Andy Daly Podcast Pilot Project
Beautiful Stories
Bitch Sesh
Comedy Bang Bang
Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend
The Cracked Podcast
Fake The Nation
Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness
Gilbert Gottfried
Hello From The Magic Tavern
Hollywood Handbook
Homophilia
How Did This Get Made?
improv4humans
Inside Conan: An Important Hollywood Podcast
In Voorhees We Trust With Gourley And Rust
I Was There Too
James Bonding
Kevin Pollak’s Chat Show
Never Not Funny
Obscure with Michael Ian Black
Off Book: The Improvised Musical
Pistol Shrimps Radio
Put Your Hands Together
Queery with Cameron Esposito
R U Talkin’ R.E.M. RE: Me?
Raised By TV
Threedom
Throwing Shade
Unspooled
Voyage to the Stars
Who Charted?
With Special Guest Lauren Lapkus
WOMP It Up!
Yo, Is This Racist?
Mike Hanford
Mike Hanford is a Los Angeles based writer and performer and a graduate of the Ithaca College film program. Mike began taking classes at the UCB theatre in 2006 and is currently a member of the sketch group The Birthday Boys. He has participated in many UCB shows including Comedy Death Ray, CDR Sketch, Halloween Spooktacular, Sketchmas, Two of the Ghostbusters Meet Two of the Ninja Turtles and Birthday Boy’s own sketch show Hotdoggin’ (Directed by Neil Campbell and Paul Rust). With The Birthday Boys, Mike has performed at The San Francisco Sketchfest, Chicago Sketchfest, Sketchfest NYC, Sketchfest Seattle and the Los Angeles Comedy Festival. The Birthday Boys can be seen at UCBTLA performing a brand new sketch show every month with A Kiss From Daddy.
Host Information
Questions For Lennon
Got a query? Need some life advice? John Lennon (Mike Hanford) teams up with guests to answer questions sent in by you, the listener. You can find seasons 2-4, plus new weekly episodes of season 5, only on Stitcher Premium. For a free month trial, go to stitcherpremium.com/lennon and use promo code ‘LENNON’.
Guest Appearances
10th Anniversary Part 2
Scott Aukerman celebrates the 10th Anniversary of Comedy Bang! Bang! by implementing a true open door policy and welcomes fan favorite guests of the show over the last 10 years! Part Two Featuring: Thomas Middleditch Adam Scott Chelsea Peretti Nick Kroll Drew…
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The Best of Meta Vol. 1
Please enjoy volume one of the all-time best i4h scenes about improv, Matt Besser, Earwolf, and all things meta! This compilation features amazing performances by Tim Meadows, Joe Wengert, John Gemberling, Zach Woods, Colton Dunn, Charlie Sanders, Sean Conroy, Billy Merritt, Paul…
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2018 Holiday Spectacular
Join Scott as he invites old friends and new friends to celebrate the greatest Holiday tradition, the Comedy Bang! Bang! Holiday Spectacular! Expect appearances from Jason “Heynong Man” Mantzoukas, intern Gino Lambardo, Santa Claus, Big Sue Claus, Rudi North, John Lennon, and…
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That Dazzles Me Already
Paul Rust and Michael Cassady of Don’t Stop or We’ll Die join Scott and guest co-host John Lennon of The Beatles to play live versions of songs off their new album “Dazzle Me” and share the origin of the album’s name. Plus,…
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New to the Wax with The Sloppy Boys
The Sloppy Boys (Mike Hanford, Tim Kalpakis, Jefferson Dutton) joins Scott and intern Gino Lambardo to talk about how they decided to start a band, the incident that changed them from doing covers to original songs, and to perform songs live in-studio…
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Amy Miller, Mike Hanford, Greg Barris and hosts Cameron Esposito and Rhea Butcher
Cam and Rhea talk "Quick Pitch," the Celtics and "Zodiac." Sets from Amy Miller, Mike Hanford and Greg Barris, and a chat with Matt Braunger.
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2017 Holiday Spectacular
It’s that special time of year again where Scott invites old friends and new friends to celebrate the Holidays! Expect appearances by Ho Ho the naughty Elf, intern Gino Lambardo, Jason “Heynong Man” Mantzoukas, formerly deceased music idol John Lennon, Mayor Junius Bobbledoonary,…
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Screw It, We’re Just Gonna Talk About How Twist And Shout Is The Worst Beatles Song
Welcome to the very first episode of Matt Besser's new podcast, Screw It, We’re Just Gonna Talk About How Twist And Shout Is The Worst Beatles Song. Matt is joined this week by engineer Brett Morris, rock and roll doctor David Fricke…
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Hot Tub Diarrhea
Comedian Chris Gethard of Beautiful/Anonymous joins Scott and this week’s co-host John Lennon, formerly of The Beatles on Comedy Bang! Bang! They talk about Chris leaving his mark on movie sets, being given the role of Iron Man in Iron Man 3…
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Goo It
Stand-up comedian Rory Scovel returns to join Scott to talk about his new Netflix special “Rory Scovel Tries Stand-Up for the First Time,” what exactly is funny, blindfolded babysitting, and the farthest he’s ever walked. Then, salesman Justin Hoffman stops by to…
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The 8th Anniversary Show!
