The Dana Gould Hour

We're going to solve all the world's problems by conversing with my two most politically opposed friends. Raving, bomb-throwing Bolshevic Eddie Pepitone - you can follow Eddie on The Twitter at @EddiePepitone, and from Meet The Press, self-described right wing nut Mike Murphy, you can follow him at @murphymike. Now, you might ask, how can I be friends with people who have different political views than I do? Simple. I'm a grown up. Wand what's great about this episode is that we disagree without screaming at each other or calling each other Hitler. http://DanaGould.com

Well, I promised you we'd premiere a new episode on the first of every month and clearly I was lying. Oh, people. I am in pre-production of the upcoming IFC series Stan Against Evil and the schedule is getting tight, but we are plunging away. Here we are better late than never, and by the time you hear this we're already elbow deep in May's episode. So there. Today, our overall topic is murders committed by crazy people, but we dip in and out of it a fair amount. The People vs. O.J. Simpson screenwriters and producers Scott Alexander and Larry Karazewski (@karaszewski) are with us. As well as founding member of the LA.'s legendary sketch group The Groundlings and a member of the original cast of Saturday night Live, Laraine Newman (@larainenewman) is with us, and joining Laraine is the host of the JV Club, the voice of Korra in the eponymous Legend Of Korra, co-star of the web series Everyone's crazy But us and also, I am proud and not a little relieved to report, co-star of the upcoming IFC series Stan Against Evil, Janet Varney. Follow Janet on Twitter at @janetvarneyMe? I'm on Twotter at @danagould. And maybe, just maybe, you're in the mood to see my live. Telling my various humor jokes! Details on my live shows are available at DanaGould.comAnd while you're there, why not become a subscriber to the show? Or donate to the show. All monies are plowed right back into the production I assure you. We're not listed as a non-profit, it just worked out that way. Or say you need to buy something referenced here on the show, a book or a movie, the best thing to do is go to DanaGould.com, click on our Amazon banner, and shop away, You get what you want, and for not one penny more, Amazon kicks us back a few sheckles to keep the turbines running here at the laboratory.Lastly, why now show your true colors with a Dana Gould Hour T-shirt. The new designs are in, courtesy of he great Ben Walker and the good folks at ComedyFilmNerds.com. ComedyFilmNerds also sells Bevilaqua heating And Air Conditioning T shirts, signed cd's and LP's, that's right, Vinyl, baby, of my albums, ALL THAT, and so much more, at ComedyFilmNerds.com

It’s a brand new edition of The Dana Gould Hour Podcast. I like to think of the show as an audio Pop Tart, you NEVER quite now when it’s going to pop up, but in the interest of some sort of regularity, and with my awareness that nature abhors a vacuum and that I, like many others, NEED a deadline now and again, we are trying, trying, trying to get the shows out on the first or second of every month. Is the world throwing up roadblocks to make that difficult? YES. The good news is, these roadblocks are sort of cool. For example, for the past year I’ve been working on a proposed television show for IFC called Stan Against Evil. It is, for lack of a better term, a cross between The X-Files and All In The Family, and I am happy to announce that it just got picked up and will be on your televisions this fall. But yeah, this fall. Gee, that’s kind of soon and we still have to do… EVERYTHING. BUT we’re going to do our best to get everything for the TV show and the podcast done on time. The good news is this, me and spare time are a terrible combination, so hopefully this will all work out for the best. In the meantime, you have amazing episode right in front of you. The estimable Greg Proops, he of the Smartest Man In The World Podcast is here and his new book, The Smartest Book In The World. You can follow him at @gregproops Also, the creator of one of my favorite podcasts – Ken Reid, he of TV Guidance Counselor fame is here. Follow him on Twitter @KennethWReid. I will say, although we look nothing alike, lucky for Ken, all of our other similarities are striking to the point of creepy, and you can actually here me getting increasingly spooked by them as the interview progresses. Me? I will be in Philadelphia, Pa at Helium on March 3, 4 & 5th 2016 and at The Wheeler Opera House in Aspen on March 11th 2016. Then I will return to one of my favorite places in the whole wide country, Portland, Oregon to play the Helium THERE on March 24th, 25th and 26th 2016. So, lots of places to see me do my clown act. Details and ticket links on the Live Shows page, hey, while you’re there, why not become a supporter of the podcast? You can become a member if you like and we appreciate it, or just use DanaGould.com to click on our Amazon banner and shop away.But for now, sit back, relax, and enjoy!But for now, sit back, relax, and enjoy!

