1x45 - We Got Nothing

May 9, 2012

This week we test our ability to put on a show by literally planning nothing. No call in topic. No bits. No guests. Nothing.

1x46 - Robot Fights

May 16, 2012

The Keeper of the Battledome has time traveled back from the future to oversee a night of insanity on TCGS.

1x47 - Birthday Night

May 23, 2012

This week is not only Gethard's birthday but also the last show before he takes to the streets for #BonnarooGethard.

1x48 - The Great Gethard Look-Alike Extravaganza

May 30, 2012

With Gethard and much of the crew out on the road, the rest of the gang hosts the Great Gethard Look-Alike Extravaganza.

1x49 - Farewell Melissa

June 13, 2012

Random Melissa's last episode.

1x50 - The One Year Anniversary Show

July 20, 2012

It's been one whole year since we first started this circus and we're doing our one year anniversary right.

1x51 - The Night of Zero Laughs

June 27, 2012

If you laugh, you get eliminated.

1x52 - The Genuine Sadness Episode

July 11, 2012

This week we weren't in the mood for dumb stuff.

1x53 - The Shitty Art Show

July 18, 2012

This week we explore both the art world as well as the world of tricking dummies into giving us money.

1x54 - The Twist Magazine August 2012 Issue

July 25, 2012

In unison we read the August 2012 Issue of Twist Magazine. For the entire show.

1x55 - The Setup Show

August 1, 2012

Behind the scenes of the setup for TCGS.

1x56 - Sum Yourself Up in One Sentence

August 8, 2012

Panel, Callers, and friends are all asked to sum up their entire lives in one sentence.

1x57 - Celebrities Come Validate Us

August 15, 2012

With Chris out of town, Shannon hosts the show and urges celebrities to come down to the show to validate us.

1x58 - The Crowd-Sourced Character Contest

August 22, 2012

Viewers sent in their submissions for names of new TCGS characters.

1x59 - Happy Murf Day

August 29, 2012

A day dedicated to Murf's head-shot and the man himself.

1x60 - Truth or Dare

September 5, 2012

The TCGS cast and crew participate in a viewer submitted game of truth or dare.

1x61 - The Ultimate Public Access Party

September 12, 2012

When Andrew W.K. comes to the show, we attempt to throw the most unforgettable party possible within with guidelines of public access television rules.

1x62 - Smash Cut to the Future

September 19, 2012

The Keeper of the Battledome returns to TCGS.

1x63 - Smash Cut to the Past

September 29, 2012

The Chris Gethard Show gets stuck in ancient Rome.

1x64 - A Book Shall Be Written

October 3, 2012

R.L Stine, D.C. Pierson, and Dave Hill join the panel and attempt to write a book live on public access television in one hour.

1x65 - The Blindfold Show II

October 10, 2012

The second Blindfold Show in which the entire panel is blindfolded.

1x66 - The Softer Side of Shannon O'Neill

October 17, 2012

We attempt to bring out the softer side of Shannon O'Neill.

1x67 - The Cans Film Festival 2012

October 24, 2012

We screen ten films each under one minute in the first ever Cans Film Festival.

1x68 - The Beef Off

November 14, 2012

The Beef Off: After a caller tried to determine the beefiest member of the TCGS crew, we decided to hold an official contest to figure out who the beefiest member of the TCGS family might be.

1x69 - Sandwich Night 2012: 2 Sandwich 2 Night

November 21, 2012

A bunch of friends gathering at a public access studio and eating sandwiches together on the eve of Thanksgiving - This year's Sandwich Night was massively successful.

1x70 - Fan Fiction Theatre

November 28, 2012

Viewers send in their own original TCGS Fan Fiction and we perform it live on the show with Bobby Moynihan, Anthony Atamanuik, and many of our TCGS friends.

1x71 - First Night in Harlem

December 12, 2012

While our regular studio is being renovated we have to head uptown to do the show from MNN's secondary studio in Harlem.

