Rachel Coster (host of @boyroomshow) joins to share the downsides of cancel culture, why minimum wage workers deserve to be happy, the anthropological experience of visiting someone’s home, making hot guys mad, the problem with having a doctor with ADHD to treat your ADHD, and why going to sleep early doesn’t make you a better person.
You can watch full video of this episode 2024-06-21 09:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
In this Patreon exclusive episode, Gianmarco and Russell take a big ol’ dump on comedians kissing the pope’s ass (and analyzing the op-ed on the matter by Simon Tierney), then they review the Tony’s and why Cabaret currently on Broadway isn’t as edgy as it thinks it is, and get a glimpse into what we have cookin’ for the live podcast tour.
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2024-06-19 09:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Comedian Caleb Hearon returns to the pod for the third time to discuss the downsides of the DNC’s fundraising texts, having his mom on his podcast, why str*ight guys don’t do enough butt stuff, getting accused of pretending to be himself on dating apps, why he’d rather die than go to a game night party, the importance of telling your friends when something’s important, and why restauran...
2024-06-14 09:00:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Britain's Got Talent winner Viggo Venn joins to share the downsides of Norway and why the "happiest" country has such a high suicide rate, what you can learn from flopping (bombing for clowns), and whether clowning is appropriate at a family member's funeral. Gianmarco also tells his story from the one time he went to The Box for the millionth time.
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2024-06-07 09:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post
In this Patreon exclusive episode, comedian Moshe Kasher joins us live from the Comedy Store for the Netflix is a Joke Festival to discuss the downsides of growing up next to a cemetery, knowing what v*brator your mom uses, whether or not being uncircumcised leads to a better bust, summer vacationing in your dad’s Hasidic community, starting AA at 15, and why white women must stop rapping on ...
2024-06-05 09:00:17 +0000 UTC View Post
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We're recording a live episode of the pod in NYC this Monday, June 3. We'll be trying out some new segments and would love to have you there for it! You can get free tickets with code DOWNSIDE100 at https://www.showclix.com/event/the-downside-with-gianma...
2024-06-01 21:55:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Comedian Natalie Palamides joins to share the downsides of poppin’ a popsicle up your p*$$y in front of a live audience, clowning around with Hilary and Chelsea Clinton, getting detention for being passive aggressive, having to trick your family into watching your show, and literally wrestling with the audience.
You can watch full video of this episode 2024-05-31 09:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post
In this Patreon exclusive episode, Jessica Frey, our friend and fellow Uncle Function member joins to share the downsides of being an only child, blacking out after arguments, and getting questionable parenting tips from Instagram. Stay for the extra special treat of never-before-seen-footage of Russell performing If I Were a Rich Man from his 7th grade production of Fiddler o...
2024-05-25 09:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Laci Mosley, the Scam Goddess herself, joins to discuss the downsides of falling for scams including classic NYC subway guilt trips, illegitimate apartment hunting fees, girlies scheming at 7/11, megachurches, and deadly helicopter tours. We also talk feet parties for far too long.
You can watch full video of this episode 2024-05-24 09:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Chris Cafero makes his triumphant return to talk with Gianmarco, Russell, and special guest Douglas Goodhart about the terrible interactive off-off-broadway theater experience that brought them together, our worst acting gigs, working with Vinny Guadagnino from Jersey Shore, which of us has the worst mirror face, and whether or not we need to change the auditioning process.
Comedian Sammy Obeid joins to share the downsides of knowing Gianmarco during his infamous scarf phase, how he embraced being mistaken for American Idol’s Sanjaya, protesting the Iraq War, joking about Israel as a half-Palestinian comic, and whether or not loving puns is a mental illness.
You can watch full video of this episode 2024-05-10 09:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Comedian Dan Soder can tell if you’re a child of divorce just by looking at you, and once he’s sized our producer up, we talk about why divorced dads give the best gifts, the joys of smoking cigs while playing with action figures, and why Boston Dynamics must be stopped.
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2024-05-03 09:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Comedian Megan Gailey joins us for our first live taping in LA to share the downsides of doing molly at your own wedding while your dad simultaneously hits rock bottom, how Ireland is the result of white on white crime, why Hamilton is just propaganda, what role tape played in her high school musical that hopefully nobody took pictures of, and what conscious fandom means in the et...
2024-05-01 15:31:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Comedian Zach Zucker (Stamptown) joins us to share the downsides of going to clown school in France instead of playing baseball at Harvard, literally singing out of your ass (but not in front of grandma), and why we should normalize nudity on stage.
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2024-04-26 09:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Comedian Brittany Carney shares the downsides of growing up in Japan, love hotels and why they’re necessary, the shocking progressivism of Japanese children’s cartoons, how robbing a CVS is the most American thing you can do, and Russell confesses why everyone in his middle school choir should be canceled.
