The great and hilarious Norman Chad joins Jeff to talk Oscars, NCAA tourney, and Worst Gigs, Norm’s centering around a seedy harness race track in Maryland… I’ll let Norm take it from there. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 30, 2022•46 min
From his NCAA Tourney picks to his ever-linking ‘worst gig’ tales, former Black Crowes’ drummer Steve Gorman just keeps pounding away! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 23, 2022•53 min
ESPNU/“Full Ride” host Chris Childers picks Illinois to go to the Final Four and it’s pretty much downhill from there. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 16, 2022•25 min
Former standup and “Seinfeld” writer Matt Goldman talks about his shift into writing best-selling crime novels and remembers a Worst Gig involving rural Minnesota and Tom Arnold. You can almost see it already, can’t you? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 09, 2022•44 min
Carolla producers Chris Laxamana, Gary Smith and Matt Fondiler join Jeff to talk “front gate” etiquette, misplaced guests and some truly unusual Worst Gigs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 02, 2022•51 min
The wise and great Lewis Black plus bonus curmudgeon Jeff Stilson talk comedy and share wonderfully horrific gig stories. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 23, 2022•40 min
Both Josh (Dateline) and Ben (TCM) Mankiewicz join Jeff. They relay their Worst Gigs and Jeff discovers which is the Reckless Mank! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 16, 2022•46 min
Jeff talks horrible standup gigs with two greats - Randy Sklar and Taylor Williamson. I think we’re just scratching the surface Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 09, 2022•34 min
Chet and Jeff reveal their new format with none other than comedian and author Adam Carolla, who describes for Jeff his “By The Time I’m 30” Showbiz Plan and also leans ever so slightly towards the Bengals for his Super Bowl pick! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 02, 2022•38 min
Fox Sports Radio’s Dan Beyer returns to the show to re-define the sports medicine term “Doubtful” and to make some bold NFL picks clean through the Super Bowl. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 26, 2022•24 min
The hilarious Costaki Economopoulos joins Chet and Gary for NFL Playoff Predictions Part Two! Can Costaki match Steve Gorman’s perfect 6-0 last week? Will Chet completely lose his mind and pick Buffalo? Has Gary recovered from his Chargers losing? “No” is the correct answer to one of these already! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 19, 2022•29 min
Chet and friends Steve Gorman (Black Crowes drummer) and Chargers fan Gary Smith (Carolla producer) pick this week’s NFL games vs. spread and let Gary vent about his Chargers, who are home in front of the fireplace right now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 12, 2022•27 min
Hilarious comedian Brad Williams kicks off the new year on Play With Pain by praying on-air that Aaron Rodgers joins his team, the Denver Broncos, and much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 05, 2022•21 min
For your holiday pleasure Chet puts a fresh update on of his favorite episodes - the one and only Jeff Foxworthy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 29, 2021•24 min
Journalist and author of “Let Them Lead” John U. Bacon has a blast talking college football and high school hockey with Chet, who doesn’t come close to finding out what the “U.” means Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 22, 2021•29 min
From Cardi B to Kevin Hart and back to “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno,” Todd Yasui has been both producing great TV and suffering for three decades as a Washington Football Team fan. It’s all here, baby! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 15, 2021•33 min
Dave Dameshek is smart and funny and disgusted with most of the college bowls, which makes for a GREAT and lightning fast preview! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 08, 2021•20 min
Hilarious human and Michigan alum Jason Sklar uses the time away from brother Randy to not only finish his own sentences but wax poetic about perhaps the biggest win in modern Michigan history. This is the Template For A True Fan!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 01, 2021•34 min
The hilarious Chad Daniels joins Chet from Ferguson Falls Minnesota To discuss otters and fire wood and to give the single greatest inspirational halftime speech ever written. Gotta hear this!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 24, 2021•27 min
Killer funny comedian and writer Wayne Federman dazzles Chet with a show of balls u seen in Play With Pain history! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 17, 2021•26 min
The hilarious Blaine Capatch talks about his secret workout regimen (nervousness and stress), his time in the Navy and agrees with Chet about his potential path to athletic glory Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 10, 2021•23 min
Fitness and diet guy Vinnie Tortorich (NSNG) straightens Chet out that breading on fried food doesn’t “help cut the grease.” Seriously some GREAT tips for getting in shape!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 03, 2021•27 min
Killer comic Alonzo Bodden swats away a Nasty Nine Questions from Chet like he’s playing handball with a kindergartner! Tight and soooo funny. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 27, 2021•21 min
Comedian and Georgia sports fan Sarah Tiana takes Chet on the treacherous journey of rooting for Georgia teams, from the Braves to the Bulldogs. Somehow, they both survive!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 20, 2021•26 min
The hilarious Taylor Williamson can’t stop taking tangents and Chet is only too happy to stay off the rails, even when Taylor’s dog Betty gets in on the act. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 13, 2021•33 min
A Play With Pain First!! - writer/director Lew Schneider (Everybody Loves Raymond, The Goldbergs) stops Chet’s interview to field a call about wedding gowns! He then gives great career advice but follows that by going all-in on the Boston Red Sox. Take this trip with Lew! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 06, 2021•30 min
The hilarious Sklar Brothers solve ALL the big issues in college football with time left over to sort out the pennant races! Multi-tasking at its finest! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 29, 2021•31 min
Comedian/writer Bill Scheft of ‘Late Show With David Letterman’ fame returns with a great Norm MacDonald anecdote and a raging conspiracy about the college football four-team playoff! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 22, 2021•28 min
Hilarious comic and impressionist JL Cauvin (from Carolla, Stern and more) gets the full interview Treatment from Chet, including Advice Corner and Fiery Four! JL’s Irish and Haitian and it careens out of control from there. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 15, 2021•38 min
John Ramey calls University of Nevada football, basketball and baseball with professionalism and ease - two things Chet’s never really flashed! John breaks down a pretty crazy first weekend in college football. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 08, 2021•32 min