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  1. The First-Ever Episode of ‘Comedy Death-Ray’ Is an Embryonic Look at a […]Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. Comedy Bang Bang recently celebrated […]
  2. When ‘The Mental Illness Happy Hour’ Revealed Glynn Washington’s […]Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. In times of trouble and turmoil, I […]
  3. The Aleister Crowley Episode of ‘The Dead Authors Podcast’ Is Devilishly […]Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. Live podcasts can be a tricky beast, […]
  4. The ‘Deadpool’ Episode of ‘Hollywood Handbook’ Is Roughly a Million Times […]Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. I finally caught up with the […]
  5. ‘Classic Showbiz’ Tells the Fascinating Story of Forgotten Gay Comedy […]Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. Comedy historian Kliph Nesteroff’s […]
  6. Jesse Camp and Mike Denied Hijacked ‘Going Off Track’ in a Bizarre, […]Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. Former MTV personality Jesse Camp is […]
  7. Anne Heche and Onur Tukel Thoroughly Embarrassed Themselves on a Morbidly […]Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. As readers of this column perhaps […]
  8. ‘Analyze Phish’ Took a Sharp Turn Towards the Tragic in the Painfully […]Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. When I was a guest on Harris Wittels […]
  9. A Recommendation: ‘Cosmic Bowl’ from ‘The Flop House’I will concede upfront that I am a soft touch for Cosmic Bowl, the maiden entry in what will hopefully be an ongoing series of horror-anthology […]
  10. The First Annual Harris Phest Honors a True Comic Original Some deaths remain fresh wounds that refuse to heal or dissipate with time. They remain eternally painful. The deaths of Johnny Cash and […]
  11. ‘Saturday Night Live’s ‘Studio 60’ MomentFor comedy professionals in particular, Aaron Sorkin’s hilariously self-righteous camp classic Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip has to be one of […]
  12. In Praise of James Urbaniak’s Grant Grunderschmidt on ‘Review’Like Da Ali G. Show and Nathan for You, Review is audacious and fearless in the way that it continually ratchets up the stakes and the danger […]
  13. ‘Complete Joy’ Is a Hilariously Grim, Worthy Follow-Up to ‘The Complete […] Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. The 2015 cult mini-series The […]
  14. You Don’t Have to Love ‘Banshee’ to Love the ‘Fanshee’ Episodes of ‘High & […]As I have documented endlessly in my Pod-Canon column, podcasting lends itself to intensity and fandom on both sides of the coin. Podcasters […]
  15. Remembering Chuck Barris, Accidental Comedy PioneerWhen she stumbles upon me chuckling at something she finds bewildering, my wife periodically asks me, “Is this that anti-comedy you like?” […]
  16. ‘Missing Richard Simmons’ Is a Fascinating, Frustrating Exploration of a […] Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. In this column I have written […]
  17. ‘The Long Shot’ Explores the Complex Relationship Between a Podcast and […] Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. There’s something about the […]
  18. The ‘Manifesto’ Episode of ‘Last Podcast on the Left’ Found Laughs in the […] Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. When seemingly sane, normal people […]
  19. The ‘High and Mighty’/’Hollywood Handbook’/Joe Wengert Trilogy Is Three […] Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. Sean Clements and Hayes […]
  20. Bob Zmuda on Gilbert Gottfried’s Podcast Provided a Fascinating Glimpse […] As he will be the first to let you know, Bob Zmuda is a very important man. He is, as he has doggedly chronicled through the decades, the man […]
  21. ‘I Was There Too’ Revealed Charming Secrets and Behind-the-Scenes Stories […] Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. Early in the Star Wars Holiday […]
  22. The Classic ‘Best Show’ Bit “The Auteur’ Is Once Again Timely Thanks to […] Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. I’m 40, and for folks of my […]
  23. John Moe’s New Podcast ‘The Hilarious World of Depression’ Is Fascinating […] Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. If you’re anything like me, you […]
  24. David Rakoff and Julie Klausner on ‘How Was Your Week’ Was Heartbreaking […] Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. The end of one year and beginning […]
  25. ‘Popstar’, the Very Underrated and Slyly Incisive Lonely Island Movie2016 was a very, very bad year no matter how you slice it. In tough times, comedy is often a form of escape that people turn to when they need […]
