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  1. Remembering Tiffany Haddish’s Heartbreaking and Hilarious Trip to ‘The […]Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. Even more than WTF, Paul Gilmartin’s […]
  2. The Harris Wittels Episode of ‘WTF’ Provides Fascinating Insight into a […]Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. Comedian, podcaster, television […]
  3. The First Episode of ‘Hard Nation’ Is a Relic of a More Hopeful, Less […]Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time Here at Pod-Canon, we like to […]
  4. Brett Gelman’s Classic “iBrain” Bit Helped ‘Comedy Death-Ray/Bang Bang’ […]Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. The 35th episode of Comedy Bang […]
  5. Don DiMello’s ‘Eye on Theatre’ Found Andy Daly’s ‘Podcast Pilot Project’ […]Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. The world may a cesspool and the […]
  6. ‘Hollywood Handbook’s ‘Pro Version’ Gets Off to a Terrific Start with the […]Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. Hayes Davenport and Sean Clements’ […]
  7. ‘The Onion’s ‘A Very Fatal Murder’ Is a Sly, Pitch-Perfect Parody of Crime […]Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. Crime podcasts like Serial are […]
  8. The First Recorded Episode of ‘The Dead Authors Podcast’ Offers a […]Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. The Dead Authors Podcast ended its […]
  9. ‘Comedy Bang Bang’s “Best of 2017” Is Another Worthy Entry into an […]Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. For pretty much any other podcast, […]
  10. Bob Zmuda’s ‘Fitzdog Radio’ Interview with Greg Fitzsimmons Represents […]Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. For fans of morbidly fascinating […]
  11. Jessica St. Clair and Lennon Parham’s ‘Womp It Up!’ Triumphantly Returned […]Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. When Womp It Up, dynamic comedy duo […]
  12. Prepare for ‘The Disaster Artist’ with a Long-Ago Episode of ‘How Did This […]Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. How Did This Get Made hosts Paul […]
  13. When Mario and Cappy Stopped by for a Particularly Surreal Episode of […]Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. Earwolf’s political talk spoof Hard […]
  14. Christmas Invades Halloween in an Instant-Classic Episode of ‘With Special […]Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. Lauren Lapkus and Paul F. Tompkins’ […]
  15. Marabel May Offers Uniquely Worthless Advice on Matrimony in ‘The Complete […]Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. As readers of this column are well […]
  16. Ralphie May’s ‘WTF’ Revealed the Smart, Thoughtful, and Sensitive Soul […]Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. When Marc Maron began recording […]
  17. When ‘We Hate Movies’ Mined the Misguided ‘My Father the Hero’ for […]Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. They say that if something exists, […]
  18. With ‘Hollywood Masterclass,’ Sean Clements Goes Solo But Remains […]Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. This has been a very strange, […]
  19. ‘The Complete Man’ Offers a Masculine Take on the Poisonously Sexist, […]Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. I was such a big fan of The Complete […]
  20. The Perfect Double Tribute: The ‘B*A*P*S’ Episode of ‘The Flop House’Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. There are certain incontrovertible […]
  21. The First-Ever Episode of ‘Comedy Death-Ray’ Is an Embryonic Look at a […]Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. Comedy Bang Bang recently celebrated […]
  22. When ‘The Mental Illness Happy Hour’ Revealed Glynn Washington’s […]Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. In times of trouble and turmoil, I […]
  23. The Aleister Crowley Episode of ‘The Dead Authors Podcast’ Is Devilishly […]Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. Live podcasts can be a tricky beast, […]
  24. The ‘Deadpool’ Episode of ‘Hollywood Handbook’ Is Roughly a Million Times […]Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. I finally caught up with the […]
  25. ‘Classic Showbiz’ Tells the Fascinating Story of Forgotten Gay Comedy […]Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. Comedy historian Kliph Nesteroff’s […]
  26. Jesse Camp and Mike Denied Hijacked ‘Going Off Track’ in a Bizarre, […]Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. Former MTV personality Jesse Camp is […]
