This week, host Jesse David Fox sits down with the dynamic duo behind Garfunkel and Oates: Riki Lindhome and Kate Micucci! The actors and comedy singer-songwriters first came together to write and record music as a result of the Writer's Guild of America strike of 2008. Since then the pair have been prolific; they have three studio albums: All Over Your Face, Slippery When Moist, Secretions, had their own TV show in 2013 self-titled Garfunkel and Oates, and have written numerous songs for TV and...
May 13, 2021•1 hr 13 min•Season 7Ep. 64
This week, Good One goes international with the Indian comedian and actor, Vir Das! Since 2017, Vir has released four specials on Netflix. In 2021, Vir started doing something called 10 on 10, 10 minute specials released on the 10th of every month. Filmed in a secret stage, deep in the forests of Goa. Jesse zoomed Vir to discuss the first special in the series, which was about religion. As noted in the interview, India is experiencing record high covid cases. Here are some links to more informat...
May 06, 2021•1 hr 23 min•Season 7Ep. 63
This week's Good One features Howie Mandel! Celebrated stand up comedian and TV host, Howie got his start at the Comedy Store in LA in the late '70s. He's known for roles in St. Elsewhere, Bobby's World, Deal or No Deal, America's Got Talent, and so much more. You can stream his podcast, Howie Mandel Does Stuff, wherever you get your podcasts. Follow Howie on Twitter and on Instagram . Follow Jesse David Fox on Twitter and Instagram . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/ad...
Apr 29, 2021•1 hr 20 min•Season 7Ep. 62
This week, host Jesse David Fox sits down with English comedian James Acaster. James has a record breaking number of consecutive nominations for Best Show at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, a four hour stand up mini series named Repertoire, and in 2019 completed an insanely long tour for his most recent and hugely successful show, Cold Lasagne Hate Myself 1999. He and Jesse dissect a ~20 minute story from this newest special regarding James's infamous stint on the Great British Bake Off. You can'...
Apr 22, 2021•2 hr 13 min•Season 7Ep. 61
Kenan Thompson and collaborator Bryan Tucker have been working on SNL together for years. In August 2017, they debuted Kenan’s take on NBA personality Lavar Ball. It went over so well that the impression returned for three additional Weekend Updates. Jesse asks Kenan and Bryan about how they come up with their best work that spans 16 seasons of SNL. Watch Kenan and SNL on NBC or stream them on Peacock. Follow Kenan Thompson on Twitter and on Instagram . Follow Bryan Tucker on Twitter . Follow Je...
Apr 15, 2021•1 hr 13 min•Season 7Ep. 60
Today's guest is Jamie Lee: stand-up comedian, actor and established television writer/producer known for starring as Ali Reissen, the female lead in the second season of the Judd Apatow-produced HBO series Crashing, opposite Pete Holmes. You also know her from being one of the core cast members of MTV’s hit show “Girl Code,” her role as Co-Executive Producer on the mega-hit Apple Plus series Ted Lasso (which won her two WGA Awards), and her 2016 debut book Weddiculous (Harper Collins), which ha...
Apr 08, 2021•1 hr 25 min•Season 7Ep. 59
On this episode of Good One, host Jesse David Fox sits down with Vulture staff writer Kathryn VanArendonk to talk about the idea of "women in comedy" as a concept. This comes as a response to FX's new documentary about—you guessed it—women in comedy: Hysterical. Watch Hysterical on FX April 2nd, and on Hulu thereafter. You can follow Kathryn VanArendonk on Twitter . Follow Jesse David Fox on Twitter and Instagram . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Apr 01, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Season 7Ep. 58
On this week’s episode of Good One, host Jesse David Fox sits down with the legendary Margaret Cho! A San Francisco-bred comic, Cho started her career at just 14. Now nearly 40 years later, Margaret is not only a household name, but as Jesse sees it, “one of the most important comedians of the last 30 years.” Together, the two chat about the recent violence against Asians and Asian-Americans in America, the comedy scene in the 80s and 90s, and making samurai faces. Stream Revolution on Video on ...
