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Marc Maron describes a fellow comedian from his early stand-up days who taught him the true meaning of professionalism.
After almost choking to death on a piece of string at a Grateful Dead concert, Duncan Trussell comes to a life-altering realization.
Will Weldon slowly discovers that he is on a date with a frighteningly unstable person.
Starlee Kine tries to pinpoint the moment in her life when her intense fear of dancing took hold.
While traveling for an acting job, Kevin Christy gets propositioned by the hottest woman he's ever seen.
Ari Shaffir tries something different in bed, but it goes very, very poorly.
After Big Jay Oakerson gets a late-night invitation from his neighbor, he witnesses something that he never thought he'd see.
When Ms. Pat was working the register at McDonald's, a customer came in whom she was almost certain she recognized.
Giulia Rozzi finds out firsthand that New York City is a disgusting place to live.
Sean O'Connor sees something truly unforgettable during his freshman year biology class.
Cy Amundson ends up in the middle of a good old-fashioned Southern parking lot fight during a long bus trip to Texas.
After Bobby Lee follows his instincts at "MADtv," he ends up in a bit of legal trouble.
After Andrew Santino went to a jam band concert on shrooms, he made an ill-advised trade with a woman selling lemonade.
During a camping trip, Mat Edgar and Ari Shaffir did a bunch of drugs, tried to find the set of "M*A*S*H" and ran into some suspicious police officers.
When Ben Roy couldn't find any porn on his hotel television, he started masturbating to what he thought was the sound of his neighbors having sex -- but he was wrong.
Mark Normand reveals what happened when he didn't have hot water for a week and had to ask a teacher if he could shower at her apartment.
When Joey Diaz was growing up in 1970s New York City, he became friends with an older man and entrusted him with an important possession.
It was hard for Christina Pazsitzky to be a goth girl in the San Fernando Valley in the early 90s after her middle school was integrated.
Mike Lawrence looks back on the infrequent (and bizarre) sexual experiences he had with his first girlfriend.
After Annie Lederman left the camp she went to as a preteen, she thought she'd never see her crush again -- but she was wrong.
Solomon Georgio hatched a very stupid plot to get revenge on his bully when he was a kid -- and when it backfired, an unlikely ally defended him.
Artie Lange describes what happened when he went to a pool party in the Hollywood Hills and ended up in the middle of a sexual encounter he never anticipated.
One Thanksgiving, Joe List and his friend decided to celebrate with a lot of alcohol and a bunch of strippers, and things ended up getting a little out of hand.
Comedy Central chats with Ari Shaffir about his favorite stories from This Is Not Happening and how it evolved from a live show to a web series to a television show.
Pete Johansson remembers leafing through a pornographic magazine with his mother and explains how he coped differently with the passing of his mom and dad.
When Ryan Sickler was in community college, he attended a party that got out of hand when the host did too much cocaine and took out his pet alligator.
A dicey situation gets worse when Dave Ross invokes the ire of a gas station attendant while tripping on acid.
While Aaron Berg was working as a stripper, a man offered him money to engage in an intimate act -- and it was an eye-opening experience.
Despite being way too drunk and high, Dan St. Germain managed to make a bunch of new friends at the Gathering of the Vibes music festival.
When Sofiya Alexandra arrived at the hospital to see her beloved grandfather, she found out he needed surgery on a very sensitive part of his body.
Tommy Pope remembers one crazy night when his brother kidnapped him from a house party and drove him to brothel in Philadelphia.
Brooks Wheelan and a trust-fund hippie engage in a brief but intense relationship, which was fueled by Ecstasy and snorkeling.
Krystyna Hutchinson talks about overcoming her own insecurities when confronting her boyfriend's ex-girlfriend, who happened to be a wildly popular porn star.
Pat Dixon's tumultuous affair with a woman starts as a godsend but turns into an increasingly violent psychosexual melodrama.
Ryan O'Neill's father learns the hard way that there's a reason you need training to become a falconer.
After reconnecting with his crime-prone father, Brandt Tobler thinks he's finally found a workable father-son relationship --until everything falls apart.
As a teenager, Dave Landau winds up in a mental hospital after his sixth arrest, where he finds out that his roommate identifies as a werewolf.
After reading an article about how meth metabolizes in the body, Jessa Reed becomes addicted to drinking her own urine to get high.
In the process of fending off a rapist in a subway station, Doug Smith gets knifed in the face.
Chris Garcia competes in his boxing class's "fight night" to impress his girlfriend and tries out some unorthodox strategies to psych out his opponent.
