Theo Asks Stavros Why “C*m Town” Ended

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[@seethemore6360]

“The podcast is a fucking JOB.” -Stavros after making $300,000 a year to be a laugh track for 2 hours a week

[@Wzrd8]

also stav >I'll do a pod cast, I mean I'm good at it...

[@nortonman5238]

Don't forget. He also made dick and pussy jokes.

[@orzaedits]

@@Wzrd8 i love stavys world though. he is pretty good at it

[@MrYehaha]

That’s why I couldn’t listen to that podcast. I couldn’t stand him laughing at everything nick said ever second of the podcast

[@laughslapproductions4690]

Imagine comparing working 1 hour a day to people busting their ass 50 plus hours week to make a fraction of that. He has no idea how lucky he is 💀

[@TruStoogeDrew.]

Comedians always saying how hard they work will always be the top tier bit

[@wilmcl9209]

Us civilians and pedestrians could never understand

[@laughslapproductions4690]

It’s literally talkin shit, hard to compare to a real job

[@revolverrambles]

Honestly I could do what they do while I did my regular job if everything goes wrong 😂 basically me and a couple of truck drivers talk shit at each other for a bit, then call up my boss and bitch😂 seriously if my job goes sideways 1 outta 5 days a week, I film it. Is basically be doing what a successful podcast we does. That being said I’m to lazy and gay to do that 😂

[@greendholia5206]

What's considered the hardest working jobs??

[@beyondbackwater4933]

I guess anything is hard when you're always either high and drunk or coming down and hungover

[@tommytsunami4910]

He's said on like 6 other interviews he didn't want to do a podcast anymore and lose weight...it's been months and he's doing his own podcasts and has not lost weight

[@AdamFisher]

He worked out like twice for 3 minutes and cut the footage into 500 insta posts

[@gimmedemdigits6040]

and the new episodes are as dry as stav's asshole after Elvis gets done cleaning it

[@Spapadap]

6 other interviews?? Hes talked about the departure a ton and I havnt heard him reference weightloss as a reason even once.

[@drlongshaftmd]

the first thing i heard about why he left was from his own mouth: "i don't want to do podcasts anymore i want to do stand-up" but his stand-up is just crowd work and old jokes from nearly a decade ago at this point, and i've seen him on every podcast from this to joe rogan to bobby lee AND he still does stavvys world. if he's gonna lie about it i wish he'd just at least try to sell it.

[@Spapadap]

@@drlongshaftmd nah that’s pretty accurate. His standup isn’t just crowd work that’s just what gets posted on KZbin.

[@FreeAllenWrench]

I think both stav and nick are funny and i thank them for all the hours of entertainment they've given me. I have no ill will towards either of them. And if there was a third member of cumtown, i'm sure i would remember her.

[@mykelmellen2378]

☠️

[@asdjkl1501]

Same! Also I’m gay

[@Ben-rq5re]

I don’t know who you’re talking about but she sounds whiney and annoying

[@EternalVids]

You're thinking of Jordan.

[@nicholashinderer9896]

And her best bit would be, "EVERYONE GET YOUR PHONES OUT, YOURE ABOUT TO SEE A HATE CRIME!"

[@totorosdad7965]

Imagine leaving an extremely successful podcast with the greatest comedian of all time Adam friedland

[@jonathanhull6999]

**the greatest center-left talk show host Adam Friedland

[@anthonybogus5688]

😂

[@JohnSmith-jz4pk]

the adam freidland show is doing great tho, 10/10.........................................................................................................................................................................

[@ChewyThomson]

A gay Jewish youth, first of his kind

[@unknowniam121]

Greatest Cumtown bit

[@elowe5937]

Nick is actually super progressive for allowing a sexually ambiguous disabled man to stand on his shoulders. God bless em.

[@dogchaser520]

If I have come further it is by standing on the shoulders of r-tards.

[@JuliusCaribou]

And extremely strong. Atlas would struggle to hold up Stav

[@Fake_Robot]

Cum Town has some great bits but Stav’s laugh covered for the lazy edgelord humor.

[@papertiger9845]

@@Fake_Robotyeah his new cast definitely isnt edgelord humor at all. Good take.

[@Fake_Robot]

@@papertiger9845 Is there something else you wanted to say that actually refutes my take

[@JeffreySmith84]

It's so funny how all these mediocre but massively popular comedy podcasts have a tacit agreement to never mention Cumtown by name.

