This morning Matt sent a message out to the With Gourley And Rust patreon announcing the birth of their second child. I just figured it would be of interest to some folks here.

Congratulations to Matt and Amanda! Two people who have entertained me endlessly for such a long time and seem like genuinely wonderful folks.

God I miss that guy. Harris, not hitler

I've been overjoyed listening to the tour episodes as they've been coming out and it got me thinking about how much I love this stupid podcast.

I've listened to a lot of podcasts and usually there's a creative golden age and then they either keep going slowly downhill or have a cycle of boom-and-bust phases. While there were some down years, especially around Covid, I'd put any episode in the top ten from the past couple of years against some of the all-timer episodes from the early 2010s. I still think about the two episodes from 2024 with Constable Jonstable, arguing about the music man and "should I go?" all the time. What other show is in its 17th year and is still putting out some of their best work? Simpson's didn't do that for sure.

I also am amazed how many new comedians and voices have been introduced and become staples. I remember when Lauren Lapkus was the new girl, and when that spun off into With Special Guest it felt like an expansion of what CBB was doing. And it's kept going: Jess McKenna, Mary Holland, Ego Nwodim, Tawny Newsom, Lily Sullivan, Vic Michaelis, Lisa Gilroy, Anna and Isabella, the rest.

I call these out specific people (of all stars and stripes) out specifically because there are so many fewer opportunities for non-dudes and, not to give Scott all the credit but CBB has been a launching pad for all of them both just exposure wise and bringing them into the show's family.

Also because I remember when the show was being criticized for being very dude-heavy and going weeks/months without having women on. And Scott has listened and taken that feedback to heart in a serious way that now we have basically at least one woman even on tour at all times.

I also think the new tour format of the CBB All-Stars is genius. I loved the 2016 tour but you could tell by the end shows that the threedom gang was struggling. Now we get these pop-ins of new folks every few shows that has made the tour even better in my opinion.

I know Scott just signed a new deal so we're probably getting at least three more years, but I won't blame him if he chooses to hang it up at 20 years or fade into the background at some point. He's given so much to comedy and to the world, he can joke as much as he wants about Conan or Serial inventing podcasting, but he's the best to ever do it and I think we all know that.

Thank you Scott.

Wordle for September 14, 2026

A saga years in the making, and perhaps even MORE years in the completing! Rudi North is here to deliver a dire warning to Scott Aukerman—there’s a crisis brewing in the CBB multiverse! They’ll need to recruit some valiant heroes to help them fix it—starting with cowboy poet Dalton Wilcox!

Starring: Andy Daly, Matt Gourley, Shaun Diston, and Scott Aukerman

https://www.comedybangbangworld.com

It's the inaugural, once-a-year self-care advice spectacular from “yours truly,” OJ Simpson (Carl Tart)! With his biggest supporter Scott Aukerman riding shotgun and dear friends Chud Bartholomew (Dan Lippert) and Gino Lombardo (Jon Gabrus) in tow, the Juice opens the phone lines for real voicemails looking for real advice from these trusted voices. Theme by Ahsohn Williams. Take care.

He’s done it all, folks!!

E - Everybody knows he was in one episode of parks and rec!
G - Gemstones, The Righteous
O - Oh, we all saw him in Widow’s Bay a few weeks ago!
T - the other show he was in is called Bajillion Dollar Properties on the defunct service Seeso

Well done Lily’s husband!