Comedy Bang Bang: The Podcast

April 21, 2014

WOMP IT UP! CBB intern Marissa Wompler & her life coach Miss Listler are back to catch us up on what’s been going on in their life since Marissa’s birthday pool party. We’ll hear how their recent college visits in Washington D.C. have gone, how Marissa caught her step dad Seth in the middle of a jerk sesh, and why Eric “Gutterballs” Gutterman is out of the picture. So make yourself a DiGiorno cream cheese sandwich and tune in for an episode full of survival tips, accents, and of course womping up the jamz!

 

 

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April 14, 2014

Let’s turn our gaze away from Los Angeles and move over to Washington D.C. which is where HBO’s Veep takes place and Matt Walsh & first timer Tim Simons are both HBO actors in. They’ll define political terms, describe the accents from their hometowns, and reveal some xclusies about Veep. Plus, a chill boarder by the name of XJR& rolls on in the studio to tell us about his charity. We’re not karate kidding you when we say this is an episode you don’t wanna miss!

 

 

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April 7, 2014

You’re getting two Als for the price of one as “Weird Al” Yankovic & Alan Thicke return on today’s Comedy Bean Bag! There will be talk of juke boxicals, what we should expect from the next “Weird Al” album, and Alan debuts his new song parody. Plus, a remarkable game of Riddle Me This you won’t wanna miss!

 

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March 31, 2014

This week’s Comedy Bing Buh has Scott & co-host Traci Rearden welcome back Patton Oswalt to answer some burning questions in honor of his new special Tragedy Plus Comedy Equals Time. How many guns should a person own? What exactly is a reverse April Fools? Should Patton bring back his first joke? All of these questions are answered plus a new visitor from a planet far far away by the name of Qthor drops by to get some tips on living on Earth.

 

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March 24, 2014

It’s a special March Music edition of Comedy Bean Bag as Matt Berninger of The National & Rhett Miller of the Old 97’s get candid about being lead singers all while the Old 97’s play live versions of songs from their new album “Most Messed Up.” Later, entrepreneur George Zimmer appears in a cloud of cigar smoke and under the guise of a silhouette to tell us about being fired from Men’s Wearhouse. Then, fellow lead singer Russell Crowe of 30 Odd Foot of Grunts drops by to give us some behind the scenes info on his upcoming film Noah. You’re going to like what you hear in this episode. I guarantee it.

 

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March 17, 2014

Are you ready for some pet peeves from TV’s own Chelsea Peretti? Things heat up on a Bang! Bang! After Dark as Chelsea gets deep about her thoughts on rental cars, dookie emojis, and DSLs. That’s not all, we know you’ve been missing record producers Benny & Barrett Bachelor aka The Bachelor Brothers, babe. So they’re back by popular demand and to make a big announcement baby!

 

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March 13, 2014

It’s time for another b-b-b-bonus episode of Comedy Bang! Bang! recorded live at the South by Southwest Festival! Featuring co-host/intern Gino Lambardo and one of America’s favorite comedians Matt Braunger. But that’s not all, Scott’s childhood friend Hooch the Mooch drops by to take anything he can including a game of Would You Rather. Hurry and listen before Hooch takes this episode away!

 

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March 10, 2014

This week’s Comedy Bang Bang was recorded live at the South by Southwest Festival 2014 in Austin, Texas with fan favorite Jonah Ray and soon to be fan favorite Adam Cayton-Holland! Also, The Sheriff of Nottingham makes a harrowing return as he crashes the show the only way a fictional character from the Robin Hood universe can. With style! Bow. Bow. Chicka Chickaaaa.

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March 3, 2014

Get ready for some dating stories from the life of our good friend Jason Mantzoukas on today’s Comedy Bang Bang! Just as we get into Jason’s love life, an entertainer by the name of Gil accompanied by his puppet Golly stop by the studio. But something is odd about Gil & Golly. Could there be more than meets the eye (or in this case ear)? You’ll have to tune in to find out!

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February 24, 2014

Parks and Recreation’s Jim O’Heir makes his way from Pawnee for his debut appearance on today’s Comedy Bing Bong! Jim takes us through the many masks he wears as an actor and explains how the audition he did for the role of Ron Swanson lead to the creation of his character Jerry Gergich. Then, Shelly Driftwood returns to share some Hollywood animal secrets and tell us about his new business venture located in Venice. YOLO!

February 17, 2014

IT’S BEEN a long time since the previously married Garry Marshall & Gillian Jacobs have been on Comedy Bean Bag but now they’re here to set things straight. Will Gilli (sorry!) ever get stinkin’ rich? What gets Underworld series director Len Wiseman’s juices going? Will they be able to get Garry back to his own dimension? Tune in to find out you fool!

February 13, 2014

Comedian extraordinaire, fan favorite, and new dad Nick Thune returns on this week’s b-b-bonus Comedy Bing Bong! Smash cut to Nick giving us a conclusion to his neighbor saga, explaining how he thought his baby boy was going to be a baby girl, and telling us about his new hour special Folk Hero (available on Netflix on February 18th). Cut to Nick & Scott’s agent Meredith Coldwell dropping by to give them some career advice. Slow fade into a high stakes game of Would You Rather!

February 10, 2014

One half of The Pepper Men, Jon Daly is here to discuss all things RHCP on today’s Comedy Bing Bong! Jon tells us about his tribute track to the Red Hots and dives deep into the Superb Bowl Halftime show controversy. Then, Scott & Jon start to go through the Chili Peps’ discography when suddenly an “off the grid” Jesse “The Mind, Body, and Soul” Ventura maneuvers into the studio to share some explosive information. Check out Jon’s tribute to RHCP aka “ABRACADABRALIFORNIA” over at http://rhcp2014.com/

February 3, 2014

You must know by now that Doug Benson loves movies, dining with Karen, and getting Doug right? Doug & cartoonist/author Paul Hornschemeier join Scott to talk about Paul’s new book “Artists Authors Thinkers Directors,” their all time favorite movies, and the Grammys. Later, Smaug the Dragon swoops in to share his distaste with his portrayal in the Hobbit films, tell us about his Kickstarter, and to play some of his folk parody songs. Plus, farts are discussed during a game of Would You Rather!

January 30, 2014

Never Not Funny host Jimmy Pardo is back to chat about Twitter snitches, how much money he made in 1990, and his award winning podcast Never Not Funny joining Earwolf on today’s b-b-b-onus episode of Comedy Bing Bong Theory! Then, Voda the Gypsy has hunted Scott down for some unfinished business regarding a past encounter at the apple section of a Ralphs grocery store. Plus, the return of Riddle Me This!