Dumb Pitches

Monica is joined by comedian and writer Bri Pruett (Comedy Central, TEDx) and they get into some silly ideas that Bri has really bought into. Rebranding food that’s hard to eat, expressing yourself correctly through your car horn AND they collab on a witch app. It’s a great episode! Give us a review and follow Bri @BriPruett.

Monica is joined by comedian and twitch streamer Lisa Wallen (Evil Geniuses, Lisa’s Lair) and we get the scoop on what it’s like to try and date a gamer and non-gamer men trying to deal with that. Is Gameworks a good date idea for a gamer? Turns out no. Plus she shares some jokes that she is determined to work and spoil Games of Thrones for anyone who is too far behind! Check out @wisalallen on al...

Monica is joined by comedian Erik Escobar (TED Talk, You Bet Your Life) and they have the most fun ever discussing his idea of a belt that makes sound effect when you climax during sex. Yep, you get to pick your sound. Wonderful intention, questionable follow through. PLUS they give a lot of celebrities their sex sound effect. Follow Erik, @ErikEsocbar! Rate and review the podcast, it helps!

Monica is joined by comedian Andrew Rivers (Dry Bar, For All The Wrong Reasons) and they get into interview attire, he brings up Katie Thurston (The Bachelorette) only six times, and then he makes his own tinder based TV show. Follow Andrew @AndrewJRivers and get his new album All The Wrong Reasons, now.

Our lovely and hilarious host Monica Nevi shares her relationship to stealing as a younger person and one particular idea to steal fireworks that goes very wrong. Don’t worry, not for her, just for an intoxicated friend that takes the plan a little too far. What’s your relationship to stealing? We want to hear about it. Follow Monica @MonicaNevi. Rate, review, subscribe. Enjoy.

Monica is joined by comedian and TikTok Sensation, Todd Royce (What’s That?) to talk about the dangers of doing multiple diets at the same time when you are diabetic. We highlight the life-saving effects of M&M’s and how to not start comedy for 19 years. Lies are bad ideas! Todd is on the Excuse Me, What’s That? Comedy Tour and Monica will be on the show this Sunday (10/3/21) at Laughs Comedy Club...

Monica is joined by comedian and writer Will Miles (South Side, Grownish, Comedy Central) and he let’s us know that his goofy style of comedy has gotten him some interesting looks in the writers room. From a VERY silly Full House reference to a pitch for Grownish that ended up being too grown, is it a bad pitch if the room laughs? We get to dive into the real pitching situations of a writers room...

Monica is joined by comedian and writer Megan Gailey (Conan, Comedy Central) with three hot bad ideas! The diarrhea patch, the hat show and a joke about Larry Bird’s dog. She channels Buddy Bird and business plans are made! It’s a great episode and you should subscribe, rate and review. Follow Megan @bettermegangailey!

Monica is joined by comedian and writer Lisa Curry (Jim Jeffries Show, Comedy Central) to discuss the physical repercussions of a bad idea. Playing through an injury to get someone to notice you, commitment to the bad idea! Plus a website she was hoping would mend her relationship with her mom by finding Snookie dopplegangers. It’s a rollercoaster of emotion and the perseverance through injury wil...

Monica is joined by comedian and writer Alex Falcone (The Late Show with Stephen Colbert) and one of his good ideas, his novel "Unwrap My Heart," was actually a bad idea that leads us down a path of multiple bad ideas regarding mummies. Alex is a strong believer that mummies did not get the same sexy attention that vampires and werewolves did and he wants to change that. Plus, a flurry of question...

To celebrate 30 episodes we are hearing Monica’s Dumb Pitches. She is a 5’6” younger sister to a 6’2” older brother with a nine year age gap between them. When it comes to childhood fights, there are only so many moves the smaller child can go to... or are there? Here are Monica’s insanely stupid ideas for getting back at her big brother, including fake pee and putting stuff in his bed. It doesn’t...

Monica is joined by comedian and creator Steph Tolev (Comedy Central, Steph Infection) and we go rapid fire on her bad ideas. From “jokes” she used to do, included a questionable Keith Richards impression to interviewing people in full body casts all the way to getting back with an ex. It’s a high energy and hilarious episode, which is perfect with for Steph. Make sure you follow her on social med...

