Mohr Stories 546: Gene Simmons

This week Jay is honored to welcome musician and founding member of KISS, Gene Simmons. They talk about a variety of topics including the bible, jazz, the Beatles, KISS merch & makeup, Sammy Davis Jr., and of course, the recent death of Ace Frehley. 🌐 Follow Gene Simmons ⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: @genesimmons Gene Simmons Band tickets: https://www.genesimmons.com/gene-simmons-band-tour/ Merch: https://www.shopgenesimmons.com/ ✅ Subscribe to Jay Mohr for Fresh Content: https://www.youtube.com/@JayMohr37?sub_confirmation=1 🌐 Follow Jay Mohr on all socials⁠⁠⁠⁠ @JayMohr37 ⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: @jaymohr37 Facebook: @jmohr37 TikTok: @jaymohr37 Substack: @jaymohr37 Jay Mohr Tour Dates: https://JayMohr.com Music: "Rise" by Lady Owl Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Comedian/actor Pauly Shore joins Jay this week to talk about dating alcoholics, growing up with a comedian dad, his showbiz nemesis, his long pursuit of a Richard Simmons movie, what Jay needs to do to get on the wall of the Comedy Store, and much more! This episode is sponsored by LUCY. Let's level up your nicotine routine with Lucy! Go to Lucy.co/Jay and use promo code JAY for 20% off your first order. Lucy has a 30-day refund policy if you change your mind. 🌐 Follow Pauly Instagram: @paulyshore Facebook: @OfficialPaulyShore TikTok: @paulyshore YouTube: @paulyshore ✅ Subscribe to Jay Mohr for Fresh Content: https://www.youtube.com/@JayMohr37 🌐 Follow Jay Mohr on all socials⁠⁠⁠⁠ @JayMohr37 ⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: @jaymohr37 Facebook: @jmohr37 TikTok: @jaymohr37 Substack: @jaymohr37 Jay Mohr Tour Dates: https://JayMohr.com Music: "Rise" by Lady Owl Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The great Michael McKean joins Jay this week to talk about their time together on SNL, working with Bill Burr & Bob Odenkirk in Glengarry Glen Ross on Boradway, the process of making Christopher Guest movies, and much more. This episode is sponsored by LUCY. Let's level up your nicotine routine with Lucy! Go to Lucy.co/Jay and use promo code JAY for 20% off your first order. Lucy has a 30-day refund policy if you change your mind. ✅ Subscribe to Jay Mohr for Fresh Content: https://www.youtube.com/@JayMohr37?sub_confirmation=1 🌐 Follow Jay Mohr on all socials⁠⁠⁠⁠ @JayMohr37 ⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: @jaymohr37 Facebook: @jmohr37 TikTok: @jaymohr37 Substack: @jaymohr37 Jay Mohr Tour Dates: https://JayMohr.com Music: "Rise" by Lady Owl Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Super Bowl MVP and three-time Super Bowl champion, Julian Edelman joins the show this week. He and Jay talk about what it’s like to return punts in the NFL, the sorcery of Bill Belichick, playing with Aaron Hernandez, his suspension for PEDs, the toughest cornerback to get open against, how he knew it was time to retire, Deflategate, and much more. This episode is sponsored by LUCY. Let's level up your nicotine routine with Lucy! Go to Lucy.co/Jay and use promo code JAY for 20% off your first order. Lucy has a 30-day refund policy if you change your mind. 🌐 Follow Julian Edelman Instagram: @edelman11 Podcast: Games with Names 🌐 Follow Jay Mohr on all socials⁠⁠⁠⁠ @JayMohr37 ⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: @jaymohr37 Facebook: @jmohr37 TikTok: @jaymohr37 Substack: @jaymohr37 Jay Mohr Tour Dates: https://JayMohr.com Music: "Rise" by Lady Owl Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Jay is joined by comedian Patton Oswalt. They talk about how Joe Rogan is a modern-day L. Ron Hubbard, the greatness of Goodfellas, fighting depression, why to avoid cable news, and his new stand-up album Black Coffee and Ice Water. Listen to Patton's new special "Black Coffee and Ice Water" on the Audible app or Audible.com 🌐 Follow Patton Oswalt Instagram: @pattonoswalt Facebook: @PattonOswaltTour Threads: @pattonoswalt Substack: @pattonoswalt 🌐 Follow Jay Mohr on all socials⁠⁠⁠⁠ @JayMohr37 ⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: @jaymohr37 Facebook: @jmohr37 TikTok: @jaymohr37 Substack: @jaymohr37 Jay Mohr Tour Dates: https://JayMohr.com Music: "Rise" by Lady Owl Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Author Jeff Pearlman returns to the show to talk with Jay about his new Tupac Shakur biography, Only God Can Judge Me. They discuss why Jeff stepped away from sports for this book, Tupac’s difficult upbringing, and why his final resting place is in Lumberton, North Carolina. They also