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This podcast has no filter, no volume control, no sense of personal space, no proper hygiene, no etiquette, and no clue. It’s like giving a monkey a microphone and a hand grenade.
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Greg Fitzsimmons returns to Breaking The Ice Podcast! Mike Hsu was not able to join this episode, so Greg joins Josh Dolan and guest co-host Corinne Kimball (103.3 AMP Radio) to talk about comedy, kids, and his shows at Laugh Boston on June 16th and 17th! Greg also tells some old comedy stories from back in the day when Greg, Bill Burr and Joe Rogan were new comedians doing shows in Worcester!
The hilarious comedian Jared Freid joined Mike Hsu and Josh Dolan on this weeks podcast! They talked to Jared about his two shows next month at The Wilbur, charcuterie boards, and Jared gives Hsu some hypothetical dating advice!
Lucas Carr is a former Army Ranger, Boston Fire Fighter, frequent WAAF guest on air, badass, and owner of Pathfinder Tree Service. We talked to Lucas about his upcoming feature on ESPN 30 for 30 about himself & Matt Brown and The Matt Brown Foundation. Lucas also talks about his time fighting over seas, his inside NHL scoop and some old WAAF stories!
We are BACK from Summer break and hitting the ground running with our good friend and frequent guest, Jordan LaVallée-Smotherman! Last season Jordan was Capitan of the Railers, but now he's in charge and talks to us about his vision for the team going forward and his plans for building a tough and winning team. We also talk about bad coaching, Jordans new dog, and Josh Dolan seems ready to lace up his skates again. Will Jordan sign Josh Dolan to the Worcester Railers on a PTO? Nope. But it's funny to see Josh try to talk his way onto the team.. WELCOME BACK EVERYONE AND GO RAILERS! #Worcester #RailersHC #WorcesterRailers #JordanSmotherman #TableTalkPies
We were join this week by #TikTok Celebrity @Boston Be A Man . We talked about man stuff and his two shows coming up.. June 23rd at The Chevalier Theater and June 24th at Foxwoods. Listen to this episode.. Be A Man.
We were guest-less this week but we did cover a lot of ground. We talked about throwback items that aren't around anymore like VHS, Smoking Sections at restaurants and Josh Dolan's daughter turning one!
This week we were joined by comedian Jonathan Kite! Not only is he an amazing actor and hilarious comedian, he's one of the best impressionists out there! You may know him from best known for his role as Oleg Golishevsky on 2 Broke Girls and his show on Netflix with Jamie Foxx and David Allen Grier called "Dad Stop Embarrassing Me!" and many other shows such as Family Guy. We talked to Jonathan about bad interviews he's done, Wilt Chamberlin, and doing celebrity impressions. Isaiah and Jonathan have a mutual friend Isaiah have a mutual friend Chad and Jonathan explain how him and Chad first met. The show started in a Lyft until Jonathan was able to break into a house to use the wifi. (He didn't really break in.)
Dane Cook came on the show to talk about his show this Saturday at the Boch Center - Wang Theater! Dane also talked about the old days starting out in Boston comedy, Kowloon, Chris Rock, and Mike Hsu spots some star wars memorabilia behind Dane.. even on Zoom Hsu can sniff out Star Wars! GO SEE DANE COOK LIVE THIS SATURDAY IN BOSTON: Get your tickets here: https://www.bochcenter.org/events/detail/dane-cook
Worcester Railers Captain, Jordan LaVallée-Smotherman, came back on the podcast to talk about the end of the season and the Railers playoff push! Jordan also talks about going to the Masters TWICE, having minor heart surgery, hockey fights, bad team names, and Josh tries to convince Jordan to let him play for the Worcester Railers if they are ever short on skaters for a game.. (Nobody took Josh seriously). And we also learn that you can no longer go with no bucket during warmups.
This week we started off with talking about why Josh won't except food you offer him if you brought it from home, Billionaires, Will Smith's Slap, and Mike Hsu's Daughter teaches us the new words the cool kids are using nowadays, and how to use the words. We also talk about the BTI live music show on The AMP App!
