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Garry Meier Show

by Garry Meier

Comedy

Garry's wit and absorbing energy keeps Chicagoans entertained day after day. Garry will tell you that his career in radio all began with a dead butterfly. One day he walked out of his house and saw a beautiful dead Monarch butterfly lying on the ground. He scooped up the lifeless harbinger of things to come and sent it to his then favorite disc jockey, Larry Lujack, the biggest jock in Chicago at the time. Larry was always talking about reincarnation and he claimed he was going to come back as a butterfly. In a note accompanying the butterfly Garry said, "I think I found your dead uncle. Sorry for your loss". Larry read the note on the air. For Garry it was a "flashpoint" moment. Fascinated with radio, he knew what he was destined to do in life when he heard his material on the air. Meier rose to prominence in Chicago as part of one of the most successful number one radio duos in the country, the Steve & Garry Show. The fifteen-year run garnered international publicity, as well as an E

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Episodes

  1. GarrForce Episode 1233- Pre-Board Show 11-6-26

    Welcome to pre-board show for Season 7 of The Garry Meier Show Cocktail Hour LIVE! Streaming starts at 6 p.m. Eastern/5 Central, on Friday, November 6, 2026. We know nonsense and yappetizers aplenty will be served. Tonight's Guest's will be Tonight's guests - Rebecca & Commander Joe from American...

  2. The Meier Minute-ish:Sudden Death

    Topic:if You and your significant other like pushing each other's buttons well now you can do it together one last time.

  3. Season 7: GarrForce Cocktail Hour LIVE - October 30, 2026

    Welcome to Season 7 of The Garry Meier Show Cocktail Hour LIVE! Streaming starts at 6 p.m. Eastern/5 Central, on Friday, October 30, 2026. We know nonsense and yappetizers aplenty will be served. Tonight's Guest's will be Rich Koz aka Svengoolie and last week's winner Dan. Subscribe to the...

  4. GarrForce Episode 1233- Pre-Board Show 10-30-26

    Welcome to pre-board for Season 7 of The Garry Meier Show Cocktail Hour LIVE! Streaming starts at 6 p.m. Eastern/5 Central, on Friday, October 30, 2026. We know nonsense and yappetizers aplenty will be served. Tonight's Guest's will be Rich Koz aka Svengoolie and last week's winner Dan. Subscribe...

  5. The Meier Minute-ish:Attack Ads

    Topic:All political ads are divisive yet politicians tell us they want to bring us together. WTF!

  6. Season 7: GarrForce Cocktail Hour LIVE - October 23, 2026

    Welcome to Season 7 of The Garry Meier Show Cocktail Hour LIVE! Streaming starts at 6 p.m. Eastern/5 Central, on Friday, October 23, 2026. We know nonsense and yappetizers aplenty will be served. Tonight's Guest's will be Jenna Duddleston, Rick Tadelman, Johnny from Michigan & last week's winner...

  7. GarrForce Episode 1232- Pre-Board Show 10-23-26

    Welcome to pre-board for Season 7 of The Garry Meier Show Cocktail Hour LIVE! Streaming starts at 6 p.m. Eastern/5 Central, on Friday, October 23, 2026. We know nonsense and yappetizers aplenty will be served. Tonight's Guest's will be Jenna Duddleston, Rick Tadelman, Johnny from Michigan & last...

  8. The Meier Minute-ish:Kelly Clarkson

    Topic:OK, it's time that we circle the wagons for our celebrities, if they want to spend 15 thousand on a cuckoo clock they should not be denied under any circumstances.

  9. Season 7: GarrForce Cocktail Hour LIVE - October 16,2026

    Welcome to Season 7 of The Garry Meier Show Cocktail Hour LIVE! Streaming starts at 6 p.m. Eastern/5 Central, on Friday, October 16, 2026. We know nonsense and yappetizers aplenty will be served. Tonight's Guest will be Russ Subscribe to the GarrForceLIVE channel! It's free. Once subscribed, you...

  10. GarrForce Episode 1231- Pre-Board Show 10-16-26

    Welcome to pre-board to Season 7 of The Garry Meier Show Cocktail Hour LIVE! Streaming starts at 6 p.m. Eastern/5 Central, on Friday, October 16, 2026. We know nonsense and yappetizers aplenty will be served. Tonight's Guest will be Russ Subscribe to the GarrForceLIVE channel! It's free. Once...

  11. The Meier Minute-ish:Raccoons

    Topic:Raccoons are changing to become more pet friendly. 13 states say it's ok.

