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What's That From?2022 Year Ender Show Ender & The What’s That From Retirement PartyWe're calling it for the indefinite future gang. Thanks for tuning in and thanks for the support. Lots of love from Geoff and Nate... Magnolia, Hard Eight, Philip Baker Hall, Seinfeld, Deliverance, Ned Beatty, Paul Dooley, ADHD podcast, Garlock “but”, Geoff’s good skin, Waxwork, Waxworks, House of Wax, Gremlins 3, storytelling, Modoc, David Warner, Julian Sands, Warlock, Arachnaphobia, House 2, John Ratzenberger, Kate Berlant, William DeVane, Cheers, Rolling Thunder, dialogue on a soundt...2022-12-302h 20What's That From?Every Open TabSeason three finale, early Macintosh computers, Boys Life coding games, With Gourley and Rust, tabs in my brain, fake company names, improv references, hats, MTV2, M2, access to all things at all times, ADHD, dentist, Beyonce, Squarepusher, sugar break-away glass, don’t eat it, Instagram feed, Billie Eilish, Elton John, Sound of Music, Romper Room. https://www.redbubble.com/people/WTFrom/shop?asc=uSupport the show2022-08-311h 13What's That From?Less “Drama” More “Edy”Radio ads, morning zoo crews, Nardwar, StanleyWS, This Way Up, endless tv recommendations, Sandman, so much content, You’re Wrong About, 1970s porn, cultural phenomenon of Deepthroat, Shudder, Licorice Pizza, movie criticism, Into The Woods, Reddit, Dailymotion, EMF, Crumbelievable, tell me how to sell out more, Siobhan Thompson, Graham Norton, John Irving, Lorne Michaels, Dr. Evil, When Did I Get So Old, They Might Be Giants, Will Hines, Germans, Gotcha, paintball, Freud/Jung, A Dangerous Me...2022-08-241h 05What's That From?Rom Com ComedyThe Other Woman, Dave Thunder, Nickelodeon, Fifteen, Gossip Girl, high school trophy case, pencils, janitors, Cameron Diaz, Leslie Mann, Mr. Wrong, Ellen DeGeneres, using the genre to go beyond the genre, Bruno Kirby, Good Morning Vietnam, The Bear, bizarre foods, street eats, food reality tv, Padma Lakshmi, Support the show2022-08-171h 03What's That From?Mo Money, Mo RoccaMo Rocca, CNN, Fox News, Daily News, Sean Hannity, Jon Stewart, Tucker Carlson, footnotes, Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me, Janice from the Muppet Show, Singles, Campbell Scott, Tom Skerritt, Beats by Dre, Patrick Warburton, David Spade, Veggie Tales, boring church, Wedding Crashers, porn, kink.com, new York stories, Criterion collection, Amoeba whats in your bag, V8 commercial. Support the show2022-08-101h 07What's That From?Patreon Roundup!All topics for discussion offered by our patreons. Agenda, Short Round, Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All At Once, Hollywood overlaps, clickbait, why now?, why ever?, kid questions, Macaulay Culkin, SNL, William Shatner, staying up late, The Standups, Seinfeld, Tom Hanks, Jon Lovitz, Dennis Miller, Melanie Hutsell, NYC street sound bites, PAing on set, Blankman, Damon Wayans, Handiman, Ishtar, The Cable Guy, Waterworld, things that are better than expected, showing love, The Bear, ...2022-08-031h 38What's That From?1500 Unread EmailsData hoarders, Phil Hartman, What’s the Best Way, SNL, Tom Haverford, Parks and Rec, up early, capitalism, make believe playing, Key & Peele awkward, Jordan Peele, Donald Glover, chapters of a career, Mystery Team, Childish Gambino, Nathan Fielder, Richard Ayoade, Ayoade on Ayoade, dealing with discomfort, cd’s giving away old music, case logic, Nirvana, Meat Puppets, five disc changers, Phish tapes, buy sell trade music stores, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Chill Winston, The Simps...2022-07-271h 20What's That From?We Are As God Made Us – Nerds Who Remember Everything They Ever WatchedThere’s Something About Mary, dentists, when to share and when not to share, Let It Ride, rewatching, Tim Robinson, Richard Dreyfuss comedies, Henry Czerny, Clear and Present Danger, Revenge, sHenry Cavill, James Carville, JT Walsh, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Hugo Weaving character actors, With Gourley and Rust, Child’s Play, film school nerds, bomb pop, remembering things bigger than they are, Tom Poppa, pursuing your passions, conscientious consuming vs. binging, Passolini, obsessive pa...2022-07-201h 31What's That From?Postmodern Humorism & Tom Cruise’s Fitness RoutinePlane movies, Uncharted, Tom Cruise, Dave Eggers, Time Travel Mart, Superhero Supply Store, Timecop, unlazy screenwriting, biology understanding, time travel, bootstrap parodox, Simpsons Treehouse of Horror, Time traveling toaster, Heat Vision and Jack, living poor, double features at the movie theater, Blue Steel, Ron