Paul F. Tompkins welcome’s y’all back to this precious place called SPONTANEANATION! This week, Paul’s special guest is Emily V. Gordon of The Indoor Kids and author of Super You! They chat about what TV show Emily would live in for a week, denying herself a crush on one of the Monkees, and having E.T. nightmares as a child. Paul is then joined by Steve Agee, Mark McConville, and Annie Savage to improvise a story set in a Pediatrician Waiting Room. And as always, Eban (only the best) Schletter scores it all on piano!

LIVE episodes of SPONTANEANATION return to Largo on The Coronet on Saturday, February 6, 2016! Get your tickets now: bit.ly/SPONT0216

If you look back at the most popular comedies through the years, there are always parts that don’t hold up. A lot of the time when it’s a sex, bro, or gross-out comedy, the stuff that doesn’t hold up is usually a cringeworthy scene or two where you think, “they could never do this today.”

For example, Vince Vaughn getting raped in ‘Wedding Crashers’ is played for laughs, but then we feel better about it at the end because he falls in love with his assailant. Shannon Elizabeth’s Nadia in ‘American Pie’ is secretly taped getting naked and her character is deported for it while no punishment comes to the men who do this to her. The villain in ‘Ace Ventura: Pet Detective’ is trans woman outed by a bunch of grossed-out dudes. Funny!

The fact that you can’t get away with stuff like this anymore isn’t a bad sign, or a sign that comedies are becoming PC or watered down. This is a good thing. It means we’re not making fun of genders, races, sexual orientations at their expense for no reason.

On this week’s podcast, Jack O’Brien is joined by Cracked editors Soren Bowie and Alex Schmidt to talk about some very recent movies, commercials and bits of pop-culture like these where what was once funny or en vogue is now horribly insensitive.

The hilarious Matt Braunger returns to join Andrew all this week to answer some racism questions. Today they discuss Matt’s new Comedy Central Digital series “White Flight” and the Wu-Tang Clan. Be sure to call us at (323) 389-RACE to ask if anything is racist.

It’s Book Club time once again as Nate welcomes Zandy Hartig, Alison Becker, Lindsey Kraft, and Susanna Fogel to discuss Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff. Fates and Furies is a dazzling examination of a marriage, Lauren Groff presents the story of one such marriage over the course of twenty-four years. Make sure to get a head start for the next book club by grabbing yourself The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald and send in your thoughts on the book at readingaloudpodcast@gmail.com.

Taz Ahmed and Zahra Noorbakhsh of the Oprah Magazine endorsed #GoodMuslimBadMuslim podcast join Kamau to discuss Denzel in the 1998 thriller The Siege. The movie is about a fictional situation in which terrorist cells have made several attacks on New York City. It’s probably Denzel’s most problematic movies. Plus, Kevin calls in to talk with Kamau about Denzel being awarded with the Cecil B. DeMille award.

Hell Yeah! Welcome to the inaugural episode of Inside Hollywood with Hollywood Insider aka your boy Jesse Miller (Andre Hyland)! Andre is the number one Hollywood mogul and is proud to have psychiatrist of the stars, Dr. Karen Lightfield on the show to talk about her new tell-all book which spills the beans on all the high caliber celebs. Dr. Karen gives us the inside scoop on these troubled stars — including which celeb has suffered from fame at an early age to another high profile doctor who has issues with food, specifically chicken nuggets. Then, Traci Reardon stops by to kick it and give some much needed Hollywood advice to her Twitter followers in another edition of “Help Me, Rhonda.”

Ronna & Beverly are back in Los Angeles at the Earwolf studio with Engineer Sam to go through listener comments as well as offer advice on dealing with cat fat shaming, which restaurants to visit in LA, raising kids, and more!

