The Rob Bartlett Radio Comedy Hour

The next installment of the continuing series covering the history of Long Island Stand Up Comedy.  This week, Robio hangs with dear friends Bill McCarty and Fred Stoller to share stories about the movement of Island Comics to Manhattan to do 'The City Clubs', one-nighter hell gigs in Jersey, and then out on the road, with stops on the Punchline Circuit, Charlie Goodnights, and the Legendary Comic...

A special bonus track: THAT COVID 19 NERVOUS BREAKDOWN.   THE STONES.  (WITH THE ROBIO)

More from the early days of Stand Up Comedy on Long Island with Jackie the Joke Man Martling.  Including the legendary stories 'Is That It?', 'Make That Call Dave', 'No Spray Wax', and 'Hannibell the Clown on the Joe Franklin Show'.

 A VERY SPECIAL EPISODE, PART ONE OF 'THE ORIGINS OF LONG ISLAND COMEDY', WITH ROBIO'S SPECIAL GUESTS, RICHIE MINERVINI AND JACKIE MARTLING.  THE THREE OLD FRIENDS SHARE WAR STORIES ABOUT THEIR EARLY DAYS AT RICHARD M. DIXON'S WHITE HOUSE INN, THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN, THE EAST SIDE COMEDY CLUB, THE INCREDIBLE OTTO & GEORGE, RODNEY DANGERFIELD AND THE FORT LAUDERDALE COMIC STRIP.  

Join The Robio for a veritable smorgasbord of International Amusement.  There are 'Accents-a-Plenty, with a very timely peek into 'The Home Life of Meghan and Harry,' a Middle Eastern Game Show, The Wheel-of-Jordan, a palate-cleansing intermission featuring a Covid Stress and Anxiety reducing Mindfulness Meditation, an episode of an As Yet Unidentifiable Slavic Country's Variety Program,  'The Bem...

After a way too long hiatus, the Robio returns to pay tribute to three media legends he played as characters on the Imus in the Morning Program, all of whom, sadly, all passed away within three weeks.  Sad, if not only for the fact that he can't do them anymore because they're dead.  Hear some of the better bits from Larry King, Larry Flynt, and Rush Limbaugh, then, as a bonus, Robio revives a cla...

Amidst all the insanity that is these last few months of 2020, join the Robio for some plain, good ol' fashioned, simple silliness.  Nothing weighty, no social messages, nothing to be learned or make your life better...just some random yuks for your amusement. a few words from Lindsey Graham, a song parody, a prank phone call, a couple of classic bits from the Stand Up Act...settle in with an adul...

Part Two of The Robio's Interview with the Legendary Cheap Trick Front Man, with even more great stories about what it's like to A- Perform The Sgt. Pepper Album Live on Stage, B- Record "I'm Losing You" with John Lennon,  C- Pee in George Martin's Country Home Bathroom where the Gold Record for the Cheap Trick Album 'All Shook Up', hung right next to the one for Sgt. Pepper, and D-Be responsible...

Part One of The Robio's Zoom Interview with one of his all-time heroes, the Legendary Rick Nielsen from Cheap Trick.  Hear some great stories about what Rick did during the Lockdown, his new projects, how he came up with 'Surrender', Covering the Beatles for Michael Jackson, and much more. (Pt. 2 Drops NEXT week)  To see the full, unedited video version of this epic conversation, check out the Rob...

A very special musical episode featuring an EP (More than a single, less than an album...okay, FEWER than an album) of  COVID 19 Song Parodies.  Videos can be seen on The Rob Bartlett Radio Comedy Hour YouTube Channel.

Join the Robio as he shares an episode of the British Documentary Series 'Silent Film Titans' on Forgotten Star, Chubby Charleston, 'The Big Fat Douche'.  And stick around for the Post - Credit Bonus...a Happy Birthday Song for...Octogenarian Ringo Starr!