Silver, Mark Wahlberg, first movies as kids, Jennifer Aniston prestige movies, transformative performances, Michelle Pfeifer, film snobs, Christopher Walken, McSweeney’s, NPR, ...2022-07-131h 27What's That From?Season Three Returns! "Embroidered Life Lessons" with Catya McMullenSpecial Guest Catya McMullen (aka MC Chihuahua Fancy)- Y, The Last Man, Everything’s Gonna Be Okay, Locked Up Bitches, Georgia Mertching Is Dead, We Pray to Elephants. Baby’s Day Out, Baby Geniuses, Labyrinth, baby urning, 1800 collect, Geico, Wehadababyitsaboy, Wales, The Wicker Man, sexual publicist, theater heart break, “they’re gonna suck your dick then throw you in the garbage,” believing that things will work out, relentlessness, working on our terms, career and creativity intertwi...2022-07-062h 00What's That From?What's That From? 10 to 1! SPECIAL SNL Season 1, Ep 16 Anthony Perkins SPECIAL WTFrom RELEASE!A SPECIAL RELEASE of our PATREON ONLY series, What's That From? 10 to 1!We review the last episode of the night on SNL. This is from our past season of episodes. When SNL was on hiatus we'd dip into older seasons of SNL and pick out really bizarro special 10 to 1 sketches. This is one of those specials!Making this free for all listeners to check out! For more content like this head over to patreon.com/whatsthatfrom and sign up. Enjoy! Butt County Dance PartyCouldn't find this one on...2022-06-2925 minWhat's That From?What's That From? 10 to 1! SPECIAL SNL Season 35, Ep 8 Blake Lively SPECIAL WTFrom RELEASE!A SPECIAL RELEASE of our PATREON ONLY series, What's That From? 10 to 1!We review the last episode of the night on SNL. This is from our past season of episodes. When SNL was on hiatus we'd dip into older seasons of SNL and pick out really bizarro special 10 to 1 sketches. This is one of those specials!Making this free for all listeners to check out! For more content like this head over to patreon.com/whatsthatfrom and sign up. Enjoy! The Potato Chip sketch:https://www.youtube.com/w...2022-06-2229 minWhat's That From?What's That From? 10 to 1! SNL Season 40, Ep 9 Martin Freeman SPECIAL WTFrom RELEASE!A SPECIAL RELEASE of our PATREON ONLY series, What's That From? 10 to 1!We review the last episode of the night on SNL. This is from our past season of episodes. When SNL was on hiatus we'd dip into older seasons of SNL and pick out really bizarro special 10 to 1 sketches. This is one of those specials!Making this free for all listeners to check out! For more content like this head over to patreon.com/whatsthatfrom and sign up. Enjoy! Waterbed Warehouse - this sketch is the BEEEEEES...2022-06-1545 minWhat's That From?What's That From? 10 to 1! SNL S47E21 Natasha Lyonne SPECIAL RELEASE!!!A SPECIAL RELEASE of our PATREON ONLY series, What's That From? 10 to 1!We review the last episode of the night on SNL. This is from our past season of episodes, and it happens to be the last episode of the SNL season. Making this free for all listeners to check out! For more content like this head over to patreon.com/whatsthatfrom and sign up. Enjoy! Women's Commercial/Gray Pigtails:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnOGSFV7154Support the show2022-06-0845 minWhat's That From?Pocket AcademicsFUN watches, Dennis Chambers Tool video, react to something for the first time, Baked, John Flynn, content & clicking, punk rock mba, tik tok, dick pic, Pornhub the social media platform, childrens’ music of grown up songs, Billie Eilish, Van Halen, New York Post, wary but curious, vinyl, vhs, The State, The Kids in the Hall, Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet, MST3K, Z Magnificent Obsession, Bob and David, ayahuasca, Death Wish, youtube algorithm, Willow, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Keith Carrad...2022-06-012h 14What's That From?Sex, Drugs, and Alternative Comedy, and Podcasting and Life and Love and Friendship Forever with John FlynnWith John Flynn- Author of Baked: Sex, Drugs and Alternative Comedy & Co-Host of Two Old Queens, Professional Podcast People, UCB, Listen-a-long, documentary editing, long coffee breaks, Katie Dippold, Mad TV, Bill Pullman, straight edge, pot cookies, buying weed, smoking hash, day jobs, Eddie Dunn, digging graves, Rick Moranis, Exile, Enya, LA Story, John’s one person shows, Bad Sex with Jason Manzoukas, Cold as Ice, Key West, Irish it up, talking to waiters, accepting the unpredictabili...2022-05-252h 03What's That From?A Forever Conversation (about art and stuff) with Andrew TiCovid orgy weddings, pandemics, Dave Attell, Insomniac, Dinner for Five, Peter Falk, Dom Deluise, El Guapo, Alfonso Arau, Insomnia, McMenamins, Did