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The Chris Gethard Show: Public Access (2011)
The Chris Gethard Show is, according to its website, “the most bizarre and often saddest talk show in New York City.” After starting off as a live show at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York, the show moved to cable access on June 22, 2011. It is a call-in and variety show hosted by Chris Gethard that airs every Wednesday night at 11:00PM on MNN and on a live stream at the show’s website. The Public access television show is written and produced by Noah Forman, Dru Johnston, J.D. Amato and Chris Gethard. It is directed by J.D. Amato. The show, known for its "no cool kids" atmosphere, has been called "oddly uplifting", a "cult hit," "an often riveting experiment in seat-of-your-pants broadcasting," and has gained viewers from around the world.
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Episode 1 - The First Episode
Release Date: 2011-06-22The first episode was a rocky episode. The beginning of a very wild ride.
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Episode 2 - The Episode Where Everything Started
Release Date: 2011-06-29The second episode. After being shut out of having any prep time, we just took calls - and realized that calls could be the basis for the whole show and we were way over thinking things.
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Episode 3 - The Third Episode Episode
Release Date: 2011-07-06Shirtless Fanelli. A pre-presidential run and very visibly uncomfortable Connor Ratliff. Our first show in the small studio.
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Episode 4 - The Tazapper Episode
Release Date: 2011-07-13The first appearances of Anthony Atamaniuk and Horatio Sanz. I gotta tell you, I thought this public access experiment had crashed and burned, and Horatio showed up last minute with no warning.
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Episode 5 - The Wiffle Bat Gang Episode
Release Date: 2011-07-20The Wiffle Bat gang makes their debut - our first truly violent in an unexpected and way too much fashion experiment.
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Episode 6 - The Last Small Studio Show
Release Date: 2011-07-27Our final small studio show and the first ever hosted by Shannon O'Neill.
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Episode 7 - The Hands on an Audience Member Episode
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Episode 8 - The Kickboxer Episode
Release Date: 2011-08-10Considered an all time classic. Heavy hitter guests John Mulaney and Matt Besser.
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Episode 9 - The Dance Battle Episode
Release Date: 2011-08-17A controversial episode. Our friends the Oroboros Dance Crew came in and showed us what they do - little did we know that they would pants the Human Fish.
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Episode 10 - The Human Crane Episode
Release Date: 2011-08-24The most legendarily disastrous bit in the history of TCGS, the first attempt at The Human Crane remains the only stunt we've bailed on halfway through.
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Episode 11 - The How Random Is Random Jean Episode
Release Date: 2011-08-31The Chris Gethard Show debut of Jake Fogelnest.
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Episode 12 - The Fanelli Birthday Episode
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Episode 13 - The What's on My Head Episode
Release Date: 2011-09-14What's on My Head? What a weird, fun game.
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Episode 14 - The Drawing Pictures Episode
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Episode 15 - The Find the Human Fish Episode
Release Date: 2011-09-28Perhaps the dumbest idea we ever did - "Let's take the most popular thing about this show - in fact, the only thing that everyone loves all the time - and hide it from view for the entire show."
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Episode 16 - Goodbye Random Jean
Release Date: 2011-10-05A heartbreaking goodbye to an old friend.
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Episode 17 - New Friends and Long Lost Friends
Release Date: 2011-10-12We go on a search for the new Random.
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Episode 18 - The Physical Fitness Episode
Release Date: 2011-10-19Chris Gethard watched an episode and decided he needed to lose a few pounds.
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Episode 19 - The Great American Presidential Debate and Halloween Spooktacular
Release Date: 2011-10-26Connor invited every Republican candidate for president to debate him on the show.
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Episode 20 - Sibling Rivalry
Release Date: 2011-11-02Tom Scharpling in studio to mediate the relationship of Chris Gethard and his brother.
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Episode 21 - The Milkshake of Death
Release Date: 2011-11-09The Milkshake of Death. So gross, so fucked up, and such a fond memory.
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Episode 22 - Random Andrew and the Hero's Journey
Release Date: 2011-11-16Random Andrew was taking it on the chin from our callers.
