My Brother, My Brother and Me
My Brother, My Brother and Me (often abbreviated as MBMBaM, pronounced /məˈbɪmbæm/ ) is a weekly comedy advice podcast distributed by the Maximum Fun network and hosted by brothers Justin, Travis, and Griffin McElroy. Regular episodes of the podcast feature the brothers comedically providing answers to questions either submitted by listeners or found online.
Not to be confused with My Brother and Me or My Brother & Me.My Brother, My Brother and Me
- Comedy and humor
- Advice
English
Weekly
approx. 60 minutes
"Take a Chance on Me" by ABBA (episodes 1–37)
"(It's A) Departure" by The Long Winters (38–541)
"Rugrats Theme" by Mark Mothersbaugh; new lyrics by Griffin McElroy (542–551)
"My Life (Is Better with You!)" by Montaigne (552–present)
"Root to This" by Fear of Pop (episodes 1–28)
"Play Your Part (Pt. 2)" by Girl Talk (29–124)
thereafter the same as opening theme
MP3
716
April 12, 2010
Maximum Fun
(episodes 38–present)
- Sawbones
- The Adventure Zone
- Shmanners
- Can I Pet Your Dog?
- 'Til Death Do Us Blart
The show was independently produced and released by the McElroy brothers from April 2010 until joining the Maximum Fun network of podcasts in January 2011.[a] In 2010, the show was consistently listed among the top 10 comedy podcasts on iTunes.[1] Writing for The A.V. Club, critics David Anthony and Colin Griffith both counted MBMBaM as one of their top 10 podcasts of 2012.[2] A TV series based on the podcast premiered on Seeso in February 2017 and was hosted on VRV until the service got absorbed into Crunchyroll.
Philanthropy[edit]
Over its history, the show has engaged its fans to support charities in their hometown of Huntington, West Virginia. In 2014, the show spawned a campaign among fans called MBMBaM Angels, in which fans of the show would buy requested items from the "Empty Stockings" list published by Huntington's Herald-Dispatch.[10] In 2020, the campaign raised over $23,000.[11]
In 2020, the brothers sold a sign from their short-lived television show online, raising $3,200 for the local Habitat for Humanity branch.[12][13]
The brothers also host an extravaganza every year for "Candlenights," a fictional holiday, which is also a major fundraiser. Past shows have supported Recovery Point, a local recovery center for those recovering from addiction, and Big Brothers Big Sisters of South Central West Virginia.[12] The 2019 show at the Keith-Albee Theatre in Huntington raised $46,000 for Harmony House, a local organization helping the homeless in Cabell County, West Virginia. The show was originally performed live in Huntington, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 Candlenights show was moved from in-person to an online on-demand event, and all subsequent shows have remained online. While the executive director of Harmony House expected the online show to raise half of the 2019 total, the show raised over $200,000 for the organization.[13] Additionally, Justin McElroy's wife and mother-in-law directly volunteer with the organization.[13]
The show occasionally features guest experts (referred to as "guestsperts") who help the McElroy brothers answer questions. Notable past guests include:
Episode 400 featured a number of celebrity guests, including Miranda, Buffett, Henner, Ethan Suplee, Corey Cott, Steve Kroft, Brenda Vaccaro, and Al Roker.[an] That episode also featured Matt Doyle as part of a running joke about Justin's inability to recognize the actor, which was resurrected when he appeared onstage at the beginning of a live show in Brooklyn in 2019.[d]