The Grand Marshall of the charts, STEVE AGEE, stops by to pop bottles with Howard and Kulap for their 200th episode of Who Charted! In this episode, Howard debuts a NEW music chart theme, settles on a tattoo for engineer Sam, and fist bumps Stard. Plus, the crew recap the enormous success of the LA Podfest, whether movies are ‘trends’ and surrogate dolphins are discussed, and HERMES comes out of his cage for an extra special Chart Goose. Any bets for how well Howard, Steve or Kulap would do on America Ninja Warrior?

Steve Agee & the gang encounter a couple of reddish goblins on their journey. Lyra decides to disguise herself as a goblin in order to see what their deal is. Are they friends or foes? Tune in to find out!

For the first time ever in HDTGM history, we are doing a film produced, written, and directed by Tyler Perry. Tune in next week for that spectacular episode.

Do you love The Bachelorette? Do you follow all of the Real Housewives? Well, you’re in luck – today’s topic is the magic that is reality television. Tig, David, and Kyle are joined by the wonderful improviser and human Lauren Lapkus to discuss some of today’s most popular unscripted shows. Listen to hear about Lauren’s Fantasy Bachelor League, Sharon Stone on The O Network, Big Brother UK, and more!

Hayes and Sean start off with a round of Gmail Roulette where they tackle current topics like the NFL controversy and leaked nudes. Then, LAUREN GREENBERG is in the studio to talk about writing for the MTV Movie Awards, the winner of the “scared as shit” performance, and her job on Twitter.

Incredibly talented writer Mark Lisanti of Grantland is here to talk Jeter on this week’s Sklarbro County! Mark tells us how he & Grantland found each other, the evolution of his column called Derek Jeter’s Diary, and chats with the guys about Jeter’s last game. Daniel Van Kirk is here to bring us crazy stories which include a wedding reception at Orchard Park Country Club ending with an ugly brawl, a Wichita Falls man who defends his home from an intruder with a spear, and the story behind Jasmine Tridevil aka the three-breasted woman. Plus, we get some advice from Steven Seagal on owning a home spear.

Make sure to stream The Sklar Brothers’ one hour special “What Are We Talking About” right this very minute on Netflix, don’t forget to buy the Sklars’ album available on iTunes today, and check out when the Sklars are coming to your city at www.supersklars.com!

Brittani Nichols & Andrew talk all about pickup artists, white women seduction blogs, and hate mail. Make sure to leave us a message about anything you think is racist at (323) 389-RACE.

Ben Schwartz aka Benny Schwaz of House of Pies is here along with musical guest Paul Banks of Interpol on this week’s musical episode of Comedy Bing Bong! They talk about Interpol’s new album El Pintor and good heckles for bands before sound proofer Dante jumps into the conversation to show off his vocal chops. Later, Aaron Neville returns to challenge everyone to the Gumbo Challenge, sing some covers of commercials, and share some Don Pardo stories. Plus, Aaron shares some special photos with everyone during a game of Would You Rather!

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Hollywood’s villains are the luckiest people on the damn planet. Let’s talk about climactic midpoint of The Dark Knight: The Joker stages an assassination attempt forcing Batman, but not actually Batman, to reveal his true identity just for the purpose of getting caught later, then forcing Batman Batman to choose between Rachel and Harvey Dent, who are rigged to perfectly timed bombs in warehouses somehow 20 minutes away from any police presence.

How in the world did he plan all of that by himself and know it would all be timed perfectly!? What are all of the steps that the Joker would have to go through to ensure all of these events happened with Swiss precision? The weirdness goes beyond intelligent villains. How does the asteroid in Armageddon know to target our most famous buildings? In Friday the 13th, Part 2, how the hell did Jason Voorhees track down his victim’s house without a map, or a goddamn car?

This week, on a very special LIVE podcast from Zanies in Nashville, Cracked’s Jack O’Brien, Jason Pargin (aka David Wong), Michael Swaim, Soren Bowie, and Cody Johnson are joined by the Cinema Sins guys (Jeremy Scott and Chris Atkinson) to discuss some major plot holes from their favorite blockbuster movies.

