Zac Amico's Morning Zoo - Episode 0091: Best Of ZOO (Mark Normand, Ian Fidance, Colum Tyrrell, Ian Fidance and More!)

Podcast: Zac Amico's Morning Zoo
Host: Zac Amico
Date: Feb 27, 2026
Producer/Participants: Shannon + rotating cast (including Mark Normand, Ian Fidance, Colum Tyrrell, others)

Episode Overview

This "Best of" edition of Zac Amico's Morning Zoo brings together some of the wildest and funniest moments from recent shows, featuring Zac and an irreverent panel of comics and friends. The episode is a chaotic, comedic ride through fast food debates, celebrity gossip, black comedy show culture, insane news stories, and more. Expect gleeful disrespect for propriety, a parade of insane anecdotes, and the signature "unhinged drive-time" energy that makes the Morning Zoo a favorite for anyone who loves stand-up, pop culture dirt, and boundary-pushing banter.

Key Segments & Discussion Highlights

1. The Great Fast Food Taco Debate

[01:14–07:59]

• Prompt: All Recipes ranked fast food tacos; the crew tries to guess the top contenders and share personal favorites and horror stories.
• Key Points:
  • Jack in the Box tacos: Simultaneously beloved and reviled for their greasy, deep-fried, "high at 1am" energy.
    • Zac: "I love the Jack in the Box taco, but it is without a shadow of a doubt, absolutely dog@#$%." [01:54]
    • Consensus: Grease-laden, shameful, but irresistible late night eats.
  • Taco nostalgia: Stories about Rutgers’ "Grease Truck" fat sandwiches.
    • Zac: "Fries on a sandwich is never good. You take three bites of it, you're like, this is too much." [04:24]
  • Top taco chains named: Del Taco, Chipotle (honorable mention), Qdoba, Hardee's Red Burrito, Taco Bell, Torchy’s, and Jack in the Box.
    • Shannon reveals the actual All Recipes taco list step by step.
  • Memorable exchange about Jack in the Box Tiny Tacos, ordering in late-night boxes, and Zac’s first hermit crab ("Mr. Chow Main"). [07:55]

2. Wild Comedy Show Stories & Black Comedy Names

[09:13–15:18]

• Zac and the gang reminisce about wild black comedy club shows, memorable comic names (e.g., "Comedian Country Boy E. Fudge," "Hamburger"), and the absurdities of the live comedy scene.
  • Zac: "Her whole family...started pulling out boxes of homemade Misconduct T-shirts and making a merch booth in front of me, front row, dead center." [12:27]
• They introduce "Red Bone," a white comic famous for his Bernie Mac-esque black club sets and for appearing in Rob Zombie’s The Devil’s Rejects.
  • Zac: "We brought him up to mock him. That guy killed. That guy. That guy gets some black." [16:09]

3. Pop Culture Gaps & Riffing on Celebrities

[19:01–26:12]

• The panel debates the crossover fame of Mike Myers (Austin Powers) and Kelsey Grammer (Frasier), revealing humorous generation and race-driven gaps in pop culture awareness.
  • Notable exchange:
    • Zac: "I’m not saying he’s not famous. I’m saying I didn’t know his name." [21:05]
    • Panelist A: "If you went to Baltimore and walked around the hood and saw a picture of him, most people would be like, oh, that’s Austin Powers. They’re not gonna be like, oh, that’s Mike Myers." [20:51]
  • This snowballs into confusion over Kelsey Grammer’s family tragedy, with the panel repeatedly clarifying who he actually is ("Frasier") and poking fun at how little some know about classic TV and movies.

