Staying Alive with Jon Gabrus & Adam Pally

In this episode of Staying Alive, we’ve got another one of our bosses on the line, it’s the absolutely hysterical Sean Hayes (halfway to an EGOT, will this podcast appearance be his Grammy?!). Hosts Jon Gabrus and Adam Pally get deep with Sean about his fitness, diet, sleep, hypochondria, memorization tricks, Broadway endurance, and the dangers of getting into a comedic flow state. Plus: the time...

On this episode of Staying Alive, hosts Jon Gabrus and Adam Pally sit down with the hilarious and powerful Heather McMahan, who HAS been getting their DMs. They’ll talk about comedy cruises, the best food in Japan, Mick Ultra vs Bud Heavy, sleep hygiene, sciatica, migraines, IVF, Italy, and Heather’s gout diagnosis. Plus: bouncers tossing babies out of Hillstone, doody everywhere, and “Doc, it’s b...

It’s time for another Proof Of Life catch-up episode, and hosts Jon Gabrus and Adam Pally have a lot to talk about! Gabrus is shooting his new sitcom, Pally has been filming his movie(s), and they’ll talk about trying to keep their fitness up and stay on a healthy eating routine while working, seeing Geese and DJ Shadow (separately), their cameo on Chef Jeremy Ford’s episode of Knife Edge, getting...

On this episode of Staying Alive, hosts Jon Gabrus and Adam Pally sit down with a New York mainstay, Subway Takes host Kareem Rahma, to discuss nicotine, tennis, peptides, and sonograms, Kareem’s back pain journey, holding stress in the balls, and why Gabrus is the werewolf of beer. Also: sitting is the new smoking. And, technically, any surface is a “sex surface.”   Follow Kareem @kareem Che...

In this episode of Staying Alive, hosts Jon Gabrus and Adam Pally sit down with the hilarious and charming Chris Rodriguez-Marquette (Reacher S4, Barry, The Girl Next Door) to discuss living in Ireland sober, therapy, rejection, haiku, Atomic Habits, Hyrox, stunts, and Ben Affleck. Plus: getting cast in Reacher a day before shooting, and a perfectly timed phone call from Gabrus’ mom.   ...

In this episode of Staying Alive, the fellas sit down for a breathless, hilarious conversation with the fantastic Lauren Lapkus (Stuart Fails To Save The Universe, The Wrong Missy, Gabrus’ former co-host on the podcast Raised By TV), talking about everything from hoarders to barre class, from JNCOs to SoulCycle, from migraines to eating vegetarian, from Taxicab Confessions to Flock cameras, and al...

On this episode of Staying Alive, hosts Jon Gabrus and Adam Pally sit down with the hysterical and candid Cat Cohen to discuss her one-woman show about a recent health scare, how everyone is 35 now, naps, hobbies, virtual Reiki, and whether there’s such a thing as “too much massage.” Plus: the time Pally got caught following Phish from Houston to Nevada with Montana when he should’ve been in Arizo...

On this episode of Staying Alive, the fellas are in New York and they spend a little time with one of their old friends, the hilarious and upbeat Kurt Braunohler (Bananas, Bob’s Burgers, Bunk) to talk about smoothies, surfing (specifically getting your stoke back), therapy, tofu, and how in New York the seasons are REAL. Plus: New Jersey vacations, saving the Amazon, and fiber. When the cat’s away...

On this episode of Staying Alive, hosts Jon Gabrus and Adam Pally spend some time with their old pal, the hilarious Griffin Newman (Blank Check, The Tick, The George Lucas Talk Show), to talk about Watto’s feet, IBS, having two therapists, the Supergirl KFC menu, looking good while nearly dying, and Griffin’s mindset while shooting The Tick. Plus: getting to 60/40 by trying for 80/20, and we meet...

On this episode of Staying Alive, hosts Jon Gabrus and Adam Pally sit down with Judy Gemstone herself, the hilarious and metaphysical Edi Patterson (The Righteous Gemstones, Vice Principals, Knives Out) to discuss comedy cruises, Citi Bikes, high vs low vibrational beings, how the root of anxiety is ego, how improv is god, and also Edi teaches the boys how to arm wrestle properly. Plus: The Knicks...

On this episode of Staying Alive, hosts Jon Gabrus and Adam Pally get to sit down with one of their heroes, the great Tim Heidecker (Office Hours Live, On Cinema, Tim & Eric Awesome Show, Great Job) to discuss magic tricks, taking walks for ideas, insurance physicals, GLP-1s, InfoWars, and how Tim & Eric got out ahead of TikTok. Plus: Pally continues his one-man anti-clowning crusade, and everybod...

On this episode of Staying Alive, hosts Jon Gabrus and Adam Pally get to sit down with one of Pally’s OGs and favorite collaborators, the fabulous Jessy Hodges (Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed, Barry, Indebted). They’ll talk about migraines, bodywork, Airbnbs, The Evil Dead, and how Jessy is addicted to the smell of sheet rock. Plus: have Jessy and Gabrus met before, or not? The answer may surprise th...

