Former president Barack Obama (Colton Dunn) returns to Hard Nation for a special Thanksgiving episode! He reveals his true feelings about Hamilton, talks up the pranks he played at the White House, and tells a very disturbing story about Cory Booker. Plus: Mark played King Lear when he was 15 (?)

Check out Colton’s new movie Lazer Team 2 on YouTube Red and in select theaters!

Jon & Lauren are especially animated on today’s episode because it’s all about cartoons! Lauren explains which Animaniac is hottest, Jon was Lil in his Rugrats fan club, and both of them wonder if they have more cartoon memories of childhood than real memories. Plus: Tiny Toons, Inspector Gadget, Little Bits, Ninja Turtles, Arthur, Alvin & The Chipmunks, and a Very Special Episode with Scott Aukerman & Betsy Sodaro!

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On this special Thanksgiving episode comedian Patti Harrison and musician Will Butler of Arcade Fire (along with Will’s 5-year-old son Alvin) join Jo and Manolo to play listener-submitted games with callers. 

Games played: What’s Your Primary Utensil, Rad Dads, and Sauce Boss.

Background actor Brandon Adams joins Matt this week to discuss his role as a guy on the shuttle – aka Jim Shuttle – in the 2009 Star Trek reboot. Brandon talks about having his face featured right alongside the film’s stars in the trailer, the joke he made to J.J. Abrams that he thought would get him fired, and the lengths he had to go to in order to fulfill his NDA. Plus, Brandon shares the story of how he became best friends with Chris Pine while working on set.

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Actor, writer, and director Derek Waters (Drunk History) returns to Who Charted to spread Thanksgiving cheer! Derek discusses the perks of sharing astrologers and deals with not being invited to holiday parties while counting down Billboard’s Top 5 Hip Hop Songs. Then, he helps the gang count down iTunes’ Top 5 Selling Comedy Seasons, and Howard shares long-lost videos of his stand-up past while Kevin’s Hot Picks bring the heat during Two Charted.

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Three-timer’s Club guest Paul F. Tompkins joins the Matts on a fun-filled journey to the east as they discuss Connery’s fifth outing as 007.

Join Kevin as he sits down with actor Chris Kattan (Saturday Night Live, The Middle). Chris chats about growing up around The Groundlings Theater, his SNL character auditions, and working on his soon-to-be-published book.

Gather around the table as Colton Dunn (LAZER TEAM 2, Superstore) joins Jess and Zach for the first ever (?) Thanksgiving musical! With songs like “Take A Mallow, Make It Micro”, “Green Beans”, and “Chillsgiving”, you’ll be stuffed with so many favorite songs. Plus, stay tuned ’til the end for some tiny hot dog rhymes.

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A first year medical student tells Gethard how dissecting dead bodies changed her feelings on death. She opens up about how her mother inspired her to study medicine and some of the worst smells she’s encountered, like when she had to dissect a human rectum. Recorded live in Gainesville, Florida.

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Director/actor/screenwriter Patrick Brice (The Overnight, Creep) joins Jensen and Matty to talk about his latest film Creep 2, Jaden Smith’s album “Syre,” The Sisters Brothers, how we were late on Brigsby Bear, and many more things you should know about.

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YouTuber, podcaster, and actor Cody Ko joins Emily and Deanna this week to talk about his past as a software engineer, adventures on the dark web, and why surfing is the perfect activity for unplugging. Plus, Cody explains the latest trends in e-cigs before they launch into a revealing game of Cool or Not Cool.

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Comedian Jimmy Pardo hosts a pop culture game show-interview podcast; three call-in contestants vie for prizes. Special guest: Lauren Ash.

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Sean and Hayes have JIMMY PARDO as a guest to play games like on his new show, Playing Games with Jimmy Pardo.

Top 40 radio: it’s like if a robot became obsessed with our collective subconscious. And it’s always been dominated by fun, sunshine-y pop songs. Stuff like “Respect” (Aretha Franklin) and “Hey Ya!” (OutKast) and “Maniac” (that dancing movie). But are those songs all that they seem to be? Or do they have hidden, fascinating meanings that nobody ever stops and thinks about?

On this week’s podcast, Alex Schmidt is joined by Howard Kremer and Kulap Vilaysack, the hosts of Earwolf’s “Who Charted”, to ask the questions nobody’s asking about the biggest hit songs of all time. Get ready for a whole new perspective on all your favorite artists, from Van Halen to Marvin Gaye to Francis Scott Key.

Footnotes: https://goo.gl/5sPe7A

Writer-director-producer David Zucker (“Airplane!,” “The Naked Gun,” “Kentucky Fried Movie”) sits down with Gilbert and Frank for a fascinating, hour-plus conversation about the rules of comedy, the challenges of parody, the uniqueness of “Who’s on First?” and the greatest hits (and misses) of the Marx Brothers. Also, Peter Graves takes offense, Vincent Price takes a pass, Woody Allen boxes a kangaroo and “ZAZ” lifts a plot from Charles Bronson. PLUS: “Top Secret!” “A Fistful of Yen”! In praise of Chevy Chase! John Byner sends up Robert Stack! And David remembers his old friend Leslie Nielsen.

Humorist John Hodgman is this week’s guest supreme as he joins Scott and intern Gino Lambardo to talk about John’s new book “Vacationland,” Thanksgiving plans, and how buying a boat at an auction became the talk of the town. Then, Scott’s nephew Todd stops by to ask for help with his homework on how America started. Plus, former educator Caroline Belinda-Carlisle returns to the show to perform scenes from some of the shows she’s auditioned for as an actor.

