Rob Bartlett, star of stage and screen, best known from his years as a writer of genius comic characters on the Imus in the Morning program, is back with The Rob Bartlett Radio Comedy Hour, every Saturday Night at 10 PM on 77WABC… and then, immediately afterward, available as a podcast on the OG Podcast Network. A unique hybrid of Classic Radio Comedy Shows, Late-Night Talk Shows and Saturday Night Live. In fact, Andrew Smith, former Head Writer of SNL, is on board with Rob, writing and perf ...
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Roger Moore: The Adam West of James Bonds - With Josh Powell
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FFFF-Pulling the Rug Out From Under Your MInd with Mike Grief & John Ferrentino
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BONUS! From the 'Five Favorite Funny Films' Podcast! The Robio welcomes TWO Special Guests, one, an old friend with whom he started out doing comedy at Richard M. Dixon's White House Inn back in 1978, and the other, a VERY funny comedian and comic character actor; both hosts of 'The Big Bad Broadcast', (available wherever you got this particular po…
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Our special guest this week is Singer, Songwriter, Musician, Producer, Recording Artist, Teacher, Columnist, and Indy Pop Legend Mark Bacino. His music looms large in the Soundtrack of the Life of Robio. His Five Fave Funny Films choices are...well, choice, and they also chat about many related and unrelated things, not the least of which is how mo…
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"You Can't Get Ice in the Winter" - A Loving Tribute to Hiram Kasten
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This past June, the world lost a great talent, one of our most favorite guests on the Five Favorite Funny Films Podcast, comedian, actor, and ‘Truly Charming Guy,’ Mr. Hiram Kasten. In honor of the Celebration of his Life that was held in L.A. on Sunday, August 18th, and with enormous gratitude to his wife Diana for the incredibly dedicated, selfle…
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ROBIO RADIO BONUS: FIVE FAVORITE FUNNY FILMS with Gary Grant
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Emmy Winning Writer, Producer, Director, Comedy Promoter, Singer, Songwriter, Guitarist, and Manager (A Literal Lifetime as a True Show Biz Renaissance Man) Gary Grant provides his Eclectic and Unique list of his Five Fave Comedy Movies. (Spoiler Alert: He HATES Jokey Flicks) It's a deep dive into Mel Brooks, Wes Anderson, the Brothers Coen and Mar…
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ROBIO RADIO BONUS- FIVE FAVORITE FILMS with Pixie Esmond
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A Racehorse, a Pig, a Cow, and a Bunch of British Catholic Schoolgirls Sounds like the beginning of a great dirty joke, but they're actually all characters from the Five Favorite Funny Flicks of The Robio's old friend and Renaissance Woman, Pixie Esmonde: Stand Up Comedian, Actor AND, once the Evil Wardrobe Mistress for KISS! (Spoiler Alert: Her Ge…
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ROBIO RADIO BONUS - FIVE FAVORITE FUNNY FILMS with Michael Riedel
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This week, our special guest is Author, Theater Columnist and Radio Host Michael Riedel, known for his savage wit that gave him the moniker 'The Butcher of Broadway' when he wrote for the NY Post. He likes Short Cross-Dressers, Comedies about Nazis, Peter Sellers, Elaine May and French Farces without subtitles. He can be heard every weekday morning…
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ROBIO RADIO BONUS- FIVE FAVORITE FUNNY FILMS with John Poveromo
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"YEP, NOPE...NOT A ONE." This week, we welcome Comedian and Podcast Host John Poveromo. It's a lively discussion, where shoes, automobile gauges and the relative hotness of an early 70's Barbra Streisand are mentioned. (But not in the same sentence) HIS PICKS: It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World Planes Trains and Automobiles What's Up Doc? The Birdcage Th…
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ROBIO RADIO BONUS - FIVE FAVORITE FUNNY FILMS with Peter Bales
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Shakespeare Was Wrong: The Laugh's The Thing With Dr. Peter Bales This week, The Robio chats with an old pal, Peter Bales, who is not only a professional comedian, he also holds an actual PhD, (and, if you ask us, being a History Professor at Queensborough College is a pretty impressive side-hustle). They talk shop for a bit, discussing the nature …
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ROBIO RADIO BONUS: FIVE FAVORITE FUNNY FILMS with Fred Stoller
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Join the Robio for 'Five Favorite Funny Films', his latest podcast where he interviews some of his Famous Funny Friends about their choices for their Five Most Favorite Comedy Movies. Our Special Guest this episode is Comedian, Actor and Writer, FRED STOLLER, who you know from Seinfeld, Everybody Loves Raymond and Dumb and Dumber. He is one of the …
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ROBIO RADIO BONUS - FIVE FAVORITE FUNNY FILMS with Richie Byrne
