Episode 25 – Monkeys in Suits, Shelley Berman, and Jimmy Walker
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Episode released 09/22/06
Show notes by Darryl Asher 09/23/15
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We are a member of the Handheld Comedy Network
Mike wants to know how Jimmy is feeling
Closed throat from flying
Closed throat from flying
“Hey we’re a morning zoooooo!”
Matt has a side fauxhawk but is close to using Jimmy’s haircut
gist certificate
Mike will use his soon
Mike’s writing on the TV show Funniest Pets and People
Pets to people split ordered by network: 70/30
Planet’s Funniest Animals have a deal with Jane Goodall and won’t
write monkey jokes
This is the first “late night” record, and Matt jokes about the
“Mac the knife guy” coming by, apparently a reference to a
short-lived McDonald’s “Mac Tonight” ad campaign
Jimmy does NOT like monkeys in clothes or acting like people
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Mike has seen enough of dogs eating bubbles and hose streams
Mike doesn’t care about clothed monkeys, Matt is a little creeped
out by it and that it’s demeaning to the animals
Via the most awkward segue in history, Jimmy tells us about
Handheld Comedy’s Laugh Bank
Mike talks about Bobby Berosini, an alleged orangutan abuser
Recap about the giveaway contest
Mike says Matt’s “iPod” “pog” joke is solid
Jimmy flies to Vegas, Mike drives because he’s not a “big shot”
like Jimmy
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Jimmy took the window seat on the flight back
Matt likes to look out the window when flying
Jimmy was on the cover of the Las Vegas magazine
Jimmy’s Mike Tyson joke
The substitute Las Vegas sound guy had to bust through the
soundbooth wall because the regular guy had the key
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Strong week in Las Vegas
Jimmy’s story about opening for the legendary Shelley Berman and
accidentally swapping jackets
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Shelley screams in Jimmy’s face about it
Jimmy apologizes to Jimmy. Twice.
“Have a catch” vs. “play catch”
“Have a shower” vs. “take a shower”
“Run the vacuum” vs. “vacuum the carpet”
Pat Francis is a “run the vacuum” guy
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Jimmy apologizes for halting the show
Matt’s getting lots of accolades about the show
Jimmy clarifies that Never Not Funny is a spin-off of Matt’s AST
Radio podcast
Mike says he is “gravy training” with Belknap
Jimmy tells the Redd Foxx Las Vegas story
Jimmy thinks they should make an Aristocrats-style documentary
about the Redd Foxx story
Matt fills us in on the beatbox Sanford and Son theme by Ready
Rock-C
(About 2:30 in this clip)
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Sanford and Son and Good Times were depressing for different
reasons
Jimmy tells about working with Jimmy Walker
Kid Dynamite, who says “DYN-O-MITE!”
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Jimmy Walker endured Jimmy’s John Amos joke for a little while
Jimmy Walker refused to say “DYN-O-MITE” for a while
Jimmy worked with Tommy Chong
Cheech Marin would do his parts by phone for a while
“I got high with Tommy Chong”
Jimmy makes a Hitler comparison
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Jimmy becomes The Apologist
Mike and Matt give alternatives to Jimmy’s Hitler comparison
An apology with “if” is not an apology
Mike wants to know if Jimmy is getting the new 80 gig iPod
Critics are idiots and parasites
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Mike knows way too much about Hitler
Matt predicts the “touch screen iPod” will be out by January
2007. (The iPhone was released June 29, 2007; the iPod Touch was released September 5, 2007)
Jimmy hears the new iPod will be a 15 inch screen, since everyone
wants a bigger screen (iPad Pro, 13 inches, was
announced September 9, 2015)
Matt predicts the full screen iPod, and “the iPod phone”
Jimmy never got in a fight with Mitch Hedberg
Mike’s wife’s favorite comedian
Jimmy shits on his own story and Mike calls him out on it
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Nuts and bolts, ins and outs, and a third thing
Jimmy’s advice to comics; “Tighten the screws”
Cribs with Rashid Wallace
Rashid has the original Good Times painting
Bill Burr handles hecklers in Philadelphia
Jimmy will tell his naval base story at some point
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The video is on Bill Burr’s MySpace page
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Mike wants to know if we still call it The Pardcast
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