Headgum Happy Hour

with Amir Blumenfeld and Danny Sellers and Geoffrey James

Join us for Headgum Happy Hour, a monthly stand up comedy show! Featuring the talents of Headgum staff and beloved stand ups who were available that night, Headgum Happy Hour is recorded live and dutifully preserved for both historical posterity and your listening pleasure.

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This Too Shall Pass (w/ Charlie Bardey, Natalie Rotter-Laitman, Milly Tamarez, Alise Morales, Steven Phillips-Horst, Lily Marotta, & Mike Hanford)\ 6/26/2024

Headgum Happy Hour is back, recorded live from The Bell House. Jake and Amir try out some new segments and are joined by Charlie Bardey & Natalie Rotter-Laitman to get some insight on how one should speak to their boss, Milly Tamarez and Alise Morales on the making of a viral meme, Steven Phillips-Horst and Lily Marotta on how to ad-lib a perfect podcast ad, and Mike Hanford on how to win over an audience.

Neighborhood Boys (w/ Janeane Garofalo, Eric Rahill, Jack Bensinger, Charlie Bardey, & Natalie Rotter-Laitman\ 12/20/2023

Jake and Amir are back hosting another Headgum Happy Hour where they introduce their new podcast, Segments, and sample hit segments such as ‘How can we get exactly ten people to raise their hands?’, ‘Which two word phrase will make the other person break?’, and a competition for most embarrassing photo! We’re joined by Janeane Garofalo, Eric Rahill, Jack Bensinger, Charlie Bardey, and Natalie Rotter-Laitman to discuss the beauty of gifting your grandmother an Aura Frame, getting the surgery, the ethics of halloween costumes, the origins of Natalie’s scarf, and more!

Plums vs SSRIs (w/ Charlie Bardey, Natalie Rotter-Laitman, Annabel & Sabina Meschke, Connor Ratliff, Michael Cruz Kayne, Edy Modica, Celeste Yim, and Jo Firestone)\ 9/27/2023

In this episode we revisit the height of Summer in New York with hosts Charlie Bardey and Natalie Rotter-Laitman and comics Annabel and Sabina Meschke, Connor Ratliff, Michael Cruz Kayne, Edy Modica, Celeste Yim, and Jo Firestone. Audiences are tasked with guessing a number, explaining various Wikipedia articles they’ve encountered, rethinking twin narratives, earthing, and cracking a summer all star bracket. Tune in to find out if plums or SSRIs come out on top.

Spring Break Forever: A WGA Fundraiser Show (with Jon Gabrus, Ben Rodgers, Max Silvestri, Steph Tolev, Ahamed Weinberg, Robby Hoffman, and Rachel Kaly)\ 5/31/2023

It's a depressingly rainy spring here in once-beautiful Los Angeles, so we headed to the beloved halls of Dynasty Typewriter to relive spring breaks past with our own crew of rowdy daytrippers and MTV VJ-wannabes: Jon Gabrus, Ben Rodgers, Max Silvestri, Steph Tolev, Ahamed Weinberg, Robby Hoffman, and Rachel Kaly. We lived vicariously through various, troubling spring breaker personas; learned about vast cultural differences from around the world; and even tried to join the mile high club on the plane over. Vacation, it's all we ever wanted.

A Two Person Standing Ovation (with Charlie Bardey & Natalie Rotter-Laitman, Francesca D'Uva & Ruby McCollister, Tim Platt & River Ramirez, and Karen Chee & Josh Gondelman)\ 4/26/2023

It's been a New York minute, but we're back in action with our next east coast installment of Headgum Happy Hour hosted by Jake and Amir! For our fifth episode, we return to the hallowed halls of Caveat and are joined by comedic duos Charlie Bardey & Natalie Rotter-Laitman, Francesca D'Uva & Ruby McCollister, Tim Platt & River Ramirez, and Karen Chee & Josh Gondelman.

Our Own Brand of Comedy (w/ Jo Firestone, Aparna Nancherla, Sam Taggart, George Civeris, Dan Licata, Eliza Hurwitz, Charlie Bardey, & Natalie Rotter-Laitman)\ 2/22/2023

We’re not sure what’s in the air, but something about mid-February got us thinking about relationships. For our first New York installment of Headgum Happy Hour hosted by Jake and Amir, we invited some of our favorite comedic duos and headed to Caveat.

New Year, Same Us (with Greta Titelman, Carl Tart & Lamar Woods, Jamie Loftus, and Geoffrey James & Reilly Anspaugh)\ 1/25/2023

Our only New Year's resolution was to get Greta Titelman, Carl Tart, Lamar Woods, Jamie Loftus, and Geoff & Reilly all into the green room together at UCB Franklin and, well... now we can take the rest of the year off.

Friendsgiving (w/ Mike Falzone, Mo Welch, Holmes Holmes and Ify Nwadiwe)\ 11/30/2022

We're back, and you're back: it's Headgum Happy Hour, Episode 2! During this second hang in the backyard of our Silverlake studios, we're joined by friends-and-comedians Mike Falzone, Mo Welch, Holmes Holmes and Ify Nwadiwe to talk Thanksgiving, family, ham, buttholes, VR porn, God... you know, the regular stuff that comes up around the holiday table. Hosted by your pals Danny Sellers and Amir Blumenfeld (with a special appearance by everyone’s favorite holiday guest, Geoffrey James).

Back to School (w/ Shelby Wolstein and EJ Marcus, Avital Ash, Liza Treyger, Ian Karmel)\ 10/27/2022

Welcome to Headgum Happy Hour, a monthly stand up comedy show! In our inaugural episode, comedians Shelby Wolstein & EJ Marcus, Avital Ash, Liza Treyger, and Ian Karmel take us back to school for some stories to close out the summer. Along the way, the audience becomes an unwilling focus group for Geoff’s Shark Tank ideas. Hosted by: Amir Blumenfeld, Geoffrey James, and Danny Sellers.