Podcasts by Boston Centric | Bombing with Mike Dorval
He's eating it! She's dying! He's BOMBING! For a stand-up comic there's no pain quite like a joke that bombs. Every comic bombs and in Bombing with Mike Dorval we seek to find out WHY! Every week a new comedian joins Mike to dive into the nitty gritty of joke writing. They'll explore the mechanics of crafting of great joke and the agony of a watching a joke they loved, nurtured, and thought would soar come crashing to Earth. It's a deep dive into the agony and ecstasy of writing jokes.
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EP29 - Atlanta Boston NBA Playoffs Game 2 from 2023-04-19T02:57
ListenEP28 - 82 Games That Don't Matter from 2023-03-31T23:00
ListenEP27 - The Fifth Beatle from 2022-12-14T01:30
Topics include:
Car shopping, identity theft, baseball vs football salaries, Ty Cobb history, chapstick, James Bond, and Dwight Howard's condom use/free throw ability.
ListenEP26 - Car Trouble from 2022-11-24T02:23
ListenEP25 - Roomba from 2022-11-03T23:28
ListenEP24 - Willful Ignorance from 2022-10-26T00:28
Topics Include: The Patriot's quarterback controversy, the Lakers woes, Mississippi as vacation destination, and age milestones as a sports fan.
ListenEP23 - This Season's NBA Bets from 2022-10-07T01:43
In this episode, Mike and Dan discuss Draymond Green, Russell Westbrook, and they also pick a few NBA team's season win total over/unders.
ListenEP22 - We Could Coach The Celtics from 2022-09-25T15:56:03
Topics include:
MLB ignoring Barry Bonds, Sammy Sosa's face, the Celtics/Ime Udoka situation.
ListenEP21 - The Mac Jones Era from 2022-09-13T19:22:53
Topics include: The Patriots Week One, Fantasy Football, Does Mac Jones need a coach?
ListenEP20 - The Spice of Life from 2022-06-30T00:09:16
Mike's car accident
Celtic's Post Season
Kyrie's Contract
The Time the Fire Department Kicked down Dan's door.
ListenEP19 - Celtics Warriors Game 4 Preview from 2022-06-10T22:53:03
ListenEP18 - Boston Celtics and Golden State Warriors NBA Finals Preview from 2022-06-01T23:25:03
NBA Finals Preview
ListenEP16 - Two Man Death Pool from 2022-05-05T21:12:57
ListenEP15 - This is a Theology Podcast from 2022-04-22T21:13:25
Why do the Celtics Look so much better? Game 1 Kyrie and Game 2 Kyrie. The benefit of the bubble for an aging Lakers' Championship win. Do squirrels eat birds? All this and more in this episode ...
ListenEP14 - Dirk Nowitzki and the Blitzkrieg All-stars from 2022-04-09T01:30:47
Topics include: Rick Pitino's best week. Is Brad Stevens Executive of the Year? Was naming himself the "Black Mamba" was the worst thing Kobe ever did? Is James Harden a drunk? Have injuries tak...
ListenEP13 - Recency Bias from 2022-03-16T18:53:09
Topics include:
Jerry West should sue "Winning Time"
What sports draft is the most impactful?
Was Bill Hicks the genius everyone said he was?
ListenEP12 - I Hate to Say Rick Pitino was Right from 2022-03-07T23:17:50
Topics include:
The Celtics current state
Was Rick Pitino right?
Big Baby Doing Stand up
A Kyrie Conspiracy Theory
ListenEP11 - Surprisingly Athletic from 2022-02-07T21:29:01
Super Bowl picks, the documentary "The Tuck Rule", are comedians athletic?, Ben Simmons current state, and did Tom Brady slight Boston Fans.
ListenEP10 - The Honeypot from 2022-01-29T02:00:16
AFC/NFC Championship picks, Pete Rose in the Hall of Fame chance, will Jimm G be on the Patriots, and which Boston Celtic year hurts the most?
ListenEP09 - The Bet from 2022-01-21T23:49:03
ListenEP08 - Ostensibly a Sports Podcast from 2022-01-15T00:48:36
In this episode, Mike and Dan discuss the Celtics' current construction, College Gigs, Westbrook's Future, David Brenner, Zoom Comedy, the worst cities in Upstate New York, Mike's shirt, and if ...
ListenEP07 - A Curvy, Hairy Back To Get You Through The Day from 2021-12-31T18:14:48
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ListenEP06 - All Callbacks from 2021-12-21T17:05:18
Topics Include:
Will the Leagues shut down again due to increased Covid-19 numbers? Do the Knicks have the worst ownership? The state of the Celtics and Patriots, and is Dan giving the Pa...