talk about the best ballplayers not in the Hall of Fame, Suge Knight’s appearance on Mohr Sports, and how Elvis Grbac ended up as one of People magazine’s sexiest athletes. This episode is sponsored by LUCY. Let's level up your nicotine routine with Lucy! Go to Lucy.co/Jay and use promo code JAY for 20% off your first order. Lucy has a 30-day refund policy if you change your mind. Buy "Only God Can Judge Me: The Many Lives of Tupac Shakur": https://www.amazon.com/Only-God-Can-Judge-Me/dp/0063304570 🌐 Follow Jeff Pearlman Instagram: @jeff_pearlman Facebook: @jeff.pearlman.10 TikTok: @jeffpearlmanauthor Substack: @pearlman ✅ Subscribe to Jay Mohr for Fresh Content: https://www.youtube.com/@JayMohr37?sub_confirmation=1 🌐 Follow Jay Mohr on all socials⁠⁠⁠⁠ @JayMohr37 ⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: @jaymohr37 Facebook: @jmohr37 TikTok: @jaymohr37 Substack: @jaymohr37 Jay Mohr Tour Dates: https://JayMohr.com Music: "Rise" by Lady Owl Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Another Handsome Tuesday, another handsome guest...this week Jay is joined by comedian & actor, Allan Havey. They talk about Allan's numerous standup appearances on Letterman, acting on Mad Men, playing percussion for George Harrison, almost meeting Jeffrey Epstein, and his new webseries: "The Best Standup Advice I Know." 📺 Watch Allan Havey's web series: "The Best Standup Advice I Know More Allan: allanhavey.com ✅ Subscribe to Jay Mohr for Fresh Content: https://www.youtube.com/@JayMohr37?sub_confirmation=1 🌐 Follow Jay Mohr on all socials⁠⁠⁠⁠ @JayMohr37 ⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: @jaymohr37 Facebook: @jmohr37 TikTok: @jaymohr37 Substack: https://substack.com/@jaymohr37 Jay Mohr Tour Dates: https://JayMohr.com Music: "Rise" by Lady Owl Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Jay welcomes comedian Matt McCusker to talk about his new Netflix special - A Humble Offering, playing the flute, his former career as a drug dealer, jogging the Southside of Chicago, getting eczema on his genitals, and much more! This episode is sponsored by LUCY. Let's level up your nicotine routine with Lucy! Go to Lucy.co/Jay and use promo code JAY for 20% off your first order. Lucy has a 30-day refund policy if you change your mind. 🌐 Follow Matt New Special: A Humble Offering Instagram: @mccuskermatthewj Podcast: https://www.mssecretpodcast.com/ Tour Dates: https://mattmccusker.com/ ✅ Subscribe to Jay Mohr for Fresh Content: https://www.youtube.com/@JayMohr37?sub_confirmation=1 🌐 Follow Jay Mohr on all socials⁠⁠⁠⁠ @JayMohr37 ⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: @jaymohr37 Facebook: @jmohr37 TikTok: @jaymohr37 Substack: @jaymohr37 Jay Mohr Tour Dates: https://JayMohr.com Music: "Rise" by Lady Owl Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jay is joined by comedian Orlando Leyba. They talk about Orlando’s dad trying to poison his Pepsi, his time on America’s Got Talent, how he died in his past lives, a potential fix for Jay’s plane anxiety, and much more! This episode is sponsored by LUCY. Let's level up your nicotine routine with Lucy! Go to Lucy.co/Jay and use promo code JAY for 20% off your first order. Lucy has a 30-day refund policy if you change your mind. 🌐 Follow Orlando Leyba Instagram: @heylando YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/⁠⁠HeylandoShow⁩ ⁠⁠ Tour Dates: https://heylando.com/ ✅ Subscribe to Jay Mohr for Fresh Content: https://www.youtube.com/@JayMohr37?sub_confirmation=1 🌐 Follow Jay Mohr on all socials⁠⁠⁠⁠ @JayMohr37 ⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: @jaymohr37 Facebook: @jmohr37 TikTok: @jaymohr37 Substack: https://substack.com/@jaymohr37 Jay Mohr Tour Dates: https://JayMohr.com Music: ""Rise"" by Lady Owl Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week’s episode, Jay is joined by the good Matt Walsh. You know him from Veep, Flamin’ Hot, and of course, the Hinsdale South High School hall of fame. They talk about all those things, plus his new movie The Unexpecteds, the Chicago Bears, cryptocurrency, and much more! 🌐 Follow & support Matt Wal⁠⁠⁠⁠sh Instagram: @mrmattwalsh The Unexpecteds: linktr.ee/theunexpectedsmovie Podcast:  @secondincommandATC  Subscribe to Jay Mohr for Fresh Content: https://www.youtube.com/@JayMohr37?sub_confirmation=1 🌐 Follow Jay Mohr on all socials⁠⁠⁠⁠ @JayMohr37 ⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: @jaymohr37 Facebook: @jmohr37 TikTok: @jaymohr37 Jay Mohr Tour Dates: https://JayMohr.com Music: ""Rise"" by Lady Owl Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices