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The Best Show with Tom Scharpling

Mirth, Music, and Mayhem Every Tuesday Night hosted by Tom Scharpling. Get the Full Experience on Patreon patreon.com/thebestshow

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02:44:17

The Four Loko Holiday Party ft. John Hodgman, Aimee...

The Best Show with Tom Scharpling ·

2025/12/19

BEST SHOW BESTS! This week's more than just a classic clip. It's one of the most infamous nights in the show's history. It’s the entire 2010 Best Show Holiday Party! Tom is joined in the studio by JOHN HODGMAN and many other friends, and all the Four Loko they can drink! Mike dances! Tom giggles! AIMEE MANN calls in! So does 80s Rick! Happy Holidays to all! (Originally aired on WFMU on December 14th, 2010)SUPPORT THE BEST SHOW ON PATREON! WEEKLY BONUS EPISODES & VIDEO

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04:07:51

BEST SHOW 2025 HOLIDAY PARTY! KYLE MOONEY! BECK...

The Best Show with Tom Scharpling ·

2025/12/17

IT'S THE END OF YEAR/HOLIDAY PARTY ON THE BEST SHOW! Once again, The Best Show invites all the FOTs to the studio to hang out with Tom! KYLE MOONEY & BECK BENNETT kick off the show, chatting to Tom about their new podcast, SNL and more! TIM HEIDECKER joins Tom and JON WURSTER to talk about their long history together, movies, celebrities and more! SAL VULCANO zooms in to chat with Tom! JASON "DUDIO" GORE comes in to the studio to chat with Tom, with PAT BYRNE & AP MIKE Zooming in to play a

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00:42:05

The Kevin Saga Parts I, II & III

The Best Show with Tom Scharpling ·

2025/12/12

BEST SHOW BESTS! In these classic clips, Tom gets a series of calls from his younger brother's old childhood friend KEVIN! (Andrew Earles)(Originally Aired September 3rd, September 10th, and October 22nd 2002) New to the Best Show? Check out Best Show Bests, the greatest hits of The Best Show! Available every Friday on your podcast app. SUPPORT THE BEST SHOW ON PATREON! WEEKLY BONUS EPISODES & VIDEO EPISODES! https://www.patreon.com/TheBestShow WATCH THE BEST SHOW LIVE EVERY

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02:55:37

LIVE MUSIC FROM SEDONA! PAUL GRIMSTAD! FOSTER POPPY!

The Best Show with Tom Scharpling ·

2025/12/10

SEDONA comes through the Best Show Forever Dog Theater to play some songs from her album Getting Into Heaven, and to chat with Tom about her life in music! Actor and musician Paul Grimstad (Frownland, One Battle After Another) Zooms in to chat with Tom about his career as a musician and actor! They discuss Steely Dan, Paul Thomas Anderson, and much else! Tom puts the word out about a DOG ADOPTION! If you want to foster a cute dog named Poppy, check it out! Calls from some regulars (Get Well Soon

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01:04:56

Chris Fleming

The Best Show with Tom Scharpling ·

2025/12/05

BEST SHOW BESTS! In this classic clip, Tom is joined in studio by comedian CHRIS FLEMING! New to the Best Show? Check out Best Show Bests, the greatest hits of The Best Show! Available every Friday on your podcast app. SUPPORT THE BEST SHOW ON PATREON! WEEKLY BONUS EPISODES & VIDEO EPISODES! https://www.patreon.com/TheBestShow WATCH THE BEST SHOW LIVE EVERY TUESDAY NIGHT 6PM PT ON TWITCH https://www.twitch.tv/bestshow4life FOLLOW THE BEST

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02:53:34

ALEX R. JOHNSON! LET'S TALK ABOUT SOMETHING NICE FOR...

The Best Show with Tom Scharpling ·

2025/12/03

This week on the show, we want to switch things up by talking about NICE THINGS for once! Favorite places, holidays, heartwarming stories. It's all feel-good over here. Plus, Tom chats with film director and author ALEX R. JOHNSON about his new retro noir novel BROOKLYN MOTTO (available now!), among other things! Checking in with AP Mike about WAWA's Gobbler, hearing from an INTERNATIONAL collection of callers. All in all a nice, wholesome best show! SUPPORT THE BEST SHOW ON PATREON! WEEKLY

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00:49:25

Three Classic Spike Calls (feat. MC Steinberg)

The Best Show with Tom Scharpling ·

2025/11/28

BEST SHOW BESTS! These classic clips are from one of the Best Show's all time great villains... SPIKE (featuring a cameo from MC Steinberg) (Originally aired on September 5, 2006, November 21, 2006, and February 20, 2007New to the Best Show? Check out Best Show Bests, the greatest hits of The Best Show! Available every Friday on your podcast app. SUPPORT THE BEST SHOW ON PATREON! WEEKLY BONUS EPISODES & VIDEO EPISODES! https://www.patreon.com/TheBestShow WATCH THE BEST SHOW LIVE EVERY

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03:09:29

VISH KHANNA! TOP 50 LUCKIEST M-Fers!

