Episode 1228: Understudy for the Crucifixion with Mike Reiss

Matt & Mattingly's Ice Cream Social

Matt Donnelly, Paul Mattingly, Jacob Smith

Comedy, Arts, Society & Culture

4.9 • 634 Ratings

🗓️ 21 July 2025

⏱️ 87 minutes

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SUMMARY: Comedy legend and cruise ship lecturer Mike Reiss joins us! Of course, Paul brings the questions on Simpsons lore. Mike also talks about The Critic, getting stiffed by Meat Loaf, working for Gary Shandling and Johnny Carson, and what exotic trips he's been taking. Plus a Scoopardy.

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0:00.0	Oh, hello everybody.
0:05.8	If you're not with us live, you just missed a huge fuck-up that I did.
0:09.5	But I'd like to thank all the ice cream truck drivers out there.
0:13.2	Thank you ice cream truck drivers.
0:14.8	Right now I'd like to thank Dr. Scoop Little, Elkin Magic Scoop, Feefey, Frankie Steaky Scoop,
0:20.2	Galactic President Scoop or Starbix scoops a lot, ice blue scoop. I want a scoop, baby, Jacob Dinklaker and Jake Schneider. If you want to be an ice cream truck driver, for the love of God, go over there and to help me out. Head over to preaching fun.com. Preachingfund.com is where you can go to sign up to be an ice cream truck driver,
0:38.6	and who knows?
0:40.0	The life you save may be your own.
0:44.8	That's exactly right.
0:46.0	We might need a new audio guy for season three.
0:48.6	Here's a show.
0:50.3	Johnny, do you want to go to an ice cream social?
0:53.9	Yeah, I'd love to.
0:55.3	Great. Let's go.
0:59.0	Comedy legend and a cruise dinner mate.
1:03.5	You put it to the Simpsons, minions, the critics, Ice Age.
1:08.9	A guy run on the Tonight Show.
1:12.7	Look, we have a comedy legend Mike Reese with us here in a shirt. It's time for Matt Madeline's ice cream, social. Sitting
1:18.0	over there, it's Matt. Sitting over there, it's Paul. Sitting over there, it's Mike. I'm
1:21.5	Jacob the Audio Guy. We're preaching fun. Yay. Mike, thank you so much for taking time out of your day to join us.
1:31.3	You're on dry land.
1:33.0	I am on dry land.
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