Randy and Jason have seen the hilarious Jonah Ray grow from a comedy fetus to a comedy icon. Jonah stops by Sklarbro Country to talk about his latest Seeso show, Hidden America .”a travel show where the places are real but the people are not,” how he became the new host of the revival of Mystery Science Theater 3000, and the future of The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail. Then, Jonah shares his Top 3 Songs of 2015 as he joins Randy & Jason for some Quick Hits. Later, Dennis “The Worm” Rodman stops by the studio to talk about the Sean Penn/El Chapo situation and share his New Year’s resolution.

I’ve always wondered how Judaism exists on both Earth and Foon. This week’s guest has the answer!

Credits

Arnie: Arnie Niekamp
Chunt: Adal Rifai
Usidore: Matt Young
Peter Smith: Daniel Strauss
Otok Barleyfoot: Nick Baer
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

Sponsored by: Podcast Movement via The Chicago Podcast Cooperative

The first Black List Table Reads script of 2016 is so action packed that it comes in two parts! Angel’s Flight from screenwriter Jill Isaacs has been described by a Black List reader as “An LA origin story in the high noir tradition of Chinatown. A spectacular script that is as ambitious as it is satisfying.” It stars Ignacio Serricchio, Jessica Parker Kennedy, Anne Heche, Richard Cabral, Milo Ventimiglia, Michael Trucco, W. Earl Brown, Rod McLachlan, Alex Quijano, and Tara Sands. Look for part two over at http://blacklist.wolfpop.com/! Don’t forget to vote for the Season 2 finale script over at https://blcklst.com/podcast/vote/!

Welcome back to The Black List Table Reads with Franklin Leonard for Part Two of the action packed Angel’s Flight by screenwriter Jill Isaacs. Angel’s Flight stars Ignacio Serricchio, Jessica Parker Kennedy, Anne Heche, Richard Cabral, Milo Ventimiglia, Michael Trucco, W. Earl Brown, Rod McLachlan, Alex Quijano, and Tara Sands. Don’t forget to vote for the Season 2 finale script over at https://blcklst.com/podcast/vote/!

Jill Isaacs, screenwriter of Angel’s Flight and 2015 Feature Writer Access Project Honoree joins Franklin this week to chat about how Angel’s Flight is her homage to Chinatown with a Latin twist, her first cinematic epiphany, and why you should write at your own pace.

Dancing the blues with Scott Aukerman.

Seth Morris, Eugene Cordero, and Will Hines deal with the most bad ass nice guy on this week’s improv4humans with Matt Besser! They also see David Blaine upset over another magician stealing his trick, find out what 7-Eleven customers will do if they win the Powerball lottery, and follow the stand-up career of a comedian with a “fake Italian”  accent. Make sure to sign up for Seeso.com to get Matt Besser’s new standup special “Besser Breaks the Record” and the new live comedy show filmed at the UCB theaters called “The UCB Show”.

What “stupid, corny habit” does James have which has changed his life completely, and continues to do so even today? Today, Stephen and James list the habits they’ve adopted which have done the most to improve their lives.

Join Casey and Danielle as they taste RHONJ Kathy Wakile’s dessert coffee and try RHOC Vicki Gunvalson’s new perfume “V by Vicki.” Special guest Jason Micallef shares his surprising conspiracy theory concerning Yolanda’s health and a breakdown of Lisa and Ken’s animal menagerie. Casey discusses her visit to Kyle by Alene Too and Danielle confesses she hasn’t a pat the puss in her…

New Year greetings from Leonard and Baron! On the first new episode of the year, they discuss three movies inspired by Tales of Showbiz: the wildly ambitious Tim Robbins film Cradle Will Rock, David Mamet’s most lighthearted work State and Main, and a turkey that is regarded as one of the worst movies ever made.

Do dinosaurs go to heaven or hell? Why don’t dogs have hands? Comedian Chris Gethard attempts to answer YOUR kids’ unanswerable questions. Plus, a surprise guest gives Hillary podcasting advice.

