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The Chris Gethard Show is, according to its website, “the most bizarre and often saddest talk show in New York City.” After starting off as a live show at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York, the show moved to cable access on June 22, 2011. It is a call-in and variety show hosted by Chris Gethard that airs every Wednesday night at 11:00PM on MNN and on a live stream at the show’s website. The Public access television show is written and produced by Noah Forman, Dru Johnston, J.D. Amato and Chris Gethard. It is directed by J.D. Amato. The show, known for its "no cool kids" atmosphere, has been called "oddly uplifting", a "cult hit," "an often riveting experiment in seat-of-your-pants broadcasting," and has gained viewers from around the world.
Chris Gethard
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60 min
The first episode was a rocky episode. The beginning of a very wild ride.
Jun 22, 2011
The second episode. After being shut out of having any prep time, we just took calls - and realized that calls could be the basis for the whole show and we were way over thinking things.
Jun 29, 2011
Shirtless Fanelli. A pre-presidential run and very visibly uncomfortable Connor Ratliff. Our first show in the small studio.
Jul 6, 2011
The first appearances of Anthony Atamaniuk and Horatio Sanz. I gotta tell you, I thought this public access experiment had crashed and burned, and Horatio showed up last minute with no warning.
Jul 13, 2011
The Wiffle Bat gang makes their debut - our first truly violent in an unexpected and way too much fashion experiment.
Jul 20, 2011
Our final small studio show and the first ever hosted by Shannon O'Neill.
Jul 27, 2011
Aug 3, 2011
Considered an all time classic. Heavy hitter guests John Mulaney and Matt Besser.
Aug 10, 2011
A controversial episode. Our friends the Oroboros Dance Crew came in and showed us what they do - little did we know that they would pants the Human Fish.
Aug 17, 2011
The most legendarily disastrous bit in the history of TCGS, the first attempt at The Human Crane remains the only stunt we've bailed on halfway through.
Aug 24, 2011
The Chris Gethard Show debut of Jake Fogelnest.
Aug 31, 2011
Sep 7, 2011
What's on My Head? What a weird, fun game.
Sep 14, 2011
Sep 21, 2011
Perhaps the dumbest idea we ever did - "Let's take the most popular thing about this show - in fact, the only thing that everyone loves all the time - and hide it from view for the entire show."
Sep 28, 2011
A heartbreaking goodbye to an old friend.
Oct 5, 2011
We go on a search for the new Random.
Oct 12, 2011
Chris Gethard watched an episode and decided he needed to lose a few pounds.
Oct 19, 2011
Connor invited every Republican candidate for president to debate him on the show.
Oct 26, 2011
Tom Scharpling in studio to mediate the relationship of Chris Gethard and his brother.
Nov 2, 2011
The Milkshake of Death. So gross, so fucked up, and such a fond memory.
Nov 9, 2011
Random Andrew was taking it on the chin from our callers.
Nov 16, 2011
A hundred-plus people showed up ready to eat.
Nov 23, 2011
A bunch of people from the show play on a basketball team together in NYC.
Nov 30, 2011
Our dating episode. This one was really fun but also a mess.
Dec 7, 2011
This was the great JD Amato's idea, and man was it a good one. All monologue jokes all the time.
Dec 14, 2011
We attempted to get 100 callers in a single episode.
Dec 21, 2011
This one hurt. The only show that actually went off the rails.
Jan 4, 2012
Jan 11, 2012
The Night of Zero Laughs.
Jan 18, 2012
Jan 25, 2012
Feb 1, 2012
We had to say goodbye to Random Andrew, and it was so sad.
Feb 8, 2012
We meet Random Melissa.
Feb 15, 2012
Why have something like The Chris Gethard Show if you don't do something nice for other people with it?
Feb 22, 2012
Our callers quiz Chris on female related topics and it becomes very clear how little Chris knows about women.
Feb 29, 2012
Mar 7, 2012
When Chris sets out to play the somewhat complicated word-game "Guess The Magic Word" he gets immediate feedback from the viewers that they are confused and bored by the game.
Mar 21, 2012
Eventually we had to let our audience use our cameras like guns that shoot missiles, so we went ahead and just did it.