I live this or did I dream it?, The State, speeding up dialogue, music rights, Mixed-Ish, attachments to comedy, Yo Is This Racist, exhaustion, passion deficiency, diminished enthusiasm, diminished hatred, stand up comedy, the club is more important than the belief, the story is more important than the art, Dave Chappelle, Joe Rogan, staying...2022-05-181h 34What's That From?Made For TV MemoriesShmee is my Bee, SNL, Chris Rock, Chris Farley, Made for TV movies: I Know My Name is Steven, David, emotional scarring, Mr. Boogedy, Ask Max, The B.R.A.T. Patrol, The Wizard, faulty memory, photographic memory, Garlock family confidence, sense memory, 1 900 numbers, nightmare summer vacations, concussions, hiding report cards, teacher secrets, childhood stress/trauma, teenage photos of ourselves, complex ptsd, shame books, clunky crossovers, sitcoms, Drew Carrey, Garlock tangents, Doom, Wolf...2022-05-111h 47What's That From?Namin’ Names! with Michael HartneyIsaac Asimov, Michael Caine, pub trivia, Scientology school of comedy, UCB sketch comedy classes, Bad Vegan, Nick Ross, east village vegan hippie restaurants, Jub’s Longevity, Lulu’s Apothecary, cheap NYC eats, UCB/Mosaic/private capital shit goes down, Kids in the Hall, cabbage head, Mississippi Gary, Studio 60, twitter, iconoclastic refusing to watch, Abbott Elementary, get comedy talk out of our system, community theater, cast parties, post show complaints, The Squirrel Theater, cheerleadi...2022-05-032h 24What's That From?Adult Watchin’ Comedies of YouthRichard Pryor Moving, Teri Weigel, Traci Lords, John Waters, Serial Mom, Deep Purple, Blackmore’s Night, classic rock, Black Sabbath, Kansas, Queensrÿche, Geoff Tate, Jenny McCarthy, Cancelled Too Soon, TruTV, FreeForm, CourtTV, ABC Family, billboard, Oliver Tree, Zach Broussard 1000 Comedians of the Year, Brian Regan, Ron Livingston, Loudermilk, Drunks, Wes Anderson, French Dispatch, Drew Carey, Larry Miller, Night Shift, The Wrong Guys, The Dream Team, Crazy People, Michael Keaton, Roger Co...2022-04-271h 45What's That From?Show Biz Highs and Show Biz Lows And Show Biz Mediums with JASON GORE!Joined this ep by the outstanding Jason Gore! Comedian, actor, writer- from 108.9 The Hawk, The Best Show, Meet My Friends The Friends, Midlife Crisis, Dead Dads Club. Nice to see you!, 50 First Dates, Drew Barrymore, Drew's News Food Dude, Eric Cunningham, Music and Lyrics, ranch soda, McDonalds pizza, Trader Joes, Radford, VA, Terry Gross, Mike Birbiglia, UCB, alienating audiences, sketch teams, 108.9 The Hawk, southern accents, Sam Elliot, Yellowstone, national parks, Benedict Cumberb...2022-04-202h 21What's That From?S03E04 The Waxing and Winking of a Butthole Moon (Friends are the Greatest)Professor Blastoff, Comedy Bang Bang, podcasts, signs of the times, Farts and Procreation, Adam Scott, Scott Aukerman, U Talkin’ U2 To Me, REM, NPR, too much podcast content, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Stepbrothers, The Vicious Kind, forgettable indie movies, The Greatest Event in Television History, John Glazer Loves Gear, Severance, The Freshman, Cynthia Rothrock, Marlon Brando, Penelope Ann Miller, BD Wong, Year of the Comet, Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, The In-Laws, palm pilot, old man jokes, ...2022-04-131h 56What's That From?"Some Things Matter" With Special Guest, DAVE HOLMES!Waiting for Impact – A Dave Holmes Passion Project, Monty Python: The Final Rip Off, success and failure, shame, self worth, show business, Sudden Impact, the internet preserves, what’s the point of what’s that from, of any podcast, connecting, talking to people, relating, rock journalism vs. podcasting, personal specificity, Vulture, My Favorite Murder, Scorpions, podcasting is the medium to go deep, corporate podcasts with celebrities, Once Upon a Time At Bennington College, Tell Me with El...2022-04-062h 50What's That From?S03E02 Nostalgia for Nostalgia for Nostalgia for "Friends"What makes nostalgia worthwhile? That 70s Show, That 80s Show, That 90s Show, That 2000s Show, 60 Songs That Explain the 90s, Waiting for Impact, reboots, internet accessibility to everything, these kids today, South Park, Member berries, whitewashing memories, anniversaries, Some Kind of Wonderful, Raiders of the Lost Arc, nostalgia comforting, rewatching, Fitzcarraldo, Nelson, Simpsons, Chris Farley Show, Mr. Show law school sketch, Twin Peaks, this will change your life, Garden State, Bjor...2022-03-301h 47What's That From?Season Three Premiere! How Dare You Agree To Disagree!Backstage at the theater, Luck’s got nothing to do with it, one person shows, Die Hard, high school teachers, transgressing in high school, Dazed and Confused, Denzel Washington, Ethan Hawke, college, our new season, gratitude, Star Wars, A New Hope, Brad Pitt in True Romance, Adrien Brody SNL, Never Been Kissed, Drew Barrymore, Charlie’s Angels, Ice Pirates, space herpes, rewatching and destroying childhood memories, Gourley and Rust, allowing yourself to laugh, criticizing tv, “worst episod...2022-03-232h 07
