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Dave and Ethan are joined by Scott Aukerman, the host of Comedy Bang! Bang!, to talk about Weird Al as his band leader, his lifelong Weird Al fandom, and insights into his time as a Mr. Show writer.
Todd Glass cares more about stand-up than anyone I’ve ever met. From the pre-show announcements to the lighting in the showroom to the vibe in the green room, Todd takes control and lets you know you’re in for an experience. Todd started stand-up at 16 and loves all the little nuances that the audience (and other comics) might not even realize. We talk about those nuances, his writing process, anger, and Jager (we’ve done A LOT of Jager shots together.)Pat House is a nationally-touring comedian based out of Philadelphia. A regular performer in comedy clubs, casinos, and theaters all over the country, Pat has been a choice opener for Sebastian Maniscalco, Tom Segura, and Dan Cummins. He recorded his first album Biggest Thing in 2013, and his latest album Heard Enough Yesterday, hit #1 on the iTunes comedy charts. Both can be heard on iTunes, Amazon, and Pandora.Glass is perhaps best known for his appearances as a contestant on the second and third seasons of NBC's Last Comic Standing and has appeared regularly on programs such as Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn, The Dennis Miller Show, Politically Incorrect, Louie, Tosh.0, Mr. Show with Bob and David, Preston and Steve and had his own Comedy Central Presents special in 2001. He co-hosted the podcast Comedy And Everything Else with fellow comics Jimmy Dore and Stefané Zamorano but left the podcast in September 2009. His departure was officially announced on November 28, 2009 episode and Glass has returned as a guest on several episodes since leaving.In 2001, Glass released his debut stand-up album called Vintage Todd Glass and Other Crap and was also featured on the two-CD set of the Comedy Death-Ray, a compilation album of various stand-up comics performing at the popular Comedy Death-Ray comedy showcase at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in Los Angeles. His album Thin Pig, was released on July 7, 2009, on Comedy Central Records.In August 2011, his new podcast The Todd Glass Show debuted on The Nerdist podcasting network.[6] He hosts the show along with frequent co-host Eric Ohlsen and a regular lineup of guests and crew including comedians Rory Scovel (and his wife Jordan) and Blake Wexler, audio engineers Katie Levine, Aristotle "Jet Ski" Acevedo, and musicians Lynn Shore and Joe MacKenzie, who write and perform many of the show's various "jingles" and audio cues. Glass also tours regularly.
Dave and Ethan interview Robyn Von Swank, the prominent celebrity photographer behind Weird Al's iconic Alpocalypse album cover art. Along with additional photo shoots and experiences with Weird Al, Robyn shares stories of working with Rhett & Link of Good Mythical Morning, Riki Lindhome of Garfunkel And Oates, Bryan Cranston, Thomas Lennon and more!
Comedian Scott Aukerman (Mr. Show, Between Two Ferns) stops by Studio 309 and discusses being an artsy kid growing up in Orange County, breaking down the walls between stand up & sketch with his live show Comedy Death Ray, and more! Pics, vids -- boxangeles.com/100 [Originally aired October 2015]
Scott Aukerman (Comedy Bang Bang, Between Two Ferns) felt like the golden boy of comedy in his early years but quickly got a showbiz education. We chat about how it took him over three years to get hired on Mr. Show, how producing his live show Comedy Death Ray helped sustain years of countless TV shows and movies he had written never being picked up, and how he was so broke at one point that his car was repossessed twice, he was on the brink of foreclosure and he was being denied an overall script deal because he was so behind on union dues. CONNECT W/ THE NEED TO FAIL & DON FANELLI ON TWITTER: https://twitter.com/theneedtofailhttps://twitter.com/donfanelli AND PLEASE SUPPORT TN2F ON PATREON FOR BONUS EPS & MORE: https://www.patreon.com/theneedtofail SUBSCRIBE/RATE/REVIEW TN2F on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. THE NEED TO FAIL IS A FOREVER DOG PODCAST http://foreverdogproductions.com/fdpn/podcasts/the-need-to-fail Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Join Scott and Shawn as they breakdown and review "Kevin Bacon Wears a Blue Button Down Shirt and Black Boots", the season five premiere of the hilarious absurdist talk show "Comedy Bang! Bang!" Listen as they detail the show's interesting history, from its beginnings as the Indie 103.1 radio show "Comedy Death Ray Radio", running concurrently with the Comedy Death Ray stage show, to being adapted into an amazingly creative talk show that ran for 110 episodes on the Independent Film Channel. They'll talk about the very talented and very funny Weird Al Yankovic, making his debut as the show's third bandleader/announcer in this episode. They'll also talk about the episode's special guest, Kevin Bacon, and even play a little Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon of their own! So pour yourself a glass of green water, hold on to your gold, and laugh along with us! Please email us at hittingplayshow@gmail.com Hitting Play on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/HittingPlay Scott's Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/MCandFriends Scott's Vine: http://www.vine.co/MCandFriends Scott's Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/mc_and_friends Shawn's Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/Weazel1978 Shawn's YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/3BMMC