The Best Show with Tom Scharpling ·

2025/11/26

VISH KHANNA, host of the Kreative Kontrol podcast, comes in to chat with Tom! Vish is celebrating 20 years of broadcasting this year. He and Tom reminisce on some of their best moments as broadcasters, favorite interviews, and discuss late greats David Berman and Steve Albini. Also, it's list time! We count down the 50 LUCKIEST PEOPLE! Some are talentless coattail riders! Others were in the right place at the right time! Who will make the list and why? Some great callers both familiar and new, a

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01:24:04

OUTGROWN #14: Home Improvement with Taran Smith...

The Best Show with Tom Scharpling ·

2025/11/21

BEST SHOW BESTS! This week, we're sharing a classic episode of our Patreon show OUTGROWN, where Julia Vickerman and Tom Scharpling talk to guests about something from popular culture that they used to profoundly identify with and once thought would define them forever and eventually outgrew.Usually, Outgrown deals with a piece of media someone was into, this is about a show that our guest was a part of. From 1991 to 1999, Taran Smith played Mark Taylor on Home Improvement, and here he talks to Tom

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02:52:43

LOST AT SEA OR LOST IN SPACE?! CALLS GALORE!

The Best Show with Tom Scharpling ·

2025/11/19

It's a call-heavy show this week! The topic is, would you rather be Lost at Sea or Lost In Space? This one has legs! There are some pretty amazing calls mixed in, including one Tom calls a top ten of all time! Divergences from the topic abound, Mike grills Tom on Ken Burns, new Springsteen film, and even brings us all back to our favorite childhood TV show, Lost In Space. All in all a great episode of classic Best Show! SUPPORT THE BEST SHOW ON PATREON! WEEKLY BONUS EPISODES & VIDEO

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00:22:31

Big Bill and Little Bill

The Best Show with Tom Scharpling ·

2025/11/14

Best Show Bests! In this classic clip, Tom gets a call from BIG BILL & LITTLE BILL! (Originally aired on November 25th, 2008)New to the Best Show? Check out Best Show Bests, the greatest hits of The Best Show! Available every Friday on your podcast app. SUPPORT THE BEST SHOW ON PATREON! WEEKLY BONUS EPISODES & VIDEO EPISODES! https://www.patreon.com/TheBestShow WATCH THE BEST SHOW LIVE EVERY TUESDAY NIGHT 6PM PT ON TWITCH https://www.twitch.tv/bestshow4life FOLLOW THE BEST

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02:54:28

MARY BRONSTEIN! LIVE MUSIC FROM LAEL NEALE! 20 WORST...

The Best Show with Tom Scharpling ·

2025/11/12

Director MARY BRONSTEIN zooms into the Best Show to talk to Tom about her new film If I Had Legs I'd Kick You! They discuss the new film, Mary's next moves, and much else! LAEL NEALE performs a killer set of live music at the Forever Dog Theater, promoting her latest album Altogether Stranger (out now on Sub Pop)! Phones ring on the topic: Worst 20 movies to see in IMAX! Plus, Tom gets a call from DYLAN ALBOM IN SWARMBRIDGE! SUPPORT THE BEST SHOW ON PATREON! WEEKLY BONUS EPISODES & VIDEO

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00:38:08

Bill At Consolidated Cardboard

The Best Show with Tom Scharpling ·

2025/11/07

BEST SHOW BESTS! In this classic clip, Tom gets a call from BILL AT CONSOLIDATED CARDBOARD! (Originally Aired May 13th, 2008) New to the Best Show? Check out Best Show Bests, the greatest hits of The Best Show! Available every Friday on your podcast app. SUPPORT THE BEST SHOW ON PATREON! WEEKLY BONUS EPISODES & VIDEO EPISODES! https://www.patreon.com/TheBestShow WATCH THE BEST SHOW LIVE EVERY TUESDAY NIGHT 6PM PT ON TWITCH https://www.twitch.tv/bestshow4life FOLLOW THE BEST

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02:57:28

OH WAIT, I WAS WRONG! NATHAN GELGUD! WILL I. KILIA IN...

