Can attending suburban basement shows lead to success as a professional broadcaster? Chris Gethard wasn’t in a band but he takes a very punk rock approach to his career. His Beautiful Anonymous Podcast, Career Suicide HBO Special and The Chris Gethard Show are all one-of-a-kind creations each with it’s own cult following. Chris gets into how growing up around underground music led to underground comedy and ultimately a DIY approach to more mainstream show business. We dig into aspects of his behavior that have persisted since childhood, heartbreaking revelations and just how difficult it is to make it as a professional entertainer.
Links:
Chris Gethard
Beautiful Anonymous
http://www.earwolf.com/show/beautiful-anonymous/
Career Suicide
https://www.hbo.com/specials/chris-gethard-career-suicide
The Chris Gethard Show
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chris_Gethard_Show
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBDD9FE6F3007B95C
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSP7prHwiX0&list=PLfWTNhVnrYRF-st1rOZQ530dCyahj-m0K
https://www.trutv.com/shows/the-chris-gethard-show
Fanzines
https://www.margotnote.com/blog/2018/01/08/organizing-a-zine-collection
Weird NJ
WFMU
Gregg Gethard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiBPamtgJIQ
Upright Citizens Brigade
A Bad Thing I’m About To Do
https://www.amazon.com/Bad-Idea-About-Seriously-Stunningly/dp/0306820307
Frosted Entenmanns
https://www.entenmanns.com/en/products/8-rich-frosted-donuts?category=3
John Ross Bowie
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0101152/
Egghead
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phTjCulXVW4
MNN Public Access
J Church
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Prjthhm6Eoo
https://www.talkhouse.com/please-help-chris-gethard-find-this-lost-j-church-single/
Uncle Floyd
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZv-wY01mvQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmGLwqLg_XY
http://wvox.com/2017/12/04/uncle-floyds-garage-sale-music/
Seton Hall Fire (Dave didn’t start it)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boland_Hall_fire
Rick Moranis
https://nypost.com/2020/10/02/rick-moranis-tells-cops-to-catch-the-bad-guy-who-slugged-him/
Killed By Desk Host Related Links:
Bands We Were in:
Bugout Society
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4L0iQYlu3os
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ChZ4qCWVyA
The Shemps
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZjVWQ1_s_o&list=OLAK5uy_kxXwfD_qJtiB4QSg9QPUwkCZtD9F2ox7E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xwp4L7XH-pA
Little Seizures
https://lilseizures.bandcamp.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12g1yyi4to4&t=46s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YC6Nhed_2Ls&t=171s
The Mess Around
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCu0A1xUAMluCMiyx_1PEbw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Igld7T8PYSY
Lost Locker Combo
https://music.apple.com/us/artist/lost-locker-combo/271851385
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHD7AjOWRrc
Kung Fu Monkeys
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhsaEK4MHHw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9p8tcIFaUJ0
The LLC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bi46CwMMKaE
https://thellc.bandcamp.com/album/come-take-a-ride-50-songs-by-the-llc
Other:
Maximum Rock’N’Roll
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximumrocknroll
Evolution Revolution