We did it. It’s the first episode of The Dana Gould Hour podcast for 2016 and we juuuust missed January but when I tell you I had homework this month, I had homework. But everything’s getting turned in on time and hopefully, we’ll have some cool stuff to announce in the not too distant future. Lots of stuff coming up this year including my new special and album, tentatively entitled Mighty Mouth. More about that in the not-too-distant future, where, as Elvis Costello sang, everything will be free. This is kind of a special episode. I saw Star Wars and had very mixed emotions about it. Nothing to do with the movie, but my reaction to it was somewhat strange, and so I have, quite bluntly, my two closest friends in the word on to talk about it -- Ken Daly and Rob Cohen. But, since we know each other SO well I was afraid the conversation would devolve into a series of grunts and eye-rolls, we brought in a ringer, comedian Dan Telfer, who’s CD Ocean Of Panic, you can buy. Dan is a Star Wars-knowin’ motherfucker and it’s a deep dish conversation that goes to some surprising places and I think you’ll enjoy it. Also, the always hilarious and entertaining April Richardson is here (@APEY) and her partner in crime and comedy, life and love (but not really) Chris Fairbanks, (@ChrisFairbanks).And as for ME? The movie Southbound hits theaters and I believe VOD in Feb. 5th. Called "A cinematic miracle" by Roger Ebert.com, Southbound a is terrific little horror movie if you like that sort of thing, so go git it. Feb 18, 19 and 20th, 2016 I will be at The Comedy Bar in Toronto, Ontario. I will be at The Wheeler Opera House in Aspen on March 11, 2016 and Helium in Portland, Oregon, land of food trucks, on March 24, 25 and 26th, 2016. Details and ticket links on the live appearance page at http://DanaGould.com

Happy Holidays, to you... And thanks for taking time out of your holiday season, be it Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanza, Festivus or Celebration Of The Goofer Man, to spend an hour or so with me and my guests. And what guests we have. The cast of the new Mystery Science Theater is here today, Jonah Ray, Baron Vaughn and Hampton Yount, the new Jonah Heston, Tom Servo and crow respectively, and the author of one of my favorite books to come out this year The Comedians: Drunks, Thieves, Scoundrels and The History Of American Comedy, Kliph Nesteroff.Speaking of standup comedy, if you'd like to see me, I will be ringing in the new year in Austin, Texas Dec 31, 1st and 2nd, nd returning to San Francisco for Sketchfest January 22nd, 23rd and 24th. For details on all this malarky, go to DanaGould.com.

Eddie Pepitone, the Bitter Buddha himself, and I ventured down to USC and confronted Dan Schner the head of USC's Jesse Unruh's School of Public Policy to find out just what in the hell is going on with the election and the state of our nation. We are also joined by comedian Julie Prescott, whose album, Every Joke On This Album Kills Because I Cut The Ones That Didn't, is available and we will discuss it's inception, as it was recorded in a string of one-nighters in the deep south. We are also joined by writer and Public Radio audio investigative journalist Peter Gilstrap who will help us hoist the lid off the pop culture creepy barrel. Hey, speaking of creepy, why not come out and see me live? I'll be performing in Arlington Virgina at Arlington Drafthouse on Dec 4th and 5th and on New Year's Eve weekend and the Cap City Comedy Club in Austin, Texas. Details and ticket links available at http://DanaGould.com.

