Isn't That Special

Review: The Diceman Cometh, Andrew 'Dice' Clay

What a fun show! LOL. We revisit open mic aspirations, discuss apple scrumping misdemeanours of our youth and talk about the politics of inheritance distribution. Yay!  Y

Review: Road Work, Dave Attell

The pervading mood is very negative as we discuss theft of propery, leaving cultural events early and bring up the thorny issue of overhauling our moribund show format. R

Review: Power and Chaos, Fern Brady

We keep the international flavour flowing with our first ever Scottish comedian in this week's review. But first we tackle the thorny issues of sublimation, Twin Peaks an

Review: From Moscow...Idaho, Yakov Smirnoff

It's all happening in our 10th episode of the current series! We discuss crabs, sport stadium organ players, attractiveness of people of different countries and feature a

Review: The Performance Film, Lenny Bruce

In the first part of a gruelling recording double header we discuss funny restaurant names, how to hold a microphone and problems with handling tempered glass. As an afte

Review: Happy To Be Here, Tig Notaro

A somber mood prevails as we share Dolly Parton reminiscences and also introduce a brand new Slingblade segement. For our special we turn to Tig Notaro and her 2019 speci

Review: Prodigal Daughter, Taylor Tomlinson

This week we go full Sheena Easton mode! With a recap of Vegas trip exploits and a discussion of The Sopranos also but mainly its about Sheen Easton. We review another co

Review: Standup For Drummers, Fred Armisen

Come celebate the inescapable march to the grave with a special birthday episode of your favourite podcast! We have an in-studio party catered with restaurant leftovers a

Review: Cinnamon in the Wind, Kate Berlant

We're back with the laaaadies for Kate Berlant's 2019 offering Cinnamon In The Wind. Nice title! Forgotten what the advert for Big Red chewing gum sounds like? - no probl

Review: Mostly Stories, Tom Segura

This week we review comedy megastar Tom Segura in his 2016 special Mostly Stories. But of course first you'll want to hear the scintiallating discussion of the Oh Brother

Review: Raw, Eddie Murphy

Once again we jump into our time machine and go back to the 80s. This time it's to review the seminal Eddie Murphy concert movie Raw.  The episode starts with a ramble th

Review: Night Owl, Liza Treyger

Our second episode of Season 3 starts with discussions of how to fix a record player, how to make homemade cocktail cherries and a celebration of our burgeoning internati

Review: Silly Silly Fun Boy, Pete Holmes

We kick Season 3 off with a famous prodigy of the Chicago comedy scene and Pete Holmes' offering Silly Silly Fun Boy. Of course we wend our way towards the actual review

Review: Best and Worst of the Season 2 specials

Are you a BIG fan of the show? Seems unlikely, but if you are you'll enjoy this recap of Season 2 and the cut and thrust of the team trying to gain concensus of which spe

Review: Live At The El Rey, Stephen Lynch

After bouncing around the exciting topics of movie marketing strategies, coping with depression and clown paintings we knuckle down to reviewing the 2002 offering Live At

Review: Dark Little Whispers, Dina Hashem

We pare it back to a more manageable one hour show this week with opening discussions on Fleetwood Mac, kayaks, camping trips and what constitutes a healthy sugar intake.

Review: Night Thoughts, Kumail Nanjiani

There's no avoiding this so we're going to come right out and say it: This episode reviewing Kumail Nanjiani's special  Night Thoughts is 2 hours long. And if you think t

Review: Live In Concert (1979), Richard Pryor

This week's important discussion covers sports in Las Vegas, sandwiches at White Sox games and Swedish culture. For our comedy special we review what is considered, by ma

Review: Y'all Wanna Hear Something Crazy, Ms. Pat

A mercifully shorter episode than of late covers how to fry potatoes, how to play Wordle competitively, how to hand out flyers at an El station and yes, an actual review

Review: I Love Everything, Patton Oswalt

Another frenetic episode featuring discussions of alternative medicine, citizens arrests and Star Wars and an interesting yet failed attempt to have two simultaneous list