On this episode of Staying Alive, hosts Jon Gabrus and Adam Pally received an unexpected treat when their friend, Hacks co-creator and co-star Paul W Downs, came by to do their podcast ON THE DAY THE HACKS FINALE AIRED. Paul was quite reasonably in his feelings that day, and the fellas really want to ask about putting five years of a successful TV show to bed, getting over his addiction to Mochala...

On this episode of Staying Alive, Gabrus is in New York and the fellas get a chance to sit down with the hilarious and centered Michelle Buteau ( Survival Of The Thickest , The Circle, Babes) to discuss face massages, power suits, health insurance, Family Feud, the final season of Michelle’s Netflix series  Survival Of The Thickest , and Naked Boys Singing. Plus, the fellas promise they are not te...

If you don’t have an appetite when you hit play, you certainly will by the end of Jon Gabrus and Adam Pally’s conversation with pasta genius Chef Evan Funke, as they talk about where his passion for Italian food comes from, keeping cool under pressure, cooking on a plane for Steph Curry, balancing his culinary art with his on-camera presence, and only buying pants that can take a serious beating....

It’s a good time for one of our Proof Of Life episodes, because anybody who saw photos of hosts Jon Gabrus and Adam Pally during the weekend of the Knicks win and the Del Close Marathon may actually want some hard proof that the boys are still with us. They partied, they cheered, they celebrated, they improvised, they carried strangers on their shoulders through the streets of New York, but they d...

On this episode of Staying Alive, we’re back in LA for the next few weeks, and hosts Jon Gabrus and Adam Pally get to sit down with one of their oldest friends, chaos agent Gil Ozeri (Big Mouth, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Happy Endings) to discuss how, as far as Gil is concerned, no one has ever said or done a single funny thing unless death was on the table. They’ll also talk about trying (and failing)...

On this episode of Staying Alive, it’s the last of our Miami episodes, and by pure chance the boys were able to sit down with Houston-based stand-up genius Ali Siddiq to talk about their uniquely intertwined relationships with their managers, finding your own path to success outside of the business, and the single greatest answer the fellas have ever received to the question “what are you doing to...

On this episode of Staying Alive, ORDER UP! as hosts Jon Gabrus and Adam Pally sit down with their friend, Michelin-starred restaurateur and Top Chef champion Jeremy Ford, to discuss everything from receiving a Green Star for sustainable operations, to buying a farm, to some serious recent health struggles that the boys didn’t even know about. This is such a fun and illuminating and inspiring conv...

Hosts Jon Gabrus and Adam Pally had such a rewarding talk with sports broadcasting legend Dan Le Batard that there were a lot of other interesting pieces of the conversation. In this bonus clip, you’ll hear more about the texture of Miami, Heat Culture, and the reaction to Bad Bunny at the Super Bowl. Miami is a swimming pool, and Florida is a cowboy hat, that seems pretty clear.   Follow Dan  @le...

On this episode of Staying Alive, hosts Jon Gabrus and Adam Pally are on Miami time for the next few weeks, and Gabrus has discovered that blondes do indeed have more fun. They sit down with sports broadcasting legend and podcast pioneer Dan Le Batard (The Le Batard & Friends Podcast Network) to talk about the fascinating changes in Dan’s life over the last few years, as he has taken his grief and...

On this episode of Staying Alive, it’s another Happy Endings reunion as hosts Jon Gabrus and Adam Pally sit down with one of Adam’s best friends, the talented and supremely chalant Elisha Cuthbert (24, The Ranch, House Of Wax) to discuss getting into tennis later in life, having dinner at Nancy Silverton’s house, getting kicked off the set of Glee, and to ask why everybody at Coachella looked SO g...

In this bonus clip from Staying Alive, hosts Jon Gabrus and Adam Pally have been on their best behavior this whole episode, not peppering showrunner Matt Selman with Simpsons questions, but in this chunk, all bets are off, and it’s just nothing but Simpsons Predict The Future, the theme park ride, and news about a second movie!   Check out Matt’s up-and-coming new show-that-could, The Simpsons, on...

On this episode of Staying Alive, hosts Jon Gabrus and Adam Pally sit down with a guy who’s really done the work, it’s The Simpsons showrunner Matt Selman, and he’s brought along his Doughboys hat and a Notes app full of fitness topics to discuss, so you KNOW this is serious business. They’ll talk about Gold’s Gym, mindless accumulation, getting reprimanded for singing while working out, getting p...

In this bonus clip from Staying Alive, guest Blair Socci used to read all the time for pleasure, but now she just can’t focus. This relatable topic leads to her explaining the last several years of Bravo’s Summer House in quite some detail, and eventually to an airing of grievances with that notorious TERF JK Rowling.   Follow Blair @blairsocci Blair’s OnlyFeet HERE Check out her podcast Spaced Ou...