This is a throw back Thursday intrview I had with the great Nate Bargatze. He was a winner of the Boston Comedy Festival and always as easy going and wondeerful guy you could hope to interact with. Here is his bio Hailing from Old Hickory, Tennessee, rising stand-up comedian Nate Bargatze is selling out shows across America. Nate followed in the showbiz footsteps of his dad, a former clown turned world class magician, who's influence is seen on Nate's 2015 debut special 'Full Time Magic' and his debut album "Yelled at By a Clown." Nate's half-hour Netflix Special "The Standups" premiered on July 4th 2017 to rave reviews. In addition to touring the country as a headliner, Nate toured in arenas with Chris Rock on his 2017 Total Blackout Tour. He currently has a deal with 20th Century Fox to develop his own TV show.

Nate's comedy is both clean and relatable, evident in his six appearances on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon six times, following four appearances on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. He appeared on Conan four times, was a recurring guest on @midnight, and had his own Comedy Central Presents in 2011. Off-screen, Nate was part of Jimmy Fallon's Clean Cut Comedy Tour, and has done live shows for the troops in Iraq and Kuwait five times. He regularly performs at Bonnaroo, SXSW, Oddball Comedy Festival, Sasquatch, Clusterfest, and the JFL Montreal Comedy Festival, where he's received critical acclaim multiple years in a row.

Nate was featured as one of Esquire's 'Best New Comedians' by Jim Gaffigan, one of Marc Maron's 'Comedians to Watch' in Rolling Stone, one of Variety's "10 Comics to Watch" for 2015, and as #1 on Vulture's '50 Comedians You Should Know' in 2015. His debut one hour special, Full Time Magic, premiered on Comedy Central that spring, followed by his debut album, "Yelled at by a Clown," which reached #1 on the iTunes Comedy Charts and remained on Billboard's Top Ten Comedy Charts for weeks.

He continues to tour across the country and internationally.

In his years as a stand-up comic Jeffrey Jena has appeared on over forty national television show, including Comics Unleashed, The Bob and Tom Show, The Dennis Miller Show, HBO, MTV, Evening at the Improv, NBC Friday Night and The Showtime Comedy Club Network.

As an actor he has been seen on Murder She Wrote, Hunter, appeared in shows with Jenny McCarthy and Weird Al Yankovic and in several films including "Raising the Dead" with Allison Eastwood. Jeff has played over 1000 venues including clubs, Las Vegas, and cruise ships. He has opened for acts as varied as Barry Manilow, Jeffrey Osborne, The Temptations, Delbert McClintock, and Englebert Humperdinck.

Jeff Jena has also written jokes for a wide variety of comedians including Ron White and Marty Allen. Jeff is also a frequent guest on the Bob and Tom Show, a nationally syndicated radio show and the Mark Germain Talk Show in Los Angeles. In addition, he had appeared at hundreds of corporate functions and golf outings.

Karen Morgan was born and raised in Athens, Georgia but now calls Maine home. A former trial attorney, she began her professional comedy career as a Finalist on Nickelodeon Television’s “Search for the Funniest Mom in America.” Since then, she has performed in comedy clubs and theaters from New York to Hollywood.

Karen’s latest CD "Mean Candy" can be heard on Sirius XM Radio, and her comedy specials can be seen on Dry Bar Comedy. Her TV appearances include comedy shows and ads for companies like Wal-Mart and Zyrtec. Karen’s clean shows in Performing Arts Centers around the country have made her a favorite among theater audiences.

Kathe Farris is a Boston-based stay-at-home mom, stand-up comedian, and snack cake enthusiast. She hit the comedy scene a little late in life with a different point of view and killer material. After becoming a Comic-in-Residence at The Comedy Studio and a finalist in the Boston Comedy Festival, she recently recorded her national debut with a Dry Bar Comedy Special.

He was born in Dallas, TX where all he did was drink baby formula for 7 months before his parents moved. The move from Texas had nothing to do with the baby formula consumption.

Special guest 

Rodney Norman Rodney explains how he has found success through avoiding the trends.

If you have been on social media you have seen his face. His videos have garnered millions of views worldwide and his style (or lack thereof) is catching on. Honest and unassuming, his humor will catch you off guard and leave you laughing days later. Rodney Norman is more than an entertainer, he is an experience.

The great Adam Ferrara has always been a favorite guest and you can hear him carry me through this interview the first night of the Boston Comedy Festival and later that night I found out I had covid. So I appologize for the brian fog. 

Adam Ferrara is an American actor and comedian known for playing the role of Chief "Needles" Nelson on the FX series Rescue Me. He was a co-host on the U.S. version of Top Gear and played NYPD Sgt. Frank Verelli opposite Edie Falco on Showtime series Nurse Jackie.