Mar 25, 2021•1 hr 10 min•Season 7Ep. 57
Nate Bargatze is one of the the few comedians whose funniness Jesse couldn't fully put his finger on. He wrote about Nate's Dead Horse joke in April 2018 after Nate performed a shortened version of it on Jimmy Fallon. It was an atypical joke for late night not only because of the length of the joke, but because it was a story about an actual dead horse. But Nate pulled it off, and he pulled it off again in his 2019 Netflix special The Tennessee Kid. Nate talks to Jesse about how he balances punc...
Mar 18, 2021•1 hr 22 min
This week’s guest is none other than writer and stand up Fortune Feimster. Fortune made her TV debut on Last Comic Standing in 2010, and is known for roles in The Mindy Project, Office Christmas Party, and the upcoming Netflix film Yes Day. Fortune sat down with host Jesse David Fox to chat about Hooters, growing up in the south, and sharing her coming out story on stage. You can watch Sweet and Salty on Netflix. You can watch Yes Day on Netflix starting March 12th. Follow Fortune on Twitter and...
Mar 11, 2021•1 hr 21 min•Season 7Ep. 55
This month, host Jesse David Fox dives into a world he’s never been before… Youtube. More specifically, Youtube drama/tea channels. So to help, Jesse sits down with stand up, sketch, and improv comedian Dennis Feitosa. In addition to giving Jesse a quick Youtube explainer, Dennis breaks down his successful parody Youtube commentary/drama/news/tea channel, and the character he created at the center of it all: a UCLA student and/or cat called Def Noodles. You can watch Def Noodles on Youtube. Foll...
Mar 04, 2021•1 hr 22 min•Season 7Ep. 54
This week, host Jesse David Fox sits down with stand-up comedian Brian Regan. In the business for 40 years, Brian is known for his observational & squeaky clean comedy. Jesse and Brian chat about "dumb" comedy, connecting with audiences right away, and OCD. You can listen to the Epitome of Hyperbole wherever you stream music, or rent it on VOD. You can stream On the Rocks on Netflix. Follow Brian on Twitter and on Instagram . Follow Jesse David Fox on Twitter and Instagram . Learn more about...
Feb 25, 2021•1 hr 27 min•Season 7Ep. 53
This week, host Jesse David Fox sits down with legendary Washington, D.C. comedian Tony Woods. In 2019, when Dave Chappelle won the Mark Twain Prize, the first person he thanked was Tony, saying where when Miles Davis was coming up he tried to play like Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie, “I was trying to play like you.” Chappelle added, “You were the first person I ever saw do it absolutely right.” Jesse and Tony talk about his influential style, playing all around the world, Def Comedy Jam , a...
Feb 16, 2021•1 hr 13 min•Season 7Ep. 52
This week, Good One revisits one of our favorite interviews: the Lucas Brothers! Kenny and Keith Lucas, aka comedy duo The Lucas Brothers, sit down with Jesse to discuss a joke-in-progress about Bertrand Russell's A History of Western Philosophy. The two reflect on their relationship as brothers, identical twins, writing partners, travel companions, and performers while musing on the intersection of comedy and philosophy. Watch the Lucas Brothers' special on Netflix, and watch Judas and the Blac...
Feb 09, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Season 7Ep. 51
This week, host Jesse David Fox sits down with British stand-up comedian, writer, actor, and host London Hughes! In 2019, London performed her stand-up show “To Catch a Dick” at the 2019 Edinburgh Festival Fringe Festival, where she was the first British Black woman to be nominated for the Dave Edinburgh Comedy ‘Best Show’ Award. In early 2020, London moved to L.A. and recorded the show as her debut comedy special. Jesse and London chat double standards for dating male and female comedians, a fa...
