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Spirit of Ratliff
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First aired 22/Jun/2011
United States
English
3 season(s)
159 episode(s)
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.
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Season 3 · Season 3
Season Overview
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S3E4
Sandwich Night 5: Assignment Salami Beach
Summary
Sandwich Night returns to celebrate putting something between two pieces of bread.
S3E3
When Next You See Us We Will Be Standing Atop the Rubble of the Entertainment Industry
Summary
Victorious Conquerers In A Strange Land That's Never Welcomed Us. We Are The Outsiders. We Are The Renegades. We Are The Surrogates For The Silent Masses Who Are Not Willing To Be Treated As A Number, Who Are Smart Enough To Know That Their Value Is Rooted In More.
S3E2
Meet the Parents
Summary
The parents of fans call The Chris Gethard Show to give parenting tips and life advice.
S3E1
Fetish Party
Summary
The Chris Gethard Show welcome Bambi Galore, Jefferson, and Whip to the studio so they can escort us through the sexy, intense, sometimes messy world of fetishes.
Season 2 · Season 2
Season Overview
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S2E11
The Crowd Sourced Character Contest 3
Summary
The Crowd Sourced Character contest is back and better than ever. Come see eight of the most ludicrous characters you the people could come up with, then vote on your favorite.
S2E10
Web CG
Summary
The panel is giving out medical advice in an episode that is sure to terrify and worry ever actual doctor out there in the world with sword swallower, Bret Loudermilk and music from Frank Portman.
S2E9
All Hands on the Bad One
Summary
Sleater-Kinney joins the panel to play 'All Hands on the Bad One' with musical guest Priests.
S2E8
Sandwich Night: Toast Protocol
Summary
Leonard the Sandwich Lion rings in the greatest holiday on earth, Sandwich Night.
S2E7
Those Are Words My Mouth Just Said
Summary
The panel asks callers for a catch phrase for special guest Maeve Higgins.
S2E6
Birds and Bees and Eventually Eggs
Summary
The panel discusses the birds and the bees with Jo Firestone.
S2E5
Who's Your Favorite Serial Killer? Have You Taken Human Life?
Summary
The Chris Gethard Show discusses serial killers with special guest Brooks Wheelan.
S2E4
200 Kazoos and Smithgate
Summary
An episode containing two hundred kazoos and an expected appearance from "Smith".
S2E3
Down to Fun
Summary
The TCGS panel play a phone based dating game designed by Emma Noble with musical guest Panglossian Prophets of Doom.
S2E2
Flying Knives and Animal Heads
Summary
Marcus Monroe is in studio to juggle anything the studio audience dares to bring with Mike Birbiglia and musical guest, Glockabelle.
S2E1
Fill the Bowl
Summary
The Chris Gethard Show returns for a second season with music from Jeff Rosenstock.
Season 1 · Season 1
Season Overview
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S1E143
12 Hours of Election Coverage
S1E142
The Hallowcane Squeezetacular
Summary
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.
S1E141
Should We Keep Doing the Show?
Summary
The Chris Gethard Show has a simple call in topic this week - "Should we keep doing this show?" with music by Black Wine.
S1E140
18th Century American Gladiators
Summary
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.
S1E139
I Can Do Bad All by Myself
Summary
There are no camera operators, floor managers, or any crew, Chris Gethard takes over all the reins with musical guest Mal Blum.
S1E138
ShoutOutTV Presents the Booty Shake Hour with Bo Montez
Summary
Bo Montez takes over the The Chris Gethard Show time slot, so get ready to shake your rumps for a full hour of debauchery.
S1E137
Why Did You Stop Watching the Chris Gethard Show?
Summary
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.
S1E136
Talk About Whatever You Want (But We Recommend Professional Wrestling)
Summary
"El Matador" Tito Santana and SNL's Brooks Wheelan are joining us to talk about pro wrestling for the third week in a row.
S1E135
We Aren't Done Talking About Wrestling Yet
Summary
Special guest Eddie Kingston in studio to help us work on the ancient art of cutting wrestling promos.
S1E134
The First Call Show
Summary
The first person to call in decides the topic of the entire episode.
S1E133
The Night of Zero Laughs V
Summary
The Night Of Zero Laughs V. If you laugh, you get eliminated.
S1E132
Juan in a Million
Summary
The Chris Gethard Show celebrates the long time creative contributor Juan in a live retrospective.
S1E131
Talkin' Teenz
Summary
Chris Gethard invites a Canadian teenager to interview the panel about comedy and teenagers.