Scott celebrates 8 years of Comedy Bang! Bang! with his intern Gino Lambardo, Buddy Valastro aka The Cake Boss, and show favorites. We’ll hear from the writer/singer of America’s Funniest Home Videos theme song, a community activist & her world traveling sister,…
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Dan O'Brien and the Glass Grass Field
Playwright Dan O’Brien and actors Tim Cummings and Brian Henderson join improvisers Mike Hanford, Sean Conroy, and Don Fanelli for a theatrical episode of improv4humans! Dan, Tim, and Brian present selections from Dan’s new stage play “The House in Scarsdale” that inspire…
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Patronizing, Not Patriarchal
Actor and Birthday Boy Mike Hanford (Questions for Lennon) joins Howard and Kulap this week to throw down for Record Store Day! They count down the Top 5 Shazam’d Songs of the Week while discussing run-ins with failed presidents and what “jobs”…
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An Abandoned Puppet Theater w/ CBB Tour Reunion
Paul F. Tompkins closes out cross-over month on Spontaneanation! This week, Paul’s special guests/improvisers are Scott Aukerman, Neil Campbell, Jon Gabrus, Mike Hanford, and Lauren Lapkus reuniting from the Comedy Bang! Bang! Tour. They chat about what’s the most scared they’ve ever been;…
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Mike Hanford: The Rambling Man with Calvin Redding
Welcome back to The Rambling Man with your host Calvin Redding (Mike Hanford)! Hay Salesman turned Travel Whiz, Calvin is here on Sirius XM radio to talk all things travel. This week he is joined by travel writer extraordinaire Cynthia Bartlett to…
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Two Fingers Wide
Rock ’n’ roll band American Football returns to join Scott and John Lennon as they play songs from their new self titled album on Comedy Bang! Bang! We also hear about John trying to develop a video game and how he’s been…
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The Dream Method
Golden Globe winning actress Rachel Bloom of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend joins Scott and this week’s co-host Ming to talk about Rachel’s time studying Shakespeare at The Royal Academy of the Dramatic Arts, what brought her to the good ol’ USA after growing up…
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2016 Holiday Spectacular
Scott is having the holiday blues and has some old friends and new friends join him to cheer him up on this year’s Holiday episode of Comedy Bang! Bang! Expect appearances by future CBB host Jason Mantzoukas, intern Gino Lambardo, John Lennon…
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The Washington Monugents Reunite
Every 3 or 4 years or so, Scott’s old political parody singing group will get back together for a reunion. Rhea Butcher of Seeso’s Take My Wife joins Scott as today’s co-host as they welcome back Bob, Tim, Dave, Mike, and Eban…
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Mike And Dave, Our Wedding Dates Not Needers
Sean and Hayes invite MIKE HANFORD and DAVE FERGUSON from the Birthday Boys on the show but they have been busy so they're not sure what they're going to do yet. Listen to Mike's show "Questions for Lennon" on Howl.
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Questions for Lennon with John Lennon
Got a query? Need some life advice? Check out new Howl Original, Questions for Lennon with the former rock and roll guitarist and frequent visitor to the Comedy Bang! Bang! podcast John Lennon (Mike Hanford). To hear the entire series on Howl.fm use…
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Mind Your Please and Questions
Two Comedy Bang! Bang! favorites Tig Notaro and John Lennon are back on the show and they both have new exciting projects! Tig tells us all about her new Amazon series "One Mississippi", John tells us about his new Howl series "Questions…
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Corked-up Porcupine
Mike Hanford, Mike Mitchell, Eugene Cordero, and "Mellow" Joe Hartzler join Matt Besser on this week's improv4humans. They learn what it means for a homeless person to live the good life, discover a magical realm in the forbidden part of the restaurant,…
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Michael Dean Damron with The Musical Toilet
Southern rock musician Michael Dean Damron joins Will Hines, Mike Hanford, Anthony Atamanuik, Craig Rowin and Matt Besser for a music episode of improv4humans. Michael's songs inspire scenes about a man who wants to take a woman's foot in marriage and a…
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The 7th Anniversary Show!