108.9 The Hawk with Jason Gore and Geoff GarlockThe Campaign (with Nate Smith)Jason Gore has his sights set on Val Verde's Mayor's office and only ONE person can help him, his new campaign manager, Bill Schwab (Nate Smith). Who will be his Deputy Mayor? Will it be Geoff "The Angry Man" Garlock? Just how is Billy Squier involved? WHO IS KRAWG?! All of these questions SHALL BE ANSWERED in the latest episode of 108.9 The Hawk! Sponsored by Buckcherry/Lit: Live From The VAL VERDE Dog Pound, Pizza Emporium, AM Cheatwood AM and more!Guest Starring:Nate Smith as Bill SchwabNate Smith is an actor...2022-03-211h 07What's That From?2021 Year EnderWrappin' up 2021 with one final special episode. A bummer of a year dudes. Mr. Show, Congee, Knight Rider, With Gourley and Rust (naturally), Waiting for Impact, social media, self righteousness, Die Hard, The Nice Guys, year end wrap ups, do we care?... One long existential sigh as we ride out 2021. Love to you all and thanks for listening. Let us know what we missed and what we ought to talk about in our next season. In any case, we’re with you. Keep on trucking everybody. Love to you all. ...2021-12-301h 59What's That From?What's That From? 10 to 1! SNL S47E04 Jason SudeikisA special release of our (generally) Patreon-Only pod mini-series on the "10 to 1" (ten minutes to one am) sketches on SNL! Dropping this one in the free feed, since we loved the sketch and felt like sharing this one with everybody. Head over to our patreon to hear the complete series! patreon.com/whatsthatfromThis week's sketch:"Casino Proposal" with Jason Sudeikis, Heidi Gardner, and Kenan Thompson. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wy1yU3KFCPcSupport the show2021-12-1520 min
Leighton Night with Brian WechtEpisode 94: Want Me To Lube Your Cube? (feat. Geoff Garlock & Nate Smith from What's That From?)On our first two guest episode, we're joined by Nate Smith and Geoff Garlock from the comedy podcast What's That From? for a wonderful chat about self-help books, our Youtube Recommendeds, embracing failure, revisiting classic books/comedy mags, and lots more! Nate and Geoff are the best and if you liked this episode, go check out their show and find them on Patreon at patreon.com/whatsthatfrom. We guested on one of their episodes, so check that one out for basically another two hours just like this ep! Follow us on Twitter at @leightonnight and on Instagram at @leighton_night...2021-12-101h 52What's That From?10 to 1! A What's That From Patreon-Only Mini-Pod!!!We couldn't stand the wait to talk more comedy, so we're launching a new Patreon only (for the most part) pod series called, "What's That From? 10 to 1!" In this series between seasons of our regular pod, we (Geoff and Nate) will be talking about every ten to one sketch from the current season of Saturday Night Live. This is the last sketch of the show, the "ten minutes before one AM" sketch. It tends to be the weird one, the one when the writers and the performers stretch out a little a...2021-12-0251 minWhat's That From?Season Two BONUS!! Kelly Hudson and Dan Klein COMPLETE GUEST EPISODE!!Releasing another of our awesome guest episodes from Season Two of What's That From? This - like most of our guest eps - would only be available to our Patreon subscribers, but we LOVED this episode, so dropping it for free. Hope you enjoy as much as we do. And as always thanks for listening! “Turns Out I’m Stupid” – Hot Takes with Kelly Hudson and Dan Klein. Patreon only ep with Kelly Hudson, Host of the What Are You Into? podcast and Dan Klein, Host of the Bible Brothers podcast.P...2021-11-101h 57What's That From?Season Two BONUS!! Leighton Gray and Brian Wecht COMPLETE GUEST EPISODE!!HEY GANG! As a special season two bonus episode, we are dropping the COMPLETE conversation we had with Brian Wecht and Leighton Gray of Leighton Night!!! This - like most of our guest eps - would only be available to our Patreon subscribers, but we LOVED this episode and this talk we had so much, we're dropping the whole ep to everybody for free. Enjoy! And thanks for listening. Oh podcasting, will, animation cells, Captain Crunch, inheritance, nerd stuff, collectibles, records, com...2021-10-202h 