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Episode 23 - Sandwich Night
Release Date: 2011-11-23A hundred-plus people showed up ready to eat.
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Episode 24 - The Greatest Rivalry in Sports
Release Date: 2011-11-30A bunch of people from the show play on a basketball team together in NYC.
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Episode 25 - Papa Gethard's Love Cauldron
Release Date: 2011-12-07Our dating episode. This one was really fun but also a mess.
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Episode 26 - Monologues Only
Release Date: 2011-12-14This was the great JD Amato's idea, and man was it a good one. All monologue jokes all the time.
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Episode 27 - One Hundred Callers
Release Date: 2011-12-21We attempted to get 100 callers in a single episode.
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Episode 28 - Ruin This Show
Release Date: 2012-01-04This one hurt. The only show that actually went off the rails.
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Episode 29 - The Dominatrix
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Episode 30 - The Night of Zero Laughs III
Release Date: 2012-01-18The Night of Zero Laughs.
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Episode 31 - The Blindfold Show
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Episode 32 - Loser Is the New Nerd
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Episode 33 - The Search for the New Random
Release Date: 2012-02-08We had to say goodbye to Random Andrew, and it was so sad.
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Episode 34 - The Birth of the Third Random
Release Date: 2012-02-15We meet Random Melissa.
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Episode 35 - Checking in with Alyssa
Release Date: 2012-02-22Why have something like The Chris Gethard Show if you don't do something nice for other people with it?
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Episode 36 - How Do Girls Work
Release Date: 2012-02-29Our callers quiz Chris on female related topics and it becomes very clear how little Chris knows about women.
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Episode 37 - The Culture Show
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Episode 38 - The Birth of the Hintmaster
Release Date: 2012-03-21When Chris sets out to play the somewhat complicated word-game "Guess The Magic Word" he gets immediate feedback from the viewers that they are confused and bored by the game.
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Episode 39 - The Camera Cannon
Release Date: 2012-03-28Eventually we had to let our audience use our cameras like guns that shoot missiles, so we went ahead and just did it.
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Episode 40 - The Wisdom of the Aged
Release Date: 2012-04-04We invited the interesting, articulate, and 66 year old Peter Benjaminson to the show to help us wrestle with the concept of aging.
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Episode 41 - Math Sucks, Hintmaster Sucks
Release Date: 2012-04-11A show dedicated to the ups and downs of education.
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Episode 42 - The Hintmaster Show
Release Date: 2012-04-18Completing his transition from hero to villain, the Hintmaster takes over an entire episode of TCGS, renaming it The Hintmaster Show.
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Episode 43 - Multiple Choice Cavalcade of Fiascos
Release Date: 2012-04-25The Multiple Choice Cavalcade of Fiascos is the ultimate bringer of either reward or punishment.
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Episode 44 - Foreign Language Bingo
Release Date: 2012-05-03This week the TCGS panel is filled with friends of the show who speak different languages.
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Episode 45 - We Got Nothing
Release Date: 2012-05-09This week we test our ability to put on a show by literally planning nothing. No call in topic. No bits. No guests. Nothing.
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Episode 46 - Robot Fights
Release Date: 2012-05-16The Keeper of the Battledome has time traveled back from the future to oversee a night of insanity on TCGS.
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Episode 47 - Birthday Night
Release Date: 2012-05-23This week is not only Gethard's birthday but also the last show before he takes to the streets for #BonnarooGethard.
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Episode 48 - The Great Gethard Look-Alike Extravaganza
Release Date: 2012-05-30With Gethard and much of the crew out on the road, the rest of the gang hosts the Great Gethard Look-Alike Extravaganza.
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Episode 49 - Farewell Melissa
Release Date: 2012-06-13Random Melissa's last episode.
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Episode 50 - The One Year Anniversary Show
Release Date: 2012-07-20It's been one whole year since we first started this circus and we're doing our one year anniversary right.
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Episode 51 - The Night of Zero Laughs
Release Date: 2012-06-27If you laugh, you get eliminated.
