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PvI#96: We Allege Humor w/ Mark Schiff and Daniel Lobell

July 12, 2025 by Mark Leave a Comment

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Mark Schiff is a legendary stand-up (watch him on Carson) who currently podcasts with friend-of-PEL and philosophy enthusiast, Daniel Lobell (check out his YouTube channel) as We Think It’s Funny.

These gents join Mark and Bill to talk about stand-up vs. improv (hear our prior treatment of the topic), comedy LPs, waterless urinals, bad press, the path to enlightenment, and how to get rid of syphilis.

We run a scene on hiring entertainment for the company party, and engage in some riffs that can only be called improv.

If you want an ep. of WTIF to start with, Mark mentions Brian Regan.

The image here is the horrific Zoom background I used for the call.

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