BERT KREISCHER – Robots, GROK, stitched up gums, burning buses, butt wipes, and yes even some poetry! | Harland Highway
Harland Highway · Episode: Bert Kreischer · Host: Harland Williams · Guest: Bert Kreischer · Published Oct 13 2026 · Runtime 1:41:33 · Watch: YouTube Bert Kreischer comes in a week after gum surgery, stitches and all, for tirzepatide-meets-tiramisu mix-ups, Louie Anderson and Rodney Dangerfield stories, Harland’s Tesla Grok naming Bert “Buttercup McGinty,” AI versions of the people we love, Bert’s dad and a Joey Diaz edible, a Tampa birdbath heist gone armed, and a poem Harland wrote for Bert about drinking. Chapters People Products Places Ads Chapters 0:00 Cold open: butt wipes on the face, the theme song, and a Mystery Men / Trix rabbit mix-up. 4:00 Harland’s multitasker award for Wingman, then “Bubble Wrap” arrives with stitched gums and a micro-dosing-tiramisu story. 8:40 Louie Anderson’s call telling Bert to stop cursing, Sunday shows at the Comedy Store, and the baseball bat behind the gum surgery. 14:40 Cujo, rewatched, and Harland’s last visit with Rodney Dangerfield at UCLA. 21:10 Safari lions, dream tombstones, goodwill listening, and pushing back on Saving Private Ryan. 29:12 Bert tries a brand-new joke, then Harland’s Tesla Grok riffs on Bert and names him Buttercup McGinty. 37:20 AI friends, an AI Tom Segura, Bert’s daughter Ila as a grade-schooler, and Harland’s 103-year-old Uncle Bill. 48:00 Bert’s dad, a Joey Diaz edible at Easter, and the cardiologist visit that changed their relationship. 58:20 Bert’s daughters, a summer of nonstop partying, a blood clot, and learning to drink differently. 1:07:20 Phil Hendrie, Charles Kuralt, alphabet pasta, butt-wipe skincare, and Harbling. 1:13:40 Words from a Wooden Shoe: a Tampa birdbath heist at gunpoint, and a stranger in Bert’s front yard. 1:20:40 Harland reads the poem he wrote for Bert, then Jim Morrison, the tour, the bus fire, and goodbye. Show more Want this section to go deeper? Share this page with the creators and have them sign up so we can get permission to dig deeper into this episode. People On this episode Harland Williams Official site · The Comedian List · Movies & TV · The Celeb List Discussed for: Wingman (Amazon) · Dumb and Dumber (Amazon) Host. Brings his Tesla’s Grok, a 103-year-old uncle, the Words from a Wooden Shoe game, and a poem written for Bert. 0:52 Bert Kreischer Official site · Wikipedia Discussed for: Free Bert (Netflix) · Permission to Party World Tour (Official site) Guest. A week into gum-surgery recovery, 50 pounds lighter, and on the Permission to Party World Tour. 4:50 People mentioned Dane Cook Wikipedia · The Comedian List · Best Movies & TV Shows Discussed for: Mystery Men (Amazon) Was in Mystery Men, the movie Harland auditioned for and didn’t get. 1:14 Louie Anderson Wikipedia Discussed for: Louie Anderson stand-up specials (Amazon) Called Bert out of the blue to tell him to stop cursing, then had him do Sunday shows at the Comedy Store. 8:40 Rodney Dangerfield Wikipedia Harland was one of the last people to see him alive. 18:00 Tom Segura Wikipedia Discussed for: 2 Bears, 1 Cave (YouTube) Bert’s 2 Bears, 1 Cave co-host. Bert wants an AI version who laughs at his jokes. 40:36 Joey Diaz Wikipedia · The Comedian List Gave Bert’s dad an edible by accident at an Easter party. 52:08 Phil Hendrie Wikipedia Discussed for: The Phil Hendrie Show (Wikipedia) The radio host who voices his own guests. Harland falls asleep to him. 1:07:27 Charles Kuralt Wikipedia Discussed for: On the Road with Charles Kuralt (Amazon) Remembered for his Sunday-morning On the Road segments. 1:09:07 Jim Morrison Wikipedia Discussed for: The Doors (Amazon) The Doors singer, brought up as the entertainer booze took too early. 1:29:54 Show more Want this section to go deeper? Share this page with the creators and have them sign up so we can get permission to dig deeper into this episode. Products Mystery Men — the superhero comedy Harland auditioned for. Amazon 0:58 Trix — the cereal from Harland’s award-winning Trix rabbit commercial. Amazon 1:25 Wingman — the movie Harland wrote, directed, edited, and starred in. Amazon 4:09 Louie Anderson stand-up — Bert and Blake Casper watched one of Louie’s first specials every weekend on VHS. Amazon 9:08 Cujo — rewatched, with a debate over how much of it is the dog at the car. Amazon 14:41 The Walking Dead — a zombie joke about Harland’s Rodney story. Amazon 19:00 Dumb and Dumber — and RocketMan, from Harland’s imagined obituary. Amazon · RocketMan: Amazon 22:32 The Revenant — and Legends of the Fall, Bert’s picture of going out fighting. Amazon · Legends of the Fall: Amazon 24:22 Saving Private Ryan — the beach scene Bert would have argued with. Amazon 26:10 Bat Out of Hell — how Bert came into the studio. Amazon 30:37 Grok — the AI in Harland’s Tesla that jokes, reads poems, and nicknames Bert. Official site 31:14 The Road Not Taken — the Robert Frost poem Grok read him on the way to the gym. Amazon 31:38 Neuralink — in the talk about downloading people’s memories. Wikipedia 46:02 Orville Redenbacher’s popcorn — a joke about the edible. Amazon 53:41 The Phil Hendrie Show — the late-night radio Harland falls asleep to. Wikipedia 1:07:27 On the Road with Charles Kuralt — the old Sunday-morning series. Amazon 1:09:07 Alphabet pasta — like the can that spelled out a sentence in the bit. Amazon 1:09:37 Flushable wipes — like the butt wipes that end up as face wipes in the cold open. Amazon 1:11:42 The Doors — Jim Morrison’s band. Amazon 1:29:54 Permission to Party World Tour — Bert’s tour (Philly, Chicago, Texas and more), with a winter run to come. Official site 1:32:40 Lava lamps — sitting next to the open deep fryer on Bert’s tour bus before it burned down. Amazon 1:33:45 Deep fryer — the open fryer by Bert’s bed that Harland figures started the bus fire. Amazon 1:33:50 Anchorman — the scene Bert thinks of with the knives on his old tour bus. Amazon 1:34:09 Carrie — the floating knives. Amazon 1:34:27 Bertcast