We were joined this week Emmy & Peabody award winning comedian Paul Mecurio! We talked to Paul about his shows coming up March 25th & 26h at Off Cabot Comedy in Beverly, MA. You may know Paul from his several appearances on “The Late Show w/Stephen Colbert,” “The Daily Show,” "The CBS Late, Late Show," HBO, “The Tonight Show,“ ESPN, Showtime, NBC’s “Fridays,” and “The Joke Show” and VH-I Clip Shows and MUCH MORE! We also talked to Paul about his Rhode Island Italian family, political correctness, and we talk about Don Orsillo and it's not about what you think! To see Paul live and check out his podcast go to paulmecurio.com for TIX and more!
We were joined once again by comedian Tom Dreesen! We talk to Tom about the Showtime documentary he was is about The Comedy Store! Tom also tell some stories about Frank Sinatra and talks about his book "Still Standing..."!
This week we talk about how soft kids are today with their PAID internships and what our first radio internships were like. Mike Hsu tells a story of the time LB took his pants off in a bar and we talk about a whole lot more including The Comedy Store Documentary on Showtime! Oh, and the Racist Cock gets some more work this week.
Our big guest this week had to bail and then Mike Hsu ended up on a Milk-Carton because he went missing and was nowhere to be found once it was show time. So Josh and Isaiah sent out the Bat-Signal on social media to see who would come on the show.. and within a matter of seconds Mistress Carrie was in the chat! We apologize that we didn't end up getting to anyone else who joined the chat. We ended up doing a full episode with Carrie and before we knew it we were out of time! Also we located Mike Hsu later that day.. He's fine.
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This episode we talk about Tuukka Rask retiring from hockey, old WAAF concert stories including Locobazooka & The Wallace Civic Center in Fitchburg and times we found ourselves in professional sports team locker rooms when we probably didn't belong. We also see a few appearances from our old friend the Racist Cock! We also welcome our new sponsor to the show ---> https://www.1worcesterhomes.com/
Breaking The Ice joined forces with our friends Luke & Russ Condon from the band Town Meeting and Mike Hsu's other podcast Long May You Young. We talk about Neil Young removing himself from Spotify after saying he didn’t want to be on the same platform as Joe Rogan.
Samantha Ramsdell makes her second appearance on BTI! Sam will be at Laugh Boston this weekend doing stand up as well as shoving food in her mouth & much more! We talk to Sam about her Butt Hole, Food, leaving the corporate world and we call Andy Ferg from North Shore Beefs for advice on what place Sam should hit up for some roast beef while she's in town! To see Sam live in Boston this weekend go to: https://wl.seetickets.us/event/Samantha-Ramsdell-800pm/451550?afflky=LaughBoston
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WE'RE BACK! In our first episode back we were joined by comedian Greg Fitzsimmons! Greg talks about his good friend, the late Bob Saget. Greg also talks about some old stories when him and Joe Rogan were roommates when they started out in comedy, and the time him and Bill Burr got into a situation at a rest stop off the Mass Pike! We chatted about his shows at Laugh Boston this weekend and what he has coming up!
Captain of Worcester Railers, Jordan LaVallée-Smotherman, joined the show this week! Jordan talked about turning down 2 million dollars to keep playing pro hockey, getting sent down to the AHL after scoring his first NHL goal, terrifying team bus rides, and the time he filmed a commercial with Lyndon Byers. We also talked to Jordan about Mike Hsu competing in a pie eating contest coming up that will be held at a Worcester Railers game! Jordan had a lot of great stories from the early days of his pro hockey career and what he plans to do once he stops play hockey!
Four Year Strong vocalist and guitarist, Dan O'Connor, joined the guys this week to talk about the bands recent tour, their holiday show coming up, tour stories, Four Year Strongs first gig on an island in the middle of a swamp! We also talk to Dan about growing up in Worcester and how many people ask for free tickets when Four Year Strong is playing a show at home in Worcester! A lot more was covered in this episode.. but to find out what else we talked about you're just going to have to listen!
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