It is (was) Groundhog Day, meaning this episode is filled with all sorts of references to everybody’s existential comedy…and the disclosure of a deep, dark secret held by both Pete Maybe and myself that threatens to turn you, the listener, against us like nothing else we have revealed before. […]
Before we start the episode summary, friend of the show (who’s slumming hard by being cool with us), author Mike Sacks, has released an audiobook version of his latest masterwork, Stinker Lets Loose, featuring an all-star cast of Jon Hamm, Andy Richter, Paul F. Tompkins and countless others. The tale […]
I read an article about how to craft catchier post titles, so enjoy the result of that. We do talk the Aziz Ansari case, though (if you’re unfamiliar, listen to the episode and, behold, you’re all caught up), and I tell a story from my personal life in a semi-similar […]
An abridged show filled with twice the laughs (go go power of suggestion!). I spill the beans on a crazy thing I did to spice up my New Year’s Eve, and the rest of the guys in studio (including longtime former radio friend Ajay Atayee) talk about their nights as […]
The Internet’s feel-good story of the week, bullied Brandon Jones being embraced by the online community, took its inevitable nosedive when it was revealed Brandon’s parents had white power ties. We give you the details that have come to light because, if we can’t celebrate the 48-hour rise and fall […]
Mere days after being harassed on Twitter for a Tweet that some people deemed homophobic, August Ames, a young, beautiful adult star, took her own life. It’s a tragedy on countless levels, all of which we explore on the latest episode of the Papa’s Basement Show. On top of that, […]
Fans of the show are well aware of the saga that played out with Chris Lingebach a few months ago (you can catch up with everything here). Well, comedian Brendan Cooney, a mutual friend, snuck Chris in studio for an attempt at on-air reconciliation. What follows is 90 minutes of […]
…in spirit! In studio in spirit. There, now that you’ve clicked AND I’m legally off the hook, I hope you enjoy the episode. Producer Pete revisits his bombshell revelation from last week’s episode (that Kevin Spacey hounded him for play for years. He actually did, this isn’t like the Louis […]
For as long as I’ve known Pete, he has sat on an incredibly cool morsel of news. It’s something I never pressed him to mention on-air because, frankly, it was his business. But, given what’s been one of the largest stories in the news this week, I thought it was […]
