I Need You Guys

This week, we'd like to celebrate the premiere of Survival Of The Thickest Season 3 on Netflix by re-airing our hilarious chat with the show's creator and star, the fantastic Michelle Buteau! Michelle warns us not to get our tongues pierced at the San Gennaro Festival! She also shares how it feels to see her hosting style imitated so often, and helps us answer a listener’s question about housesitt...

I mean, we’re willing to talk about arthritis, that seems like a fun area, but in this week’s hosts-only episode, we’ll also discuss first semester friends, dance class soundtracks, John Travolta’s berets, fashion scum, and Gabe’s (potentially) round back. Plus, we help a listener with a question about non-vegetarian leftovers. My body is healthy and huge. You can call us with your etiquette quest...

In this episode, it’s gonna be a two-martini night as we’re joined by the cool, hilarious, and tall John Reynolds (Search Party, Stranger Things, Yellowjackets) to discuss why playgrounds are stressful, deja vu, self-doubt, Sleeping With The Enemy, and John’s new movie Never Change! Plus, a listener has a question about the best way to get back in touch one year later!   Follow John @john_p_reynol...

Today we have a special treat, Action Movie class is in session and Professor Jon Gabrus has prepared a syllabus! A few weeks ago, Jenny asked Max & Gabe for suggestions to fill in the gaps in her action movie knowledge, and their pal Gabrus rose to the challenge in classic style. But before that, they’ll talk all about moisturizers, tapered football jerseys, adult rugby, and everything Gabrus has...

Today we’re joined by the fabulous Chani Nicholas , astrologer, activist, and all around good egg, and she has Jenny, Max, & Gabe’s birth charts in hand! She’ll answer questions about how their charts align, how they differ, being prepared for expansion, and getting cornered on airplanes. Also, ghost hunting! Plus a question about using AI on family photos (that’s a big “no” from the panel).   Get...

They say don’t meet your heroes, but this episode conclusively proves that if your hero is one Kerri Kenney-Silver (The State, Reno 911, The Four Seasons), then it’s absolutely fine. Kerri joins the group to talk about starting stand-up at age 60 (so a few years out yet, get hyped), her all-girl 90s band Cake-Like, steampunk bar mitzvahs, The State’s long friendship, and to dispense potentially in...

The hilarious Pete Holmes (Crashing, You Made It Weird) joins us today to discuss unkind thoughts about a man’s foot, encountering Paul Rudd after stroller combat, and to offer a caller some advice about getting the lyrics wrong. Plus, what’s an appropriate gift for a boo mitzvah, and Jenny has a simple opening question about high school: “Were you guys tryin’ to grind?”   Follow Pete @peteholmes...

Ilana Glazer (Broad City, It’s Open With Ilana Glazer ) joins us live from bed today, as we remember epic party boat shoots, Ben & Jerry’s encounters, and the time Gabe fell over very mindfully. We’ll also help out a caller with a very pertinent question about weed disclosures. Plus: Jenny is ready for action movie suggestions, and the boys can’t believe their luck!   Follow Ilana @ilana Listen or...

The secret ingredient in this week’s hosts-only episode is love! Jenny finds out that shackets are like jeggings for boys, Gabe explains why you should measure twice to cut once, and Max gets us excited for two Pennsylvania-set movies coming soon (though we’re disappointed by the lack of scrapple). Plus: we help a pair of callers work through their confusing night with a Sharon Tate lookalike and...

Anna Konkle (Pen15, The Sane One) might be the only second grader who watched Fried Green Tomatoes for her birthday party! Together we share Pen15 memories, help a caller whose friend is a bad driver, and discuss the dark corners of Nextdoor, from a feral animal surgeon to an aspiring indie songwriter. Plus: Jenny’s been activated by a horny novel about improv. You can call us with your etiquette...

Nicholas Braun (Succession, The Sheep Detectives) went to the same high school as one of us, and you’ll have to listen to find out who! We talk about high school reunions, regrets, and surprise hookups, and Nick puts his detective skills to use to help a caller whose upstairs neighbor has a strange post-sex ritual. Plus: Jenny learns that “making a donation” has a different meaning in outer space....

We’re lucky writer and chef Alison Roman made friends with Jenny before she hit max friend capacity! Together we’re celebrating Jenny’s birthday, feeling guilt from parenting Instagram, and helping a listener who’s worried a bad tattoo will threaten their friendship with the tattoo artist. Plus: Max and Gabe share some very sweet and gentle pranks. You can call us with your etiquette question and...

