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Join Kevin for his long-anticipated sit down with Ricky Gervais. Ricky chats about his new stand up comedy tour, his love of the personification of animals, and the joy of getting one juicy Twitter idiot a month.

As Scott goes out for another remote episode of Comedy Bang! Bang! he gets tricked into entering Suicide House once again by innkeepers Messmore and Bueford le Barron. Snot Squakerman, Messmore, and Bueford chat about the rules of Suicide House, Dennis Miller, and politics when suddenly Ghost Boy appears and reunites with his Ghost Mother. Plus, musician Leo Carpazzi, the creator of the original version of The Monster Mash and his granddaughter Scaroline burst in to share the world premiere of Scaroline’s new single “Scary Love.” It wouldn’t be a Comedy Fang! Fang! episode without a special Hallowscream Freestyle Rap Competition!

Comedian, actor and Emmy-winning writer Rick Overton ("Willow," Groundhog Day," "Seinfeld") joins Gilbert and Frank for a free form discussion of everything from incidental sitcom music to the Beatles' animated series to the underrated mimicry of Frank Gorshin. Also, Barney Fife screws up his courage, Ian McKellen prank calls Patrick Stewart, Rick hangs with Kurt Vonnegut and Captain Nemo meets the Prince of *$#@* Darkness! PLUS: Burns & Carlin! "Million Dollar Mystery"! Otis the Drunk cleans up! The return of the Lee Marvin story! And Rick remembers his friend Jonathan Winters!

Stop me if you've heard this one before: a charismatic populist leader rises to power by warning of immigrants who are are "filthy" and "bring disease." It's no coincidence the greatest deplorable leaders through the ages use the same coded language to talk about people who are "other." It's psychology. Quite understandably, it's human nature to fear disease. It's why rats are icky to us and I ceremonially burn my clothes after I go to Disneyland. But if you know what you're looking for, you'll see how diseases are are framed as exotic and foreign as an excuse to gang up on different nationalities: SARS, ban Chinese people; Ebola, ban everybody from Africa; sickness in general, build that wall. On this week's podcast, Alex Schmidt is joined by Cracked executive editor Jason Pargin (aka David Wong) to talk about how this weird germ theory controls how you think about everything. Footnotes: https://goo.gl/zSd56T

We’re joined by a very famous guest… or, rather, his father was famous. He seems okay. It’s Pulcifer the Unassuming. Credits: Arnie: Arnie Niekamp Chunt: Adal Rifai Usidore: Matt Young Pulcifer the Unassuming: Mike Pesca Mysterious Man: Tim Sniffen Producers: Arnie Niekamp, Evan Jacover, Ryan DiGiorgi Editor: Chris Rathjen Theme Music: Andy Poland Magic Tavern Logo: Allard Laban Audio Assistance: Jason Knox Production Assistance: Garrett Schultz

Kumail Nanjiani joins Matt and Matt to discuss a James Bond movie for the ages. Specifically 57. That is the age of Roger Moore in this movie. It's got everything we never knew we wanted from a Bond movie. Including a tenuously unnecessary plot about race horses.

Paul Scheer sits down with Matt and Matt to create a James Bond theme park. From the Hotel to the rides to the concessions they've thought of everything.

Welcome to Long Term Love with your host and retired marriage and family counselor Marilyn Bamford (Maria Bamford)! This week Marilyn welcomes Hayden aka Rainbow to talk about being in an open relationship with Rob, Silviana, Raef, and Brie. Plus, Traci Reardon drops by to offer long term relationship advice in another edition of “Help Me, Rhonda.”

Lennon Parham (Playing House, Womp It Up!) joins Zach and Jess for this spoooooky vampire musical that's sure to rival Phantom of The Opera, Jekyll & Hyde, and all other scary stage productions! With songs like "The Best Time Is The Night Time", "17 Year Old Colonial Ghost Boy" and "Mole People Are My People", you'll definitely want to listen to these tunes with the house lights on!

Jeff Kreisler (Dollars and Sense) and Rachel Sklar (TheLi.st) join Negin to talk about Trump’s response to the Halloween terrorist attack in New York. Plus, they discuss the Mueller indictments and some of the conservative media’s favorite topics: Hillary Clinton, the Russia dossier, and Uranium One.

Danielle is joined by fave special co-host Matt McConkey and hilarious comedian/housewives genius Joel Kim Booster whose theory on Kameron from Dallas is crushing yet important. A sheet over a head on a stretcher gives life to a once dying franchise and Dallas gives us it's best Tennessee Williams realness. Plus we talk gaggles of Gorgas and Casey chimes in from the void with lots of deep thoughts on the gift of cocaine.

HDTGM All-stars Rob Huebel and Jenny Slate join Paul and Jason to discuss the 2001 science fiction slasher film Jason X. Recorded live from Largo at the Coronet in Los Angeles, they talk about the nipple clamps, abusive VR, and “what is Jason?”. Plus, Rob is reminded of a horror prank gone wrong from his past. Check out new HDTGM merch over at https://www.teepublic.com/user/howdidthisgetmade 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 House, The Lego Batman Movie, How to Be Single, Sleeping with Other People, and is still indeed in The Dictator.

