407 • KEYS TO THE JUNGLE: Michael Dirr

Thursday November 30, 2023 - Guest: Reggie Watts REGGIE WATTS is back and there's a lot to catch up on. So, why do we spend so much time ranking Superhero movies and identifying what's wrong with the Marvel Universe. HEAVY Porsche and Electric car talk as well as details on his new book GREAT FALLS, Montana. Will it spawn a TV series? Stay tuned! PLUS: Happy Thanksgiving, Jay Leno comes to GVBC & making a very-special Letterman fan’s Los Angeles vacation dreams come true. Thanks for visiting Marilyn, we love you. Thank you for being here 🎙❤️✨ Buy GREAT FALLS on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Great-Falls-MT-Post-Punk-Weirdos/dp/0593472462 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/latenightplayset/message

Tuesday, November 14, 2023 - Guest: Magnus Walker #TONIGHT @magnuswalker on @latenightplayset 🇬🇧❤️⚡️ Major announcements, @rennsportreunion, @f1 in @f1lasvegas, #OPP, and Angeles Crest Highway is back open to Newcomb's Ranch #thankyou @caltransdistrict7 🙏❤️🌲 Plus: Coming to terms and tears with New Life of Old Nicole. Thank you for being with us 🎙❤️✨ #seeyathere #liveatfive #latenightplayset #theryans #classic #latenight #talkshow #podcast #tvontheinternet #onandonandon --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/latenightplayset/message

Tuesday, November 7, 2023 - Topic: Travel, RIP, Napoleon and more… The Ryan’s are back from their court date in Lake Tahoe. Things only get more interesting as this story develops... Then a heartfelt farewell to Matthew Perry RIP, and the team reviews Napoleon Dynamite on 2nd chance theater with misunderstanding based on misunderstanding, mounted on more misunderstanding. Plus: Checking in with Nicole and GVBC is back @ Newcombs… wonderful but not without incident. Thank you for being here 🎙❤️✨ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/latenightplayset/message

Thursday, November 2, 2023 - Topic:Cars and Comedy The Ryan’s are back from the big Tahoe ticket fight and looking to move onto more positive things… First. returning to talk about their new Cars & Coffee this Sunday 11/5, Sasha @socalcars and Steve @getbtw are here to warm us all up. Then, we’ve been wanting to have this comedian on the show since she performed with Adam Ferrara @ the Marconi Museum… the very talented and funny Renee Percy is here to tell us all about her new special, dropping 11/7 on Amazon and AppleTV. This is a good one… thank you for being here 🎙❤️✨ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/latenightplayset/message

Thursday October 26, 2023 - Topic: Off to Tahoe… The gang is all here, sans  @MagnusWalkerUrbanOutlaw  who’s back on 11/9. Meanwhile… remember that ticket The Ryan’s received on their big USA Grand Tour? Tonight we’re revisiting this story as the court date is next week in Lake Tahoe. Spoiler alert, no show next Tuesday. Also on Second Chance Theater, we discuss the Farrely brothers 1998 ridiculousness that is “There’s Something About Mary”. J is not a fan but we want to hear why you are… if anyone’s actually able to make that arguement. Also Dumb and Dumber, The Ringer & an extended TMI update on New Life of Old Nicole. Thank you for being here! 🎙❤️✨ Check out Billy Bob Thornton on The Q: https://youtu.be/qToHS07HoGw?si=7Tv0ApwKT136HGrg [APPLAUSE] 👏👏👏👏 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/latenightplayset/message

Thursday October 19, 2023 - Topic: Everything changes… From the historic Warner/Columbia Ranch in Burbank, CA to legendary Studio 6A at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City… everything changes. Especially lately. Tonight, the gang is discussing some of the big changes having transpired during 2023’s Hollywood strikes. Some very good, some positively heartbreaking… (lots of photo and video). Thank you for being here 🎙❤️✨ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/latenightplayset/message

Tuesday October 16, 2023 - Updates and Recaps The Ryan’s were up at Newcombe Ranch today. They have a pretty big update to share regarding Angeles Crest Highway all the SoCal’ers will want to hear, Then, how was the Galpin Car Show? Was it as “mega” as promised? You have no idea idea… PLUS: 2nd Chance Theater: The Birdcage, J goes on a rant about algorithms, and we bid a tearful goodbye to a friend. Thank you for being here 🎙❤️✨ RIP Aimee Gerace - 2023 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/latenightplayset/message

Thursday October 12, 2023 - Guest Sasha @socalcars Whether you like the beach or the mountains, the fast stuff or the classics… LA has it all. Tonight we’re talking the Los Angeles car scene with mother and son comedy team "Sasha & Tyler" We discuss cars, car shows and collecting cars, we discuss her old acting career on Sweet Valley High, and we find how just how big a Star Wars fan she is. PLUS: Upcoming events and special thanks to  @reggiewatts  for the shout out on  @joerogan  This is a weird episode of a weird show... we can not stop laughing... Thank you for being here! 🎙❤️✨ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/latenightplayset/message

Tuesday, October 10, 2023 - Topic: Celebrating Rupert Jee’s Hello Deli NYC Over the weekend Worldwide Pants threw Rupert Jee (of the Hello Deli) a lovely retirement party in the Ed Sullivan theater. Our own Mike Chisholm was part of the festivities as was our guest, host of Irritable Dad Syndrome Podcast, Darin M. Cox. We’ll get all the scoop from the boys as we all tell our favorite Rupert stories. Tonight, we’re celebrating the nicest guy on network television who makes the meanest tuna on rye… Rupert Jee. Thank you for being here 🎙❤️✨ Watch the official ​⁠​⁠ channel video here: https://youtu.be/2gTkYOKyzT4?si=cWaC_KuF0lIobnPc --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/latenightplayset/message

Thursday, October 5, 2023 - Guest: comedian Dan Levy From Whitney, Mulaney, The Goldbergs and The Dan Levy Show, writer-producer-comedian-Porsche 992-driver Dan Levy is here to talk cars, GVBC & what got him into the crazy business of stand-up comedy. We also find out he and J were born at the same hospital. So… it’s another Chris Farley show. PLUS: MS Awareness month with New Life of Old Nicole and what do we think of the new Porsche models released both at Rennsport and downtown LA last night? Driving into the weekend tonight, thanks for being here 🎙❤️✨ Chapters (Courtesy of ​⁠): 0:00 Intro 0:48 Dan Levy Introduction 3:01 Who is Dan Levy? 8:06 Whitney TV Show - Working with Whitney Cummings 10:35 John Mulaney 13:38 The Goldbergs 15:03 The Office 17:41 Letterman Fandom 22:17 How Dan Levy Became A Host 25:20 Nick Swardson 26:38 Late Night Appearances 28:27 Being a Collector 33:40 Dan Levy’s Car Story 39:55 Dan Levy’s Influences 41:03 John Mulaney Tour and Stand-Up 43:15 What’s Dan Working On Now? 44:19 The Strike 46:40 Going Up the Mountain 48:58 Driving 911s 55:15 Car World People 58:20 Dan Levy’s Career Focus 1:01:46 Not THAT Dan Levy 1:04:11 LNP Set 1:07:34 Outro --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/latenightplayset/message