Introducing: Humor Me with Robert Smigel and Friends
4/29/20262 min
A weekly podcast where host, Robert Smigel, and a rotating panel, his friends, assist callers seeking help in making something in their real life funnier. Anything. A best man speech, a eulogy, a breakup letter, a cover letter, an apology, a Tinder profile - Robert, with a panel of professional comedy writers and comedians, will punch it up and get results. This season's guests include Dave Attell, Andy Breckman, Mikey Day, Jim Downey, Jim Gaffigan, Ellie Kemper, Michael Koman, David Letterman, Bruce McCulloch, Alex Moffat, Bob Odenkirk, Colin Quinn, Rob Riggle, Streeter Seidell, Eric Slovin, Dino Stamatopoulos, Mike Sweeney, and Bryan Tucker.
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First 90 secondsRobert Smigel· Host0:00
Hello, I'm Robert Smigel. I did lots of things, cartoons on SNL, Conan stuff, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, some movies, but now I'm past my peak, so I'm hosting a podcast, Humor Me with Robert Smigel and Friends. Each week, me and my favorite comedians, writers, and whatnots help regular people just like you, presuming you're regular, who have some project or task that they'd like us to help make funnier. You'll see guests like Bob Odenkirk, Jim Gaffigan, Dave Attell, Mikey Day, Ellie Kemper, Pete Holmes, Alex Edelman, Bruce McCullough, David Letterman, David Letterman, and many great writers dedicated to helping the less humorous. We've helped an a cappella group of Harvard alumni with their onstage banter.
Speaker 10:40
[laughs] That's me.
Robert Smigel· Host0:41
Who's the worst singer in the group?
Speaker 10:42
The worst?
Robert Smigel· Host0:43
Yeah.
Speaker 10:44
Me.
Speaker 2· Panelist0:44
Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo.
Robert Smigel· Host0:45
Is there anything to the idea that because you're from Harvard, uh, you only got in because [laughs] your parents made a huge donation- [laughs] [laughs] ... to the group?
Speaker 10:54
To the group.
Speaker 2· Panelist0:55
The Yardbirds, right? That's the name?
Robert Smigel· Host0:57
The Harvard Yard- Harvard Yardbirds ... but they're open to change.
Speaker 10:59
Do you have a name suggestion? We're open.
Robert Smigel· Host1:00
Since you guys are middle-aged, [laughs] uh, One Erection. [laughs] [laughs] We helped a high school teacher spice up his school's morning announcements.
Speaker 2· Panelist1:10
I know this is a public school, but what's our budget? Are we talking like- [laughs] [laughs] Well, 'cause Jim- How many millions of dollars?
Robert Smigel· Host1:17
IHeart is fully committed to this. And a man from Turkey writing a fan letter to a beloved comedy writer. I've brought in a couple of people who have worked with Steve O'Donnell. This is Dave from Indianapolis.
Speaker 3· Panelist1:28
Hi.
Unknown speaker1:29
[laughs]