It's the most wonderful time, of the year. My favorite time of year, my favorite month, my favorite holiday and my favorite episode of the podcast. This year is no exception. I can't summon the Great Pumpkin but I can squash any fears that this episode is anything less than awesome. Get it? Pumpkin and squash, because they're vaguely similar. Okay.Big Guns! Patton Oswalt is my guest. We're gonna talk the horror movies that made us who we are. Showing them to your kids. Make them one of us. One of us. Laurie Jacobsen is here. Laurie wrote the best book I have ever read about supernatural doings in the heart of Tinseltown, Hollywood Haunted. Find out who couldn't take the hint and stuck around after they died. And actor, writer and cinema collector extraordinaire, Bob Burns. You may not know Bob by name, but he has had a documentary and two books written about him. He is one of the most fascinating people I have ever known, and if you are a fan of all things Halloween, then you, like me, will soon be looking up to Bob as the mentor that I do. A truly extraordinary guy with an extraordinary story. Also joining us is filmmaker Frank Dietz, maker of said documentary, entitled Beast Wishes.Last, but not least, on October 16th in theaters and Video On Demand, the film Tales Of Halloween. A horror anthology featuring the top tier fright filmmakers at work today, I am joined in the cast of that movie by Greg Grunberg - he's in Star Wars - Cerina Vincent, James Duval, Lisa Marie, John Savage, John Landis, Joe Dante, Adrienne Barbeau, Pat Healey, Mick Garris. I will not tell you what happens to me in the movie but I will tell you what I learned on the set. If it's five o-'clock in the morning and you have got a bucket of fake blood that's been sitting out all night, when that stuff finally comes out of the pump, it's COLD. Tales Of Halloween, I am so happy to be in that movie and on your October podcast queue. There they are. Trick or treat! http://www.danagould.com

Ahhhh September. Apple blossom time. The temperatures dip down under the hundreds and I start the long process and dragging my Halloween decorations out of the garage. I'm also travelling! If you live in Indianapolis, Indiana, I'll be at Morty's Sept 17, 18 & 19th. October will find me back in good ol' San Francisky at the Punchline on October 1st, 2nd and 3rd and in Kirkland, Washington, just a stone's throw north of Seattle, at the Laughs Comedy Club on October 15th, 16th and 17th. For details and ticket inforation please check out the live performance page on DanaGould.com assuming we've fixed it by then. If not, go to my facebook page or the bulletin board on the south wall of the Laurel Canyon Country Store. Just look for the abandoned Slurpy cup full of bees! My guests today. Excellent comedians all. Matt MacCarthy, follow him @mccarthyredhead, Eddie Pepitone @ eddiepepitoneApril Richardson @ apeyAnd the so fast it scares even me Mike Lawrence, @themikelawrencehttp://www.danagould.com

Oh, the dog days of summer, and we're here to get you through it. Today's show features an all-star line-up of comedy heavyweight. Gilbert Gottfried is here. (@realgilbert), an old friend who I have wanted on the show since the very first episode, Brian Posehn (@thebrianposehn), Eddie Pepitone (@eddiepepitone), as well as Kate Berlant - who, if you don't know Kate, you will very soon, (@KateBerlant) and the hilarious Dan St. Germain (@danstgermain). One last thing, before I begin, I want to heartily endorse Bob Goldthwaite's new films, Call Me Lucky, it's an amazing documentary about Barry Crimmins, who guested on this very podcast just last year. You can check it out at callmeluckyfilm.com but in the meantime, THIS podcast is clawing at the door, so I think I'm gonna let it. Enjoy. http://www.danagould.com

Agony in a g-string - backstage with Suicide Girls. Bruce or Caitlin? Allergic to...everything? The Phantom Clown Scare of 1981, Two Guys from Boston and more! Thank you all for your patience in between broadcasts. This show is worth the wait. It's composed of two separate shows. The first a live performance at the Doug Fir Lounge in Portland during the Bridgetown Comedy Festival. That show features Arden Myrin, Steve Agee and Baron Vaughn. The second show was recorded at Falcon's Lair recording studios high atop Mulholland Drive in sunny and parched Southern California and features Nicole Powers co-host of Suicide Girls' Radio, April Richardson of stage and screen and finally, Alison Rosen herself of the Alison Rosen Is Your New Best Friend podcast.

Give Me Sex Jesus - The Movie! The Conan set you'll never see! Shame! Shame! Shame! What did Fatty Arbuckle really do? Two Guys From Boston & more! With Jonah Ray, Hampton Young, Eddie Pepitone, Susan Burke, Matt Barber & Brittany Machado

Horrible things I've said & forgotten. The Big Superman Rip-Off, F#$! the news! Schumacher's Batman! Existential Goofy! Two Guys from Boston & more! With Mike Lawrence, Kevin Macdonald, Arden Myrin, Eddie Pepitone & John Ennis!

