Noah Forman — Executive Producer
Episodes 159
The First Episode
The first episode was a rocky episode. The beginning of a very wild ride.
Read MoreThe Episode Where Everything Started
The second episode. After being shut out of having any prep time, we just took calls - and realized that calls could be the basis for the whole show and we were way over thinking things.
Read MoreThe Third Episode Episode
Shirtless Fanelli. A pre-presidential run and very visibly uncomfortable Connor Ratliff. Our first show in the small studio.
Read MoreThe Tazapper Episode
The first appearances of Anthony Atamaniuk and Horatio Sanz. I gotta tell you, I thought this public access experiment had crashed and burned, and Horatio showed up last minute with no warning.
Read MoreThe Wiffle Bat Gang Episode
The Wiffle Bat gang makes their debut - our first truly violent in an unexpected and way too much fashion experiment.
Read MoreThe Last Small Studio Show
Our final small studio show and the first ever hosted by Shannon O'Neill.
Read MoreThe Hands on an Audience Member Episode
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The Kickboxer Episode
Considered an all time classic. Heavy hitter guests John Mulaney and Matt Besser.
Read MoreThe Dance Battle Episode
A controversial episode. Our friends the Oroboros Dance Crew came in and showed us what they do - little did we know that they would pants the Human Fish.
Read MoreThe Human Crane Episode
The most legendarily disastrous bit in the history of TCGS, the first attempt at The Human Crane remains the only stunt we've bailed on halfway through.
Read MoreThe How Random Is Random Jean Episode
The Chris Gethard Show debut of Jake Fogelnest.
Read MoreThe Fanelli Birthday Episode
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The What's on My Head Episode
What's on My Head? What a weird, fun game.
Read MoreThe Drawing Pictures Episode
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The Find the Human Fish Episode
Perhaps the dumbest idea we ever did - "Let's take the most popular thing about this show - in fact, the only thing that everyone loves all the time - and hide it from view for the entire show."
Read MoreGoodbye Random Jean
A heartbreaking goodbye to an old friend.
Read MoreNew Friends and Long Lost Friends
We go on a search for the new Random.
Read MoreThe Physical Fitness Episode
Chris Gethard watched an episode and decided he needed to lose a few pounds.
Read MoreThe Great American Presidential Debate and Halloween Spooktacular
Connor invited every Republican candidate for president to debate him on the show.
Read MoreSibling Rivalry
Tom Scharpling in studio to mediate the relationship of Chris Gethard and his brother.
Read MoreThe Milkshake of Death
The Milkshake of Death. So gross, so fucked up, and such a fond memory.
Read MoreRandom Andrew and the Hero's Journey
Random Andrew was taking it on the chin from our callers.
Read MoreSandwich Night
A hundred-plus people showed up ready to eat.
Read MoreThe Greatest Rivalry in Sports
A bunch of people from the show play on a basketball team together in NYC.
Read MorePapa Gethard's Love Cauldron
Our dating episode. This one was really fun but also a mess.
Read MoreMonologues Only
This was the great JD Amato's idea, and man was it a good one. All monologue jokes all the time.
Read MoreOne Hundred Callers
We attempted to get 100 callers in a single episode.
Read MoreRuin This Show
This one hurt. The only show that actually went off the rails.
Read MoreThe Dominatrix
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The Night of Zero Laughs III
The Night of Zero Laughs.
Read MoreThe Blindfold Show
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Loser Is the New Nerd
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The Search for the New Random
We had to say goodbye to Random Andrew, and it was so sad.
Read MoreThe Birth of the Third Random
We meet Random Melissa.
Read MoreChecking in with Alyssa
Why have something like The Chris Gethard Show if you don't do something nice for other people with it?
Read MoreHow Do Girls Work
Our callers quiz Chris on female related topics and it becomes very clear how little Chris knows about women.
Read MoreThe Culture Show
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The Birth of the Hintmaster
When Chris sets out to play the somewhat complicated word-game "Guess The Magic Word" he gets immediate feedback from the viewers that they are confused and bored by the game.