John Hughes month begins on Cracked Movie Club! Back in the 1980s, John Hughes changed the idea of a teen movie from a bunch of dopey kids dancing on the beach to a bunch of mopey kids talking about their depressing, broken lives (and also dancing). No other film more perfectly exemplifies this than 1985’s The Breakfast Club, Hughes’ hit film about five misfits sharing a Saturday detention together, which set a template for teenage dramedy that Hollywood still follows to this day. On this week’s episode, Tom is joined by Cracked’s Carmen Angelica and Jenny Jaffe, the creator and star of IFC’s Neurotica, as they discuss the impact The Breakfast Club still has on teenagers decades after its release, how Nicolas Cage was too expensive for Hughes to cast (a problem no film made in the past five years has encountered), and whether John Bender is actually cool or just an insufferable, boring asshole.

Keeping up with Danielle Koenig.

Jo and Manolo welcome Chris Gethard (Beautiful Anonymous, The Chris Gethard Show) and Anna Drezen (SNL, How May We Hate You) for the debut episode of Dr. Gameshow on Earwolf. Games played: Manolo's Rhyming Ring, Was I Who, Was Me Who, and Animal Afterlife.

Aparna Nancherla (BoJack Horseman, Crashing) and Ashley Brooke Roberts (NatGeo Explorer) join Jo and Manolo to play listener-submitted games with callers. Games played: Alaska? I'll Ask Her!, Can I Have That Seat?, and Pitch A Masterpiece.

Hosts of The Daily Zeitgeist podcast, Miles Gray and Jack O’Brien join Andrew to discuss the Astros player who was suspended for 5 games for a racist slant-eye gesture, majority of White Americans feeling that they are discriminated against, and much more. As always, leave us a message about anything you think is racist at (323)389-RACE.

Former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort (Dan Black) is preparing to go under house arrest when Mark & Pete catch him for Hard Nation. The man Pete calls “evil Roald Dahl” obsesses over his daughter’s boyfriends and discovers Rick Lazio is the Zodiac Killer. Plus: Mark blows his school board debate.

Matt and Mark call the first tee action at the fourth annual Townes McCoy Golf Classic benefitting the Boys and Girls Club. Brought to you by Nick Thune and sponsored by Mack Weldon and La Gratona Tequila. The Shrimps on Twitter: @pistolshrimpsbb The Shrimps on Instagram: @thepistolshrimps Pistol Shrimps Radio on Twitter: @ShrimpsRadio Matt Gourley on Twitter and IG: @MattGourley Mark McConville on Twitter and IG: @MarkMcConville

“You can’t give puppies cow vaccines.” That’s how this caller ends her hour with Gethard. The journey to that moment takes us through: Italian Madrigals, getting licked by a baby cow, going on a tour of a cranberry marsh, and a very personal story about the loss of a friend. All this while she's prepping to perform a show that starts right when the call ends.

Trainer Phil is back to join Jensen and Matty for another update on #BUFFSEASON and to list their 5 favorite video games of all time. Tune in to find out what makes the list!

RE-join Kevin for one of his favorite interviews, with Tesla/SpaceX innovator and soon-to-be ruler of the world, Elon Musk. It's a Kev's Fav special!

Chris Klimek and Mark McConville sit down with the Matts to discuss the never produced Bond 17. Timothy Dalton's third outing as James Bond was deep into pre-production when the project was shelved. We talk all about it and even try to cast it.

John Carpenter month continues on Cracked Movie Club! In 1978, a young independent filmmaker named John Carpenter was approached to direct a movie called The Babysitter Murders, about a group of teenage girls being stalked by a killer. A title change and a William Shatner mask later, Halloween was released, launching Carpenter into the mainstream (or as close to the mainstream as he ever got) and setting the template for slasher films (and unabashed cash-ins) like Friday the 13th and A Nightmare On Elm Street for years to come. On this week’s episode, Tom is joined by Cracked’s Alex Schmidt and bestselling horror novelist Jason Pargin aka David Wong as they discuss how the cultural landscape of America when Halloween was released contributed to the film’s success, the charming low-budget ingenuity that went into the film’s surprisingly sparse production, and how the movie’s male hero Dr. Loomis is easily the worst psychiatrist in the history of the universe.

Whether it's ghosts or the afterlife or god, most humans tend to lean towards thinking something funky and unknowable is out there, even if they can't pinpoint what it is or prove that it exists. With ghosts, this seems to be especially true. In some states, real estate listings must disclose if people have died at the property, you know, in case ghosts, and even the most fervent atheists will admit, "yeah there's something weird opening doors in my house, it's definitely a ghost." On this week's episode, Alex Schmidt is joined by Dana Gould, creator of IFC's Stan Against Evil for a wide-ranging conversation about why humanity is obsessed with the supernatural and some of the scientific reasons our bodies trick us into believing that ghosts are real. Footnotes: https://goo.gl/vfMFwp