Season 1
Season 1
Season 1
Season 1
- Air date:2011-06-22
- User score:0.0
- Number of episodes:143
List of Episodes
Air date: 2011-06-22
Runtime: 60 min
The first episode was a rocky episode. The beginning of a very wild ride.
Air date: 2011-06-29
Runtime: 60 min
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.
Air date: 2011-07-06
Runtime: 60 min
Shirtless Fanelli. A pre-presidential run and very visibly uncomfortable Connor Ratliff. Our first show in the small studio.
Air date: 2011-07-13
Runtime: 60 min
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.
Air date: 2011-07-20
Runtime: 60 min
The Wiffle Bat gang makes their debut - our first truly violent in an unexpected and way too much fashion experiment.
Air date: 2011-07-27
Runtime: 60 min
Our final small studio show and the first ever hosted by Shannon O'Neill.
Air date: 2011-08-10
Runtime: 60 min
Considered an all time classic. Heavy hitter guests John Mulaney and Matt Besser.
Air date: 2011-08-17
Runtime: 60 min
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.
Air date: 2011-08-24
Runtime: 60 min
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.
Air date: 2011-09-28
Runtime: 60 min
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."
Air date: 2011-10-19
Runtime: 60 min
Chris Gethard watched an episode and decided he needed to lose a few pounds.
Air date: 2011-10-26
Runtime: 60 min
Connor invited every Republican candidate for president to debate him on the show.
Air date: 2011-11-02
Runtime: 60 min
Tom Scharpling in studio to mediate the relationship of Chris Gethard and his brother.
Air date: 2011-11-09
Runtime: 60 min
The Milkshake of Death. So gross, so fucked up, and such a fond memory.
Air date: 2011-11-16
Runtime: 60 min
Random Andrew was taking it on the chin from our callers.
Air date: 2011-11-30
Runtime: 60 min
A bunch of people from the show play on a basketball team together in NYC.
Air date: 2011-12-07
Runtime: 60 min
Our dating episode. This one was really fun but also a mess.
Air date: 2011-12-14
Runtime: 60 min
This was the great JD Amato's idea, and man was it a good one. All monologue jokes all the time.
Air date: 2012-01-04
Runtime: 60 min
This one hurt. The only show that actually went off the rails.
Air date: 2012-02-08
Runtime: 60 min
We had to say goodbye to Random Andrew, and it was so sad.
Air date: 2012-02-22
Runtime: 60 min
Why have something like The Chris Gethard Show if you don't do something nice for other people with it?
Air date: 2012-02-29
Runtime: 60 min
Our callers quiz Chris on female related topics and it becomes very clear how little Chris knows about women.
Air date: 2012-03-21
Runtime: 60 min
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.
Air date: 2012-03-28
Runtime: 60 min
Eventually we had to let our audience use our cameras like guns that shoot missiles, so we went ahead and just did it.
Air date: 2012-04-04
Runtime: 60 min
We invited the interesting, articulate, and 66 year old Peter Benjaminson to the show to help us wrestle with the concept of aging.
Air date: 2012-04-18
Runtime: 60 min
Completing his transition from hero to villain, the Hintmaster takes over an entire episode of TCGS, renaming it The Hintmaster Show.
Air date: 2012-04-25
Runtime: 60 min
The Multiple Choice Cavalcade of Fiascos is the ultimate bringer of either reward or punishment.
Air date: 2012-05-03
Runtime: 60 min
This week the TCGS panel is filled with friends of the show who speak different languages.
Air date: 2012-05-09
Runtime: 60 min
This week we test our ability to put on a show by literally planning nothing. No call in topic. No bits. No guests. Nothing.
Air date: 2012-05-16
Runtime: 60 min
The Keeper of the Battledome has time traveled back from the future to oversee a night of insanity on TCGS.
Air date: 2012-05-23
Runtime: 60 min
This week is not only Gethard's birthday but also the last show before he takes to the streets for #BonnarooGethard.
Air date: 2012-05-30
Runtime: 60 min
With Gethard and much of the crew out on the road, the rest of the gang hosts the Great Gethard Look-Alike Extravaganza.
Air date: 2012-07-20
Runtime: 60 min
It's been one whole year since we first started this circus and we're doing our one year anniversary right.
Air date: 2012-07-18
Runtime: 60 min
This week we explore both the art world as well as the world of tricking dummies into giving us money.