Feb 02, 2021•1 hr 10 min•Season 7Ep. 50
This week, host Jesse David Fox is joined by Borat Subsequent Moviefilm's director, Jason Woliner! Jason is a comedy director and writer, known for his work on MTV's Human Giant and Adult Swim's Eagleheart, to name a few; but today, he sat down with Jesse to chat about all the crazy things that go into making a film like Borat. From disguises to off camera improvising, Jason takes Jesse through them all! Watch Borat Subsequent Moviefilm on Amazon. Follow Jason Woliner on Twitter . Follow Jesse D...
Jan 26, 2021•1 hr 32 min•Season 7Ep. 49
In this bonus episode of Good One, host Jesse David Fox sits down to talk to Hollywood Handbook podcast host and former comedy writer Hayes Davenport about pivoting from a career as a sitcom show runner to working in local politics. Listen to Hollywood Handbook wherever you get your podcasts. Follow Hayes Davenport on Twitter . Follow Jesse David Fox on Twitter and Instagram . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Jan 19, 2021•33 min•Season 7Ep. 48
This week is President-Elect Joe Biden's Inauguration! And President Donald Trump's final days in office. In honor of this presidential transition, host Jesse David Fox sat down with five different comedians to discuss how Trump changed the nature of comedy—for better or for worse. Guests featured by order of appearance: Jenny Hagel: twitter Sarah Cooper: twitter & instagram Anthony Atamanuik: twitter & instagram Roy Wood Jr.: twitter & instagram Ayo Edebiri: twitter & instagram ...
Jan 19, 2021•1 hr 28 min•Season 7Ep. 47
This week, host Jesse David Fox sits. down with former SNL cast member, Bobby Moynihan. Bobby started out in improv at the Upright Citizens Brigade in NYC, and spent 9 seasons on SNL. In addition to being a prolific voice actor, Bobby also stars in the new Tina Fey and Robert Carlock NBC sitcom, Mr. Mayor. Bobby and Jesse unpack his Janet Peckinpaugh sketches, chat about some highs and lows of working at SNL, and more. You can watch Mr. Mayor on NBC Thursday nights, and Saturday Night Live on NB...
Jan 12, 2021•1 hr 34 min•Season 7Ep. 46
This week, host Jesse David Fox previews his new Patreon podcast, The Specials. Along with his co-host, Dave Schilling, and producer, Jessamine Molli, each episode they watch a noteworthy stand-up special from the history of comedy and have as much fun as possible analyzing it as deeply as they can. The first episode, which we are sharing here, is a breakdown of Dave Chappelle's 2000 HBO special, Killin' Them Softly. In between discussions of some of the best jokes of the 21st century, Fox, Schi...
Jan 05, 2021•1 hr 20 min•Season 7Ep. 45
As this crazy year comes to a close, host Jesse David Fox and Vulture staff writer Kathryn VanArendonk review her rankings of the best comedy specials of 2020. The specials discussed, in order of Kathryn's ranking: 10. Taylor Tomlinson, Quarter-Life Crisis (Netflix) 9. Hannah Gadsby, Douglas (Netflix) 8. Leslie Jones, Time Machine (Netflix) 7. Patton Oswalt, I Love Everything (Netflix) 6. Hannibal Buress, Miami Nights (Youtube) 5. Kevin Hart, 0 F**ks Given (Netflix) 4. Maria Bamford, Weakness Is...
Dec 22, 2020•1 hr 38 min•Season 7Ep. 44
This week, for part two of Good One's series on comedy in book form, host Jesse David Fox sits down with beloved blogger and personal friend, Kelly Conaboy! Kelly is a Brooklyn-based writer who most recently was writer-at-large at New York Magazine’s The Cut. Before that, she was a writer at the Hairpin, Gawker, and Videogum. If you remember these now-defunct websites for being staples in the golden blogging era that was the 2010s, then you'll love today's episode as Jesse and Kelly take a trip ...
Dec 15, 2020•1 hr 12 min•Season 7Ep. 43
This week is part one of Good One’s two-part series on written comedy, you know, comedy in ~book form~ Host Jesse David Fox’s guest this week is humorist David Sedaris, the bestselling author of the books Calypso , Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls , Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim , and many more. He is also a regular contributor to The New Yorker. The pair sit down and chat about how David’s writing process compares to that of a stand up’s, what type of person makes a good character, an...
