Show Notes
Give It Up writer/star Gareth Reynolds breaks down some of the movies about comedians that made him with hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante!
Show Notes:
Movies Referenced In This Episode
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
Give it Up (2026)
The Aristocats (1970)
The Aristocrats (2005)
Funny People (2009)
This is 40 (2012)
Man on the Moon (1999)
Jim and Andy: The Great Beyond (2017)
I’m From Hollywood (1989)
Comedian (2002)
American Movie (1999)
Joan Rivers: Piece of Work (2010)
A History of Violence (2005)
Rabbit Test (1978)
George Carlin: Jammin’ in New York (1990)
George Carlin’s American Dream (2022)
George Carlin: It’s Bad for Ya (2008)
Punchline (1988)
The Omen (1976)
Bill Hicks: Relentless (1992)
American Splendor (2003)
American: The Bill Hicks Story (2009)
Richard Pryor: Live in Concert (1979)
Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip (1982)
Blue Collar (1978)
The King of Comedy (1982)
Meet the Parents (2000)
Taxi Driver (1976)
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
Pee-wee as Himself (2025)
Innerspace (1987)
Other Notable Items
Our revamped Patreon!
The Hollywood Food Coalition
Air New Zealand
The Dollop Podcast
Peter Jackson
Weta Workshop
The Lord of the Rings film franchise
Dave Anthony
Our first podcast with The Dollop
John Lennon
Paul McCartney
Our Glenn Howerton podcast episode
Harlan Ellison
New York Friars Club in New York
The Hollywood Improv in Los Angeles
Judd Apatow
Adam Sandler
Scott Alexander
TFH Guru Larry Karaszewski
Andy Kaufman
Jim Carrey
Comedy Central
ABC’s Wide World of Comedy TV series (1973-76)
Elvis Presley
Bob Zmuda
Fridays TV series (1980-82)
Mark Blankfield
Lawrence Welk
The Pretenders
Late Night with David Letterman TV series (1982-93)
Kyle Anderson
Jerry Seinfeld
Gary Shandling
Orny Adams
Dane Cook
Joan Rivers
Don Rickles
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson TV series (1962-92)
The Dewey Decimal System
Dick Clark
Russell Crowe
Edgar Allan Poe
Billy Crystal
Gareth and Dave’s Past Times Podcast
George Carlin
Johnny Carson
Tom Hanks
Sally Field
John Goodman
David Seltzer
Bill Hicks
Paul Giamatti
HBO
MC Hammer
Vanilla Ice
Rush Limbaugh
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno TV series (1992-2014)
David Letterman
David Cronenberg
Denis Leary
Richard Pryor
Paul Schrader
Yaphet Kotto
Harvey Keitel
Robert De Niro
Jerry Lewis
Sandra Bernhardt
Just a Shot Away: Martin Scorsese’s Life in Film book by Mark Binelli (2026)
Paul Reubens
Thomas Jane
Our Martin Short podcast episode
Gareth and Jake Johnson’s podcast We’re Here To Help
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