Rob Christensen gets caught trying to smuggle ketamine over the U.S.-Mexico border during one last drug-fueled hoorah with an old friend.
When Kelsey Cook tried masturbating with her mom's manicure tool when she was a teenager, the only thing worse than the physical pain was having to tell her mom about it.
Keegan-Michael Key gets more than he bargained for when he decides to give a stranger a ride.
Bobby Lee deals with addiction and withdrawal while trying to perform on national television.
When Ari Shaffir tries to covertly carry pot gummy bears through customs in Australia, he runs into some trouble.
Paul Scheer and his wife conduct a covert investigation to catch the person responsible for ruining their lawn.
Bert Kreischer gets into serious trouble when he tries to wrestle a bear for his television show.
Ali Siddiq finds himself in a tough spot when he realizes that he's completely unprepared for an impending prison riot.
Ralphie May and his son learn valuable life lessons while attending the wedding of two men.
When Rob Corddry's neighbor rats him out for having an illegal fence, his wife accidentally gets even with her.
Tom Papa knows he has to protect his daughters from teenage boys because he used to be one himself.
Iliza Shlesinger has a momentary lapse in judgment and gets involved with a man she met on an airplane.
After a risque game of truth or dare, Big Jay Oakerson finds himself in the middle of a confusing orgy.
Marc Maron goes to a neurologist to find out if the brain cancer he made up is actually real.
Back in Ms. Pat's drug-dealing days, she found out the importance of having big breasts.
Jay Larson does whatever it takes to win a morning radio contest on the side of the road.
D.L. Hughley explains how growing up in Los Angeles shaped the way he sees the world.
When an old classmate asks Ari Shaffir for a favor, he thinks back to how she treated him in high school before answering.
Before they can go on a romantic getaway, Cristela Alonzo and her boyfriend have to make it through airport security.
Joe Rogan discovers exactly how dangerous sleeping pills can be when he gets evacuated from his hotel room in the middle of the night.
Tom Segura runs into fellow comic Bruce Bruce on a flight and finds out that he has a very particular taste in comedy.
Pete Carboni explains how taking drugs with Ari Shaffir led to him reconciling with his horrible ex-girlfriend.
Joey Diaz details his relationship with his mother's best friend and how it shaped his definition of friendship.
During a camping trip, Mat Edgar and Ari Shaffir did a bunch of drugs, tried to find the set of "M*A*S*H" and ran into some suspicious police officers.
Dan Cummins ofrecalls the time when he did a bunch of LSD in Las Vegas and completely lost touch with reality.
Punk icon Henry Rollins tells a story about a woman taking him on a terrifying journey while they were both tripping on acid in the 80s.
When Ari Shaffir stayed at a friend's apartment for a few months, he tried to train a dog with very strange tastes.
When Jim Breuer prank called the Sears he worked at as former Libyan Prime Minister Muammar al-Gaddafi, his coworker took him much more seriously than he expected.
Kurt Metzger tells a story about being raised as a Jehovah's Witness and working at a video game store with a friendly crack dealer.
When Kate Willett went to Burning Man, she decided to have some fun in the orgy tent -- but things didn't go as planned.
Before Kyle Kinane moved to L.A., he went to a bar to meet up with a friend who taught disabled kids and hit it off with another teacher.
After Nick Swardson reprimanded his friend for being a mess at a Las Vegas party, he ended up participating in some very bad behavior himself.
When Bret Ernst's babysitter took disciplinary measures too far, he and his brother fought back (a little too hard).
Hannah Friedman tells a story about her mean, competitive sister (who happened to be a monkey) interrupting an intimate moment with her high school boyfriend.
After Moshe Kasher's parents went out of town when he was a kid, he and his friends decided to do a ton of drugs and then steal a car.
Felipe Esparza explains how his downward spiral into gangs and drugs eventually led him to become a comedian.
Al Madrigal explains how his failed attempts at trying to act like a Mexican-American comedian actually helped him learn to be himself onstage.
Joe DeRosa talks about growing up in an argumentative Italian-American household and reveals how a bout of road rage led to a blow-up fight with his mother.
Nicole Byer shares her love of drinking and recalls some of the strangest experiences she's had while drunk.
While Ron White was on tour, he lost a tooth and went to extremely messy lengths to recover it.
Randall Park attended a talent show at the middle school where he was bullied, and it turned out even worse (and messier) than he ever imagined.
When Artie Lange first moved to Los Angeles, he had a cocaine habit so bad that he once went to buy drugs while dressed as a particularly strange character.