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Episode 52 - The Genuine Sadness Episode
Release Date: 2012-07-11This week we weren't in the mood for dumb stuff.
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Episode 53 - The Shitty Art Show
Release Date: 2012-07-18This week we explore both the art world as well as the world of tricking dummies into giving us money.
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Episode 54 - The Twist Magazine August 2012 Issue
Release Date: 2012-07-25In unison we read the August 2012 Issue of Twist Magazine. For the entire show.
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Episode 55 - The Setup Show
Release Date: 2012-08-01Behind the scenes of the setup for TCGS.
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Episode 56 - Sum Yourself Up in One Sentence
Release Date: 2012-08-08Panel, Callers, and friends are all asked to sum up their entire lives in one sentence.
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Episode 57 - Celebrities Come Validate Us
Release Date: 2012-08-15With Chris out of town, Shannon hosts the show and urges celebrities to come down to the show to validate us.
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Episode 58 - The Crowd-Sourced Character Contest
Release Date: 2012-08-22Viewers sent in their submissions for names of new TCGS characters.
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Episode 59 - Happy Murf Day
Release Date: 2012-08-29A day dedicated to Murf's head-shot and the man himself.
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Episode 60 - Truth or Dare
Release Date: 2012-09-05The TCGS cast and crew participate in a viewer submitted game of truth or dare.
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Episode 61 - The Ultimate Public Access Party
Release Date: 2012-09-12When Andrew W.K. comes to the show, we attempt to throw the most unforgettable party possible within with guidelines of public access television rules.
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Episode 62 - Smash Cut to the Future
Release Date: 2012-09-19The Keeper of the Battledome returns to TCGS.
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Episode 63 - Smash Cut to the Past
Release Date: 2012-09-29The Chris Gethard Show gets stuck in ancient Rome.
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Episode 64 - A Book Shall Be Written
Release Date: 2012-10-03R.L Stine, D.C. Pierson, and Dave Hill join the panel and attempt to write a book live on public access television in one hour.
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Episode 65 - The Blindfold Show II
Release Date: 2012-10-10The second Blindfold Show in which the entire panel is blindfolded.
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Episode 66 - The Softer Side of Shannon O'Neill
Release Date: 2012-10-17We attempt to bring out the softer side of Shannon O'Neill.
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Episode 67 - The Cans Film Festival 2012
Release Date: 2012-10-24We screen ten films each under one minute in the first ever Cans Film Festival.
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Episode 68 - The Beef Off
Release Date: 2012-11-14The Beef Off: After a caller tried to determine the beefiest member of the TCGS crew, we decided to hold an official contest to figure out who the beefiest member of the TCGS family might be.
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Episode 69 - Sandwich Night 2012: 2 Sandwich 2 Night
Release Date: 2012-11-21A bunch of friends gathering at a public access studio and eating sandwiches together on the eve of Thanksgiving - This year's Sandwich Night was massively successful.
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Episode 70 - Fan Fiction Theatre
Release Date: 2012-11-28Viewers send in their own original TCGS Fan Fiction and we perform it live on the show with Bobby Moynihan, Anthony Atamanuik, and many of our TCGS friends.
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Episode 71 - First Night in Harlem
Release Date: 2012-12-12While our regular studio is being renovated we have to head uptown to do the show from MNN's secondary studio in Harlem.
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Episode 72 - Panic Attacks and Technical Disasters
Release Date: 2012-12-19Our second week in Harlem and fittingly we are talking about panic attacks.
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Episode 73 - Hyperresolutions
Release Date: 2013-01-02We're in Harlem again and this time we're asking callers to give us their hypersolutions. We then take those hyperresolutions and then put Andrew Parrish in charge of making them come true.
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Episode 74 - Keeper and Company
Release Date: 2013-01-09With Chris out of town we head to the time stream and check in on The Keeper of the Battledome's morning talk show Keeper and Company.
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Episode 75 - Loser Is Still the New Nerd
Release Date: 2013-01-16Chris is joined by Jesse Ventura and Bethany to officially celebrate Loser-dome for the second time on the TCGS air waves. Callers and audience members explain why they might be losers.