7 years is a wonderful amount of TIME! Scott celebrates 7 years of Comedy Bang! Bang! with Jason "Heynong Man" Mantzoukas, Paul F. Tompkins, and show favorites. We'll hear from one of the original members of The Beatles, a keeper of time,…
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The Phony Marony Show with The Thermals
The wonderful Portland band The Thermals make their Comedy Bang! Bang! debut! They join Scott and John Lennon to talk about meeting for the first time at a Grateful Dead show, what happened with John not appearing at the Super Bowl, and…
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Dawes in You've Been Invited to an Invite
Taylor Goldsmith, Griffin Goldsmith, and Wylie Gelber are together known as American folk-rock band Dawes and this week they join Danielle Schneider, Mike Mitchell, Mike Hanford, and Joe Wengert for a very special musical edition of improv4humans with Matt Besser! Dawes performs…
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2015 Holiday Spectacular
2015 Holiday Spectacular Ho! Ho! Ho! BLECH! It's the most wonderful TIME of the year, the Holiday episode of Comedy Bang! Bang! is upon us and our most dearest of friends (and a complete stranger) stop by including intern Gino Lambardo, John…
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Breath Before Death
This year we give thanks to the songwriting titans and fan favorites Neko Case and John Lennon as they return on this week's Comedy Bang! Bang! Neko tells us all about her new box set "Truckdriver, Gladiator, Mule," John explains his unfortunate…
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Motown Tea
It's a very musical episode of Comedy Bing Bong as the legendary John Lennon of The Beatles joins Scott as this week’s co-host and helps welcome singer Diane Coffee aka Shaun Fleming to play tracks off his new album “Everybody’s A Good…
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Freddie Mercury To Me
Beck Bennett of SNL and Good Neighbor joins the first timer club as he runs laps around the room on today’s B-B-B-ONUS Comedy Bing Bong! Beck tells us all about his new movie Balls Out, the ins and outs of flag football,…
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The 6th Anniversary Show!
6 years ago and no score today a comedy podcast was born. My, oh, my how time has flown by! IT’S BEEN 6 years of Comedy Bang! Bang! The Podcast and old friends and new friends stop by to celebrate. Expect to…
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Beatle Heaven
2015 is starting to look like the year of first timers as Anders Holm of Workaholics and Mike, Steve, and Steve of the Rock ‘n’ Roll band American Football join Scott for a B-B-B-ONUS-S-S-S episode of Comedy Bing Bong! We’ll hear some…
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Two Birthday Boys, Our Close Friends
Hayes and Sean have a discussion with Engineer Cody about refreshments before addressing an interesting new cultural phenomenon they're getting into. Then the guys issue a challenge to their listeners to help them become the second-least popular podcast on Earwolf. Finally, MIKE…
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Fuego
Harris Wittels & Scott Aukerman are back to take a journey through Phish’s latest album “Fuego” with the help of special guest Mike Hanford of The Birthday Boys. What is Mike’s history with Phish? Will Scott’s opinion of Phish change? Who is…
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Hollywood Bowl
Get ready to drop your beans everybody! The long awaited Hollywood Bowl episode is finally here! Join Harris Wittels & Scott Aukerman as they listen back and talk about their night of Phish LIVE at the Hollywood Bowl from the limo ride…
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Bonus Cut: The Holiday Mope Report
Join Mike Mitchell, Mike Hanford, and Dave Ferguson of The Birthday Boys and Matt Besser for a bonus episode of improv4humans that revolves around the miracle of birth. Give the gift of the UCB Comedy Improv Manual, Matt Besser’s new comedy album at mattbesser.com, Dragoon’s…
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Christmas With The Birthday Boys
Welcome to a special Christmas family hour of improv4humans starring Mike Mitchell, Mike Hanford, and Dave Ferguson of The Birthday Boys with your host Matt Besser! Get into the holiday spirit with improvised scenes inspired by tales of awkward classroom moments, Matt’s…
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A Peanut In The Rain
Take a break from grabbing that tasty air and enjoy a fresh episode of Comedy Bing Bong! The iconic Garry Marshall is back with Gillian Jacobs to deal with some unfinished business that occurred since the last time they were on the…
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Best of improv4humans Vol. 2
Once again we asked YOU which were some of your favorite scenes from the past episodes of improv4humans and we put together volume 2 of this special collection of improvised scenes. Listen to an all star cast of improvisers create scenes based…
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Pop and Politics
Parks and Recreation’s Aziz Ansari returns for today’s special election episode of Comedy Bang Bang! Aziz talks about the inspiration behind his tour Buried Alive, the cast on Parks & Rec, and being scared of Gout. Bob Odenkirk, Mike Hanford, and Neil…
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Bonus Cut: Big Red Boat
Join Matt Besser, Zach Woods, and Birthday Boys Mike Mitchell and Mike Hanford as they talk Mickey Mouse and reverse bullying in a Texas town with a naughty name.
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App Talk
Turn the lights off, relax, and enjoy today’s smooth episode of improv4humans! Allow Zach Woods, Mike Mitchell, and Mike Hanford to entertain you with scenes involving an insect support group, Hollywood squirrels, and murderous sex organs. Be sure to pick up an…
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