ListenEP05 - If Highlander Was Afraid of Swords from 2021-12-10T01:04:15
ListenEP04 - The Pastrami Burrito from 2021-11-29T13:00:09
ListenEP03 - The Problem with Marcus Smart from 2021-11-19T22:00:10
Topics in this episode include: Are the New England Patriots contenders?
At this point in the season, who are the Boston Celtics?
Does James Harden realize Kevin Durant is on the f...
ListenEP01 - The Mark Blount List from 2021-10-24T01:39:11
Listen54- Langston Kerman from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
We had to battle technical difficulties and chatty neighbors but it was worth it to have a really fun talk with HBOs Langston Kerman. From Chicago to a masters in poetry to teaching to headlinin...
Listen46- Jimmy Tingle from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Jimmy Tingle made his first appearance on Johnny Carson on December 15th,1988 and has appeared on pretty much every show you can name since then. He's been one of the most influential political ...
Listen32- Luke Touma from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
I love talking to comics who've been writing jokes for a while and can look back on their old jokes and compare them to the new, but I thought it'd be fun to mix things up little bit. Luke Touma...
Listen22- Kelly MacFarland from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Who doesn't love Kelly MacFarland? I've never met a person that doesn't. She emerged from the woods of Maine and made it all the way to Gotham Live and Last Comic Standing. One of the best thing...
Listen06 - Erin Judge from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Erin Judge is an outstanding comic (Comedy central's Live at Gotham) who's about to have her first book published. She's also the first comedian every other comedian turns to for advice in life,...
Listen56- Jiayong Li from 2017-03-01T16:40:19
Our lst Bombing for a while is with someone I've been wanting to talk to. I'm always fascinated by brilliant people who choose to go into comedy and Jiayong fits that description. We talk about goi...
Listen55- Sportsball with Mike, Dan and James from 2017-02-15T23:24:08
What's that? You want some uninformed sports commentary? You'd like it to have some tech issues? Can I interest you in some Super Bowl predictions even thought the game was two weeks ago because we...
Listen53- Mike Murray from 2017-02-01T16:29:01
How do you go from deaf until you're 40 to professional comedian, booker, and producer? That's the journey of Rhode Island's Mike Murray. We talk about telling jokes you can't hear, the technology ...
Listen52- Alana Devich Benefit/Getting out of Comedy from 2017-01-25T01:56:11
Alana Devich is an amazing person who USED to be an amazing comedian. She's sick, so we put together a benefit at The Comedy Studio to talk about her comedy, ding benefits for so many friends who a...
Listen51- Rohan Padhye from 2017-01-17T21:24:49
From the London Scool of Economics to stand up comedy? And his parents were ok with that? His parents ENCOURAGED that?!?! Rohan Padhye is a lucky guy because he knows that only comedy is going to m...
Listen50- Nick Chambers from 2017-01-12T02:17:37
Ok, I found out that Nick Chambers can sing, has had some very interesting days gigs, and does NOT think he's a millennial. But he is. He's not a "millennial" but he is a millennial. At his hear...
Listen49- Casey Crawford from 2017-01-04T01:32:28
I'll be honest...I did not know about the stand up comedy scene in Nebraska. But it produced Casey Crawford who just got back from Just For Laughs in Montreal, so they're doing something right i...
Listen48- Xazmin Garza from 2016-12-28T04:20:32
Utah to Vegas to Boston...it's not the typical comedy path and it produced a comic who's anything but typical in Xazmin Garza. We got talk about her past as a columnist and her future in comedy ...
Listen47- Kwasi Mensah from 2016-12-21T00:40:56
I got meet Kwasi Mensah at his "Laughing Liberally" show in Boston and came away impressed with his comedy and point of view. He's gotten some added attention recently because of a confrontation...
Listen45-Jon Fisch from 2016-12-06T22:00:19
Where have you seen Jon Jon Fisch? The Late Show with David Letterman, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Last Comic Standing, Premium Blend, some of the finest temples along the East Coast and...
Listen44- Giulia Rozzi from 2016-11-29T23:58:44
I had been trying to talk to Giulia Rozzi ever since her album "True Love" came out. I finally got to when she came home to Massachusetts for Thanksgiving and got to talk about jokes, her show, ...
