Writer-director-producer David Zucker (“Airplane!,” “The Naked Gun,” “Kentucky Fried Movie”) sits down with Gilbert and Frank for a fascinating, hour-plus conversation about the rules of comedy, the challenges of parody, the uniqueness of “Who’s on First?” and the greatest hits (and misses) of the Marx Brothers. Also, Peter Graves takes offense, Vincent Price takes a pass, Woody Allen boxes a kangaroo and “ZAZ” lifts a plot from Charles Bronson. PLUS: “Top Secret!” “A Fistful of Yen”! In praise of Chevy Chase! John Byner sends up Robert Stack! And David remembers his old friend Leslie Nielsen.

Humorist John Hodgman is this week’s guest supreme as he joins Scott and intern Gino Lambardo to talk about John’s new book “Vacationland,” Thanksgiving plans, and how buying a boat at an auction became the talk of the town. Then, Scott’s nephew Todd stops by to ask for help with his homework on how America started. Plus, former educator Caroline Belinda-Carlisle returns to the show to perform scenes from some of the shows she’s auditioned for as an actor.

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We’re visited by a troll that has been both blessed and cursed with special powers.

Credits:

Arnie: Arnie Niekamp
Chunt: Adal Rifai
Usidore: Matt Young
Craig Davis: Dana Gould
Mysterious Man: Tim Sniffen
Craig: Ryan DiGiorgi

Producers: Arnie Niekamp, Evan Jacover, Ryan DiGiorgi
Editor: Ryan DiGiorgi
Theme Music: Andy Poland
Magic Tavern Logo: Allard Laban
Audio Assistance: Jason Knox
Production Assistance: Garrett Schultz

Paul F. Tompkins welcomes ladies, gentlemen, and everything in between back to Spontaneanation! This time out, Paul’s special guests are fellow Earwolf hosts Jessica McKenna and Zach Reino of Off Book! Jessica and Zach chat about what flaw in their character has been most beneficial to their life, meeting as part of a freestyle rap improv group, and Jess performing a concert version of Cats the Musical at midnight at The Rock at Northwestern University. Jessica, Zach, and Paul then improvise a story set in A Night Club In Chicago. And as always, Eban (only the best) Schletter scores it all on piano!

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Jon & Lauren are so excited to kick off Raised By TV that they spend the whole hour brainstorming ideas for future episodes.  They touch on Supermarket Sweep, TGIF, Saved By The Bell, The Real World, theme songs, an infamous Oprah moment, why it’s creepy that Clarissa kept a ladder next to her window, and the 90s trend of keeping tarantulas as pets.

From coffee to a special phone call from someone on their wedding night on this week’s minisode! Paul goes through Corrections and Omissions for Ultraviolet, gives us his Pick of the Week, and the Movie Bitches review Kidnap. Plus, you’ll find out which movie we will be covering next!

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Where to Find Jason, June & Paul:

Paul’s new comedy Drive Share is available on Go90. Paul can be seen on Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later, Opening Night, and Veep. You can see June and Paul on NTSF:SD:SUV:: on HULU. June stars in Grace and Frankie on Netflix, as well as Lady Dynamite alongside with Jason.

Jason can be seen in The Good Place, The House, The Lego Batman Movie, How to Be Single, Sleeping with Other People, and is still indeed in The Dictator.

Welcome back to Falling Out with Christian Furnow (Jimmy Fowlie), the podcast that gives Christian an opportunity to connect with people from his life to clear the wreckage of the past. First, Christian welcomes on old college friend Tori Dillon to make amends for ruining her wedding long ago. Then, Christian’s mom Eileen drops by to give Christian a chance to atone for the terrible thing he did to her two years ago, and finally, Traci Reardon stops in to give advice on fixing broken relationships and to let Christian apologize for bopping her bike on another edition of “Help Me, Rhonda.”

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Leah Bonnema (Solving Leah) and Benari Poulten (Garbage Time) join Negin to discuss Jeff Sessions’ testimony before the House Judiciary Committee, the potential special counsel on the Clinton Foundation, and Donald Trump Jr.’s cozy relationship with WikiLeaks. Plus, they dig into recent high-profile sexual assault allegations and the anxiety produced by push alerts.

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Danielle is joined this week by special co-host and Bitch Sesh assistant/old lady handler, April Mouton and hilarious writer Joey Slamon (Arrested Development, I’m Sorry). They cover FOUR cities, from Cynthia’s sensual tubbing to Carrie’s “furfillment”, to the toughest limo ride in housewives history. Plus ,Casey chimes in with her goings on with Kris Jenner and stylist to the stars Clare Mukherjee sends us a plea on why we should watch Real Housewives of Melbourne.

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CBB OG Rob Huebel joins Scott to talk about his new YouTube Red show “Do You Want To See A Dead Body?”, his idea for an all whispering podcast, and to play a bit of his rap single “Dead Body Rap.” Then, British comedian Joe Squib stops by from London to promote his podcast “Don’t Pet the Pony and Here’s a Question” and his new book “Malice In Wonderwhat.” Plus, Chandeline Jean, a single mother with no kids stops by to talk about why motherhood is a state of mind.

