Comedian Ari Shaffir joins Paul Morrissey for a Holiday Episode of the Alley Oop Podcast. Ari discusses his little league and volleyball career, Bill Burr on Breaking Bad, Paul's quest to get Ari in the Rothstein Mafia on the TV Boardwalk Empire. They also discuss how Ari says,"Mark Maron helped Paul's career even though he swore he wouldn't."

Ari gets prepared for his first TV special and why he's relaxed about it. They also talk about how they became teammates in the comedian basketball league, what things upset them now- which including bad referees and traffic.

Ari also talks about Larry Bird's famous steal and why he falls asleep in public places during very important sporting events. Paul explains why Kobe Bryant and Carmelo Anthony are selfish to their teammates and gets Ari and the rest of the audience to watch "the greatest round of boxing ever" on youtube. If you want to play along, search on youtube "Ron Lyle and George Foreman, Round 4."  Hear Ari and Paul's reactions at the beginning of the next episode (which can be considered Part 2 of this one)

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