Chris Gersbeck (Dumb Industries) – 9.2025

“I wish we could be in our underwear watching something.”

Chris Gersbeck is the founder of Dumb Industries, an independent production company based in New York City. You may know him from producing podcasts for comedian Dave Hill. (You know the one that kept on changing it’s name?)  We talk riffing on movies, The Mary Jo Pehl Clubhouse, The Mads Are Back, Glen Or Glenda, The Room, Trevor Moore (R.I.P.), forgotten Comedy Central shows, horror films, The Human Centipede, and I unintentionally make him uncomfortable by trying to explain to him how the crotch rocket works.

“Life is an endless series of learning experiences.”

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“What Am I Doing in Dunellen?” – Dave Hill at The Dunellen Theatre – 5.26.2023 by Nicholas Tanek

 

“I’m trying to impress my 15-year-old self” – Dave Hill

On a beautiful Spring evening in Dunellen, Dave Hill reminded me how much a comedy show can inspire.  He happened to be doing this show on the very last day I would live in Dunellen. So, in the spirit of George Carlin, I wanted to ask him what he was doing in New Jersey. His response was simple: he lives in New York City, and he took the train to the Dunellen Theatre. The essence of the answer is that this comedian, songwriter, musician, and author, who has performed professionally around the world, created a sense of mirth for a legendary theatre in the small central New Jersey town of Dunellen.

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VIDEO CHAT: Antique Deb from Slave Nation Radio with Nicholas Tanek

Antique Deb is the host of Slave Nation Radio on Beaten Path Network. She considers herself a lifestyle slave and has her own wonderful radio show.

Nicholas Tanek sits down and has a video chat with her.