Episode 15 - Jo Firestone - 353 Photos

Jo Firestone enters the archives on August 24, 2014 at Shea Stadium (not that one, the artsy one in Bushwick.) at the The Macaulay Culkin Show.

Dan Licata, Jo Firestone, Joe Pera, and way in the background there, Chris Gethard at Shea Stadium in Brooklyn on August 24, 2014.
Back at Shea Stadium on December 14, 2014

Once Jo enters the archives, we see her... A LOT! She's on Whiplash, Big Terrific, 50 First Jokes all in a row. She had so many bits that... neither one of this could remember what this one? Was about? It involves calling someone but why is the audience on stage? Anyone remember?!

April 13, 2015 - Jo Firestone surrounded by the Whiplash audience on stage
April 13, 2015 - Somebody getting some footage of Jo Firestone at Whiplash
Jo after Whiplash at UCB - April 13, 2015

The archives have a least 2 instances of Jo working out "I Have Been There", the bit where she made the audience close their eyes.

Whiplash audience with hands over their eyes - January 6, 2015
At the Artist's Institute on April 30, 2015 - Another audience during "I Have Been There"

Jo Firestone and Gary Richardson and a bit lost to time... that certainly? Escalated? August 24, 2015 - Shea Stadium - The Macaulay Culkin Show Eagle eyes will spy Sam Taggart, Brett Davis, Nick Naney, Nate Fernald, and a brief glimpse of our old pal, Steve Whalen.

Jo was SO busy in 2014 and 2015 that... we didn't even make it to 2016 in this episode. I very much look forward to having her back for another epsiode.

Moment(s) of the Week - A Doubleheader at BCC

Love the vibe that Brooklyn Comedy Collective have established. Last Thursday, 9/10/26, on the Main Stage, they had Gianmarco Soresi with his Silver Linings show. Gianmarco works out new material. 2 special guests do their polished sets.

Gianmarco Soresi perfectly balanced on a stool onstage at Brooklyn Comedy Collective on September 10, 2026.
Gianmarco Soresi backstage at Brooklyn Comedy Collective on September 10, 2026.

Meanwhile, a little later in the evening, on the downstairs stage, Demon Time.

Demon Time downstairs at Brooklyn Comedy Collective - September 10, 2026 Belle Decker, (left behind the rack) Brian Levy, John Robles, (center in the rack) Jay Reed, (center right below Jay): Lauren Olster, (center below Lauren)Tim Cerniglia, (center right in the back): Will McDonald, (far right) Vincent Biello

IRL recommendations:


Wednesday, 9/16 - Hot Gossip at UCB

Sunday, 9/27 - Musicians of Comedy at The Bell House

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