PF’s Tape Recorder

Lachlan Patterson going big. It’s Facebook NOT FACTbook. The Hottest Record in the World is from Wolf Alice . DATES: Lachlan Patterson is at the Palm Beach Improv October 22-25. LINKS: Kevin Jones GoGundMe page to help cover his medical expenses. Head to our  SoundCloud  page for a selection of dumb bits including the “Uptown Funk/Jungle Love/Living in America” mash-up from Episode 182 , as well a...

Andy Kinlder   corrects the record. The Hottest Record in the World is from Yes Dear. DATES: Andy Kindler is at the Acme Comedy Company in Minneapolis July 7-11. LINKS: Kevin Jones GoGundMe page to help cover his medical expenses. Head to our  SoundCloud  page for a selection of dumb bits including the “Uptown Funk/Jungle Love/Living in America” mash-up from Episode 182 , as well as Olly Murs vs....

Ian Bagg is playing games. We managed to put together an instalment of It’s Facebook, Not Factbook. And the Hottest Record in the World is from San Cisco . DATES: Ian Bagg is at Comedy & Magic in Hermosa Beach, CA for his big Canada Day celebration Wednesday July 1 and at Helium in Portland July 2-4. LINKS: Kevin Jones GoGundMe page  to help cover his medical expenses. Head to our  SoundCloud  pag...

Marc Maron gets real. The comedian, podcaster, and actor discusses learning how to create a successful sit-com, patent trolls, and mellowing with age. DATES: Marc Maron is at the Capital Theater in Port Chester, NY Thursday June 25, the BAM Howard Opera House in Brooklyn Friday August 26, and The Paramount Theater in Huntington, NY Saturday June 27, and the Count Baise Theater in Red Bank, NJ Sund...

Pat Francis -Your Favorite Band: Cheap Trick . The host of Rock Solid , your comedy podcast for all things music, discusses his favorite band. Find out what that band’s Rick Nielson thought of their 1987 hit “The Flame” and hear about a Cheap Trick-related celebrity sighting. And more. LINKS: Check out the Dad Rock podcast on SoundCloud. Pat Francis was a guest on Episode 9. Head to our  SoundClou...

Jimmy Pardo moves up. We have a review of the Marina & the Diamonds show in Cincinnati. The Hottest Record in the World is from fun’s Andrew Dost and Jack Antonoff, assisted by a very good friend of the show. Also, Fake News. DATES: Jimmy is at Morty’s Comedy Joint in Indianapolis July 31 and Wiley’s in Dayton, Ohio Saturday August 1. LINKS: Never not Funny. Check out the Dad Rock podcast on Sound...

Andi Smith is living the dream. Cable news shows are full of discredited experts and have no interest in actual experts like General Wesley Clark. Also, Fake News plus the Hottest Record in the World is from the very great Vaccines. DATES: Andi Smith tour dates can be found on her website. LINKS: Rooftop Comedy. Checkout the Dad Rock podcast on SoundCloud. Head to our  SoundCloud  page for a selec...

Mary Mack , sowing the seeds of love. A look and Dad Rock, the concept and the podcast of the same name. Also, PF gets a shout out on the Rock Solid podcast—twice! Also, Fake News and the Hottest Record in the World. DATES: Mary Mack tour dates can be found on her website.   LINKS: Dad Rock podcast on SoundCloud. Head to our  SoundCloud  page for a selection of dumb bits including the “Uptown Funk...

Ben Gleib, game on. More hilarity in the Kentucky governor’s race. Fake News and The Hottest Record in the World. DATES: Ben Gleib is at the Denver Improv May 29-30 LINKS: Head to our  SoundCloud  page for a selection of dumb bits including the “Uptown Funk/Jungle Love/Living in America” mash-up from Episode 182 , as well as Olly Murs vs. Meghan Trainor from Episode 194 . Visit  HomeShirts.com  fo...

Jon Lovitz joins us, no lie (sorry). A gubernatorial candidate in Kentucky wants you to know one thing about him. The Hottest Record in the World is from AronChupa. Also, Fake News. DATES: Jon Lovitz is at The Improv at the Hard Rock in Ft. Lauderdale June 26-28 LINKS: Head to our  SoundCloud  page for a selection of dumb bits including the “Uptown Funk/Jungle Love/Living in America” mash-up from...

  Paul Mecurio keeps it together--- barely. Bill O’Reilly on income inequality and how it’s the worst time to be rich in America. Also, Fake News the Hottest Record in the World is from BORNS . DATES: Paul Mecurio is at The Funny Bone on the Levee , across the river from Cincinnati, May 7-10 and at Governor’s @ The Brokerage May 15-16. LINKS: Head to our  SoundCloud  page for a selection of dumb b...

Jimmy Shubert works it out. It’s Facebook, Not Factbook. The Hottest Record in the World is from LunchMoney Lewis . Also, Fake News. DATES: Jimmy Shubert dates can be found here. LINKS: Head to our  SoundCloud  page for a selection of dumb bits including the “Uptown Funk/Jungle Love/Living in America” mash-up from Episode 182 , as well as Olly Murs vs. Meghan Trainor from Episode 194 . Visit  Home...

