Comedy Bang Bang: The Podcast Bonus Bang: 2026 Tour, Columbus (Paul F. Tompkins, Dan Lippert, Hannah Pilkes, Ryan Gaul)
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Aug 13, 2026 
Paul F. Tompkins, veteran comedian performing as Shimmy/Shammy; Dan Lippert, impressionist known for Bill Walton; Hannah Pilkes, performer voicing Pamela the goose; Ryan Gaul, comic actor as dental receptionist Carolyn Parker. They riff on Shammy’s drifting hot-air-balloon life and messy romance. Bill Walton runs surreal game-show chaos. Pamela stages a hilarious bachelor audition. Carolyn leads tooth-brushing comedy and awkward breakup calls.
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Shammy The Wandering Hot Air Balloonist
- Paul F. Tompkins appears as Shammy, a hot-air balloon pilot with no fixed address who drifts town-to-town helping people and then leaving.
- Shammy claims he lands, finds the most miserable person, then gets into fights or robs to 'help' them, framing itinerant violence as charity.
Facing Fear By Floating Above It
- Shammy explains his fear-forward life: he faces fear by piloting despite being terrified, uses sandbags and a valve to control altitude, and treats the balloon as identity.
- He repeatedly frames relationships as impossible because he must 'leave' after helping towns and getting into fights.
Loneliness Hides Beneath Shammy's Toughness
- Scott Aukerman tries to coax Shammy toward vulnerability and love, concluding Shammy's core fear is opening up, not heights.
- The moment flips Shammy from macho wanderer to someone admitting loneliness, revealing emotional stakes beneath the comedy.