  26. The ‘Oh, Hello!’ Guys Brought Hilarity to a Special Episode of ‘2 Dope […] Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. It’s strange to me that the […]
  27. Charlotte Listler Had an Unexpected Rival For Marissa Wompler’s Loyalties […] Few podcasts are as dependent upon the chemistry of their hosts as Womp It Up! Jessica St. Clair’s dark effervescence helped make incompetent […]
  28. The Last ‘With Special Guest Lauren Lapkus’ for a While Is One for the Ages The exquisitely silly “Generations” episode of With Special Guest Lauren Lapkus was released on November 11th, 2016, and, to this day, is the […]
  29. In the Wake of Trump’s Election, Revisiting President Obama’s Visit to […] Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. The widespread shock and despair […]
  30. ‘Bad With Money’ Is an Essential New Podcast About Our Tortured […] Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. Talking about money remains one of […]
  31. ‘The Newbridge Wall’ Captures ‘The Best Show’ and Scharpling & Wurster at […] Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. Jon Wurster’s work with Tom […]
  32. How Comedy Podcasts Can Help You Get Through These Nightmarish Times If you’re like me, you woke up yesterday morning in a profound funk, and could feel a cold, grey depression coming on. Overnight, the […]
  33. Anthony Atamanuik Solidified His Role as the King of Donald Trump […] Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. The Presidential race has been […]
  34. Nothing Says Halloween Like Rap Songs That Sum Up the Plots of Horror […] Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. For this Halloween entry of […]
  35. Why Are Podcasters So Sensitive to Both Criticism and Praise? For a few months a while back, it sure felt like the A.V. Club, where I was a staffer for about 16 years and remain a columnist today, was […]
  36. The Early Earwolf Mini-Series ‘Mike Detective’ Found Utter Hilarity in […] Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. On Instagram recently, Scott […]
  37. With ‘No Depo$it’, the ‘Flop House’ Gang Unearthed an Instant Camp Classic […] Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. As a connoisseur of bad movies, […]
  38. ‘Sesame Street’ Isn’t Just the Best Kids’ Show Ever, it’s Also Genuinely […] When you become a parent, or at least an involved parent (fuck you, mom! You were never there for me!), your life and priorities and rhythms […]
  39. ‘Fugitive Waves’ Found the Heart of Taylor Negron’s Life in His Saved […] Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. There is a melancholy magic to the […]
  40. The JonBenet Ramsey Episode of ‘My Favorite Murder’ Captures the True […] Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. As readers of this column may have […]
  41. ‘The Dana Gould Hour’ Plumbed True Emotional Depths via ‘Star Wars’ in […] Dana Gould quickly became a legend in the go-go comedy scene of the 1980s both for his famous precocity and for being the only standup […]
  42. Kurt Metzger’s Appearance on ‘Bennington Show’ Was Revealing, but Not In […] Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. Kurt Metzger is known primarily […]
  43. Chris Gethard and ‘Hollywood Handbook’ Transformed a Short-Lived Sitcom […] Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. The Best Show inhabits occupies […]
  44. Just Barely Remembering ‘Something Wilder’, Gene Wilder’s Ill-Fated 90s […] When Gene Wilder shocked a world that didn’t know he had been wrestling with Alzheimer’s by dying recently, he was mourned extensively. He […]
  45. The Triumph of ‘Comedy Bang Bang’ and the Rise of Comedy Geek Culture I happened to be watching The Ben Stiller Show for a column I write about 1990s comedy when I read the tweet from Scott Aukerman that after […]
  46. Jon Glaser and Brett Gelman Made a Live Episode of ‘You Made It Weird’ […] Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. When Pete Holmes invited Eric […]
  47. On ‘Reply All’, Jonathan Goldstein Solved the Fascinating, Tear-Jerking […] YouTube is such a big part of our lives these days that it can be easy to forget what a miracle the website represents. As Jonathan […]
  48. ‘How Did This Get Made?’ Explored the Mystery That Is ‘Old Dogs’ on a […] Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. At its best, the wildly popular […]
  49. Revisiting ‘Bedtime Story’, the Movie That Was Remade as ‘Dirty Rotten […] It was recently announced that Rebel Wilson would be top-lining a gender-switched remake (which are all the rage ever since the new […]
  50. Only Neil Hamburger Could Stretch New Year’s Eve Celebrations Out Into a […] Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. Gregg Turkington’s “Neil […]
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