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Join host Scott Aukerman ("Mr. Show" & "Between Two Ferns: The Movie") as he interviews celebrity guests like Jon Hamm, Bob Odenkirk, Tatiana Maslany, Allison Williams, and more. Plus, the show’s open-door policy brings an assortment of eccentric oddballs and characters who pop by at any moment to chat, compete in games, and engage in comic revelry. Now entering its 15th year, this podcast has led to multiple spin-off podcasts, a New York Times best-selling book, and a beloved television series on IFC.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Guest conversation becomes a springboard for improvised characters, escalating details, and absurd worlds assembled in real time.
Scott Aukerman keeps Comedy Bang Bang in constant motion, letting an ordinary guest conversation give way to an improvised character entrance with little warning.
Scott Aukerman pitches the Babadook for Star Wars; your straight-line expectations can take the night off.
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A reunion episode that turns a pizza order into a family-and-wedding bit.
Scott Aukerman opens the year with a returning regular and lets the hour grow from there, turning a simple setup into a long-running improv game about language, roles, and how far a bit can be stretched.
A loose interview that keeps turning ordinary details into elaborate comic trouble.
Comedy Bang Bang stays loose here, letting Silversun Pickups talk about Tenterhooks and the tour around it before the conversation wanders into private-investigator talk, dating advice, and a roommate dispute that gets stranger once the apartment setup, the lawsuit talk, and the…
A bow-tie gag becomes a Joe's Pub status game, with Todd Glass and Scott Aukerman keeping the chemistry loose.
Scott Aukerman opens with Todd Glass, and the 31-year friendship gives the episode an easy, familiar rhythm from the start. The 10-timers versus 11-timers joke sets the tone, then the setup moves through a substitute teacher and a psychic with the same loose, playful energy.
A CBB Roundtable turns a table swap into committed nonsense, complete with Tonys, hats, and a Covenant.
Comedy Bang Bang turns a table swap into a fully committed CBB Roundtable, with Scott Aukerman treating the change like a proper meeting before the names start piling up: Piss, Room Tone Tony, Diarrhea, and Cactus Tony.
A throne scheme, a water polo grudge, and enough bird chatter to keep the whole thing wobbling.
This Bonus Bang returns to episode 750, with Scott Aukerman opening things outside, Jason Manzoukas up top, and Andy Daly's Royal Watcher Byron Denniston edging toward a water polo duel with The Grizz, Paul F. Tompkins's instructor character.
A live Chicago derailment where Alimony Tony keeps turning setup into fallout.
Set at the Historic Chicago Theater on September 8, 2019, this Bonus Bang follows Alimony Tony, Tony Giacchieroni's divorcee persona who insists on paying alimony and seems happiest when the joke keeps circling back.
A CBB installment that keeps turning formal cues into fresh bits.
Comedy Bang Bang keeps listener-submission comedy, a gift exchange, and a wandering brand pitch moving through a steady stream of bits. The appeal is less in plot than in how Scott Aukerman and the guests turn ordinary show cues into running jokes, from catchphrase housekeeping…
Holiday best-of chaos that keeps turning one small premise into a bigger bit.
Best of 2025 Part 1 opens with a Babadook-in-the-cantina riff and soon slides into Miss Macy's Hollywood Cabal wellness check, which gives the episode its sharpest comic contrast.
Tiny debates, treated with heroic seriousness.
Scott Aukerman hosts the 800th episode of Comedy Bang Bang, featuring Jason Mantzoukas, royal watcher Byron Denniston, and Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber, in a surreal improv comedy filled with absurd discussions about podcast milestones, royal family antics, and musical parodies.
Scott Aukerman hosts a holiday special with Jason Mantzoukas, featuring absurd interviews with RFK Jr.
Scott Aukerman hosts guests Paul Rust and Armin Weitzman, who promote the movie 'The Napa Boys', followed by the absurd record label owners Barrett and Benny Batchelor, and the fork-dropping scoundrel Frankie Forkson.