Read MoreThe Camera Cannon
Eventually we had to let our audience use our cameras like guns that shoot missiles, so we went ahead and just did it.
Read MoreThe Wisdom of the Aged
We invited the interesting, articulate, and 66 year old Peter Benjaminson to the show to help us wrestle with the concept of aging.
Read MoreMath Sucks, Hintmaster Sucks
A show dedicated to the ups and downs of education.
Read MoreThe Hintmaster Show
Completing his transition from hero to villain, the Hintmaster takes over an entire episode of TCGS, renaming it The Hintmaster Show.
Read MoreMultiple Choice Cavalcade of Fiascos
The Multiple Choice Cavalcade of Fiascos is the ultimate bringer of either reward or punishment.
Read MoreForeign Language Bingo
This week the TCGS panel is filled with friends of the show who speak different languages.
Read MoreWe Got Nothing
This week we test our ability to put on a show by literally planning nothing. No call in topic. No bits. No guests. Nothing.
Read MoreRobot Fights
The Keeper of the Battledome has time traveled back from the future to oversee a night of insanity on TCGS.
Read MoreBirthday Night
This week is not only Gethard's birthday but also the last show before he takes to the streets for #BonnarooGethard.
Read MoreThe Great Gethard Look-Alike Extravaganza
With Gethard and much of the crew out on the road, the rest of the gang hosts the Great Gethard Look-Alike Extravaganza.
Read MoreFarewell Melissa
Random Melissa's last episode.
Read MoreThe Night of Zero Laughs
If you laugh, you get eliminated.
Read MoreThe Genuine Sadness Episode
This week we weren't in the mood for dumb stuff.
Read MoreThe Shitty Art Show
This week we explore both the art world as well as the world of tricking dummies into giving us money.
Read MoreThe One Year Anniversary Show
It's been one whole year since we first started this circus and we're doing our one year anniversary right.
Read MoreThe Twist Magazine August 2012 Issue
In unison we read the August 2012 Issue of Twist Magazine. For the entire show.
Read MoreThe Setup Show
Behind the scenes of the setup for TCGS.
Read MoreSum Yourself Up in One Sentence
Panel, Callers, and friends are all asked to sum up their entire lives in one sentence.
Read MoreCelebrities Come Validate Us
With Chris out of town, Shannon hosts the show and urges celebrities to come down to the show to validate us.
Read MoreThe Crowd-Sourced Character Contest
Viewers sent in their submissions for names of new TCGS characters.
Read MoreHappy Murf Day
A day dedicated to Murf's head-shot and the man himself.
Read MoreTruth or Dare
The TCGS cast and crew participate in a viewer submitted game of truth or dare.
Read MoreThe Ultimate Public Access Party
When Andrew W.K. comes to the show, we attempt to throw the most unforgettable party possible within with guidelines of public access television rules.
Read MoreSmash Cut to the Future
The Keeper of the Battledome returns to TCGS.
Read MoreSmash Cut to the Past
The Chris Gethard Show gets stuck in ancient Rome.
Read MoreA Book Shall Be Written
R.L Stine, D.C. Pierson, and Dave Hill join the panel and attempt to write a book live on public access television in one hour.
Read MoreThe Blindfold Show II
The second Blindfold Show in which the entire panel is blindfolded.
Read MoreThe Softer Side of Shannon O'Neill
We attempt to bring out the softer side of Shannon O'Neill.
Read MoreThe Cans Film Festival 2012
We screen ten films each under one minute in the first ever Cans Film Festival.
Read MoreThe Hallowcane Squeezetacular
Due to Hurricane Sandy shutting down most of New York, TCGS is forced to put on an impromptu Halloween Party and Live Show direct from Chris' actual bedroom. Cast and crew walked from the far corners of New York to get there and what unfolded was a last-second completely unplanned episode of TCGS. We try to scare Bethany, hear some great music, and endorse products since we're not on the public access airwaves.
Read More12 Hours of Election Coverage
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The Beef Off
The Beef Off: After a caller tried to determine the beefiest member of the TCGS crew, we decided to hold an official contest to figure out who the beefiest member of the TCGS family might be.