30What's That From?Season Finale Bonus! A Guest Episode with the hilarious, Jim SantangeliKing Missle, Real World LA, Phantasm, Jimmy the Cab Driver, Donal Logue, The Knights of Prosperity. Sync jokes, Patreon, What’s Happening, Re-Run, Shirley Hemphill, Star Search, Skippy from Family Ties, Marc Price, Kevin Hart, Jumanji, 50 First Dates, Adam Sandler, Somewhere Over The Rainbow, Mr. Show Hooray for America, Brian Posehn, Bob Odenkirk, David Cross, HBO, UCB sketch show, spite watching, Assscat, UCB improv live, you fool, you’ll rue the day, RuPaul, illegal downloading, torre...2021-10-132h 37What's That From?What Have We LearnedGourley and Rust, Whittier, food tourism, Jonathan Gold, the Chef show, Los Angeles culture, record stores, vegetarian, ninja restaurant, Grand Master, Golden era, 7th Day Adventist, movies in New York City, not giving advice, self-righteousness, best friends, how many people do you know, lacrosse, Nate Smith’s, Garlock family history, EPCOT genealogy, Dale Carnegie, forgetting names, not acting on thoughts, dog groomer, being present, escaping to memories when bored, cataloging and connectin...2021-10-062h 18What's That From?“Turns Out I’m Stupid” – Hot Takes with Kelly Hudson and Dan KleinPatreon only ep with Kelly Hudson, Host of the What Are You Into? podcast and Dan Klein, Host of the Bible Brothers podcast.Podcast troubles, Turns Out I’m Stupid, Smart kids don’t make smart adults, SAT’s, analogies, The Tyranny of Merit, Operation Varsity Blues, college admission scandal, Mossimo, Full House, Jim Santangeli, Cameo, social media break from Venmo, Teen Wheels, a war against bad comedy, Pete Shultz, Weekend Update, SNL: the most fuckable fucked institution, what makes comedy g...2021-09-2945 minWhat's That From?Potential Tripping – The Mental Health EpisodeNagra, film school, Martin Scorcese, Su Friedrich, Brett Ratner, you always grieve for the person you wish you were, working production, potential creates expectation, pessimism, faith, optimism versus positivity, binary thinking, obsessive, qualified happiness, what could have been, future tripping, failure, Mr. Show, Garth Marenghi’s Dark Place, SNL, heartbreak, Tara Brach, equating potential to fear, busy versus active, shame, self understanding, Clifford, Charles Grodin, Barb and St...2021-09-221h 55What's That From?Collecting Self Worth with Brian Wecht and Leighton Gray of Leighton Night!!! - Patreon Sample EpisodeOh podcasting, will, animation cells, Captain Crunch, inheritance, nerd stuff, collectibles, records, comics, antiques, valuing old stuff, Funko pop, Beanie Babies, ebay, Image comics, spiderman, the ‘Nam comic, Amazing Stories “Gather Ye Acorns,” 30 Rock, Apollo Apollo, how we know each other, UCB Theater, Kurt Braunohler, Ninja Sex Party, Neutrino improv, Leslie Meisel, horror, 30 rock lines, The Office renaissance, Brian Baumgartner, Kevin Malone, cameo, relationship sweet moments versus p...2021-09-1545 minWhat's That From?Think Outside The Square (Finding Your Voice/Accepting The Truth)Tim Allen, Sandler, Billy Madison, Robert Loggia, SNL Standup and Win, Jerry Seinfeld, high school assemblies, Robin Williams impersonator, Up With People, Total Eclipse of the Heart, angle dust, Helen Hunt, I Know My Name Is Steven, afterschool specials, lazer face, did we dream this?, non stories, bending the truth, Chappelle baby bit, truth in comedy, credit where credit is due, quotes, memorizing material, Austin Powers, burn zinger snl, finding your voice, carpool karaoke, Pink, life in ...2021-09-081h 38What's That From?Hollywood GlitzLuck, found money, subway, NYC, name dropping, UCB, Ellie Kemper, Lennon Parham, esoteric bits and references, Fantastic Planet, Demolition Man VR sex, Rob Schneider, Sylvester Stallone’s ass, personal associations, Tim Robinson, Jim Santangeli, High on Fire, Ricky Gervais, mythology, celebrity friends, appreciating work versus appreciating a person, art and personality, Paul F Tompkins, Tom Cruise, Magnolia, This Thing Is Fucking Short, Geoff’s esoteric references, The What’s That From lazy ...2021-09-011h 46What's That From?Comedy Identity with Will Hines SAMPLE EPISODE- FULL EPISODE ON OUR PATREON!Intro: Special billing, patreon, Starstories, Timetrumpet, WPA, The State, VCRs.Led Zeppelin songs about Lord of the Rings, Nickel Creek, Leonard Nimoy, Tolkein, The Beatles, L. Ron Hubbard, Michael Myers, They Might Be Giants, Indigo Girls fans, Brooklyn, green room jokes, alienating people, doing it for us, comforting podcasts, Genesis, I Think You Should Leave, iconoclast, bad moods, the impact on our taste, Game of Thrones, twitter, living