What's That From?

The Broad-cast, local theaters, live stand up in the 90s, Elaine Boosler, Rita Rudner, Gallagher, Bob Zany, Wendy Liebman, Judy Tenuta, Woodstock 94, Tom Arnold & Chris Farley, Gilbert and Sullivan, Studio 60, The Simpsons, Sideshow Bob, Friskees cat food, Craig Rowin, Live at the Improv, Henny Youngman, Tommy Davidson, made up names, Superego, Michael Winslow, Police Academy, name that person game, Superego, Michael Hartney, Mary Grill, American Town Hall, Cass Bugge, Matt Hobby, live sh...

Ben Schwartz, Rejectedjokes.com, joke files, submitting jokes to Weekend Update, SNL, the “idea mines,” “nuts to be cracked,” old sketch ideas, “it writes itself,” SNL packets, pandemic watches, Mary Grill, Pen15, authentic vision is inspiring, knowing your own voice, “sweaty” sketches, working to understand ourselves, intimidated/jealous/inspired, Tim & Eric infomercials, Cinco Phone, Rushmore, blowing smoke up our own asses about sketches we did: How’d You Get That, Dick Silhouette, Gir...

Pandemic update, Fire on the Mountain, ConAir, Ben Stiller Show: Grateful Dead Insurance Salesman, Tond- Kelly Hudson, non comedy actors, Walking out of movies, horror and comedy, Tim and Eric: Demon audition, Seinfeld Hollywood episode, Gelman and Heidecker get lunch, cool or not cool, college radio, horror comedy, Dead Alive, Army of Darkness, American Werewolf in London, Stephen King’s Danse Macabre, “it’s not for me,” parody versus the comedy version of…, Shawn of the Dead, Living Dead Tr...

Comedy and Everything Else, faulty memory, Cheers, Brodie Stevens, comedian documentaries, Apatow impact, Pete Holmes, You Made It Weird: Jesse David Fox, Judd Apatow, “Qweeting,” Jerrod Carmichael, Bridesmaids, Popstar, Game Night, lazy writing (storytelling vs. joke writing), John Bowman, Half Hour Comedy Hour, Seinfeld references, “It’s just comedy!,” comedy as art, “no hugs,” Maria Bamford, irony, understanding the creative process, liking things, knowing your shit stinks (humility), “mor...

Dysfunctional Family Feud, Nirvana, SNL musical guests, The Vacant Lot, Ed O’Neil in Wayne’s World, Phil Hartman, Doin’ Time on Maple Drive, writing what you know, disappearing in a role, John Hawkes, character actors and movie stars, Jesus Lizard & Stravinsky, All That, pursuing and documenting your passion, academic cataloging, In Myers We Trust, WTF with Marc Maron, Bob Odenkirk, Comedy and Everything Else Episode 48, Patton Oswalt, at the end of the day you’re still alone with yoursel...

Peter Sarsgaard’s SARS guards, more on the unknown sketch with Phil Hartman Jan Hooks and Martin Short (later I’d find it was from “The Show Formerly Known as the Martin Short Show”), SCTV, Ed Grimley, Steve Martin album, Jon Glaser, H. Jon Benjamin, Who’s The Caboose, casting pilots, Better Things, Is anybody happy?, fishing on a pier metaphor, suicide must be refreshing, meditation, free association exercise and the references in our brains, Schmitts Gay, Mr. Show, Coupon the Movie, Tim &am...

Mr. Show: Josh Fenderman, the breakup sketch, the change for a dollar sketch, the audition sketch, UCB sketch show, teaching sketch, Conan, VHS bootlegs of Mr. Show, droopy, Mr. Show DVD commentary, important work, cult followings, genius versus just showing up for work, art movie theaters, shitty movie theaters, sponsors, Rolling Thunder, the lie detector sketch, Bob Evans as God audiobook sketch, good yellers, Kenan Thompson, sketch comedy is hit or miss, is sketch comedy the sum of its par...

Woody Harrelson on SNL, memory for comedy, Philadelphia accents, the obsessive collector brain, Geoff’s metal 101, Jonathan Schwartz, Geoff as sketch teacher and his insane points of reference, joy in being snobby, indignation and pride in esoteric references, Delocated, sharing what we love, defensive of what we love, defending SNL, All That, You Can’t Do That On Television, YouTube comedy, the history of comedy elective class, following your passion, punk and metal, reference rabbit hole, H...

Chris Farley & Tom Arnold cont., True Lies, Arnold Schwarzenegger comedies, Karl Ove Knausgaard, Steve Martin, memorabilia, Mystery Science Theater 3000, being a completist, joke density, 30 Rock, The Daily Show, Bill Murray, Quick Change, small time amusement parks, Sportcenter, Ray Romano, good and bad SNL hosts, John Mayer, soundtracks, Johnny Dangerously, Weird Al, UHF, underrated/overrated, Van Halen: the most perfectly rated band (Chuck Klosterman, Spin magazine, 2004), Foo Fighters...

This ep: The voices in our head, Matchbox 20, Collective Soul, Soul Asylym, Phish, The Simpsons: Itchy & Scratchy Land, Raised by TV, Simpsons: Duff Gardens, film students, pan & scan, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Disney animation, Thundar the Barbarian/The Herculoids, The Frighteners, Dead Alive, Blackest Heart Media, learning about music, Cannonball Run, The State, Ed O’Neill in The Wayne’s World movie, 30 Rock, Mr. Show, Scott Adsit, Tracy Morgan, meeting celebrities, The Simpsons agai...