The Laugh Button Podcast #77: A Search Party for Scot Armstrong
It’s festival season so Mark and Matt debate what comedians can fill what rooms and who’d they’d like to see on the road. Reader feedback prompts the conversation about the departure of Jessica Williams and her impact on The Daily Show. Writer Scot Armstrong has a new movie out Search Party starring TJ Miller, Thomas […]
The Laugh Button Podcast #84: It’s Rush Hour with Justin Hires
The Laugh Button is turning 10. Let’s reflect. There a lot of stand-up comedy on the horizon between now and the end of the year. Comedian Justin Hires joins us on the podcast to talk about comedy and talk about starring in the TV adaptation of the hit movie franchise, Rush Hour. Episode #84 Show […]
The Laugh Button Podcast #78: Half year check-in and Hari Kondabolu
The year is half over, where does the time go? A stoned Mark (MarkSaysHigh?) and Matt check in and make some picks for their favorite comedy specials of the year so far. What did they like? What are they looking forward to. Comedian Hari Kondabolu then talks to us about his new TruTV show and […]
The Laugh Button Podcast #87: Comedy legacies and Daniel Sloss
Mark and Matt geek out a bit about comedy, what makes some go down as legends and what makes some disappear into the annals of history. Comedian Daniel Sloss then joins us to talk about his rocketing career and how he approaches taking it to the United States. Rate, subscribe and tell your friends. New […]
The Laugh Button presents: Robert Kelly’s “True Story Tour”
People of Earth! We’re super excited to announce that we’ve teamed up with our buddy Robert Kelly to present his fall tour, the True Story Tour. We couldn’t be more excited about this opportunity. Not only is Kelly a kickass comedian, he’s also a friend of ours that’s helped us along the way for quite a […]
The Laugh Button Podcast #88: Lisa Lampanelli returns!
This week Lisa Lampanelli returns to the podcast to talk about her new play, Stuffed. Lampanelli also earns the distinction of being the first returning guest to the podcast. In addition to Stuffed talk, Mark and Matt talk about comedy tours and there are a lot of them. Most notably, Robert Kelly’s “True Story” tour […]
The Laugh Button Podcast #90: Derek Waters returns! More Drunk, More History
Derek Waters returns to the podcast for another hang. We talk about what to expect in season 4 of his hit show, Drunk History which just premiered on Comedy Central. Waters talks about his diehard love for a good story, how the show has reconnected him with his childhood teacher, and who is still on […]
The Laugh Button Podcast #91: Almond Badoody with Ahmed Bharoocha
Mark and Matt both had an encounter with Steven Merchant this past weekend at NY Comic Con. The only problem is, Mark remembers it much entirely different than Matt does. While they don’t really come to a conclusion, they do recap the Superhero Fantasy Draft. Comedian Ahmed Bharoocha is about to release his debut comedy […]
The Laugh Button Podcast #92: Norman Lear, just another version of you
Mark is in Japan this week so Bram Teitelman, the Editor In Chief of our sister site, Metal Insider joins us to talk about comedy in politics. We also dive into the Spinal Tap lawsuit filed this week. Then, comedy legend Norman Lear joins us to talk about the American Masters PBS documentary, Just Another […]
The Laugh Button Podcast #93: Baron Vaughn’s nerdy ways
Mark is back from his travels abroad and Matt fills him in on what he’s missed in pop culture while he was out. Particularly the recent reboot of The Rocky Horror Picture Show that aired on FOX this past week. They then welcome comedian/actor Baron Vaughn to the podcast. Baron was recently cast as Tom […]