Oh Man, That's Awful!

Last Comic Standing Champion Rod Man shares hilarious stories from his toughest gigs, Last Comic Standing, working for Stevie Wonder, his thoughts on Louie C.K.

James Eckhouse’s five-season run on “Beverly Hills 90210” got him named one of TV's 50 best dads by TV Guide, but he’s also a hilarious guy with nearly 120 film and TV roles, and an in-demand director whose new play “American Hero” is opening at the Pasadena Playhouse. With stories of acting onstage naked, his misspent days studying neuropathology, and how the first wave of “90210” fans reminded him of “Children of the Damned," this episode is an absolute must-hear!

Author Glen David Gold shares tales that'll have you laughing as you say to yourself, "Oh man, that's awful!"Abandoned by his mother at age 12 in San Francisco, Glen had to navigate life amongst colorful con-men to emerge from a modern-day Dickensian childhood and became a world-wide sensation with his historical fiction novels "Carter Beats the Devil," and "Sunnyside."Glen joins us to discuss his stunning life which serves as the basis for his latest book, the terrific memoir "I Will Be Complete."

Superstar Writer / Director Shane Black reinvented the modern-day action film with genre classics "Lethal Weapon," "The Last Boy Scout," "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang," "Iron Man 3,” and "The Nice Guys."Shane joins Oh Man, That's Awful! to discuss his new film, The Predator, future projects, and the state of Hollywood screenwriting!

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and founding Chicago drummer, Danny Seraphine, joins Oh Man, That's Awful! to discuss what it was like to get fired from the band he started.

With Kevin Corcoran out on assignment, Carl Kozlowski & Dr. David Robinson welcome storyteller and multiple Moth winner Oscar Sagastume into the studio to share awful stories of storytelling, medical issues, and the perils of loading pyro in a truly magical (there's a unicorn in there) episode of 'Oh Man, That's Awful!'

Rodriguez is one of the most fascinating artists in rock history, a songwriter who initially failed to sell nearly any copies in the US yet - unbeknownst to him for years - was a superstar in Australia and South Africa. He was deprived of those royalties because legend had it that he had committed suicide on stage - twice. You have to see the Oscar-winning 2012 documentary "Searching for Sugarman" to understand it all, but he's joins us for an interview that was as odd and iconoclastic as Rodriguez himself.

We love sharing awful stories, and there are few worse these days than the tale of NXIVM, a sex cult operating out of Albany, NY that's making national headlines as its leaders approach trial.Comic and journalist Brock Wilbur got an indepth look at the cult for the past 9 months and shares his shocking insights on this riveting episode!

On this week's episode of 'Oh Man, That's Awful!' Carl and Kevin dive into the world of addiction and recovery with former comedian and still hilarious author of the brilliant, yet biting, memoir 'My Fair Junkie: A Memoir of Getting Dirty and Staying Clean,' Amy Dresner! 

The guys invite SNL's first multi-season African-American female cast member on to talk about her breakout role on SNL, favorite cast members and hosts, why she left, and the surprising career change that's brought her back to the world of stand-up comedy!Tune in!

On this week's episode of 'Oh Man, That's Awful!' Co-Host Kevin Corcoran takes the wheel in Carl Kozlowski's absence for an exciting thrill ride through the world of comedy with comedian Dwayne Perkins - a ride that stops in New York, Boston, San Francisco, Johannesburg, and Chicago on its destination to Netflix and beyond! (Featuring special guest Carl Kozlowski!)

When "Oh Man, That's Awful" was hatched, we originally thought about discussing the most awful motel and restaurant reviews on Yelp with the reviewers who suffered them. Instead, we wound up asking funny people about their battles with everything from obesity to fleeing Scientology and against sexual harassment in Hollywood. But this episode detours back to the original idea, as hilarious comic Skyler Bingham gives us his absolutely shockingly funny stories from working in restaurants. This goes WAAAAAAAY beyond gross food stories into territory we can't even bring ourselves to write and describe on Facebook - and that says a LOT! Skyler is also a Mormon and we get into that a lot too. You gotta hear this!!! Preferably not while eating!!!

Our show specializes in people sharing funny-awful stories from their lives, but few master that mix of the funny and worrisome better than the fabulous and infamous rogue Buck Ball! This multiple Moth winner tells us about the colorful Southern upbringing that led to his even more colorful life in Los Angeles, rife with tales of wildly wrong relationships and wronger drugs. Tune in for a wild hour!

There's only one King of Rock n'Roll but there are plenty of great tribute artists playing him 40 years after his passing but Jacob Roman is one of the best! He's playing in a special "young/old" Elvis show on June 26 at the Alex Theatre in Glendale, CA called "The Wonder of Elvis" and he stopped in to discuss his HIGHLY unique career and what he has learned about Elvis and life from it! Don't be cruel - tune in!

