Comedy Bang! Bang!

Comedy Bang! Bang!
Presentation
Hosted by	Scott Aukerman Guest hosts: Chris Hardwick Jimmy Pardo Paul F. Tompkins Jerry Minor as Cyber Thug
Genre	Comedy, comedy music, absurdism, improv, entertainment, talk
Language	English
Updates	Weekly
Length	60–600 minutes
Production
Opening theme	"Comedy Bang! Bang!" opening theme by Reggie Watts
Ending theme	"Closing Up the Plugbag" Closing theme performers: Ken Marino, Steve Agee, and Casey Wilson (2012–2015)[a] Ben Schwartz and Horatio Sanz (2016–2021) Ben Schwartz (2022–present)
No. of episodes	895 (as of December 16, 2024)
Publication
Original release	May 1, 2009
Provider	Earwolf Media
Related
Adaptations	Comedy Bang! Bang! (TV series)

Comedy Bang! Bang! (formerly Comedy Death-Ray Radio) is a weekly comedy audio podcast, which originally began airing as a radio show on May 1, 2009.^[1] Popularly known as Humanity and the Animal Kingdom's Podcast, it is hosted by writer and comedian Scott Aukerman, best known for his work on the 1990s HBO sketch comedy program Mr. Show with Bob and David, creating and hosting the Comedy Bang! Bang! TV series, and co-founding the weekly Comedy Death-Ray stage show at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in Hollywood.

Comedy Death-Ray Radio was formerly broadcast from Southern California's Indie 103 studios, but since the summer of 2010 has been broadcast as part of the Earwolf comedy podcasting network, being recorded in studios owned by the company.

Comedy Bang! Bang! was also a television series on IFC hosted by Scott Aukerman and featuring in different seasons bandleaders Reggie Watts, Kid Cudi, and "Weird Al" Yankovic.

In 2021, Aukerman and producer Brett Morris launched Comedy Bang Bang World,^[2] a website and subscription platform offering the back catalog of the podcast alongside dozens of new spin-off shows and related content.