In one of their funniest episodes out of 200+, Gilbert and Frank chat with veteran comedy writer Ron Friedman (“Get Smart,” “The Odd Couple,” “All in the Family”) who worked with everyone from Lucille Ball to Milton Berle to Danny Kaye to Orson Welles and has the war stories to show for it. Also, Herve Villechaize packs a rod, Sammy Davis meets Charlie’s Angels, Ron writes “Murder Can Hurt You!” and Pat McCormick takes a…”dip” in Jonathan Winters’ pool. PLUS: Vaughn Meader! Stump and Stumpy! Christmas carols for Jewish people! Forrest Tucker introduces “the General”! And Ron creates Paul Lynde’s Uncle Arthur! 

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Usidore and Chunt invite in Stick the Squire to apprentice under Arnie, in case anything ever happens to him.

Credits:

Arnie: Arnie Niekamp
Chunt: Adal Rifai
Usidore: Matt Young
Stick the Squire: Felix Trench
Craig: Ryan DiGiorgi

Producers: Arnie Niekamp, Ryan DiGiorgi, Evan Jacover
Editor: Garrett Schultz
Theme Music: Andy Poland
Magic Tavern Logo: Allard Laban
Audio Assistance: Jason Knox
Production Assistance: Garrett Schultz

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Comedian extraordinaire Emily Heller joins Scott to stand up for the entire episode and chat about her new stand-up album “Pasta,” her best joke, and Barry buying a zoo in season 2 of HBO’s Barry. Then, TV personalities Luke and Matthew stop by to talk about some of the merchandise they sell on QVC. Later, TV personalities Chris and Billy drop by to talk about starting a new network together called The Foods Channel.

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Paul F. Tompkins welcomes all of Detroit to Spontaneanation! This time out, Paul’s special guest is musician and actor Christophe Zajac-Denek of Twin Peaks! Christophe chats about putting chewed up pieces of paper into light sockets when he was 5 to 7 years old, his “worst” first kiss, and playing drums in the band Mini Kiss at the AVN Awards. Then, they are joined by improvisers Eugene Cordero, Tawny Newsome, and Little Janet Varney, to improvise a story set at a Hot Spring At A Discount Resort In Iceland. And as always, Eban (only the best) Schletter scores it all on piano!

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Shoeline founder Nik Kacy sits down with Cameron to discuss Equality Fashion Week, gendered bathrooms, and shoes!

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Tawny Newsome (Yo, Is This Racist?, Bajillion Dollar Propertie$) and Jen D’Angelo (Loosely Exactly Nicole) joins Paul and Jason to discuss the 1983 romance film A Night in Heaven. Recorded live from Largo at the Coronet in Los Angeles, they cover not knowing who is the main character, seeing a dude’s dick during one of the sex scenes, and kid businessman.

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Incredible human and hilarious comic Rhea Butcher sits down with Dave and Matt to talk all about skateboarding, working on the relationship with yourself, coming out multiple times, and emotional drop-bys. Plus, sexual and gender fluidity, how to give a good handshake, and Matt and Dave do the ultimate A Star Is Born breakdown.

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Comedians John Fugelsang (Tell Me Everything) and Ann Herberger join Negin for a wide-ranging chat about the looming midterm elections and the the abysmal UN climate report. Plus, in the wake of the Kavanaugh hearings, they ask: is there still a sexist double standard on who is allowed to be angry in public? Lastly, Ann shares her take on being a Republican woman in the midst of the #MeToo movement.

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Casey and Danielle tricked the guest of their dreams into the nook, hold him hostage to talk housewives and he rises to the occasion. Andrew Rannells ( Book of Mormon, Girls) has strong thoughts on vaginal rejuvenation, which Dallas cast member looks like a Gremlin, and of course his days in the sun Nene Leeks. Special thanks to Kathleen Gibson for all her musical help (duh , of course there will be song).

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Stitcher’s own Dan Osit, Korri Kolesa, and Drew Welborn join Lex on The Wolf Den. The three tell Lex how they each came to work at Stitcher, and how their jobs have evolved. Later, the group gives its predictions for the future of the industry, and address the recent Stitcher/Midroll rebrand.

Cam talks baby dolls, free breakfast and car trips. Sets from Megan Gailey, Chris Cubas and Jessica Sele.

Recorded live, November 10th, 1968 aboard the Sea Org Flagship, The Royal Scotsman, this is Ship To Shore with “The Commodore,” L. Ron Hubbard.  LRH is joined by some of his most trusted advisors like Marion Grapes, Heidi Corporate and Jules McManon, for important updates about the goings on in the church.  We learn about everyone’s past lives, and how a treasure hunt through time has been going.  Then, they all play a rousing game of “Stump The Clear”, and Martin Margotdale, skeptic and magician, tires to debate The Commodore.  Finally, the group puts on a radio play of one of L. Ron’s greatest works. NOTE: This pilot is not for suppressive persons!

Special Guests: Lauren Lapkus, Mary Holland, Matt Gourley and Paul F. Tompkins

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Paul & Amy pull off the highway for a short stay at 1960’s proto-slasher masterwork Psycho.

