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EPISODE · Aug 5, 2026 · 1H 20M

GIVE IT UP writer/star Gareth Reynolds

from The Movies That Made Me · host SpectreVision Radio

Give It Up writer/star Gareth Reynolds breaks down some of the movies about comedians that made him with hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante! Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) Give it Up (2026) The Aristocats (1970) The Aristocrats (2005) Funny People (2009) This is 40 (2012) Man on the Moon (1999) Jim and Andy: The Great Beyond (2017) I’m From Hollywood (1989) Comedian (2002) American Movie (1999) Joan Rivers: Piece of Work (2010) A History of Violence (2005) Rabbit Test (1978) George Carlin: Jammin’ in New York (1990) George Carlin’s American Dream (2022) George Carlin: It’s Bad for Ya (2008) Punchline (1988) The Omen (1976) Bill Hicks: Relentless (1992) American Splendor (2003) American: The Bill Hicks Story (2009) Richard Pryor: Live in Concert (1979) Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip (1982) Blue Collar (1978) The King of Comedy (1982) Meet the Parents (2000) Taxi Driver (1976) The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) Pee-wee as Himself (2025) Innerspace (1987) Other Notable Items Our revamped Patreon!  The Hollywood Food Coalition Air New Zealand The Dollop Podcast Peter Jackson Weta Workshop The Lord of the Rings film franchise Dave Anthony Our first podcast with The Dollop John Lennon Paul McCartney Our Glenn Howerton podcast episode Harlan Ellison New York Friars Club in New York The Hollywood Improv in Los Angeles Judd Apatow Adam Sandler Scott Alexander TFH Guru Larry Karaszewski Andy Kaufman Jim Carrey Comedy Central ABC’s Wide World of Comedy TV series (1973-76) Elvis Presley Bob Zmuda  Fridays TV series (1980-82) Mark Blankfield  Lawrence Welk The Pretenders Late Night with David Letterman TV series (1982-93) Kyle Anderson Jerry Seinfeld Gary Shandling Orny Adams Dane Cook Joan Rivers Don Rickles The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson TV series (1962-92) The Dewey Decimal System Dick Clark Russell Crowe Edgar Allan Poe Billy Crystal Gareth and Dave’s Past Times Podcast George Carlin Johnny Carson Tom Hanks Sally Field John Goodman David Seltzer Bill Hicks Paul Giamatti HBO MC Hammer Vanilla Ice Rush Limbaugh The Tonight Show with Jay Leno TV series (1992-2014) David Letterman David Cronenberg Denis Leary Richard Pryor Paul Schrader Yaphet Kotto Harvey Keitel Robert De Niro Jerry Lewis Sandra Bernhardt Just a Shot Away: Martin Scorsese’s Life in Film book by Mark Binelli (2026)  Paul Reubens Thomas Jane Our Martin Short podcast episode Gareth and Jake Johnson’s podcast We’re Here To Help SpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring creativity, the esoteric, and the unknown. We’re a community for creators and fans vibrating around common curiosities, shared interests and persistent passions. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠spectrevisionradio.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠linktr.ee/spectrevisionsocial Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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