The Rob Bartlett Radio Comedy Hour

A Tribute to my Boss, my Mentor, and my Friend.   With deep gratitude...for everything.

Here it is, the Perennial Classic, a Holiday Tradition for the past 32 years.  Sal Monella's Night Before Christmas in Brooklyn.  See it live this Saturday Night, December 28th at the Seven Angels Theatre in Waterbury Connecticut, in the Rob Bartlett Holiday Extravaganza.  Get tickets here: https://sevenangelstheatre.secure.force.com/ticket/#sections_a0Ff400000CV0stEAD  

Join the Robio for a very special holiday episode, featuring all 8 of the Beatles Christmas Records that were recorded every year from 1963 to 1969.  There is much Mersey Merriment in store with John Paul George and Ringo and their Holiday Cheer, (Some of which appears to be enhanced by some Yuletide Pharmaceuticals) Plus a Bonus Post-Credit Sequence, featuring a medley of Beatlesque Carols record...

The Robio suggests some gift-giving ideas for that hard to please person on your Christmas List (Like, for example, tickets to see The Rob Bartlett Holiday Extravaganza at The Seven Angels Theatre on December 28th), discusses some over the top celebrity presents, gets Larry Flynt to provide a little context for those who don't know much about Hanukkah, and welcomes back Bud Sperlo who has a new Di...

Join the Robio for a Special Holiday Edition of the Podcast, a Celebration of that Traditionally Tedious Family ResentmentFest, Thanksgiving, with Special Guests  Brian Wilson, Charlie Brown, and Larry Flynt.

Inspired by the 'Nostalgia Pills' from HBO's 'Watchmen', The Robio goes back in time to the very first Rob Bartlett Radio Comedy Hour and shares some of the sketches from that groundbreaking night.  Feel what it was like as Comedy Broadcast History was made...highbrow, sophisticated 'Think Pieces'...that, of course, included fart jokes.  Because, let's face it...

Join the Robio for an examination of the popularity of Superheroes; Superman, Batman, and all the Billion Dollar Making Members of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, how George Reeves and Adam West changed his life, a comparison between Jesus and Superman,  and Ben...F*cking Affleck.

In this most informative episode, Broadway, TV and Film Veteran 'The Robio' provides his expert perspective and advice on how you too can be a working Thespian.

Join the Robio for a Halloween 'Spook-Tacular', featuring historical facts about the holiday, a 'Top 8' list of the worst candy found in a Trick or Treat Bag, and some observations about Trick or Treating from old friends Larry King, Karl from Slingblade, and Southern Fried Sweetheart Megan McDowell.  Boo!  Scared you, didn't we?

In this soothing, relaxing and comforting episode, The Robio explores the ASMR Phenomenon, the Autonomous Sensory Meridien Response, and provides his own version of an ASMR video.  Come tingle with the Robio.  (And don't forget to wait for the horribly tasteless, yet quite hilarious, 'Post Credit Sequence')

A special bonus episode featuring more of The Godfather from the Imus in the Morning Program.  Including The Don...giving 'The Don' (you know, the I-Man) ...a bit of a hard time.  More Yuks for No Bucks. An offer you really can't refuse.

Another special episode featuring some of the best Godfather Sketches from the Imus in the Morning Program.  It's an offer you can't refuse.  You'll like to drink wine more than you used to.

The Robio provides an appreciation of the Insane Fried Chicken Sandwich Fad, from the Born Again Mediocrity of Chick Fil-A, to the Genius Marketing Stunt of the Mysterious, Ridiculously in Demand Interpretation from Popeye's, to the Colonel's Newest, Brilliant, Instantly Classic, Glazed Donut Chicken Sandwich. Spoiler Alert:  The Robio reveals the Sacred Secret Identity of the Legendary 11 Herbs a...

Tasteless?  Absolutely.  But it's also pretty damn Funny. In the same vein as the previous Megan McDowell Episode, The Robio provides a collection of some of the more outrageous Larry Flynt Essays from the Imus in the Morning Program, and weighs in on the Shane Gillis controversy, in terms of 'Pushing Boundaries'.  Just don't put Gillis in the same sentence as Carlin, Pryor or Lenny Bruce.  It's a...

