Episode 018: Mike Wilson

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This week, the guys play host to hilarious comedian and master impressionist MIKE WILSON, who does more than 700 voices and is up for Entertainer of the Year on Princess Cruises! They also break down Harvard's punishment of students who join single-gender campus groups (that means you, frats and sororities!), whether air conditioning is sexist and the family that beat the hell out of each other on video at Disneyland!

Original Broadcast Date: 7/13/19

Episode 017: Andrew Dice Clay

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Andrew Dice Clay is one of the few comics to last three decades on his own highly controversial terms - and he's about to make headlines again on a national tour with the equally outrageous Roseanne. He talks with the guys about that sure-to-be-wild tour, as well as what it's taken to stay on top in the comedy biz for so long, his surprisingly acclaimed dramatic acting career and how he scored the role of Lady Gaga's father in "A Star Is Born" over Robert DeNiro and Ray Liotta.

Antonio and Carl plus guest host Kevin Corcoran have some laughs over the Colin Kaepernick/Nike Betsy Ross shoe controversy, consider whether they'd give their 5-year old kid CBD oil, and freak out over what happened to a guy who died the grossest imaginable death after eating a gecko on a dare. Man Up and listen!

Original Broadcast Date: 7/6/19

Episode 016: Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa

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The guys welcome ROBERTO AGUIRRE-SACASA, the creator of Riverdale and Chilling Adventures of Sabrina - two of the most popular shows on the planet- to talk in a rare interview about those shows and his new play Good Boys at the Pasadena Playhouse! Along the way they talk about the Duke lacrosse scandal, parental outrage, boycotts, and the tragic death of Luke Perry.

Original Broadcast Date: 6/22/19

Episode 015: Tom Dreesen

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This week's a hot one, with the Ron and Carl discussing the robot takeover of the American workforce (and wondering if robots mean Carl will finally get some action?!), plus Justin Bieber's bizarre UFC Octagon challenge to Tom Cruise, and the Bonehead of the Week - the Human Ken Doll! Plus they hear the amazing life stories of comedy legend TOM DREESEN, one of four comics invited onto David Letterman's show every year of his 30-year career and performed as Frank Sinatra's opening act for decades!

Original Broadcast Date: 6/15/19

Episode 014: Tom Papa Redux

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This week we riff on Meryl Streep taking the side of men and saying there's no such thing as toxic masculinity, discuss Harrison Ford's announcement that he's starting to shoot Indiana Jones 5 at age 78 and wonder how THAT’S gonna work out and how old is too old to be an action hero? Plus we salute our Hero of the Week - a guy who's found a way to donate more than 600 pairs of shoes to the homeless of Chicago!

Original Broadcast Date: 6/8/16

Episode 013: The Babylon Bee

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THE BABYLON BEE (www.babylonbee.com) is one of the funniest satire sites in America, taking aim at the left particularly but hitting just about everyone from a Christian yet undeniably hilarious point of view. Two of its three-member team, ETHAN NICOLLE and KYLE MANN reveal themselves as the wizards behind it all on this very funny episode. The hosts also discover the hypocritical male-female pay differences in presidential candidate Kamala Harris' campaign, point out how insanely difficult it is to meet a woman in China, and spotlight a guy who managed to scam KFC out of a year's worth of chicken by pretending to be from the home office!

Original Broadcast Date: 5/25/19

Episode 012: AJ Jacobs

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This week, Antonio Delgado and Carl Kozlowski are joined again by guest host Kevin Corcoran for what might be our funniest interview yet! The guys talk about the release of serial pervert and former Congressman Anthony Weiner's release from prison (lock up your wives and daughters!), the bizarre court case involving a defective condom in a Yale sexual encounter, and a guy who dressed up in a suit and took a limo around South Africa just so he could scam free chicken dinners from KFC for a year! Our special guest is AJ JACOBS, who discusses his long and insanely funny career as an immersive journalist with the New York Times #1 best sellers The Year of Living Biblically and Drop Dead Healthy

Original Broadcast Date: 5/18/19

Episode 011: Pete Holmes

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PETE HOLMES is a comic with a lot on his mind, including a spiritual quest to find a connection with the divine that has taken him on all sorts of interesting paths. He's also funny as hell, of course, and he sat in with host Carl Kozlowski and guest hosts Kevin Corcoran and Adam Gropman to discuss his new memoir Comedy Sex God and his just-ended terrific HBO sitcom Crashing, and of course, the meaning of life and the universe. Plus, they discuss the latest in the NXVIM sex cult trial and how cult leaders manage to have such game over women, and explore the terrifying wonders of jeados and janties.

