Mark Normand and Sam Morril throw a Halloween episode with Jim Florentine, Rachel Feinstein and Ian Fidance, who shows up as Princess Jasmine. Jim tells Crank Yankers stories and explains how he became friends with the man his ex-wife married. Rachel recounts years of stalkers, and a Chucky from a viral subway prank crashes the end.
Chapters
- 0:00 Happy Halloween: Greek helmets, and Jim Florentine’s first costume since a bloody OJ in 1996.
- 1:00 Which costumes cross a line: Hitler, Cosby and this year’s true-crime costumes.
- 2:20 Trick-or-treating as a dad, and last-minute hobo and pirate costumes.
- 3:10 Shane Gillis’s stadium night in Philadelphia, and Three 6 Mafia opening.
- 4:00 A Halloween pizza delivery: the pepperoni square pie.
- 4:50 The first comic one host ever opened for was Jim. Then Dennis Hof and the Bunny Ranch.
- 6:40 Crank Yankers: Comedy Central keeps Special Ed out of the revival, and Jimmy Kimmel’s Hollywood problem.
- 8:00 Kids at Jim’s club shows, expecting a puppet show.
- 8:40 How Crank Yankers got its releases signed, versus today’s prank videos.
- 9:40 Jim’s divorce: suspicion, the gym guy, and why he is friends with the man his ex-wife married.
- 10:20 Rachel Feinstein arrives. Flowers from Rachel and Amy Schumer after Jim’s divorce.
- 12:40 Hiring a private investigator through Kenny, the 6’8” bodyguard to Dice, Norton, Schumer and Burr.
- 13:20 Rachel’s stalker who called clubs to say she smelled, and the police report.
- 15:00 Paying the PI at an IHOP on Route 9. Three days and it was over.
- 15:40 Jim never cheated on the road.
- 16:20 Rachel’s stalker is in prison, and the cop with a foot fetish.
- 17:00 A crazy ex thrown out of the biggest show of one host’s life.
- 18:20 A summer-camp dance and the worst thing a counselor ever said.
- 19:40 How long it took Jim and his ex to be good, and co-parenting with the new husband.
- 21:00 Comics and relationships: dinner every night is stability, and the road takes it.
- 21:40 Booking gigs on family vacations: Myrtle Beach, a Daytona one-nighter, and Bora Bora.
- 22:20 A friend’s fight at Epcot during the fireworks.
- 23:20 Partners who want activities: apple picking, salsa lessons, and Joey Diaz’s advice.
- 24:40 Aquariums and museums: seen one fish, seen them all.
- 26:00 Memorizing history dates, Betsy Ross, and a Copenhagen museum with no backstory.
- 27:00 Forts everywhere, built just to not die.
- 27:20 Amsterdam: the prostitution museum, the Anne Frank House and the Van Gogh Museum.
- 28:00 Rachel played Anne Frank on Historical Roasts, opposite Gilbert Gottfried’s Hitler.
- 29:00 Visiting the prostitution museum with a wife who found it sad.
- 30:00 Rich Vos, Patrice O’Neal and Amsterdam.
- 31:20 A buddy’s strip-club night with Dennis Rodman, and planned guys’ trips.
- 32:40 Jim on dating at 62, and why his last relationship ended.
- 33:10 Jim’s vasectomy: five minutes and an ice pack.
- 35:00 Jim met his ex at a Kid Rock and Lynyrd Skynyrd show, and saw them there again this summer.
- 36:00 Dating apps, the suburbs, and driving to sets so he kept it to two drinks.
- 37:05 Sponsor reads: Ethos, Underdog, Hims and Rocket Money.
- 40:40 Why Rachel’s stalker went to prison: a rabbi and a threat to BWI Airport.
- 41:20 A stalker who painted her, sent rings and wrote a novel as her.
- 42:40 800 calls a day from spoofed numbers, and a stalker who worked with a psychic.
- 45:00 Unlawful Entry: Ray Liotta as an obsessed cop. Then Goodfellas.
- 45:40 Rachel likes manly men.
- 47:00 An ex who wanted Rachel to quit stand-up and move to Wayne, New Jersey.
- 48:00 Why you want a busy partner, and partners who resent the road.
- 49:40 Comics who bring dates to open mics and green rooms.
- 51:00 When the girlfriend opened for Jim, and why comics date comics.
- 52:00 Ian Fidance arrives as Princess Jasmine, and calls out Shane Gillis.
- 53:00 Casey Anthony and an SNL monologue, then a fact check on child homicides.
- 57:40 Looting in Paris, Italian men fighting back, and Macron’s promise.