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Episode 76 - Angels and Devils
Release Date: 2013-01-23This week the panelists take calls from people seeking advice and let them choose whether they want good or bad advice.
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Episode 77 - Belly Burrito
Release Date: 2013-01-30The panelists talk about some real stuff with callers as they help make a Belly Burrito.
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Episode 78 - Farewell Manesha
Release Date: 2013-02-06Chris Gethard is joined by Danny Tamberelli and Mike Maronna from the Adventures of Pete and Pete as we say goodbye to "Random Manesha" who we literally only met once.
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Episode 79 - Race to the Top
Release Date: 2013-02-13After challenging (begging) the fans to make the show #1 on iTunes, the panelists reward their successful efforts by degrading Chris Gethard.
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Episode 80 - Ambidextrous?
Release Date: 2013-02-20The panelists test the limits of their non-dominant hands in a show concept suggested by a fan on the show's message boards.
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Episode 81 - February Beach Party
Release Date: 2013-02-27After getting hit in the head with a coconut Vacation Jason has lost his memory and transformed in the stuffy suit-wearing Jason Reinlib.
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Episode 82 - When the Cat's Away, the Ratz Will Play
Release Date: 2013-03-03With Chris Gethard down in Austin for South By Southwest, Shannon takes over hosting duties for the night and promptly gives all the power to our chatroom viewers. The legendary Ratz Carlton.
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Episode 83 - First Times
Release Date: 2013-03-20Chris Gethard has first time callers, first time foods, first time experiences, and first time giant life moments. Special guest Aidy Bryant.
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Episode 84 - Someone will Die
Release Date: 2013-03-27One of the fictional characters will die.
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Episode 85 - The Royal Rumble of Twister
Release Date: 2013-04-03Colt Cabana is the guest for the first ever Royal Rumble of Twister. Every two minutes a new competitor joins the fray as callers give twister-based challenges.
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Episode 86 - Beyonce
Release Date: 2013-04-10With Chris Gethard out of town, caller and friend of the show Alyssa takes the reigns and hosts a night dedicated to Beyonce. One full hour dedicated to Beyonce.
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Episode 87 - Let's Get Real
Release Date: 2013-04-17This week we decide to get real and talk about anything our callers want to divulge.
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Episode 88 - What's in Hot Dog's Mouth
Release Date: 2013-04-24We spend an hour trying to guess the different objects hidden in Hot Dog's mouth.
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Episode 89 - Let's Sell Out with Real Late Night Characters
Release Date: 2013-05-01We try to prove that we can play ball just like any mainstream late night talk show, so we invite some conventional late night talk show guests onto our show.
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Episode 90 - Who Needs a Haircut?
Release Date: 2013-05-08Special guest Zach Galifianakis joins us in studio to give haircuts to strangers.
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Episode 91 - We Will Predict Your Future
Release Date: 2013-05-15Amy Poehler helps us predict the future. We use fortune cookies, tarot cards, magic eight balls, and our own intuition to determine what will happen to our callers.
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Episode 92 - Sum Yourself Up in a Dance Move
Release Date: 2013-05-22Callers, cast, and friends all describe the motions that make them unique. With special guest Griffin Newman.
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Episode 93 - What's the Worst Thing You Can Make Us Say?
Release Date: 2013-05-29This week the audience was challenged to submit the most offensive things they can muster.
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Episode 94 - Conspiracy Theory Gary Show
Release Date: 2013-06-05The show was handed over to fellow MNN producer Conspiracy Theory Gary and let him put on the Conspiracy Theory Gary Show.
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Episode 95 - The Hour Long Song
Release Date: 2013-06-12What happens when a bunch of strangers come together with random instruments and make up an hour long song?
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Episode 96 - The Crowd Sourced Character Contest 2
Release Date: 2013-06-19It's back. Viewers submitted over 700 character names, we picked 10, and now you get to see these characters come to life.
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Episode 97 - True or False
Release Date: 2013-06-26Callers tell stories and our panel has to decide if they are true or not.
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Episode 98 - Leaked E-mails
Release Date: 2013-07-03Following the lead of Edward Snowden, Gethard decides to leak all emails and text messages associated with this week's show.