Al Ducharme is an actor and writer, known for Next Stop Wonderland (1998), Comics(2009) and F Is for Family 

Al Ducharme is an American stand-up comedian. With a career spanning 18 years, Ducharme has performed at many of the leading comedy clubs throughout the world including Caroline's, The TakeOut Comedy Club Hong Kong and The Comic Strip Live.

We had a great opputunity to talk to Barry Katz a legendary manager who helped launch the carreers of many comedians, including Bill Burr, Dane Cook, Louis C.K., Wanda Sykes, Dave Chappelle, Whitney Cummings, Saturday Night Live alumni Jay Mohr, Jim Breuer & many more.

Tom Dreesen and I talk about his modest start and his prayer to find his purpose in life. Tom's prayer was answered in a big way taking him on a journey from shoeshine boy in the south side of Chicago hearing Frank Sinatra on the Juke Box to being Frank Sinatra pallbearers at his funeral.
Tom has been on the tonight show over 50 times and has more TV appearances than I can count. He has also traveled the world with Sammy Davis Jr., Smokey Robinson, Gladys Knight, Tony Orlando, and let's not forget 14 years of opening for Frank Sinatra.

Gary Gulman is a guest on Jim McCue's Big Comedy Podcast we talk about all things comedy and then some. Gary was a finalist on the NBC reality-talent show Last Comic Standing in its second and third seasons. He released his first CD, Conversations With Inanimate Objects in 2005, and his first television special Gary Gulman: Boyish Man the following year. He last special The Great depresh. 

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Lewis Black saves the Boston Comedy Festival. Lewis shares what he is doing during the pandemic. Lewis shares he views on zoom shows. We discus the distance Lewis projects nasal droplets during a rant. Lewis Black an I discuss our gig on cruise ship. Lewis tells the story of seeing the MLK I have a dream speech at 14. Lewis and I talk about how George Carlin helped Lewis and was a fan. Lewis talks about how working with Craig Kilborn, Jon Stewart and Trevor Noah on the Daily Show on Comedy Central. Lewis and I talk about his doing comedy on Oprah. Check out Lewis Blacks rant cast! Thank you Lewis Black!

Adam Ferrara and I discuss living and performing during a pandemic, performing in Boston with Lenny Clarke and Denis Leary, starting in Long Island, working on shows the Job and Rescue Me, performing at drive-ins, David Letterman, and much much more.

Adam Ferrara is an American actor and comedian known for playing the role of Chief "Needles" Nelson on the FX series Rescue Me. He was a co-host on the U.S. version of Top Gear and played NYPD Sgt. Frank Verelli opposite Edie Falco on Showtime series Nurse Jackie.

It was my great pleasure to have a conversation with comedian, podcaster, and comic book publisher Daniel Lobell. Way back in the early days of the Boston Comedy Festival I met the publisher of a cool comedy magazine called the Comical. The comical became the defacto comedy magazine of the Boston Comedy Festival and Danny at twenty-two years old Daniel was the driving force behind the Magazine and promoter of the artform of Stand Up Comedy. Daniel is now working on other projects including his podcast Modern Day Philosophers and his awesome comic book series "Fair Enough". Before we forget lets never forget that Daniel is a Stand Up Comedian himself.

Listen in on my wonderful conversation with the great Art Bell we talk about  his book Constant Comedy is the story of how he started the Comedy Channel and how they merged with the Ha Network for form Comedy Central. Art is a wealth of comedy knowledge and I hope to have him back on the show. After you listent to the podcast don't forget to pre order Arts book on Amazon. I just did. 

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The Movie Airplane! premiered in theaters 40 years ago. Here is an interview I did a few years back with the amazing David Zucker.

Wow, what an honor for me to interview the legendary director, producer, and screenwriter David Zucker. I was just a kid when I snuck in to see Kentucky Fried Movie. I could not believe how outrageous and funny it was. I had never seen anything like it. One of the funniest movies ever - an instant classic - was the movie, Airplane. David Zucker also created the amazingly successful comedy movie franchise, The Naked Gun. David Zucker also directed Scary Movie 3 and Scary Movie 4. I'm not even close to giving all of his credits, but David Zucker has had a far-reaching impact on everyone in the comedy and film industry. I was lucky enough to meet and honor him at the 2016 Boston Comedy Festival. Http://wwwjimmccue.com @JimMcCue David S. Zucker (born October 16, 1947) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. Associated mostly with parody comedies, Zucker is recognized as the director and writer of the critically successful 1980 film Airplane! as well as being the creator of The Naked Gun franchise and for directing Scary Movie 3 and Scary Movie 4.

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I have a great convesation with Richie Minervini who is the former owner of Long Island's premier comedy club, The East Side Comedy Club. His stage is where celebrities, Rosie O'Donnell, Jay Leno, Eddie Murphy, Kevin James, and Ray Romano started their stand-up careers.

Richie headlines clubs and Cruise ships as well as staring in many motion pictures Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009), Grown Ups ( 2010) and Zookeeper to name a few.