Scott, Paul and Lauren discuss what decade they wouldn’t want to live in and embarrassing childhood memories. Then the three hosts play the game Switch It and Pitch It.

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Paul Rust and Mookie Blaiklock join Matt Besser for another improv4humans! They perform scenes about a child with a doglike cough, an office confrontation over using bottled water in the coffee maker, and the origin of the twins from The Shining. Later, parents dress up as a couple in crisis for Halloween, God modernizes his message, and a news department witnesses true performance art.

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Bryan and Erin are back for another round of Throwing Shade! First, we find out what Hillary Clinton and Helen Keller have in common as Erin takes us through the decision by the Texas State Board of Education to “adjust” history curriculums to no longer include the study of certain key figures. Then, Bryan discusses the powerful story of Guadalupe Paredes and his civil suit against the Kenosha Unified School District for its total failure to stop extreme anti-LGBTQ bullying.

And make sure to check out Deeper Shade of Shade on Stitcher Premium, where Bryan and Erin interview their favorite friends of the show. For a free month of listening, go to stitcherpremium.com/shade and use promo code ‘SHADE’.

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Punching up with Demi Adejuyigbe.

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The Pistol Shrimps take on the Lucille Ballers at Lake Street Gym with. Matt is joined by James ‘Gymmy Blades’ Bladon.

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Dr. Laura Ferguson is an assistant professor of preventive medicine at the University of Southern California and the associate director of the Program on Global Health & Human Rights at the USC Institute for Global Health. She joins Jonathan to discuss the importance of global health and its impact on day-to-day life.

Dr. Ferguson is on Twitter @lauraf_la. The USC Institute for Global Health is on Instagram @uscglobalhealth and online at www.globalhealth.usc.edu.

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Comedians Catie Lazarus (Employee of the Month) & Erik Bergstrom (Serious Goose) join Jo & Manolo to play listener-created games with callers, including a special call from Amber J. Phillips (Culture Genius)! 

Games played: POP! Goes The Diesel, Dr. How Embarrassing, and Alex Please

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Welcome to the first-ever “First And Last,” a new Raised By TV format where Jon & Lauren watch the first and last episodes of a series they’ve never watched before! This week, the fans voted on Twitter, and they watched the pilot and series finale of Veronica Mars. They describe the show as “Clueless meets Dexter,” realize the pilot feels especially poignant in 2018, and try to guess which characters will stick around through the whole series. Plus: A new improvised sitcom, “Talk Of The Town!”

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Comedian Zainab Johnson (HonesTEA with Z) joins Andrew and Tawny to discuss empathizing with the oppressed, comedians making jokes about race, how to deal with people you can’t cut out of your life who are racist, and much more. Plus, the first installment of White Gold. As always, leave us a message about anything you think is racist at (323) 389-RACE.

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Comedian, writer, and actor Taran Killam joins Matt to talk about his role as Hamilton in the 2013 period drama 12 Years A Slave and his time at Saturday Night Live. Taran chats about doing magic in an ultimately cut scene, director Steve McQueen giving a pillow a second take, and pushing for the top hat. Also, we hear about Taran’s audition experience for SNL, the inspiration behind the “Les Jeunes De Paris” & Mokiki sketches, and when he realized it was time to go. Plus, Taran tells us about his dream coming true with Arnold Schwarznegger starring in his film Killing Gunther, performing Hamilton on Broadway, and much more!

Actor, producer, and #SquatMelt steady Bill Kottkamp joins Howard, Kev and Summah Sam for another Who Charted! They’ll swap squatting strats and show off a new Footloose beat as they count down iTunes’ Top 5 Electronic Songs. Plus, the crew finds out what’s on their recommended list during the Movie Chart, and we get their reactions to the weekend’s big UFC fight before they serve up of a fresh helping of Hot Picks.

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Jensen and Matty talk about Foxing, Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Champions, PizzaSlime, how we were late on Thumbtack, and many more things you should know about.

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Ione Skye shares her English roots and her California upbringing, as well as the deets on Lena Dunham’s new HBO comedy, “Camping”, in which Ione co-stars.

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Actress, writer and Natch Beaut host Jackie Johnson joins Jess and Zach for a wild new musical packed with nature, camping, fancy people in the mountains, chippity-choppity chipmunks, and sex with ghosts! With songs like “We Call It Lamping”, “Let’s Barter!” and “That’s Wild”, this new episode will give you winnnngs! 

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“Day care is wild though, let me tell ya!” It’s time to put down a bunch of one-year-olds for a nap and talk with Geth. Married young and facing a divorce in her 20s, this week’s caller is ready to have some fun. Geth’s advice: She has plenty of time to make mistakes.

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Marissa and Listler practice saying yes to life on another episode of WOMP It Up! They call up student and pal of the show Lil’ Nicky (Chris Gethard) to hear why he’s under house arrest and where all his pubic hair went. Later, Lil’ Nicky vents about boats during “What’s Cheesing You?” before getting deep into what keeps him up at night during “Spotlight On.”

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