While in Atlantic City for his eighteenth birthday, Barry Rothbart obeys his father's wishes and hires a prostitute.
While on a mission for a late-night snack, a very drunk Steve Rannazzisi gets into a heated argument in a Ralphs parking lot.
Once Ari Shaffir made the mistake of drunkenly hitting Al Madrigal, and Al immediately began to plot his revenge.
When Ari Shaffir went to China, he had some digestive issues but found it hard to relieve himself because of China's difficult bathroom situation.
When Steve Simeone finally found his voice as a comic, he performed for a group of menacing men who had a very strong reaction.
Run the Jewels provides the soundtrack to Ari Shaffir's adventures in This Is Not Happening Season 2.
Ari Shaffir explains why he ended up pretending to be the attorney for a guy who thought he was the Holy Spirit (and how it backfired).
When Joey Diaz was growing up, his mother had an arrangement with undercover cops -- until one took advantage of her and had to face karmic retribution.
When Sean Patton moved in with his first roommate, he took a joke way too far and got some karmic retribution.
When Sal Vulcano got someone else's package in the mail, he decided to play a little game with the intended recipient and ended up getting in way over his head.
After Ari Shaffir had sex with a stranger he didn't trust, he ended up going to extreme lengths to avoid disposing of a condom in her home.
Ari Shaffir dies in 10 different creative and glorious ways to the tune of a Run the Jewels song.
Greg Behrendt tries to treat his depression with his dog's medication, does a stint in rehab and then ends up finding out he has cancer while in Australia.
After a bad breakup, Doug Stanhope's rebound relationship with a beautiful woman runs into an unexpected obstacle.
When Lavell Crawford was a kid, he went to camp, fell in love with a white girl and almost drowned because of a negligent counselor.
When Andrew W.K. was a teenager, he moved to New York City to become a fashion designer, but instead, he ended up participating in a terrifying audition for a band.
Al Jackson accidentally says yes to a gig that turns out to be an early morning speech about note-taking and organization.
When Maria Bamford checked herself into a psychiatric hospital, it was only the beginning of a spiral into mental illness that prevented her from doing comedy for two years.
While on the campaign trail with a famous dog, Brian Regan is forced to give a confusing speech to amped-up hockey fans.
Young Rory Scovel was on his way to a pool party when an unexpected gastrointestinal event changed his life forever.
The first time Ari Shaffir stayed in New York for Christmas, he was moved to do something kind for a stranger and got in a little over his head.
Liza Treyger's miserable college experience sends her spiraling into alcoholism and into the path of law enforcement.
Bonnie McFarlane doesn't realize that her house is on fire because she's too focused on tarot cards.
Louie Anderson's whole family has something to say when the FBI comes around looking for his safecracker of a brother.Louie Anderson's whole family has something to say when the FBI comes around looking for his safecracker of a brother.
A misstep during a late-night five-way in Las Vegas ends with Bobby Lee driving his friend to the hospital at 6am.
In college, Julian McCullough fell madly in love with a classmate and went to an embarrassing extreme to prove how much he cared about her.
When Big Jay Oakerson was 17, he lost his virginity to an older woman who had mastered sex moves he just wasn't ready for.
While working in Saudi Arabia, Russell Peters was asked to do a private show for a prince who introduced him to a very surprising fan.
When Bert Kreischer was in his twenties, he backpacked through Europe and had an educational experience at a live sex show in Amsterdam.
When Sean Flannery snuck into a Huey Lewis and the News show with his friend, he got so drunk that he accidentally walked off a roof.
While high at a UFC fight, Ari Shaffir had a genius idea about setting up a scavenger hunt for his fans, which he continued to do until he ran into trouble with the cops.
When Nick Thune did a variety of drugs after performing in Las Vegas, he got into big trouble, but his friend saved him at a crucial moment.
Gastor Almonte's cousins freak him out with their Joker mask, so he takes matters into his own hands.
When Steve Simeone was growing up, he got stuck in the middle of a fight between his two brothers, which only ended after one of them told a cruel lie.
In the middle of a family wedding, young Tom Papa and his cousin ended up going on an unforgettable adventure involving marijuana, a deer and their fun Uncle Al.
While performing in Boston, Greg Fitzsimmons gets into an argument with an expert heckler, which turns into a fight he wasn't prepared for.
After a prison guard humiliates Ali Siddiq during a strip search, he immediately starts plotting his revenge.
Joey Diaz learned judo in the streets and then brought those fighting skills to the nuns at his Catholic school.