Read MoreSandwich Night 2012: 2 Sandwich 2 Night
A bunch of friends gathering at a public access studio and eating sandwiches together on the eve of Thanksgiving - This year's Sandwich Night was massively successful.
Read MoreFan Fiction Theatre
Viewers send in their own original TCGS Fan Fiction and we perform it live on the show with Bobby Moynihan, Anthony Atamanuik, and many of our TCGS friends.
Read MoreFirst Night in Harlem
While our regular studio is being renovated we have to head uptown to do the show from MNN's secondary studio in Harlem.
Read MorePanic Attacks and Technical Disasters
Our second week in Harlem and fittingly we are talking about panic attacks.
Read MoreHyperresolutions
We're in Harlem again and this time we're asking callers to give us their hypersolutions. We then take those hyperresolutions and then put Andrew Parrish in charge of making them come true.
Read MoreKeeper and Company
With Chris out of town we head to the time stream and check in on The Keeper of the Battledome's morning talk show Keeper and Company.
Read MoreLoser Is Still the New Nerd
Chris is joined by Jesse Ventura and Bethany to officially celebrate Loser-dome for the second time on the TCGS air waves. Callers and audience members explain why they might be losers.
Read MoreAngels and Devils
This week the panelists take calls from people seeking advice and let them choose whether they want good or bad advice.
Read MoreBelly Burrito
The panelists talk about some real stuff with callers as they help make a Belly Burrito.
Read MoreFarewell Manesha
Chris Gethard is joined by Danny Tamberelli and Mike Maronna from the Adventures of Pete and Pete as we say goodbye to "Random Manesha" who we literally only met once.
Read MoreRace to the Top
After challenging (begging) the fans to make the show #1 on iTunes, the panelists reward their successful efforts by degrading Chris Gethard.
Read MoreAmbidextrous?
The panelists test the limits of their non-dominant hands in a show concept suggested by a fan on the show's message boards.
Read MoreFebruary Beach Party
After getting hit in the head with a coconut Vacation Jason has lost his memory and transformed in the stuffy suit-wearing Jason Reinlib.
Read MoreWhen the Cat's Away, the Ratz Will Play
With Chris Gethard down in Austin for South By Southwest, Shannon takes over hosting duties for the night and promptly gives all the power to our chatroom viewers. The legendary Ratz Carlton.
Read MoreFirst Times
Chris Gethard has first time callers, first time foods, first time experiences, and first time giant life moments. Special guest Aidy Bryant.
Read MoreSomeone will Die
One of the fictional characters will die.
Read MoreThe Royal Rumble of Twister
Colt Cabana is the guest for the first ever Royal Rumble of Twister. Every two minutes a new competitor joins the fray as callers give twister-based challenges.
Read MoreLet's Get Real
This week we decide to get real and talk about anything our callers want to divulge.
Read MoreWhat's in Hot Dog's Mouth
We spend an hour trying to guess the different objects hidden in Hot Dog's mouth.
Read MoreLet's Sell Out with Real Late Night Characters
We try to prove that we can play ball just like any mainstream late night talk show, so we invite some conventional late night talk show guests onto our show.
Read MoreWho Needs a Haircut?
Special guest Zach Galifianakis joins us in studio to give haircuts to strangers.
Read MoreWe Will Predict Your Future
Amy Poehler helps us predict the future. We use fortune cookies, tarot cards, magic eight balls, and our own intuition to determine what will happen to our callers.
Read MoreSum Yourself Up in a Dance Move
Callers, cast, and friends all describe the motions that make them unique. With special guest Griffin Newman.
Read MoreWhat's the Worst Thing You Can Make Us Say?
This week the audience was challenged to submit the most offensive things they can muster.
Read MoreConspiracy Theory Gary Show
The show was handed over to fellow MNN producer Conspiracy Theory Gary and let him put on the Conspiracy Theory Gary Show.
Read MoreThe Hour Long Song
What happens when a bunch of strangers come together with random instruments and make up an hour long song?
Read MoreThe Crowd Sourced Character Contest 2
It's back. Viewers submitted over 700 character names, we picked 10, and now you get to see these characters come to life.