- 1:00:00 Ian’s tattoos: a Metallica piece, the Crazy Sal, and his back.
- 1:03:50 Ian’s good deed outside the Comedy Cellar.
- 1:04:20 Ian fields the room’s questions about cruising culture.
- 1:09:00 Ian recommends Times Square Red, Times Square Blue, and the Giuliani cleanup.
- 1:13:00 Hookup apps and massage parlors, and Philadelphia’s “wishy-washy.”
- 1:15:20 A noir in the background: Out of the Past.
- 1:16:40 Chucky crashes the studio.
- 1:19:50 Plugs: Jim, Ian and Rachel.
- 1:21:40 Chucky explains his viral subway video.
- 1:23:20 Plugs: Mark and Sam.
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Key topics
- 6:40 Crank Yankers — Jim on Comedy Central keeping Special Ed out of the revival, and families who came to his shows expecting puppets.
- 9:40 The amicable divorce — A three-day PI job, years of rage, and a friendship with the new husband for the kids’ sake.
- 13:20 Stalkers — Rachel’s stalkers sent fake emails to clubs, made threats and mailed paintings. She needed police help and a restraining order.
- 21:20 Comics and relationships — Weekends on the road, vacations built around gigs, and why some comics end up dating comics.
- 27:20 Historical Roasts — Rachel played Anne Frank, with Gilbert Gottfried as Hitler, and got a year of angry tweets.
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People
On this episode
Mark Normand
The Comedian List · Tour dates
Co-host. Says his wife gets the comedy life, and closes with his upcoming dates. 51:40
Sam Morril
The Comedian List · Tour dates
Discussed for: Sam Morril: Incorrect — Netflix
Co-host. Plugs his new Netflix special, Incorrect, and his club dates. 1:23:40
Jim Florentine
The Comedian List · Official site · Wikipedia
Discussed for: Jim Florentine: Jersey Trash — Amazon · Crank Yankers — Amazon
Guest. A Crank Yankers voice and Jersey comic who wore a costume for the first time since 1996. He tells the story of his divorce and plugs his new special, Jersey Trash. 0:20
Rachel Feinstein
The Comedian List · Official site · Wikipedia · Best Movies & TV Shows
Discussed for: Historical Roasts — Netflix
Guest. Tells stalker stories, talks about playing Anne Frank on Historical Roasts, and lists her road dates. 10:20
Ian Fidance
The Comedian List · Official site
Discussed for: Ian Do: An Odd Guy Doing Odd Jobs — YouTube
Guest. Arrives in character as Princess Jasmine, shows off his tattoos, and plugs Ian Do and his dates. 52:00
People mentioned
Don Jamieson
Part of the deep-voiced weekend lineup with Jim around 2010 or 2011. 5:00
Dennis Hof
The Bunny Ranch owner who used to invite comics out to Nevada. 5:20
Jim Norton
The Comedian List · Wikipedia · Best Movies & TV Shows
Named in the Bunny Ranch talk, and as one of Kenny the bodyguard’s past clients. 6:00
Jimmy Kimmel
Discussed for: Crank Yankers — Amazon
Crank Yankers’ co-creator. Jim says his Hollywood profile made the revival cautious. 7:30
Adam Carolla
Discussed for: Crank Yankers — Amazon
Crank Yankers’ other co-creator. 7:30
Amy Schumer
Sent Jim flowers with Rachel when he got divorced. 10:40
Andrew Dice Clay
One of Kenny the bodyguard’s past clients. 13:00
Bill Burr
The Comedian List · Best Movies & TV Shows
Named as Kenny the bodyguard’s current client. 13:05
Joey Diaz
Jim’s neighbor, with blunt advice for Jim’s nephew about his dad’s new relationship. 24:20
Gilbert Gottfried
Discussed for: Historical Roasts — Netflix
Played Hitler opposite Rachel’s Anne Frank on Historical Roasts. 28:30
Rich Vos
The Amsterdam story where a woman asks him if he knows Patrice. 30:00
Patrice O’Neal
Known in Amsterdam, and said to have packed his own props for trips. 30:10
Dennis Rodman
A friend’s strip-club story with Rodman. 31:20
Kid Rock
Jim met his ex-wife at a Kid Rock and Lynyrd Skynyrd show in Jersey, and saw the same bill again this summer. 35:10
Sal Vulcano
Named with Artie and Godfrey as the friends Jim could not keep up with because he drove to sets. 36:45
Artie Lange
Named with Sal and Godfrey in the same story. 36:45
Godfrey
Named with Sal and Artie in the same story. 36:45
Ray Liotta
Discussed for: Unlawful Entry — Amazon · Goodfellas — Amazon
Brought up for Unlawful Entry, where he plays an obsessed cop, and Goodfellas. 45:00
Kurt Russell
Discussed for: Unlawful Entry — Amazon
