Never Not Funny
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| Never Not Funny | |
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| Hosting | Jimmy Pardo and Matt Belknap |
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| Updates | Weekly |
| Debut | April 14, 2006 |
| Genre | Comedy |
| Website | http://www.pardcast.com |
Never Not Funny is a podcast hosted by comedian Jimmy Pardo since Spring 2006. He and producer Matt Belknap have appeared for every episode, and past anchor Mike Schmidt appeared for all of season one, except for episode 60 when his departure was announced. During March 2008, the show will be moving to a commercial format, with the first twenty minutes of each show remaining available to non-paying subscribers.
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[edit] Season 1
The original idea was to do an audio podcast version of Jimmy's Los Angeles show "Running Your Trap", The first episode featured him and "The Producer" Matt Belknap. Pat Francis was scheduled for Episode 2, but when he was unavailable, Mike Schmidt (Humorously referred to by Pardo as "the former third basemen" after the similar named baseball player) took the third chair. This format worked so well, Mike became a permanent third member. Every fourth episode would have a guest such as Pat Francis or Graham Elwood. Midway through the season the theme song changed from a generic rhythmic tune to "Mad at the World" by Daver. This three man setup lasted sixty episodes, including a clip show, and two live shows recorded at the UCB Theater in Los Angeles. The show went through little change throughout the first season until episode sixty when Jimmy announced that his relationship to Mike Schmidt had become strained through the years and that they had decided to go their separate ways; Mike left the show in an attempt to reconcile their friendship. Mike explained the situation on May 25, 2007, on his blog [1] In March of 2008 Mike jumped back into the podcast world with his own half hour solo podcast named The Forty Year Old Boy.
[edit] Season 2
The season began with a new introduction clip featuring sound bites from Jimmy, Matt, Danielle Koenig (Jimmy's wife), and guest Paul Gilmartin. As well as a new logo for the podcast. Pat Francis was the guest for the first episode (201) and returned for episodes 205, 209, 213, 215, 217, 220, 221, 230, and 236 as part of the ensemble in the live recording of Jimmy's show "Running your Trap", 229 for the "Christmas Episode", and 230 making him by far the most common guest host for season two. On episode 217, Matt Belknap announced plans for a new video podcast called Jimmy Cam, it is unclear what the future of it will be. As of episode 230 it has not appeared for several weeks and may still be considered to be in "BETA testing". On Episode 233 Jimmy and Matt announced their new sponsor "Sexyis.com" a lingerie web site; despite both having a general dislike of lingerie, and have subsequently had contests for the site.
[edit] Season 3
During episode 239 (the ninety-ninth episode overall), it was announced that season 3 would start with the 101st episode. It was also announced that from the beginning of season 3, subscribers would have to pay to continue receiving the complete podcast, although the first twenty minutes of each episode will still be available for free. The subscription price was announced to be US$19.99 for 26 episodes. Also mentioned was that JimmyCam (segments of video from the show) would be a feature of the new season, with a suggestion that 5 of these five-minute segments would be available each week).
[edit] Running jokes
- You remember... - Used in response to anyone using an odd, funny, or embarrassing phrase, where the phrase becomes the name of a band that opened for some other funny made-up (sometimes real) band (e.g. "You remember Traversing the Hypotenuse...they opened up for Pythagoras at The Troubadour in 1979."). Jimmy started the joke when a waitress told him he had his "choice of soups" to which he joked to his friend, "You remember Choice of Soups, they opened for Foghat." It has been a running joke ever since.
- Lyrics - Often when discussing particular bands or songs, the guys will quote their lyrics in normal conversation.
- Nicknames - Pardo will refer to people, usually famous, by abbreviated nicknames. (e.g. John Cusack- Johnny Q.....sack, Martin Short - Marty Short)
- Description of clothing- Jimmy will occasionally describe the hosts' attire at the beginning of an episode, changing a normally plural word to its singular form. (e.g. "I see you are wearing a sweatpant.") The other hosts also use this joke when appropriate.
- "Broke Bad"- A phrase used when a situation becomes significantly worse relatively quickly, or a joke fails to generate laughter. (e.g. "That's when it broke bad")
- This or That? - A game started by "friend of the show" Pat Francis, someone will ask which they like better, and then give 2 suggestions. (e.g. " Led Zeppelin or The Rolling Stones?")
- "We can edit this out, right?"- Nearly every time Pat Francis has appeared on the show, be it alone or in conjunction with another guest, he matter-of-factly states "we'll edit that out" as if this is common practice. Always followed by Jimmy saying "We don't edit, jerk!" in an exasperated voice.
[edit] Awards
- Never Not Funny was nominated for a 2007 Podcast Award in the Comedy category. [2]
- Never Not Funny was nominated for a 2006 Weblog Award. [3]
- Never Not Funny was made one of iTunes' "Best in 2006" and "Best in 2007" podcasts.
[edit] List of guests
| Guest | Episode # |
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| Andrew Daly | 302 |
| Bil Dwyer | 148 |
| Cathy Ladman | 236 |
| Chris Fairbanks | 228 |
| Chris Hardwick | 224, 310 |
| Danielle Koenig | 130, 132, 205, 211, 226, 230, 239, 308 |
| Dave Holmes | 222, 233, 301 |
| Doug Benson | 232, 305 |
| Graham Elwood | 116, 203, 207, 237 |
| Jimmy Dore | 144 |
| John Heffron | 221 |
| Maria Bamford | 208, 234 |
| Mike Siegel | 124, 212, 235 |
| Pat Francis | 108, 140, 201, 205, 209, 213, 217, 221, 230, 236, 240, 303, 307, 311 |
| Paul F. Tompkins | 128, 202, 214, 231, 309 |
| Paul Goebel | 130 |
| Paul Gilmartin | 104, 120, 204, 223, 239 |
| Pete Schwaba | 152, 209, 216 |
| Randy and Jason Sklar | 210, 218 |
| Scott Aukerman | 112, 156, 206, 219, 227, 238, 304 |
| Todd Glass | 136, 306 |
| Rob Corddry | 312 |
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