Speaker
Andrew Santino
Appearances over time
6 episodes
Episodes
6Podcasts
Quotes & moments
Bobby Lee and Andrew Santino opened the episode the day after learning of Oliver Tree's death, calling him a dear friend who will appear on The Bad Game Show posthumously.
The name Karen has plummeted in popularity and fell out of the top 800 baby names recorded.
Carlos Herrera compared himself to Robin Williams after delivering a 30-second cold-open announcement at Bobby Lee's Toronto show.
Andrew Santino poured 15 bottles of instant coffee into his swimming pool attempting to distress and dye t-shirts, recreating the Madeworn vintage look — it did not work.
A search during the episode confirmed zero babies were named Pol Pot (or Genghis) in 2024/2026 data.
Andrew predicted his friend Andrea Jin had exactly 8 minutes to drive home before a bathroom emergency became a crisis, and he was right.
The movie Obsession reportedly cost around $750,000 to make but grossed over $200 million.
Uno was invented in 1971 by Merle Robbins, a barber from Reading, Ohio, who created it at his kitchen table to settle an argument with his son about Crazy Eights rules.
NOAA's Climate Prediction Center estimated a 2-in-3 chance that the developing Super El Niño event will become historically intense, peaking in winter 2026–2027.
Carlos Herrera let an unverified fan — who claimed to be Akash Singh's brother but wasn't — into Bobby Lee's post-show dinner and green room in Toronto.
Andrew noted that Chernobyl's exclusion zone still has thriving wildlife including wolves and dogs, though he joked they were blue from radiation.
Doc Willis had not appeared on Bad Friends for approximately three years before his surprise return in this episode.
Ferrari's first all-electric car, the Ferrari Luce, was priced at $640,000 with a lease price of approximately $7,000 per month.
Over 500 million decks of Uno have been sold since the game's inception, yet inventor Merle Robbins only negotiated a 10-cent royalty per deck.
Within one episode, Bobby Lee had already accumulated roughly $40 in ism fines from the new bet.
Bobby Lee's current obsession is distressing vintage shirts, and his method involves soaking them in a bucket — or his entire swimming pool — filled with instant coffee. His pool guy was alarmed. Andrew compared it to Brewster's Millions.
In medieval and Tudor England, gong farmers manually removed human waste from castle cesspits — climbing into chutes below where nobility relieved themselves. Gross as it sounds, it was reportedly one of the best-compensated jobs available. The episode found this out while discussing the island girls as 'gong farmers.'
Isa described a neighborhood 'gang' in the Philippines that required initiates to eat a dead frog and receive a spanking. She negotiated: she licked the frog, skipped the spanking. Bobby and Andrew later Googled it and confirmed the Bloods have actual active sets in Cebu.
Bobby Lee brought a van full of cooked spaghetti, bread, and salad to a village in the Philippines, feeding the residents. There was a goat tied up. The story made it into his graphic novel, which he signed copies of the previous day at a 'book signing' that Andrew mocked relentlessly.
Andrew Santino liked the horror movie Obsession; Bobby Lee called it terrible and spent 15 minutes explaining why — the villain's wish was too on-the-nose, the cat twist was telegraphed from miles away, and at 43 years old he simply wasn't scared. He even rewrote the villain's dialogue on the spot.
Everyone's excited that Obsession cost $750,000 and made over $200 million. But Andrew Santino points out the uncomfortable truth: nobody on set got paid, and not everyone will get a 'next one.' The director might get $10M and a Texas Chainsaw deal. The crew just got a great story.
Jules and Isa are heading back to the Philippines — Isa's mom is gone for the whole year (until Trump's out of office, as Andrew jokes), and Isa leaves Tuesday for school. Bobby is openly distressed about losing his live-in housekeeper/familiars, and the episode ends as a soft goodbye.
Bobby Lee declared himself Uno King after winning five games in a row against Jules and Isa. His methods included threats and bribing their mom, who declined the bribe. Andrew pointed out this is exactly how actual kings operated — which Bobby took as a compliment.
Bobby Lee had a graphic novel signing the day before recording. Andrew spent several minutes unable to contain himself at the phrase 'I did a book signing,' eventually conceding it was a graphic novel — which he called a cartoon. Bobby remains unmoved and calls it literature.
Bobby Lee discovered his own verbal tics through his podcast's algorithm recommendations, and committed to paying producer McCone $5 every time he uses one. The isms include: 'yeah yeah yeah,' 'the thing is is that,' 'can I say something,' kicking the table, and the Elmo laugh. He racked up $40 in the first episode.
Bobby Lee refuses to ever camp. The reason: as a child, his father and uncle set up a tent with Bobby and his cousin, waited for them to fall asleep, then drove to a hotel and slept there, leaving the kids alone in the wilderness overnight.
Bobby Lee and Andrew Santino open the episode the morning after learning their close friend Oliver Tree passed away. The emotion is raw and unscripted — they don't have words, only love, and Andrew closes with: 'He'll forever be a bad friend.'
Bobby Lee confesses to spending $3–4,000 at a time on horse-strength Vicodin from a Second City cast member while on MADtv. He quit cold turkey at 32, mid-season — and defecated on stage during a Connie Chung sketch. Ari Shaffir later beat him up when Bobby asked to borrow $4,000 for pills.
Bobby Lee drops two pieces of standup wisdom that Eric Andre credits as career-shaping: (1) get the audience laughing before your first official joke by doing something during your walk to the stage, and (2) understand that writing funny and being funny are completely different skills. New comics memorize; funny people inhabit.
Bobby Lee rearranged his entire Saturday to perform at the Comedy Store, reserved Mitzi's table, and his friend never showed. The kicker? She showed up at his house the next day with burritos and her six-year-old. Bobby locked himself in his bedroom and refused to come out.
Analysis
What they talk about
- Comedy 36%
- Business 18%
- Society & Culture 14%
- Science 9%
- Health & Fitness 9%
- TV & Film 5%
- History 5%
- Arts 4%
Connections
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