Co-stars in Unlawful Entry. 45:05
Shane Gillis
The Comedian List · Best Movies & TV Shows
His sold-out Lincoln Financial Field show comes up early, and Ian calls him out in character. 3:20
Samuel R. Delany
Discussed for: Times Square Red, Times Square Blue — Amazon
Author of the book Ian recommends. 1:09:00
Rudy Giuliani
His Times Square cleanup is the turning point in that book. 1:09:20
Lindsay Clancy
One of the hosts jokes that a Lindsay Clancy costume will be a big Halloween look this year. 1:17
Gavin DeGraw
One of the hosts says “Gavin McGraw” when talking about a stadium opener, along with the Hooters and Cinderella. 3:50
Joe Matarese
One of the hosts mentions “Joe Materese territory” while talking about Jersey. 4:03
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Products
We Might Be Drunk merch and Bodega Cat Whiskey — Official site
Crank Yankers — Season 1 Uncensored (DVD) — Jim’s prank-call puppet show. He covers the 2019 revival and the families who came to his shows expecting puppets. Amazon · Wikipedia 7:00
South Park: Complete Seasons 1–20 (DVD) — Named as the cartoon that gets away with everything. Amazon · Wikipedia 7:25
The Brady Bunch: The Complete Series (DVD) — Jim’s blended family gets called the dark Brady Bunch. Amazon · Wikipedia 12:25
Historical Roasts (Netflix) — Rachel played Anne Frank opposite Gilbert Gottfried’s Hitler and drew a year of angry tweets. Netflix · Wikipedia 28:10
Unlawful Entry (1992, Prime Video) — Ray Liotta as a cop obsessed with Kurt Russell’s wife. Called not a good movie but fun for watching Liotta play a psycho. Amazon · Wikipedia 45:00
Goodfellas (25th Anniversary Edition) — The famous Liotta movie Rachel was reaching for. Amazon · Wikipedia 45:30
Times Square Red, Times Square Blue (Samuel R. Delany) — Ian’s book pick about Times Square in the ’70s and ’80s and what changed after the cleanup. Amazon · Wikipedia 1:09:00
Friends: The Complete Series (DVD) — A one-line joke during the Q&A. Amazon · Wikipedia 1:12:20
Out of the Past (1947, DVD) — The noir named in a joke about Sam. Amazon · Wikipedia 1:15:35
Jim Florentine: Jersey Trash (Prime Video) — Jim’s new special. Amazon 1:19:50
Ian Do: An Odd Guy Doing Odd Jobs — Ian’s series where he takes odd jobs on the road. YouTube 1:20:30
Sam Morril: Incorrect (Netflix) — Sam’s new special. Netflix 1:23:40
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Discussed on the show
Lindsay Clancy costume joke — One of the hosts jokes that a Lindsay Clancy costume will be a big Halloween look this year. 1:17
Gavin DeGraw, the Hooters and Cinderella — Talking about a stadium opener, one of the hosts says “Gavin McGraw,” then “the Hooters Cinderella,” meaning the Philadelphia rock bands. No buy links. 3:50
Joe Matarese — One of the hosts mentions “Joe Materese territory” while talking about Jersey. No buy link. 4:03
Costume lines — Bloody OJ in 1996, and why some costumes upset people more than others. 0:40
Shane Gillis at Lincoln Financial Field — About 78,000 tickets, and a Three 6 Mafia set. Wikipedia 3:20
The pepperoni square pie — The Halloween pizza delivered to the studio. 4:20
Special Ed — The Crank Yankers puppet Comedy Central kept out of the 2019 revival. 7:00
Prank-call releases — Jim says about 80% of the people they called signed, often after friends talked them into it. 8:40
A private investigator — Hired through a friend of Kenny’s. He met Jim at an IHOP and needed three days. 14:40
Salsa lessons — Jim’s brother started them six weeks into a new relationship. 24:00
Museums with no backstory — Shoes from an 1840s war in Copenhagen with no explanation. 26:20
The Van Gogh Museum — Book ahead, like the Anne Frank House. 28:00
A vasectomy at 62 — Jim describes the procedure and the follow-up tests. 33:10
Dating apps — Hinge comes up as how one of them met the person they date now. Jim has not used the apps much since his divorce. 35:00
Metallica — Ian’s favorite band, part of a new tattoo. 1:02:00
Riots in Paris — Looted stores and a couple eating dinner near a fire. 57:40
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Places
Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia — Shane Gillis’s stadium show. 3:20
Moonlite Bunny Ranch, Nevada — Dennis Hof’s ranch, about two hours outside Las Vegas. 5:20