1x72 - Panic Attacks and Technical Disasters

December 19, 2012

Our second week in Harlem and fittingly we are talking about panic attacks.

1x73 - Hyperresolutions

January 2, 2013

We're in Harlem again and this time we're asking callers to give us their hypersolutions. We then take those hyperresolutions and then put Andrew Parrish in charge of making them come true.

1x74 - Keeper and Company

January 9, 2013

With Chris out of town we head to the time stream and check in on The Keeper of the Battledome's morning talk show Keeper and Company.

1x75 - Loser Is Still the New Nerd

January 16, 2013

Chris is joined by Jesse Ventura and Bethany to officially celebrate Loser-dome for the second time on the TCGS air waves. Callers and audience members explain why they might be losers.

1x76 - Angels and Devils

January 23, 2013

This week the panelists take calls from people seeking advice and let them choose whether they want good or bad advice.

1x77 - Belly Burrito

January 30, 2013

The panelists talk about some real stuff with callers as they help make a Belly Burrito.

1x78 - Farewell Manesha

February 6, 2013

Chris Gethard is joined by Danny Tamberelli and Mike Maronna from the Adventures of Pete and Pete as we say goodbye to "Random Manesha" who we literally only met once.

1x79 - Race to the Top

February 13, 2013

After challenging (begging) the fans to make the show #1 on iTunes, the panelists reward their successful efforts by degrading Chris Gethard.

1x80 - Ambidextrous?

February 20, 2013

The panelists test the limits of their non-dominant hands in a show concept suggested by a fan on the show's message boards.

1x81 - February Beach Party

February 27, 2013

After getting hit in the head with a coconut Vacation Jason has lost his memory and transformed in the stuffy suit-wearing Jason Reinlib.

1x82 - When the Cat's Away, the Ratz Will Play

March 3, 2013

With Chris Gethard down in Austin for South By Southwest, Shannon takes over hosting duties for the night and promptly gives all the power to our chatroom viewers. The legendary Ratz Carlton.

1x83 - First Times

March 20, 2013

Chris Gethard has first time callers, first time foods, first time experiences, and first time giant life moments. Special guest Aidy Bryant.

1x84 - Someone will Die

March 27, 2013

One of the fictional characters will die.

1x85 - The Royal Rumble of Twister

April 3, 2013

Colt Cabana is the guest for the first ever Royal Rumble of Twister. Every two minutes a new competitor joins the fray as callers give twister-based challenges.

1x86 - Beyonce

April 10, 2013

With Chris Gethard out of town, caller and friend of the show Alyssa takes the reigns and hosts a night dedicated to Beyonce. One full hour dedicated to Beyonce.

1x87 - Let's Get Real

April 17, 2013

This week we decide to get real and talk about anything our callers want to divulge.

1x88 - What's in Hot Dog's Mouth

April 24, 2013

We spend an hour trying to guess the different objects hidden in Hot Dog's mouth.

1x89 - Let's Sell Out with Real Late Night Characters

May 1, 2013

We try to prove that we can play ball just like any mainstream late night talk show, so we invite some conventional late night talk show guests onto our show.

1x90 - Who Needs a Haircut?

May 8, 2013

Special guest Zach Galifianakis joins us in studio to give haircuts to strangers.

1x91 - We Will Predict Your Future

May 15, 2013

Amy Poehler helps us predict the future. We use fortune cookies, tarot cards, magic eight balls, and our own intuition to determine what will happen to our callers.

1x92 - Sum Yourself Up in a Dance Move

May 22, 2013

Callers, cast, and friends all describe the motions that make them unique. With special guest Griffin Newman.

1x93 - What's the Worst Thing You Can Make Us Say?

May 29, 2013

This week the audience was challenged to submit the most offensive things they can muster.

1x94 - Conspiracy Theory Gary Show

June 5, 2013

The show was handed over to fellow MNN producer Conspiracy Theory Gary and let him put on the Conspiracy Theory Gary Show.

