The Rob Bartlett Radio Comedy Hour

A new year, a new episode, and a new season, which we are kicking off in Grand Style with a GREAT guest, one of the single funniest people on the planet.  He possesses wisdom, kindness, and an encyclopedic knowledge of all things funny, whether they be film, TV, or stand-up, and is prone to drop quotes from any of the above in casual conversation as deftly as a concert pianist playing a concerto....

BONUS!  From the 'Five Favorite Funny Films' Podcast! The Robio welcomes TWO Special Guests, one, an old friend with whom he started out doing comedy at Richard M. Dixon's White House Inn back in 1978, and the other, a VERY funny comedian and comic character actor; both hosts of 'The Big Bad Broadcast', (available wherever you got this particular podcast).   Double the flicks, double the stories,...

Our special guest this week is Singer, Songwriter, Musician, Producer, Recording Artist, Teacher, Columnist, and Indy Pop Legend Mark Bacino. His music looms large in the Soundtrack of the Life of Robio.   His Five Fave Funny Films choices are...well, choice, and they also chat about many related and unrelated things, not the least of which is how movies, (and music, by the way) serve as our curre...

This past June, the world lost a great talent, one of our most favorite guests on the Five Favorite Funny Films Podcast, comedian, actor, and 'Truly Charming Guy,' Mr. Hiram Kasten.   In honor of the Celebration of his Life that was held in L.A. on Sunday, August 18th, and with enormous gratitude to his wife Diana for the incredibly dedicated, selfless, and loving care she provided him throughout...

Emmy Winning Writer, Producer, Director, Comedy Promoter, Singer, Songwriter, Guitarist, and Manager (A Literal Lifetime as a True Show Biz Renaissance Man) Gary Grant provides his Eclectic and Unique list of his Five Fave Comedy Movies.  (Spoiler Alert: He HATES Jokey Flicks) It's a deep dive into Mel Brooks, Wes Anderson, the Brothers Coen and Marx, and how important Music factors into Funny Fil...

A Racehorse, a Pig, a Cow, and a Bunch of British Catholic Schoolgirls  Sounds like the beginning of a great dirty joke, but they're actually all characters from the Five Favorite Funny Flicks of The Robio's old friend and Renaissance Woman,  Pixie Esmonde: Stand Up Comedian, Actor AND, once the Evil Wardrobe Mistress for KISS! (Spoiler Alert: Her Gene Simmons story is a classic!). She's partial t...

This week, our special guest is Author, Theater Columnist and Radio Host Michael Riedel, known for his savage wit that gave him the moniker 'The Butcher of Broadway' when he wrote for the NY Post.  He likes Short Cross-Dressers, Comedies about Nazis, Peter Sellers, Elaine May and French Farces without subtitles.   He can be heard every weekday morning on WOR Radio in New York as one of the hosts o...

  "YEP, NOPE...NOT A ONE." This week, we welcome Comedian and Podcast Host John Poveromo. It's a lively discussion, where shoes, automobile gauges and the relative hotness of an early 70's Barbra Streisand are mentioned. (But not in the same sentence) HIS PICKS: It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World Planes Trains and Automobiles What's Up Doc? The Birdcage The Muppet Movie Enjoy!

Shakespeare Was Wrong: The Laugh's The Thing With Dr. Peter Bales   This week, The Robio chats with an old pal, Peter Bales, who is not only a professional comedian, he also holds an actual PhD, (and, if you ask us, being a History Professor at Queensborough College is a pretty impressive side-hustle).   They talk shop for a bit, discussing the nature of comedy and the psychological profile of com...

Join the Robio for 'Five Favorite Funny Films', his latest podcast where he interviews some of his Famous Funny Friends about their choices for their Five Most Favorite Comedy Movies.   Our Special Guest this episode is Comedian, Actor and Writer, FRED STOLLER, who you know from Seinfeld, Everybody Loves Raymond and Dumb and Dumber.  He is one of the single funniest people we know, and has a VERY...