S1E130
Straight Up Phone Sex
Summary
Callers were asked to call in and have phone sex with various members of our panel, and our very special guest, Hannibal Buress.
S1E129
How Would You Fight Me?
Summary
Callers were asked to call in and describe how they would fight Chris Gethard.
S1E128
Spanish Calls Only
Summary
An episode where only Spanish is allowed to be spoken.
S1E127
Paintin' Faces with Diana Kolsky
Summary
Diana Kolsky face paints panelists.
S1E126
Don Fanelli Builds a Human Size Bird House
Summary
Don Fanelli builds a human size bird house. A callback from the very first episode.
S1E125
Say It to My Face
Summary
Chris Gethard invited fellow MNN producers who have been talking shit to come on air and talk it out. None of them show up.
S1E124
I'm Nervous All the Time
Summary
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.
S1E123
J.D.'s Nightmare
S1E122
Tell Us Something You've Never Told Anyone
Summary
Chris Gethard and the panel ask the callers to tell them something they have never told anyone before.
S1E121
The Human Fish Gets Waxed
Summary
The Human Fish gets waxed. With special guest Sal Vulcano, and musical guest Wheatus.
S1E120
The Cream Wedding
Summary
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?
S1E119
Scare the Shit Out of Bethany
Summary
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.
S1E118
Sandwich Night Br3advolution
Summary
The third annual Sandwich Night. The biggest crowd, the most sandwiches, and calls from other sandwich celebrations.
S1E117
A Big Announcement
Summary
A big announcement. Anything can happen. No cool kids.
S1E116
Place Your Bets
Summary
You make bets, we do them.
S1E115
Open for Delivery
Summary
Viewers send things to the studio and we just sit back and let the fun come to us.
S1E114
Rid Us of This Cursed Doll
Summary
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.
S1E113
Mike at the Library
Summary
We let a guy from Cornell lead us around his school library via Skype for a full hour.
S1E112
TCGS Half Hour + Saddle Bee Neigh T Hive
Summary
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.
S1E111
We Watch You
Summary
We use Skype to watch our audience watch us.
S1E110
Olympic Training
Summary
Callers help us train Connor Ratliff in possible events for the upcoming Summer Olympics. Will he find his event?
S1E109
The Beef Off 2
Summary
Will Rob Malone defend his title? Will Jersey Dave repeat his first round failure from TBO1? Only the beefy will survive.
S1E108
The Mole
Summary
Someone leaked confidential information to Gimghoul Castle in North Carolina, which begs us to ask the question: Who is the goddamn mole?
S1E107
We Got Nothing 2
Summary
We got nothing. The only things we got are Quitzow who mesmerizes our audience in dancing a lot.
S1E106
The Villain's Journey
Summary
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.
S1E105
Caller Critiques
Summary
Jake Fogelnest joins the panel to critique our callers.
S1E104
Space Battle
Summary
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.
S1E103
Turtle Birthday
Summary
We have a birthday for a Turtle.
S1E102
Destroy-A-Toy
Summary
Bobby Moynihan loves toys. Callers decide which challenges Bobby has to endure in order to save toys from destruction.
S1E101
Glory Hole Kissing Booth
Summary
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.
S1E100
Hundo
Summary
Chris gives a State of The TCGS speech while getting speech jammed.
S1E99
Looking at Dicks for an Hour: A New Low
Summary
Four adult men look at each other's dicks for an hour.
S1E98
Leaked E-mails
Summary
Following the lead of Edward Snowden, Gethard decides to leak all emails and text messages associated with this week's show.
S1E97
True or False
Summary
Callers tell stories and our panel has to decide if they are true or not.
S1E96
The Crowd Sourced Character Contest 2
Summary
It's back. Viewers submitted over 700 character names, we picked 10, and now you get to see these characters come to life.
S1E95
The Hour Long Song
Summary
What happens when a bunch of strangers come together with random instruments and make up an hour long song?
S1E94
Conspiracy Theory Gary Show
Summary
The show was handed over to fellow MNN producer Conspiracy Theory Gary and let him put on the Conspiracy Theory Gary Show.
S1E93
What's the Worst Thing You Can Make Us Say?
Summary
This week the audience was challenged to submit the most offensive things they can muster.
S1E92
Sum Yourself Up in a Dance Move
Summary
Callers, cast, and friends all describe the motions that make them unique. With special guest Griffin Newman.
S1E91
We Will Predict Your Future
Summary
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.
S1E90
Who Needs a Haircut?
Summary
Special guest Zach Galifianakis joins us in studio to give haircuts to strangers.
S1E89
Let's Sell Out with Real Late Night Characters
Summary
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.
S1E88
What's in Hot Dog's Mouth
Summary
We spend an hour trying to guess the different objects hidden in Hot Dog's mouth.
S1E87
Let's Get Real
Summary
This week we decide to get real and talk about anything our callers want to divulge.
S1E86
Beyonce
Summary
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.
S1E85
The Royal Rumble of Twister
Summary
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.
S1E84
Someone will Die
Summary
One of the fictional characters will die.
S1E83
First Times
Summary
Chris Gethard has first time callers, first time foods, first time experiences, and first time giant life moments. Special guest Aidy Bryant.
S1E82
When the Cat's Away, the Ratz Will Play
Summary
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.
S1E81
February Beach Party
Summary
After getting hit in the head with a coconut Vacation Jason has lost his memory and transformed in the stuffy suit-wearing Jason Reinlib.
S1E80
Ambidextrous?
Summary
The panelists test the limits of their non-dominant hands in a show concept suggested by a fan on the show's message boards.
S1E79
Race to the Top
Summary
After challenging (begging) the fans to make the show #1 on iTunes, the panelists reward their successful efforts by degrading Chris Gethard.
S1E78
Farewell Manesha
Summary
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.
S1E77
Belly Burrito
Summary
The panelists talk about some real stuff with callers as they help make a Belly Burrito.
S1E76
Angels and Devils
Summary
This week the panelists take calls from people seeking advice and let them choose whether they want good or bad advice.
S1E75
Loser Is Still the New Nerd
Summary
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.
S1E74
Keeper and Company
Summary
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.
S1E73
Hyperresolutions
Summary
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.
S1E72
Panic Attacks and Technical Disasters
Summary
Our second week in Harlem and fittingly we are talking about panic attacks.
S1E71
First Night in Harlem
Summary
While our regular studio is being renovated we have to head uptown to do the show from MNN's secondary studio in Harlem.
S1E70
Fan Fiction Theatre
Summary
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.
S1E69
Sandwich Night 2012: 2 Sandwich 2 Night
Summary
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.
S1E68
The Beef Off
Summary
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.
S1E67
The Cans Film Festival 2012
Summary
We screen ten films each under one minute in the first ever Cans Film Festival.
S1E66
The Softer Side of Shannon O'Neill
Summary
We attempt to bring out the softer side of Shannon O'Neill.
S1E65
The Blindfold Show II
Summary
The second Blindfold Show in which the entire panel is blindfolded.
S1E64
A Book Shall Be Written
Summary
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.
S1E63
Smash Cut to the Past
Summary
The Chris Gethard Show gets stuck in ancient Rome.
S1E62
Smash Cut to the Future
Summary
The Keeper of the Battledome returns to TCGS.
S1E61
The Ultimate Public Access Party
Summary
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.
S1E60
Truth or Dare
Summary
The TCGS cast and crew participate in a viewer submitted game of truth or dare.
S1E59
Happy Murf Day
Summary
A day dedicated to Murf's head-shot and the man himself.
S1E58
The Crowd-Sourced Character Contest
Summary
Viewers sent in their submissions for names of new TCGS characters.
S1E57
Celebrities Come Validate Us
Summary
With Chris out of town, Shannon hosts the show and urges celebrities to come down to the show to validate us.
S1E56
Sum Yourself Up in One Sentence
Summary
Panel, Callers, and friends are all asked to sum up their entire lives in one sentence.
S1E55
The Setup Show
Summary
Behind the scenes of the setup for TCGS.
S1E54
The Twist Magazine August 2012 Issue
Summary
In unison we read the August 2012 Issue of Twist Magazine. For the entire show.
S1E53
The Shitty Art Show
Summary
This week we explore both the art world as well as the world of tricking dummies into giving us money.
S1E52
The Genuine Sadness Episode
Summary
This week we weren't in the mood for dumb stuff.
S1E51
The Night of Zero Laughs
Summary
If you laugh, you get eliminated.
S1E50
The One Year Anniversary Show
Summary
It's been one whole year since we first started this circus and we're doing our one year anniversary right.
S1E49
Farewell Melissa
Summary
Random Melissa's last episode.
S1E48
The Great Gethard Look-Alike Extravaganza
Summary
With Gethard and much of the crew out on the road, the rest of the gang hosts the Great Gethard Look-Alike Extravaganza.
S1E47
Birthday Night
Summary
This week is not only Gethard's birthday but also the last show before he takes to the streets for #BonnarooGethard.
S1E46
Robot Fights
Summary
The Keeper of the Battledome has time traveled back from the future to oversee a night of insanity on TCGS.