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Eddie Murphy Stars in a Senior Prom Memory - Musical Comedy Actor and Stand-Up Comic Richie Byrne Remembers The second of TWO Special Bonus episodes, (Because we will be on Holiday for the next two weeks). This one features The Robio's most favorite people, and kindred Musical Theater Cohort. They talk about everything from Sid Caesar to Jonathan W…
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ROBIO RADIO BONUS: FIVE FAVORITE FUNNY FILMS with Christy Miller
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DON'T CALL HER SHIRLEY - COMEDIAN CHRISTY MILLER WORKS THE ROOM Veteran Comic Christy Miller (You wanna talk venerable? The girl's name is immortalized on the wall at The Comedy Store) provides her list of Five Funny Faves. There's some popular perennial classics that have been featured prominently on other guests' lists, but, just like her act, th…
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In this Season Finale 'Best Of The Radio Hour' Episode, The Robio has edited and combined both parts of his interview with the Great Rick Nielsen from Cheap Trick. Recorded via Zoom during the Lockdown in October of 2020, Rick tells some AMAZING stories from his long, and (Big Dick Cavett Word Alert) multifarious career. He talks about life on the …
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Another episode in our continuing series about the Business of Comedy: A fascinating interview with the Peabody Award Winning, New York Times Bestselling Author, Screenwriter, Lecturer and Founder of 'The Onion', Scott Dikkers...who believes you can teach ANYBODY to be Funny. He obviously hasn't met The Robio.…
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Another gem from the archives, some of the better 'Don Corleone' bits performed on The Imus in the Morning Program.By ROB BARTLETT
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A rather amusing collection of Commercials - Some real, some made up, all funny. (Featuring varying levels of good taste and political correctness)By ROB BARTLETT
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S6 E6 -BEST OF RBRCH - THE LEGEND OF CHUBBY CHARLESTON
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We've pulled another gem from the archives of the Radio Comedy Hour - A British Documentary, found by The Robio, about a little known Silent Film Titan - Chubby Charleston. Chaplin was 'The Little Tramp'. Chubby was 'The Big Fat Douche'.By ROB BARTLETT
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S6E5 - Best of The RBRCH: WRESTLING WITH MYSELF
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As we currently are renovating and re-vamping the Radio Comedy Hour, (which explains the lack of new episodes), we realize we have left a gaping void in your Online Comedy Entertainment Menu...so herewith, we re-offer this Classic Episode, in which, The Robio recounts his tenure as one of the Top Ten WORST Wrestling Announcers of All Time. Join him…
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S6 E4 - Dustin Pueschel- The Future of Comedy
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In this Special Episode, the Robio’s guest is a hot new stand-up comedian, the host of the podcast “The Chatting Comedian,” where he talks to some of the most prominent figures in comedy. He’s got a unique take on the world around him, and he’s very, very funny and… Oh, yeah... He’s 13 years old. Here's a link to see Dustin in action: https://fb.wa…
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In the latest episode of THE WORLDWIDE COMEDY AWARD WINNING PODCAST The Rob Bartlett Radio Comedy Hour, the Theme centers around animals. All types of beasts, be they wild, be they noble, cute, cuddly, or downright disgusting. Listen to James Lipton conduct an interview with a True Hollywood Legend on The Actors’ Studio, discover a lost episode of …
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S6 E2 - The Man Who Saved Barney From Extinction
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Just in time for the Rennaissance of Barney (With a New Documentary and Feature Film slated for later this year), The Robio kicks off the New Year with a long-awaited new episode; an interview with Larry Rifkin, the PBS Executive responsible for bringing the well-loved Purple Dinosaur to the masses. But don't hate him for that particular achievemen…
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S6 E1 - A CONVERSATION WITH COMEDIAN RICH VOS
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The Robio is back after hiatus with a brand new episode, destined to be an instant classic because it's an interview with his old pal, Rich Vos. A laugh out loud funny hour with some amazing stories from both of their careers, and some hysterical clips of Rich doing standup...including his legendary performance on Def Comedy Jam. He also shares som…
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The Robio cleans out his office and comes across myriad audio tidbits, some old stand up tapes, bootlegs of live Broadway performances, classic bits, never before heard sketches...it's a Hodgepodge of Hilarity.By Rob Bartlett