The Snickers ad that broke my heart! Fighting chaos with more chaos! Doubt! Insecurity! Little Richard and Hugh Hefner (he's still at it!) With Bobcat Goldthwaite, April Richardson, Ryan Sickler and Genevieve Rice! Two Guys From Boston, Screamin' Jay Hawkins & more!

The Dana Gould Hour Holiday Special! Big Eyes, Margaret Keane, Blood Freak, The Wrecking Crew & the men who gave away Superman. Pepitone waxes, Jonah Ray ponders, Spooky Time Theater and 2 Guys From Boston. Larry Karaszewski, Drew Friedman, Eddie Pepitone, Jonah Ray, Denny Tedesco & John Ennis.

The Dana Gould Hour annual Halloween spectacular! Dana Gould, Tom Kenny, Steve Agee, Arden Myrin, Matt Weinhold Rob Cohen and John Ennis wax horrific on small town weirdos, black cats, and the need for sexy costumes! Real-life confessions of Halloween related juvenile delinquency! Plus, Dana opens the vault for an interview with real-life horror legend Vampira herself, the late, great, Maila Nurmi. Also, Orson Welles and the War Of The Worlds! Horror Movie Hosts! A poem from Graveyard Craig and and a very scary Political Talk With Two Guys From Boston.

Dana Gould, Patton Oswalt and Matt Braunger sidle up to the mics and let her rip. Hell's Angels and the origin of biker gangs in America. Who is Wino Willie, and how did he change your life? High School: who hated it more? The Rolling Stones! Stabbing victims! Billy Jack! White Knights v Trollers and much, much, more. With Dana Gould, Patton Oswalt, Matt Braunger & John Ennis.

Dana Gould trades tales and tirades with the fast and funniest. Want to hear William Shatner and Adam West sing a duet? Look no further! What are you into? How much are you into it? Finding Playboys in the woods! Dick pic etiquette! Getting fired by your dad! It's all here. Boom! With Dana Gould, Rob Cohen, John Ennis, Eddie Pepitone, April Richardson and Matt Weinhold. You know you want it.

"I'm offended!" Or are you? Is it really "just a joke?" In praise of Eddie Murphy, (& not!), GLEN OR GLENDA! Two Guys From Boston & more! W/ Arden Myrin, Eddie Pepitone, Shadi Petosky, Will Weldon & John Ennis.

Agoraphobia! Held hostage in a grocery store! Tracking sexual predators for the FBI! The movie FREAKS and more! Sara Benincasa, Barry Crimmins, John Ennis, Stephen Tobolowski.

Dungeons & Dragons vs. Dungeons and Bondage! Whose fantasy life is better? Tom Hanks' anti-cult film, Blaine Capatch, Ken Daly, April Richardson, Scott Robison and former dominatrix "GUEST X." Plus Two Guys from Boston and much, much, more!

Who The f*#! is Santa Claus, anyway? Vegetarians vs. bacon. Arden Myrin changes clothes! Eddie Pepitone doesn't! Susan Burke! Two Guys From Boston and more.... w/ Eddie Pepitone. Arden Myrin Susan Burke & John Ennis

Halloween! Dinosaur porn! Fred Schneider sings The Doors! How snakes work! Godzilla, Gojira, and more! w/ Jonah Ray, Matt Weinhold, April Richardson, Hannah Gansen and John Ennis.

What's it like to be caught in a mass shooting. Really. Eddie Pepitone goes to England! Dana hates on Simon and Garfunkel! Satan Is Real according to the Louvin Bros! Two Guys From Boston and more... Eddie Pepitone, Monika Scott, John Ennis

Civil war ghosts! Scary fish! The Clash! In praise of The Night Stalker! Two Guys From Boston & more... Greg Behrendt, John Ennis, Jonah Ray, April Richardson, Janet Varney & Matt Weinhold

Bigfoot! U.F.O.'s! Hecklers? Who are Betty and Barney Hill? And a VERY special Two Guys From Boston. Bobcat Goldthwaite, Eddie Pepitone, Monika Scott, Rob Cohen and John Ennis.

Murder by owl? A young woman hunts a serial killer online. Charles Manson's love of western fringe, Two Guys From Boston, Matt Braunger, John Ennis, Amber Tozer, Michelle McNamara, Monika Scott & Matt Weinhold.

