NNF 20th Anniversary Celebration!
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In studio notes by Garon Cockrell
Editing and additional notes by Darryl Asher
Photographs by Darryl Asher and Jeff “Mr. Burbank” Howell
NNF 20th Anniversary Celebration!
NeverNotFunny.com
https://supporting.afsp.org/campaigns/NNF
4/11/2026!
Hour One:
Great intro video from Mark Maron!
We’re live!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Yount
Garon Cockrell!
Dressed in the Hannah Einbinder collection
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Hope
Is Jimmy getting a doc? Well talk to Judd about it.
Mike Schmidt!
He picks up Jimmy in a hug! Good thing he’s got an epidermal planned.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lupus
Rich Stein Podcast – https://richscomedy.podbean.com
Matt has some baseball knowledge to talk about finally. Turns out it’s not enough, there’s more than one Max Muncy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Muncy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Muncy_(baseball,_born_2002)
“You seem like a guy who might have a journal.” – Jimmy on Mike
Mike talks about stumbling into a friend’s grave.
It was Brody Stevens’ grave.
40 Year Old Boy on hiatus? Comedy is better with Mike in it so Jimmy wants Mike back in the game.
Mike says some joy with Jimmy. Including the time he said tony Thaxton was “here taking time from crying into his dogs face.”
Jimmy gives some love to Mike about his time on NNF.
Jon Hamm!
He’s off to Paleyfest after this for Your Friends and Neighbors.
Jimmy says Jon should be in the Rockford Files.
Jon takes the compliment. He loved that show as a kid.
Jon loved Battlestar Galactica, Dukes of Hazzard, Three’s Company, Barney Miller, Fish, Maude, Mash (he watched the finale)..
Jimmy mentions stopping a comedy show so they all could watch the MASH Finale. He’s had his dips.
Talking Joe Rogan. We all loved him on Newsradio.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drake_Sather
Let’s all revisit Fear Factor! Jon also revisiting The O’Reilly Factor.
Max Factor!
Talking St Louis Cardinals and the history of teams in St Louis.
Talking about the Payleyfest and what happens at the show.
Slow Drip for Jon’s show.
Mad Men!
We don’t reveal the guests but there’s a pretty good shot Oliver shows up.
He’s currently binging Mad Men.
Jon’s married!
He was last here on 3305.
Jimmy talks Monster. He’s stopped per docs orders maybe? For humor?
Jon takes Jimmy into one of his dips due to his shoe comments.
Your Friends and Neighbors is on Apple!
Mercedes!
Thanks Jon!
Let’s watch a video!
It’s Tig!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Your_Friends_%26_Neighbors_(TV_series)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Your_Friends_%26_Neighbors_(TV_series)
Hour Two
Paul Gilmartin!
Compliments for Paul!
He’s been with his lady friend for 8 years come September. 11?
Paul talks negative feedback he has received. Including having cancer wished on him for not using his “Hollywood power” during his time on Dinner and a Movie.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falafel – Middle Eastern
Pardo Classic! Man downstairs!
Get back to comedy Paul not this sad sack podcast!
The guys talk cold calling for stage time back in the day.
Paul talks doing celebrity hockey games.
Dave Coulier is a terrific player!
“the electronic stuff”
Paul’s going to tacos after this. Guisado’s!
Baby whine whine tacos for Jimmy!
Jimmy compliments Paul, paul does not return the favor.
The Belknaps are not here today! College visit in Philly and Charlie is at a friends.
Zoe’s funny and can get places on her own!
Phish at the Sphere for Katy!
Jimmy goes full tongue on his coke zero.
Jimmy’s cousin Paul is here from Phoenix! He’s heading home after this.
Sona Movsesian!
A show favorite and a fan favorite!
Sona’s kids are turning 5 on July 1.
Sona does recommend not getting your house burnt down.
She talks about the process of rebuilding. They’re expecting to be back in by Fall 2027.
Talking T-Ball! The first game is fun. The rest is like “you guys suck.”
