3620 -Breaking ground with Josh Gondelman
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In studio notes by Garon Cockrell
Editing and additional notes by Darryl Asher
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00 Hello!
Welcome in!
Beautiful day outside! Big beautiful bill!
Jimmy’s been up since 630am for an MRI.
Eliot has questions about Jimmy’s MRI.
Jimmy talks about the final Black Sabbath concert event.
Teen drummer Jimmy mentioned: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoyoka_Soma
10 – Jimmy talks about the back stage smiles at the Sabbath show.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamb_of_God_(band)
Jimmy had to have emergency dental surgery on Thursday?!
Talking bologna.
Jimmy talks about the surgery and what happened.
Trigeminal neuralgia is a condition characterized by pain coming from the trigeminal nerve, which starts near the top of the ear and splits in three, toward the eye, cheek and jaw. We have two trigeminal nerves: one for each side of our face, but trigeminal neuralgia pain most commonly affects only one side.
20 – On the way to his appointment a truck kicked up a rock that cracked his windshield. It was just a small crack at first and then when he came out of the appointment it cracked across the windshield.
He went to Safelite and they certainly did not come to him.
25 – Jimmy and fam went to the Dodgers/White Sox game. They got an Ohtani home run!
The SF Giants play at Oracle Park!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oracle_Park
Matt, Zoe, and Elise went to San Fran to tour schools! They drove over the bridge to see the redwoods as well.
30 – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco–Oakland_Bay_Bridge
I went to get our guest and come back to White House Hunger Games?!
35 – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Long_Walk_(2025_film)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Running_Man_(1987_film)
Josh Gondelman is here!
Talking Pace Picante sauce.
Jimmy tried out for La Victoria spokesman!
We’ll be right back!
39m29s – We’re back!
Matt has big news on the Dry Eyes front.
There is a second actress with dry eyes?! Julie Bowen!
40 – Josh’s new special, Positive Reinforcement, is on YouTube!
He relinquished control on his last special and he discovered he is a “control enthusiast.”
Talking TV interfaces!
Talking Taskmaster!
https://taskmaster.fandom.com/wiki/Series_19
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taskmaster_(TV_series)
Josh got his wife to watch this new season and she is into it!
45 – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taskmaster_(American_TV_series)
Will there be a new American version of Taskmaster?
If so, it should be Jimmy or Paul F in the Greg Davies spot!
50 – Taskmaster Series 20 panel: Ania Magliano, Maisie Adam, Phil Ellis, Reece Shearsmith, and Sanjeev Bhaskar.
Glazing the Taskmaster!
Josh is in town to do a few podcasts. Its Josh Gondelman week in podcast world apparently!
55 – Josh’s wife has a book out!
Maris Kreizman’s I Want To Burn This Place Down!
https://www.borschtbeltmuseum.org
https://www.borschtbeltfest.org/2025-festival-lineup
Josh talks about doing the museum groundbreaking and his driver who was a chatty guy for the 5 hours they were in the car together.
Freddie Roman is also passed on. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freddie_Roman
Josh flew comfort+ on the way here. His wife went first class (no more comfort+ seats left!).
60 – Josh isn’t doing any shows while he’s here. He didn’t book anything aside from the podcasts. They went to Musso and Frank last night though.
Jimmy talks about the time he opened for Robert Klein and years later working on Bud’s birthday show with him.
1h5m – Matt wants to take a week or two in NYC and get all the New York folks we want to get and bang out a bunch of shows.
Talking Wicked For Good and Regan Burns saying they added songs, and changed the story a bit.
1h10m – Talking Wicked!
Book talk!
Penthouse Letters do their job!
Who reads smut anymore?
Fandoms!
Josh will occasionally text John Oliver!
1h15m – https://www.mlb.com/news/john-oliver-picks-erie-seawolves-for-rebrand
Talking the Savannah Bananas!
https://thesavannahbananas.com
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savannah_Bananas
Talking brat kids.
Matt talks about having to reprimand some kids and it working because they’re afraid of his deep voice.
1h20m – Matt talks about kids climbing onto the roof and having to yell at them.
“Liability!” – Possibly something Matt yelled at them.
Cool six year old? Joey Lawrence on Carson.
1h25m – Matt went to see Kesha!
Apparently, last time Josh was here it was just after they saw Kesha.
It’s his fourth time seeing Kesha. First time as her headlining tour.
https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/kesha/2025/kia-forum-inglewood-ca-6b46b26e.html
Scissor Sisters talk! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scissor_Sisters
1h30m – The Pardo-Koenig fam went to see John Fogerty last night. He’s 80!
Nothing but a joy and they were the youngest people in the crowd.
1h35m – https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/john-fogerty/2025/hollywood-bowl-los-angeles-ca-435b9f97.html
Talking artists with multicultural audiences.
Lauryn Hill finished at 337am.
https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/john-fogerty/2025/hollywood-bowl-los-angeles-ca-435b9f97.html
It’s trivia time!
Full results below!
We’ll be right back!
1h46m – we’re back!
It’s G-aron not D-arren!
Darren sucks!
Talking Jurassic World!
1h50m – Preguess!
Eliot took Irma to see Fireworks finally.
They made reservations to see the fireworks at this place and then the fog started rolling in. They saw none of the fireworks because of the fog. It dissipated at the very end of the fireworks so they saw hints of the finale.
They were able to see some local fireworks going on afterwards though.
More answers!
2h – Go watch Josh’s special and get his wife’s book!
Josh, the Jurassic World of comedians, doesn’t wear a hat on stage.
We’re done!
Josh is welcome here any time! We love him!
Live stream on July 28 for Jimmy’s birthday!
Quick taste test!
It’s a twix with Lime!
2h10m – New song from Mike Henry and his wife.
See you next time!
Trivia Results:
Category: Summer Activities
Question: per capita globally, Australia has the largest number of these things that often get used in the summer time.
Garon: Beaches (2 pts) Preguess: Lawn Darts
Eliot: Beaches (2 pts) Preguess: Pie Eating Contest
Matt: BBQ Grill (20 pts) Preguess: Slip and Slide
Josh Gondelman: Waterslide (14 pts) Preguess: shuttlecock
Jimmy: BBQ Grill (9 pts) Preguess: Jet ski
Answer: Domestic Swimming Pool!
No winner!
Eliot and Garon tie with wager!
My pleasure,
Garon/The Beast/Mush Mouth Shy Guy/The Notekeeper/Lazy Queen/Sloth/Little Asshole
