Eddie Murphy Stars in a Senior Prom Memory - Musical Comedy Actor and Stand-Up Comic Richie Byrne Remembers
Release Date: 12/22/2023
A Truly Charming Guy - With Hiram Kasten
Five Favorite Funny Films
A very special interview with one of The Robio's oldest and dearest Comic Friends, the Great Hiram Kasten, known in the pantheon of the Stand - Up World as 'A Truly Charming Guy'. An Old School, Top Notch, BRILLIANT entertainer, whose five favorite funny film choices are so very...him. A throwback to the classy, smart, fashionable type of comedian...Jacket and Tie, Ciggie in one hand, a Cocktail in the other. Achingly funny, and imminently knowledgable about comedy, movies...and, well, comedy movies. A don't miss episode, to be sure. BONUS: A masterful telling of the...
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The Classic, Comedic Cinematic Choices of Maine's #1 Local TV Talk Show Host - With Dan Cashman
Five Favorite Funny Films
A very special 'Remote' Episode from New England because The Robio is currently in rehearsals for his starring role as 'Max' in 'Grumpy Old Men: The Musical' at the Seven Angels Theatre in Waterbury, Connecticut. (Ticket info at the end of this Description). Fitting, as his guest this week is his dear friend, Dan Cashman, the host of the award-winning 'The Nite Show,' the #1 Local TV Talk Show Broadcast Saturday Nights on the FOX Affiliate in Bangor and the NBC affiliate in Portland for the past 14 years. It's a lively, insightful, and, at times, semi-serious conversation, (at one point,...
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Real Comedy Is No Joke: That's the Story - With Gary Grant
Five Favorite Funny Films
Emmy Winning Writer, Producer, Director, Comedy Promoter, Singer, Songwriter, Guitarist, and Manager (A Literal Lifetime as a True Show Biz Renaissance Man) Gary Grant provides his Eclectic and Unique list of his Five Fave Comedy Movies. (Spoiler Alert: He HATES Jokey Flicks) It's a deep dive into Mel Brooks, Wes Anderson, the Brothers Coen and Marx, and how important Music factors into Funny Films. And NOT just in Spinal Tap. The Best Episode Yet! Subscribe! And review us on Apple Podcasts! (It helps the multitude of Funny Film Fans find us!)
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A Racehorse, a Pig, a Cow, and a Bunch of British Catholic Schoolgirls - With Pixie Esmonde
Five Favorite Funny Films
Sounds like the beginning of a great dirty joke, but they're actually all characters from the Five Favorite Funny Flicks of The Robio's old friend and Renaissance Woman, Pixie Esmonde: Stand Up Comedian, Actor AND, once the Evil Wardrobe Mistress for KISS! (Spoiler Alert: Her Gene Simmons story is a classic!). She's partial to the British and a huge fan of NSFW, Outrageously Inappropriate, Horrifyingly Over the Top, Politcally Incorrect humor. (Sidebar to PETA- She really doesn't believe that dogs dying is amusing, but she absolutely LOVES Animal Lover Michael...
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Shakespeare Was Wrong: The Laugh's the Thing with Dr. Peter Bales
Five Favorite Funny Films
This week, The Robio chats with an old pal, Peter Bales, who is not only a professional comedian, he also holds an actual PhD, (and, if you ask us, being a History Professor at Queensborough College is a pretty impressive side-hustle). They talk shop for a bit, discussing the nature of comedy and the psychological profile of comedians, but then get down to business and actually discuss something amusing: His Five Favorite Funny Films. (Spoiler Alert - he is, and probably will always be, the ONLY person on this podcast who would have both 'Blazing Saddles' and 'Those...
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Don't Call Her Shirley - Comedian Christy Miller Works the Room
Five Favorite Funny Films
Veteran Comic Christy Miller (You wanna talk venerable? The girl's name is immortalized on the wall at The Comedy Store) provides her list of Five Funny Faves. There's some popular perennial classics that have been featured prominently on other guests' lists, but, just like her act, there also a few surprises. Unlike Mrs. Cleaver, she does NOT speak jive, but she IS lightning fast, spontaneous, relentlessly ruthless, and mercilessly funny. She also can bench 350. Her new album 'Brutally Yours' is available everywhere. An entertaining hang with a great funny...
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Eddie Murphy Stars in a Senior Prom Memory - Musical Comedy Actor and Stand-Up Comic Richie Byrne Remembers
Five Favorite Funny Films
The second of TWO Special Bonus episodes, (Because we will be on Holiday for the next two weeks). This one features The Robio's most favorite people, and kindred Musical Theater Cohort. They talk about everything from Sid Caesar to Jonathan Winters, to Richard Pryor, to Mel Brooks and how Eddie Murphy made an indelible impression on Richie's brother on Prom Night. (It made up for not getting laid) Subscribe, follow, and get every episode as they drop!
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Fred Stoller: The Thrillseeker Who Thinks Al Pacino is Funny
Five Favorite Funny Films
This week, one of TWO BONUS Episodes, posted early as a special Christmas Gift to you! (Even though you didn't get us anything) Our Special Guest this episode is Comedian, Actor and Writer, FRED STOLLER, who you know from Seinfeld, Everybody Loves Raymond and Dumb and Dumber. He is one of the single funniest people we know, and has a VERY eclectic list of Favorite Funny Movies. Join the Robio as he chats with an old, dear, friend and LEGENDARY comic, and find out how 'Dog Day Afternoon' qualifies as a Comedy. (Well, if 'Die Hard' can be a Christmas Movie...)
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A Pink Panther, A Red Inn and The Glen Cove Hitlers
Five Favorite Funny Films
This week, our special guest is Author, Theater Columnist and Radio Host Michael Riedel, known for his savage wit that gave him the moniker 'The Butcher of Broadway' when he wrote for the NY Post. He likes Short Cross-Dressers, Comedies about Nazis, Peter Sellers, Elaine May and French Farces without subtitles. He can be heard every weekday morning on WOR Radio in New York as one of the hosts of 'Berman and Riedel in the Morning', and when it comes to his Five Faves, 'Morning Becomes Eclectic' His List: Revenge of the Pink Panther Tootsie A New Leaf To Be or Not to Be The Red Inn...
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The Pilot Episode (With John Poveromo)
Five Favorite Funny Films
Welcome to FIVE FAVORITE FUNNY FILMS. Each week, Rob will interview a funny person about their five favorite comedy movies. Not necessarily the best, or most classic, but the ones that make them happy. Their 'Go To' movies. You know, the ones they stumble across while channel surfing and just HAVE to stay and watch it until the very end, no matter how many times they've seen it. This week, we present The Pilot Episode, with Comedian and Podcast Host John Poveromo. It's a lively discussion, where shoes, automobile gauges and the relative hotness of an early 70's Barbra...
info_outlineThe second of TWO Special Bonus episodes, (Because we will be on Holiday for the next two weeks). This one features The Robio's most favorite people, and kindred Musical Theater Cohort.
They talk about everything from Sid Caesar to Jonathan Winters, to Richard Pryor, to Mel Brooks and how Eddie Murphy made an indelible impression on Richie's brother on Prom Night. (It made up for not getting laid)
Subscribe, follow, and get every episode as they drop!