4. Diddy Trial & "Freak Off" Speculation

[27:21–34:29]

• The group riffs hard on the Diddy trial (P. Diddy), discussing the trial’s allegations, wild rumors about celebrity blackmail, "freak offs," and sordid industry tales.
  • Zac: "If he’s doing it to [Cassie], he probably has order...I’m sure all people on his record label." [33:07]
  • Ian: "He probably threw these freak offs, had a room upstairs, Beyonce went in, thinking it was fun...Next thing you know, there’s a video of her getting dicked in the @#$." [33:12]
• Sidebar on how the media covers trials, with Zac describing surreal scenes outside the courthouse. [34:00+]
  • "Yells at the news lady, 'A man is talking,' which is hilarious. That's so funny because he's so homeless and crazy." [34:55]

5. Celebrity Tipping – Who’s Good, Who’s Terrible?

[36:52–53:08]

• "Behind the scenes" service industry stories, rating celebrities based on how they tip.
  • Outstanding tippers: Pedro Pascal, Adam Levine, Usher, Brad Wilk, Jim Belushi, T-Pain (once tipped $2,000 on an $800 bill), Bruce Willis (100% tip, on card and in cash), Kenan Thompson (100% at an NYC nightclub), Sebastian Stan ($1,000 for everyone on set), Lady Gaga’s boyfriend ($700 on a $42 bill), Jessica Simpson (50% and a birthday card).
  • Terrible tippers: Diddy ("worst was Diddy"), Meghan Trainor, "City Girls" ($30 on a $300 bill).
  • Quotes:
    • Zac: "If you use [Kratom] for one of its many benefits, the only place in the world to get it is yocratum.com, home of the $60 kilo." [36:03 - product placement banter]
    • Zac: "If you stay [at a hotel], do you leave money in the room? ... I read recently that housekeepers don’t get paid hourly, they get paid per room." [42:00]

6. Service Industry Real Talk

[41:49–44:44]

• Moving from celebrities, the group swaps service horror stories, including hotel room disasters (blood on sheets, over-tipping after festival weekends, wellness checks post-skankfest).
  • Zac: "One bed is for sleeping. One bed is for masturbating and eating. That’s how I split up my bed." [43:31]
  • Wellness check after staying locked in his room for 36 hours.

7. News of the Weird: "Prank" Gone Knife-Wieldingly Wrong

[54:19–61:20]

• Zac presents an actual news story: a man attacks his ex-girlfriend wearing her underwear as a mask and wielding a knife, bizarrely claiming it was "to ease the tension" and open a conversation.
  • Panel can’t stop laughing at the absurd crime and interrogates logistics, including his choice of underwear-as-disguise and how the victim failed to recognize him.
  • Zac: "It was a bit of a Hail Mary." [59:29]

8. Elephant Rampage in India

[61:35–end]

• The episode closes with a wild news rundown: a "killer elephant" that left 22 people dead in 10 days in India.
  • Wild speculation on animal madness, dangerous wildlife, and what drives an elephant to a spree.
  • "He’s the elephant running around with a boner." [64:13, Zac]

Notable Quotes & Moments

• Zac (on Jack in the Box tacos):
  "I love the Jack in the Box taco, but it is without a shadow of a doubt, absolutely dog@#$%." [01:54]

• Fast Food Grease Truck story:
  "Fries on a sandwich is never good. You take three bites of it, you're like, this is too much." [04:24]

• Red Bone stand-up riffing:
  "We brought him up to mock him. That guy killed. That guy. That guy gets some black." [16:09]

• On pop culture knowledge gaps:
  "If you went to Baltimore and walked around the hood and saw a picture of him, most people would be like, oh, that's Austin Powers. They're not gonna be like, oh, that's Mike Myers." [20:51]

• Wildest hotel etiquette:
  "One bed is for sleeping. One bed is for masturbating and eating. That’s how I split up my bed." [43:31]

• Elephant spree commentary:
  "He’s the elephant running around with a boner." [64:13]

Memorable Rapid-Fire Topics & Bit Highlights

• Comedy club mishaps (12:27)
• Wigger comedians & "Red Bone" (13:52–16:09)
• Service worker tips & celebrity horror stories (36:52–44:44)
• Absurd news: underwear mask attacker (54:19–61:20)
• Elephant death rampage (61:35–end)

Final Thoughts

Consistently brash, hilarious, and deeply inside the world of comedy and pop-culture absurdity, this "Best Of Zoo" collection is a top-tier highlight reel of why Zac Amico’s Morning Zoo is a favorite for comedy fans: the tangents are unpredictable, the roast energy is high, and the real-life stories always escalate from silly to insane.
If you missed the original episodes, this compilation captures all the chaos, camaraderie, and comedy that defines the Zoo—no seat belt required.