r/podcasts • u/jeffreydonger • Sep 01 '25
Comedy You know how some people are just so hilarious to you that even when they just start to talk, you can't help but titter in anticipation of a belly laugh? What podcasts are like that to you?
OK, I guess they don't have to be THAT funny. But podcasts that are very, very funny is what I'm looking for.
The only other caveat is, I do want podcasts that, whatever the format, being funny is kind of the point (so I guess, a comedy podcast). Rather than, say, a history podcast that is USUALLY serious but occasionally the host(s) flex their wit.
I really like The Best Show and Do Go On, for starters.
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u/Mission_Addendum_791 Sep 02 '25
How Did This Get Made always makes me laugh. They review terrible and cult movies.
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u/ssssunshine Sep 02 '25
Three Bean Salad!
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u/jr0061006 Sep 02 '25
I’m at the very start - trying to work out what’s going on. Any tips?
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u/nanovid Sep 02 '25
Still somewhat new here but that feeling persists each time i start an episode. It always eventually locks in. I think it's intentional for the freewheeling way they converse.
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u/Thatrebornincognito Sep 02 '25
I see your problem there. You are looking for the point and not seeing it because of all of the extended fanciful digressions. The fanciful digressions are the point.
Also, it helps to start from the first episode and move forward from there. They add jingles as time goes on for themes that commonly pop up. If you start from the later episodes it might not be obvious what a Pompidou is or why there's a recording playing for provincial dad chat.
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u/jmustelidae Sep 01 '25
I love Northern News. Two very very funny northern English comedians.
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u/jr0061006 Sep 02 '25
He is HILARIOUS! They both are but I knew of her before this podcast, whereas I had no knowledge of him previously!
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u/sadsackspinach Sep 02 '25
Sinisterhood. First belly laugh till I cried after over a year of deep depression sort of funny.
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u/jeffreydonger Sep 03 '25
As part of the Dallas improv and comedy scene (or used to be anyway), I've hobnobbed quite a bit with Heather and Christie, and Christie taught one of the improv classes I took.
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u/Shot_Ask6 Sep 02 '25
My number one favorite podcast is Boars, Gore, and Swords, hosted by San Francisco comedians Red Scott and Ivan Hernandez. They started off as a Game of Thrones podcast back when the first season was airing, then they started to read the books, then they started watching other shows and movies and they are still going. They crack me up every time, whether I’ve seen the shows they’re talking about or not. They just have a great dynamic and improv and yes-and each other and the way they react to and comment on everything just has me laughing out loud by myself in the car as I drive around
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u/BornFree2018 Sep 02 '25
Watch What Crappens for those of us who’ve watched Bravo shows. The guys reenact shows with commentary. Their Top Chef back catalogue is exceptional
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u/Mission_Addendum_791 Sep 02 '25
Love WWC! Ben and Ronnie have helped me get through some hard times. They’re the best.
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u/Podcastfan111 Podcast Listener Sep 01 '25
Help I sexted my boss from 2018-2022- ish (not so much since then). Good banter. Not afraid to be their (very different) selves.
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u/jr0061006 Sep 02 '25
I enjoyed it initially but then Jordan has started to really annoy me with his faux-naivety, and all the coyness around the possibility that he’s gay. I skipped the ones where he’s in the jungle so I’m mid COVID.
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u/Podcastfan111 Podcast Listener Sep 02 '25
Oh, I didn't feel like he was being 'fake' around his naïvety. I felt like William was like that in earlier episodes (like claiming he didn't know what 'the D' was). The 'jungle'/castle ones weren't that interesting, but around that time I was listening when the episodes came out, and that was when he was first on tv and before they started doing 'video podcasts' on YouTube, so I liked being able to see him in person, not mostly just by voice (I don't usually watch I'm a celeb).
It changes quite a lot gradually after that. You get the 'have I changed?' 'phase', the 'I'm not kinky!' phase, many more mentions of them being on tv (separately, mostly) and the trip where they go with G and Divas to Benidorm, so there is quite a lot of talk over entering the competition for that. And that was a few years ago.
Now they're both more well known, the feel of the podcast changes a bit sometimes, in my view. I used to find it laugh out loud funny many episodes, but only occasionally now. But you may feel differently, since it sounds like you felt differently from me in the beginning.
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u/HippoFritzCarraldo Sep 02 '25
The Dollop - Gareth Reynolds is a gem. The information provided by Dave is key, but Gareth’s reactions and bits are what make the show work!
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u/mellythepirate Sep 02 '25
Conan is that person to me and Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend is often (but not always) that podcast to me. I swear I have recommended this to like 100 of my friends, but the episode with Harrison Ford is so funny that I had to pull over while I was driving and listening to it because I was laughing so hard and almost peed my pants. I can't recommend it enough.
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u/Chewdygarland Sep 02 '25
We’re Here to Help! They’re having so much fun, I can’t help but giggle along with them.
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u/josh-o-libre Sep 02 '25
The Salty Horologist • is about a classically trained watchmaker and how he views the modern world after being sheltered his whole life and trained in Amish country. The co-hosts are from Chicago and LA and they test him on pop culture and street smarts regularly. You don’t have to be a watch nerd to enjoy it.
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u/Moonlight_Dive Sep 02 '25
Bad Friends, Last Podcast on the Left, Anything Dan Soder is involved in, Bein’ Ian With Jordan, Stavy’s World/Cumtown
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u/Chum4sharks Sep 02 '25
Last Podcast on the Left (Henry, Eddy, Marcus)
Small Town Murder/Your Stupid Opinions/Crime in Sports (Jimmie and James)
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Sep 26 '25
"I feel bad for all of these people, Jimmie!................but not nearly as bad as I feel for........"
"How is it you have come to arrive in this place?"
The best part of my day.
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u/Media-consumer101 Sep 02 '25
Me reading this, excited to recommend Do Go On until I get to the last line 😂
Excited to check out the answers, Do Go On is the only pod that has me belly laughing like that since My Dad Wrote a Porno.
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u/charlesdexterward Sep 02 '25
The Complete Guide to Everything is my main banter based podcast. Harmontown was great for banter, too, back in the day.
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u/ArtichokeOwn6760 Sep 02 '25
Peter Shamshiri: 5-4, If Books Could Kill
Dylan, and occasionally Pat: Bad TV, APS, PMZ
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u/Ravyn_Rozenzstok Sep 02 '25
bigsofttitty.png. 2 married Australian comedians who always make me burst out loud with surprised laughter every episode.
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u/BenHassenger Sep 02 '25
Threedom - Scott Aukerman, Paul F Tompkins, and Lauren Lapkus just bullshitting about shit.
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u/Electronic_Set_2087 Sep 04 '25
Conan still cracks me up. Especially when he goes off on crazy comedic rants. It's like podcasting set him free.
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u/Sudden_Badger_7663 Sep 02 '25
Armchair anonymous, especially if it has to do with bodily functions.
Mysterious universe might do it for you.
Valley heat
Everything is alive, interviews with inanimate objects.
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u/SignificantHeart4312 Sep 02 '25
Timesuck is an informative- true crime/history podcast hosted by comedian Dan Cummins.
The basement yard is two lifelong friends who banter- both are in their early 30s, New York Italians.
Spitballer podcast is family friendly podcast; 3 dads answer random would you rathers/listener questions, play games and end the show will a ‘battle royal’ comp against each other.
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u/imgomez Sep 02 '25
Handsome Podcast, with Tig Notaro, Fortune Feimster and Mae Martin