in hyperbole, twitter, social media, opinions, id...2021-08-2537 minWhat's That From?Two Comedy Nerds’ Opinions on Parody MoviesInside Llewyn Davis, The Equalizer, morally justified heroes, Inside Conan, Cannon films, Bourne, Mission Impossible, Tom Cruise, Joe Namath, Bill Pullman/Paxton, low vibration entertainment, Top Secret, parody humor, smart dumb, Airplane!, Joe Izuzu, Stephanie Courtney, Flo, MST3K, National Lampoon’s Loaded Weapon, Scary Movie, net positive on good jokes, parody movies and sketch comedy parallels, know your audience, if you think it’s funny… but no one is laughing… your bit isn’t working, co...2021-08-181h 41What's That From?A Conversation You're Not Supposed to Hear with Jessica Gao! PATREON EPISODE SAMPLEEmbarrassing movies we have not seen, Monster Squad, Whiting Wongs, Rick and Morty, Apple 2C, travelling with your partner on work trips, She Hulk, conference calls, zoom birthday parties, zoom shows, Host, Cam, Room 104, fax machines, land lines, The League, Growing Pains, therapy in the 80s, probably Jewish, Garfield, Calvin & Hobbes, Far Side, Playboy magazine cartoons, porn in the woods, Bud Ice, landshark, Mac the Knife, Late Night, John Michael Higgins, Garfield minus Garfield, Spin...2021-08-1138 minWhat's That From?How Satisfying It Is To Feel the Feeling You're FeelingSNL “saving time” sketch, remembering bits, Little Children, Jackie Earle Haley, emoting too much as Freddy Krueger, good remakes, The Thing, The Fly, Evil Dead, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Bedtime Stories, The Hustle, low vibration watches, Taxi, Panthers, Isis, Battles, Primus, Coldplay hold music, soft insults, contextual insults, collaboration, self righteous surgin’, rifs and jokes and art decisions are not finite, youth stamina, Bad Company Fudge Company, Yayoi Kusama, getting notes,...2021-08-042h 07What's That From?"Check Please!" with 100% Soft's Truck Torrence SAMPLE EPISODEFor the full episode go to patreon.com/whatsthatfrom Intro: Merfermin, Harlan Williams, Anthony Clark, Montell Williams, Punchline, Taylor Negron, Emmy Rossum, Schmitts Gay. Truck Torrence, 100% Soft. Neurosis (band), Mastodon, Steve Martin on the banjo, 30 Odd Foot Grunts, Russell Crowe, Austin Texas, Return of Bruno with Bruce Willis, Jeremy Renner, Jeremy Renner music, Jeremy Renner app, Jeremy Renner National Lampoon’s Senior Trip, Jeremy Renner, Matt Frewer, Max Headroom, Angel...2021-07-2850 minWhat's That From?The Most Important Comedy Movies of all Time (Maybe)Montell Jordan, The Nutty Professor, “Outrageous comedies,” Comedy movies full of good jokes but not the best movies, Billy Madison vs. Happy Gilmore, Dumb & Dumber, Waynes World, Cable Guy, Ave Ventura, Cannibal Corpse, SNL character movies, The Smithereens, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Farrelly Brothers, Something About Mary, Bilouxi Blues, is this comedy?, the movies our dad made us watch, Crossing Delancy, Drunk Brilliant and Stoned, National Lampoon, Chevy Chase, Henry Rollins, emotion...2021-07-211h 45What's That From?ENNIS ESMER'S Erotic Thrillers and Hip Hop Skit BreaksA special sample episode of our conversation with Ennis Esmer, available only on our patreon! patreon.com/whatsthatfrom Family Ties very special episode, “My name is Alex,” high school theater, boxer shorts, trying to introduce Ennis Esmer, Red Oaks, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, pranks, rehearsing arguments, Fuse, the Good Liars, Blindspot, Paul F Tompkins, The Flash, Passolini, Jodorowsky, How to With John Wilson, Jam sketch show, You Cannot Kill David Arquette. Harlequin nove...2021-07-141h 10What's That From?The 90s EpisodeDad (Nate’s dad) jokes, drawn out jokes, subjectivity in comedy, confirmation bias, Discordance Axis, SixPence None The Richer, The Cranberries, Peter Gabriel, Collective Soul, BMG music club, Will Hines, 90s filmmaking technique, Alien 3, David Fincher, 1999: “Best. Movie. Year. Ever.,” babblin’ & parsin’, Baz Luhrmann, emulating Tarantino, Boondock Saints/Overnight, The Matrix, red pill/blue pill, the glut of 90s comedy, The Edge sketch comedy show, Comedy Factory, live action comic str...2021-07-071h 40What's That From?It's All GossamerFunny T-shirts, Ocean City, Maryland, BustedTees, band merch stock decisions, deadstock, Tony Hawk Pro Skater, the nightmare that is the first year out of college, film school, the advice to young comedians, life lets you down, using the podcast to defend ourselves from hardship/affirm our lives, Naked Trucker and T Bone, Higgins Boys and Gruber, Freaks and Geeks, Arrested Development, thresholds with