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Part 4 of conversations with The Robio and some of his pals from the early days of 'The Comedy Boom', as he continues his hang with comedians Bill McCarty & Fred Stoller, swapping stories about life as a Stand Up Comic: One Nighters, Hell Gigs, and taking a bath in the slop sink in the kitchen at the East Side Comedy Club.…
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The next installment of the continuing series covering the history of Long Island Stand Up Comedy. This week, Robio hangs with dear friends Bill McCarty and Fred Stoller to share stories about the movement of Island Comics to Manhattan to do 'The City Clubs', one-nighter hell gigs in Jersey, and then out on the road, with stops on the Punchline Cir…
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BONUS SONG PARODY: THAT COVID 19 NERVOUS BREAKDOWN
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A special bonus track: THAT COVID 19 NERVOUS BREAKDOWN. THE STONES. (WITH THE ROBIO)By ROB BARTLETT
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More from the early days of Stand Up Comedy on Long Island with Jackie the Joke Man Martling. Including the legendary stories 'Is That It?', 'Make That Call Dave', 'No Spray Wax', and 'Hannibell the Clown on the Joe Franklin Show'.By Rob Bartlett
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A VERY SPECIAL EPISODE, PART ONE OF 'THE ORIGINS OF LONG ISLAND COMEDY’, WITH ROBIO'S SPECIAL GUESTS, RICHIE MINERVINI AND JACKIE MARTLING. THE THREE OLD FRIENDS SHARE WAR STORIES ABOUT THEIR EARLY DAYS AT RICHARD M. DIXON’S WHITE HOUSE INN, THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN, THE EAST SIDE COMEDY CLUB, THE INCREDIBLE OTTO & GEORGE, RODNEY DANGERFIELD AND THE F…
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S5 E4 - That's International Amuse-A-Tainment
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Join The Robio for a veritable smorgasbord of International Amusement. There are 'Accents-a-Plenty, with a very timely peek into 'The Home Life of Meghan and Harry,' a Middle Eastern Game Show, The Wheel-of-Jordan, a palate-cleansing intermission featuring a Covid Stress and Anxiety reducing Mindfulness Meditation, an episode of an As Yet Unidentif…
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S5 E3 -TWO LARRYS, A RUSH & TRES HUEVOS WALK INTO A BAR
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After a way too long hiatus, the Robio returns to pay tribute to three media legends he played as characters on the Imus in the Morning Program, all of whom, sadly, all passed away within three weeks. Sad, if not only for the fact that he can’t do them anymore because they’re dead. Hear some of the better bits from Larry King, Larry Flynt, and Rush…
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Amidst all the insanity that is these last few months of 2020, join the Robio for some plain, good ol' fashioned, simple silliness. Nothing weighty, no social messages, nothing to be learned or make your life better...just some random yuks for your amusement. a few words from Lindsey Graham, a song parody, a prank phone call, a couple of classic bi…
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S5 EP1 PT2: Rick Nielsen, Guitar Hero Conclusion
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Part Two of The Robio's Interview with the Legendary Cheap Trick Front Man, with even more great stories about what it's like to A- Perform The Sgt. Pepper Album Live on Stage, B- Record "I'm Losing You" with John Lennon, C- Pee in George Martin's Country Home Bathroom where the Gold Record for the Cheap Trick Album 'All Shook Up', hung right next …
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RBRCH S5 E1 PT1 - Rick Nielsen: Guitar Hero
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Part One of The Robio's Zoom Interview with one of his all-time heroes, the Legendary Rick Nielsen from Cheap Trick. Hear some great stories about what Rick did during the Lockdown, his new projects, how he came up with 'Surrender', Covering the Beatles for Michael Jackson, and much more. (Pt. 2 Drops NEXT week) To see the full, unedited video vers…
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S4 E13 - SEASON FINALE - 'MY CORONA' THE EP
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A very special musical episode featuring an EP (More than a single, less than an album...okay, FEWER than an album) of COVID 19 Song Parodies. Videos can be seen on The Rob Bartlett Radio Comedy Hour YouTube Channel.By Rob Bartlett
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Join the Robio as he shares an episode of the British Documentary Series 'Silent Film Titans' on Forgotten Star, Chubby Charleston, 'The Big Fat Douche'. And stick around for the Post - Credit Bonus...a Happy Birthday Song for...Octogenarian Ringo Starr!By ROB BARTLETT
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Robio stumbles upon a Dark Horse Candidate for President: Informercial Star Benny Benjamin, founder of the 'Give Me Money Cash' System. While researching Benny's rapidly growing, viral popularity on Social Media, Robio discovers that CBS is doing a profile of Benny by Harry Reasoner Jr. for an upcoming '60 Minutes'. In a Rob Bartlett Radio Comedy H…