Monica is joined by comedian and basketball connoisseur Jamel Johnson (Comedy Central, NBA Storytime) and he shares his plan to host a brunch comedy show geared specifically to make white people comfortable with ‘safe minorities.’ Spoiler alert, it did not go as he planned. Then they discuss the common late night decision to get fast food and what a bad idea the Arby’s Nashville Hot Fish Sandwich...

Monica is joined by comedian John Hastings (Comedy Central, AGT) and after sharing the real inside scoop of being one of two AGT contestants to stay and film after COVID lockdown started he dives right into some of the scariest and weirdest childhood bad ideas. It’s incredible and jaw dropping and the only episode we had to bleep things. Follow John @thejohnhastings Give us a rating and review and...

Monica is joined by comedian and podcast host Steve Gillespie (Comedy Mainline, Conan) and we travel from shooting all of our trash into space (in order to save the oceans) to having Jury Duty be a job and then all the way to shooting everything into space. It’s a great episode and Steve is hilarious as a fellow Helium Podcast Network host. Follow him @comicgillespie

Monica is joined by comedian and author Sam Tallent (JFL, Running the Light) as he shares another tremendous amount of work that was one of the least thought out ideas ever. He wrote 200 pages of a screenplay called Time Knife. Throwing knives through time and killing the dreams of anyone who read it. Don’t worry, he lost the laptop in a breakup so at least there is no ending. It’s a great episode...

Monica is joined by herself to share some more of her own bad ideas. The topic this week revolves around doing edible marijuana at work and if edibles are ever a good idea. Producer Blake helps us get to the bottom of this and they end up talking about finding the right drug for you! It’s VERY fun!

Monica is joined by the comedian, actor and host Josh Nasar (Sons of Anarchy, @JoshNasar) who let’s us in on the real reason he ended up in LA acting, doing stand-up and being hilarious on TikTok. It’s because he came here to date Pamela Anderson, specifically and he got damn close. It’s a perfect and inspiring story about bad ideas turning into great ones! Rate and review us after you subscribe!...

Monica is joined by the comedian Jordan Power (Unmentionable, Famous Anus) and he shares some incredible marijuana induced bad ideas. From HPV Bingo to cocaine and construction, these ideas are revolutionary. Jordan also shares some personal stories that are genuinely incredible. Enjoy the episode, give us a 5-star review and follow Jordan @jpowercomedy

Monica is joined by the comedian Caitlin Peluffo (Colbert, Good Time Gal) and they dive right into a graduate program in art that led Caitlin down one of the most interesting paths we’ve heard. Video Performance art is not porn, maybe, but it is a degree. Slapping dead pigs and having paint thrown at your while nude, what an interesting thing to still owe $200,000 for. It’s a riveting episode! Giv...

Monica is joined by the hilarious Beth Stelling (Girl Daddy, HBO) and it starts out with Monica telling an embarrassing story. Then Beth shared an invention to help you commit the crime of texting and driving. Exclusive breaking news that Monica and Beth are now writing a horror movie together about the experience or consequences that might come with developing babies outside of one’s body. Go wat...

You’ve asked for a solo episode with Monica’s bad ideas so here they are! A taste of what the behind the scenes videos on the YouTube memberships are like, Monica shares two ideas for pants that would be helpful to the alcoholic. Always have a place to set your drink and always have a ride home! Nolan Culver helps bounce some ideas. Listen and subscribe, give a review and join the YouTube membersh...

Monica is joined by comedian Sean Jordan (All Fantasy Everything) as he explains his good ideas for things that already existed but he struggles with research. When Sean moves to LA, he gets multiple opportunities to ACTUALLY PITCH ideas and the bad ideas to answer that call. Finally, he leaves us with the most beautiful misstep on a date ever, why not respond to a compliment with something you do...

Monica is joined by comedian Alingon Mitra (The Daily Show, Conan) who has spent many years developing AND implementing questionable post-show merchandise sales. A poorly thought out shirt, is already made. A bag of mixed nuts might not be as accepted to a tradition-less audience. Can’t go wrong with a bookmark though. Finally, if he is getting steroids across statelines... you better buy them aft...

Monica is joined by comedian Graham Kay (Colbert, Super Troopers 2) who says he could only think of personal stories and he really delivers on that front. Graham shares a series of bad idea combined with bad timing that lead him to restart his career three times, a stint in jail and the craftiness it takes to work illegally in a different country. He is days away from a big break before these dumb...