You can watch full video of this episode 2024-04-19 09:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post
In this Patreon exclusive episode, join Gianmarco and Russell on a chaotic day unfolding in real time, and stay for the downsides of voice lessons, watching vs performing Shakespeare, the fun things in store for the Patreon in the future, their favorite snacks, tearjerker movies, and a special half improvised/half scripted performance.
You can watch full video of this episode 2024-04-17 09:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Comedian Malik Elassal shares the downsides of his private Islamic school’s theater program getting shut down mid-rehearsals, Gianmarco’s fake flaccid shl*ng, and having to tell a story about the IDF firing a missile into his grandma’s house for a Don’t Tell Comedy stand-up set THE DAY OF October 7th.
You can watch full video of this episode 2024-04-12 09:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Comedian Ali Kolbert joins to share the downsides of seeing Gianmarco on the way to therapy, why children shouldn’t be actors, performing at the last JFL, preparing celebrity dressing rooms at The Tonight Show, and why your ex isn’t a narcissist.
Gianmarco shares the time he opened for Anthony Jeselnik and his Juilliard audition story.
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2024-04-05 09:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Comedian Maddie Wiener joins us to share the downsides of having your first panic attack in first grade, being atheist since childhood, not being old enough to remember 9/11, having your mom drive you to open mics, running your own musical theater program in high school, skipping your prom to do a show, and why you should stop lying about your haters.
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2024-04-03 09:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Comedian Ty Colgate joins to share the downsides of talking about schedule 1 drugs, having a cough so bad it triggers your house alarm, knowing a real life Florida Man, why weed is a gateway drug (but only if you’re selling), why dealing is not as glamorous as it seems, and how somehow the only time he got arrested was because of musical theater.
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2024-03-29 09:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Comedian and actor Vinny Thomas joins to share the downsides of capital punishment, why the guards are the most interesting part about the Royal Family, why snakes make good pets, how animals are bangin’ for pleasure (and displeasure), and why there are definitely lesbian lizards and gay whales out there.
You can watch full video of this episode 2024-03-22 09:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
In this Patreon exclusive episode, Gianmarco and Russell share the downsides of not knowing the unwritten rules of a restaurant, popping shrooms in the middle of the desert, laughing so hard you think you might die, unpacking Gianmarco’s 21st birthday, writing a movie that will never get made, why you should kiss your mother on the mouth, and Russell’s distaste for packing peanuts.
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2024-03-20 09:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Comedian Lucas Zelnick joins us to share the downsides of performing in front of a crowd of influencers, taking down crowd work clips at the request of the FBI, how rich you have to be for an invite to the family jet, giving money to fake charitable causes, and why you should keep your anxiety to yourself.
You can watch full video of this episode 2024-03-15 09:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
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2024-03-11 20:08:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Comedian and magician Harrison Greenbaum joins to share the downsides of being judged by Norm Macdonald on the Last Comic Standing, discovering a secret about his holocaust survivor grandpa, why Harvard SUCS, and the effect of racial humor on prejudice.
Gianmarco shares the bachelor party gig that almost made him quit standup comedy.
You can watch full video of this episode 2024-03-08 10:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Comedians Ariel Elias, Jay Jurden & Liam Nelson join to share the downsides of Gianmarco wearing a jockstrap and then discuss memorable stories from their years on the road like meeting Mr. Nipple Nuts, proposing as Chewbacca, fainting, seizures, and all the other chaos that ensues as touring comics.
You can watch full video of this episode 2024-03-06 10:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Comedian Sam Tallent joins us to share the downsides of doing five podcasts in one day, taking hallucinogens, what it’s like to be a literal party animal in high school, and why living in Vegas sucks.
Gianmarco shares a story that will forever change the way you look at a Harry Potter book.
You can watch full video of this episode 2024-03-01 10:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Broadway’s Constantine Rousouli joins us to share the downsides of singing "Dancing Through Life" with a thick Jersey accent for Rihanna for the chance to go backstage at Wicked, picking Hairspray over college, the flying monkey ensemble member who fell from a rope and was never heard from again, how to get a parasite out of you using only spaghetti, and why str*ight girls m...
2024-02-23 10:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Comedians Eagle Witt and Lucas Connolly join to share the downsides of working at a now-closed comedy club in Times Square that we’re calling “McDonald’s” for legal purposes. RIP Kenny Ortega.
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2024-02-16 10:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
World-renowned love experts, Gianmarco and Russell, give relationship advice and respond to your This Has Gotta Stops in this Patreon-exclusive Valentines Day episode 🌹
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2024-02-14 10:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post