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What’s That From? — Comedy
What’s That From?

Geoff Garlock and Nate Smith, two comedy professionals with more credentials than some, but less credentials than most, catalog the history of comedy from the last forty years… as they remember it.

Copyright: © Nate Smith & Geoff Garlock

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Bonus Episode 2020 - "Five Sketches" Lecture at the World's Greatest Improv School Dec 23, 2020

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Our good friend, Will Hines (actor, writer, author "How To Be The Greatest Improviser On Earth," host "I Will Write Your Book" podcast) asked us to do a lecture at the comedy school he created, THE WORLD'S GREATEST IMPROV SCHOOL. We did it over zoom in late 2020 and talked about "Five Sketches" we cannot ever forget. We are releasing the audio from our lecture as a bonus episode of the podcast! Thanks again to Will for having us. It was a lot of fun. Hope you enjoy this deep dork dive into sketch comedy from two men who like to think they know what they're talking about.

Love, Geoff & Nate

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Episode Eleven - Obsession: The Season Finale (English comedy?) Nov 04, 2020

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The Broad-cast, local theaters, live stand up in the 90s, Elaine Boosler, Rita Rudner, Gallagher, Bob Zany, Wendy Liebman, Judy Tenuta, Woodstock 94, Tom Arnold & Chris Farley, Gilbert and Sullivan, Studio 60, The Simpsons, Sideshow Bob, Friskees cat food, Craig Rowin, Live at the Improv, Henny Youngman, Tommy Davidson, made up names, Superego, Michael Winslow, Police Academy, name that person game, Superego, Michael Hartney, Mary Grill, American Town Hall, Cass Bugge, Matt Hobby, live shows we loved, UCB, Lennon Parham, Showgirls, refusing the recount improv, talkin’ comedy, Howard Stern TV show, season finale, our new sponsors, Subway cake, what have we learned?, loving comedy and why we love it, remembering comedy to be inspired and to remember why we love comedy, Hubie Halloween, our categorical memories, seeking validation through the protective shell of knowledge, deep into us, Geoff’s sketch references as a teacher, Brocktoon/Mr. Belvedere Fan Club, Garth Marenghi's Darkplace, Snuff Box: Prog Suicide sketch, Kids in the Hall: Sausages, My Pen, The Beard, Key & Peele: Aerobics Meltdown, crushing on Matt Berry, Rich Fulcher, Jam, Mighty Boosh, Toast of London, Steve Coogan, Saxondale, Alan Partridge, The Trip, Michael Winterbottom, our second season- the things YOU (the fans) obsess about.

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Episode Ten - The Idea Mines/Nuts To Be Cracked Oct 28, 2020

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Ben Schwartz, Rejectedjokes.com, joke files, submitting jokes to Weekend Update, SNL, the “idea mines,” “nuts to be cracked,” old sketch ideas, “it writes itself,” SNL packets, pandemic watches, Mary Grill, Pen15, authentic vision is inspiring, knowing your own voice, “sweaty” sketches, working to understand ourselves, intimidated/jealous/inspired, Tim & Eric infomercials, Cinco Phone, Rushmore, blowing smoke up our own asses about sketches we did: How’d You Get That, Dick Silhouette, Girls, growing out of hating stuff, self-criticism, self-satisfaction, Baroness Von Sketch Show, Conan without Borders, South Park, Bob’s Burger, too much tv, Venture Bros., Catastrophe, Fleabag, Atlanta, short seasons, Detroiters, seeking validation, inspiration versus shame, English comedy.

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Episode Nine - Horror Comedy Oct 21, 2020

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Pandemic update, Fire on the Mountain, ConAir, Ben Stiller Show: Grateful Dead Insurance Salesman, Tond- Kelly Hudson, non comedy actors, Walking out of movies, horror and comedy, Tim and Eric: Demon audition, Seinfeld Hollywood episode, Gelman and Heidecker get lunch, cool or not cool, college radio, horror comedy, Dead Alive, Army of Darkness, American Werewolf in London, Stephen King’s Danse Macabre, “it’s not for me,” parody versus the comedy version of…, Shawn of the Dead, Living Dead Trilogy, Cabin in the Woods, Creepshow, Critters, What We Do In The Shadows, Airplane!, criticism, movies you loved that are problematic now, fetishized horror/torture porn, torture comedy, what we watch to get in a good mood, Matt Berry, Conan, pandemic comedy, Connor O’Malley, Pen15.

