Late to the party: What pop culture did you come around to long after everyone else?
This week’s question arose from an A.V. Club staff discussion:
Scott Aukerman on what makes a great Comedy Bang! Bang! character
With more than 500 audio episodes and 110 TV episodes (of its now defunct IFC series), Comedy Bang! Bang! is among the…
Comedy Bang! Bang!’s long history illustrates the way good comedy works
In a world where everyone and their mother has a podcast, very few shows rise to the status of being massive crossover…
DeRay Mckesson brings his BLM message to the airwaves with Pod Save The People
In Podmass, The A.V. Club sifts through the ever-expanding world of podcasts and recommends the previous week’s best…
This week’s Podmass talks monsters, from Frankenstein’s creature to Get Out’s white people
In Podmass, The A.V. Club sifts through the ever-expanding world of podcasts and recommends the previous week’s best…
Read This: Paul F. Tompkins pays tribute to Garry Marshall
Paul F. Tompkins has perfected plenty of iconic impressions on Scott Aukerman’s Comedy Bang! Bang! podcast and his own P…
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Comedy Bang! Bang! remembers how great nostalgia is
You know what’s lame? Selling out. You know what’s cool? The bohemian, starving artist lifestyle. Or at least the…
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Comedy Bang! Bang! introduces Scotty to the Clone Club
Comedy Bang! Bang! and Orphan Black are obviously two shows that don’t have a lot in common—other than being Emmy…
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Comedy Bang! Bang! teaches the world a valuable lesson about what’s cooler than being cool
While Comedy Bang! Bang! is able to be weird all within the confines of the talk show set, five seasons of the series…
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Comedy Bang! Bang! finally plays Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon
A new season of Comedy Bang! Bang! has arrived, and with it comes another new band leader. Farewell, Kid Cudi—it’s…
Exclusive: Here’s the newest Comedy Bang! Bang! Olympic Song Challenge set to music
Every six months to a year or so, Parks And Recreation’s Ben Schwartz joins Scott Aukerman in the Earwolf studios for a…
Read This: Comedians Paul F. Tompkins and Ben Schwartz talk shop
Who better to talk to a comedian than another comedian, someone who knows the craft from the inside out? That’s the…
Nerdy meathead Jon Gabrus on straddling the bro/geek divide
On the one hand, Jon Gabrus is a 300-pound rugby goon who’s lifted weights competitively and grew up loving Opie And…
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Allow Scott Aukerman to teach you the ABCs of talk show hosting
Comedy Bang! Bang! is the definition of a show where the synopsis barely scratches the surface of what an episode is act…
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When Comedy Bang! Bang! actively tries to be weirder, it’s more average than ever
This week’s episode of Comedy Bang! Bang!, “David Krumholtz Wears A Blue Zip-Up Jacket And Grey Sneakers,”makes it far…
Santa puts the hurt on Scott Aukerman in fan-made Comedy Bang! Bang! animation
Why must arguments over gingerbread houses always end in fisticuffs? Taking a scene from the Comedy Bang! Bang!…
And now, Scott Aukerman and Ben Schwartz’s latest Solo Bolo, set to music
Some of the best episodes of the Comedy Bang Bang podcast are the Solo Bolos, where CBB host Scott Aukerman teams up…
Lauren Lapkus on podcasts, Jurassic World, and landing another TV series
After a steady climb the past couple years, thanks to a supporting role on Orange Is The New Black and numerous…
Here’s Comedy Bang! Bang!’s Star Wars cantina song played over Back To The Future
Okay, this one will take a bit of explanation. First, as many listeners of the Comedy Bang! Bang! podcast know, Scott…