Sona’s sons: Mikey in the game, Charlie in the bleachers reading a D&D book. Also, he can’t read.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scranton/Wilkes-Barre_RailRiders
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crestline,_California
Sona’s husband does karate 3 times a week, or a mistress.
We plugged her in this timeslot! Stick her in?
FIST HER IN?!
Jimmy’s got some soda mouth.
Jimmy’s notes: Mikey and Charlie, 9/11.
Scott Aukerman!
Scott sings! With or Without Never Not Funny.
Matt wonders if Scott got Weird Al’s help on the lyrics.
What’s Bruce Smith doing right now?
Downloading Loving Spoonful mp3s?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lovin%27_Spoonful
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sebastian
Scott is in the Epstein Files?!
Is it controversial to think that Epstein was murdered?
Scott talks about his history knowing Matt, including the mystery of who was reviewing the shows.
Doug Benson figured it out somehow.
23 years of friendship between Matt and Scott.
Scott saw Oliver here but he took off.
Scott talks about time and aging and reveals he brought a memory test.
Bye Scott!
https://www.televisionacademy.com/nominee/viewing-platform-specifications
Hour Three
We got another video! Or maybe a live one! Rich Sommer rushes the stage!
Eliot shows a pic of Irma flipping off the camera.
She’s the best thing to happen to Eliot!
Jimmy explains the Rich Sommer appearance.
Andy Daly!
Jimmy’s gonna get some cookies but wants to make sure Andy will have one.
Debate on the crisp level of the cookies.
Chocolate chip king of all cookies? #NoKings
Andy takes a hard line pro thin mint stance. The rest is garbage.
“Always Funny: The Jimmy Pardo Podcast”
Jimmy’s got Hollywood shaking!
His family was mobbed up. Jimmy gives Andy some details on the family and how his grandfather got out alive.
Jimmy talks old family meals including his grandmothers undercooked pork sausage.
Did Jimmy steal the plot of Midnight Run for his grandfather?
Get those tonsils out!
Jimmy had a blast on Bananas for Bonanza! Best time in 20 years?
Oliver’s in the house!
Any other flavor of ice cream that aren’t chocolate, is bullshit.
Andy on Vanilla, “there is no reason to eat it.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_%26_Jerry%27s
What happened to Mike and Ike?!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_and_Ike
Bye Andy!
No cookie theme song Mike!
Another video!
A video from Jason Benneti!
Rose Abdo!
She talks about parking and coming in through the kitchen like Goodfellas!
Rose talks playing poker with Andy Daly it a comedy condo in Aspen.
Talking Coffee ice cream!
Rose had some coffee a little late so she’s feeling it now.
She’s going to a Pink Party at Rhetta’s.
Sally Struthers favorite color is plaid according to Rose.
Rose does eat on camera in this season of Hacks!
Rose did indeed quote Fatso but the quote is: You’re 32 years old. You don’t know how to run your plate. The omelet is supposed to come out even with the bread.
Rose talks about bidding on a necklace while Barbra Streisand was biddign on a van gogh.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Guilt_Trip_(film)
Talking eating Tofu!
Rose talks about the giant posters the guests are signing! She is incredibly flattered!
Breaking news with Rose!
She did a CBS pilot and it got picked up!
Ken Robinson is aging into Jonathan Banks.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_Ivey
Ken talks about the girl he’s gone on 5 or 6 dates with.
We’re ten minutes behind!
Jimmy saw the biggest dick he he ever saw at the Bruce Springsteen concert bathroom.
Nate brought us some Mike & Ikes!
Todd Glass!
Todd shows us how he likes to cut the band off.
Todd’s got a t-shirt!
“Don’t make a meal out of it.” – some random band guy that Todd heard.
Todd is gonna sell the NNF TShirt for us.
Todd talks about his residency at Joe’s Pub!
Expressing social views gets rid of dumb fans!
Todd talks socks!
Hour Four
Jimmy needs a Zyrtec!
Mike Siegel!
Mike didn’t bring anything special for the band and also forgot to end it.
Matt has a confession. He wondered if Cortney Cox was gonna show up at the concert when they saw Bruce a couple years ago.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Ness
Mike doesn’t recognize Matt being dressed up and flat haired.