LA Based comedian/writer Brittani Nichols joins Andrew all this week to answer some racism questions. Today they talk about whether grooming policies are racist or not. Be sure to call us at (323) 389-RACE to ask if anything is racist.

A woman fed up with her breast pump enlists 150 people to make it better. We send in a childless man to see if that’s possible.

The absolutely wonderful Jerry O’Connell joins Ronna & Beverly to chat about Uber safety, constantly being mistaken for Jason Bateman, taking UCB classes through a recommendation from Jerry Minor, his rule regarding See’s Candies in his home, and his incredible fencing skills. Plus, the ladies share their plans for Yom Kippur break-fast.

Silicon Valley’s Thomas Middleditch stops by the studio to spend some quality time on this week’s Sklarbro Country. Tune in to hear the Sklars recap throwing out the first pitch in St. Louis, Thomas talk about working with Martin Scorsese, and all three of them speculate about Leo DiCaprio’s love life. Plus, Thomas talks about growing up in the mountain boonies of British Columbia, Megalomania in Silicon Valley, his complex relationship with Hockey and the L.A. Kings, and doing long form improv with Blake Griffin. All of this and more, before the incredibly strong Mark Wahlberg hops on the phone and explains his run in with Robert Craft.

Make sure to stream The Sklar Brothers’ one hour special “What Are We Talking About” right this very minute on Netflix, don’t forget to buy the Sklars’ album available on iTunes today, and check out when the Sklars are coming to your city at www.supersklars.com!

It’s the first Two Charted of the Non-Summah season! De-stress with your favorite chart keepers Howard and Kulap as they explain why not to whistle in public and talk about the event of the century, Kulap’s Indie Go Go Milestone Party. Plus, the crew solves some math problems, Howard has some choice words for his grocery store, talks about being part of the 12th man, and Kulap tells us about finishing her indie go-go campaign with the support of her family around her.  Remember to keep Howard’s eyes out of your bedroom Chartists!

Don’t forget to get your tickets to the Who Charted live show at The LA Podfest, Saturday, September 27th at 2pm.http://www.eventbrite.com/e/2014-los-angeles-podcast-festival-tickets-10814850509

He’s a hysterical comedy actor and travel host extraordinaire – “Don’t Kill Eli’s” Eli Newell is here to discuss weird adventure stories, how he fell into running the world’s best wiener dog relay race, and why he’s the classiest guy around (Hint: he brings flowers to podcasts and he doesn’t do any naughty stuff after a date.) Enjoy!

Andrew Ti and special guest Cord Jefferson finish the week off by discussing the whiny ass “what are white people supposed to do” caller. As always, leave us a message about anything you think is racist at (323) 389-RACE.

Crossing wires with Eddie Pepitone.

This week’s improv4humans with Matt Besser features humans Katie Dippold, Anthony King, and Billy Merritt visiting a daycare center where language is power, attending a dinner party complete with the unveiling of a terrible piece of art, and figuring out the correct way to discipline a child. It’s an episode that will make you think twice about your comfortability on an airplane and the gap between economy and business class. Be sure to watch many of the stars of improv4humans on the new Hulu series Hotwives of Orlando. This is some funny shit and it’s all available now on Hulu Plus. Make sure to get the Upright Citizens Brigade television show season 3 now available on DVD, the UCB Comedy Improv Manual, Matt Besser’s new comedy album at mattbesser.com, and Dragoon’s new album at dragoongalaxy.bandcamp.com! LA Humons: improv4humans will be LIVE at the LA Podfest on September 28th at 2pm with Ian Roberts, Horatio Sanz, and Lauren Lapkus. Go to www.lapodfest.com for tickets! If you can’t be there you can watch the show on the live feed over at www.lapodfest.com/live and use the discount code “4humans”

On today’s episode, Andrew and Cord Jefferson talk about the Census y’all. Don’t forget to keep leaving us messages by calling (323) 389-RACE.

