TCGS #32 - Loser Is The New Nerd

This show is dedicated to the losers of the world. From the beginning our show has served as a home for the misfits, weirdos, and… well… losers of the world. So, we decided to confront the issue head on and celebrate loser lifestyle in its entirety. We hear stories from our cast, audience, and callers about why we’re all losers, and musical guest The Stumblebum Brass Band riles up the crowd up into a frenzy. Losers are the nerds who don’t get to choose.

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TCGS #30 - The Night of Zero Laughs III

You make us laugh, you make us leave. The Night of Zero Laughs is infamous in the Chris Gethard Show universe as being a dangerous concept. Attempted twice live on stage at the UCB Theatre, many people consider the Night of Zero Laughs I and II to be the worst shows they ever attended. That said, in true TCGS fashion we decided to attempt it a third time. The rules are simple. If you laugh, you must leave the show. This time we have a panel jammed with TCGS regulars and also some heaving hitting special guests including: Grizz Chapman from 30Rock, SNL’s Bobby Moynihan, Hot 97s Cipha Sounds, and CollegeHumor’s Patrick Cassels. See who makes it to the end and try to play along at home if you think you have what it takes.

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TCGS #29 - The Dominatrix

Murf invites a dominatrix onto the show to dominate Gethard. It’s been completely clear to everyone who watches the show that Chris is self-deprecating, but after Chris told Murf that he wanted to explore his submissive side, Murf took it upon himself to force the issue. Murf, having connections to bizarre spheres of New York, asked around and invited the incredible Ms. Perez to come on the show and dominate Chris. To further fan the flames of punishment the cast, long-time friends and performers with Gethard, air their grievances with the man himself and look to Ms. Perez to right Gethard’s past wrongs. It’s an hour of humiliation, submission, pain, and torment. Pairing well with the theme of the show is the awesomely hilarious and unapologetic musical guest Buckwheat Groats with a few surprises of their own. Many have labelled this our “weirdest” show to date.

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Next Week: TCGS Episode 29 - DOMINATION Hello to all of the weirdos and societal castoffs reading this! Thank you for supporting The Chris Gethard Show as much as you have. We’re grateful to anyone watching the show, and feel like this is gonna be a big year for us. After all, we just kicked things off with our RUIN THIS SHOW episode, and man did you guys ruin that show. The callers, the studio audience members, the Twitter horde – you guys really did RUIN that. There were stretches of that episode that were truly painful for me, that’s how good a job you did ruining it. And did you guys SEE the Cocoon Central Dance Team? Amazing, right? On 1/11, we’re following that madness up with a show I’m very excited about – simply put, it’s all about DOMINATION. Any viewer of our show is at this point familiar with one of my favorite people – Murf, aka The Reservoir Dog. This mustachioed gentleman can only be referred to as a Man About Town. I first met Murf last year and immediately liked him; I sensed that he was a kindred spirit, and kind of a wild man. These assumptions have proven true. Now, as a man about town, Murf knows many people. One of the people he knows is a dominatrix, who has agreed to come on our show. Simply put, she will be my master. I will be her slave. On 1/11, I will not be allowed to participate at all in the show unless she gives me permission. And if I get out of line, she will punish me, like only a dominatrix can. I will have to ask her permission to take calls, cue up videos, all of it. Should be interesting. I’ve never utilized the services of a dominatrix before. I do not know how this is going to go. I often put myself in situations on the Chris Gethard Show where I feel shame, but it’s never been dished out by someone who is a PROFESSIONAL IN THE FIELD. On top of all that, our panelists will be given the opportunity to air their grievances with me. Our dominatrix pal will mete out proper punishments towards me. Will Random Andrew blame me for how he was treated during his early days on the show? Will Shannon be mad that I always criticize her Alyssa calls? Will Bethany tell her about all the horrible stunts I’ve made Bethany participate in? I don’t know. I don’t know what the panelists will bring up. All I know is I will get punished for it. And we want to hear from you! Anyone who has problems with me should call in and let it be known. On top of that, we want to hear about situations where you’ve felt dominant or dominated, situations where you’ve felt like someone else was in total control of you, pretty much anything the show conjures up, we want you to know that our phone lines are a forum for you to call up and talk. 212-757-1393 – Don’t forget! On top of all that, we are welcoming the musical stylings of THE BUCKWHEAT GROATS. The Buckwheat Groats are talented, they are hilarious, they put out music you can straight up dance to. I am indescribably excited to welcome them to our show. This is going to be one for the record books. If you are in the NYC area and want to be in our studio audience, email zerolaughs@gmail.com – seeya there!
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Next Week: TCGS Episode 29 - DOMINATION

Hello to all of the weirdos and societal castoffs reading this! Thank you for supporting The Chris Gethard Show as much as you have. We’re grateful to anyone watching the show, and feel like this is gonna be a big year for us. After all, we just kicked things off with our RUIN THIS SHOW episode, and man did you guys ruin that show. The callers, the studio audience members, the Twitter horde – you guys really did RUIN that. There were stretches of that episode that were truly painful for me, that’s how good a job you did ruining it. And did you guys SEE the Cocoon Central Dance Team? Amazing, right?