[@Dirt-McGerk]

Bruh Joe Rogan has been bobbing and weaving around mentioning cum town forever haha

[@zackr3706]

I noticed that too, every pod he's on you can tell he asked them not to mention cumtown

[@Theycallmethek3]

Maybe cause he nervously laughed at shit he thinks will affect his career perhaps but who knows

[@JeffreySmith84]

You guys think Stavros asks them not to mention it? I assumed they just all just implicitly knew it was bad for business to acknowledge a superior (actually funny) podcast

[@zackr3706]

@@JeffreySmith84 there could be some unspoken podcasting rule to not bring up peoples old projects

[@pikachuuprising637]

He still has the thousand Island stare

[@RickR69]

Still one of the best unintentional slip ups in podcast history.

[@noahsmith9025]

He really said that shit tho lol

[@pucz8215]

The real reason is that stav convinced himself the only reason he was fat and miserable was because of nick and Adam and looking at him now he’s been completely vindicated. The man is shredded

[@laughslapproductions4690]

2 hours of work, that’s all he had a week. He had an additional 38 hours a week to exercise that most people don’t. No excuse 😂

[@YourPalHDee]

It's so funny how I thought during CumTown "no way he could get more disgusting" and he truly is now the worst looking human being that I've ever seen.

[@vomo8322]

He has the body of the Greek Adonis, truly a modern day marvel.

[@noahsmith9025]

Shredded?!? How about less fat my fellow gay

[@DelinquentDemon]

So glad he got away from Nick's abuse! He's gonna live to 62 for sure now!

[@JakeNoland]

Cum Town was the greatest piece of content in podcast history. We will never have something so good again.

[@yawner1154]

haha chill

[@tomwilko7841]

That is flamboyantly gay

[@charlespancamo9771]

Bad friends

[@bb-je3yz]

@@charlespancamo9771 cum town is like leagues above anything bad friends could hope to be and the twist is that they weren’t even trying. Also I’m gay.

[@vs-hk9kc]

@@charlespancamo9771 way too normie

[@Ridistrict]

Stav thinking his body is gonna survive until 40 when he already looks like Ron Jeremy gaining 300 pounds is kind of sweet.

[@rempleforskin]

He looks terrible, the type of fat that's visibly unhealthy from just eating cheetos and soda

[@orfeo793]

hope is all some people have man...

[@NameSpaceVoid]

dude looks like a trainwreck but i guess being fat, balding, and unkept is part of his schtick

[@thewholecircus2792]

300 pounds is a kind of sweat

[@Bando-fx4mf]

Dudes looks 55 and is cringe asff with his fake laughs.

[@tomcampbell8934]

Cumtown is still to this day the funniest podcast ever created

[@derrickjones2171]

I’m gay

[@ftb282]

Everyone else takes their gay podcasts too seriously. It was lightning in a bottle really, I don't think I'd stick around for another 3 bros making gay jokes podcast unless it topped ct somehow

[@SavagesInMyTown]

adams black son, thousand island stare, cumeatsiner gordon lol just classic bits

[@mattdmastiff4524]

​@@Pinetreemoto I loved Sleepy cabin, the Oneyverse and think Zach Hadel's hilarious, but Nick's just on another level, almost sevantish. Also I'm preposturously gay.

[@phettywappharmaceuticalsll8842]

@@derrickjones2171 it’s ok bud we’ll get through this.. Now take your pants off

[@kevinryan592]

His dream of being a manatee with a series of underwater tubes has never been accomplished

[@leatheryfoot6354]

Cumtown is one of the few podcasts that still attracts new people to it long after it was gone. It was a great podcast and I wish it was acknowledged as so by its creators.

[@davidgv3527]

For real. All of them hate it.

[@datrakapo4807]

@@davidgv3527 sometimes the best art is still hated by its creator

[@Bran_Flakesx7]

Yeah but John Lennon never said "and if you like The Beatles you're probably a fat ugly retard".

[@Wetknees]

It’s that it wasn’t edgy at all. So it takes away the last argument against it. You can’t criticize something that’s built on stupidity. There’s not much to analyze within “what if a Chinese guy was Jewish”

[@StevenMcPeterbilt]

@@Wetknees hold on…I think you’re onto something here…what if a Chinese guy was Jewish and GAY!? Boom - 100k a month on patreon.