Mike talks cruises.
Why did Mike originally come on the show so soon? Because he didn’t like how Jimmy talked about him caddying for him at a celebrity golf tourney.
Check your score card Mike! Jimmy was 2 over par!
At one point Jimmy told Mike to take a shot and he hit the shot of his life.
Mike talks about learning about new tech from people. Podcasts from Jimmy, Twitter from Chris Hardwick, and apparently fatherhood also from Jimmy.
Can’t find the pic with Mike in it unfortunately but there’s that one!
“I’m holding my purse like Estelle geddy” – Rose to Matt
Cathy Ladman!
Cathy is announcing something! She has a clogged tear duct so she has to wipe her eye.
Eliot’s humor isn’t making it through the amplification system.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_Planet_Are_You_From%3F
Wayne and Cathy go back to the early 80s in New York!
Cathy just turned 70!
Ten times on The Tonight Show!
Get Cathy on Gutfeld!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Heartbreak_Kid_(1972_film)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeannie_Berlin
Jimmy’s dad interrupted the “pard-a-thon” with an unrelated text.
Little bit of The Hustle from Ken Robinson! No one can do it.
Happy birthday (at some point) to Milan, Cathy’s daughter.
Jimmy and Cathy talk Pantages and Stereophonic.
Cathy’s favorite pixar is Toy Story. All time faves: Bringing Up Baby, Chinatown.
The Pardo-Koenigs AND Wayne saw it at the same time at the Aero on New Years. Jimmy loved it!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bringing_Up_Baby
Jimmy talks about his first kiss.
Cathy was supposed to sing!
Greg Davies sends a video!!
One of the funniest guests!
Paul F Tompkins!
Queen movie.
Talking watches!
Paul’s wife bought him one.
Paul got a text from his dead mom.
Mitch and Litlte Mitch!
Paul’s mom is in hell for…Kiting checks?
Also his dad texting? “I know I died in 2011.”
Hour Five
Video from Paul Reiser
Jason Scheff!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Scheff
Jason talks about his dad being a bass player for both The Doors AND Elvis!
Jason talks about the time that his dad got him to attend an Elvis show in vegas and he got to sit with percussion and play tambourine! He stopped playing though because he was afraid to throw him off.
Jimmy talks about how he and Jason met.
Jason talks about how he joined Chicago.
Jason’s up to 11 laughs
Jimmy compliments Chicago 21 as the most underrated Chicago album ever.
Jason talks about Jimmy’s love of Chicago.
Generation radio talk!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_DeMarcus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Ferrone
Jason plays a song for us!
What Kind Of Man Would I Be – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_Kind_of_Man_Would_I_Be%3F
Rocket Man!
Jimmy and Jason do some Make Me Smile!
Video of me leaving!
And a video from Dan Katz!
Alison Rosen!
Sorry Julie!
There is a problem that Jimmy and Alison share.
Tony is on tour so he isn’t producing for Alison either!
Jimmy is having a crisis with the water on his coke bottle.
Alison is having an Instagram problem?
Jimmy’s on the botox!
Alison got a nose job!
Patrick Swaze!
Alison’s son loves the word bitch. Her other son, Elliot, loves magic.
Alison reveals how her kid makes things levitate.
In honor of the 20th, Alison found the first email Jimmy ever sent her. Except she couldn’t find it so she recreated from memory.
She and Jimmy talk about Adam Corolla’s direction and how it’s just common sense. (for humor).
Alison talks about when she was asked to do Playing Games.
She was learning charades to do it!
Charades! I gave them All Too Well (10 Minute Version)
Hour Six
Kristine Kimmel!
She brought us flowers!
Jimmy can’t have them so he gives them to Danielle and tosses the other to the crowd.
Flowers are the gift for the 20th Anniversary.
Peruvian corn nuts?
Kris walks us through where to find them at Trade Joes.
Kris talks about the kids. Benji’s all good! He got hit by a car recently but he’s okay now.