On 1/11, we’re following that madness up with a show I’m very excited about – simply put, it’s all about DOMINATION.

Any viewer of our show is at this point familiar with one of my favorite people – Murf, aka The Reservoir Dog. This mustachioed gentleman can only be referred to as a Man About Town. I first met Murf last year and immediately liked him; I sensed that he was a kindred spirit, and kind of a wild man. These assumptions have proven true.

Now, as a man about town, Murf knows many people. One of the people he knows is a dominatrix, who has agreed to come on our show. Simply put, she will be my master. I will be her slave. On 1/11, I will not be allowed to participate at all in the show unless she gives me permission. And if I get out of line, she will punish me, like only a dominatrix can. I will have to ask her permission to take calls, cue up videos, all of it. Should be interesting.

I’ve never utilized the services of a dominatrix before. I do not know how this is going to go. I often put myself in situations on the Chris Gethard Show where I feel shame, but it’s never been dished out by someone who is a PROFESSIONAL IN THE FIELD.

On top of all that, our panelists will be given the opportunity to air their grievances with me. Our dominatrix pal will mete out proper punishments towards me. Will Random Andrew blame me for how he was treated during his early days on the show? Will Shannon be mad that I always criticize her Alyssa calls? Will Bethany tell her about all the horrible stunts I’ve made Bethany participate in? I don’t know. I don’t know what the panelists will bring up. All I know is I will get punished for it.

And we want to hear from you! Anyone who has problems with me should call in and let it be known. On top of that, we want to hear about situations where you’ve felt dominant or dominated, situations where you’ve felt like someone else was in total control of you, pretty much anything the show conjures up, we want you to know that our phone lines are a forum for you to call up and talk. 212-757-1393 – Don’t forget!

On top of all that, we are welcoming the musical stylings of THE BUCKWHEAT GROATS. The Buckwheat Groats are talented, they are hilarious, they put out music you can straight up dance to. I am indescribably excited to welcome them to our show.

This is going to be one for the record books. If you are in the NYC area and want to be in our studio audience, email zerolaughs@gmail.com – seeya there!

TCGS #28 - Ruin This Show

Chris has to deal with the consequences after going on national television and announcing on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon that he wanted everyone to come to the next taping of TCGS and attempt to ruin the show. No touching the panel. No touching equipment. Everything else was fair game. What resulted was a cacophony of chaos as performers and audience members alike came out in droves to ruin the Chris Gethard Show. Chris’ only ally for the night was CollegeHumor’s Jeff Rubin who made his first appearance on the show and waded through the insanity with Chris. Aside from Jeff the only other rest from the chaos were the amazing and hilarious dance routines of the bad-ass Cocoon Central Dance Team. In the end, Chris asked the audience to ruin the show, and the audience delivered. Consider this show ruined.

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TCGS #27 - LAST LIVE EPISODE OF THE YEAR The Chris Gethard Show is LIVE tonight @ 11pm (EST): http://thechrisgethardshow.com/episodes/tv27/ Tonight we have: Chris tries to take 100 calls (mathematically impossible): (212) 757-1393 We take Skype calls for the first time ever (username: jd.amato) The results of the Weight Loss Challenge A new video from Lee Kazimir and Shannon O’Neill A teaser trailer for the upcoming Holiday Episode by Keith Haskel and Rob Malone A holiday sing-a-long finale! MUSICAL GUEST: Apple Jackzzzz Tune in live tonight or watch on Blip.tv or itunes tomorrow. Subscribe on itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-chris-gethard-show/id446647559 Watch past episodes on Blip.tv: http://blip.tv/thechrisgethardshow Watch live on uStream: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/the-chris-gethard-show Or Watch live directly on TheChrisGethardShow.com: http://thechrisgethardshow.com/episodes/tv27/
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TCGS #27 - LAST LIVE EPISODE OF THE YEAR

The Chris Gethard Show is LIVE tonight @ 11pm (EST):

http://thechrisgethardshow.com/episodes/tv27/

Tonight we have:

Tune in live tonight or watch on Blip.tv or itunes tomorrow.