[@ImStuckInStockton]

Giving Stavros "Bert Kreischer for Zoomers" Halkias a career is truly Nick's most offensive bit

[@sillygoose4472]

LOL daaaaaaaaaamnnn

[@thegreatpiginthesky3904]

Hopefully stav doesn't take off his shirt like that other fat pig

[@R.Lennartz]

That's the perfect way to describe him

[@sillygoose4472]

@@R.Lennartz Imagine Bert but instead of being drunk on booze, he's drunk on socialism

[@THICCTHICCTHICC]

@@sillygoose4472 imagine you, but instead of being obsessed with politic opinions of others, you actually do stuff with your life

[@marzero116]

Damn imagine passing on 30k a month because you don't want to have a one-hour phone call twice a week with your "friends"

[@bshhhhhhh]

imagine being broke and commenting bout other men’s money

[@iceicebabie]

​@@bshhhhhhh ain't that what you doin in a gay sort of way.... no offense btw

[@xMarc707]

@@bshhhhhhh oh wow sure got him there

[@teriyaki_chicken]

​@fish texture you're not allowed to have an opinion on someone if they have more money than you

[@laughslapproductions4690]

Making 15k an hour to laugh at gay jokes

[@thekrustychub5038]

"I dont wanna be a gimmick" Stavvy baby... look at yourself

[@HighMarshalBiggusDickus]

HAHAHHHAIMGAYFORNICKMULLENSHAHAHHAHAHA

[@anonv790]

Bro you can't call the guy having shitty genetics and just wanting to be fat and jolly a gimmick lol

[@doogi30]

@@HighMarshalBiggusDickus ur a loser lol

[@user-vs1xw6fh4w]

Simple answer; Nick perfected the soundboard

[@th11ccbo15]

whaaat ? nooo *fat sound

[@BadHarmonics]

Fr , he got offended by "stavbot" and there was like 1 or 2 eps with him after that and he left

[@slightlyaboveaveragebutaverage]

haha yeah dude that rocks

[@statictech7]

Years ago Nick told Stav he would never get his weight under control. Stav called him a “hater”. Nick so “no i care about you, i know im being harsh but you need a wake up call”. Stav ended the episode right there. Stav eventually walked away from that show and demanded to be paid a percentage despite no longer being on it. This ended the friendship but the show changed and still exists. But here we are years later and Stav hasnt lost any weight. Nick not only made you rich and famous he also tried to stop you from eating yourself to a very early grave. Now you pretend he doesnt exist.

[@misterdinkly]

His whole persona is being an even fatter, slobbier ron jeremy. No one would go to his shows if he was in shape. He has to wear the clown outfit

[@notsoberoveranalyzer8264]

Oh dang.

[@JohnDobak]

Did Stav really demand a cut after leaving? Where?

[@Blankp1anet]

Is that actually what happened? Is there a video of that around, is the podcast still published?

[@cj-we3jf]

@@JohnDobak i'm not sure where its from but i also heard he wanted a 15% cut from the patreon after he left since he said he helped build the show.

[@bigEsmall]

The "Ive been looking for him" as hes staring into the screen while sitting right next to the actual guy is so subtle but so hilarious.

[@BRG13DEAN]

You can hear the pain and relief from having searched so long and it finally being over

[@damotheman4196]

I thought it was brilliant too, completely off the cuff😂

[@JoseRS1186]

Modern Cinderella story

[@ComedyJakob]

Stavros' reasoning behind leaving the show is the standard lie answer for leaving any show, band, company, etc.

[@chrisrob4588]

well...im the joka baby

[@kyleleehufnagel]

GameStop employees love message boards

[@gobo3d]

All 3 of them spent the last year and a half of the podcast talking about how much they disliked doing it and then kept saying "it's the last year of the show, if that" over and over again. What is the big mystery here lol

[@someonefromsomewhere1009]

@@gobo3d They kept saying the show would end and then it ended. Something big must have happened

[@EastboundAndDowns]

I dont think it's a lie; I just think it's a clichéd answer for a valid reason. All jokes aside, no one wants to be 45 years old saying "hell yeah dude" to an impression of Gay Actor Michael Douglas for the ten-thousandth time. Every show should have its end, look at "The Simpsons". TV shows and movies that we love are like sweet fruit, but even THAT spoils after a while.

[@GovernorRiffRaff]

Gotta thank these comedians for their service. Only 1000 of them left and Stavros almost died from working for almost 2 years straight. I guess us plebs would all just croak if we even tried to work as hard as these guys.

