Why Are You Laughing?
Hosted by Blind Mike · Blind Mike Project
4.8from 1,234 ratings
- 205
- Episodes
- 78
- Transcribed
- 1,234
- Ratings
- Monthly
- Cadence
- 2021
- First episode
About Why Are You Laughing?
Breaking down the history of comedy and stand-up, one career, special, controversy, and storyline at a time.
- Publisher
- Blind Mike Project
- Category
- comedy
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- Yes
- First episode
- 9 Oct 2021
- Latest episode
- 15 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
78 of 205 episodes have a transcript.
15 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
How Adam Sandler Built a Comedy Empire
8 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Why Norm MacDonald was the Perfect David Letterman Guest
11 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT
Top 25 Stand-Ups of the 2000's
Inside a recent episode
How Adam Sandler Built a Comedy Empire
Published 15 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] But you do need a bit of arrogance to be like, I can do that because simply getting a four episode run on the Cosby show doesn't mean you're going to be one of the most successful box office comedians of all time. Next, we have Judd Apatow. Yes, him and Apatow famously were roommates when they were young. And this is Judd talking about Adam a little bit. Time. And I think it's a lot different than now. Comedy was much smaller. There was no internet. And you felt like the whole comedy business was about 100 people. And there were certain people you would meet and you would think, I think that person is going to be a gigantic star. […]
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- Doug Stanhope
- Bill Murray
- Colin Quinn
- Steve Rannazzisi
- Steven Wright
Reach and audience
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.9 / 5
- 779 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.6 / 5
- 455 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 39 / 100
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- Quality
- 47
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 76
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