How can you sell out 20,000-seat arenas, star in several Hollywood films, record the biggest selling comedy album in 30 years, and still be called "polarizing?" Dane Cook stops by the garage to talk about being Dane Cook and whether that might be more complicated than it seems. Meanwhile, Marc tries to kick his nicotine addiction. This may not end well.
Marc catches up with Marga Gomez, a comic he knew in San Francisco some 15 years ago. They'll talk about what it was like to be part of the emerging Bay Area performance scene that launched careers and helped to define a cultural movement. Plus, Marc embarks on an adventure with his pants that will take him into uncharted waters... literally.
Jim Jefferies (or Jeffries if you're not American) has found success in the UK and the US, but perhaps his greatest success was found in an Australian brothel. He'll tell Marc that story and he'll recall the time he got punched in the head repeatedly by an audience member. Also, Marc writes an opera.
Marc doubles his pleasure with Randy and Jason, The Sklar Brothers. They'll try their best to turn Marc into a sports fan and he'll try his best to tell them apart. Plus, Marc examines the connection between three recent news stories that have rattled his non-faith.
Back from Ireland, Marc sits down with comic Tig Notaro . He'll see if he can overcome his feelings of intimidation around her long enough to talk about her family in the Gulf, working with Sarah Silverman, and why she hates people who take pity on female comics. Plus, Marc has more trouble on planes.
Marc battles the demons of comedy while performing in Kilkenny Ireland. Amidst his struggle, he'll meet up with an international array of comedians - Australia's Tom Gleeson, Ireland's Maeve Higgins, England's Alun Cochrane, America's Dom Irrera, and comic Des Bishop, a US expat living in Ireland.
He may be one of the biggest movie stars in the world, but Ben Stiller is not above sitting in the garage at the Cat Ranch for a chat with Marc about show biz, parents, rivalries, Apatow, anxieties and, of course, Heat Vision & Jack.
While in Toronto, Marc reflects on the last time he was there, when the city simultaneously ruined and saved his life. Then, a conversation about vision quests and life's other quirks with comic Dylan Brody. Plus, don't miss the news about a brand new way to experience even more WTF.