TCB Infomercial: Michelle Wolf

The Commercial Break

Bryan Green

Comedy, Improv

4.5 • 758 Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of The Commercial Break, Bryan and Krissy sit down with the unstoppable Michelle Wolf (and one very new child) — the razor-sharp comic whose stand-up specials, White House Correspondents’ Dinner set, and globe-trotting tours have turned her into one of the most fearless voices in modern comedy. The conversation winds through her running background, her writing years at Late Night and The Daily Show, what she thinks about the current “offense economy,” and why making yourself laugh first is still the only real rule in comedy. As always, Bryan and Krissy derail things with their signature chaos: strange gym stories, Venezuelan detours, and a wildly unnecessary deep dive into the best and worst places to bomb. Smart, sharp, and sneaky-funny as hell… this one’s a treat. Find Everything Michelle HERE Her New Special is HERE To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	on this episode of the commercial break you know people that are like older like in
0:13.9	like you know 60 had been worked yeah 50s and 60s have been working at the company like 20 and 30 years
0:20.2	and it was just it was a very depressing time.
0:22.7	Not to mention, you know, society was also on the verge of bankruptcy.
0:29.1	Collapse. Yeah.
0:29.6	And, you know, but all the, like, you know, the bigwigs, all the banks were like, but, I mean, it was an accident.
0:37.1	And there was some money back. So sorry. What happened? I thought we were friends. I mean, they warned us, but we didn't know. Yeah. I mean, they warned us, but we didn't know. I mean, there was that one guy that made a billion dollars betting on our failure, but we had no idea. And we set ourselves up for success, but we didn't know.
0:55.0	No.
0:56.0	Yeah.
0:57.0	The next episode of the commercial break starts now.
1:02.0	The 30 in the morning!
1:05.0	Oh, yeah, cats and kittens, welcome back to the commercial break.
1:08.0	I'm Brian Green.
1:09.0	I'm here by myself to introduce a TCB infomercial Tuesday with a very funny special guest, Michelle Wolfe.
1:17.0	Just to, you know, let's call this an appertite after your Thanksgiving holiday.
1:24.3	And as is the tradition here at the commercial break, after any Thanksgiving holiday,
1:29.6	I have been in my bed for the last five days with some kind of terrible stomach virus,
1:35.5	foodborne illness, mono virus, COVID slash flu slash, I don't know what the hell I have.
1:41.6	You know I get this every Thanksgiving, After every Thanksgiving, this happens to me.
1:45.8	Almost six years running.
1:47.2	Five years running at least.
1:48.5	Maybe six if we count the first year.
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