Eddie Murphy Stars in a Senior Prom Memory - Musical Comedy Actor and Stand-Up Comic Richie Byrne Remembers The second of TWO Special Bonus episodes, (Because we will be on Holiday for the next two weeks).  This one features The Robio's most favorite people, and kindred Musical Theater Cohort. They talk about everything from Sid Caesar to Jonathan Winters, to Richard Pryor, to Mel Brooks and how E...

DON'T CALL HER SHIRLEY - COMEDIAN CHRISTY MILLER WORKS THE ROOM   Veteran Comic Christy Miller (You wanna talk venerable? The girl's name is immortalized on the wall at The Comedy Store) provides her list of Five Funny Faves.  There's some popular perennial classics that have been featured prominently on other guests' lists, but, just like her act, there also a few surprises.   Unlike Mrs. Cleaver...

In this Season Finale 'Best Of The Radio Hour' Episode, The Robio has edited and combined both parts of his interview with the Great Rick Nielsen from Cheap Trick.  Recorded via Zoom during the Lockdown in October of 2020, Rick tells some AMAZING stories from his long, and (Big Dick Cavett Word Alert) multifarious career.    He talks about life on the road, working with legendary producer George M...

Another episode in our continuing series about the Business of Comedy: A fascinating interview with the Peabody Award Winning,  New York Times Bestselling Author, Screenwriter, Lecturer and Founder of 'The Onion', Scott Dikkers...who believes you can teach ANYBODY to be Funny. He obviously hasn't met The Robio.

Another gem from the archives, some of the better 'Don Corleone' bits performed on The Imus in the Morning Program.   

A rather amusing collection of Commercials - Some real, some made up, all funny.  (Featuring varying levels of good taste and political correctness) 

We've pulled another gem from the archives of the Radio Comedy Hour - A British Documentary, found by The Robio, about a little known Silent Film Titan - Chubby Charleston.  Chaplin was 'The Little Tramp'.  Chubby was 'The Big Fat Douche'.

As we currently are renovating and re-vamping the Radio Comedy Hour, (which explains the lack of new episodes), we realize we have left a gaping void in your Online Comedy Entertainment Menu...so herewith, we re-offer this Classic Episode, in which, The Robio recounts his tenure as one of the Top Ten WORST Wrestling Announcers of All Time.  Join him as he painfully revisits his role as color comme...

In this Special Episode, the Robio's guest is a hot new stand-up comedian, the host of the podcast "The Chatting Comedian," where he talks to some of the most prominent figures in comedy. He's got a unique take on the world around him, and he's very, very funny and… Oh, yeah... He's 13 years old. Here's a link to see Dustin in action: https://fb.watch/b0b9eFQQmO/    

In the latest episode of THE WORLDWIDE COMEDY AWARD WINNING PODCAST The Rob Bartlett Radio Comedy Hour, the Theme centers around animals.  All types of beasts, be they wild, be they noble, cute, cuddly, or downright disgusting.  Listen to James Lipton conduct an interview with a True Hollywood Legend on The Actors' Studio, discover a lost episode of the Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau as the Ca...

Just in time for the Rennaissance of Barney (With a New Documentary and Feature Film slated for later this year), The Robio kicks off the New Year with a long-awaited new episode; an interview with Larry Rifkin, the PBS Executive responsible for bringing the well-loved Purple Dinosaur to the masses.  But don't hate him for that particular achievement; instead, be inspired by the multi-faceted, div...

The Robio is back after hiatus with a brand new episode, destined to be an instant classic because it's an interview with his old pal, Rich Vos.   A laugh out loud funny hour with some amazing stories from both of their careers, and some hysterical clips of Rich doing standup...including his legendary performance on Def Comedy Jam.  He also shares some brutally honest moments from his road to reco...

The Robio cleans out his office and comes across myriad audio tidbits, some old stand up tapes, bootlegs of live Broadway performances, classic bits, never before heard sketches...it's a Hodgepodge of Hilarity.

Part 4 of conversations with The Robio and some of his pals from the early days of 'The Comedy Boom', as he continues his hang with comedians Bill McCarty & Fred Stoller, swapping stories about life as a Stand Up Comic: One Nighters, Hell Gigs, and taking a bath in the slop sink in the kitchen at the East Side Comedy Club.