Paula Pell (The Burbs, Girls5Eva) is drinking iced coffee out of a Tab glass with a waistline! She tells us what it’s like to return to acting after a legendary writing career, then helps a caller with sweat issues, and we debate whether her dog looks more like Gizmo from Gremlins or a steering wheel. Plus: we’re still not sure how Jenny’s dad injured himself in a very sensitive place. You can cal...

D’Arcy Carden (Sunny Nights, The Good Place) promises Max has nothing to fear from getting a spray tan! She also recommends a tiny delicious fruit to us, and helps us help a caller whose grandma won’t stop buying her a certain giant appetizer. Plus: Gabe has faith in pet psychics, but is the ‘gift’ from nature that fell onto his car a bad omen? You can call us with your etiquette question and leav...

Michelle Collins (The Michelle Collins Show, On The Box) sadly doesn’t revive her one-woman performance of Les Misérables for us! But she does share the shocking thing people would yell at her in Amsterdam, reminisces on her college days with Jenny and Gabe, and helps us with a caller who thinks his friends are talking about him behind his back. Plus: Max used to be Wiccan? You can call us with yo...

Jake Shane (Therapuss) is not shy about saying I love you! We talk about how he became fast friends with Jenny at their Broadway show and breaking theater kid rules, then help a caller who had an awkward run in with a guy she went on one date with. Plus: Our pitch for a President’s Day movie. You can call us with your etiquette question and leave a voicemail at 949-441-1231, or email us at  i...

No guest, it’s just the three of us this week! (Sorry, Keira Knightley, maybe next time.) Jenny guesses what the movie Saw is about, before Max relives the very real horror of a birthday dinner that went terribly wrong. Then we help our first ever preteen caller prepare for middle school. Plus: did Jenny invent the crab taco? You can call us with your etiquette question and leave a voicemail at 94...

Vanessa Bayer (Scrubs, How Did We Get Weird?) is sitting criss-cross applesauce on the floor to podcast with us! She explains why you shouldn't kill bugs in front of kids, helps us pitch new gift store items for the Clinton Presidential Library, and reveals her secret history as a puppeteer (prompting Gabe to make us all jealous by telling us how he met Kermit). Plus: Jenny's on Broadway, and worr...

Michael Cyril Creighton (Spotlight, Only Murders In The Building) is here to clear up any rumors that he’s actually Gabe Liedman! We talk about dealing with critics (including the critic in your head) and help a woman whose formerly friendly neighbor is icing her out. Plus: our Valentine’s Day dinner got a little awkward. You can call us with your etiquette question and leave a voicemail at 949-44...

In this bonus conversation, Jenny asks Max and Gabe what goes through their head when they’re asked “Are you mad at me?” You can call us with your etiquette question and leave a voicemail at 949-441-1231, or email us at  ineedyouguysshow@gmail.com ! Follow us on Instagram and TikTok @ineedyouguysshow Subscribe to our  YouTube channel  to watch full video episodes. I Need You Guys wi...

Kurt Braunohler (Bananas podcast, The Big Sick) is a snow-tubing virgin just like us! We talk about the best sledding hill in his town, the pros and cons of living in another country, and the prank show victim he never thought he’d run into again. Plus: we get maybe our favorite voicemail ever from a daredevil talking smack about everyone in her small town. You can call us with your etiquette ques...

Fashion designer Rachel Antonoff has been proposed to 50,000 times! She joined us last summer (for our second ever podcast taping!) to help us with our fashion problems, from how to deal with wedgies in public to how Max can wear a weighted vest without looking like he’s in a militia. Plus: Gabe and Jenny think opera kinda blows. You can call us with your etiquette question and leave a voicemail a...

Jon Daly (Fallout, Big Mouth) will never run out of Peet’s Coffee on our watch! We talk about the bands we pretended to like in high school, and discuss whether you should slam books you were gifted on Goodreads. Plus: Jenny deals with the fallout of a cooking disaster, Max feels lucky to be alive at the same time as Ben Affleck, and Gabe corrects the record on Diet Coke. You can call us with your...

Nick Kroll (Adults, Big Mouth) is the kind of friend who can tell us when we’ve made an inadvisable fashion choice!  He helps a caller get over her jerk ex who ghosted her and moved to Colorado, and helps Jenny get over her orange-juice-related airplane trauma. Plus: Max is completely over drinking water. You can call us with your etiquette question and leave a voicemail at 949-441-1231, or email...

John Early (Eternity, Search Party) claims he’s not in Zootopia 2 but he’s probably lying! We get his thoughts on Heated Rivalry, learn about his crush on a straight boy at summer camp,  and discuss which foods we’d most like to eat in the shower. Plus: Jenny remembers the time she recruited Gabe to convince her college astronomy teacher to give her a better grade. You can call us with your etique...