Kris went to Springsteen Thursday night! She and Sven were in 205. Jimmy was in 201! So close!
Jimmy talks about the woman who sat next to him in his original seat was talking while Bruce was talking about Minneapolis so he moved. He went from 201 to 215 to sit by Bruce Smith.
Paul and Gene never got Me Too’d.
The Demon! The Star Child!
Is Ace in hell?! With Paul F’s mom?
Jimmy is A Wall from the Kiss Army!
Jimmy talks about How To Survive and how great they are together.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Kaye
HTS Should be humongous!
Kris’ kids demand she never talk about them on the show. Hope they don’t listen!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hunger_(1983_film)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eve_Plumb
Kris mentions The Lady Eve – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lady_Eve
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bechdel_test
We love Kris!
Jimmy broke his pen!
No Beatles!
Wayne went to Paul McCartney!
Quick break for Jimmy to use the rest room!
We’re back!
Jimmy got cock blocked on the way to the bathroom.
Jimmy talks Mr Pibb and his wife and son are laughing at him.
Let It B-12!
Next guest!
Jesse Thorn!
He’s decorating the stage for us!
The mail is here! Jesse brought a letter for us!
Jesse also got some tiaras. And a sash!
More gifts!
Jimmy fights with wayne to play a good song to open the gift to.
A knife?!
And $20!
Jesse talks about starting with Jordan and getting recognized years ago by their voices on a bus once by a homeless guy who’s radio only had one station.
Jordan Jesse Go turning 20 this fall!
Matt really rocking his tiara.
Jimmy might blame Jesse for Match Game getting shut down.
Brothers in Migraine!
Jesse got a nerve block in his brain.
Max Fun softball team talk!
Hour Seven
A video from Ken Jennings!
Cristela Alonzo!
Cristela is seeing Springsteen in Austin!
She’s taking her brothers!
They do bucket list concerts and are also seeing Iron Maiden and Joe Jackson.
Cristela wants surprises at her concerts! No setlists for her.
She guesses first song and last song for Bruce.
Cristela loves the podcast!
Celebrity sighting! Cristela saw someone so she gets to hear a theme song she loves!
Cristela won an auction for a signed Muppets Take Manhattan poster! Signed by jim and Frank Oz.
Jim Henson on Arsenio Hall – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcIYsmdpEd0
Cristela puts on her evening hoodie, Star Trek TNG! Charles in Charge is her day hoodie.
Weird Al Yankovic! Jimmy gets it!
Cristela loves him so much and was afraid to meet him on the off chance he was having a bad day.
Cristela talks Riyadh.
Cristela talks about how she and Jimmy became friends. They bonded over Cristela wearing a Chicago shirt he identified by the color.
Cristela is pretty wonderful!
John Mayer talk!
Jimmy and Cristela argue about Motley Crue guitarists.
Stephen Kearin!
Stephen brings a gift! Some dark chocolate and a French gray sea salt
Stephen talks about his family which is crazy.
He asks Jimmy for a fist bump over their shared having “brother cousins.”
Tennessee Williams Unscripted?!
Talking Sondheim.
Jimmy’s fave is Company.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Sondheim
Jimmy shares his own brother cousin situation.
Stephen talks about his dad being in two wars and being tough enough to go after some bikers.
Stephen talks about meeting Raymond Burr one day with his Dad.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ironside_(1967_TV_series)
Watching Wizard of Oz on black and white tv!
Stephen used to be a sound effect guy for his music friends. Kinda sort of beat boxing?
Stephen used to have to pull his druggy friends off train tracks behind school.
Hour Eight
Eliot Hochberg!
Eliot is never gonna be on taskmaster but he gives permission to anyone who might be on their can steal this idea.
Inverse Alex Horn. That’s enough.
Jimmy predicts the next American comedian on Taskmaster is gonna be Paul F or Atsuko.
Jimmy compliments what Eliot does behind the scenes and how important it is.
Eliot has some nice words to say.
And some nice words for me!
Eliot sings Night and Day while Jimmy and Matt go eat.
Almost the lead singer of Stone Temple Pilots!
Home Stretch!