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TCGS #26 - Monologues Only

A lot people accuse our show of not being a real late night show. So, we decided to take their accusations head on and do the most “late night talk show” thing we could possibly imagine: Monologue jokes— an entire hour’s worth. Our audience sent in hundreds of jokes and we forced Chris to perform them unrehearsed in the style of a more traditional late night host. If Chris performed enough jokes correctly he would be rewarded. Likewise if he messed up enough jokes he would be punished. The awkwardness of the night was only balanced by our ridiculously cool musical guest Kevin Devine. Definitely a night to remember. Tune in and find out if we have what it takes to be called a “real” late night talk show.

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One hour. One monologue. A lot of people like to say that The Chris Gethard Show isn’t a “real” late night talk show. I guess I get why – we take phone calls, the host of our show is routinely physically beaten on the air, people sometimes just straight up walk onto the show to do bits no one knew were coming – there’s just chaos everywhere. But we at The Chris Gethard Show do take a lot of pride in what we do, and we think we’re as real a late night talk show as any other out there. So this week, in an effort to settle this raging debate once and for all, we’re setting one of the biggest tropes of the Late Night Talk Show right in our crosshairs and taking it head on. The monologue. Topical jokes delivered by a man in a suit facing a camera. Leno does it, Letterman does it, Conan does it, Fallon does it, they all do it. We’ve never done it. This week, we’re going to do it – for our entire hour. The bulk of our entire this show this week will feature Chris delivering jokes relating to current events straight to camera. Of course, we will put some TCGS twists on it - Chris will see none of the jokes beforehand. They will be written by not just our regular writers, but also random contributors, including YOU! If you’d like to submit monologue jokes for this week’s Chris Gethard Show, please send them to TCGShow@gmail.com Our studio audience will decide if the jokes were well or poorly delivered. They will register their view points live on the air as the jokes are being delivered. Random Andrew will serve as a human barometer for how the jokes are going. If the crowd doesn’t like the jokes, he will stray towards the punishment zone. If they do like the jokes, he will stray towards the reward zone. If he reaches the punishment zone, the monologue will be paused so that Chris can be PUNISHED. Our regular panelists will administer these punishments. If he hits the reward zone, he will be allowed to take some phone calls as a REWARD. It is Chris’s job to keep those calls on the line as long as possible so he can avoid further punishments. So if you’re calling the show this week, know your potential to fuck with Chris personally is higher than it’s ever been. THAT IS THE WHOLE SHOW. GET READY. BRING THE JOKES, BRING THE CALL, BRING THE PAIN, BRING THE REAL LATE NIGHT TALK SHOW CONVENTIONS, BITCH. Also, this week’s show will feature our musical guest, KEVIN DEVINE. Kevin is a fantastic musician and friend of the show with ties to our favorite borough, Staten Island. We are flattered he’s doing the show and predict you will fucking love him. — Tune in live this Wednesday @11pm (EST): thechrisgethardshow.com Subscribe on itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-chris-gethard-show/id446647559
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One hour. One monologue.

A lot of people like to say that The Chris Gethard Show isn’t a “real” late night talk show.

I guess I get why – we take phone calls, the host of our show is routinely physically beaten on the air, people sometimes just straight up walk onto the show to do bits no one knew were coming – there’s just chaos everywhere.

But we at The Chris Gethard Show do take a lot of pride in what we do, and we think we’re as real a late night talk show as any other out there.

So this week, in an effort to settle this raging debate once and for all, we’re setting one of the biggest tropes of the Late Night Talk Show right in our crosshairs and taking it head on.

The monologue. Topical jokes delivered by a man in a suit facing a camera. Leno does it, Letterman does it, Conan does it, Fallon does it, they all do it. We’ve never done it. This week, we’re going to do it – for our entire hour. The bulk of our entire this show this week will feature Chris delivering jokes relating to current events straight to camera.

Of course, we will put some TCGS twists on it -

  • Chris will see none of the jokes beforehand. They will be written by not just our regular writers, but also random contributors, including YOU! If you’d like to submit monologue jokes for this week’s Chris Gethard Show, please send them to TCGShow@gmail.com
  • Our studio audience will decide if the jokes were well or poorly delivered. They will register their view points live on the air as the jokes are being delivered.
  • Random Andrew will serve as a human barometer for how the jokes are going. If the crowd doesn’t like the jokes, he will stray towards the punishment zone. If they do like the jokes, he will stray towards the reward zone. If he reaches the punishment zone, the monologue will be paused so that Chris can be PUNISHED. Our regular panelists will administer these punishments. If he hits the reward zone, he will be allowed to take some phone calls as a REWARD. It is Chris’s job to keep those calls on the line as long as possible so he can avoid further punishments. So if you’re calling the show this week, know your potential to fuck with Chris personally is higher than it’s ever been.