Mar 28, 2012
We invited the interesting, articulate, and 66 year old Peter Benjaminson to the show to help us wrestle with the concept of aging.
Apr 4, 2012
A show dedicated to the ups and downs of education.
Apr 11, 2012
Completing his transition from hero to villain, the Hintmaster takes over an entire episode of TCGS, renaming it The Hintmaster Show.
Apr 18, 2012
The Multiple Choice Cavalcade of Fiascos is the ultimate bringer of either reward or punishment.
Apr 25, 2012
This week the TCGS panel is filled with friends of the show who speak different languages.
May 3, 2012
This week we test our ability to put on a show by literally planning nothing. No call in topic. No bits. No guests. Nothing.
May 9, 2012
The Keeper of the Battledome has time traveled back from the future to oversee a night of insanity on TCGS.
May 16, 2012
This week is not only Gethard's birthday but also the last show before he takes to the streets for #BonnarooGethard.
May 23, 2012
With Gethard and much of the crew out on the road, the rest of the gang hosts the Great Gethard Look-Alike Extravaganza.
May 30, 2012
Random Melissa's last episode.
Jun 13, 2012
It's been one whole year since we first started this circus and we're doing our one year anniversary right.
Jul 20, 2012
If you laugh, you get eliminated.
Jun 27, 2012
This week we weren't in the mood for dumb stuff.
Jul 11, 2012
This week we explore both the art world as well as the world of tricking dummies into giving us money.
Jul 18, 2012
In unison we read the August 2012 Issue of Twist Magazine. For the entire show.
Jul 25, 2012
Behind the scenes of the setup for TCGS.
Aug 1, 2012
Panel, Callers, and friends are all asked to sum up their entire lives in one sentence.
Aug 8, 2012
With Chris out of town, Shannon hosts the show and urges celebrities to come down to the show to validate us.
Aug 15, 2012
Viewers sent in their submissions for names of new TCGS characters.
Aug 22, 2012
A day dedicated to Murf's head-shot and the man himself.
Aug 29, 2012
The TCGS cast and crew participate in a viewer submitted game of truth or dare.
Sep 5, 2012
When Andrew W.K. comes to the show, we attempt to throw the most unforgettable party possible within with guidelines of public access television rules.
Sep 12, 2012
The Keeper of the Battledome returns to TCGS.
Sep 19, 2012
The Chris Gethard Show gets stuck in ancient Rome.
Sep 29, 2012
R.L Stine, D.C. Pierson, and Dave Hill join the panel and attempt to write a book live on public access television in one hour.
Oct 3, 2012
The second Blindfold Show in which the entire panel is blindfolded.
Oct 10, 2012
We attempt to bring out the softer side of Shannon O'Neill.
Oct 17, 2012
We screen ten films each under one minute in the first ever Cans Film Festival.
Oct 24, 2012
The Beef Off: After a caller tried to determine the beefiest member of the TCGS crew, we decided to hold an official contest to figure out who the beefiest member of the TCGS family might be.
Nov 14, 2012
A bunch of friends gathering at a public access studio and eating sandwiches together on the eve of Thanksgiving - This year's Sandwich Night was massively successful.
Nov 21, 2012
Viewers send in their own original TCGS Fan Fiction and we perform it live on the show with Bobby Moynihan, Anthony Atamanuik, and many of our TCGS friends.
Nov 28, 2012
While our regular studio is being renovated we have to head uptown to do the show from MNN's secondary studio in Harlem.
Dec 12, 2012
Our second week in Harlem and fittingly we are talking about panic attacks.
Dec 19, 2012
We're in Harlem again and this time we're asking callers to give us their hypersolutions. We then take those hyperresolutions and then put Andrew Parrish in charge of making them come true.
Jan 2, 2013
With Chris out of town we head to the time stream and check in on The Keeper of the Battledome's morning talk show Keeper and Company.
Jan 9, 2013
Chris is joined by Jesse Ventura and Bethany to officially celebrate Loser-dome for the second time on the TCGS air waves. Callers and audience members explain why they might be losers.
Jan 16, 2013
This week the panelists take calls from people seeking advice and let them choose whether they want good or bad advice.
