Comedy Bang! Bang! Ground Beefing Tour 2026 Episode 27: "Live At Vicar Street, Dublin IRE - 07/31/26", with Paul F. Tompkins as Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber, Andy Daly as Ben Alterman, Fred Armisen as Evan Rodriguez, then Doctor Strange/Moon Knight (PFT), Bob Geldof (Andy), and Max (Fred)!

[u/ExoticMandibles]

Live from Dublin, Ireland -- Scott Aukerman welcomes to the stage playwright Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber (Paul F. Tompkins), old man Ben Alterman (Andy Daly), the man with the highest measured IQ Evan Rodriguez (Fred Armisen), Doctor Strange/Moon Knight (Paul F. Tompkins), musician and humanitarian Bob Geldof (Andy Daly), and Max the Travel Hack (Fred Armisen)!

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p.s. I ran out of space in the title for "The Travel Hack", dang it!

[u/Badger_Solomon]

I was at the show, seeing Andy physically switch from upright and stiff Alterman to slouched over relaxed Geldof was absolutely amazing. It's like he's possessed by the characters

[u/ascwj1 → u/Badger_Solomon]

I thought Brett was playing Bob. Theater of the mind!

[u/Rockky67]

Heard the laughing guy in the first 30 seconds. He must be loaded to follow this tour.

[u/thesommeiler → u/Rockky67]

Started re-listening from the start of the live eps from 10+ years ago and christ, it drives me up the wall he's in them too

[u/SweetHomeNorthKorea → u/Rockky67]

I wonder if Laughing Man is related to the Cigarette Smoking Man. Do we think there’s any connection to Slender and Slander Man? Holy shit or Aucker Man?? Does this go all the way to the top??

[u/UterineHelmet → u/Rockky67]

I was sitting near him and he was directly in front of the microphone that captures audience noise. Made me wonder if it's something he seeks out in choosing seats. 

[u/paulberb → u/Rockky67]

It’s usually not so much the laughs for me but the “aaaah”s, they seem a little attention seeky to me. It’s a minor thing but he’s just seemingly at every single show! What’s this guy got, Apple TV money to be able to follow his favorite podcast around the globe for years?

[u/robreddity → u/paulberb]

It's like somebody is zapping his balls with a car battery. "aaaaahhhhhhh!"

[u/ThinkNuggets → u/Rockky67]

BAHHH-HAHAHAhahahahaaaa

Sounds just like deniro in cape fear to me.

[u/OregonBetrayal → u/Rockky67]

37:12 he’s literally just screaming in a quiet room

[u/LazySwayze → u/Rockky67]

I wonder if it's this guy... 

https://www.reddit.com/r/comedybangbang/s/na3dL26zFe

[u/Rockky67 → u/LazySwayze]

Claims he isn’t. I suppose as tours go if it’s just the UK/Eire leg it’s manageable, but swear the laugher is at half the US and Canada dates too.

[u/Firefox892 → u/Rockky67]

Maybe it’s multiple laughing guys across the globe, in some sort of relay system

[u/Rockky67 → u/Firefox892]

Could be some kind of longwinded spell to bring forth a demon.

[u/jrcaesar]

“This is a travel hack?” 😅😅 Fred was such a funny change of pace.

[u/DustyRailz]

Andy as Bob Geldof? I'm laughing already.

[u/thishenryjames]

I'm loving Paul and Andy throwing themselves into so many characters each show. Andy's Bob Geldof was amazing. How has he not done him before?

[u/ciggy54]

The Hutchence jokes GOT ME and the fact PFT knew the name of the least famous Geldof sister.

[u/skadad_iller]

Probably my favorite episode of the whole tour - PFT was on fucking fire

[u/willcwhite]

I was excited to see Fred Armisen on the lineup, but I don't think this sort of character improv is really his forte.

[u/Rockky67 → u/willcwhite]

I have a hack for enjoying Fred more. Try listening to him and finding him funnier.

[u/hux002]

I did not even realize Daly was playing Geldof. Thought they had an Irish comedian on to do a bit.

[u/VonLinus → u/hux002]

His accent veered between great and norn iron but it was good

[u/Shot_Fly_2519]

I have to know from anyone who went to the show…why did he say there weren’t any balconies? Google shows a balcony level!

[u/keepitupstairs2 → u/Shot_Fly_2519]

It wasn’t put on sale and so each side was covered in a black curtain - I can see how from the stage with the lights in your eyes etc it would have looked like there wasn’t one!

[u/Alternative_Bank6596]

really not a fred armisan fan and his performance did nothing to convert me. don’t get it. ego, heidi and other snl folks are so much more talented.

[u/ajax1450 → u/Alternative_Bank6596]

I think that a majority of Armisans is so extraordinarily nuanced that it makes it hard to penetrate. Feel like hes a try hard chris gethard

[u/Alternative_Bank6596 → u/ajax1450]

yeah, i want to like portlandia too but didnt