Dec 08, 2020•1 hr 31 min•Season 7Ep. 42
This week, host Jesse David Fox sits down with comedian, writer, and voice actor Natalie Palamides! Natalie is known for voicing Buttercup in the most recent Powerpuff Girls iteration, and for winning Best Newcomer at the 2017 Edinburgh Comedy Awards. In today’s episode, Natalie joins Jesse to chat about her new special, Nate, which premieres *today* on Netflix! In the one-woman show, Natalie Palamides plays Nate Palamino, a lovable idiot trying to figure out dating and overcome toxic masculinit...
Dec 01, 2020•1 hr 26 min•Season 7Ep. 41
This week, host Jesse David Fox talks to one of his favorite comedians, Chicago-native stand up, actor, and producer Hannibal Buress! Hannibal has racked up a myriad of credits ranging from his Comedy Central show Why? With Hannibal Buress, to the 2018 Baywatch reboot, and many more. In this episode, Jesse and Hannibal chat about his 2020 special Miami Nights, which comes after a four year gap after his last special, Comedy Camisado. The two talk about asthma, a late in life ADHD diagnosis, and ...
Nov 24, 2020•1 hr 28 min•Season 7Ep. 40
This week, host Jesse David Fox sits down with the Comics’ Comic, Colin Quinn. Colin is a stand-up comedian, writer, and actor. He’s best known for being an SNL cast member in the late 90s where he also anchored Weekend Update, with other credits including roles in the films Trainwreck and Grown Ups. In today’s episode, Jesse and Colin break down a joke from Colin Quinn & Friends: A Parking Lot Show, which is exactly what it sounds like: a comedy show in a parking lot, as part of our new nor...
Nov 17, 2020•59 min•Season 7Ep. 39
This week, host Jesse David Fox sat down with The Machine himself, Bert Kreischer, to find out the story behind the infamous story. Bert Kreischer is a legendary human: he got his start when he was profiled by Rolling Stone Magazine as the Top Partyer at the Top Party School in the nation, FSU. Soon after he moved to NYC, where six months in he was discovered by Will Smith, and started developing shows with him. For the next decade, he was a road comedian and a Travel Channel host. And then, his...
Nov 10, 2020•1 hr 59 min•Season 7Ep. 38
This week, we’re bringing you an extra fun episode in hopes it’ll help distract you, from, ehh, you know... And so with that in mind, host Jesse David Fox sat down with improviser and actor Lauren Lapkus, star of the Netflix comedy The Wrong Missy, part of Netflix’s The Characters special, and a comedy podcast icon (Comedy Bang Bang, With Special Guest Lauren Lapkus, Threedom, and The Newcomers). The two discuss her character Pamela from Big Bear, a character Lauren first performed on a With Spe...
Nov 03, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Season 7Ep. 37
In this rerun, host Jesse David Fox sits down with Gary Gulman to talk about a joke from his 2016 special It’s About Time. The joke is about an experience Gary had at Trader Joe’s, but it’s way, waaaaaaaay bigger than that. Gary takes his audience through TJ’s snack selection and into Narnia, making companions of old women on the Upper West Side, finally culminating in a rumination on the nature of New Yorkers and taking a stand when injustice rears its ugly head. Jesse and Gary dissect this jok...
Oct 27, 2020•1 hr 34 min•Season 7Ep. 36
This week, host Jesse David Fox sits down with New York stand-up comedian Shane Torres to discuss one of the greatest jokes of the last decade - Torres’s now legendary defense of Guy Fieri. Torres started working on the joke in 2016, after seeing Fieri used as a cliche example of someone who sucked. Quickly he realized he was onto something special and that there was room to build on it. A year later, the result was both hilarious and surprisingly poignant. After going viral in the summer of 201...
Oct 20, 2020•1 hr 10 min•Season 7Ep. 35