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Episode 99 - Looking at Dicks for an Hour: A New Low
Release Date: 2013-07-10Four adult men look at each other's dicks for an hour.
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Episode 100 - Hundo
Release Date: 2013-07-17Chris gives a State of The TCGS speech while getting speech jammed.
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Episode 101 - Glory Hole Kissing Booth
Release Date: 2013-07-31With special guests Aidy Bryant and Vanessa Bayer, the panel is challenged to guess the lips of TCGS characters by kissing them in the first ever Glory Hole Kissing Booth.
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Episode 102 - Destroy-A-Toy
Release Date: 2013-08-07Bobby Moynihan loves toys. Callers decide which challenges Bobby has to endure in order to save toys from destruction.
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Episode 103 - Turtle Birthday
Release Date: 2013-08-14We have a birthday for a Turtle.
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Episode 104 - Space Battle
Release Date: 2013-08-21The Human Fish has been captured by an alien and only a board-game based space battle captained by Mad Men's Rich Sommer can get him back.
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Episode 105 - Caller Critiques
Release Date: 2013-08-28Jake Fogelnest joins the panel to critique our callers.
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Episode 106 - The Villain's Journey
Release Date: 2013-09-04Is Random Messenger Bag truly a hero or just a man who has yet to be properly tested? Also, the Front Bottoms join us and make our audience go crazy.
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Episode 107 - We Got Nothing 2
Release Date: 2013-09-11We got nothing. The only things we got are Quitzow who mesmerizes our audience in dancing a lot.
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Episode 108 - The Mole
Release Date: 2013-09-18Someone leaked confidential information to Gimghoul Castle in North Carolina, which begs us to ask the question: Who is the goddamn mole?
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Episode 109 - The Beef Off 2
Release Date: 2013-09-25Will Rob Malone defend his title? Will Jersey Dave repeat his first round failure from TBO1? Only the beefy will survive.
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Episode 110 - Olympic Training
Release Date: 2013-10-02Callers help us train Connor Ratliff in possible events for the upcoming Summer Olympics. Will he find his event?
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Episode 111 - We Watch You
Release Date: 2013-10-09We use Skype to watch our audience watch us.
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Episode 112 - TCGS Half Hour + Saddle Bee Neigh T Hive
Release Date: 2013-10-16TCGS performs a half-hour opener for the hit live variety sketch show Saddle-Bee Neigh-t Hive starring Horse and Bee. Griffin Newman is the special guest on TCGS as well as the host of SNH.
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Episode 113 - Mike at the Library
Release Date: 2013-10-23We let a guy from Cornell lead us around his school library via Skype for a full hour.
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Episode 114 - Rid Us of This Cursed Doll
Release Date: 2013-10-30We have a haunted doll. We want to give it to you. By the end of this show one of you will get it and all of the curses that come with it.
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Episode 115 - Open for Delivery
Release Date: 2013-11-06Viewers send things to the studio and we just sit back and let the fun come to us.
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Episode 116 - Place Your Bets
Release Date: 2013-11-13You make bets, we do them.
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Episode 117 - A Big Announcement
Release Date: 2013-11-20A big announcement. Anything can happen. No cool kids.
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Episode 118 - Sandwich Night Br3advolution
Release Date: 2013-11-27The third annual Sandwich Night. The biggest crowd, the most sandwiches, and calls from other sandwich celebrations.
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Episode 119 - Scare the Shit Out of Bethany
Release Date: 2013-12-04We try to make Bethany Hall cry live on air with help from horror actress Blanche Baker and the sick and twisted minds of our callers.
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Episode 120 - The Cream Wedding
Release Date: 2013-12-11The wedding you've all been waiting for: The Guy Who Likes Cream But Not Too Much Cream & His Personal Barista. Love, laughs, and - drama?
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Episode 121 - The Human Fish Gets Waxed
Release Date: 2014-04-02The Human Fish gets waxed. With special guest Sal Vulcano, and musical guest Wheatus.
