Strip Mall Think Tank

Hilarious standup Taylor Williamson joins the show and immediately takes us on a tangent and we never get back, and thank God for that! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode Joel deep dives into the origins of Mystery Science Theatre and adds one of the best Worst Gig stories ever (it involves dental analysis) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Awesome two-parter with the incredible Joel Hodgson, creator of Mystery Science Theatre 3000. In Pt. 1 we talk Minneapolis Comedy, Louie Anderson’s passing, and we find out we kinda meant a little something to each other! Pt. 2 next week - Hollywood and the creation of Mystery Science! BOTH EPISODES A MUST  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Play With Pain holiday tradition! - sportscasting legend Chet Waterhouse (voice of International Speedfishing) makes his way through every. Single. Bowl Game. All 41 of them - predictions, anecdotes, sponsors, beefs - and all in 15 minutes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Major coup: we got the Santa Claus himself to join us for a no-holds-barred discussion of everything from his prior career (musician) to his love life (“There are a lot of Mrs. Clauses”) to his next vacation home (“something on stilts”). You’re not getting this-level content from Trevor Noah! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our beloved host is done with the World Cup. And cool headphones. Gary keeps him from walking off a ledge. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Comic/Author/Letterman writer Bill Scheft and I take an immediate tangent off sports into some truly funny behind-the-scenes showbiz and writers’ room anecdotes and it’s the most fun I’ve had in awhile, so much so we doubled are usual episode time and released the whole thing for some primo Holiday Avoidance listening — “Honey, can’t talk to Grandma, I’m in the middle of this important podcast!” H...

Jeff, Chet and producer Gary Smith solve the "World Cup at the holidays” problem for you, reinvent marketing for F1 racing and positively ooze Magic Mind energy booster. Plus, check out Jeff’s snazzy Costco specs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anyone can talk about college football powers, that’s easy - but Andy can bring the goods on below-average programs, nutty coaches and ways to replace the onside kick. Plus he tosses in a couple choice tips from a veteran traveler. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Actor, standup and Twitter vid comic Chris Calogero describes the surprisingly smooth transition of a New Yorker moving to LA, how hard his Italian mom took the move and the main issue Jets fans Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Just a funny, great bull run through a college football gauntlet with two of the most fanatical Michigan fans ever, Jason and Randy Sklar Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The hilarious Brian Regan returns with budding Santa beard to discuss rooting for underdogs, bowling your age, elongating baseball telecasts and the next Supermarket Sweep. Never stops with this guy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Talking the road, the bus, Christmas Soccer, and college football with Steve, who proved surprisingly Easy To Handle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sports maven and Pittsburgh Uber-fan Dave Dameshek helps me deep dive through the denial, acceptance and re-denial of rooting for losing teams. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Adam Carolla show stalwarts Chris Laxamana & Gary Smith (producers) and Bald Bryan Bishop (sarcastic curmudgeon!) join Jeff for a wall-to-wall music lightning round featuring questions like “Guitar riff that makes you play along” plus a running gag that involves …Oasis?! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The always entertaining Chris Childers (“Full Ride”) stops by and we take so many left turns we barely left enough time to bash Penn State! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dan Beyer helps Jeff and Chet see which NFL and college football games were really a bad sign of things to come for certain teams. We also nail the geographic location of Dan’s hometown, Merrill, Wisconsin, better than any damn Google Maps! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The voice of the World Series of Poker, Norman Chad, shares great stuff on destroying a friend’s Yom Kippur weekend, his bubble bursting at the Washington Post, and his acrimonious divorce from the Big Ten Killer cast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The hilarious Brian Stack (writer/performer for Conan and Colbert) was so chock full of anecdotes we built a second episode with stories about Amy Poehler, Tina Fey, Andy Richter, Conan and more. Awesome stuff. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The hilarious writer/performer Brian Stack (Conan’s “Ghost Crooner” and “Traveling Salesman”) shares great stories about his early improv days in Madison, WI and Chicago and how it led to gigs on Conan and now Colbert. Chris Farley, Amy Poehler, Tina Fey, Andy Richter, Conan - plenty of stories to go around! Pt.1 of 2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One of my favorite episodes, this is rollicking spin through Josh and Ben’s lives and their brotherly bond. Hope you have have a blast listening to it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the middle of a tour with Jim Gaffigan, the always funny Ted Alexandro riffs on showbiz auditions, road life, and the slivers of time he finds to follow his Mets. Always a blast with Ted! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Just finishing his run doing standup in Cirque du Soleil’s review “Mad Apple,” Brad Williams goes wire-to-wire funny including a great Chuck E. Cheese AND a great Just For Laughs story. I’m still not done laughing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The great Greg Fitzsimmons and I riff on a variety of topics from his empty nest becoming overbooked again, all the way to the pipeline he had as a kid to Mets tickets. Awesome show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fresh off his new special “Stupid Don’t Get Tired,” Alonzo Bodden talks about Canadians, his insane TikTok arc and the deadly curse of Mets fans. Great episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices