He's eating it! She's dying! He's BOMBING! For a stand-up comic there's no pain quite like a joke that bombs. Every comic bombs and in Bombing with Mike Dorval we seek to find out WHY! Every week a new comedian joins Mike to dive into the nitty gritty of joke writing. They'll explore the mechanics of crafting of great joke and the agony of a watching a joke they loved, nurtured, and thought would soar come crashing to Earth. It's a deep dive into the agony and ecstasy of writing jokes.
So many people move to Hollywood to succeed in comedy. This weeks guest moved from Hollywood to Pennsylvania to feel like a real success. It's a different story for Bombing that goes from Victoria's …
Benari Poulten is a senior producer for one of the hottest shows on TV, The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore. Before that? You could find him tweeting jokes as GI Jew when he was stationed in the Midd…
I've known Tommy Rico since he first started. In addition to being a terrific comic, Tommy cares more about comedy than anyone I know and he's not afraid to tell you what he thinks. We talk about his…
Who doesn't love Kelly MacFarland? I've never met a person that doesn't. She emerged from the woods of Maine and made it all the way to Gotham Live and Last Comic Standing. One of the best things abo…
I got a chance to talk to Dan Soder just after the release of his first hour long special Not Special. He was fresh off a five hour drive, starving, and still entertaining as hell. We got to talk abo…
Ever wondered what it's really like to showcase for the most important people in the entertainment industry? Eddie Pence pulls back the curtain and tells us what it feels like to play the Montreal Co…
Rick Jenkins never meant to be a comedy club owner. He moved from Buffalo to Boston to take part in the comedy boom and then, when the bubble burst, he found himself lamenting it's passing in the bar…
Any list of the top joke writers in the country that doesn't have Gary Gulman on it is an incomplete list. I got to talk to him about his new Netflix special It's About Time, his appearances on every…
Dan Boulger exploded onto the comedy scene by winning the Boston Comedy Festival just after he was born (only a slight exaggeration). Now as he's releasing his first album we get to talk about a jour…
I didn't think anyone had seen more TV as a kid than me. Then I met the TV Guidance Counselor, Ken Reid. His podcast caught fire in the last couple of years, but we cover a longer stretch of time tha…
DJ Hazard is one of the rare legends of the comedy boom who managed a seamless transition into the 21st century. Maybe its because he's always been exploring the limits of comedy as a form and challe…
Are you familiar with the phrase "Working blue"? It meansworking dirty and no one in Boston comedy wears the color bluebetter thanTom Dustin. He's not afraid to say anything andnosubject is offlimits…
He was MC Mr Napkins when I first saw him rocking the mic with a comedy rap in Cambridge. Since then he's shed the stage name and is rocking the world as Zach Sherwin. How did the evolution occur? Wh…
A great and far reaching talk with my longtime friend, Rosie Tran. She's a comic, actor, and podcaster originally from New Orleans, now transplanted to L.A. We settle important questions like, "Is th…
This week I got to have a great and far reaching talk with the ridiculously talented Joe List. We talked about appearing on Letterman, who gets the material when your fiancée is also a comic, and the…
It's episode 10, but really this is episode zero. The very first Bombing ever recorded and it was with a great comedian and great friend in comedy, Tim Mcintire. We talk Thursday Night Fights, dogs, …
We have our very first three-man podcast this episode! Matt Kona and Shaun Bedgood are great comics in their own right and we talk a lot about their jokes and careers, but they're also the producer…
You know Patty Ross. If you've seen The Heat, Spotlight, The Three Stooges, Clear History....actually, I don't have enough space for all her credits. But we spend the most time talking about her come…
Those "Last Week Tonight" clips that everyone shares every Monday? Josh Gondelman helped write that. That new book "You Blew it"? That's him too. The Twitter profile Modern Seinfeld? Josh. And his al…
Erin Judge is an outstanding comic (Comedy central's Live at Gotham) who's about to have her first book published. She's also the first comedian every other comedian turns to for advice in life, love…