S1E45
We Got Nothing
Summary
This week we test our ability to put on a show by literally planning nothing. No call in topic. No bits. No guests. Nothing.
S1E44
Foreign Language Bingo
Summary
This week the TCGS panel is filled with friends of the show who speak different languages.
S1E43
Multiple Choice Cavalcade of Fiascos
Summary
The Multiple Choice Cavalcade of Fiascos is the ultimate bringer of either reward or punishment.
S1E42
The Hintmaster Show
Summary
Completing his transition from hero to villain, the Hintmaster takes over an entire episode of TCGS, renaming it The Hintmaster Show.
S1E41
Math Sucks, Hintmaster Sucks
Summary
A show dedicated to the ups and downs of education.
S1E40
The Wisdom of the Aged
Summary
We invited the interesting, articulate, and 66 year old Peter Benjaminson to the show to help us wrestle with the concept of aging.
S1E39
The Camera Cannon
Summary
Eventually we had to let our audience use our cameras like guns that shoot missiles, so we went ahead and just did it.
S1E38
The Birth of the Hintmaster
Summary
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.
S1E37
The Culture Show
S1E36
How Do Girls Work
Summary
Our callers quiz Chris on female related topics and it becomes very clear how little Chris knows about women.
S1E35
Checking in with Alyssa
Summary
Why have something like The Chris Gethard Show if you don't do something nice for other people with it?
S1E34
The Birth of the Third Random
Summary
We meet Random Melissa.
S1E33
The Search for the New Random
Summary
We had to say goodbye to Random Andrew, and it was so sad.
S1E32
Loser Is the New Nerd
S1E31
The Blindfold Show
S1E30
The Night of Zero Laughs III
Summary
The Night of Zero Laughs.
S1E29
The Dominatrix
S1E28
Ruin This Show
Summary
This one hurt. The only show that actually went off the rails.
S1E27
One Hundred Callers
Summary
We attempted to get 100 callers in a single episode.
S1E26
Monologues Only
Summary
This was the great JD Amato's idea, and man was it a good one. All monologue jokes all the time.
S1E25
Papa Gethard's Love Cauldron
Summary
Our dating episode. This one was really fun but also a mess.
S1E24
The Greatest Rivalry in Sports
Summary
A bunch of people from the show play on a basketball team together in NYC.
S1E23
Sandwich Night
Summary
A hundred-plus people showed up ready to eat.
S1E22
Random Andrew and the Hero's Journey
Summary
Random Andrew was taking it on the chin from our callers.
S1E21
The Milkshake of Death
Summary
The Milkshake of Death. So gross, so fucked up, and such a fond memory.
S1E20
Sibling Rivalry
Summary
Tom Scharpling in studio to mediate the relationship of Chris Gethard and his brother.
S1E19
The Great American Presidential Debate and Halloween Spooktacular
Summary
Connor invited every Republican candidate for president to debate him on the show.
S1E18
The Physical Fitness Episode
Summary
Chris Gethard watched an episode and decided he needed to lose a few pounds.
S1E17
New Friends and Long Lost Friends
Summary
We go on a search for the new Random.
S1E16
Goodbye Random Jean
Summary
A heartbreaking goodbye to an old friend.
S1E15
The Find the Human Fish Episode
Summary
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."
S1E14
The Drawing Pictures Episode
S1E13
The What's on My Head Episode
Summary
What's on My Head? What a weird, fun game.
S1E12
The Fanelli Birthday Episode
S1E11
The How Random Is Random Jean Episode
Summary
The Chris Gethard Show debut of Jake Fogelnest.
S1E10
The Human Crane Episode
Summary
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.
S1E9
The Dance Battle Episode
Summary
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.
S1E8
The Kickboxer Episode
Summary
Considered an all time classic. Heavy hitter guests John Mulaney and Matt Besser.
S1E7
The Hands on an Audience Member Episode
S1E6
The Last Small Studio Show
Summary
Our final small studio show and the first ever hosted by Shannon O'Neill.
S1E5
The Wiffle Bat Gang Episode
Summary
The Wiffle Bat gang makes their debut - our first truly violent in an unexpected and way too much fashion experiment.
S1E4
The Tazapper Episode
Summary
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.
S1E3
The Third Episode Episode
Summary
Shirtless Fanelli. A pre-presidential run and very visibly uncomfortable Connor Ratliff. Our first show in the small studio.
S1E2
The Episode Where Everything Started
Summary
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.
S1E1
The First Episode
Summary
The first episode was a rocky episode. The beginning of a very wild ride.
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