your favorites, Aunty Donna’s Big Ol House of Fun, Will Ferrell Dr. Beaman/Dr. Poop sketch, ...2021-06-301h 19What's That From?BEN SCHWARTZ Sample Patreon EpisodeA special sample episode of our conversation with Ben Schwartz, available only on our patreon! patreon.com/whatsthatfrom Plus- the IT'S A SCORCHER mystery solved!!!! Guess that Scat, Jean Ralphio, Parks and Rec, Pepparonash, made up words, the committed asshole, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, breaking up in public, confrontation, who knows you from what, Star Trek The Next Generation Q, new generation of watchers: The Office, Parks and Rec, The Simpsons, Fish Police, The Critic, The Si...2021-06-2336 minWhat's That From?S02E01 - The Year 2021 and Half Comedies/Whole ComediesPromoting our podcast, Maybe we have a Patreon?, We want money to corrupt our art, Pump up the Volume, Samantha Mathis appreciation, The Super Mario Bros movie, Bob Hoskins in Who Framed Roger Rabbit appreciation, Street Fighter, Presumed Innocent, Moon of Parador, Tequila Sunrise, 80s dramas, Richard Dreyfuss, 80s “half” comedies, “soft” comedies, “dirtbag” comedies, “sex” comedies, Dream On, USA Up All Night, watching sex scenes with your father, VHS no VCR, Star Wars Ewok Adventures,...2021-06-161h 31What's That From?WE'RE BACK BABY!Episode Zero, Robert Durst, “We’re back baby!,” We should be ashamed of ourselves, EVERYBODY’S been waiting, sexually harassing myself, what to expect when you’re expecting a new season of What’s That From, Brain Candy, Phil Hartman/Telly Savalas The Player With Yourselves Club, podcasting for your family, looking up our own ass, Girls Gone Wild, Jules Asner, Combobulation, One of these days I gotta get organized, WTFrom merch, promoting the podcast, patreon, guests on the show, Blindspot, En...2021-06-0947 minWhat's That From?Bonus Episode 2020 - "Five Sketches" Lecture at the World's Greatest Improv SchoolOur good friend, Will Hines (actor, writer, author "How To Be The Greatest Improviser On Earth," host "I Will Write Your Book" podcast) asked us to do a lecture at the comedy school he created, THE WORLD'S GREATEST IMPROV SCHOOL. We did it over zoom in late 2020 and talked about "Five Sketches" we cannot ever forget. We are releasing the audio from our lecture as a bonus episode of the podcast! Thanks again to Will for having us. It was a lot of fun. Hope you enjoy this deep dork dive into sk...2020-12-231h 48What's That From?Episode Eleven - Obsession: The Season Finale (English comedy?)The Broad-cast, local theaters, live stand up in the 90s, Elaine Boosler, Rita Rudner, Gallagher, Bob Zany, Wendy Liebman, Judy Tenuta, Woodstock 94, Tom Arnold & Chris Farley, Gilbert and Sullivan, Studio 60, The Simpsons, Sideshow Bob, Friskees cat food, Craig Rowin, Live at the Improv, Henny Youngman, Tommy Davidson, made up names, Superego, Michael Winslow, Police Academy, name that person game, Superego, Michael Hartney, Mary Grill, American Town Hall, Cass Bugge, Matt Hobby, live sh...2020-11-041h 28What's That From?Episode Ten - The Idea Mines/Nuts To Be CrackedBen Schwartz, Rejectedjokes.com, joke files, submitting jokes to Weekend Update, SNL, the “idea mines,” “nuts to be cracked,” old sketch ideas, “it writes itself,” SNL packets, pandemic watches, Mary Grill, Pen15, authentic vision is inspiring, knowing your own voice, “sweaty” sketches, working to understand ourselves, intimidated/jealous/inspired, Tim & Eric infomercials, Cinco Phone, Rushmore, blowing smoke up our own asses about sketches we did: How’d You Get That, Dick Silhouette, Gir...2020-10-281h 05What's That From?Episode Nine - Horror ComedyPandemic update, Fire on the Mountain, ConAir, Ben Stiller Show: Grateful Dead Insurance Salesman, Tond- Kelly Hudson, non comedy actors, Walking out of movies, horror and comedy, Tim and Eric: Demon audition, Seinfeld Hollywood episode, Gelman and Heidecker get lunch, cool or not cool, college radio, horror comedy, Dead Alive, Army of Darkness, American Werewolf in London, Stephen King’s Danse Macabre, “it’s not for me,” parody versus the comedy version of…, Shawn of the Dead, Living Dead Tr...2020-10-211h 22What's That From?Episode Eight - A Comedy Podcast About ComedyComedy and Everything Else, faulty memory, Cheers, Brodie Stevens, comedian documentaries, Apatow impact, Pete Holmes, You Made It Weird: Jesse David Fox, Judd Apatow, “Qweeting,” Jerrod Carmichael, Bridesmaids, Popstar, Game Night, lazy writing (storytelling vs. joke writing), John Bowman, Half Hour Comedy Hour, Seinfeld references, “It’s just comedy!,” comedy as art, “no hugs,” Maria Bamford, irony, understanding