Dreary weather can’t slow down Kulap, Howard and Stard. They discuss Howard’s vibrant outfit, exercising and streaming music services with comedian and actress Samantha Bee as they count down the Top 5 of Shazam’s Top 100. Yahoo’s Most Anticipated Video Games of 2016 inspires stories about owning toys as an adult and breaking the fourth wall. Samantha’s new late-night talk show, “Full Frontal with Samantha Bee,” airs Feb. 8 on TBS. Lastly, the gang got some GIFTS!

James isn’t getting the amount of sleep he strives to have on a nightly basis. Will Stephen, who regularly wakes up before 6 AM, have the solution?

While Deanna is away on her honeymoon, Emily welcomes fabulous psychic and tarot reader Angie Banicki to tell us about the future of OMFG! Are big things coming for the show? What is the future of nail art? Are man buns here to stay? Is Drake still going to be crying Drizzy Tearz in 2016? Tune in to find out!

Comedian and Get Up OFF expert Jenny Johnson joins Jensen and Matty to talk about getting up OFF high heels, teenagers on hover boards, lottery tickets, the “Whip and Nae Nae” “On Broadway,” and how we were dead wrong about pocket squares, yams, and matte black wheels on cars.

Singer-songwriter Langhorne Slim and Matt Besser of improv4humans make their way to Sklarbro County! Langhorne tells us about what it was like getting laughs before his sets opening up for Eugene Mirman on tour and plays songs off his new album The Spirit Moves. Also, Matt talks about his new stand-up special “Besser Breaks The Record” (available to watch on www.seeso.com), the first improv show he saw which had a cast that included Chris Farley, and Making a Murderer (there will be spoilers!). As always Daniel Van Kirk brings us crazy stories that include an Indiana woman charged in urine tossing and much more. Later, prosecuting attorney Ken Kratz of Making a Murderer stops by to defend The Martian as a comedy.

Happy 2016, Chat Show fans! For the first entry of the new year, guest host Samm Levine reunites with his Freaks & Geeks dad, actor Sam McMurray! In this Sam(m)-centric episode: The Tracey Ullman Show, being born with an old Jewish soul, and more!

Today, individuality and social norms duke it out regarding the costs and benefits of pursuing a graduate degree.

Sean is joined by ghostsmasher NEIL CASEY, acclaimed voice actor BEN RODGERS, and good drawer DOMINIC DIERKES to workshop scenes from a new animated movie and address topics such as capital punishment and processed food.

The exceptionally talented, tall, and dashing Domhnall Gleeson dominated 2015 as an actor. Domhnall joins Josh this week to talk about his sketch comedy past, Brooklyn, Ex Machina, and portraying General Hux in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. There will be spoilers!

This week Devin & Amy discuss the 1989 American independent drama Sex, Lies, and Videotape. It’s a four character story about sexuality and the relationships of a troubled married couple and the wife’s younger sister starring James Spader, Andie MacDowell, Peter Gallagher, and Laura San Giacomo. It won the Palme d’Or at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival, and was influential in revolutionizing the independent film movement in the early 1990s. Tune in to hear Devin & Amy talk about the Steven Soderbergh film that brought him to prominence — and head to the forums on Wolfpop to cast the deciding vote!

Our old friend Zach Galifianakis joins Scott and Scott’s nephew Todd on this week’s Comedy Bang! Bang! After Scott & Todd catch up and play “What’s That Phrase?”, Zach tells us about his new FX show “Baskets” and considers Todd to be his new stand-up opening act. Later, U.S. citizen Don Darling stops by all the way from Wisconsin to tell us all about being a Sugar Daddy.

It’s 2016 and Marissa and Listler are kicking the new year off strong as they welcome Marina Del Ray High’s Class President Chet Noseworthy (Jack McBrayer) on a new episode of WOMP IT UP! After everyone shares their New Year’s Resolutions, tensions rise between Marissa and Chet during “What’s Cheesing You?”. Then, the spotlight is on Chet as he tells us what led him to become Class President, who he is taking to prom, and the Jellyfish incident which required him to use his gifted manhood. Plus, everyone gives listeners advice on being afraid of commitment and more during Listler’s Love Lockdown!