Jan 23, 2013
The panelists talk about some real stuff with callers as they help make a Belly Burrito.
Jan 30, 2013
Chris Gethard is joined by Danny Tamberelli and Mike Maronna from the Adventures of Pete and Pete as we say goodbye to "Random Manesha" who we literally only met once.
Feb 6, 2013
After challenging (begging) the fans to make the show #1 on iTunes, the panelists reward their successful efforts by degrading Chris Gethard.
Feb 13, 2013
The panelists test the limits of their non-dominant hands in a show concept suggested by a fan on the show's message boards.
Feb 20, 2013
After getting hit in the head with a coconut Vacation Jason has lost his memory and transformed in the stuffy suit-wearing Jason Reinlib.
Feb 27, 2013
With Chris Gethard down in Austin for South By Southwest, Shannon takes over hosting duties for the night and promptly gives all the power to our chatroom viewers. The legendary Ratz Carlton.
Mar 3, 2013
Chris Gethard has first time callers, first time foods, first time experiences, and first time giant life moments. Special guest Aidy Bryant.
Mar 20, 2013
One of the fictional characters will die.
Mar 27, 2013
Colt Cabana is the guest for the first ever Royal Rumble of Twister. Every two minutes a new competitor joins the fray as callers give twister-based challenges.
Apr 3, 2013
With Chris Gethard out of town, caller and friend of the show Alyssa takes the reigns and hosts a night dedicated to Beyonce. One full hour dedicated to Beyonce.
Apr 10, 2013
This week we decide to get real and talk about anything our callers want to divulge.
Apr 17, 2013
We spend an hour trying to guess the different objects hidden in Hot Dog's mouth.
Apr 24, 2013
We try to prove that we can play ball just like any mainstream late night talk show, so we invite some conventional late night talk show guests onto our show.
May 1, 2013
Special guest Zach Galifianakis joins us in studio to give haircuts to strangers.
May 8, 2013
Amy Poehler helps us predict the future. We use fortune cookies, tarot cards, magic eight balls, and our own intuition to determine what will happen to our callers.
May 15, 2013
Callers, cast, and friends all describe the motions that make them unique. With special guest Griffin Newman.
May 22, 2013
This week the audience was challenged to submit the most offensive things they can muster.
May 29, 2013
The show was handed over to fellow MNN producer Conspiracy Theory Gary and let him put on the Conspiracy Theory Gary Show.
Jun 5, 2013
What happens when a bunch of strangers come together with random instruments and make up an hour long song?
Jun 12, 2013
It's back. Viewers submitted over 700 character names, we picked 10, and now you get to see these characters come to life.
Jun 19, 2013
Callers tell stories and our panel has to decide if they are true or not.
Jun 26, 2013
Following the lead of Edward Snowden, Gethard decides to leak all emails and text messages associated with this week's show.
Jul 3, 2013
Four adult men look at each other's dicks for an hour.
Jul 10, 2013
Chris gives a State of The TCGS speech while getting speech jammed.
Jul 17, 2013
With special guests Aidy Bryant and Vanessa Bayer, the panel is challenged to guess the lips of TCGS characters by kissing them in the first ever Glory Hole Kissing Booth.
Jul 31, 2013
Bobby Moynihan loves toys. Callers decide which challenges Bobby has to endure in order to save toys from destruction.
Aug 7, 2013
We have a birthday for a Turtle.
Aug 14, 2013
The Human Fish has been captured by an alien and only a board-game based space battle captained by Mad Men's Rich Sommer can get him back.
Aug 21, 2013
Jake Fogelnest joins the panel to critique our callers.
Aug 28, 2013
Is Random Messenger Bag truly a hero or just a man who has yet to be properly tested? Also, the Front Bottoms join us and make our audience go crazy.
Sep 4, 2013
We got nothing. The only things we got are Quitzow who mesmerizes our audience in dancing a lot.
Sep 11, 2013
Someone leaked confidential information to Gimghoul Castle in North Carolina, which begs us to ask the question: Who is the goddamn mole?
Sep 18, 2013
Will Rob Malone defend his title? Will Jersey Dave repeat his first round failure from TBO1? Only the beefy will survive.
