Comedy Bang Bang: "Why Do You Want To Hack In The Back?"

Release Date: November 17, 2025
Host: Scott Aukerman
Guests: Mary Elizabeth Ellis, Dan Lippert (as Bill Walton), Patty Guggenheim (as Crushette), Andres Parada (as Lotto Bosco)

Episode Overview

This lively episode of Comedy Bang Bang features host Scott Aukerman welcoming a hilarious, eclectic lineup: actress Mary Elizabeth Ellis (promoting her new season of “A Man on the Inside”), Dan Lippert channeling ex-NBA player and broadcaster Bill Walton, Patty Guggenheim as eccentric “team glomming” expert Crushette, and Andres Parada’s debut as Lotto Bosco, a stand-up comedian with a chaotic approach to comedy and work. The group’s dynamic, riff-heavy conversation bounces from show-business tales and parody pitches to absurdist bits about hacky sack culture, fraternity lore, and the peculiar world of group team-building—and finally, a stand-up act that implodes.

Key Discussion Points and Segments

1. Mary Elizabeth Ellis Joins the "Three-Timers Club"

(01:11–14:43)

• Celebration & Recap:
  Scott reviews Mary’s Comedy Bang Bang history and jokes about the mythical “One-Timers Club,” where only the most successful guests (Paul Rudd, Childish Gambino, Ben Stiller) ascend after never returning.

  “You blocked Scott’s phone number. Who’s in the One-Timers Club? Paul Rudd.”
  (05:01, Scott & Mary)

• "A Man on the Inside" Season Two:
  Mary plugs the new season of her Netflix show alongside Ted Danson, recounts the plot (retired man becomes an undercover investigator), fun details about her role and character arcs including grief, parent-child dynamics, and the heart of the show.

  “I'm more the heart of the show ... what makes people cry or laugh or remember their own parents.”
  (09:45, Mary)

• Comedy Banter:
  The hosts trade playful blows about showbiz, with recurring riffs on being “too famous to return,” and hypotheticals for show prequels (“Season Zero”), culminating in Scott’s one-man “Fugitive” stage act bit.

2. Bill Walton (Dan Lippert) Arrives to Demand Backyard Hacky Sack

(14:02–34:20)

• Bill Walton Introduction:
  Dan Lippert’s pitch-perfect, surreal Bill Walton discusses basketball, movies, “nosebleed” tickets, and “hacky sack” philosophy—yearning for “no winners, no losers” sports.

• The “Hack in the Back” Saga:
  Walton tries to convince Scott to let him and his friends (“Trev,” “Big Lair”) use Scott’s backyard for hacky sack. Negotiations spiral from kettlebells (a Joe Rogan head kettlebell for $45) to DoorDash splits, to philosophical debates about competition and role models for children.

  “Obstacles are the heart of hack, Scott Aukerman. ... Me and my boys just need two hours to hack in your backyard.”
  (20:09, Bill Walton)

• Tangents:

  • Movie inserts, bathroom breaks in films, AMC bathrooms, popcorn buckets as hand dryers, and childhood experiences at baseball games.
  • Waltons’s grievances over television casting, especially losing a “Jewish” role on a Netflix show to someone less Jewish.

3. Crushette the Chaotic Team Glommer

(42:33–61:07)

• Introduction:
  Patty Guggenheim’s Crushette stumbles in after a night of “team building” with LA surgeons, still “out” and covered in glitter. She’s a self-styled “team glomming expert,” primed to resolve the Bill–Scott feud.

• Team-Building Exercises:

  • “Penny for your thoughts” (using old coins to spark memories from imaginary historical years)
  • Definitions and banter on “glomming”—to stick, bond, or “coagulate” a group together (“another way to say it, and I'll probably use that in my roster now”).
  • Initiates a potato sack “couples hop” between Bill and Mary for forced harmony.

    “Does anyone have a potato sack?... we're gonna get you guys in one potato sack, and you're gonna hop from one side of the room to the other.”
    (56:42, Crushette)

• Sorority Bonding:
  Mary and Crushette realize they’re both “Kappa Kappa Gamma (fraternity)” fake-sisters. Discussion of historical cold/warm dorms, and mass cohabitation at the alleged “American Apparel house” in LA, complete with intrusive security guards and perpetual tights-wearing.