Read MoreTrue or False
Callers tell stories and our panel has to decide if they are true or not.
Read MoreLeaked E-mails
Following the lead of Edward Snowden, Gethard decides to leak all emails and text messages associated with this week's show.
Read MoreLooking at Dicks for an Hour: A New Low
Four adult men look at each other's dicks for an hour.
Read MoreGlory Hole Kissing Booth
With special guests Aidy Bryant and Vanessa Bayer, the panel is challenged to guess the lips of TCGS characters by kissing them in the first ever Glory Hole Kissing Booth.
Read MoreDestroy-A-Toy
Bobby Moynihan loves toys. Callers decide which challenges Bobby has to endure in order to save toys from destruction.
Read MoreTurtle Birthday
We have a birthday for a Turtle.
Read MoreSpace Battle
The Human Fish has been captured by an alien and only a board-game based space battle captained by Mad Men's Rich Sommer can get him back.
Read MoreCaller Critiques
Jake Fogelnest joins the panel to critique our callers.
Read MoreThe Villain's Journey
Is Random Messenger Bag truly a hero or just a man who has yet to be properly tested? Also, the Front Bottoms join us and make our audience go crazy.
Read MoreWe Got Nothing 2
We got nothing. The only things we got are Quitzow who mesmerizes our audience in dancing a lot.
Read MoreThe Beef Off 2
Will Rob Malone defend his title? Will Jersey Dave repeat his first round failure from TBO1? Only the beefy will survive.
Read MoreOlympic Training
Callers help us train Connor Ratliff in possible events for the upcoming Summer Olympics. Will he find his event?
Read MoreWe Watch You
We use Skype to watch our audience watch us.
Read MoreTCGS Half Hour + Saddle Bee Neigh T Hive
TCGS performs a half-hour opener for the hit live variety sketch show Saddle-Bee Neigh-t Hive starring Horse and Bee. Griffin Newman is the special guest on TCGS as well as the host of SNH.
Read MoreMike at the Library
We let a guy from Cornell lead us around his school library via Skype for a full hour.
Read MoreRid Us of This Cursed Doll
We have a haunted doll. We want to give it to you. By the end of this show one of you will get it and all of the curses that come with it.
Read MoreOpen for Delivery
Viewers send things to the studio and we just sit back and let the fun come to us.
Read MorePlace Your Bets
You make bets, we do them.
Read MoreA Big Announcement
A big announcement. Anything can happen. No cool kids.
Read MoreSandwich Night Br3advolution
The third annual Sandwich Night. The biggest crowd, the most sandwiches, and calls from other sandwich celebrations.
Read MoreScare the Shit Out of Bethany
We try to make Bethany Hall cry live on air with help from horror actress Blanche Baker and the sick and twisted minds of our callers.
Read MoreThe Cream Wedding
The wedding you've all been waiting for: The Guy Who Likes Cream But Not Too Much Cream & His Personal Barista. Love, laughs, and - drama?
Read MoreThe Human Fish Gets Waxed
The Human Fish gets waxed. With special guest Sal Vulcano, and musical guest Wheatus.
Read MoreTell Us Something You've Never Told Anyone
Chris Gethard and the panel ask the callers to tell them something they have never told anyone before.
Read MoreJ.D.'s Nightmare
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I'm Nervous All the Time
Planned to be about nervousness regarding the future. Instead, a completely unplanned chant of "eat more butts" broke out at the beginning then lasted almost fifteen full minutes.
Read MoreSay It to My Face
Chris Gethard invited fellow MNN producers who have been talking shit to come on air and talk it out. None of them show up.
Read MoreDon Fanelli Builds a Human Size Bird House
Don Fanelli builds a human size bird house. A callback from the very first episode.
Read MorePaintin' Faces with Diana Kolsky
Diana Kolsky face paints panelists.
Read MoreSpanish Calls Only
An episode where only Spanish is allowed to be spoken.
Read MoreHow Would You Fight Me?
Callers were asked to call in and describe how they would fight Chris Gethard.
Read MoreStraight Up Phone Sex
Callers were asked to call in and have phone sex with various members of our panel, and our very special guest, Hannibal Buress.