Love! Commitment! "Traditional marriage?" Eddie Pepitone, Jonah Ray, Arden Myrin, Rob Cohen, Susan Burke, Two Guys From Boston, "I Married A Monster From Outer Space," and more...

A psychological analysis of Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer. Meet The Press's Mike Murphy takes on Dana, Eddie Pepitone and John Ennis. Tom Kenney and Andy Paley talk Spongebob, Raymond Burr and the Wrecking Crew! Two Guys From Boston! JFK Assasination theories and more!

It's Halloween! "Ed Wood" writers Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski! Jonah Ray from The Nerdist! "Bela Lugosi Meets A Brooklyn Gorilla," Ken Daly and Matt Weinhold and a spooky Two Guys From Boston!

The Church Of Satan! Aleistar Crowley - The Wickedest Man Alive! L. Ron Hubbard's ties to the devil & Jet Propulsion Labs. Hugh Hefner and more... with Doug Benson, Ken Daly, John Ennis, Eddie Pepitone & Matt Weinhold.

Canadian dudes with foot fetishes, scenes from Apocalypse Now starring children, a great way to get out of the Navy, more Two Guys From Boston and an ode to Whatever Happened To Baby Jane? With Blaine Capatch, Rob Cohen & John Ennis.

Sneaking into the Scientology Center! Mini-KISS, the little-person KISS tribute band! Iron Smile, the world's 1st upbeat death-metal group, Night Of The Hunter and more! With Steve Agee, Eddie Pepitone, Matt Weinhold & G.C. Wright.

How my dad got his teeth kicked out and other tales of manliness! Marine bootcamp, Dirty Harry, Two Guys From Boston and an ode to The Wolfman. Rob Cohen, John Ennis, Eddie pepitone, Lou Schneider and Joel Stein.

Meeting your hero... and it's a disaster! Riding a horse! Reluctantly! A lot! Two Guys From Boston! And "Asking Rod Serling For Money!" w/ Dana Gould, John Ennis, Eddie Pepitone, Matt Weinhold & GC Wright.

Dana welcomes Eddie Pepitone, Matt Weinhold, Rob Cohen, Ken Daly, Rebecca Lord and GC Wright for a free-wheeling and undisciplined look at sideshows, freak shows, Disneyland and all things "along the midway". "Behold, The Geek!" Who Is Ultraman? and an all new Political Talk With Two Guys From Boston with the great John Ennis.

Eddie Pepitone, Matt Weinhold and Meet The Press contributor Mike Murphy join Dana Gould for a hilarious look at conspiracies, secret societies, and other skullduggery. The JFK Assasination, Alien Abductions, the CIA and more! And of course, the mighty John Ennis joins Dana for more Political With Two Guys From Boston.

Dana Gould welcomes comedians Eddie Pepitone and Matt Weinhold for an of-the-cuff conversation about being well prepared for... the Big One? Terrorist Attack? Zombie Apocalypse? Well, something's gotta pop... Also., The Omega Man Story, Charlton Heston reads cat poetry, and John Ennis joins us for another Political Talk with Two Guys From Boston.

Dana Gould welcomes comedians Eddie Pepitone and Matt Weinhold along with Matt's wife Carrie, who's done more jail time than all the dudes combined. It's a law and order shoot-em-up, with "The Dragnet Story", "The Beach Boys / Charles Manson Connection", "Jailhouse Mail" and more "Political Talk With Two Guys From Boston." With Ken Daly, John Ennis, Eddie Pepitone, Matt & Carrie Weinhold, Music by Andy Paley

Comedian Ed Crasnick joins Dana Gould for a brimming bowl of bouncy banter on therapy, the dark side of JFK and how Paul McCartney cock-blocked their friend. Also, "The Funeral," "The Murry Wilson Letters," "The Life Of Rondo Hatton" & "Political Talk With Two Guys From Boston". With Ken Daly

Comedian Eddie Pepitone joins Dana Gould for a deep-dish discourse on shame, Woody Allen's bad dating choices & more. Also, "Manscaping Larry King", "The Story Of Sealo, The Seal Boy," "Baby Dolphins" & "Political Talk With Two Guys From Boston." With Ken Daly.