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Comedians and members of the entertainment elite Paul Scheer (How Did This Get Made?) and Michelle Biloon (The Biloon Podcast) join Scott to chat about novelty Monopoly board games, t-shirt canons, and the some of the shows on Paul’s new network TruLife TV. Later, youth pastor Kelly Burton stops by to tell us how he’s updating the bible for the modern era of at risk teens. Plus, actor Tyren Bigsby arrives to shadow Scott as he works on his craft for a new podcasting movie.

Before Rachel Bloom (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend) can begin discussing her love of Hamilton, the superfan tables are turned: Travon gushes about his favorite songs from Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, the musical TV series that Bloom created and stars in. Next, they discuss artistic inspiration, her lifelong love of musicals, and why "Say No To This" would fit so well in Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. Plus, why she's a Hamilton all the way.

All is finally revealed in the final blowout episode of In Your Dreams! Chris learns the truth about Gary's questionable past, and Bobby "Dirty Bibby" Moynihan gets caught in the middle of their explosive confrontation. There will be cursing, screaming, furniture breaking, and more than a few tears in this gut-wrenching final voyage into dreamscape. Go to www.casper.com/dreams and use the offer code “DREAMS” for $50 off your next mattress purchase.

Time to stock up on supplies for our quest. And we've met a kobold who's selling stuff. Arnie: Arnie Niekamp Chunt: Adal Rifai Usidore: Matt Young Traach: James D’Amato Blemish: Martin Wilson 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

Comedian and actor Ronnie Schell has shared the stage and screen with virtually everyone in show business, including Andy Griffith, Carl Reiner, Redd Foxx, Rodney Dangerfield, Goldie Hawn, George Carlin and even Groucho Marx. Gilbert and Frank track down Ronnie at his LA home to talk about his early days on the nightclub circuit, his decades-long friendships with legendary funnymen Bill Dana, Pat McCormick and Harvey Korman and his memorable role as Gomer Pyle's bunkmate, Duke Slater. PLUS: Billy De Wolfe! The Kingston Trio! The reclusive Jack Burns! Sinatra drops by the Blue Angel! And the prodigious talents of Theodore Bikel!

Once you hit your mid-twenties, everything starts beginning to suck. Your favorite band? Not as good as when they first came out. Favorite hangouts? All gone to shit since all the young people started showing up and ruining everything. The world? Basically a day away from total anarchy. Even the idea of time begins to suck. The present is somehow always the worst and no matter how bad your life was 5, 10 years ago– it all seems tinted with rose-colored glasses. Sure you were bored all the time, had no way of communicating with people who weren't your neighbors and loved Hootie and the Blowfish, but man the 90s were the absolute peak of human existence, right? Not really. Somehow humans have this bias that makes them think the world is always at the brink of complete collapse and that things were better before...before AIDS and Ebola started killing everybody; before all the bees disappeared; before crime took over the streets, when you could leave your front door open all day and the criminals would tip their hats and say, "good morning!" We're here to say this way of thinking is wrong and completely ignores all of the amazing advancements humanity is continuing to make every day. It's just you don't hear about them because the headline "Cancer Deaths Slowly and Steadily Dropping" isn't as flashy as "IT'S ALL BURNING DOWN MAN, DON'T EVEN BOTHER!" On the podcast this week, Jack O'Brien is joined by Jason Pargin (aka David Wong) to talk about how we're neither going to hell nor are we in a hand basket. Poverty, war and disease are at all time lows, all you have to do is look away from the news to see it. Our next live podcast is on Saturday, February 11th at 7pm at the UCB Sunset Theatre in Los Angeles. Just in time for Valentine's Day, join Jack O'Brien, Michael Swaim and Teresa Lee as they welcome Dr. Christopher Ryan, author of Sex at Dawn for a discussion about love, relationships and why our sex lives now bear no resemblance to the way our ancestors got down. Tickets are $7 and available here: https://goo.gl/aXqXex Footnotes: Articles: Cracked: Pieces of Good News Nobody is Reporting: https://goo.gl/ysKK7 https://goo.gl/8z04xT https://goo.gl/Kr75IK Article: Biography.com: H.H. Holmes: https://goo.gl/U1Bo6V Website: OurWorldInData.com: https://goo.gl/afqC0a Graph: Innovation.org: Actual vs. Projected Death Rates for HIV/AIDS in the US: https://goo.gl/ZI6zHY Article: Cracked: 5 Horrifying Apocalyptic Scenarios That Already Happened (#1 The Toba Event): https://goo.gl/5COk09 Scholarly Article: British Journal of Preventative and Social Medicine: The Coal Gas Story: https://goo.gl/EbJkvD Article: Bloomberg: Bias, Blindness and How We Truly Think: https://goo.gl/98f6Uv Article: The New Yorker: Doomsday Prep for the Super Rich: https://goo.gl/GBcpKk