Listen43- James Patterson and Dan Boulger Talk Boston Comedy Festival from 2016-11-22T22:52:47
We've talked a little about comedy contests in the past and on this episode we talk to James Scott Patterson as he's about to compete in the semi-finals of the Boston Comedy Festival and former ...
Listen42- Niki Luparelli/Comedy Post-Trump from 2016-11-15T20:24:20
One thing every comedian has heard since Donald Trump won the election is "You must be excited! You're going to have lots of material!" Niki Luparelli and I were less than excited. We decide...
Listen41Emily Ruskowski from 2016-11-07T23:00
Comics get there late. Where? Wherever they're supposed to be. But you can't get mad at Emily Ruskowski because she was probably late due to saving a child in her other life as a social worker. ...
Listen40- Chris Pennie from 2016-10-31T22:00
How may people can die in a joke before it stops being funny? What if they're family members? My guest this week is Chris Pennie and we'll deal with this controversy while breaking down a bomb t...
Listen39- Jordan Handren Seavey from 2016-10-25T23:25:26
Jordan Handren-Seavey took one for the team this week. His voice was ragged, he was about to do a show, and he STILL stepped up to talk about his new album, his favorite bomb, and what it's like...
Listen38- In Treatment from 2016-10-19T22:35:08
This week we have a group chat following a special show at Megan's House which is a group treatment facility for women. How is it different from a typical show? Kelly McFarland, Emily Ruskowski,...
Listen37- Kenice Mobley from 2016-10-10T20:40:12
If I'm on. Show with Kenice Mobley I check where she is on the lineup so I never miss her. Some comics bring pure heat. Comedy fastballs. Kenice is great because she throws curve and changeups t...
Listen36- Sam Evans from 2016-10-03T16:57:57
If you could buy stock in a comic, I'd be buying stock in Sam Evans. I got talk to him after he headlined a show and I left very impressed. He was just featured on New Faces in the Just for Laug...
Listen35- Sam Ike from 2016-09-27T22:44:28
One of the reasons I like Sam Ike so much is that he can have the smartest room in Cambridge rolling but also kill it in a bar 20 miles from the nearest highway. We sat down in the bar of our fa...
Listen34- When the Show Doesn't Go from 2016-09-21T00:28:34
Something a little...well, very different this week. A handful of comics, including your weekly Bombing tour guide, arrived for a show that the audience forgot to attend. What happens when the s...
Listen33- Rob Crean from 2016-09-12T19:00
This week we are live on Commonwealth Ave with Rob Crean (and a guest appearance by John Paul Rivera who was only vaping tobacco!). We discuss the difference between being a comedian and a humor...
Listen31- Al Park from 2016-08-29T19:30:21
Who's the best comic in Boston? Al Park can make a really good case for the title. The Improper Bostonian named him the best AND he won the Boston Comedy Festival. So how do you from a Stand Up ...
Listen30- Will Noonan from 2016-08-22T22:00
Poor Will Noonan has been haunted by a chicken wing joke he just can't fix for years now. Sure, during that time he's also appeared on Gotham Live, released multiple albums, hosted a hit podcast...
ListenEpisode 29 Tammy Twotone from 2016-08-15T19:01:51
You may know Tammy Twotone from Glee or The Nightly Show but I know her from being on my very first show at the Comedy Studio 15 years ago. And I still remember her opener! What's changed and wh...
Listen28- Brian Longwell from 2016-08-08T22:00
How did Brian Longwell become "Brian Longwell"? It's a fun journey that started with an ill conceived comedy contest and ended with a brilliantly conceived character that brings his wisdom to co...
Listen27- Shane Mauss from 2016-08-01T22:00
Shane Mauss is a great comedian. He's had his own specials on Comedy Central and Netflix, done late night TV, sells out comedy clubs, everything you'd expect from a successful stand-up. But my f...
Listen26- Max Alexander from 2016-07-25T20:34:36
In addition to a stand up career that saw him on The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson and Merv Griffin, Max Alexander co starred in the definitive movie about comedians, Punchline. We talk about ...
Listen25- Johnny Dam from 2016-07-18T16:53:44
So many people move to Hollywood to succeed in comedy. This weeks guest moved from Hollywood to Pennsylvania to feel like a real success. It's a different story for Bombing that goes from Victor...
Listen24- Benari Poulten from 2016-07-12T00:51:30
Benari Poulten is a senior producer for one of the hottest shows on TV, The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore. Before that? You could find him tweeting jokes as GI Jew when he was stationed in the...
Listen23- Tommy Rico from 2016-07-04T22:00
I've known Tommy Rico since he first started. In addition to being a terrific comic, Tommy cares more about comedy than anyone I know and he's not afraid to tell you what he thinks. We talk abou...