Sep 25, 2013
Callers help us train Connor Ratliff in possible events for the upcoming Summer Olympics. Will he find his event?
Oct 2, 2013
We use Skype to watch our audience watch us.
Oct 9, 2013
TCGS performs a half-hour opener for the hit live variety sketch show Saddle-Bee Neigh-t Hive starring Horse and Bee. Griffin Newman is the special guest on TCGS as well as the host of SNH.
Oct 16, 2013
We let a guy from Cornell lead us around his school library via Skype for a full hour.
Oct 23, 2013
We have a haunted doll. We want to give it to you. By the end of this show one of you will get it and all of the curses that come with it.
Oct 30, 2013
Viewers send things to the studio and we just sit back and let the fun come to us.
Nov 6, 2013
You make bets, we do them.
Nov 13, 2013
A big announcement. Anything can happen. No cool kids.
Nov 20, 2013
The third annual Sandwich Night. The biggest crowd, the most sandwiches, and calls from other sandwich celebrations.
Nov 27, 2013
We try to make Bethany Hall cry live on air with help from horror actress Blanche Baker and the sick and twisted minds of our callers.
Dec 4, 2013
The wedding you've all been waiting for: The Guy Who Likes Cream But Not Too Much Cream & His Personal Barista. Love, laughs, and - drama?
Dec 11, 2013
The Human Fish gets waxed. With special guest Sal Vulcano, and musical guest Wheatus.
Apr 2, 2014
Chris Gethard and the panel ask the callers to tell them something they have never told anyone before.
Apr 9, 2014
Apr 16, 2014
Planned to be about nervousness regarding the future. Instead, a completely unplanned chant of "eat more butts" broke out at the beginning then lasted almost fifteen full minutes.
Apr 24, 2014
Chris Gethard invited fellow MNN producers who have been talking shit to come on air and talk it out. None of them show up.
Apr 30, 2014
Don Fanelli builds a human size bird house. A callback from the very first episode.
May 7, 2014
Diana Kolsky face paints panelists.
May 14, 2014
An episode where only Spanish is allowed to be spoken.
May 21, 2014
Callers were asked to call in and describe how they would fight Chris Gethard.
May 28, 2014
Callers were asked to call in and have phone sex with various members of our panel, and our very special guest, Hannibal Buress.
Jun 4, 2014
Chris Gethard invites a Canadian teenager to interview the panel about comedy and teenagers.
Jun 11, 2014
The Chris Gethard Show celebrates the long time creative contributor Juan in a live retrospective.
Jun 18, 2014
The Night Of Zero Laughs V. If you laugh, you get eliminated.
Jun 25, 2014
The first person to call in decides the topic of the entire episode.
Jul 2, 2014
Special guest Eddie Kingston in studio to help us work on the ancient art of cutting wrestling promos.
Jul 9, 2014
"El Matador" Tito Santana and SNL's Brooks Wheelan are joining us to talk about pro wrestling for the third week in a row.
Jul 16, 2014
No characters, no costumes, no musical guest, no house band, no hula hooping. Just taking calls from people who used to watch the show but don't anymore, so they can say why.
Jul 23, 2014
Bo Montez takes over the The Chris Gethard Show time slot, so get ready to shake your rumps for a full hour of debauchery.
Jul 30, 2014
There are no camera operators, floor managers, or any crew, Chris Gethard takes over all the reins with musical guest Mal Blum.
Aug 6, 2014
The Chris Gethard Show traveled back to the 1700s to see some of our nation's founding fathers compete against audience members in a series of ill advised and very 18th Century events with music by Open Mike Eagle and Hannibal Buress.
Aug 13, 2014
The Chris Gethard Show has a simple call in topic this week - "Should we keep doing this show?" with music by Black Wine.
Aug 20, 2014
Due to Hurricane Sandy shutting down most of New York, TCGS is forced to put on an impromptu Halloween Party and Live Show direct from Chris' actual bedroom. Cast and crew walked from the far corners of New York to get there and what unfolded was a last-second completely unplanned episode of TCGS. We try to scare Bethany, hear some great music, and endorse products since we're not on the public access airwaves.
Oct 31, 2012
Nov 6, 2012
