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  1. When ‘My Brother, My Brother and Me’ Used Totino’s Pizza Rolls to Take […] Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. The ubiquity of product placement […]
  2. Weird Al and Gilbert Gottfried Were a Surprisingly Perfect Match on […] Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. Gilbert Gottfried doesn’t […]
  3. When ‘Wrestling With Depression’ Plumbed the Fascinating Mysteries of Mr. […] Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. Comedian and wrestling super-fan […]
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    10 Should’ve-Been Hits Recommended From Sundance’s Recent PastTake a trip down Sundance memory lane with great movies that didn’t fare so well outside Park City.
  5. In the Iceberg Slim Episode of ‘The Dead Authors Podcast,’ Pimping Is Kind […] Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. Of all the distinguished men of […]
  6. On ‘Analyze Phish’, an Epic Voyage Into the Heart of Harris Wittels and […] Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. I’ve already written a fair amount […]
  7. Jake Fogelnest and Natasha Lyonne, Survivors Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. I often think about how the […]
  8. ‘The Best Show’s Incredible ‘Mother 13’ Trilogy Ended with the Hilarity of […] Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. As recounted in the previous two […]
  9. On ‘Mother 13…The First Rock Band on Mt. Everest", ‘The Best Show’ Took […]Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. Like pretty much everything they do, […]
  10. The ‘Mother 13’ Installment of ‘The Best Show Gems’ Delivered the […] Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. Scott Weiland died recently at […]
  11. How ‘Nathan for You’ Brought Charlie Kaufman’s Sensibility (Back) to […]From Review to BoJack Horseman to The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, this has been an impressive year for adventurous, boundary-pushing television […]
  12. When Rowdy Roddy Piper Got Emotional with the Sklar Brothers on a Standout […] Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. When I interviewed wrestler, […]
  13. Maria Bamford Was the Perfect Guest for ‘The Mental Illness Happy Hour’Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. It would be difficult to imagine a […]
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    Every Philip Seymour Hoffman Movie, Ranked From Worst to BestUpon the release of his final movie, Mockingjay Part 2, we delve deep into the filmography of one of the all-time best actors.
  15. ‘The Room’ Before ‘The Room’: Inside an Early, Even More Insane Draft of […]One of the many fascinating revelations of The Disaster Artist (soon to be a major motion picture from New Line starring James and Dave […]
  16. That Time Gallagher Displayed His True Awfulness and Stormed Out on Marc MaronIt only took a half hour of gentle and then not-so-gentle questioning for Maron to get Gallagher to truly reveal himself in all his ugly awfulness.
  17. Homosexuality in Mainstream Comedy and the Confused, Fascinating Sexual […]The fascinatingly dated 1982 mismatched buddy comedy Partners, which was just released on Blu-Ray by Olive after decades of screaming public […]
  18. Tom Scharpling & ‘Hollywood Handbook’ Made Anti-Comedy for the AgesPod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. The elaborate mythology of The Best […]
  19. ‘Farts and Procreation’ and the Transcendent Power of SillinessPod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time For people not on its peculiar […]
  20. Remembering Andy Daly’s Wolfman Hot Dog and His Hilariously Tragic Solo […]Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time When Sha Na Na founding member […]
  21. Pauly Shore’s Dark, Sad Visit to ‘Hollywood Handbook’Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. Paul F. Tompkins has a wonderful […]
  22. Jake Fogelnest, Kim Fowley, and the Weird, Dark Underbelly of Rock ’n’ RollPod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. Kim Fowley is one of those names […]
  23. When Paul F. Tompkins Powerfully Opened Up on ‘The Mental Illness Happy […]Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. If podcasting were acting, Paul F. […]
  24. Remembering Donald Trump’s Sex Comedy Debut in the Afterlife-Themed […]At the sub-Vaudevillian freak show that was the recent Republican debate, freak-in-the-lead Donald Trump was introduced as a “businessman.” […]
  25. When James Adomian and Amy Poehler Introduced Nightmare Shock Jock Tom […]Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. Improvisation is largely a matter of […]
  26. The Enduring Power of Harris Wittels’ Final ‘You Made It Weird’ AppearancePod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. There is nothing that is not […]
  27. How Andy Daly’s L. Ron Hubbard Raised the Ridiculousness of Scientology to […]Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. Preeminent comic genius Andy Daly […]
  28. When ‘The Flop House’ Delightfully Deconstructed the Most Nightmarish […]Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. Being snarky about bad movies can be […]
  29. When Jerry Seinfeld and ‘Spy’ Magazine Teamed Up to Mock Celebrities, ’90s […]Jerry Seinfeld has been a ubiquitous cultural figure for so long that it can be easy to forget that he was once just a hip New York comic whose […]
  30. ‘The Best Show’ Hit New Heights of Insane Hilarity with ‘The Newbridge […]Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. Tom Scharpling, Jon Wurster, and The […]
  31. What Made Todd Hanson’s Episode of ‘WTF’ One of the Most Powerful Podcast […]Welcome to the inaugural installment of Pod-Canon, an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. […]