1x96 - The Crowd Sourced Character Contest 2

June 19, 2013

It's back. Viewers submitted over 700 character names, we picked 10, and now you get to see these characters come to life.

1x97 - True or False

June 26, 2013

Callers tell stories and our panel has to decide if they are true or not.

1x98 - Leaked E-mails

July 3, 2013

Following the lead of Edward Snowden, Gethard decides to leak all emails and text messages associated with this week's show.

1x99 - Looking at Dicks for an Hour: A New Low

July 10, 2013

Four adult men look at each other's dicks for an hour.

1x100 - Hundo

July 17, 2013

Chris gives a State of The TCGS speech while getting speech jammed.

1x101 - Glory Hole Kissing Booth

July 31, 2013

With special guests Aidy Bryant and Vanessa Bayer, the panel is challenged to guess the lips of TCGS characters by kissing them in the first ever Glory Hole Kissing Booth.

1x102 - Destroy-A-Toy

August 7, 2013

Bobby Moynihan loves toys. Callers decide which challenges Bobby has to endure in order to save toys from destruction.

1x103 - Turtle Birthday

August 14, 2013

We have a birthday for a Turtle.

1x104 - Space Battle

August 21, 2013

The Human Fish has been captured by an alien and only a board-game based space battle captained by Mad Men's Rich Sommer can get him back.

1x105 - Caller Critiques

August 28, 2013

Jake Fogelnest joins the panel to critique our callers.

1x106 - The Villain's Journey

September 4, 2013

Is Random Messenger Bag truly a hero or just a man who has yet to be properly tested? Also, the Front Bottoms join us and make our audience go crazy.

1x107 - We Got Nothing 2

September 11, 2013

We got nothing. The only things we got are Quitzow who mesmerizes our audience in dancing a lot.

1x108 - The Mole

September 18, 2013

Someone leaked confidential information to Gimghoul Castle in North Carolina, which begs us to ask the question: Who is the goddamn mole?

1x109 - The Beef Off 2

September 25, 2013

Will Rob Malone defend his title? Will Jersey Dave repeat his first round failure from TBO1? Only the beefy will survive.

1x110 - Olympic Training

October 2, 2013

Callers help us train Connor Ratliff in possible events for the upcoming Summer Olympics. Will he find his event?

1x111 - We Watch You

October 9, 2013

We use Skype to watch our audience watch us.

1x112 - TCGS Half Hour + Saddle Bee Neigh T Hive

October 16, 2013

TCGS performs a half-hour opener for the hit live variety sketch show Saddle-Bee Neigh-t Hive starring Horse and Bee. Griffin Newman is the special guest on TCGS as well as the host of SNH.

1x113 - Mike at the Library

October 23, 2013

We let a guy from Cornell lead us around his school library via Skype for a full hour.

1x114 - Rid Us of This Cursed Doll

October 30, 2013

We have a haunted doll. We want to give it to you. By the end of this show one of you will get it and all of the curses that come with it.

1x115 - Open for Delivery

November 6, 2013

Viewers send things to the studio and we just sit back and let the fun come to us.

1x116 - Place Your Bets

November 13, 2013

You make bets, we do them.

1x117 - A Big Announcement

November 20, 2013

A big announcement. Anything can happen. No cool kids.

1x118 - Sandwich Night Br3advolution

November 27, 2013

The third annual Sandwich Night. The biggest crowd, the most sandwiches, and calls from other sandwich celebrations.

1x119 - Scare the Shit Out of Bethany

December 4, 2013

We try to make Bethany Hall cry live on air with help from horror actress Blanche Baker and the sick and twisted minds of our callers.

1x120 - The Cream Wedding

December 11, 2013

The wedding you've all been waiting for: The Guy Who Likes Cream But Not Too Much Cream & His Personal Barista. Love, laughs, and - drama?

