Make My Day with Josh Gondelman

Eugene Mirman (Bob's Burgers) and Wyatt Cenac (Problem Areas with Wyatt Cenac) compete to cheer Josh up. Eugene and Wyatt forecast the next hip Brooklyn trends in a game of BK to the Future. After setting the all-time Make My Day high score, Eugene donates his $100 grand prize to the Somerville Homeless Coalition, and Wyatt donates his to Fair Fight.Learn more about this week's guests:www.wyattcenac.comwww.eugenemirman.comDonate to the Somerville Homeless Coalition: https://somervillehomelesscoalition.org/giving/Donate to Fair Fight: https://fairfight.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Gaby Dunn (Bad With Money, Just Between Us) competes to cheer Josh up. Gaby decides on the most awesome ways to spend various sums of cash during a game of Badass With money. After setting the all-time Make My Day high score, Gaby donates her $100 grand prize to the LA LGBT Center.Follow Gaby on Twitter and Instagram:www.instagram.com/gabyroadwww.twitter.com/gabydunnListen and subscribe to Gaby's podcasts:Bad With Monday: https://www.stitcher.com/show/bad-with-moneyJust Between Us: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/just-between-us/id1454312489Buy Gaby's books:Bad With Money: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Bad-with-Money/Gaby-Dunn/9781501176333Bury the Lede: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Bury-the-Lede/Gaby-Dunn/9781684154272YA Novels: https://www.gabyandallison.com/book-tourDonate to the LA LGBT Center: https://lalgbtcenter.org/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Paul Scheer (How Did This Get Made?, Black Monday) competes to cheer Josh up. During a game of Thank Again, Paul reimagines a Thanksgiving full of new wonderful traditions. He then donates his $100 grand prize to SELAH. Plus, pep talks for people who can't be with their families during this Thanksgiving as well as people who have to spend time with family members they don't like.Follow Paul on Twitter and Instagram:www.twitter.com/paulscheerwww.instagram.com/paulscheerListen and subscribe to Paul's podcasts:How Did This Get Made? and Unspooled: https://www.earwolf.com/person/paul-scheer/Screen Test: https://www.stitcher.com/show/unspooled-screen-testCheck out Paul's episode of Marvel's 616 starting Thanksgiving weekend: https://disneyplusoriginals.disney.com/show/marvels-616Donate to SELAH: https://donorbox.org/selahOr donate to a food bank in your area: https://www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-local-foodbank Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jessica McKenna and Zach Reino (Off Book: The Improvised Musical Podcast) compete to cheer Josh up. Zach and Jessica create the dream slate of Broadway shows for when theaters reopen during a game of The Show Must (Eventually) Go On. They then donate their $100 grand prizes to SELAH and the Armenia Fund. Plus, pep talks for standing ovations and the period of indecision when you're deciding what to eat for dinner.Follow Jessica and Zach on Instagram:Jessica: https://www.instagram.com/jessjessmckenna/Zach: https://www.instagram.com/zachreino/Listen and subscribe to Off Book: The Improvised Musical Podcast: https://www.earwolf.com/show/off-book/Donate to SELAH: https://donorbox.org/selahDonate to the Armenia Fund: https://www.armeniafund.org/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Randy and Jason Sklar, The Sklar Brothers (Cheap Seats, Dumb People Town) compete to cheer Josh up. The Sklars set a new all-time Make My Day high score by outlining the perfect small town crime during a game of Crime is a Flat Circle. They then donate their $100 grand prize to Young Storytellers. Plus, pep talks for pickpockets and children who have won the ownership of candy factories.Follow the Sklar Brothers on Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube:www.twitter.com/sklarbrotherswww.instagram.com/sklarbrothersListen and subscribe to the Sklar Brothers' podcasts: http://www.supersklars.com/#podcastsDonate to Young Storytellers: https://www.youngstorytellers.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mike Drucker (co-head writer of Full Frontal with Samantha Bee) competes to cheer Josh up. Mike sets a new all-time Make My Day high score by describing how we'd beat a video game version of 2020 in a round of Game of the Year. He then donates his $100 grand prize to Child's Play Charity. Plus, pep talks for people who are worried their vote doesn't count as well as Broadway performers.Follow Mike on Twitter and Instagram:www.twitter.com/mikedruckerwww.instagram.com/mikedruckerisdeadMore about Mike's upcoming book about Silent Hill 2: https://bossfightbooks.com/products/silent-hill-2-by-mike-druckerDonate to Child's Play Charity: http://childsplaycharity.org/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Julie Klausner (Difficult People) and Tom Scharpling (The Best Show), hosts of the hilarious podcast Double Threat, compete to cheer Josh up. As a team, they set the all-time Make My Day high score by playing a game of Worst Things First. Julie and Tom respectively donate their $100 grand prize winnings to God's Love We Deliver and the Community Food Bank of New Jersey! Not to mention, we've got pep talks for sweatpants, people with nice smiles, and a specific Michael's employee.Listen to Tom and Julie's podcast, Double Threat: https://foreverdogpodcasts.com/podcasts/double-threat/Donate to God's Love We Deliver: https://www.glwd.org/Donate to the Community Food Bank of NJ: https://cfbnj.org/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Larry Owens (A Strange Loop, High Maintenance) competes to cheer Josh up. Larry sets the all-time Make My Day high score with his performance playing a game of The First Annual Larry Awards aka The Larrys. He then donates his $100 grand prize winnings to the Broadway Advocacy Coalition. Finally, Josh and Larry give pep talks to karaoke microphones and the Make My Day listeners!!!Follow Larry on Twitter and Instagram: www.twitter.com/larryowenslivewww.instagram.com/larryowensliveThis picture of Adele is incredibly important to this podcast episode: https://www.instagram.com/p/CEh6gF5AwXh/Listen to the cast recording of A Strange Loop:  https://open.spotify.com/album/7vlAmEdZEOVdRUsB4fgrvCDonate to the Broadway Advocacy Coalition:  https://www.bwayadvocacycoalition.org/donate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Grace Spelman (writer, comedian) competes to cheer Josh up. Grace sets the all-time Make My Day high score with her performance playing The Will Smith Challenge. She then donates her $100 grand prize winnings to G.L.I.T.S. Finally, Josh and Grace give pep talks to people with songs they hate stuck in their heads and people with insomnia.Follow Grace on Twitter and Instagram: www.twitter.com/gracespelmanwww.instagram.com/gracespelmanDonate to G.L.I.T.S.: https://www.glitsinc.org/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jimmy Pardo (Never Not Funny, Pardcastathon) competes to cheer Josh up and chat about his upcoming podcast marathon (10/10) to benefit Smile Train. Jimmy's breathtaking performance in a game of No One Ballad Should Have All That Power sets a new all-time Make My Day high score. He then donates his $100 grand prize winnings to the aforementioned Smile Train. Finally, Josh and Jimmy give pep talks to sound engineers and valet parking attendants.Listen and subscribe to Jimmy's podcast Never Not Funny: https://www.nevernotfunny.com/Check out Pardcastathon on 10/10 to benefit Smile Train: https://www.pardcastathon.com/Donate to Smile Train any time: https://www.smiletrain.org/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices