1604 Michael Ian Black is back ! + News & Clips
Stand Up! with Pete Dominick
Pete Dominick
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🗓️ 27 May 2026
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Michael Ian Black is a multi-media talent who's starred in numerous films and TV series, written and/or directed two films, is a prolific author and commentator, and regularly tours the country performing his ribald brand of jokes and observations.
He most recently starred in TVLand's "The Jim Gaffigan Show" and Comedy Central's "Another Period." He also reprised one of his iconic film roles in Netflix's "Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later," and previously in "Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp." His third standup comedy special, "Noted Expert," was released on Epix.
Black's authored 11 books, including the recently released best seller, "A Child's First Book of Trump." He's written two well-received memoirs: "Navel Gazing: True Tales of Bodies, Mostly Mine (but also my mom's, which I know sounds weird)", and "You're Not Doing It Right: Tales of Marriage, Sex, Death and Other Humiliations." In 2012, he collaborated with conservative Meghan McCain on "America, You Sexy Bitch: A Love Letter to Freedom." He's the author of "My Custom Van (and 50 Other Mind-Blowing Essays That Will Blow Your Mind All Over Your Face)," and seven children's books, including "Cock-a-Doodle-Doo-Bop!," "Naked", "Chicken Cheeks," "The Purple Kangaroo," "A Pig Parade Is A Terrible Idea" and "I'm Bored." He also writes book reviews for the New York Times.
Previously, Black released two stand-up specials, "Very Famous" and "I Am A Wonderful Man." He and Tom Cavanagh host the popular podcast, "Mike and Tom Eat Snacks." He also writes and hosts a podcast with Michael Showalter, "Topics," and his own interview podcast, "How To Be Amazing." He hosts "Debate Wars" on SeeSo, and he recently hosted "Easiest Game Show Ever" on Pop TV.
Sketch comedy fans know Black's work on "The State," "Viva Variety," "Stella" and "Michael and Michael Have Issues" all of which he co-created, wrote and starred in. Other TV credits include quirky bowling alley manager 'Phil' on the NBC series "Ed," and his hilarious commentary on cable's "I Love the..." series. He recently starred in two hit web series that migrated to cable TV: "Burning Love" on E! and "You're Whole" on Adult Swim.
Black's movie roles include "Slash," "Smosh: The Movie," "They Came Together," "Hell Baby," "This is 40," "Wet Hot American Summer," "Take Me Home Tonight," "Reno 911!: Miami," "The Ten" and "The Baxter."
Black wrote and directed the film "Wedding Daze," starring Jason Biggs and Isla Fisher. He also co-wrote the comedy "Run, Fatboy, Run," directed by David Schwimmer and starring Simon Pegg, Hank Azaria and Thandie Newton.
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| 0:00.0 | Stand up. |
| 0:02.2 | Hello and welcome to Stand Up. |
| 0:04.4 | I've got yet another amazing, thoughtful, brilliant comedian. |
| 0:08.2 | I had Ophira, then I had Jason Salman, and today the legend Michael Ian Black joins me. |
| 0:13.9 | You are going to love our conversation. |
| 0:15.4 | If you want to jump to it, it starts at 29 minutes in. |
| 0:18.7 | But I've got your headlines and your clip show. |
| 0:21.4 | Going to get right to it. |
| 0:22.4 | Just want to mention I do it David Rothkopf scheduled today for 4 p.m. live. |
| 0:27.1 | If you are listening on Wednesday, I'm very happy to have you here. |
| 0:31.5 | And I am writing in the Patreon email every day. |
| 0:35.7 | So check that out. |
| 0:37.2 | Patreon.com slash P. Dominic. If you're not a paid |
| 0:39.6 | subscriber, go subscribe right now. And it's time to get to the news and clips, which I do every |
| 0:45.8 | weekday. Let's start with the fact that last night there were primaries in Texas. And guess what? |
| 0:52.3 | The runoff had John Cornyn, the, quote, establishment Maga Trump supporting |
| 0:58.8 | senator, who's extreme on the right and has been his entire career against one of the worst |
| 1:05.4 | people ever, Ken Paxton. And just guess who won. That's right. Ken Paxton ran away with that runoff election in Texas. |
| 1:13.8 | And that will put him up against one of the most popular people to run for Senate in a long time. |
| 1:19.0 | What's definitely in Texas is James Tala Rico. Telerico versus Paxton in November. I mean, |
| 1:25.2 | that should be good. The commander and thieves endorsement still matters in Republican primary elections. |
| 1:31.7 | I think that's also interesting. |
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