It's festival season so Mark and Matt debate what comedians can fill what rooms and who'd they'd like to see on the road. Reader feedback prompts the conversation about the departure of Jessica Williams and her impact on The Daily Show. Writer Scot Armstrong has a new movie out Search Party starring TJ Miller and Thomas Middleditch. Armstrong joins us to discuss what it was like coming up in Improv world as he learned from the late, great, Del Close. He's written on some of the best modern comedy films like Old School, Road Trip, The Hangover 2, and School For Scoundrels and how he met director Todd Phillips.

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We're live for the first time ever from the first ever Skankfest at the Creek And The Cave from Long Island City, NY. Joining us for the podcast are comedians Ari Shaffir, Liza Treyger, and Monroe Martin. The podcast starts with Matt apologizing to Ari and then we get into some crowd participation with a game of Overrated/Underrated. It's fun for the entire family. Special thanks to Christine Evans, Rebecca Trent, and Luis J. Gomez for making it happen.

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Matt and Mark break down the streaming audio listening habits of today's comedy fan. The answers might surprise you. Also, festival talk, High Plains Comedy Festival talk to be exact. And then legendary comedian Paul Rodriguez invites Mark to his place to hang out in his back yard and talk about his career in comedy and he shares more than one great story about meeting Lucille Ball, Howie Mandel, the day John Lennon was shot, and Gary Shandling.

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On this episode of The Laugh Button podcast, Matt and Mark break down what it is about the revival of ideas in Hollywood. Are they necessary or is there just too much nostalgia happening. They also play a round of Overrated/Underrated before kicking off an interview with Riki Lindhome. Lindhome is one half of the folk/comedy duo Garfunkel and Oates. She's also one of the creators/stars of the Comedy Central show, "Another Period" which you can catch the season 2 premiere of this week.

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What's new about the show? That might be the new theme song, compliments of our pal Billy Yost from The Kickback. Mark and Matt dive into some fan feedback which was in abundance this week. They also play a killer game of Overrated/Underrated. Our guest interview this week is Nick Brazao, one of the talent producers for Just For Laughs, one of the best comedy festivals in North America. Don't forget to follow us on the socials @thelaughbutton. Rate, review us, and tell your friends.

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Alright, so it's not actually the talking mutant Warthog (Bebop) and Rhino (Rocksteady) from the new "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" movie, but the two actors that play them. Gary Anthony Williams and WWE’s Stephen “Sheamus” Farrelly are the two men who bring our favorite TMNT henchmen to life on the big screen. Matt and Mark get totally nostalgic for their childhoods as they talk about growing up as TMNT fans, the toys, and Matt's enduring search for the perfect 90s pair of pants.

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Matt and Mark address the Ghostbusters backlash. Is it overzealous fanboys, sexism, a vocal minority, or should all of us mouthbreathers just relax and laugh at what will potentially be just a fun movie. Also, actress Andreee Vermeulen from the TBS comedy "Angie Tribeca" sits down with us to talk about what we can expect from season 2.

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Matt is back! Thanks for filling in Billy Yost. It's upfront season so Mark dropped in to see what's new. Then the comedy music duo known as Reformed Whores join us on the podcast to talk about how they met, recording funny songs in legendary studios and touring with Dwezel Zappa.

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This week Gary Gulman sits down with Mark and Matt to talk about his new stand-up comedy special, "It's About Time" which was just released on Netflix. In the news, Matt saw Captain America and Mark actually ran into Captain America.

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