitter.com/mikedrucker

www.instagram.com/mikedruckerisdead

More about Mike's upcoming book about Silent Hill 2: https://bossfightbooks.com/products/silent-hill-2-by-mike-drucker

Donate to Child's Play Charity: http://childsplaycharity.org/

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Julie Klausner (Difficult People) and Tom Scharpling (The Best Show), hosts of the hilarious podcast Double Threat, compete to cheer Josh up. As a team, they set the all-time Make My Day high score by playing a game of Worst Things First. Julie and Tom respectively donate their $100 grand prize winnings to God's Love We Deliver and the Community Food Bank of New Jersey! Not to mention, we've got pep talks for sweatpants, people with nice smiles, and a specific Michael's employee.

Listen to Tom and Julie's podcast, Double Threat: https://foreverdogpodcasts.com/podcasts/double-threat/

Donate to God's Love We Deliver: https://www.glwd.org/

Donate to the Community Food Bank of NJ: https://cfbnj.org/

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Larry Owens (A Strange Loop, High Maintenance) competes to cheer Josh up. Larry sets the all-time Make My Day high score with his performance playing a game of The First Annual Larry Awards aka The Larrys. He then donates his $100 grand prize winnings to the Broadway Advocacy Coalition. Finally, Josh and Larry give pep talks to karaoke microphones and the Make My Day listeners!!!

Follow Larry on Twitter and Instagram: 

www.twitter.com/larryowenslive

www.instagram.com/larryowenslive

This picture of Adele is incredibly important to this podcast episode: https://www.instagram.com/p/CEh6gF5AwXh/

Listen to the cast recording of A Strange Loop:  https://open.spotify.com/album/7vlAmEdZEOVdRUsB4fgrvC

Donate to the Broadway Advocacy Coalition:  https://www.bwayadvocacycoalition.org/donate

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Grace Spelman (writer, comedian) competes to cheer Josh up. Grace sets the all-time Make My Day high score with her performance playing The Will Smith Challenge. She then donates her $100 grand prize winnings to G.L.I.T.S. Finally, Josh and Grace give pep talks to people with songs they hate stuck in their heads and people with insomnia.

Follow Grace on Twitter and Instagram: 

www.twitter.com/gracespelman

www.instagram.com/gracespelman

Donate to G.L.I.T.S.: https://www.glitsinc.org/donations

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Jimmy Pardo (Never Not Funny, Pardcastathon) competes to cheer Josh up and chat about his upcoming podcast marathon (10/10) to benefit Smile Train. Jimmy's breathtaking performance in a game of No One Ballad Should Have All That Power sets a new all-time Make My Day high score. He then donates his $100 grand prize winnings to the aforementioned Smile Train. Finally, Josh and Jimmy give pep talks to sound engineers and valet parking attendants.

Listen and subscribe to Jimmy's podcast Never Not Funny: https://www.nevernotfunny.com/

Check out Pardcastathon on 10/10 to benefit Smile Train: https://www.pardcastathon.com/

Donate to Smile Train any time: https://www.smiletrain.org/

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Mike Birbiglia (The New One, This American Life, Billions) competes to cheer Josh up. Mike sets the all-time Make My Day high score with his incredible performance during a game of What They Should Have Said...Was Something Else. He then donates his $100 grand prize winnings to the Food Bank For New York City. Finally, Josh and Mike give pep talks to people who love Halloween and college students.

Check out The New One on Netflix, and buy the book of the same name: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781538701515 

Listen to the Working It Out podcast: https://www.birbigs.com/working-it-out-pod

Visit Mike's website and sign up for his mailing list: https://www.birbigs.com/

Donate to the Food Bank For New York City: https://www.foodbanknyc.org/

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Mina Kimes (The Mina Kimes Show featuring Lenny, NFL Live) competes to cheer Josh up. Mina sets the all-time Make My Day high score by crushing a game of Uncuttable Gems. She then donates her $100 grand prize winnings to the West Seattle Food Bank. Finally, Mosh and Mina give pep talks to people who hate video chat and people who are worried Mina's dog dislikes them specifically.

Follow Mina on Twitter and Instagram: 

www.twitter.com/minakimes 

www.instagram.com/mina_kimes

Listen to The Mina Kimes Show featuring Lenny: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-mina-kimes-show-featuring-lenny/id1437647915

Donate to the West Seattle Food Bank: https://westseattlefoodbank.org/donate-money/

And watch Mina on NFL Live!

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Ziwe (host of an amazing Instagram Live show, writer for Desus & Mero) competes to cheer Josh up! Ziwe sets the all-time Make My Day high score by crushing a game of Discomfort to This Comfort (which Josh probably could have come up with a better name for). She then splits her $100 grand prize winnings between the Food Bank for New York City, the Marsha P. Johnson Institute, and a purchase of stamps. Finally, Josh and Ziwe give pep talks for people who are slightly under the weather and people who don't read the whole email.

Follow Ziwe on Instagram and watch her Live show every Thursday at 8pm: https://www.instagram.com/ziwef/

Follow Ziwe on Twitter: www.twitter.com/ziwe

Listen to Generation Ziwe: https://generationziwe.com/music

Donate to the Marsha P. Johnson Institute: https://marshap.org/donate/

Donate to the Food Bank For New York City: https://www.foodbanknyc.org/#

(You know where to buy stamps, I assume!)

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