Read MoreTalkin' Teenz
Chris Gethard invites a Canadian teenager to interview the panel about comedy and teenagers.
Read MoreJuan in a Million
The Chris Gethard Show celebrates the long time creative contributor Juan in a live retrospective.
Read MoreThe Night of Zero Laughs V
The Night Of Zero Laughs V. If you laugh, you get eliminated.
Read MoreThe First Call Show
The first person to call in decides the topic of the entire episode.
Read MoreWe Aren't Done Talking About Wrestling Yet
Special guest Eddie Kingston in studio to help us work on the ancient art of cutting wrestling promos.
Read MoreTalk About Whatever You Want (But We Recommend Professional Wrestling)
"El Matador" Tito Santana and SNL's Brooks Wheelan are joining us to talk about pro wrestling for the third week in a row.
Read MoreWhy Did You Stop Watching the Chris Gethard Show?
No characters, no costumes, no musical guest, no house band, no hula hooping. Just taking calls from people who used to watch the show but don't anymore, so they can say why.
Read MoreShoutOutTV Presents the Booty Shake Hour with Bo Montez
Bo Montez takes over the The Chris Gethard Show time slot, so get ready to shake your rumps for a full hour of debauchery.
Read MoreI Can Do Bad All by Myself
There are no camera operators, floor managers, or any crew, Chris Gethard takes over all the reins with musical guest Mal Blum.
Read More18th Century American Gladiators
The Chris Gethard Show traveled back to the 1700s to see some of our nation's founding fathers compete against audience members in a series of ill advised and very 18th Century events with music by Open Mike Eagle and Hannibal Buress.
Read MoreShould We Keep Doing the Show?
The Chris Gethard Show has a simple call in topic this week - "Should we keep doing this show?" with music by Black Wine.
Read MoreFill the Bowl
The Chris Gethard Show returns for a second season with music from Jeff Rosenstock.
Read MoreFlying Knives and Animal Heads
Marcus Monroe is in studio to juggle anything the studio audience dares to bring with Mike Birbiglia and musical guest, Glockabelle.
Read MoreDown to Fun
The TCGS panel play a phone based dating game designed by Emma Noble with musical guest Panglossian Prophets of Doom.
Read More200 Kazoos and Smithgate
An episode containing two hundred kazoos and an expected appearance from "Smith".
Read MoreWho's Your Favorite Serial Killer? Have You Taken Human Life?
The Chris Gethard Show discusses serial killers with special guest Brooks Wheelan.
Read MoreBirds and Bees and Eventually Eggs
The panel discusses the birds and the bees with Jo Firestone.
Read MoreThose Are Words My Mouth Just Said
The panel asks callers for a catch phrase for special guest Maeve Higgins.
Read MoreSandwich Night: Toast Protocol
Leonard the Sandwich Lion rings in the greatest holiday on earth, Sandwich Night.
Read MoreAll Hands on the Bad One
Sleater-Kinney joins the panel to play 'All Hands on the Bad One' with musical guest Priests.
Read MoreThe Crowd Sourced Character Contest 3
The Crowd Sourced Character contest is back and better than ever. Come see eight of the most ludicrous characters you the people could come up with, then vote on your favorite.
Read MoreFetish Party
The Chris Gethard Show welcome Bambi Galore, Jefferson, and Whip to the studio so they can escort us through the sexy, intense, sometimes messy world of fetishes.
Read MoreMeet the Parents
The parents of fans call The Chris Gethard Show to give parenting tips and life advice.
Read MoreWhen Next You See Us We Will Be Standing Atop the Rubble of the Entertainment Industry
Victorious Conquerers In A Strange Land That's Never Welcomed Us. We Are The Outsiders. We Are The Renegades. We Are The Surrogates For The Silent Masses Who Are Not Willing To Be Treated As A Number, Who Are Smart Enough To Know That Their Value Is Rooted In More.
Read MoreSandwich Night 5: Assignment Salami Beach
Sandwich Night returns to celebrate putting something between two pieces of bread.
Read MoreSpirit of Ratliff
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