  12. Season 7: GarrForce Cocktail Hour LIVE - October 9,2026

    Welcome to Season 7 of The Garry Meier Show Cocktail Hour LIVE! Streaming starts at 6 p.m. Eastern/5 Central, on Friday, October 9, 2026. We know nonsense and yappetizers aplenty will be served. No guests tonight - A COMMANDO SHOW Subscribe to the GarrForceLIVE channel! It's free. Once…

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  13. GarrForce Episode 1230- Pre-Board Show 10-9-26

    Welcome to PreBoard Show for Season 7 of The Garry Meier Show Cocktail Hour LIVE! Streaming starts at 6 p.m. Eastern/5 Central, on Friday, October 9, 2026. We know nonsense and yappetizers aplenty will be served. No guests tonight - A COMMANDO SHOW Subscribe to the GarrForceLIVE channel! It's…

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  14. The Meier Minute-ish:Cockpit Key

    Topic:Cockpit doors can only be unlocked from the cockpit. last week that almost proved disastrous. what's the solution?

  15. Season 7 GarrForce Cocktail Hour Live October 2, 2026

    Welcome to Season 7 of The Garry Meier Show Cocktail Hour LIVE! Streaming starts at 6 p.m. Eastern/5 Central, on Friday, October 2 2026. We know nonsense and yappetizers aplenty will be served. Tonight's guests will be Paul and Holly Subscribe to the GarrForceLIVE channel! It's free. Once...

  16. GarrForce Episode 1229- Pre-Board Show 10-2-26

    Welcome to the pre-board show for Season 7 of The Garry Meier Show Cocktail Hour LIVE! Streaming starts at 6 p.m. Eastern/5 Central, on Friday, October 2 2026. We know nonsense and yappetizers aplenty will be served. Tonight's guests will be Paul and Holly Subscribe to the GarrForceLIVE channel!...

  17. The Meier Minute-ish:Greed

    Topic:Used to be companies were happy making a profit then that got pumped up to greed and now it's super greed. When is enough enough?

  18. Season 7: GarrForce Cocktail Hour LIVE - September 25, 2026

    Welcome to Season 7 of The Garry Meier Show Cocktail Hour LIVE! Streaming starts at 6 p.m. Eastern/5 Central, on Friday, September 25, 2026. We know nonsense and yappetizers aplenty will be served. Tonight's guests will be he Jenna Dudleston, Gen Z Reporter Caity Sheridan and last week's winner...

  19. GarrForce Episode 1228- Pre-Board Show 9-26-26

    Welcome to pre-board for Season 7 of The Garry Meier Show Cocktail Hour LIVE! Streaming starts at 6 p.m. Eastern/5 Central, on Friday, September 25, 2026. We know nonsense and yappetizers aplenty will be served. Tonight's guests will be he Jenna Dudleston, Gen Z Reporter Caity Sheridan and last...

  20. The Meier Minute-ish:Celebrity Messes

    Topic:I guess when things are going too well some celebrities look for ways to mix/mess things up. enter driving aces Tony Romo and Tiger Woods.

  21. Season 7: GarrForce Cocktail Hour LIVE - September 18, 2026

    Welcome to Season 7 of The Garry Meier Show Cocktail Hour LIVE! Streaming starts at 6 p.m. Eastern/5 Central, on Friday, August 18, 2026. We know nonsense and yappetizers aplenty will be served. Tonight's guests will be Ron Onesti, Ozzie the Sports Junkie and winner Mark. Subscribe to the...

  22. GarrForce Episode 1227- Pre-Board Show 9-18-26

    Welcome to the pre-board show for Season 7 of The Garry Meier Show Cocktail Hour LIVE! Streaming starts at 6 p.m. Eastern/5 Central, on Friday, August 18, 2026. We know nonsense and yappetizers aplenty will be served. Tonight's guests will be Ron Onesti, Ozzie the Sports Junkie and winner Mark....

  23. The Meier Minute-ish:Nude Food

    Topic:How about surf and turf and tush? There's a restaurant in Florida where you can dine naked.

  24. Season 7: GarrForce Cocktail Hour LIVE - September 11, 2026

    Welcome to Season 7 of The Garry Meier Show Cocktail Hour LIVE! Streaming starts at 6 p.m. Eastern/5 Central, on Friday, September 11, 2026. We know nonsense and yappetizers aplenty will be served. Subscribe to the GarrForceLIVE channel! It's free. Once subscribed, you can also click the bell…

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  25. GarrForce Episode 1226- Pre-Board Show 9-11-26

    Welcome to Season 7 of The Garry Meier Show Cocktail Hour LIVE! Streaming starts at 6 p.m. Eastern/5 Central, on Friday, September 11, 2026. We know nonsense and yappetizers aplenty will be served. Subscribe to the GarrForceLIVE channel! It's free. Once subscribed, you can also click the bell…

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  26. The Meier Minute-ish:Pet Donkey

    Topic:Here's a sad story about a pet donkey named Hee Haw who was doing what he's programmed to do and paid with his life.

