The Green Room with Paul Provenza
Comedians sit around talking about comedy and world issues with host, Paul Provenza.
- 2010-2011
- 2 seasons
- Showtime Networks
- Talk & Interview
- TV-MA
Comedians sit around talking about comedy and world issues with host, Paul Provenza.
Season 2 Episode Guide
8 Episodes 2011
Episode 1
Episode #2.1
Thu, Jul 14, 2011 27 mins
In the Season 2 premiere, host Paul Provenza welcomes guest panelists Ray Romano, Garry Shandling, Judd Apatow, Marc Maron and Bo Burnham.
Episode 2
Episode #2.2
Thu, Jul 21, 2011 28 mins
The comics take on women in comedy, comedians in their dotage, obscure historical references, Comic-Con, Stephen Hawking, reality TV, cosmetic surgery, and they enjoy a casual smoke while Franklyn riffs on clarinet.
Episode 3
Episode #2.3
Thu, Jul 28, 2011 29 mins
The panel hashes out the impact of social networking on comedians and their bookings, Janeane's ongoing passion for politics, non-sexual musical fun with Asian prostitutes, the legality of pornography, questionable bits on politically incorrect topics, dogs during the Holocaust.
Episode 4
Episode #2.4
Thu, Aug 4, 2011 28 mins
The panel amuses itself with one of Jamie's poetic rants, takes on the Kilstein/Kilkenny's life on the road living in their car, the political bent/demographic of each comic's respective audiences, Ron's lack of work ethic, objectivist narcissism as audience polemic.
Episode 5
Episode #2.5
Thu, Aug 11, 2011 27 mins
Kumail has fun with descriptions of the stand-up comedy scene in Pakistan, the panelists reminisce about how their mothers reacted to their stand-up careers, examine the intimidation factor of Carnegie Hall, comedy as sweatshop, Rodney Dangerfield's dark side.
Episode 6
Episode #2.6
Thu, Aug 18, 2011 24 mins
The panel circles the wagons around marijuana, then celebrates Tommy's release from prison after his drug-dogless "bong bust," the comic ineptitude of DEA investigators, Paul's disappointment with Tommy's most recent film appearance, how the prison industry amounts to modern slavery.
Episode 7
Episode #2.7
Thu, Aug 25, 2011 28 mins
The round table moves to the 2011 Montreal Just For Laughs comedy festival, taking on issues of brothels, the Tracy Morgan incident and the role of political correctness in comedy.
Episode 8
Episode #2.8
Thu, Sep 1, 2011 27 mins
The second season concludes with a second panel from the 2011 Montreal Just for Laughs Festival, highlighted by discussions on the linguistics and evolutionary biology of comedy, rednecks describing Jews, the sexual anatomy of birds, Louis C.K.'s philosophy of comedy audiences.