  27. Anne Heche and Onur Tukel Thoroughly Embarrassed Themselves on a Morbidly […]Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. As readers of this column perhaps […]
  28. ‘Analyze Phish’ Took a Sharp Turn Towards the Tragic in the Painfully […]Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. When I was a guest on Harris Wittels […]
  29. A Recommendation: ‘Cosmic Bowl’ from ‘The Flop House’I will concede upfront that I am a soft touch for Cosmic Bowl, the maiden entry in what will hopefully be an ongoing series of horror-anthology […]
  30. The First Annual Harris Phest Honors a True Comic Original Some deaths remain fresh wounds that refuse to heal or dissipate with time. They remain eternally painful. The deaths of Johnny Cash and […]
  31. ‘Saturday Night Live’s ‘Studio 60’ MomentFor comedy professionals in particular, Aaron Sorkin’s hilariously self-righteous camp classic Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip has to be one of […]
  32. In Praise of James Urbaniak’s Grant Grunderschmidt on ‘Review’Like Da Ali G. Show and Nathan for You, Review is audacious and fearless in the way that it continually ratchets up the stakes and the danger […]
  33. ‘Complete Joy’ Is a Hilariously Grim, Worthy Follow-Up to ‘The Complete […] Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. The 2015 cult mini-series The […]
  34. You Don’t Have to Love ‘Banshee’ to Love the ‘Fanshee’ Episodes of ‘High & […]As I have documented endlessly in my Pod-Canon column, podcasting lends itself to intensity and fandom on both sides of the coin. Podcasters […]
  35. Remembering Chuck Barris, Accidental Comedy PioneerWhen she stumbles upon me chuckling at something she finds bewildering, my wife periodically asks me, “Is this that anti-comedy you like?” […]
  36. ‘Missing Richard Simmons’ Is a Fascinating, Frustrating Exploration of a […] Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. In this column I have written […]
  37. ‘The Long Shot’ Explores the Complex Relationship Between a Podcast and […] Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. There’s something about the […]
  38. The ‘Manifesto’ Episode of ‘Last Podcast on the Left’ Found Laughs in the […] Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. When seemingly sane, normal people […]
  39. The ‘High and Mighty’/’Hollywood Handbook’/Joe Wengert Trilogy Is Three […] Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. Sean Clements and Hayes […]
  40. Bob Zmuda on Gilbert Gottfried’s Podcast Provided a Fascinating Glimpse […] As he will be the first to let you know, Bob Zmuda is a very important man. He is, as he has doggedly chronicled through the decades, the man […]
  41. ‘I Was There Too’ Revealed Charming Secrets and Behind-the-Scenes Stories […] Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. Early in the Star Wars Holiday […]
  42. The Classic ‘Best Show’ Bit “The Auteur’ Is Once Again Timely Thanks to […] Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. I’m 40, and for folks of my […]
  43. John Moe’s New Podcast ‘The Hilarious World of Depression’ Is Fascinating […] Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. If you’re anything like me, you […]
  44. David Rakoff and Julie Klausner on ‘How Was Your Week’ Was Heartbreaking […] Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. The end of one year and beginning […]
  45. ‘Popstar’, the Very Underrated and Slyly Incisive Lonely Island Movie2016 was a very, very bad year no matter how you slice it. In tough times, comedy is often a form of escape that people turn to when they need […]
  46. The ‘Oh, Hello!’ Guys Brought Hilarity to a Special Episode of ‘2 Dope […] Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. It’s strange to me that the […]
  47. Charlotte Listler Had an Unexpected Rival For Marissa Wompler’s Loyalties […] Few podcasts are as dependent upon the chemistry of their hosts as Womp It Up! Jessica St. Clair’s dark effervescence helped make incompetent […]
  48. The Last ‘With Special Guest Lauren Lapkus’ for a While Is One for the Ages The exquisitely silly “Generations” episode of With Special Guest Lauren Lapkus was released on November 11th, 2016, and, to this day, is the […]
  49. In the Wake of Trump’s Election, Revisiting President Obama’s Visit to […] Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. The widespread shock and despair […]
  50. ‘Bad With Money’ Is an Essential New Podcast About Our Tortured […] Pod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. Talking about money remains one of […]
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