  27. Season 7: GarrForce Cocktail Hour LIVE - September 4, 2026

    Welcome to Season 7 of The Garry Meier Show Cocktail Hour LIVE! Streaming starts at 6 p.m. Eastern/5 Central, on Friday, August 2182026. We know nonsense and yappetizers aplenty will be served. Tonight 's guest will be Nicolai Rutkowski along with last week's winner Scott. Subscribe to the...

  28. GarrForce Episode 1225- Pre-Board Show 9-4-26

    Welcome to the pre-board show for Season 7 of The Garry Meier Show Cocktail Hour LIVE! Streaming starts at 6 p.m. Eastern/5 Central, on Friday, September4, 2026. We know nonsense and yappetizers aplenty will be served. Tonight 's guest will be Nicolai Rutkowski along with last week's winner…

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  29. The Meier Minute-ish:Drunk in Wisconsin

    Topic:Eleven of the top twenty drunkest cities in the country are in Wisconsin! Cry eye, yah hey.

  30. Season 7: GarrForce Cocktail Hour LIVE - August 28, 2026

    Welcome to Season 7 of The Garry Meier Show Cocktail Hour LIVE! Streaming starts at 6 p.m. Eastern/5 Central, on Friday, August 2182026. We know nonsense and yappetizers aplenty will be served. Tonight 's guest will be Eric The Undertaker. Subscribe to the GarrForceLIVE channel! It's free. Once...

  31. GarrForce Episode 1224 - Pre-Board Show 8-28-26

    Welcome pre-board for the The Garry Meier Show Cocktail Hour LIVE! Streaming starts at 6 p.m. Eastern/5 Central, on Friday, August 28,2026. We know nonsense and yappetizers aplenty will be served. Tonight 's guest will be Eric The Undertaker. Subscribe to the GarrForceLIVE channel! It's free.…

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  32. The Meier Minute-ish:Plane Fire

    Topic: You might have to watch your laptop on a plane using oven mitts since there have been dozens of incidents this year of "thermal runaway."

  33. Season 7: GarrForce Cocktail Hour LIVE - August 21, 2026

    Welcome to Season 7 of The Garry Meier Show Cocktail Hour LIVE! Streaming starts at 6 p.m. Eastern/5 Central, on Friday, August 21 2026. We know nonsense and yappetizers aplenty will be served. Tonight 's guest will be Bill Snyder. Subscribe to the GarrForceLIVE channel! It's free. Once…

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  34. GarrForce Episode 1223 - Pre-Board Show 8-21-26

    Welcome the pre-board for the Season 7 of The Garry Meier Show Cocktail Hour LIVE! Streaming starts at 6 p.m. Eastern/5 Central, on Friday, August 21, 2026. We know nonsense and yappetizers aplenty will be served. Tonight 's guest will be Bill Snyder. Subscribe to the GarrForceLIVE channel! It's...

  35. The Meier Minute-ish:Nostalgia

    Topic:We don't rally around people's accomplishments big and small like we used to do. nothing's good enough. We're going the wrong way!🥲

  36. Season 7: GarrForce Cocktail Hour LIVE - August 14, 2026

    Welcome to Season 7 of The Garry Meier Show Cocktail Hour LIVE! Streaming starts at 6 p.m. Eastern/5 Central, on Friday, August 14, 2026. We know nonsense and yappetizers aplenty will be served. Tonight 's guest will be last week's winner Jeannine. Subscribe to the GarrForceLIVE channel! It's…

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  37. GarrForce Episode 1222 - Pre-Board Show 8-14-26

    Welcome to pre-board show for Season 7 of The Garry Meier Show Cocktail Hour LIVE! Streaming starts at 6 p.m. Eastern/5 Central, on Friday, August 14, 2026. We know nonsense and yappetizers aplenty will be served. Tonight 's guest will be last week's winner Jeannine. Subscribe to the…

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  38. The Meier Minute-ish:Nursing Home Parties

    Topic:Nursing homes in Minnesota are dialing up the volume on Wheel of Fortune and the fun meter.

  39. Season 7: GarrForce Cocktail Hour LIVE - August 7, 2026

    Welcome to Season 7 of The Garry Meier Show Cocktail Hour LIVE! Streaming starts at 6 p.m. Eastern/5 Central, on Friday, August 7, 2026. We know nonsense and yappetizers aplenty will be served. Tonight 's guest will be Karen Conti and last week's winner John Subscribe to the GarrForceLIVE…

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  40. GarrForce Episode 1221 - Pre-Board Show 8-7-26

    Welcome to pre-board show for The Garry Meier Show Cocktail Hour LIVE! Streaming starts at 6 p.m. Eastern/5 Central, on Friday, August 7, 2026. We know nonsense and yappetizers aplenty will be served. Tonight 's guest will be Karen Conti and last week's winner John Subscribe to the GarrForceLIVE...