1x121 - The Human Fish Gets Waxed

April 2, 2014

The Human Fish gets waxed. With special guest Sal Vulcano, and musical guest Wheatus.

1x122 - Tell Us Something You've Never Told Anyone

April 9, 2014

Chris Gethard and the panel ask the callers to tell them something they have never told anyone before.

1x123 - J.D.'s Nightmare

April 16, 2014

1x124 - I'm Nervous All the Time

April 24, 2014

Planned to be about nervousness regarding the future. Instead, a completely unplanned chant of "eat more butts" broke out at the beginning then lasted almost fifteen full minutes.

1x125 - Say It to My Face

April 30, 2014

Chris Gethard invited fellow MNN producers who have been talking shit to come on air and talk it out. None of them show up.

1x126 - Don Fanelli Builds a Human Size Bird House

May 7, 2014

Don Fanelli builds a human size bird house. A callback from the very first episode.

1x127 - Paintin' Faces with Diana Kolsky

May 14, 2014

Diana Kolsky face paints panelists.

1x128 - Spanish Calls Only

May 21, 2014

An episode where only Spanish is allowed to be spoken.

1x129 - How Would You Fight Me?

May 28, 2014

Callers were asked to call in and describe how they would fight Chris Gethard.

1x130 - Straight Up Phone Sex

June 4, 2014

Callers were asked to call in and have phone sex with various members of our panel, and our very special guest, Hannibal Buress.

1x131 - Talkin' Teenz

June 11, 2014

Chris Gethard invites a Canadian teenager to interview the panel about comedy and teenagers.

1x132 - Juan in a Million

June 18, 2014

The Chris Gethard Show celebrates the long time creative contributor Juan in a live retrospective.

1x133 - The Night of Zero Laughs V

June 25, 2014

The Night Of Zero Laughs V. If you laugh, you get eliminated.

1x134 - The First Call Show

July 2, 2014

The first person to call in decides the topic of the entire episode.

1x135 - We Aren't Done Talking About Wrestling Yet

July 9, 2014

Special guest Eddie Kingston in studio to help us work on the ancient art of cutting wrestling promos.

1x136 - Talk About Whatever You Want (But We Recommend Professional Wrestling)

July 16, 2014

"El Matador" Tito Santana and SNL's Brooks Wheelan are joining us to talk about pro wrestling for the third week in a row.

1x137 - Why Did You Stop Watching the Chris Gethard Show?

July 23, 2014

No characters, no costumes, no musical guest, no house band, no hula hooping. Just taking calls from people who used to watch the show but don't anymore, so they can say why.

1x138 - ShoutOutTV Presents the Booty Shake Hour with Bo Montez

July 30, 2014

Bo Montez takes over the The Chris Gethard Show time slot, so get ready to shake your rumps for a full hour of debauchery.

1x139 - I Can Do Bad All by Myself

August 6, 2014

There are no camera operators, floor managers, or any crew, Chris Gethard takes over all the reins with musical guest Mal Blum.

1x140 - 18th Century American Gladiators

August 13, 2014

The Chris Gethard Show traveled back to the 1700s to see some of our nation's founding fathers compete against audience members in a series of ill advised and very 18th Century events with music by Open Mike Eagle and Hannibal Buress.

1x141 - Should We Keep Doing the Show?

August 20, 2014

The Chris Gethard Show has a simple call in topic this week - "Should we keep doing this show?" with music by Black Wine.

1x142 - The Hallowcane Squeezetacular

October 31, 2012

Due to Hurricane Sandy shutting down most of New York, TCGS is forced to put on an impromptu Halloween Party and Live Show direct from Chris' actual bedroom. Cast and crew walked from the far corners of New York to get there and what unfolded was a last-second completely unplanned episode of TCGS. We try to scare Bethany, hear some great music, and endorse products since we're not on the public access airwaves.

1x143 - 12 Hours of Election Coverage

November 6, 2012