[@alex25946]

Facts 😂

[@notanimportantperson]

Gotta love these butthurt ass comments

[@bcb5696]

@@notanimportantperson gotta love the retards defending other retards

[@paddylight737]

@@notanimportantpersonhope he sees this bro

[@notanimportantperson]

@@paddylight737 recycled butthurt hater comment

[@MrMeattball]

Stav, somehow unironically, recreating the Tom Meyers bit about comedy being as hard as being a 9/11 first responder.

[@constantreader7483]

If Norm Macdonald were alive today, I know he'd agree that the podcasters are the real heroes.

[@adeptusdoggodes8075]

“All the Stars are here!”

[@GeoffreyBronson]

Definitely not

[@constantreader7483]

@@adeptusdoggodes8075 Even that acid-tongued Arab?

[@danielgolding9805]

I didn’t even know he was sick…

[@modelchanger1332]

I’ll never forgive stav for destroying the best comedy podcast in the world, utterly egotistic and ultimately hypocritical. Real ones know.

[@hunni_chan]

lmfao you're praying for his downfall, meanwhile he has surpassed cumtown on every level.

[@imnotbenavery9220]

Cumtown was over let it go there wasn’t anywhere left to go creatively

[@oobieo]

​@@hunni_chan gr8 b8 m8

[@pumkinmuscles1104]

They gave you literally years of content. You sound like a bitch. Im gay.

[@CR-qv9id]

Eh, Stav genuinely offered nothing to the show. They could have replaced him with less fat but equally dumb Mike Recine.

[@christopherchapman2493]

“ I didn’t want to be the Cumtown guy when I’m 40” Stav you arnt making it to 40

[@WakaFlakaFlame777]

What's wrong with people

[@TheOrlandoTrustfull]

I can't imagine how difficult it must be to be a podcaster/comedian

[@dylanwilliams7868]

It's so hard

[@Theycallmethek3]

So do it then

[@Nbarbacc]

I think it's really consistency and persistence. These guys grind, travel constantly, deal with heckling/shitty crowds, bombing, not making any money until you're the 1%, it looks like they're just chilling but both these guys are hard workers.

[@papsphin]

Back breaking work

[@gemeu1129]

I work 8-12 hour days, come home and work on/record music for a couple hours. That’s my RELAX time, idk what’s so tough for these guys 🤦‍♂️ 😂

[@chyeaOGKush]

stav wqould actually be decent at standup if it was nick who wrote and performed all the material

[@Flameb0]

except nicks stand up sucks and is worse than adams

[@ZaklnGritch]

Maybe if Nick wrote the material yeah but Stav is a better performer imo when he bombs he can just laugh and people laugh at his laugh

[@chyeaOGKush]

@@ZaklnGritch ur right they both suck

[@jellofan1578]

nick stans need to get a life and stop obsessing over dudes who would despise them in real life

[@thetongueandcheek5495]

Be careful dick riding there bud you might get the herps 😂

[@GiveSic]

Stav is the number one advocate for saying he's gonna do something seriously but also being kind of ironic so when he inevitably doesn't do it he can say it was a joke. Even though he genuinely gets upset with people when they tell him he never does what he says he's gonna do.

[@middlefinger456]

Instead of asking “will be the Cumtown guy when I’m 30?” He should’ve asked “will I still be morbidly obese (and growing exponentially) forever?”

[@gimmedemdigits6040]

he hired his friend 'Elvis' to laugh during his solo show so you can take A WILD GUESS as to who the Yoko is in the Cumtown Universe

[@hithere4719]

Elvis Ono that Albanian cockaroach.

[@canucklehead2772]

There must be something wrong with me to think 30 is no big deal, especially when doing something you/others love and succeed at it. I get his other reasoning though

[@mikem565]

40

[@notanimportantperson]

@dude4852 these guys are so fucking parasocial and angry about this shit its hilarious.

[@minkkoba1955]

LOL Stav saying that he needs to take the summer off because “working too hard and too much” is the foremost threat to his life and what hes worried about killing him 😭

[@AKRIDASGAMWEKSOGIINI]

I think that's the point. If he doesn't take time off, he can't focus on exercise/diet.

[@thelastmanonearth2631]

It's not the job itself. The job itself is incredibly easy. And only like a couple of hours a day. It's the travel that kills you. I used to have a job where I would have to be in a different city literally every single weekend except Easter. It was an "easy" sit down job. Three years of it and I literally could not drag myself onto another plane. I quit between connecting flights in Houston. I didn't even get on the connecting flight! I actually stayed In Houston for an extra day and then went home.

