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PODCAST

The Big Hollywood Table Read

A sketch comedy show where our friends cold read original sketches, written by us. Brought to you by John Farrell, Thom Crowley, and Katlin McFee.

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42 - "An upside-down poster of Smokey the Bear"

The Big Hollywood Table Read ·

2025/11/16

Matt Shore makes his Hollywood, MA debut as we continue our November to Remember Some Sketches. Warm fuzzies all around. As always, this podcast is a table read of comedy sketches by people who have never seen the scripts before, which is very brave.* "Frugal Frank's" at 9:28 "Jelly Bean Bus" at 20:20 "Fender Bender" at 27:59 "Offshore Banking" at 39:19 "Fire Investigation" at 48:21 *Technically Katlin and John saw these sketches like a year ago but our brains have been smoothed by literally

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57:36

41 - "That Grand Canyon bachelor party"

The Big Hollywood Table Read ·

2025/11/09

Rob Crean and Theo Konstantino are here for a November to Remember Some Sketches, and boy is it one to remember! Disclaimer: This podcast is a table read of comedy sketches by people who have never seen the scripts before, so they just read them live. Whoa! "Aquarium Boys" at 7:36 "Funeral" at 19:02 "Desert Island" at 31:54 "Baby Teeth" at 42:05 "Godzilla Town Meeting" at 51:02 Wow, what a fun hang! Everyone did a great job, and Beau made his grand return to the show. He's the worst!! Check out The

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55:01

40 - "Heaven's janitor"

The Big Hollywood Table Read ·

2025/11/02

Our guest (Tom Hanks) no-showed so the three of us Remembered Some Sketches. "Grim Reaper" at 7:31 "Emergency Call" at 14:03 "Beaumont's Poutine" at 24:03 "Diehard 2 on Cable" at 35:30 "Smoker" at 42:29 "Papa Gino's'" at 50:02 A tale and betrayal and going to the afterlife, a classic story of aspiring pharmacist vs gravity, and an ad for a restaraunt. John biffs a bunch of it, besides his okay Barack Obama that he did by accident. We love you John! Then our first-ever Zack Norton byline (normal),

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55:25

39 - "Tell my skateboard I'm sorry"

The Big Hollywood Table Read ·

2025/10/26

Cam Ohh and Monica Carroll are back on the big screen of our podcast, and people love it! I think! As always: This is a table read of comedy sketches by people who have never seen the scripts before. Enjoy. "Lunch Note" at 5:17 "Landscaping" at 15:02 "Ad Break" at 27:05 "Seinfeld Situation" at 34:27 "Jack in Therapy" at 46:06 Fun batch of fun jokes, things get pretty bizarre in the back half but hey them's the breaks. Big Hollywood shoutout to Zack Norton for breaking Katlin's brain with the ad

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56:53

38 - "Stay away from my huge, cool friends"

The Big Hollywood Table Read ·

2025/10/19

Maddie Kelly debuts under the bright lights of Hollywood, MA. Wow! Showbiz! Per tradition, this is a table read of comedy sketches by people who have never seen the scripts before. "Zendaya" at 6:21 "Crossing Guard" at 17:31 "Game Genie" at 28:29 "The Key" at 38:52 "Candy Factory" at 49:03 Whoa fun time! Some light political chatting up top, a lot of realizing that we've built an impenetrable wall of inside jokes, and then talking various drug-induced disasters. We are cool! Also double Picassos in

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58:54

37 - "Attorney Wolfman, you have the floor"

The Big Hollywood Table Read ·

2025/10/12

Hal Griffin and James Huessy join us for the first ever Big Halloween Table Read (the sketches are about Halloween). As always, these are actual cold reads by people who have never seen the scripts before. "Exorcism" at 3:39 "Pumpkin Contest" at 13:31 "Haunted House" at 25:17 "Monster Court" at 36:12 "Spirit Halloween" at 47:29 "Trick or Treat'" at 52:10 This one's got everything: Classic cinema, state fair competitions, townie spectres, and John's return to trial law. We're home, baby! Then some

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59:23

36 - "Dress full of crap"

The Big Hollywood Table Read ·

2025/10/05

Shaun Connolly cartwheels up the red carpet to steal America's heart on the silver screen of our podcast. As always, these are actual cold reads by people who have never seen the sketches before. "Betting Shark" at 3:39 "Zoo Guy" at 12:13 "The Demon and the Doorknob" at 22:22 "Attic" at 30:50 "Classroom" at 40:27 "Turkey Brothers'" at 52:57 It goes: Ocean's 11 of gas stations except it's an ad, then a new (awful) kind of guy, the doorknob to hell itself, a meditation on attics, John hits for the

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57:37

35 - "Further the dank"

The Big Hollywood Table Read ·

2025/09/28

Raoul Biron brings his movie star magnetism back to the table of reading dumb sketches. Cinema! "Parking Lot" at 4:20 "Bed Bugs" at 13:33 "Baseball" at 21:54 "Newton" at 32:54 "Wing Dings" at 42:48 "Surfin'" at 49:08 An angry old guy gives way to an angry guy's subconcious, and then some kind of Babe Ruth-style legal scam. Maybe he's a lawyer? Either way we skim over some kinda gross medical stuff, and also veer into a thing about bed bugs, so good vibes only! After a halftime chat about the US

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58:56

34 - "Stay away from my bones"

The Big Hollywood Table Read ·

2025/09/21

Carly and Maylin return to the table of success and deliver Golden Globe Shortlist level performances. It's a big deal! As always, these are cold reads of comedy sketches by people who haver never seen the sketches before. "Hospital Visit" at 4:06 "Mrs. Doubtfires" at 13:59 "Call-In Show" at 22:39 "Spare Tire" at 34:27 "Roast Battle" at 42:20 "The Condo" at 51:29 It goes: Man vs Horse, insane fixation on Mrs. Doubtfire, then a whole sports talk radio thing that really explores the space. Then a very