Paul F. Tompkins welcomes all, including those who feel unworthy, back to SPONTANEANATION! This week, Paul’s special guest is acclaimed screenwriter Ben Garant of The State and Reno 911! They chat about which children need to learn a useful trade, the unexpected pitfalls of dinner theater, and the life-changing revelation Ben had in acting school. Paul is then joined by Annie Savage, Colleen Smith, and Stephanie Courtney to improvise a story set at A Dinner Theater. And as always, Eban (only the best) Schletter scores it all on piano! THE NEXT SPONTANEANATION LIVE HAPPENS SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5th, FEATURING IMPROVISERS HAL LUBLIN, ANNIE SAVAGE AND JANET VARNEY, WITH SPECIAL GUEST RON FUNCHES! HURRY! IT’S ALMOST SOLD OUT! ALL PROCEEDS FOR THIS SHOW WILL GO TO CHARITY. TICKETS PFT's EPISODE NOTES - “ , you’re gonna like this show!”- This is Greater Tuna! - The title of the show Ben and Kulap Vilaysack ended up being Bajillion Dollar Propertie$, as the original title was deemed too close to the copyrighted phrase “Billion Dollar Brokers”!

Paul F. Tompkins welcomes back the East Coast and it’s representatives to Spontaneanation, recorded in front of a LIVE audience at The Bell House in Brooklyn! This week, Paul’s special return guest is singer/actor/writer/director Nathan Lee Graham! They chat about which song was playing when Nathan lost his virginity, performing at a petting zoo, and Nathan's "Harriet Tubman Tour" of Germany with "Jesus Christ Superstar." Paul is then joined by Chelsea Clarke, Shannon O’Neill, and Gary Richardson, to improvise a story set at The Bell House. And as always, Eban (only the best) Schletter scores it all on piano!

Paul F. Tompkins welcomes everyone back in three different tones to SPONTANEANATION! This week, Paul’s special guest is Natalie Morales of Parks and Recreation and The Grinder! They chat about their thoughts on conspiracy theories, Donald Trump as "decoy," and the ins and outs of jury duty. Paul is then joined by Bob Dassie, Rich Talarico, and Craig Cackowski of the improv collective Dasariski to improvise a story set at the Moon Landing Taping, 1969. And as always, Eban (only the best) Schletter scores it all on piano! PFT's EPISODE NOTES - When Bob asks about the “bite and chew,” he was most likely thinking of this famous commercial technique! - Everyone was supposed to look “serious” for the photo! - Something very strange happened towards the end of recording! THE NEXT SPONTANEANATION LIVE HAPPENS SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5th, FEATURING IMPROVISERS HAL LUBLIN, ANNIE SAVAGE AND JANET VARNEY, WITH SPECIAL GUEST RON FUNCHES! HURRY! IT'S ALMOST SOLD OUT! ALL PROCEEDS FOR THIS SHOW WILL GO TO CHARITY. TICKETS

Comedians Brendon Walsh and Randy Liedtke of The Bone Zone join Scott this week to talk about clapping song parodies, how Brendon got pranked on the set of Conan, and some of Brendon’s pranks over the years. Then, our old friend Traci Reardon returns to tell us about her New Year resolutions and to announce the very big prize she won. Plus, Rene Faberge stops by to spill some celebrity gossip.

Negin is on the road out West, but Fake the Nation rests for no one! Leah Bonnema (VH1) and Benari Poulten (Garbage Time With Katie Nolan) get on the horn to discuss the sensitive, traumatizing first days of Trump's presidency. Hint: it's all a bit too Orwellian for comfort. Plus, women Trump voters at inauguration share why they're optimistic about their new president.

Hitting the post with Rich Sommer.

Danielle and Casey are live at Largo with special guests Leslie Grossman (who brings us up to speed on Vanderpump and is not embarrassed to be watching Summer House) and Matt Besser (who brings us up to speed on his and Danielle's daughter Syd). As usual Casey and Danielle close with a musical number that IS about Tom.

This week: The REAL Fifth Beatle! Gilbert "salutes" Leon Russell! Jerry Lewis' "Space Oddity"! And the magnificent talents of Marni Nixon!

Paul shares a special announcement regarding the Paywall.

To hear more episodes from Hello from the Magic Tavern presents: Offices and Bosses. Go Howl.fm/magic and use promo code MAGIC at checkout to receive 1-month of our premium service for free! In episode 1, The game of Offices & Bosses begins! Metamore plays Office Manager guiding Arnie, Usidore, Chunt and Flower on an adventure to attain the Q4 numbers. Cast includes: Arnie, aka Orlando Bloom: Arnie Niekamp https://twitter.com/misterarnie Chunt, aka Dan Smith: Adal Rifai https://twitter.com/adalrifai Usidore, aka John Bastion: Matt Young https://twitter.com/morepeoplehappy Metamore: Bill Arnett https://twitter.com/btarnett Flower, aka Gail Davidson-Durst: Brooke Breit https://twitter.com/brookebreit Charles Schmutz: Scott Kurtz https://twitter.com/pvponline Oodles of Doodles Players: Angela Kurtz, Cory Casoni, Steve Hamaker Mysterious Man: Tim Sniffen https://twitter.com/MisterSniffen Producers: Arnie Niekamp, Ryan DiGiorgi, Evan Jacover Editor: Ryan DiGiorgi https://twitter.com/rdigiorgi Theme Music: Andy Poland https://twitter.com/crabbydad Magic Tavern Logo: Allard Laban https://twitter.com/rdigiorgi Production Assistance: Garrett Schultz https://twitter.com/Garrettanite