Dave Holmes!
Some fitness from Dave!
He talks Compression socks.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid_Gold_(TV_series)
Dave confirms he and Jimmy met at Amoeba but Barry Soebel was not involved.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Langley_Schools_Music_Project
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._Boon
Dave talks about seeing Eagles and U2 at the sphere.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Frey
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soul_Searchin%27_(Glenn_Frey_album)
Dave talks about the 90s cruise!
He cohosted with Downtown Julie Brown.
Dave talks his cabin and the extremely loud guy telling terrible raunchy dad jokes.
IT WAS JOHN POPPER.
“I can’t leave my room honey because everyone will ask me to play harmonica.”
The story continues and John Popper was sex loud.
“The funny man was jay leno.” Downtown Julie Brown about 1992.
90s cruise back in 2028!
Jimmy talks Mickey Mouse.
Politics is bad news!
Mickey Mouse is in public domain!
Goofy probably has a huge crank.
Do we really know anything about Mickey Mouse?!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey_Mouse
The Arizona schrams are buzzkills!
John Ross Bowie!
We’re finally getting into the Mike and Ikes.
John was at an 80s themed party today.
Jimmy knows everyone!
The party was at a record store in Pasadena which I THINK might be Healing Force of the Universe: https://healingforcerecords.com
John talks about the Springsteen concert. It was his first time seeing him.
Great fans!
Cathy sounds like a teacher?
John saw a show in NY recently. He saw Death of a Salesman and really enjoyed it. Laurie Metcalf is terrific!
Johns daughter is a freshman in college and did Streetcar Named Desire! He went to see it in Boston,
John says Matt looks like Dick Cavett from this angle.
What an asshole! – Jonathan Banks
Talking 80s villains!
Rose may have been wrong about the Mike & Ikes.
John talks about eating on camera. He likes to eat and will try to get a laugh over a mouth of food if he can.
Stuart fails to save the universe! Bing Bang spin off.
Danny Elfman does the theme song!
Talking Olymics tickets.
Video from Janet Varney!
Danielle Koenig!
Bugs!
Danielle throws some mustard to everyone!
Free mustard!
Jimmy gets Low Fat Mayo.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracle_Whip
Is Oliver bumped?!
The bathroom has that I suck.
Danielle got her hair done.
Jimmy says she looks hot to trot.
Danielle’s stylist makes Bronson Pinchot Beverly Hills Cop character look subtle.
Big boots, harem pants, midriff, and eye makeup.
She talks about the stylist and his neighbors.
Danielle recalls the time she was tipsy in an uber and tried to speak French to her uber drive.
Talking Byron Allen buying the time for his shows on late night TV.
World record nal holder – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shridhar_Chillal
Jimmy’s gonna cover a couple things!
A video from Conan O’Brian!
Wayne talks about his IMDB hat.
FINAL GUEST!
Oliver Pardo!
His Clark Can’t glasses.
“I’m gonna voluntell you two to come up here.” – Oliver’s teacher
Oliver wants to go back to the better days of cinema when movie titles were full sentences.
Professor Dad Jokes!
Paxton Tongues!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Paxton
Talking 4th of July concerts. Oliver does what the guy said about parking.
“Bro, I’m giving you the bingo deal!”
Sebastian on parking!
Oliver loves doing Sebastian.
What is Oliver listening to?!
Why is Dave Holmes so mad at Mickey?
Oliver likes some 90s stuff, classic rock like Zeppelin.
Eric Calver takes a shot from Oliver with PRESTO JR.
Oliver’s in the Jack Nicholson Army: About Schmidt!
Oliver talks going on tour with Jimmy. He found it wonderful and that it will be a long cherished memory.
Oliver’s basically a cast member!
Jimmy’s proud you can tell.
We’re done! We did it!
Matt and Jimmy share some words.
Jimmy gives love to the fans (even the asshole ones who hate listen).
THANK YOU EVERYONE!
My pleasure,
Garon/The Beast/Mush Mouth Shy Guy/The Notekeeper/Lazy Queen/Sloth/Little Asshole