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Episode Eight - A Comedy Podcast About Comedy Oct 14, 2020

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Comedy and Everything Else, faulty memory, Cheers, Brodie Stevens, comedian documentaries, Apatow impact, Pete Holmes, You Made It Weird: Jesse David Fox, Judd Apatow, “Qweeting,” Jerrod Carmichael, Bridesmaids, Popstar, Game Night, lazy writing (storytelling vs. joke writing), John Bowman, Half Hour Comedy Hour, Seinfeld references, “It’s just comedy!,” comedy as art, “no hugs,” Maria Bamford, irony, understanding the creative process, liking things, knowing your shit stinks (humility), “more credentials than some, less credentials than most,” Adam Sandler, The Week Of, Christopher Walken on SNL, who makes you laugh, Pam Murphy, our dads, the privilege of academic reflection, teaching comedy, Trial and Error, Screwed, Dirty Work, Norm MacDonald Based on a True Story, Herzog.

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Episode Seven - Comedy Pain Oct 07, 2020

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Dysfunctional Family Feud, Nirvana, SNL musical guests, The Vacant Lot, Ed O’Neil in Wayne’s World, Phil Hartman, Doin’ Time on Maple Drive, writing what you know, disappearing in a role, John Hawkes, character actors and movie stars, Jesus Lizard & Stravinsky, All That, pursuing and documenting your passion, academic cataloging, In Myers We Trust, WTF with Marc Maron, Bob Odenkirk, Comedy and Everything Else Episode 48, Patton Oswalt, at the end of the day you’re still alone with yourself, satisfaction from one’s work, Jim Carrey and Brother Theodore, David Letterman, Norm MacDonald, “You got any gum,” growth, pain.

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Episode Six - Endlessly Quotable Sep 29, 2020

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Peter Sarsgaard’s SARS guards, more on the unknown sketch with Phil Hartman Jan Hooks and Martin Short (later I’d find it was from “The Show Formerly Known as the Martin Short Show”), SCTV, Ed Grimley, Steve Martin album, Jon Glaser, H. Jon Benjamin, Who’s The Caboose, casting pilots, Better Things, Is anybody happy?, fishing on a pier metaphor, suicide must be refreshing, meditation, free association exercise and the references in our brains, Schmitts Gay, Mr. Show, Coupon the Movie, Tim & Eric, Dr. Steve Brule, “Sweet berry wine,” rewatching and appreciating small things in sketches, Kenan Thompson, Mister America, On Cinema, Tim Heidecker, snobbery vs. sharing, esoteric references, being old, Funny or Die Gungan Style, Nick Wiger, Paul F. Tompkins, Maria Bamford. Seinfeld references, “it’s a madhouse,” excuses, character actors.

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Episode Five - Really, the Mr. Show episode Sep 23, 2020

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Mr. Show: Josh Fenderman, the breakup sketch, the change for a dollar sketch, the audition sketch, UCB sketch show, teaching sketch, Conan, VHS bootlegs of Mr. Show, droopy, Mr. Show DVD commentary, important work, cult followings, genius versus just showing up for work, art movie theaters, shitty movie theaters, sponsors, Rolling Thunder, the lie detector sketch, Bob Evans as God audiobook sketch, good yellers, Kenan Thompson, sketch comedy is hit or miss, is sketch comedy the sum of its parts?, clichés in sketch can still be good, a good intervention sketch, a mystery sketch with Phil Hartman and Jan Hooks, that sketch is like that sketch, Jon Glazer, ZZ Top bit, Jon Glazer Loves Gear, The Dreamedian.

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Episode Four - Points of Reference Sep 16, 2020

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Woody Harrelson on SNL, memory for comedy, Philadelphia accents, the obsessive collector brain, Geoff’s metal 101, Jonathan Schwartz, Geoff as sketch teacher and his insane points of reference, joy in being snobby, indignation and pride in esoteric references, Delocated, sharing what we love, defensive of what we love, defending SNL, All That, You Can’t Do That On Television, YouTube comedy, the history of comedy elective class, following your passion, punk and metal, reference rabbit hole, Half Hour Comedy Hour, You Wrote It You Watch It, passion as hobby or obsession, bad movies, electric boogaloo, Mr. Show: Josh Fenderman.

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Episode Three - Electric Boogalee Sep 09, 2020

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Chris Farley & Tom Arnold cont., True Lies, Arnold Schwarzenegger comedies, Karl Ove Knausgaard, Steve Martin, memorabilia, Mystery Science Theater 3000, being a completist, joke density, 30 Rock, The Daily Show, Bill Murray, Quick Change, small time amusement parks, Sportcenter, Ray Romano, good and bad SNL hosts, John Mayer, soundtracks, Johnny Dangerously, Weird Al, UHF, underrated/overrated, Van Halen: the most perfectly rated band (Chuck Klosterman, Spin magazine, 2004), Foo Fighters, Dr. Demento, Fish Heads (directed by Bill Paxton!), dated movies, PlutoTV, Popeye movie, Popeye: the one woman musical, Dennis Leary, perfectionism, working for a paycheck, Eddie Murphy, is SNL the most perfectly rated comedy?, cowbell, the bygone eras of “when it was good,” sketch comedy is not the sum of its parts.

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