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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Andy Mascola – 4.2025

“The monsters of today will eventually go down in flames.”

Andy Mascola is the host of People Are The Enemy Podcast and an indie author (“Jade Suede,” “The Peeper & The Playwright,” “Zero Percent Juice”). He joins YKF to get lost in kinky music, art, books, and the world of publishing subversive fiction. We talk of the undeniable influence of The Best Show on WFMU with Tom Scharpling, Jon Wurster, astute perversions of Momus, and how Werner Herzog inspires us.

“Dig for the good stuff. You’ll find it.”

 

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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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