Three Idiots, Five Stars

Three Idiots, Five Stars

Three best friends from college, who rarely get to hang out in person, reunite twenty years later to commiserate about life's laughs and complaints with the camaraderie only old friends share. ("Three Idiots, Five Stars" aka "The Rusty Shovel Wrecking Crew" is comedian Ben Rosenfeld teaming up with his two longtime pals: Jay and Chris - two corporate workers who keep their last names under wraps until this podcast gets big enough for them to quit their meaningless jobs.)

Episodes

June 2, 2025 60 mins

Jay, Chris and comedian Ben Rosenfeld celebrate their one-year podcast anniversary and jokes about a fender bender, flinging the dough, The Thomas Rumble and getting punked by Eastchester sanitation.

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Chris and comedian Ben Rosenfeld laugh about Chris's trip to the Brooklyn Bike Jumble, counter culture getting commercialized, The Knicks and if being a Rutgers fan seeps into your soul.

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May 19, 2025 29 mins

Jay and comedian Ben Rosenfeld discuss Mother's Day, therapy and how subjective vs objective pertains to stand-up comedy.

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Chris, Jay and comedian Ben Rosenfeld discuss Molly Shannon's revelations about Gary Coleman, what a show called "Five Star Idiots" would be about, The Simpsons vs Futurama vs King of the Hill, and a fake conspiracy involving a commercial for balding and wrestling.

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May 5, 2025 54 mins

Jay, Chris and comedian Ben Rosenfeld catch up jokingly discuss Ben's idea for improving relationships, teensie resets, Jay's job and Chris's hatred of SNL.

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April 21, 2025 61 mins

Chris and comedian Ben Rosenfeld joke around on all sorts of topics including sleep deficits, betting and unexpected windfalls. Then Jay joins in to talk AI as an art critique and overly encouraging creative partner and 1900hotdogs.com

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April 14, 2025 59 mins

Jay, Chris and comedian Ben Rosenfeld make light of a fighting dream, being overwhelmed and tarriffs.

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April 7, 2025 55 mins

Jay shares his struggles with depression and how he overcame.

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March 31, 2025 59 mins

Chris, Jay and comedian Ben Rosenfeld discuss the pointlessness of grades and college, as well as related conspiracies.

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March 24, 2025 62 mins

Chris, Jay and comedian Ben Rosenfeld are joined by a recurring guest to joke about allergy season, wet dry vac regrets, relationship bottlenecks and the best part of being a kid.

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March 17, 2025 63 mins

Jay, Chris and comedian Ben Rosenfeld chat about which TV world they'd want to live in, compare the Temu white glove experience with the Bulgarian Post Office, then delve into competitive pinball and class traitors.

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March 10, 2025 63 mins

Jay, Chris and comedian Ben Rosenfeld discuss what used to be the ultimate insult of "you're a sellout", the unhinged journey of an emotionally unstable husband, AI music ear and Thomas Malthus - the ultimate economist for the upper-middle-falutin.

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March 3, 2025 53 mins

Jay, Chris and comedian Ben Rosenfeld discuss their latest podcast review, difficulties of being social when working from home, getting a new car and cardboard box rage cages.

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February 24, 2025 63 mins

A special guest joins Jay, Chris and comedian Ben Rosenfeld as they discuss bags of liquid, pressure to perform, bullying, levels of fame and how the juices aren't worth their squeeze.

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Chris, Jay and comedian Ben Rosenfeld talk about a bad snow tubing accident, Jay's giant lizard experience and getting "sir'ed" by teens.

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February 10, 2025 57 mins

Jay, Chris and comedian Ben Rosenfeld chat about adjusting to the suburbs and driving, big car and big dental conspiracies and some old school games.

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February 3, 2025 56 mins

Chris, Jay and comedian Ben Rosenfeld discuss the wonder that is plastic moving bins and home gas leaks before going down a pepper hole and getting a special guest cameo.

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January 27, 2025 54 mins

Jay, Chris and comedian Ben Rosenfeld discuss Elon's motion, corporate authoritarianism and a Big Purse conspiracy.

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January 20, 2025 60 mins

Jay, Chris and comedian Ben Rosenfeld discuss Jay's experiences in the LA fires and Ben's big move before getting nostalgic for the PS1 and riffing on tech billionaire oligopolies.

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January 13, 2025 50 mins

Chris and comedian Ben Rosenfeld talk about the LA wildfires and the insurance companies who dropped coverage, the hallowed-out carcass that is the NY Times and Ben losing his voice.

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