Original Broadcast Date: 5/11/19

Episode 010: Bob Eubanks

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BOB EUBANKS made America laugh throughout the '70s and '80s as the host of the outrageous Newlywed Game and Card Sharks. He also co-hosted coverage of the Rose Parade before a worldwide audience of 50 million for 40 years. But his best-kept-secret- and best stories - come from the fact that he's the man who brought The Beatles to America for their three years of Hollywood Bowl shows! The guys interview him along with discussing the decline and fall of the Hooters empire, the fact Sports Illustrated put a Muslim model in a burkini in the latest swimsuit issue, the amount of violence in superhero movies and the incredible story of two burglars working together who each separately butt-dialed 911 on their cellphones to get themselves arrested!

Original Broadcast Date: 5/4/19

Episode 009: Tom Papa

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Superstar stand up comic TOM PAPA - author of the #1 bestselling book Your Dad Stole My Rake: And Other Family Dilemmas, host of the Food Network show Baked and head writer of the smash-hit radio show Live from Here - joins the guys, who also discuss the comedian who was elected president in the Ukraine, Elizabeth Warren's Robin Hood plan to wipe out student debt, the crazy new device called the Babypod that moms can put up their hoo-has to play music directly to their unborn babies, and the Bonehead of the Week: a Chinese woman who threw coins at a departing plane for good luck and caused it to be grounded for over an hour when the coins got stuck in the engine. You can't miss this! 

Original Broadcast Date: 4/27/19

Episode 008: Paul Rodriguez

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PAUL RODRIGUEZ is one of Comedy Central's 100 Greatest Standups of All Time. He joins MAN UP to talk about the state of comedy, Paul's amazing 40 year career, the arrest of Julian Assange and whether he really spread poop around the Ecuadorian embassy, the heroic priest who saved Jesus' Crown of Thorns from the burning Notre Dame Cathedral, and our Bonehead of the Week - a man who crashed his car into a Carl's Jr., stripped naked and stabbed a man at a McDonalds before being shot dead by the Mickey D's security guard. Talk about manning up! 

Original Broadcast Date: 4/20/19

Episode 005: Barry Katz

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BARRY KATZ, the comedy mega-manager who made Dane Cook the biggest comic on the planet since Steve Martin in the 70s and oversees the careers of countless other comedy stars. He talks about what makes a great comic, how PC fanatics and the #MeToo movement are affecting comedy and much more. 

Original Broadcast Date: 3/30/19

Episode 004: Rick Springfield

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Hosts Antonio Delgado and Carl Kozlowski are joined by new occasional host Zo Rachel - one of American media's fastest-rising black conservatives to interview RICK SPRINGFIELD, the man behind Jessie's Girl but has an amazing career with a dozen other Top 40 hits, two acclaimed books, tons of acting, and a new tour of his greatest hits with a full orchestra.  

Original Broadcast Date: 3/23/19

 

Episode 003: Scott Adams

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The guys take on the mystery of what Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez did with a missing million dollars in campaign funds, the controversy over Drag Queen Story Hour for young kids, laugh at the rapper who had a half MILLION dollars in jewelry stolen while eating at a Cracker Barrel, and have a great interview with SCOTT ADAMS, the creator of Dilbert and author of the bestselling book Win Bigly, as he explains why he's impressed by Donald Trump while describing his own politics as "left of Bernie Sanders."

Original Broadcast Date: 3/16/19

Episode 002: Danny Seraphine

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The guys take on the ridiculous onslaught of transgender athletes, show how you can build a vacation around staying on the set of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, praise Jon Stewart's congressional appearance to raise money for 9/11 first responders (and his praise of Trump's handling of the funds), and then have an in-depth talk with Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and founding drummer for the legendary band CHICAGO, Danny Seraphine about his surprising 50-year history in the music biz. 

Original Broadcast Date: 3/9/19

Episode 001: Brian Kiley

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Antonio and Carl discuss the bizarre story of actor Jussie Smollet and his incredible deception, the stupidity of one sporting good store owner's protest against Nike's Colin Kaepernick ads, Barack Obama’s surprisingly heroic speech to young African-American men, and then interview comic Brian Kiley, the head monologue writer for the TBS show CONAN and one of David Letterman's all-time favorite comics.

Original Broadcast Date: 3/2/19