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Link to CBB Best of 2017 poll: http://poll.fm/5vqna

We’re visited by a troll that has been both blessed and cursed with special powers.

Credits:

Arnie: Arnie Niekamp
Chunt: Adal Rifai
Usidore: Matt Young
Craig Davis: Dana Gould
Mysterious Man: Tim Sniffen
Craig: Ryan DiGiorgi

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

Paul F. Tompkins welcomes ladies, gentlemen, and everything in between back to Spontaneanation! This time out, Paul’s special guests are fellow Earwolf hosts Jessica McKenna and Zach Reino of Off Book! Jessica and Zach chat about what flaw in their character has been most beneficial to their life, meeting as part of a freestyle rap improv group, and Jess performing a concert version of Cats the Musical at midnight at The Rock at Northwestern University. Jessica, Zach, and Paul then improvise a story set in A Night Club In Chicago. And as always, Eban (only the best) Schletter scores it all on piano!

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Jon & Lauren are so excited to kick off Raised By TV that they spend the whole hour brainstorming ideas for future episodes.  They touch on Supermarket Sweep, TGIF, Saved By The Bell, The Real World, theme songs, an infamous Oprah moment, why it’s creepy that Clarissa kept a ladder next to her window, and the 90s trend of keeping tarantulas as pets.

From coffee to a special phone call from someone on their wedding night on this week’s minisode! Paul goes through Corrections and Omissions for Ultraviolet, gives us his Pick of the Week, and the Movie Bitches review Kidnap. Plus, you’ll find out which movie we will be covering next!

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Where to Find Jason, June & Paul:

Paul’s new comedy Drive Share is available on Go90. Paul can be seen on Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later, Opening Night, and Veep. You can see June and Paul on NTSF:SD:SUV:: on HULU. June stars in Grace and Frankie on Netflix, as well as Lady Dynamite alongside with Jason.

Jason can be seen in The Good Place, The House, The Lego Batman Movie, How to Be Single, Sleeping with Other People, and is still indeed in The Dictator.

Welcome back to Falling Out with Christian Furnow (Jimmy Fowlie), the podcast that gives Christian an opportunity to connect with people from his life to clear the wreckage of the past. First, Christian welcomes on old college friend Tori Dillon to make amends for ruining her wedding long ago. Then, Christian’s mom Eileen drops by to give Christian a chance to atone for the terrible thing he did to her two years ago, and finally, Traci Reardon stops in to give advice on fixing broken relationships and to let Christian apologize for bopping her bike on another edition of “Help Me, Rhonda.”

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Leah Bonnema (Solving Leah) and Benari Poulten (Garbage Time) join Negin to discuss Jeff Sessions’ testimony before the House Judiciary Committee, the potential special counsel on the Clinton Foundation, and Donald Trump Jr.’s cozy relationship with WikiLeaks. Plus, they dig into recent high-profile sexual assault allegations and the anxiety produced by push alerts.

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Danielle is joined this week by special co-host and Bitch Sesh assistant/old lady handler, April Mouton and hilarious writer Joey Slamon (Arrested Development, I’m Sorry). They cover FOUR cities, from Cynthia’s sensual tubbing to Carrie’s “furfillment”, to the toughest limo ride in housewives history. Plus ,Casey chimes in with her goings on with Kris Jenner and stylist to the stars Clare Mukherjee sends us a plea on why we should watch Real Housewives of Melbourne.

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CBB OG Rob Huebel joins Scott to talk about his new YouTube Red show “Do You Want To See A Dead Body?”, his idea for an all whispering podcast, and to play a bit of his rap single “Dead Body Rap.” Then, British comedian Joe Squib stops by from London to promote his podcast “Don’t Pet the Pony and Here’s a Question” and his new book “Malice In Wonderwhat.” Plus, Chandeline Jean, a single mother with no kids stops by to talk about why motherhood is a state of mind.

John Hughes month continues on Cracked Movie Club! In 1986, John Hughes was on a roll that had suddenly transformed him from a screenwriter of adult-oriented comedies to the king of teen angst movies. He kept that train rolling with Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, a movie he pitched and wrote in a week about a high school senior who skips school for the day and takes his girlfriend and his wet blanket best friend on a series of hijinks through Chicago. Meanwhile, they are pursued by the villainous Principal Rooney, who is played by a real-life child predator, which ups the stakes somewhat.

On this week’s episode, Tom is joined by Cracked’s Alex Schmidt and Katie Goldin as they discuss Hughes’ incredible ability to churn out quality films in such a short period of time, the unexpectedly brilliant casting of a 29 year old man to play Ferris’ put-upon best friend Cameron, and whether or not Ferris is a figment of Cameron’s imagination or is perhaps God Himself.

Letting the games begin with Erin Foley.

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Scott Aukerman, Jessica McKenna, Seth Morris, Zach Reino, and Space Warrior join Matt Besser for another sing-a-long experiment on improv4humans! They join chorus on songs by Lynyrd Skynyrd, Elton John, and Bob Seger that inspire scenes about a renegade taxidermist on a quest to create a new animal, a man so charming he stops a plane from taking off, and an all-bass Sha Na Na cover band. Plus, an unaffiliated Ghostbusters group tackles ghost crimes and preteen rascals bring Frosty the Snowman to life with a stolen hat.

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