4. Stand-Up Comic Chaos: Enter Lotto Bosco

(65:41–82:31)

• Character Introduction:
  Lotto (Andres Parada) is a blustering “longtime” comic with a gig at the Mall of America’s “World of Socks”—where he literally performs at a sock store.

• AI-Written Jokes:
  Admits he gives set-ups and lets his customized ChatGPT (which only responds “big time”) do the punchlines, resulting in surreal, nonsensical bits.

  “Women are different than men... Big time.” (69:09, Lotto)

• Revealing the Bit:
  Crowdwork devolves into group mind-meld gibberish (“One, two, three...”), and it’s revealed his “audience” is entirely babysitters for his two kids. In fact, 50 babysitters show up, he pays them, and in return, the sock store gives him Xerox copies of socks he can’t even wear.

• Life and Career Choices:

  • The group attempts to help him move into new professions (doorman at Birds, intern at Big O Tires), and Crushette offers a room in her communal house.
  • Eventually, Lotto “quits stand-up comedy”—achieving the “success” pattern of CBB guests realizing their job is nonsense.

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Scott (on celebrity guests):
  “One Timers, you know, that's where you want to be, the One Timers Club, because that means you came on the show, whatever you promoted did so well, you got so famous, you never had to— you blocked Scott's phone number.” (05:01)

• Mary (on “A Man on the Inside”):
  “I'm involved in the case a little, but I'm more the heart of the show...what makes people cry or laugh or remember their own parents.” (09:45)

• Bill Walton (on hacky sack philosophy):
  “Obstacles are the heart of hack, Scott Aukerman. ... Me and my boys just need two hours to hack in your backyard. We'll be as quiet as a mouse.” (20:09)

• Scott (on movies):
  “You also have to every scene start with the main character coming from the bathroom and then end the scene with them going into the bathroom...these people never go to the bathroom.” (17:58)

• Crushette (on team-building):
  “Glomming is when you get together in a group and you really glom up... to gel or to stick or to glue. Have you heard of glue?” (49:31)

• Bill Walton (post-sack race):
  “I don't even. I feel like the end of the movie Old where the couple who was having affair against each other got so old and they said, ‘we don't even remember what we were fighting about’.” (60:09)

• Lotto Bosco (explaining his payment):
  “I get one copy of every single SOP Baby. … They print out a Xerox picture of one of the socks. And they say if you sell 100 tickets, you get a picture of the other sock.” (75:03)

Timestamps for Key Segments

• Mary Elizabeth Ellis Interview & “Three-Timer Club”: 01:11 – 14:43
• Bill Walton Segment & “Hacky Sack Saga”: 14:02 – 34:20
• Crushette Team Glomming/Exercises: 42:33 – 61:07
• Lotto Bosco Stand-Up Chaos: 65:41 – 82:31
• Running Gags & Climax/Plugs: 84:46 – episode end (~93:25)

Additional Highlights

• Pop Culture Rabbit Holes:
  Joyful riffs on “True Lies,” “Avatar” and “Chappie,” TV casting (Bill’s Netflix complaints), infamous movie bathroom scenes, and the historical progression of television from black-and-white to color.

• Improvised World-Building:

  • The American Apparel house as a commune for glommers, tights-wearers, and eternal party-goers.
  • “Big O Tires” as the new frontier for inadvertent team-building and Xeroxed compensation.
  • “Entourage (with Aunts)”—Bill’s dream show he must pitch and produce to “ascend.”

• Endgame:
  By episode’s end, harmony is forcibly achieved through physical team-building, Lotto Bosco exits comedy for tire internship, and everyone plans to hit the Scientology Center’s bagel bar, tipsily and in synchronous sack-hopping.

Episode Tone

True to Comedy Bang Bang’s tradition, the tone is anarchic, playful, meta, and packed with layered industry satire, “yes and” improvisation, and character-driven absurdity. Each performer riffs in character, turning what could be surreal non sequiturs into surprisingly on-theme meditations about belonging, the nature of success, and the strange joy in collective ridiculousness.

Summary for New Listeners

This episode is a quintessential Comedy Bang Bang romp—part showbiz interview, part improv character parade, all densely packed with comedy in-jokes, pop culture mockery, and unstructured chaos. Whether it’s the desperate quest for backyard hacky sack, questionable team-building tactics, or the existential unravelling of a stand-up comic, the episode is less about plot and more about how far the guests’ warped brains can take a simple prompt, ensuring plenty of laughs (and a few “big time” confessions) for fans old and new.