Bryan Callen is that guy. The Hottest Record in the World is from Paradise Fears . Also, Fake News. DATES: Bryan Callen is in Portland, Oregon at Helium May 7-9. Paradise Fears currently has no tour dates scheduled. LINKS: Head to our  SoundCloud  page for a selection of dumb bits including the “Uptown Funk/Jungle Love/Living in America” mash-up from Episode 182 , as well as Olly Murs vs. Meghan T...

April Richardson is rock solid. Assorted crazy talk from Rick Santorum and Phil Robertson as well as Fake News. Plus the Hottest Record in the World is from Penguin Prison. DATES: April Richardson features for Chris Hardwick in the Funcomfortable Tour April 24 in Columbus, OH at the Southern Theater , April 25 in Atlanta at the Variety Playhouse , and May 1 at the Wilbur Theater in Boston. LINKS:...

Marina and the Diamonds and Walk The Moon interviews. CSI: Crime Song Investigation, Meghan Trainor dances over Olly Murs. DATES: Marina and the Diamonds begin a tour of North America April 12 at Coachella in California. Walk the Moon are at The Filmore  in Detroit Tuesday April 7, Danforth Music Hall in Toronto Wednesday April 8, and at Lupos in Providence, RI Thursday April 9. LINKS: Head to our...

Jeremy Essig is rockin’ it. One of the co-founders of The Weather Channel debunks climate change. Well, sort of. Not really. Also Fake News DATES: Jeremy Essig is at the Funny Bone in Virginia Beach April 1-5, at Improv in Cleveland, Ohio April 9-12, and Déjà vu in Columbia, MO April 16-18. LINKS: Head to our  SoundCloud  page for a selection of dumb bits including the “Uptown Funk/Jungle Love/Liv...

Rocky LaPorte from the heartland. Hillary Clinton’s email troubles grow, but what if it were Dick Cheney? Also, the Hottest Record in the World is 30 years old and from OMD .   DATES:   Rocky LaPorte  is at The Improv in Schaumberg, IL April 2-4, Sidesplitters in Tampa April 9-12. For more of Rocky’s date head to the Appearances page. LINKS: Head to our  SoundCloud  page for a selection of dumb bi...

Episode 191 Wendy Liebman ’s got talent. Yet another installment of “What Kind of Nonesense is That?” We also have Fake News, and the Hottest Record in the World is from The Vaccines to close us out. DATES: Wendy Liebman is at the Omni Orlando Resort in Orlando, FL March 18, Governor’s Comedy Club in Levittown, NY March 20-21, and Side Splitters in Tampa June 25-28 LINKS: Head to our  SoundCloud  ...

Mike Lukas around and about. Another installment of “What Kind of Nonsense is That?” Music from Milo Greene and Fake News. LINKS: Head to our  SoundCloud  page for a selection of dumb bits including the “Uptown Funk/Jungle Love/Living in America” mash-up from episode 182. Visit  HomeShirts.com  for great vintage apparel. Check out our new collection of shirts of defunct teams. Use code “PFTR” and...

Greg Morton gets animated. We have a brand new feature on the Tape Recorder. Plus Fake News. DATES: Greg Morton is in Birmingham, Alabama at The Comedy Club at the Stardome March 17-21. LINKS: Head to our  SoundCloud  page for a selection of dumb bits including the “Uptown Funk/Jungle Love/Living in America” mash-up from episode 182. Visit  HomeShirts.com  for great vintage apparel. Check out our...

Lewis Black rants on. The British think our politicians are funny. Also, Fake News. DATES: Lewis Black is part of the Let Freedom Laugh Show in Washington, D.C. Saturday February 28. For Lewis’ The Rant is Due, Part Deux tour dates, head to his website. For more information on the Let Freedom Laugh show, as well as the Bill of Rights Monument Project, listen to our chat with Chris Bliss on episode...

Alix Lambert , documentary filmmaker discusses her film Mentor. It’s a serious episode of the show, but we lighten the mood a little at the end with a brand new track from a brand new band from Nottingham, England called April Towers. LINKS: Head to our  SoundCloud  page for a selection of dumb bits including the “Uptown Funk/Jungle Love/Living in America” mash-up from episode 182. Visit  HomeShir...

Michael Thorne keeps rockin’.  Low gas prices are awesome—or are they? Also Fake News. Head to our  SoundCloud  page for a selection of dumb bits including the “Uptown Funk/Jungle Love/Living in America” mash-up from episode 182. Visit  HomeShirts.com  for great vintage apparel. Check out our new collection of shirts of defunct teams. Use code “PFTR” and save 10%. The code now works BTW, and can b...

Geoff Tate takes a seat at the bar. It’s an in-depth discussion on stand-up comedy as well as the TV shows Cheers and Frasier. Also, Fake News. DATES: Geoff Tate is at the Joke Joint in Saint Paul, MN, February 19-21. LINKS: Geoff Tate’s podcast, Afternoon, Everybody, can be heard on SoundCloud or via iTunes. Head to our  SoundCloud  page for a selection of dumb bits including the “Uptown Funk/Jun...

Alex Stone is on the move. Rush Limbaugh says racist stuff, what are you gonna do about it? Also, Fake News. DATES: Alex Stone is at Go Bananas in Cincinnati January 29-31. He’ll be recording his first album. LINKS: Head to our  SoundCloud  page for a selection of dumb bits including the “Uptown Funk/Jungle Love/Living in America” mash-up from episode 182. Visit  HomeShirts.com  for great vintage...