Liz Climo spent 14 years working on "The Simpsons" as an artist and has gone on to become a world-renowned children's book author! She also overcame some truly amazing moments as a sleepwalker. Hear about it all on this amazing episode! Tune in!

On the latest episode, Carl, Kevin and Dr. David Robinson team up to discuss the remarkable journey of Greg Sestero, who befriended the, ahem, unique actor Tommy Wiseau and helped him bring his dream film "The Room" to life. .His book about the experience, "The Disaster Artist," became a critically acclaimed best-seller that was turned into a hit movie that scored James Franco a Best Actor Golden Globe and a Best Screenplay Oscar nomination. Now, Greg is back with Tommy in the new movie "Best F(r)iends" and it's surprisingly getting genuinely good reviews! He joins us to share the story of his wild ride, with insights into Tommy, his experiences at the Golden Globes and much more! Tune in!

Scott Schultz has taken a clever idea - to share stories, both funny, sad, weird and wonderful, from the Los Angeles public transit system's buses and trains- and turned it into a creative empire with live events, podcasts, videocasts, even a book. Katya Duft is one of his best storytellers and also runs the Tales from the Bus page on Facebook, enabling anyone with an amazing bus story to share it with the world. On this episode, they team up to share an hour's worth of their amazing experiences, and the results are hilarious fun. Tune in!

Anne Marie Scheffler is a Canadian comedy star whose show "MILF Life Crisis" (at Second City Hollywood and Toronto) asks what happens when you’re newly divorced with kids? You go dating every other weekend! A new kind of relationship comedy! Because after marriage comes dating! She talks all about it and her own funny-awful stories on this very special episode she dug so much that she told that we're cute and funny!

Tory Christman spent 30 years in Scientology before escaping to become one of their fiercest and most vocal critics. Here she's tells the story of how she got sucked in, escaped, was harassed afterwards and driven into fighting back. Also included are incredible stories about Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes and John Travolta, so tune in!

Steve Mazan was a comic who dreamed of getting on Letterman like countless others. But when doctors told him he had five years to live due to cancer, he had to spring into action to beat the clock and get on a show that often takes a decade or more of effort to achieve. His resulting triumph formed the basis of the book and documentary "Dying to Do Letterman," which is basically "Rocky" for standups. And he's still with us today, so he'll share the inspiring story of how he's staved off cancer as well! Tune in!

Laurie Kilmartin is one of America's best comics and comedy writers, and has now applied her distinctive and hilarious point of view to the touchy subject of death and dying with her new book "Dead People Suck" (out Tuesday!) Hear why as she rails against the dying of the light humorously on this awesome episode, and we also take on sexual harassment in comedy industry, what it's like working for Conan, and some strangely specific geographical jokes! Tune in, cause this one's not awful, it's amazing!

Did you hear the one about the Mormon heroin addict who got into comedy while forced into rehab after nearly dying in his grandma's house through an overdose on her birthday? You will in this episode, when comic Andy Gold of AddictsComedy shares his incredibly funny-awful stories about heroin addiciion,big pharma, rehab, comedy and Mormonism, all in one pithy yet powerfully funny episode! Tune in!

The critically acclaimed hit series "Ray Donovan" follows the adventures of a "fixer" who handles all types of dangerous situations for the elite, famous and infamous. On this episode, hosts Carl Kozlowski and Kevin Corcoran welcome Jeff Monteith, a real-life international private eye/skip tracer/"fixer" extraordinaire who's mixed it up with Suge Knight, kicked down Katt Williams' door, broken Kid Rock's bassist's arm while Kid watched, nearly shot a Scientology spy and much more. You've gotta hear this!

"Awful" cohost Carl Kozlowski has known and watched storyteller Antonio Sacre rise to international fame and acclaim since the mid-'90s. He has become one of Radio Titans' best and most popular guests and in this episode, he shares an amazing new story about his Cuban immigrant father, as well as funny-awful and just funny stories from his career working with adult and children's storytelling, as well as the time he caused a national controversy thanks to Bill O'Reilly, with Koz and Kevin Corcoran. Great show! Tune in!

Don Friesen is the only two time winner of the San Francisco International Comedy Competition, and has his own Showtime special! He sits down with us to share funny awful stories from his comedy career and his past life as a vacuum salesman. THIS definitely doesnt suck!

Troy Conrad is a standup comic and photographer in LA who's created an international sensation with his standup comedy show "Set List," which requires comics - including the legendary Robin Williams! - to devise sets on the spot based on random combinations of words that are thrown at them on a screen before a live audience. It's an incredible experience to watch and he tells the story here - along with his funny-awful experiences with the Hells Angels biker gang. Tune in!

Ken Davis is a multi-Emmy-winning producer for some of LA's top local newscasts, and his new memoir "In Bed With Broadcasting" has amazing stories of his encounters with finding a dead Hollywood legend in a shocking situation, encountering one of America's most notorious serial killers one on one in darkness, and much more. The book is great, but oh man he's survived some funny awful moments! Tune in!