Robio stumbles upon a Dark Horse Candidate for President: Informercial Star Benny Benjamin, founder of the 'Give Me Money Cash' System.  While researching Benny's rapidly growing, viral popularity on Social Media, Robio discovers that CBS is doing a profile of Benny by Harry Reasoner Jr. for an upcoming '60 Minutes'. In a Rob Bartlett Radio Comedy Hour Exclusive, hear an advance audio copy of a so...

A very special episode.   Remembering  the great Jerry Stiller inspires Robio to share some stories about one of his oldest and funniest friends, Vic Henley, and then plays some cuts of some of the stories from his last album, 'Hell is Real', which will make you laugh...out loud. A tribute to a wonderful man, and a great friend.

In honor of Star Wars Day, join The Robio for his take on the beloved saga...which, in his not so humble opinion, basically sucks, except for the first one...which is really the fourth one...because the first trilogy was actually the second one of three trilogies, which makes nine episodes...of which, the fourth is absolutely the best..  Confused?  So is he.  Amused?  You will be.  Stick around fo...

Maybelline's husband's come down with the Corona Virus.   And she's sick of him staying in the house.

A very special episode in which The Robio recommends the latest Streaming Sensation 'Tiger King', and welcomes a visit from someone he met through the Imus in the Morning Program, Paula Dean, who has a new cookbook: 'Paula Deen's Covid19 Quarantine Cuisine', and shares a recipe for a dish you can make using what you have left over in your pantry.  You'll wanna lick the skillet, y'all. 

Another song about the Virus that can be Viral itself. Thanks to the Beatles...and the I-Man. (Not necessarily in that order)

 A blinding bit of inspiration, and  complete lack of taste and sense of appropriateness, brings you this Corona Virus Ditty, written and recorded in hopes that it provides a little bit of lighthearted diversion during this trying time.   We can weather this together. Just don't act like a dope. And stay six feet apart.   Dedicated to the I-Man...I think he might've laughed at this one.   Video ca...

Join the Robio as he adjusts to his self-imposed Quarantine, with suggestions on how to pass the time while you're locked in your own domicile:  Binge Worthy TV shows, Collecting Bad Foreign Accents, Tolerating Drunk A-Holes, and much much more!  PLUS a classic Imus in the Morning song parody from back in those Hazy Crazy Lazy days of Ebola...right after the credits. 

It's an offer you can't refuse. After a too long hiatus, The Godfather, Don Corleone, former Commentator on the Imus in the Morning Program,  makes a triumphant return with some new thoughts on the Coronavirus and the Presidential Candidates.  And be sure to stick around for the Special Post-Credit Bonus: A Brand New Original Musical Selection…The Godfather Rap!

Join the Robio for a very special episode, with excerpts from the upcoming Documentary  based on the Unauthorized Autobiography about Almost Legendary Bluesman Blind Mississippi Pig Feets Dupris.  Learn about his tragic, yet brilliant, life, his music, his torrid affair with Mama Cass, his unrequited love for Dolly Parton, and his place in Rock and Blues History...with rare clips from his performa...

In this episode, a collection of some of Robio's Imus in the Morning bits that...maybe pushed the envelope, crossed the line, or went too far...y'know, in terms of taste (or lack thereof).  Larry Flynt, Larry King, The Godfather, The Elephant Man, Frank Sinatra and...by popular disdain, The Ebola Song.

Join the Robio for a look back at some of the Live Remote Imus in the Morning Broadcasts from the myriad Syndicated Markets...go on the road with Fat Boy and Imus aboard the I-Jet at Theaters, Ballrooms and, even one time, an Aircraft Carrier.

Join The Robio for some first-hand stories about being on Broadway with Dan Radcliffe and Nick Jonas. Hear clips from the show, and get a backstage look at what it was like for Fat Boy to do a Musical with Two Genuine Superstars.

It seemed like a good idea at the time...join the Robio as he tells the story about his tenure with the WWF, as one of the first hosts of Monday Night Raw.  Enjoy his brutal honesty, and take pleasure in his cringing displeasure as he freely admits how TRULY AWFUL he was, using clips from those dark days in Professional Wrestling History as evidence of the extent of how horrifically horrendous he...