Comedian Scott Aukerman (Mr. Show, Between Two Ferns) stops by Studio 309 and discusses being an artsy kid growing up in Orange County, breaking down the walls between stand up & sketch with his live show Comedy Death Ray, and more! Info, photos, links, et cetera -- http://boxangeles.com/100
It's the first week into June and we'll be sharing some stories. Kay's had a tough week, but we can all laugh about it! Dereck might have the Weird News...we're not sure. We'll also be chatting it up with comedian Ian Edwards who is currently writing and working on the hit CBS show, Two Broke Girls, and launched his own podcast, SoccerComic Rant, on the prestigious podcast network, All Things Comedy. Last year Ian wrote and functioned as a Supervising Producer on season 3 of the Adult Swim show, Black Dynamite, appeared in the Jeff Garlin feature, Dealing with Idiots, opposite JB Smoove, shot a Guest Starring role on Comedy Central's Trip Tank (airs later this year), performed on Conan and was profiled in a video piece on NBC's Last Call with Carson Daly. In previous years Ian wrote for shows such as SNL, Cartoon Network's The Boondocks, was a regular cast member on season 6 of MTV's hit show Punk'd and performed as a stand-up on shows such as The BBC's The World Stands Up, HBO's Bad Boys of Comedy and The Comedy Death Ray album and has had jokes featured in The New York Post and Time Out LA. In addition to all of this, Ian has been invited to perform at some of the most prestigious comedy and music festivals in the world – Montreal and Chicago Just ForLaughs Comedy Festival, HBO's Aspen Comedy and Arts Festival, Edinburgh, Melbourne, SXSW, Bridgetown, San Francisco Sketchfest, Moontower Comedy Festival and Traverse City Winter Comedy Arts Festival (Michael Moore and Jeff Garlin's film festival).
Comedian Tony Sam joins "The Fort" Podcast to talk his time as a molecular biologist, a stunning fight at a bakery, pissing on Mike's glasses and marriage. Tony is the long time executive producer of the critically acclaimed comedy show "Chicago Underground Comedy." He has performed on "Comedy Death-Ray" at Upright Citizens Brigade Theater, and is a regular fixture at the theater performing on the monthly variety show, "The Walsh Brothers Show." Currently, Tony is the Head Writer and Editor in Chief of Jamie Kennedy's online comedy site, Hahajk.com. This is "The Fort's" 50th episode. We want to thank all of our listeners for sticking with us. We look forward to another 50 episodes!
A great treat to talk with fellow podcaster and Comedian Scott Auckerman the host and co-founder of Comedy Death Ray Radio, one of the funniest and hippest podcasts out there. Scott is bringing his live show to C2E2, featuring Patton Oswalt with special guests Dan Telfer and Joe Mande.Today we talk about the creation of the show, plus Scott's other comedic endeavors like producing Zach Galifanakis's hilarious Between Two Ferns talk show at Funny Or Die , screenwriting and creating live and sketch comedy albums sold at his website earwolf.com
Paul Bae, our first guest six years ago, returns to talk about religion, why he keeps few possessions on the job, his Comedy Death-Ray experience and how he gets the tears flowing in an audition.
Liezl Estipona (http://liezlwashere.com) is a photographer who frequently covers L.A. comedy shows such as Comedy Death Ray at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre and The Paul F. Tompkins Show at Largo. Her "Clay Of The Day" website (http://clayoftheday.com) features her sculpture work with clay people and their nefarious deeds. J.P. Spaulding (@JPSpaulding on Twitter) is a stand-up comedian from Chicago. He is also a food enthusiast and knows his cheese like nobody's business. We talk about flipping the bird at Comic-Con, getting into fights with photographers, our favorite video games, and the Joe Pesci song "Wiseguy."
On this edition of Host and Guest, Rick is joined by Scott Aukerman, the host and creator of Comedy Death Ray Radio. Scott was also a writer and performer on Mr. Show. You can catch the comedy showcase he co-created, Comedy Death Ray, every Tuesday at the UCB Theater in Los Angeles. To check out Comedy Death Radio, be sure to visit http://comedydeathrayradio.blip.tv/rssHere's Episode 46:http://www.archive.org/download/HostAndGuestEpisode46ScottAukerman/hostandguestepisode46.mp3Stream it!
This episode is no longer available in itunes, but you can download it here:http://drop.io/hammerdownsomethingelse37Sup fool this week we talked more Conan, Land of the lost, The Cat Returns, The Hangover, Salo, The Taking of Pelham 123, Comedy Death Ray, Back To the Future, and a whole bunch of newsThe list: 5 best opening sequencesThe Review: Mead Here is some of the promised Bo BernhamDragon Boy Suedeand the Letterman thing we talked about in the newsSubscribe in a reader
Matt interviews comics at the Comedy Death Ray 4th Anniversary All-Night Pajama Party. Featuring Chris Hardwick, Andy Kindler, Neil Hamburger, Paul F. Tompkins, Jimmy Pardo and more.