Paul F. Tompkins welcomes the audience back to Spontaneanation, recorded in front of a LIVE audience at the world-famous Largo at The Coronet! This week, Paul’s special guest is actor Steven Yeun of The Walking Dead! They chat about what day Steven would go back to relive & change, how Steven got a scar during high-school track warm ups, and Steven's church band. Paul is then joined by Shulie Cowen, Tawny Newsome, and Chris Tallman, to improvise a story set in an Art Gallery. And as always, Eban (only the best) Schletter scores it all on piano!

Katherine Spiers (La Weekly Food Editor and Smart Mouth podcast host) joins Andrew to talk about the Women’s March, Richard Spencer getting punched, and much more. As always, leave us a message about anything you think is racist at (323) 389-RACE.

You know how when you watch and old movie and there's a Y2K joke or a WAZZZZUUUP and you think, "man, this hasn't aged well." There's now a whole category of those movies that are just classically heroic dudes being absolute dicks to women. There's even a whole supercut (https://goo.gl/ejmmDH) of all the times James Bond hits women. Just Sean Connery slapping women left and right like he's Moe and every Bond girl is Larry and Curly. Now, hear us out on this, but there's a chance that images like this might have been hurting women instead of helping them. Crazy. Maybe normalizing violence against women or showing Harrison Ford literally whipping (https://goo.gl/QRB2Gw) Kate Capshaw into kissing him have given men unrealistic ideas about how things like consent work. This week Jack O'Brien brings on Carmen Angelica, Jason Pargin (aka David Wong) and Katy Stoll to talk about the modern-day minefield of consent, what movies have been getting wrong about it, why it's so easy for guys to get defensive about it and a female perspective on why it's so damn important. Footnotes: Carmen Angelica Twitter: https://goo.gl/ATcFbz Katy Stoll Twitter: https://goo.gl/FzYPCG Jason Pargin Twitter: https://goo.gl/pNcIwx Article: Cracked: 7 Reasons So Many Guys Don't Understand Sexual Consent: https://goo.gl/cNurtf Video: Cracked: How To Know If A Girl is DTF: https://goo.gl/bkx5dS Video: Han and Leia's First Kiss: https://goo.gl/HbzMm0 Article: Cracked: 5 Things Women Want Most: https://goo.gl/WsEPiR Article: Cracked: Everything A Woman Should Know Before She's Groped: https://goo.gl/pcyEbj Article: Cracked: 5 Ways Modern Men Are Trained To Hate Women: https://goo.gl/UJtzh Article: New York Times: Nurse in V-J Day Photo Dies: https://goo.gl/KFxJci Article: Vice: I Want a Feminism Class for Boys: https://goo.gl/7YUFf1

Actor, writer, and improviser Katy Colloton is a member of The Katydids, a six member ensemble whose names all happen to be derived from Katherine. Katy joins Deanna and Emily this week to talk about how performing improv with The Katydids for fun lead to creating a Teachers web-series together and ultimately lead to them landing a TV show for TV Land. Plus, we’ll find out if portraying a teacher who works with kids will help her in a OMFG! Quiz!

Kevin T. Porter (Gilmore Guys) joins Jensen and Matty to talk about his podcast Gilmore Guys now covering Bunheads, Camp Lo’s “On The Way Uptown,” Instax film, R&B group King, The Truth Podcast, how we were late on The Good Place, and many more things you should know about.

Addicted to heroin for ten years, this week’s caller got clean because she wanted to be a good mother to her new son. She tells Chris about how she started using when a high school boyfriend introduced her to pills. Eventually she was living in her car and spending time in jail, where she networked with other addicts and dealers. She hopes that by speaking with Chris she can help those who may be dealing with addiction themselves or have friends or family who need help by making clear that they are not alone. If you're looking for a place to get help, some have found na.org and aa.org to be helpful.

Kevin hosts his FAVORITE two improvisers in the greater Los Angeles area for this first "Live From Earwolf" version of the Chat Show. TOO much fun is the promise, as well as more to come!

Utkarsh Ambudkar (Pitch Perfect, The Mindy Project) considers Lin-Manuel Miranda to be family. They grew close doing freestyle hip-hop shows together. Utkarsh was also the first person to play Aaron Burr when Hamilton the musical was still being developed. He realizes now that he didn't make the most of it. "I was not aware of how large of a situation and an opportunity I was being given at the time," he tells Travon. But Utkarsh has made his peace with how things turned out— in large part by working on a hip-hop musical all his own.

Gary makes a devil's bargain with guest Wyatt Cenac to keep Chris from discovering his terrible secret. In the meantime, the dreams keep flowing: a salty dive off a waterfall, Jimmy Buffett's parenting skills, and a McDonalds ball-pit... of death! Go to www.casper.com/dreams and use the offer code “DREAMS” for $50 off your next mattress purchase.