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A very special episode. Remembering the great Jerry Stiller inspires Robio to share some stories about one of his oldest and funniest friends, Vic Henley, and then plays some cuts of some of the stories from his last album, 'Hell is Real', which will make you laugh...out loud. A tribute to a wonderful man, and a great friend.…
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In honor of Star Wars Day, join The Robio for his take on the beloved saga...which, in his not so humble opinion, basically sucks, except for the first one...which is really the fourth one...because the first trilogy was actually the second one of three trilogies, which makes nine episodes...of which, the fourth is absolutely the best.. Confused? S…
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BONUS! CHUCK BERRY'S 'QUARANTINE' - THE SONG PARODY
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Maybelline's husband's come down with the Corona Virus. And she's sick of him staying in the house.By ROB BARTLETT
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BONUS! NEW COVID 19 SONG PARODY: Corona Quarantine
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Another song about the Virus that can be Viral itself. Thanks to the Beatles...and the I-Man. (Not necessarily in that order)By Rob Bartlett
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A blinding bit of inspiration, and complete lack of taste and sense of appropriateness, brings you this Corona Virus Ditty, written and recorded in hopes that it provides a little bit of lighthearted diversion during this trying time. We can weather this together. Just don't act like a dope. And stay six feet apart. Dedicated to the I-Man...I think…
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Join the Robio as he adjusts to his self-imposed Quarantine, with suggestions on how to pass the time while you're locked in your own domicile: Binge Worthy TV shows, Collecting Bad Foreign Accents, Tolerating Drunk A-Holes, and much much more! PLUS a classic Imus in the Morning song parody from back in those Hazy Crazy Lazy days of Ebola...right a…
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It's an offer you can't refuse. After a too long hiatus, The Godfather, Don Corleone, former Commentator on the Imus in the Morning Program, makes a triumphant return with some new thoughts on the Coronavirus and the Presidential Candidates. And be sure to stick around for the Special Post-Credit Bonus: A Brand New Original Musical Selection…The Go…
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S4 E5 - THE LEGEND OF THE IMUS BLUESMAN, PIG FEETS DUPRIS
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Join the Robio for a very special episode, with excerpts from the upcoming Documentary based on the Unauthorized Autobiography about Almost Legendary Bluesman Blind Mississippi Pig Feets Dupris. Learn about his tragic, yet brilliant, life, his music, his torrid affair with Mama Cass, his unrequited love for Dolly Parton, and his place in Rock and B…
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S4 E 4 - TASTELESS, OFFENSIVE & POLITICALLY INCORRECT: THE HIDEOUS IMUS BITS
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In this episode, a collection of some of Robio's Imus in the Morning bits that...maybe pushed the envelope, crossed the line, or went too far...y'know, in terms of taste (or lack thereof). Larry Flynt, Larry King, The Godfather, The Elephant Man, Frank Sinatra and...by popular disdain, The Ebola Song.…
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Join the Robio for a look back at some of the Live Remote Imus in the Morning Broadcasts from the myriad Syndicated Markets...go on the road with Fat Boy and Imus aboard the I-Jet at Theaters, Ballrooms and, even one time, an Aircraft Carrier.By ROB BARTLETT
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Join The Robio for some first-hand stories about being on Broadway with Dan Radcliffe and Nick Jonas. Hear clips from the show, and get a backstage look at what it was like for Fat Boy to do a Musical with Two Genuine Superstars.By Rob Bartlett
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It seemed like a good idea at the time...join the Robio as he tells the story about his tenure with the WWF, as one of the first hosts of Monday Night Raw. Enjoy his brutal honesty, and take pleasure in his cringing displeasure as he freely admits how TRULY AWFUL he was, using clips from those dark days in Professional Wrestling History as evidence…
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Happy Trails, Old Cowboy - An Elegy For The I-Man
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A Tribute to my Boss, my Mentor, and my Friend. With deep gratitude...for everything.By Rob Bartlett
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Here it is, the Perennial Classic, a Holiday Tradition for the past 32 years. Sal Monella's Night Before Christmas in Brooklyn. See it live this Saturday Night, December 28th at the Seven Angels Theatre in Waterbury Connecticut, in the Rob Bartlett Holiday Extravaganza. Get tickets here: https://sevenangelstheatre.secure.force.com/ticket/#sections_…
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