THAT IS THE WHOLE SHOW. GET READY. BRING THE JOKES, BRING THE CALL, BRING THE PAIN, BRING THE REAL LATE NIGHT TALK SHOW CONVENTIONS, BITCH.

Also, this week’s show will feature our musical guest, KEVIN DEVINE. Kevin is a fantastic musician and friend of the show with ties to our favorite borough, Staten Island. We are flattered he’s doing the show and predict you will fucking love him.

—

Tune in live this Wednesday @11pm (EST): thechrisgethardshow.com

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TCGS #21 - The Milkshake of Death

Who will be spared from having to drink The Milkshake of Death? Callers are invited to call up with two simple tasks - 1) Select an ingredient to be placed in a blender. 2) Choose who they would spare from having to drink this disgusting concoction at the end of the show. Anyone who gets ten people saying they should be spared doesn’t have to drink the milkshake of death… everyone else will have to do so on live tv! Plus, we hear from Banana Man about anti-banana discrimination, check out a video from the guys at Good Cop Great Cop, and have indescribably badass punk rock performed by New Jersey’s own Black Wine!

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TCGS #17 - LIVE TONIGHT OCTOBER 12 @ 11pm http://thechrisgethardshow.com/ On tonight’s episode: We crown the new Random. After Random Jean left the show to follow a job opportunity (and her dreams) in San Francisco we realized we needed to fill the place in our show that Jean used to fill with her random thoughts and outbursts. Thus, last week we introduced four new candidates for the new random: Random Dan, Random Andrew, Random Christy, and Random George. Tonight, based on audience votes and a few surprise challenges, we’ll see who comes out as the NEW RANDOM. CALL IN TOPIC: long lost friends. We all have them. People we were once very close to that for whatever reason drifted away from our lives. Tonight we ask our callers, live audience, and cast members to attempt to reconnect with long lost friends. We’re getting the word out in a major way tonight: “Those were good times, I wanna be friends again” A big accouncement from CONNOR RATLIFF.  After announcing that he was running for president based solely on the fact that he was old enough to do so Connor Ratliff has taken the political world by storm. Tonight he comes to us with a new announcement about his campaign. You don’t want to miss this. Music from Chris’s Long Lost friend James. Going along with the theme of reconnecting long-lost friends, Chris welcomes his own long-lost friend onto the show to perform and reconnect. This will be emotional. The Joys of Fatherfood. Just wait. Phil Jackson performing poetry? We honestly never know when this is going to happen. Be prepared that it might happen tonight and might not. We’re not cool enough to know the rhymes or reasons that cause the legendary Phil Jackson to appear. Watch live on TheChrisGethardShow or directly on uStream if something on our site goes down. COME HANG OUT!
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TCGS #17 - LIVE TONIGHT OCTOBER 12 @ 11pm

http://thechrisgethardshow.com/

On tonight’s episode:

  • We crown the new Random. After Random Jean left the show to follow a job opportunity (and her dreams) in San Francisco we realized we needed to fill the place in our show that Jean used to fill with her random thoughts and outbursts. Thus, last week we introduced four new candidates for the new random: Random Dan, Random Andrew, Random Christy, and Random George. Tonight, based on audience votes and a few surprise challenges, we’ll see who comes out as the NEW RANDOM.
  • CALL IN TOPIC: long lost friends. We all have them. People we were once very close to that for whatever reason drifted away from our lives. Tonight we ask our callers, live audience, and cast members to attempt to reconnect with long lost friends. We’re getting the word out in a major way tonight: “Those were good times, I wanna be friends again”
  • A big accouncement from CONNOR RATLIFF.  After announcing that he was running for president based solely on the fact that he was old enough to do so Connor Ratliff has taken the political world by storm. Tonight he comes to us with a new announcement about his campaign. You don’t want to miss this.
  • Music from Chris’s Long Lost friend James. Going along with the theme of reconnecting long-lost friends, Chris welcomes his own long-lost friend onto the show to perform and reconnect. This will be emotional.
  • The Joys of Fatherfood. Just wait.
  • Phil Jackson performing poetry? We honestly never know when this is going to happen. Be prepared that it might happen tonight and might not. We’re not cool enough to know the rhymes or reasons that cause the legendary Phil Jackson to appear.

Watch live on TheChrisGethardShow or directly on uStream if something on our site goes down.

COME HANG OUT!