Journalist Mark Ebner has worked for Spy, Rolling Stone, Esquire and countless other great magazines before his current stint at hot website Daily Beast. He stops in to discuss awful stories of Hollywood misbehavior from Weinstein to Mel Gibson, Spacey to Scientology, in an absolutely gasp-inducing hour (you can't un-hear what Mel told him about Weinstein!!!) Acclaimed writer/poet/academic Ayara Stein also sits in with cohosts Carl Kozlowski and Kevin Corcoran on this very special episode! Tune in!

Comic Tom Clark has been seen on "Conan," "Chelsea Lately" and CBS' "Late Late Show" in addition to headlining clubs nationwide. He's also got some hilarious stories about growing up Catholic, as do cohosts Carl Kozlowski (still practicing!) and Kevin Corcoran (um, not so much). Tune in for an explosively funny hour, and be sure to order Tom's new streaming comedy special "Outraged" starting Dec. 8 (details at www.tomclark.com)!

Dylan Brody is one of the most singular and impressive talents on the world storytelling stage, a man with numerous books, CDs and specials to his credit. He's also shared the stage with no less than David Sedaris, and if that doesn't tell ya he's brilliant, we can't help you. He joined us for a discussion about his former addiction to pot, the good and bad of pot on creativity, how he decided to get sober, how he navigates a sober culture that relies on Higher Power when he's an ardent atheist, and much more - all while bringing the funny! Tune in, cause this ain't awful, it's great!

Comic Sam Tripoli has long been known and respected as a comic who truly says whatever is on his mind, consequences be damned. Well, just imagine how crazy things might get when this host of the "Tinfoil Hat" podcast takes on a slew of some of the most controversial conspiracy theories out there. A funny, fascinating and passionate episode of "Oh Man, That's Awful!" awaits you!

On this fascinating and funny episode, Los Angeles Magazine Associate Editor Chris Nichols and former Los Angeles Conservancy Modern Committee Chair Adriene Biondo team up to provide a series of the most funny-awful stories about LA history and the botched efforts to preserve some of that city's most beloved architecture. It's an hour of hilarious horror stories that will make you wonder just what the hell is wrong AND embrace what's oh so right about this magical city! No matter where you live, you'll find this amazing, so tune in!

On this week's episode, veteran comic Ron Bush - who's been called "the gay Richard Pryor meets 'South Park' - joins hosts Carl Kozlowski and Kevin Corcoran and ace sound guy/sidekick Dr. David Robinson for an incredible hour about being gay in comedy, growing up gay in the South, and well, being gay - as Koz asks the questions everyone wants to know but never dares ask. Funny, insightful, occasionally even moving, this is incredible. Tune in!

On the latest episode of "Oh Man, That's Awful!" host Carl Kozlowski is joined by acclaimed author/actress Erika Schickel, who grew up as the daughter of legendary Time Magazine film critic Richard Schickel amid the sexual harassment/rape culture of ' '70s Hollywood and fending off Woody Allen as she became the inspiration for Mariel Hemingway in "Manhattan"! Hear those incredible tales along with new compellingly funny and harrowing stories of sexual harassment in Hollywood now that the Harvey Weinstein scandal has exploded, from ace comics/actresses/writers Christina Myers Hepburn and Leah Knauer! An absolutely incredible, candid and important hour! NOTE: While "Oh Man, That's Awful!" is normally all-audiences, this episode has some explicit language and stories due to its controversial subject matter.

Bob Zany is one of the greatest road comics in America and one of the masters of insult comedy in the Don Rickles tradition. Andrew Solmssen is a beloved and funny storyteller in the Los Angeles scene, mastering hot shows like The Moth. Both of them have also battled weight and obesity issues for life - Zany yo-yoing in a 100-lb range, while Solmssen is an LA legend for having lost from 525 down 190 pounds and counting. They join host Carl Kozlowski, who has lost 100 pounds in the past 18 months himself, for this funny yet incisive episode in which they discuss their battles and the issues behind being fat in today's society, and what it took for them to change. This show gets real!

The latest podcast from Radio Titans is here, with an unknown person and a star comic/storyteller/writer each telling some of the most hilariously awful stories from their lives to hosts Carl Kozlowski and Kevin Corcoran. This debut episode features veteran "Conan" writer/"Letterman"-level comic Brian Kiley and comic John Moody, who shares amazing stories from his past job as a parking enforcement parking ticket guy for the LAPD. Hear awful stories about citizen reactions to tickets, the bizarre psychological exam the city puts employees through, Brian's worst road gigs, and much much more. Also, Koz reveals the bizarre reason he has a warrant out for his arrest and reveals his awful dog-walking habits. Tune in!