Nova Rockafeller and Jensen Karp breeze on in to count down some charts with Howard and Kulap, and talk about Nova’s new EP, Problem Child, on this week’s Who Charted!  On this week’s episode, the crew discuss Iggy Azalea’s butt and Nas’ lip injections, talk about the oldest person they still find attractive, and Howard wears a scarf and invents the brilliant game: Melons of Cavan. Plus, Nova tells us about some crazy encounters with the law and talks about her love for Laser Tag. Tune in to find out why Young Nova and Jackie Chan just might be the same person.

Don’t forget to get your tickets to the Who Charted live show at The LA Podfest, Saturday, September 27th at 2pm. http://www.eventbrite.com/e/2014-los-angeles-podcast-festival-tickets-10814850509

Steve Agee is back to take on the role of Winter all while the gang figure out what to do about the two red giants with swords in their sight. Houg Denning casts an illusion of yet another giant and awaits to see how the giants respond.

Cord Jefferson & Andrew discuss a caller’s roommate saying that they would like to date a black dude after watching the AND1 Mixtape Tour. Be sure to keep leaving us messages at (323) 389-RACE.

Tig, Kyle, and David start the show with a disussions about facial symmetry, Marla Hooch, and Tig’s book. Then, are you interested in how television shows come to fruition? Cartoon Network development executive Katie Krentz is in the hatch to talk about relationship development, including her own proposal story, and then her trajectory into development for TV, including animation, timelines, shorts, studios, and communication styles.

Support David’s Animated Stand Up Special by going to https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1713150781/david-huntsberger-animated-stand-up-special

Sean and Hayes basically shred the whole Apple company for certain failures in their products, then open up the Teaser Freezer once more to do a close reading of “The Equalizer” where Engineer Brett makes a surprising move. Then GIL OZERI arrives to dish on his role in various police killings, perform characters from his one-man shows, and answer questions from the Popcorn Gallery gang.

Kevin chats with filmmaker Mars Callahan include insights into what it took to set up his directorial debut, which he wrote and starred in, Poolhall Junkies. How his 10 year struggle became a reality after a single, historically odd meeting with Christopher Walken. Plus Chazz Palminteri shows the real way to pay it forward and how Rod Steiger set the tone of the set.

The lovely Ron Babcock is back in the County to tell us all about his upcoming BENZ IT LIKE BABCOCK Standup Tour coming to a city near you! The guys also talk about high-school hijinks, why only Mitch Hedberg could pull off sunglasses onstage, the worldwide phenomenon of the moonwalk, and Los Angeles coyote standoffs. Daniel Van Kirk is with us as always to bring us crazy stories which include a Florida woman who was arrested for masturbating on a motorcycle, a Florida home intruder who was held at gunpoint offered to mow the homeowner’s lawn in exchange for freedom, and the mystery behind the stolen Zimbabwe women underwear that were taken from their sleeping bodies. Plus, we check in with D.R. Tuttle to see where he’s been as we listen to a special voicemail he sent us.

Go to www.heyron.com for details on the BENZ IT LIKE BABCOCK Standup Tour.

Make sure to stream The Sklar Brothers’ one hour special “What Are We Talking About” right this very minute on Netflix, don’t forget to buy the Sklars’ album available on iTunes today, and check out when the Sklars are coming to your city at www.supersklars.com!

Cord Jefferson & Andrew talk all about Internalized racism and why unfortunately it is common with all ethnic groups. Make sure to leave us a message about anything you think is racist at (323) 389-RACE.

Fall TV premieres are back baby! Brooklyn Nine-Nine star Andy Samberg returns to Comedy Bean Bag along with Scott’s nephew Todd to talk all things Hollywood, Todd & Scott’s potential sitcom, the new season of B-99, and eating pee popsicles. Then, a game of What Am I Thinking? is played before attempting to memorize the classic Hollywood Facts theme song. Later, Andy embodies Fallon as he gives Scott the complete Tonight Show experience and fun times are had during a game of Would You Rather!

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Cord Jefferson returns to join Andrew all this week to answer some racism questions. Today they talk about why white people ask black people if they specifically watch shows with black leading actors like Scandal. Be sure to call us at (323) 389-RACE to ask if anything is racist.