the creative process, liking things, knowing your shit stinks (humility), “mor...2020-10-141h 14What's That From?Episode Seven - Comedy PainDysfunctional Family Feud, Nirvana, SNL musical guests, The Vacant Lot, Ed O’Neil in Wayne’s World, Phil Hartman, Doin’ Time on Maple Drive, writing what you know, disappearing in a role, John Hawkes, character actors and movie stars, Jesus Lizard & Stravinsky, All That, pursuing and documenting your passion, academic cataloging, In Myers We Trust, WTF with Marc Maron, Bob Odenkirk, Comedy and Everything Else Episode 48, Patton Oswalt, at the end of the day you’re still alone with yoursel...2020-10-071h 04What's That From?Episode Six - Endlessly QuotablePeter Sarsgaard’s SARS guards, more on the unknown sketch with Phil Hartman Jan Hooks and Martin Short (later I’d find it was from “The Show Formerly Known as the Martin Short Show”), SCTV, Ed Grimley, Steve Martin album, Jon Glaser, H. Jon Benjamin, Who’s The Caboose, casting pilots, Better Things, Is anybody happy?, fishing on a pier metaphor, suicide must be refreshing, meditation, free association exercise and the references in our brains, Schmitts Gay, Mr. Show, Coupon the Movie, Tim &am...2020-09-291h 02What's That From?Episode Five - Really, the Mr. Show episodeMr. Show: Josh Fenderman, the breakup sketch, the change for a dollar sketch, the audition sketch, UCB sketch show, teaching sketch, Conan, VHS bootlegs of Mr. Show, droopy, Mr. Show DVD commentary, important work, cult followings, genius versus just showing up for work, art movie theaters, shitty movie theaters, sponsors, Rolling Thunder, the lie detector sketch, Bob Evans as God audiobook sketch, good yellers, Kenan Thompson, sketch comedy is hit or miss, is sketch comedy the sum of its par...2020-09-231h 11What's That From?Episode Four - Points of ReferenceWoody Harrelson on SNL, memory for comedy, Philadelphia accents, the obsessive collector brain, Geoff’s metal 101, Jonathan Schwartz, Geoff as sketch teacher and his insane points of reference, joy in being snobby, indignation and pride in esoteric references, Delocated, sharing what we love, defensive of what we love, defending SNL, All That, You Can’t Do That On Television, YouTube comedy, the history of comedy elective class, following your passion, punk and metal, reference rabbit hole, H...2020-09-161h 02What's That From?Episode Three - Electric BoogaleeChris Farley & Tom Arnold cont., True Lies, Arnold Schwarzenegger comedies, Karl Ove Knausgaard, Steve Martin, memorabilia, Mystery Science Theater 3000, being a completist, joke density, 30 Rock, The Daily Show, Bill Murray, Quick Change, small time amusement parks, Sportcenter, Ray Romano, good and bad SNL hosts, John Mayer, soundtracks, Johnny Dangerously, Weird Al, UHF, underrated/overrated, Van Halen: the most perfectly rated band (Chuck Klosterman, Spin magazine, 2004), Foo Fighters...2020-09-091h 11What's That From?It's From Episode Two, Electric Boogaloo, from Mr. Show, from Breakin'This ep: The voices in our head, Matchbox 20, Collective Soul, Soul Asylym, Phish, The Simpsons: Itchy & Scratchy Land, Raised by TV, Simpsons: Duff Gardens, film students, pan & scan, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Disney animation, Thundar the Barbarian/The Herculoids, The Frighteners, Dead Alive, Blackest Heart Media, learning about music, Cannonball Run, The State, Ed O’Neill in The Wayne’s World movie, 30 Rock, Mr. Show, Scott Adsit, Tracy Morgan, meeting celebrities, The Simpsons agai...2020-07-221h 01What's That From?It's From 'What's That From'Intro: It's us, Geoff and Nate. This ep: Comedy & music documentaries are incomplete, creating an encyclopedia of comedy from memory, Nora Dunn, Nancy Cartwright, Nardwuar, non stop references, The Chris Farley Show, Anchorman, Hugh Fink, Kevin Meaney, Sinbad, two documentarians at a bar talking about their subject- comedy, Parks & Rec: Cones of Dunshire, Coronavirus quarantine, Last Man on Earth, Key & Peele nuclear sugar sketch, Tim & Eric brownie sketch, SNL: Ride the Snake...2020-06-2324 min
Worst Gig Ever with Geoff Garlock and Mike PaceNate Smith (30 Rock, UCB)Comic actor Nate Smith (aka "Johnny Reaction") is in the hot seat this week, waxing philosophical on fear and loathing in pilot season, horrific audtions in hot, tiny rooms, and what he's really writing when he's playing one of the Writers Who Never Speak on 30 Rock. It's an insightful look into what it takes to hawk your wares in the city that never sleeps, especially when your wares include your acting chops and the ability to think on your feet and look stunning.2012-06-151h 20