(Sung to the tune of 'The Ballad of Davey Crockett) 'Born in Brookneal, down in Virginny...so fat she broke the branches on her family tree....third shift dancer at the Lounge of Capris, the girl weighs in at 433...Megan!  Megan McDowell!  Ass like a Hemisphere! The Legendary, Hysterical Appearances of the Older Sister of the Brilliant and Beautiful Dagen McDowell, Megan...in all her overfed, over...

(Sung to the tune of 'The Ballad of Davey Crockett) 'Born in Brookneal, down in Virginny...so fat she broke the branches on her family tree....third shift dancer at the Lounge of Capris, the girl weighs in at 433...Megan!  Megan McDowell!  Ass like a Hemisphere! The Legendary, Hysterical Appearances of the Older Sister of the Brilliant and Beautiful Dagen McDowell, Megan...in all her overfed, over...

(Sung to the tune of 'The Ballad of Davey Crockett) 'Born in Brookneal, down in Virginny...so fat she broke the branches on her family tree....third shift dancer at the Lounge of Capris, the girl weighs in at 433...Megan!  Megan McDowell!  Ass like a Hemisphere! The Legendary, Hysterical Appearances of the Older Sister of the Brilliant and Beautiful Dagen McDowell, Megan...in all her overfed, over...

Join The Robio as he dissects the allure of The Pumpkin Spice. (which is not the fat one with the spray tan in the Spice Girls) He examines the Subconscious, Physiological Mechanism that causes our obsession with the flavor and provides a list of actual Pumpkin Spice products currently available.  (Um...Spam?  Really?  Spam?)

The Robio examines the sometimes subliminal, sometimes blatantly outright filth found in Disney Movies: Images, dialogue...and song lyrics. You will be shocked, confounded and scandalized by the evidence he provides.  Find out how Snow White was a Stone Cold Freak, Sebastian the Crab was a pimp, and the Little Mermaid wished that she could...have a vagina.  

A collection of some of The Robio's favorite Rush Limbaugh Song Parodies from The Imus in the Morning Program on WFAN.  Politically Inappropriate, Unsuitable for Family Listening, and Not Safe for Work. Which means, 'I don't care who you are, that there's some funny stuff...'  

A primer on the World's Most Famous Secret Agent, Super Spy, Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang himself, James Bond...everything you need to know about 007 in 7 Minutes.  (Okay, more like 16 minutes but, y'know, it's also called the Radio Comedy Hour too, but it's supposed to be ironic...never mind) A look at the best and the worst (Sean Connery and Roger Moore - No arguments) the trademark one liners, the B...

Welcome back to Episode 1 of Season 3, (With the Brand New Streamlined Format!)  in which The Robio suggests some Binge Worthy TV Shows, discusses the pervasive danger of 55 Year Old White Males Who Live in Their Mother's Basements, The Worst Title EVER for a James Bond Film, The Hilarity of Local News Reporters' ineptitude, The Most Outrageous Sitcom Premise Ever and how long you should wait befo...

Before going on a little 'Hiatus' (Greek for Vacation)  Robio closes out Season 2 by answering a few missives from the Ol' Email Bag, provides his choice for Song of the Summer 2019, wonders why he wasn't invited to the WWE Raw Reunion, (He's not hurt...much) and announces 'Do You Want to Know a Secret', his upcoming show with Billy J Kramer.  SUBSCRIBE RIGHT NOW so you will be among the first to...

A special 50th Anniversary of the Woodstock Festival, with some  (possibly apocryphal) stories from those three legendary days at Yasgur's Farm, an appreciation of Woodstock Production Coordinator John Morris,  some never before heard stage announcements; a suggestion for one from the cancelled 50th Anniversary Festival) PLUS suggestions for bands who were much more worthy to appear than Sha Na Na...

The Second Part of the Road Warrior Diary recounts the return of the Robio from his Midwest Sojourn: Columbia Missouri Regional Airport, back to Mogadishu International at Laguardia, via Chicago O'Hare... on American Airlines.  Their new slogan is 'Great is What We're Going For'.  He suggests the more accurately apropos:  'American Airlines...We Suck Ass'.