Introducing: Humor Me with Robert Smigel and Friends

A weekly podcast where host, Robert Smigel, and a rotating panel, his friends, assist callers seeking help in making something in their real life funnier. Anything. A best man speech, a eulogy, a breakup letter, a cover letter, an apology, a Tinder profile - Robert, with a panel of professional comedy writers and comedians, will punch it up and get results. This season's guests include Dave Attell, Andy Breckman, Mikey Day, Jim Downey, Jim Gaffigan, Ellie Kemper, Michael Koman, David Letterman, Bruce McCulloch, Alex Moffat, Bob Odenkirk, Colin Quinn, Rob Riggle, Streeter Seidell, Eric Slovin, Dino Stamatopoulos, Mike Sweeney, and Bryan Tucker.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hello, I'm Robert Smigel. I did lots of things, cartoons
on SNL, Conan Stuff, Triumph, The Insult, Comic Dogs, some movies,
but now I'm past my peak. So I'm hosting a podcast,
Humor Me, with Robert Smigel and friends. Each week, me
and my favorite comedians, writers and whatnots help regular people
just like you, presuming your regular who have some project

(00:21):
or task that they'd like us to help make funnier.
You'll see guests like Bob Odenkirk, Jim Gaffigan, David Tel,
Mikey Day, Ellie Kemper, Pete Holmes, Alex Adelman, Bruce McCullough,
David Letterman, David Letterman, and many great writers dedicated to
helping the less humorous. We've helped an a cappella group
of Harvard alumni with their on stage banter. There's the
worst singer in the group, the worst, Yeah me? Is

(00:45):
there anything to the idea that.

Speaker 2 (00:47):
Because you're from Harvard you only got in because your
parents made a huge donations, right, that's the name. They're
open to you name suggestions were open since you guys
are middle aged.

Speaker 1 (01:04):
One erection, we helped a high school teacher spice up
his school's morning announcements.

Speaker 3 (01:10):
I know this is a public school, but what's our budget?
Are we dropping well? Because dollars my heart is fully.

Speaker 2 (01:18):
Committed to this.

Speaker 1 (01:19):
And a man from Turkey writing a fan letter to
a beloved comedy writer. I've brought in a couple of
people who have worked with Steve o'donald. This is Dave
from Indianapolis.

Speaker 4 (01:29):
Hi, can you tell the three of us here a
little bit about yourself? For example, do you have a family, Barack?

Speaker 2 (01:36):
I have a brother.

Speaker 3 (01:37):
And Mo, okay, are you currently appearing on Broadway?

Speaker 1 (01:45):
That kind of crap? Humor Me with Robert Smichel and
friends from iHeartMedia and Big Winny Players. Listen to Humor
Meet with Robert Smigel and friends on May eighth on
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