Nick Bush

Nick & Garrett discuss Louis CK returning to standup and the difference between comedy on college campuses and club comedy.

Nick & Garrett borrow the Either/Or format to discuss Bo Burnam & Demetri Martin, Bill Burr & Louis CK, Leno & Letterman, and Anthony Jezelnik & Jimmy Carr. Here's a nice little compare & contrast verbal essay to get you ready for the school year!

Nick & Garrett discuss books, shows, and films that have pushed them towards standup and the types of media that show up in their own material. No spoilers this week! Listen guilt free!

Nick & Garrett discuss Jim Jeffries' latest Netflix special, "This is Me Now." We discuss drinking during sets, the rules to sitting during a set, and being well known for one bit or one thing as a comic and how that affects how you present material.

Nick & Garrett discuss Netflix's latest standup medley, The Lineup. We try to avoid joke spoilers, but there's a couple. Still listen, and if you haven't watched The Lineup, still watch!

Nick & Garrett discuss W. Kamau Bell's special "Private School Negro," discussing the stage setup, free speech, and Doc McStuffins.

Nick & Garrett discuss ideas for special types of shows they'd like to produce: themed shows, places to have shows, audiences for those shows. Halfway through the pod, they realize there's nothing stopping them from producing any of these shows that they talk about wanting to produce.

Nick & Garrett discuss Hannah Gadsby's new Netflix special, "Nanette," getting into ideas of the responsibility minority comics have to their communities, what does one do after retiring from comedy, and what exactly is a token. And of course, whether or not the special is funny...

Last week Nick & Garrett shared their worst, most embarrassing standup stories. This week they discuss how great they are. Listen to what they think their best sets were and how they felt about the crowds that lifted them to comedy immortality.

Nick & Garret talk about their worst shows. Nick talks about getting kicked out of a bar in Madison, TN and being ushered off stage in Chattanooga, TN. Garrett discusses his early adventures doing standup at a bar where the owner promised to pay comics and then simply refused to do so.

In this episode Nick & Garrett discuss the jokes they've written that they like the most, where those jokes came from, and how they evolved.

Nick & Garrett discuss Season 1 of "F is for Family," then abandon script and dive into Season 2, and somehow end on the merits of the Marvel Universe.

Nick & Garrett discuss The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, what they appreciated about it, and what they are hoping to see in Season 2.

Nick & Garrett discuss the new John Mulaney special, including as always their favorite jokes and what they learned from studying a comic whose style is so different from their own.

Nick & Andrew discuss the draft as it relates to the Cowboys and Titans respectively as well as overall brilliant moves & confusing moves by teams.