IHOP on Route 9, New Jersey — where Jim met the private investigator. 15:00
Myrtle Beach — a club booked during a family vacation, twice. 21:50
Daytona Beach, Florida — Jim’s one-nighter during a week in Orlando. 22:05
Epcot, Walt Disney World — the friends’ fight during the fireworks. 23:00
Copenhagen — the museum with no explanations. 26:20
Red Light Secrets museum, Amsterdam (Official site) — the prostitution museum one host visited with his wife. 27:20
Anne Frank House, Amsterdam (Official site) — booked months out. 27:55
West New York and Cliffside Park, New Jersey — where Jim lived so he would drive to sets and keep it to two drinks. 36:35
BWI Airport, Maryland — Rachel says her stalker went to prison after threats that included this airport. 40:55
Wayne, New Jersey — where an ex wanted Rachel to move and give up stand-up. 47:30
Comedy Cellar, New York City (Official site) — the corner where Ian stepped in for a woman being bothered. 1:03:50
Times Square — the setting of Ian’s book pick. 1:09:00
Cobb’s Comedy Club, San Francisco (Official site) — Ian, Dec 16. 1:20:22
Punch Line Sacramento (Official site) — Ian, Dec 17–19. 1:20:24
Pittsburgh Improv (Official site) — Ian, Dec 31–Jan 2. Sam, Nov 19–21, 2026 (venue listing). 1:20:26
The Armory at MGM Springfield (Official site) — Ian, Jan 23, 2027 (Live Nation). 1:20:20
Corona Improv (Official site) — Ian, Feb 5–7, 2027 (Live Nation and venue listing). 1:20:20
Vermont Comedy Club, Burlington (Official site) — Rachel calls it a great club. No January date is listed on her site or the venue. 1:21:10
Zanies Comedy Club, Rosemont (Official site) — Rachel, Jan 29–30, 2027 (rachel-feinstein.com). 1:21:10
Comedy Mothership, Austin — Fat Man Stage (Official site) — Mark, Jan 15–16, 2027 (Punchup). 1:23:30
Stand Up Live, Phoenix (Official site) — Sam, Nov 13–15. 1:23:50
Hilarities, Cleveland (Official site) — Sam, Dec 3–5, 2026 (venue listing). 1:23:55
Comedy on State, Madison (Official site) — Sam, Dec 10–12, 2026 (venue listing). He calls it one of his favorite clubs. 1:23:58
Magooby’s Joke House, Timonium, Maryland (Official site) — Sam calls it a good club. 1:24:02
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Peeves
- 23:20 Doing activities on vacation — Partners who want to sightsee or go apple picking when a comic just wants to sit at the hotel.
- 24:40 Museums and aquariums — Seen one fish, seen them all. A painting with no story behind it does nothing for them.
- 26:00 Memorizing history dates — Teachers who make you memorize dates instead of telling the good story.
- 49:00 Partners who resent the road — Working free sets on a Friday or Saturday makes no sense to them, even though bombing is part of writing a new hour.
- 49:40 Dates in the green room — Comics who bring a girlfriend to open mics and green rooms, when silence before a set is the one thing you want.
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Recs
- 45:00 Unlawful Entry — Not a good movie, but fun if you want to watch Ray Liotta play a psycho for 90 minutes. Amazon
- 1:09:00 Times Square Red, Times Square Blue (Ian Fidance) — Samuel R. Delany’s book on Times Square in the ’70s and ’80s. Amazon
- 1:19:50 Jim Florentine: Jersey Trash (Jim Florentine) — His new special on Prime Video. Amazon
- 1:20:30 Ian Do — Ian’s odd-jobs series. YouTube
- 1:21:10 Vermont Comedy Club (Rachel Feinstein) — Named as a great club. Official site
- 1:23:40 Sam Morril: Incorrect (Sam Morril) — His new Netflix special. Netflix
- 1:23:58 Comedy on State (Sam Morril) — One of the clubs he loves. Official site
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Action items
- 21:40 For comics: if you have to take a family trip, look for a guest spot or a one-nighter nearby, as Jim and others on the panel have done.
- 49:20 Count the nights that bomb as part of the work. The table agrees failed bits open room to try new ones while writing an hour.
- 49:50 Leave your date at home on road gigs and in green rooms. The other comics want quiet before they go up.
- 1:04:00 If a stranger is bothering a woman on the street, act like you know her and walk her away, as Ian did outside the Comedy Cellar.
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