At SNL episode 666, Bobby finally got to say 'Live from New York'—and he still has the script.
Scott Aukerman hosts a late-night Comedy Bang Bang episode with guests Andy Samberg, Claudia O'Doherty, and Nick Kroll (as characters like R.
Comedy Bang Bang host Scott Aukerman welcomes D'Arcy Carden, known for playing Janet in The Good Place, along with comedian Carl Tart and guest Erin Keif for an improvised comedy episode.
You could smell cocaine in the celebrity hallway - I'm choosing to project that it was the celebrities
Peak intensity and revelation
Real emotion introduces show with unexpected gravity
Scott Aukerman and Paul F.
In this bonus episode celebrating Comedy Bang Bang's 700th milestone, host Scott Aukerman and guest Jason Manzoukas are joined by royal watcher Byron Denniston, who reveals he impersonates Prince Philip and collects eyeballs for espionage.
Comedy Bang Bang: The Podcast brings back Ben Schwartz for his 40th appearance and his 14th straight first episode of the year, with Scott Aukerman repeatedly returning to the "post-stroke Jamie Foxx" gag and the "Benny Schwa" nickname.
Scott Aukerman frames this Bonus Bang as the first-ever paywall release of Alimony Tony's Valimony Showny 2024, originally posted on February 14, 2024.
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In this Bonus Bang episode, host Scott Aukerman re-releases a classic Comedy Bang Bang featuring Alimony Tony, played by Paul F.
Host Scott Aukerman interviews Jason Mantzoukas and guests Ben Alterman and Bing Lujo in a comedic improv episode.
Scott Aukerman hosts a special roundtable episode with three guests all named Tony: Alimony Tony, Tony Sony, and Room Tone Tony.
Scott Aukerman hosts a bonus episode with Jason Mantzoukas and characters like royal watcher Byron Denniston and water polo instructor The Grizz.
Bonus episode of Comedy Bang Bang featuring recurring character Alamoni Tony (Paul F.
Scott Aukerman hosts a live Comedy Bang Bang episode in Chicago with Jason Mantzoukas and character guest Alimony Tony, a divorcee who loves paying alimony.
This episode features clips from the best of 2025, including improv scenes with Wayne Brady as a celebrity guest, a Peloton instructor's outrageous antics, Bugs Bunny addressing cartoon racism, and the hosts celebrating their invented holiday Wet Day.
Comedy Bang Bang opens with Scott Ackerman welcoming the guests of honor to the show.
Comedy Bang Bang opens its Best of 2025 Part 3 with a ridiculous comparison between David Lee Roth covering I Ain't Got Nobody in the 80s and what that kind of move would look like now.
Best of 2025 Part 1 opens with the holiday season already on the doorstep.
Scott Aukerman opens a Bonus Bang re-release of the 2020 Holiday Spectacular and sets up the Santa-and-Ho-Ho chaos with the usual cheerful mess.
Scott Aukerman opens by thanking Pure Guava for an old catchphrase and then crowning them the catchphrase superstar.
Scott Aukerman hosts a comedy podcast featuring celebrity interviews and eccentric characters.
Scott Aukerman introduces a re-released episode featuring the character Kayla Dickey in an improvised comedy interview.
Host Scott Aukerman and co-host Paul F.
Scott Aukerman introduces a re-released episode featuring Andy Samberg's Hollywood Facts segment and a team of psychic sisters.
Scott Aukerman hosts a comedy podcast featuring celebrity interviews and eccentric characters.
Host Scott Aukerman welcomes a returning guest for comedic banter and character interactions.
Scott Aukerman hosts a comedy podcast featuring celebrity interviews and eccentric characters.
Scott Aukerman introduces a re-release of a classic Time Bobby episode featuring Paul F.
A comedy podcast where host Scott Aukerman interviews celebrities and eccentric characters, featuring games and improvisation.
Scott Aukerman introduces a re-release of a Comedy Bang Bang episode featuring the character 'It's Your Boy Troy' and other guests.