On the Oct. 20 show (LIVE at 9 p.m. Eastern; Fridays: 2-4 a.m. UK) our host welcomes Ian Abramson (pictured in three different positions). He was named a New Face for the renowned Just for Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal and is described as the “Best Experimental Comedian” and “Best Up-and-Coming Comedian” by Chicago Magazine […]
LIVE, Thursday, Dec. 3 at 9 p.m. Eastern. Jonathan Geffner returns as his hit web series, Trillo & Suede, goes into its second season. Every hilarious episode of the multi-award-winning ventriloquist noir mystery parody comedy is on YouTube. Jonathan talks about everything behind the scenes and on the screen. It’s all on the original Internet […]
Skirting the realm of believability, Frank and Thom explore the games people play navigating society’s behavioral customs while dealing with their own head games around receiving a $100,000 bribe from a Sheldon-Leonard type wise guy to play for pay, on the air, the official alma mater for Uganda University and that country’s national anthem. Mike […]
LIVE, Thursday, Jan. 16, LIVE at 9 p.m. — Jonathan Geffner shows up to talk about his YouTube series featuring Van Trillo and Sam Suede, his daringly comedic duo of detectives. The Internet’s original talk show continues in its original time slot with unmatched energy in the realm of broadcasting it created. Featuring the one […]
LIVE, Thursday, July 19 at 9 p.m. Let’s try this again—time to hit the lists, this time one of recommended humor books—recommended by sources other than our host. Check out the 90 books said to be “must-reads” by anyone who loves comedy, according to the source used in a major publication. Our host, a professional […]
From below the deepest roots of the 1970s comedy radio series, the original Dead Air, Frank Cotolo and Thom Savino plant the seeds of what would become over five decades (and counting) of each of their various broadcast incarnations in this episode. Witness the planting of one seed in Frank Cotolo’s 53rd Street Brooklyn home […]
Conflict ensues right from the start over the show’s theme music “Duck’s on Parade” when Frank complains to his cohost about his “unusual opening” – Thom’s mouth, while Thom begrudgingly complains about Frank’s adherence to a more traditional intro. Prudence Purity, Dead Air censor objects to Thom’s use of a girly magazine centerfold as the […]
Dead Air’s Radio Announcer advises listeners that this episode pre-empts the president of the United States usually heard at this time. Short Don Rebel interviews the whacky UFO expert Derrick Von Lonagen whose baffling theory that Christ is responsible for UFOs ends with his singing “Pennies from Heaven.” Prudence Purity, the Dead Air censor complains […]
Zany chaos of the Casino Loot Production’s writers lead to arguments about a shoddy theme and Thom’s observation that Dead Air doesn’t have a sound effect for open heart surgery. Then “Wasteland Playhouse Presents: Magnet” a spoof on TV’s Dragnet. Poet Rod McCrutchen shares his poem “I Got My Job thru The Times.” Next, hear […]
LIVE, Thursday, Dec. 21 at 9 p.m. Eastern. Our host spins some new thoughts and emotions and then offers a laugh-riot exchange from 2012, featuring himself and Thom Savino ( Wonoco, Dead Air, Savino Veritas ) on the art of the Tonto Joke. As requested by many listeners, the Tonto show brings together the former […]