The Best Show with Tom Scharpling ·

2025/11/05

Callers ring on the topic of "Oh Wait, I Was Wrong!" When have you ever realized you had the wrong impression or idea of something? See what Tom and the callers find out. NATHAN GELGUD comes in to talk to Tom about the release of his graphic novel REEL POLITIK, out now via Drawn and Quarterly! They discuss, well, just about everything! Plus, Tom gets a call from WILL I. KILIA IN SCAREBRIDGE! SUPPORT THE BEST SHOW ON PATREON! WEEKLY BONUS EPISODES & VIDEO

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01:18:41

The Billy Joel Song Saga

The Best Show with Tom Scharpling ·

2025/10/31

BEST SHOW BESTS! In this classic, The Four Horsemen (Tom Scharpling, "AP" Mike Lisk, Pat Byrne, and Jason "Dudio" Gore) are joined by pianist Brian Heveron-Smith, who they've recruited for a songwriting session. The goal is to beat Billy Joel to the punch by writing a song with the same title as his upcoming song "Turn The Lights Back On" three days before his song's official release. The results go further than anyone could've imagined. (Originally aired January 30th and February 6th,

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02:57:02

JOHN OLIVER! LIVE MUSIC FROM FRANKIE COSMOS! 25TH...

The Best Show with Tom Scharpling ·

2025/10/29

It's been 25 years here at the Best Show! And this culminates our celebration! Tom, Mike, Pat, the callers, and YOU take a stroll through memory lane, talking about all the best moments on the Best Show! JOHN OLIVER zooms in to chat with Tom about all manner of things! FRANKIE COSMOS perform a terrific set of live music in the Forever Dog Theater, and lead singer/songwriter GRETA KLINE chats with Tom about her and her family's history with the Best Show, as well as the late great Avalanche Bob

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00:32:52

Darren From Work Talks His and Tom's Dads' Band

The Best Show with Tom Scharpling ·

2025/10/24

BEST SHOW BESTS! In this classic clip, Darren from Work discusses his and Tom’s dads’ band, and reveals some amazing Bin Laden secrets! (Originally aired May 10th, 2011)New to the Best Show? Check out Best Show Bests, the greatest hits of The Best Show! Available every Friday on your podcast app. SUPPORT THE BEST SHOW ON PATREON! WEEKLY BONUS EPISODES & VIDEO EPISODES! https://www.patreon.com/TheBestShow WATCH THE BEST SHOW LIVE EVERY TUESDAY NIGHT 6PM PT ON

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00:38:42

Philly Boy Roy weighs in on Hall v. Oates

The Best Show with Tom Scharpling ·

2025/10/17

BEST SHOW BESTS! In this classic clip, Tom gets a call from PHILLY BOY ROY who discusses his role in mediating the lawsuit between Hall & Oates. (Originally Aired November 28th, 2023).New to the Best Show? Check out Best Show Bests, the greatest hits of The Best Show! Available every Friday on your podcast app. The Best Show is celebrating 25 years with a live show extravaganza for the ages. Coming to NYC, Philly, LA, and Chicago this Fall! Tickets go on General Sale Friday July 18th

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00:32:01

Terrence, A Hipster From Billyburg

The Best Show with Tom Scharpling ·

2025/10/10

BEST SHOW BESTS! In honor of the Best Show Live Shows in Brooklyn this weekend, we're sharing this classic clip, where Tom gets a call from TERRENCE, A HIPSTER FROM BILLYBURG! (Originally aired on November 24, 2009). New to the Best Show? Check out Best Show Bests, the greatest hits of The Best Show! Available every Friday on your podcast app. The Best Show is celebrating 25 years with a live show extravaganza for the ages. Coming to NYC, Philly, LA, and Chicago this Fall! Tickets go

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02:34:30

LIVE MUSIC FROM clipping.! ALL FOUR HORSEMAN RETURN!...

The Best Show with Tom Scharpling ·

2025/10/08

THE BEST SHOW LIVE SHOWS APPROACH! And the Four Horseman reunite as a group once again. They discuss movies at length, Pat's story, and many other things. Experimental hip hop trio clipping. perform a blistering set in the Forever Dog Theater! They join Tom for a chat afterwards. Plenty of great calls from some heavy hitters as well as a few new folks. All in all, an absolute GREAT Best Show! The Best Show is celebrating 25 years with a live show extravaganza for the ages. Coming to NYC,

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