Thirteen years ago, the podcasting world got a heck of a lot funnier as Scott Aukerman entered the realm with a bang. His award-winning podcast “Comedy Bang! Bang!” blends sketch comedy with celebrity conversations, and it’s been called “often strange, consistently hilarious and always unpredictable” by Entertainment Weekly. “Comedy Bang! Bang!” is currently on their North American tour and comes to the Tabernacle tomorrow evening, Aug. 17. Before Aukerman hits the stage, he joined “City Lights” senior producer Kim Drobes via Zoom to talk about his long history of tweaking conventional comedy formats.
On the inspiration behind the original “Comedy Bang! Bang!” podcast:
“I’d been doing a live show, kind of a standup showcase along with comedians doing characters, for 10 years at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in Los Angeles. I’d been producing it, and I’d seen a lot of comedians go up and do these really funny characters,” Aukerman recounted. “So I got this radio show at a local L.A. radio station, and I thought it was just going to be me interviewing comedians like most podcasts are … but then a few episodes in, I had some comedians on, playing characters.”
Read this story for free
To continue reading, sign up for our newsletters and get unlimited access to WABE.org
We won't share your information with outside organizations Why am I seeing this?