Air date: 2012-07-25
Runtime: 60 min
In unison we read the August 2012 Issue of Twist Magazine. For the entire show.
Air date: 2012-08-08
Runtime: 60 min
Panel, Callers, and friends are all asked to sum up their entire lives in one sentence.
Air date: 2012-08-15
Runtime: 60 min
With Chris out of town, Shannon hosts the show and urges celebrities to come down to the show to validate us.
Air date: 2012-08-22
Runtime: 60 min
Viewers sent in their submissions for names of new TCGS characters.
Air date: 2012-09-05
Runtime: 60 min
The TCGS cast and crew participate in a viewer submitted game of truth or dare.
Air date: 2012-09-12
Runtime: 60 min
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.
Air date: 2012-10-03
Runtime: 60 min
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.
Air date: 2012-10-10
Runtime: 60 min
The second Blindfold Show in which the entire panel is blindfolded.
Air date: 2012-10-17
Runtime: 60 min
We attempt to bring out the softer side of Shannon O'Neill.
Air date: 2012-10-24
Runtime: 60 min
We screen ten films each under one minute in the first ever Cans Film Festival.
Air date: 2012-11-14
Runtime: 60 min
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.
Air date: 2012-11-21
Runtime: 60 min
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.
Air date: 2012-11-28
Runtime: 60 min
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.
Air date: 2012-12-12
Runtime: 60 min
While our regular studio is being renovated we have to head uptown to do the show from MNN's secondary studio in Harlem.
Air date: 2012-12-19
Runtime: 60 min
Our second week in Harlem and fittingly we are talking about panic attacks.
Air date: 2013-01-02
Runtime: 60 min
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.
Air date: 2013-01-09
Runtime: 60 min
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.
Air date: 2013-01-16
Runtime: 60 min
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.
Air date: 2013-01-23
Runtime: 60 min
This week the panelists take calls from people seeking advice and let them choose whether they want good or bad advice.
Air date: 2013-01-30
Runtime: 60 min
The panelists talk about some real stuff with callers as they help make a Belly Burrito.
Air date: 2013-02-06
Runtime: 60 min
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.
Air date: 2013-02-13
Runtime: 60 min
After challenging (begging) the fans to make the show #1 on iTunes, the panelists reward their successful efforts by degrading Chris Gethard.
Air date: 2013-02-20
Runtime: 60 min
The panelists test the limits of their non-dominant hands in a show concept suggested by a fan on the show's message boards.
Air date: 2013-02-27
Runtime: 60 min
After getting hit in the head with a coconut Vacation Jason has lost his memory and transformed in the stuffy suit-wearing Jason Reinlib.
Air date: 2013-03-03
Runtime: 60 min
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.
Air date: 2013-03-20
Runtime: 60 min
Chris Gethard has first time callers, first time foods, first time experiences, and first time giant life moments. Special guest Aidy Bryant.
Air date: 2013-04-03
Runtime: 60 min
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.
Air date: 2013-04-10
Runtime: 60 min
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.
Air date: 2013-04-17
Runtime: 60 min
This week we decide to get real and talk about anything our callers want to divulge.
Air date: 2013-04-24
Runtime: 60 min
We spend an hour trying to guess the different objects hidden in Hot Dog's mouth.
Air date: 2013-05-01
Runtime: 60 min
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.
Air date: 2013-05-08
Runtime: 60 min
Special guest Zach Galifianakis joins us in studio to give haircuts to strangers.
Air date: 2013-05-15
Runtime: 60 min
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.
Air date: 2013-05-22
Runtime: 60 min
Callers, cast, and friends all describe the motions that make them unique. With special guest Griffin Newman.
Air date: 2013-05-29
Runtime: 60 min
This week the audience was challenged to submit the most offensive things they can muster.
Air date: 2013-06-05
Runtime: 60 min
The show was handed over to fellow MNN producer Conspiracy Theory Gary and let him put on the Conspiracy Theory Gary Show.
Air date: 2013-06-12
Runtime: 60 min
What happens when a bunch of strangers come together with random instruments and make up an hour long song?
Air date: 2013-06-19
Runtime: 60 min
It's back. Viewers submitted over 700 character names, we picked 10, and now you get to see these characters come to life.
Air date: 2013-06-26
Runtime: 60 min
Callers tell stories and our panel has to decide if they are true or not.