  41. The Meier Minute-ish:AI and the Beaver

    Topic:How AI has jumped the shark into the Beaver.

  42. Season 7: GarrForce Cocktail Hour LIVE - July 31, 2026

    Welcome to Season 7 of The Garry Meier Show Cocktail Hour LIVE! Streaming starts at 6 p.m. Eastern/5 Central, on Friday, July 31, 2026. We know nonsense and yappetizers aplenty will be served. Tonight 's guest will be Jenna Duddleston with her July drink and last week's winner Chad. Subscribe to...

  43. GarrForce Episode 1220 - Pre-Board Show 7-31-26

    Welcome to the pre-board show for The Garry Meier Show Cocktail Hour LIVE! Streaming starts at 6 p.m. Eastern/5 Central, on Friday, July 31, 2026. We know nonsense and yappetizers aplenty will be served. Tonight 's guest will be Jenna Duddleston with her July drink and last week's winner Chad....

  44. The Meier Minute-ish:Lazy Humans

    Topic:What the hell were people doing the past 300,000 years?

  45. Season 7: GarrForce Cocktail Hour LIVE - July 24, 2026

    Welcome to Season 7 of The Garry Meier Show Cocktail Hour LIVE! Streaming starts at 6 p.m. Eastern/5 Central, on Friday, July 24, 2026. We know nonsense and yappetizers aplenty will be served. Tonight will be a commando show! Subscribe to the GarrForceLIVE channel! It's free. Once subscribed, you...

  46. GarrForce Episode 1219 - Pre-Board Show 7-24-26

    Welcome to pre-board show for Season 7 of The Garry Meier Show Cocktail Hour LIVE! Streaming starts at 6 p.m. Eastern/5 Central, on Friday, July 24, 2026. We know nonsense and yappetizers aplenty will be served. Tonight will be a commando show! Subscribe to the GarrForceLIVE channel! It's free....

  47. The Meier Minute-ish:Yosemite

    Topic:There should be camera running at Yosemite all the time so we can watch all of the great mishaps that occur. Bisons are entertaining y'all.

  48. Season 7: GarrForce Cocktail Hour LIVE - July 17, 2026

    Welcome to Season 7 of The Garry Meier Show Cocktail Hour LIVE! Streaming starts at 6 p.m. Eastern/5 Central, on Friday, July 17, 2026. We know nonsense and yappetizers aplenty will be served. Tonight 's guests will be Dean Richards also featuring last week's winner Howard! Subscribe to the...

  49. GarrForce Episode 1218 - Pre-Board Show 7-17-26

    Welcome to Season 7 of The Garry Meier Show Cocktail Hour LIVE! Streaming starts at 6 p.m. Eastern/5 Central, on Friday, July 17, 2026. We know nonsense and yappetizers aplenty will be served. Tonight 's guests will be Dean Richards also featuring last week's winner Howard! Subscribe to the...

  50. The Meier Minute-ish:Names

    Topic: Some parents have named their kids Lava and Clutch. It's too easy to reproduce.

About this show

Garry's wit and absorbing energy keeps Chicagoans entertained day after day. Garry will tell you that his career in radio all began with a dead butterfly. One day he walked out of his house and saw a beautiful dead Monarch butterfly lying on the ground. He scooped up the lifeless harbinger of things to come and sent it to his then favorite disc jockey, Larry Lujack, the biggest jock in Chicago at the time. Larry was always talking about reincarnation and he claimed he was going to come back as a butterfly. In a note accompanying the butterfly Garry said, "I think I found your dead uncle. Sorry for your loss". Larry read the note on the air. For Garry it was a "flashpoint" moment. Fascinated with radio, he knew what he was destined to do in life when he heard his material on the air. Meier rose to prominence in Chicago as part of one of the most successful number one radio duos in the country, the Steve & Garry Show. The fifteen-year run garnered international publicity, as well as an E

Hosted by

Garry Meier

Frequently asked questions

How many episodes does Garry Meier Show have?

Garry Meier Show has 50 episodes on PodParley. The most recent episode was published on November 6, 2026.

What is Garry Meier Show about?

Garry's wit and absorbing energy keeps Chicagoans entertained day after day. Garry will tell you that his career in radio all began with a dead butterfly. One day he walked out of his house and saw a beautiful dead Monarch butterfly lying on the ground. He scooped up the lifeless harbinger of...

How often does Garry Meier Show release new episodes?

Garry Meier Show publishes daily, based on its 50 episodes since September 2026.

Who hosts Garry Meier Show?

Garry Meier Show is created and hosted by Garry Meier.
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