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Episode 122 - Tell Us Something You've Never Told Anyone
Release Date: 2014-04-09Chris Gethard and the panel ask the callers to tell them something they have never told anyone before.
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Episode 123 - J.D.'s Nightmare
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Episode 124 - I'm Nervous All the Time
Release Date: 2014-04-24Planned to be about nervousness regarding the future. Instead, a completely unplanned chant of "eat more butts" broke out at the beginning then lasted almost fifteen full minutes.
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Episode 125 - Say It to My Face
Release Date: 2014-04-30Chris Gethard invited fellow MNN producers who have been talking shit to come on air and talk it out. None of them show up.
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Episode 126 - Don Fanelli Builds a Human Size Bird House
Release Date: 2014-05-07Don Fanelli builds a human size bird house. A callback from the very first episode.
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Episode 127 - Paintin' Faces with Diana Kolsky
Release Date: 2014-05-14Diana Kolsky face paints panelists.
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Episode 128 - Spanish Calls Only
Release Date: 2014-05-21An episode where only Spanish is allowed to be spoken.
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Episode 129 - How Would You Fight Me?
Release Date: 2014-05-28Callers were asked to call in and describe how they would fight Chris Gethard.
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Episode 130 - Straight Up Phone Sex
Release Date: 2014-06-04Callers were asked to call in and have phone sex with various members of our panel, and our very special guest, Hannibal Buress.
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Episode 131 - Talkin' Teenz
Release Date: 2014-06-11Chris Gethard invites a Canadian teenager to interview the panel about comedy and teenagers.
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Episode 132 - Juan in a Million
Release Date: 2014-06-18The Chris Gethard Show celebrates the long time creative contributor Juan in a live retrospective.
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Episode 133 - The Night of Zero Laughs V
Release Date: 2014-06-25The Night Of Zero Laughs V. If you laugh, you get eliminated.
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Episode 134 - The First Call Show
Release Date: 2014-07-02The first person to call in decides the topic of the entire episode.
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Episode 135 - We Aren't Done Talking About Wrestling Yet
Release Date: 2014-07-09Special guest Eddie Kingston in studio to help us work on the ancient art of cutting wrestling promos.
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Episode 136 - Talk About Whatever You Want (But We Recommend Professional Wrestling)
Release Date: 2014-07-16"El Matador" Tito Santana and SNL's Brooks Wheelan are joining us to talk about pro wrestling for the third week in a row.
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Episode 137 - Why Did You Stop Watching the Chris Gethard Show?
Release Date: 2014-07-23No characters, no costumes, no musical guest, no house band, no hula hooping. Just taking calls from people who used to watch the show but don't anymore, so they can say why.
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Episode 138 - ShoutOutTV Presents the Booty Shake Hour with Bo Montez
Release Date: 2014-07-30Bo Montez takes over the The Chris Gethard Show time slot, so get ready to shake your rumps for a full hour of debauchery.
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Episode 139 - I Can Do Bad All by Myself
Release Date: 2014-08-06There are no camera operators, floor managers, or any crew, Chris Gethard takes over all the reins with musical guest Mal Blum.
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Episode 140 - 18th Century American Gladiators
Release Date: 2014-08-13The Chris Gethard Show traveled back to the 1700s to see some of our nation's founding fathers compete against audience members in a series of ill advised and very 18th Century events with music by Open Mike Eagle and Hannibal Buress.
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Episode 141 - Should We Keep Doing the Show?
Release Date: 2014-08-20The Chris Gethard Show has a simple call in topic this week - "Should we keep doing this show?" with music by Black Wine.
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Episode 142 - The Hallowcane Squeezetacular
Release Date: 2012-10-31Due to Hurricane Sandy shutting down most of New York, TCGS is forced to put on an impromptu Halloween Party and Live Show direct from Chris' actual bedroom. Cast and crew walked from the far corners of New York to get there and what unfolded was a last-second completely unplanned episode of TCGS. We try to scare Bethany, hear some great music, and endorse products since we're not on the public access airwaves.
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Episode 143 - 12 Hours of Election Coverage
Release Date: 2012-11-06