Listen21- Dan Soder from 2016-06-20T14:47:02
I got a chance to talk to Dan Soder just after the release of his first hour long special Not Special. He was fresh off a five hour drive, starving, and still entertaining as hell. We g...
Listen20- Eddie Pence from 2016-06-14T14:20:51
Ever wondered what it's really like to showcase for the most important people in the entertainment industry? Eddie Pence pulls back the curtain and tells us what it feels like to play the Montre...
Listen19- Rick Jenkins from 2016-06-03T21:03:20
Rick Jenkins never meant to be a comedy club owner. He moved from Buffalo to Boston to take part in the comedy boom and then, when the bubble burst, he found himself lamenting it's passing in th...
Listen18- Gary Gulman from 2016-05-30T12:00
Any list of the top joke writers in the country that doesn't have Gary Gulman on it is an incomplete list. I got to talk to him about his new Netflix special It's About Time, his appear...
Listen17- Dan Boulger from 2016-05-23T18:21:18
Dan Boulger exploded onto the comedy scene by winning the Boston Comedy Festival just after he was born (only a slight exaggeration). Now as he's releasing his first album we get to talk about a...
Listen16- Ken Reid from 2016-05-16T22:00
I didn't think anyone had seen more TV as a kid than me. Then I met the TV Guidance Counselor, Ken Reid. His podcast caught fire in the last couple of years, but we cover a longer stretch of tim...
Listen15- DJ Hazard from 2016-05-09T22:00
DJ Hazard is one of the rare legends of the comedy boom who managed a seamless transition into the 21st century. Maybe its because he's always been exploring the limits of comedy as a form and c...
Listen14- Tom Dustin from 2016-05-02T22:00
Are you familiar with the phrase "Working blue"? It meansworking dirty and no one in Boston comedy wears the color bluebetter thanTom Dustin. He's not afraid to say anything andnosubject is offl...
Listen13 - Zach Sherwin from 2016-04-25T22:00
He was MC Mr Napkins when I first saw him rocking the mic
with a comedy rap in Cambridge. Since then he's shed the stage name
and is rocking the world as Zach Sherwin. How did the evolut...
12- Rosie Tran from 2016-04-18T22:00
A great and far reaching talk with my longtime friend, Rosie
Tran. She's a comic, actor, and podcaster originally from New
Orleans, now transplanted to L.A. We settle important questions...
11- Joe List from 2016-04-11T22:00
This week I got to have a great and far reaching talk with the ridiculously talented Joe List. We talked about appearing on Letterman, who gets the material when your fiancée is also a comic, an...
Listen10- Tim McIntire from 2016-04-04T22:00
It's episode 10, but really this is episode zero. The very first Bombing ever recorded and it was with a great comedian and great friend in comedy, Tim Mcintire. We talk Thursday Night Fights, d...
Listen09-Matt Kona and Shaun Bedgood from 2016-03-28T22:00
We have our very first three-man podcast this episode! Matt Kona and Shaun Bedgood are great comics in their own right and we talk a lot about their jokes and careers, but they're also the pro...
Listen08 - Patty Ross from 2016-03-21T22:00
You know Patty Ross. If you've seen The Heat, Spotlight, The Three Stooges, Clear History....actually, I don't have enough space for all her credits. But we spend the most time talking about her...
Listen07 - Josh Gondelman from 2016-03-14T22:00
Those "Last Week Tonight" clips that everyone shares every Monday? Josh Gondelman helped write that. That new book "You Blew it"? That's him too. The Twitter profile Modern Seinfeld? Josh. And h...
Listen05 - Dwayne Perkins from 2016-02-27T02:17:07
04 - Brian Kiley from 2016-02-22T23:00
03 - Gary Petersen from 2016-02-16T02:19:20
Bombing by telling a joke about bombing? We are working on a lot of different levels on this weeks episode of bombing! Gary Petersen is a great comic willing to share his tales while getting rea...
Listen02 - James Scott Patterson from 2016-02-08T23:00
James Scott Patterson is living proof that you don't have to be happy to be funny. The first joke James shared with the world was about searching for a child in a field and it only got darker fr...
Listen01 - Myq Kaplan from 2016-02-01T03:43:32
Myq Kaplan has done The Tonight Show, The Late Show, Conan, Last Comic Standing AND Americas Got Talent. What does he know about bombing? You'd be surprised. Jokes about frats, rafts, farts and ...
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