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57:03

33 - "A blacksmith always knows"

The Big Hollywood Table Read ·

2025/09/14

Chris Post and Tim Champa debut on the Stubbs A-List tier of being a movie star, and boy was it a hoot. As always, these are cold reads of comedy sketches by people who haver never seen the sketches before. "New Apartment" at 4:57 "Breastucci's" at 16:15 "Magic Lamp" at 24:37 "Private Eye" at 36:14 "Grave Robbers" at 42:20 "Yoga" at 49:40 We go from haunted apartment showings to figuring out What's Up With Hooters, also Tim plays a disrespectful genie while John kept it familiar (more Nixon!). I got

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58:41

32 - "His last name was Progresso"

The Big Hollywood Table Read ·

2025/09/07

Danya Trommer and Tyler Durniak make their respective debuts on life's biggest stage: Our dumb podcast. Also John wasn't here because he was busy firing people. We soldier on regardless, through scenes from a funeral parlor, a book publisher, and civic heroism. What a ride! Then some Catholic electioneering washed down with robber barons who take to the skies. After that, it's a journey into blankets that is really hard to describe but that's why we play this game, baby! Also the riffs were fun and

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01:00:47

30 - "Shut up Kristin, you're poor!"

The Big Hollywood Table Read ·

2025/08/24

Zach Stewart and Anthony Rinaldi are on the call sheet for some hotel lobby drama, equicide-related trauma, and an undercooked thing about slap fights. Coulda been good! This was an extremely silly time with fun anectdotes and John crashing out on character choices in real time. He's an executive, not an actor! Also sketches about shooting pool, vehicular homicide and revisiting your past. Whoa, are we network television? As always, these are sketch comedy first-reads by people who have never seen

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53:29

29 - "Looking for bank robber investors"

The Big Hollywood Table Read ·

2025/08/17

Owen Linders and Rob Crean stop by to explore publishing, the real estate market, and yet another bank robbery. What's the difference, right? Nobody answer that. Katlin wasn't around so it wasn't as fun as usual, but we still had a good time talking about credit cards, hypnotism, and the road to hell. Regular stuff! Be normal! As always, these are sketch comedy first-reads by people who have never seen the sketches before. Living cinema. So brave. "Chuck's Pitch" at 4:30 "Open House" at 14:19

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01:00:24

28 - "Six birds, but they live forever"

The Big Hollywood Table Read ·

2025/08/10

Cam Ohh and Kaitlin Buckley attend our clinic of being a movie star to explain fortune telling and the entire deep state. Also Cam was late lol. We also got into it about reality TV and concluded that it is actually Good, then some superhero crap from John, a cousinly disagreement, and the reality of corporate America, which is that it's good! We love it! As always, these are sketch comedy first-reads by our guests and also Katlin, and sometimes John. Wow, so brave of everyone. "Fortune Cookie" at

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55:51

27 - "Just smooshing"

The Big Hollywood Table Read ·

2025/08/03

Rob Crean (@robcrean) is back to talk death, life, and the time someone called 911 way too much. It's always a blast having this kind of superstar on the show, and John is still doing Richard Nixon stuff so stay tuned for that. There are some baseball-based enjoyments from Mr. Crean himself, and some nonsense about poker and sex. John also had a holiday sketch in the middle of summer but everyone had fun, so Hollywood wins again. The last sketch is Zack Norton's fault, which makes him history's

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56:18

26 - "I can still meet babes platonically"

The Big Hollywood Table Read ·

2025/07/27

James Huessy (@jameshuessy) has returned to reminisce about comedy, life, and famous baseball underwear. We also took a trip to heaven, the top of a mountain, and a tree full of birds. Maybe all of that was the same thing. Everyone was pretty tired so it's loopy the whole way through, and Katlin roasted each of us, which was pretty fun. As for the last two sketches: Our continued, totally uncritical celebration of masculinity remains undefeated. It's good! Props to Zack Norton for writing sketches

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01:00:18

25 - "He's on a rage-focused diet"

The Big Hollywood Table Read ·

2025/07/20

Monica Carroll (@monica_j_carroll) makes her triumphant return and Dan Hall (@pukenightdan) makes his star-studded debut in a real barn burner of elevator madness, another Batman thing everyone was begging for, and the first steps of a true athlete. Also some great stories from Katlin and genuine, childlike wonderment from Dan the entire time. Basically it starts out off the rails, levels out, and then things really fall apart when everyone tries to be British. Then a Zoom call that scrambled

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57:45

24 - "Australian God as my witness"

The Big Hollywood Table Read ·

2025/07/13

Raoul Biron (@raoulbiron) returns for robbery getaways, restaurant complaints and down under dining. Then we get into some classic IP conflicts, a fever dream of the olden times, and a local cable rivalry. It's pretty eventful! There's also some talk about gas stations (lame!), KENO (very cool!), and an extended digression up front about a dream Katlin had. Also too many references to Driver's Ed, but those were John's fault and we're all afraid of that guy. He's too powerful! Special thanks to Zack

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57:37

23 - "Salad bar asylum"

The Big Hollywood Table Read ·

2025/07/06

Hal Griffin (@hotdogtimemachine) returns to the table of Choices in time for a bunch of yelling and reminiscing about childhood troublemaking. She also kills it reading sketches about pranks on the high seas, pro tennis psychosis, and a restaurant for fugitives. These are all real things! There's a nice digression in the back half about a book Hal hates, and her secret theory about the author's dark secret. Plus a firefighter's sports car, schizoid therapy, and a family tearing itself apart.

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