Air date: 2013-07-03
Runtime: 60 min
Following the lead of Edward Snowden, Gethard decides to leak all emails and text messages associated with this week's show.
Air date: 2013-07-17
Runtime: 60 min
Chris gives a State of The TCGS speech while getting speech jammed.
Air date: 2013-07-31
Runtime: 60 min
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.
Air date: 2013-08-07
Runtime: 60 min
Bobby Moynihan loves toys. Callers decide which challenges Bobby has to endure in order to save toys from destruction.
Air date: 2013-08-21
Runtime: 60 min
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.
Air date: 2013-09-04
Runtime: 60 min
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.
Air date: 2013-09-11
Runtime: 60 min
We got nothing. The only things we got are Quitzow who mesmerizes our audience in dancing a lot.
Air date: 2013-09-18
Runtime: 60 min
Someone leaked confidential information to Gimghoul Castle in North Carolina, which begs us to ask the question: Who is the goddamn mole?
Air date: 2013-09-25
Runtime: 60 min
Will Rob Malone defend his title? Will Jersey Dave repeat his first round failure from TBO1? Only the beefy will survive.
Air date: 2013-10-02
Runtime: 60 min
Callers help us train Connor Ratliff in possible events for the upcoming Summer Olympics. Will he find his event?
Air date: 2013-10-16
Runtime: 60 min
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.
Air date: 2013-10-23
Runtime: 60 min
We let a guy from Cornell lead us around his school library via Skype for a full hour.
Air date: 2013-10-30
Runtime: 60 min
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.
Air date: 2013-11-06
Runtime: 60 min
Viewers send things to the studio and we just sit back and let the fun come to us.
Air date: 2013-11-27
Runtime: 60 min
The third annual Sandwich Night. The biggest crowd, the most sandwiches, and calls from other sandwich celebrations.
Air date: 2013-12-04
Runtime: 60 min
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.
Air date: 2013-12-11
Runtime: 60 min
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?
Air date: 2014-04-02
Runtime: 60 min
The Human Fish gets waxed. With special guest Sal Vulcano, and musical guest Wheatus.
Air date: 2014-04-09
Runtime: 60 min
Chris Gethard and the panel ask the callers to tell them something they have never told anyone before.
Air date: 2014-04-24
Runtime: 60 min
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.
Air date: 2014-04-30
Runtime: 60 min
Chris Gethard invited fellow MNN producers who have been talking shit to come on air and talk it out. None of them show up.
Air date: 2014-05-07
Runtime: 60 min
Don Fanelli builds a human size bird house. A callback from the very first episode.
Air date: 2014-05-28
Runtime: 60 min
Callers were asked to call in and describe how they would fight Chris Gethard.
Air date: 2014-06-04
Runtime: 60 min
Callers were asked to call in and have phone sex with various members of our panel, and our very special guest, Hannibal Buress.
Air date: 2014-06-11
Runtime: 60 min
Chris Gethard invites a Canadian teenager to interview the panel about comedy and teenagers.
Air date: 2014-06-18
Runtime: 60 min
The Chris Gethard Show celebrates the long time creative contributor Juan in a live retrospective.
Air date: 2014-06-25
Runtime: 60 min
The Night Of Zero Laughs V. If you laugh, you get eliminated.
Air date: 2014-07-02
Runtime: 60 min
The first person to call in decides the topic of the entire episode.
Air date: 2014-07-09
Runtime: 60 min
Special guest Eddie Kingston in studio to help us work on the ancient art of cutting wrestling promos.
Air date: 2014-07-16
Runtime: 60 min
"El Matador" Tito Santana and SNL's Brooks Wheelan are joining us to talk about pro wrestling for the third week in a row.
Air date: 2014-07-23
Runtime: 60 min
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.
Air date: 2014-07-30
Runtime: 60 min
Bo Montez takes over the The Chris Gethard Show time slot, so get ready to shake your rumps for a full hour of debauchery.
Air date: 2014-08-06
Runtime: 60 min
There are no camera operators, floor managers, or any crew, Chris Gethard takes over all the reins with musical guest Mal Blum.
Air date: 2014-08-13
Runtime: 60 min
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.
Air date: 2014-08-20
Runtime: 60 min
The Chris Gethard Show has a simple call in topic this week - "Should we keep doing this show?" with music by Black Wine.
Air date: 2012-10-31
Runtime: 60 min
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.
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