Used to be lawyers
J-L Cauvin, Al Lubel, Greg Giraldo
Overcame extreme fear of flying
Jen Kirkman, Bert Kreischer
Hate Steely Dan
James Adomian, Marc Maron
Both parents deaf
Moshe Kasher, Craig Gass
Love to take their shirts off
Bert Kreischer, Ari Shaffir
Allergic to peanuts
Demetri Martin, Steve Agee
Natasha Leggero’s significant other
Ari Shaffir, Duncan Trussell, Moshe Kasher
Acted in “Breaking Bad”
Tait Fletcher, Bill Burr
Mother ran a bookmaking operation
Joey Diaz, Tony Hinchcliffe
Loved Kiss when young
Cassius Morris, Joe Rogan
Worry that neighbors will think they are seriously yelling at their wives
Bill Burr, Doug Stanhope
Love baseball
Steven Brody Stevens, Greg Proops, Jon Hamm
Heroic substance abuse recovery
Craig Ferguson, Marc Maron, Russell Brand, Moshe Kasher
Play piano brilliantly while making up songs
Owen Benjamin, Bo Burnham
Outrageous laughs
Josh Wolf, Esther Ku, Bert Kreischer
Totally content to be child-free
Aisha Tyler, Jen Kirkman, Janeane Garafalo
Instinctively trusted by me because of their voices
Daniel Quantz, Kurt Metzger, Greg Chaille, Sam Tripoli
As adults, met their long-gone absentee fathers
Gabriel Iglesias, Eddie Bravo
Cook at least one thing very well
Tom Papa, Joe Rogan, Bill Burr, Marc Maron
Candy addicts
Ari Shaffir, Dean Del Rey
White comics who did a lotta lotta black shows
Bill Burr, Kurt Metzger, Big Jay Oakerson
Long estrangement from very difficult mothers
Kira Soltanovich, Christina Pazsitzky
Listen to podcasts while falling asleep
Jeff Fox, Bert Kreischer
Amazing work based on their mothers’ deaths
Duncan Trussell, Doug Stanhope, Eddie Bravo (in his case, grandmother)
Love professional wrestling
Tony Hinchcliffe, Ron Funches, Mat Edgar, Earl Skakel, Mike Lawrence
Friends you might not expect of them
Steve Martin/Dalton Trumbo, Patton Oswalt/Harlan Ellison
Were foster kids
Kareem Green, Tiffany Haddish, Jamar Neighbors
Hate shopping
Aisha Tyler, Christina Pazsitzky
Have mined material from frustrating and emasculating doctor visits
Louis C.K., Tom Segura
Preoccupied with home repair issues
Bill Burr, Marc Maron, Kevin Christy
Intensely religious when young
Ari Shaffir, Pete Holmes, Kurt Metzger
Keep chickens in yard
Joe Rogan, Bert Kreischer
Read/discussed David Foster Wallace
Alison Rosen, Duncan Trussell, Bryan Callen
Have performed at club owner Jamie Masada’s Thanksgiving dinner
Ian Edwards, Bill Burr
Spiritual seekers
Duncan Trussell, Pete Holmes, Gary Shandling
Born and raised in show biz families but never drank
Chris D’Elia, Earl Skakel
Play drums
Bill Burr, Steven Brody Stevens, Alison Rosen
Feature their mother and/or father on podcasts
Tom Segura, Jen Kirkman, Tony Hinchcliffe, Bryan Callen
Against routine neonatal circumcision for boys
Joe Rogan, Stephanie Simbari, Jack Henry Faust
Rides motorcycle
Dean Delray, Bill Burr, Bert Kreischer
Snake hips
Chris D’Elia, Russell Brand
Hockey players
Earl Skakel, Bill Burr, Paul Gilmartin
Loves Dylan
Tim Heidecker, Marc Maron
Have featured their brothers on podcasts
Josh Wolf, Owen Benjamin
Have the same Lenny Bruce Fillmore Auditorium poster I used to have
Louis C.K., Joe Rogan
Studied psychology in college
Joe Rogan, Duncan Trussell, Sam Tripoli
Cerebral palsy
Josh Blue, Jack Carroll
Train in mixed martial arts
Kevin James, Joe Rogan, Raf Esparza, Kevin Phillips, Brendan Schaub, Joey Diaz
Recommend The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis
Steve Simone, Owen Benjamin
Love amusement park thrill rides
Doug Benson, Bert Kreischer
Used to be in a band
Alison Rosen, Carrie Brownstein
Multiple cats including strays
Marc Maron, Joey Diaz
Turned into activists by childhood sexual assault
Andy Andrist, Barry Crimmins
Big fan of shrooms
Pete Holmes, Ari Shaffir
Morbidly obese
Gabriel Iglesias, Ms. Pat, John Pinette, Ralphie May, Joey Diaz, Patrice O’Neal, John Candy, Chris Farley
Beatles fans
Don Barris, Joe Rogan
Lived in a car
Don Barris, Joey Diaz, Tiffany Haddish, Dustin Martian, Doug Stanhope, Tony Hinchcliffe
Can recount their dreams non-boringly
Daniele Bolelli, Bert Kreischer
God is a lesbian
Greg Proops, Sam Tripoli
Love the music of Edith Piaf
Bryan Callen, Christina Pazsitzky
Hunt with bow and arrows
Joe Rogan, Jeff Foxworthy
Often bring their wives on podcasts
Bert Kreischer, Bill Burr
Babysat Josh Wolf’s kids
Joey Diaz, Chelsea Handler
Used to be overweight/obese
Owen Benjamin, Jen Kirkman
Politically savvy
Greg Proops, Jen Kirkman, Dan Savage, Joe Rogan
Same voice
John Heffron, Marc Maron
Had prisoner penpals
Doug Stanhope, Jen Kirkman
Single dads who raised kids
Daniele Bolelli, Ian McCall, Josh Wolf
Characterized by Dave Atell as “fearless”
Doug Stanhope, Jim Norton, Artie Lange
Went to Groundlings school
Tom Segura, Sam Tripoli
Loves the Black Keys
Joey Diaz, Joe Rogan
Father was a doctor
Marc Maron, Alison Rosen, Mike Birbiglia
Flaming Paggot 