John Hughes month continues on Cracked Movie Club! In 1986, John Hughes was on a roll that had suddenly transformed him from a screenwriter of adult-oriented comedies to the king of teen angst movies. He kept that train rolling with Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, a movie he pitched and wrote in a week about a high school senior who skips school for the day and takes his girlfriend and his wet blanket best friend on a series of hijinks through Chicago. Meanwhile, they are pursued by the villainous Principal Rooney, who is played by a real-life child predator, which ups the stakes somewhat.

On this week’s episode, Tom is joined by Cracked’s Alex Schmidt and Katie Goldin as they discuss Hughes’ incredible ability to churn out quality films in such a short period of time, the unexpectedly brilliant casting of a 29 year old man to play Ferris’ put-upon best friend Cameron, and whether or not Ferris is a figment of Cameron’s imagination or is perhaps God Himself.

Letting the games begin with Erin Foley.

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Scott Aukerman, Jessica McKenna, Seth Morris, Zach Reino, and Space Warrior join Matt Besser for another sing-a-long experiment on improv4humans! They join chorus on songs by Lynyrd Skynyrd, Elton John, and Bob Seger that inspire scenes about a renegade taxidermist on a quest to create a new animal, a man so charming he stops a plane from taking off, and an all-bass Sha Na Na cover band. Plus, an unaffiliated Ghostbusters group tackles ghost crimes and preteen rascals bring Frosty the Snowman to life with a stolen hat.

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This week, Erin discusses the vile behavior of Alabama senate candidate Roy Moore and his supporters and Bryan lightens things up a bit by shining light on the strides being made with LGBTQ educational materials in schools. Then, Guest John Hodgman joins to share details from his book Vacationland: True Stories from Painful Beaches. John traces Maine’s historical whiteness, relates why it can be so easy to ignore social problems in certain parts of the country, and reveals just how much he keeps up to date on pop culture.

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The Shrimps take on Hoops I Did It Again at Pan Pacific Park. Mark and special guest Todd Cooper call the action.

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Comedian and actress Jessica Chaffin (Ronna and Beverly) joins Andrew to discuss harassment in Hollywood, the idea of “witch hunts,” and much more. As always, leave us a message about anything you think is racist at (323) 389-RACE.

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There are no Whammies on this week’s Raised By TV, as Jon & Lauren revisit game shows like Press Your Luck, Jeopardy and Double Dare. Topics include: why the Aggro Crag is probably disappointing in real life, whether Family Feud is trying too hard to go viral now, and why there needs to be a Celebrity Price Is Right. Plus: the debut of “A Very Special Episode!”

Follow @RBTVpod on Twitter to send your thoughts and questions to the show. You can see Raised By TV live at UCB Sunset on Mon 11/20! Buy tickets here: https://sunset.ucbtheatre.com/performance/58049

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Richard Painter (Paul Brittain), one of the lawyers suing Donald Trump for ethics violations, gets into the nitty gritty on Hard Nation; why he no longer eats Cap’n Crunch, what makes a Courtyard Marriott different then a regular Marriott, and his favorite Gerry Rafferty song. Plus: Mark attempts to destroy his Keurig.

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Aaron Jackson & Josh Sharp (The Opposition with Jordan Klepper) join Jo and Manolo to play listener-submitted games with callers. 

Games played: Give This Person A Nickname, Gene Genie, and Time Travel Party Planner.

Actress Mary Elizabeth Ellis reunites with Howard, Kulap, and Engineer Stard for this week’s episode of Who Charted! Mary talks about her role on Santa Clarita Diet and Howard gives a neighborly update while they count down Billboard’s Top 5 Streaming Songs. During the Movie Chart, we hear the best reason to follow Lance Bass on social media, and Stard talks tour pranks before the gifts start flowing on Two Charted.

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Join Kevin as he sits down with comedienne-turned-actress Martha Kelly (Baskets). Martha chats about laughing through painful silence, female comics she admires, and the joy of having less lines means you have less work.

Matty presents a special travelogue episode of Get Up On This in which he recorded his trip to Essen, Germany for a Gaming Convention. Enjoy!

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A guy got hit really hard in the head. He tells Gethard all about it.

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Paul Rust joins the Boys of Bonding to discuss the similarities between the 007 and Indiana Jones franchises.

LAUREN LAPKUS is with Sean and Hayes to promote her new show Raised by the TV.

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Actor Logan Shroyer joins Emily and Deanna this week to talk about landing the role of teenage Kevin Pearson in This Is Us, the most embarrassing app he uses, and the social phenomenon known as submarining. Plus, Logan’s knowledge of eras gone by gets tested in the new game “Did Emily and Deanna Use These Items Growing Up?”

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Comedian Jimmy Pardo hosts a pop culture game show-interview podcast; three call-in contestants vie for prizes. Special guest: Zach Galifianakis.

This week, Ashley Ward (Baby Wants Candy) stars in this heavenly new musical filled with old and new testament fun, (plus peach AND mango margaritas!). With songs like “A Happy Day In Heaven”, “I Miss The Old God” and “Purgatory Wishes”, you won’t go to hell for listening to these tunes too many times!

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