[@minkkoba1955]

@@thelastmanonearth2631 that is definitely understandable and I can empathize with quitting how you did regardless thats wild though 😂 I cant imagine especially going that long if you didn’t really have a fixed abode or even a place to really feel “away” from. I just think this is probably far more of a free and less constraining situation for him and I don’t think that managing a fee basic health measures during and between tours is that wild to suggest but obviously everybody has their own difficulties and obstacles.

[@minkkoba1955]

@@AKRIDASGAMWEKSOGIINI I can see how in terms of managing discipline and routine that line of work and traveling would be more difficult but I can also see ways that it could be easier to focus on certain things when away from home. My point is just any of the basic healthy practices and measures are completely accessible, and touring or working itself is not the direct cause of any of his health problems. If Im coming up on my university finals I can think that Im going to need nicotine more than ever right about now , or I can look at it like I’m going to need to be focused and free of vices more than ever right now and university itself has no real role in my addiction or my decision. It’s obviously uncomfortable and personal and we all have friends in positions like that but genuinely, at 300lb+ you can and should be fasting and travelings seems like it could aid with that a-lot.

[@ureyesrbleeding1]

@@AKRIDASGAMWEKSOGIINI needs time off so he can focus on not exercising and not following a diet?

[@fluxoteen]

"I've been looking for him" 😅😂

[@deathbymybox]

He's got a mullet. And Stav has got like, a ghost mullet

[@iwritechecksatthegrocerystore]

It’s called a skullett haha

[@theem0wg]

Comedians going on about how hard their job is makes for a great bit.

[@scottmackenzie2449]

Okay well if it’s so easy why aren’t you a comedian yet? 🤣

[@hiimharvey4191]

@@scottmackenzie2449that argument is similar and almost as bad as the idiots who say “oh you think a NFL players bad?? well why don’t you try playing professional football.” doesn’t matter if you can’t do what they can anyone can see the obvious.

[@scottmackenzie2449]

@@hiimharvey4191 ok Harvey

[@strq3230]

No it kinda works actually: most people saying being a comedian is easy would rather keep their 9 to 5 jobs than ever attempting stepping on a stage and telling jokes, because most people don't have a tenth of what it takes to be even a mediocre stand up comic. Almost every job is easier and better paid than being a comedian, it's only really fringe cases where you blow up when it becomes substainable and easy, but it almost always comes after years of making pennies.

[@tylerlackey1175]

​@@strq3230what you're saying must be true since there are no unfunny comedians

[@ope7092]

“Yeah the podcast was something you’d do, you know, in your mid-twenties.” Cut to them currently doing a podcast, both inching closer to 40

[@Nitsua1201]

Reason given: Wanted to do stand up more. Reality: I was embarrassed of the name of the show, the jokes told amongst close friends, felt old and professionally unaccomplished. So I made new fake friends, couch surfed on every podcast that would have me, and did crowd work for a year and a half.

[@Cameron00]

Cumtown incel try not to be a parasocial loser who is glued to nick mullen’s penis challenge

[@leatheryfoot6354]

​@@Cameron00 wut?

[@RadioGhostMaster]

Yeah, Stav sucks

[@RadioGhostMaster]

@@harrybirchall3308 it has nothing to do with him leaving. I actually am happy he's gone. His "stand up" is practically all preloaded crowd work. His laugh is annoying as hell when he's just laughing at his own material. At least when he was laughing on the pod we were laughing with him about whatever Nick was doing. Speaking of Nick, Stav acts like he owes nothing to him when he's the only reason anyone knows who Stav is.

[@RadioGhostMaster]

@@harrybirchall3308 see, that's the type of comedic genius I would only expect from Stavy. Well played....

[@rjmacready6693]

Theo just slyly points attention to the fact that Stavros totally sold out.

[@roboticunclephil]

Love stav but this is an objective fact & the new "fans" (ie people who watched a total of 5 mins worth of KZbin shorts) hate hearing it

[@keilanlong5198]

I don’t understand how progressing your career is selling out. Just because he went the more mainstream comedian route. Like he said he didn’t wanna be 40yrs old and still be the cum town guy

[@kylesawkon4074]

He didn’t sellout he “swelledout” cus of the fat. They’re physically was not enough room for stav

[@matthewbailey4768]

it's kind of impossible for stavros to sell out. he's made it quite clear that he's all about eating hella food and getting pussy.. so anything that he does in the pursuit of those two things is very much in line with his roots.

[@methman9212]

@@matthewbailey4768 how does a man that looks like him get pussy

[@zachharris3040]

So, the reason people have a prob with Stav leaving the podcast formerly known as Cumtown is because it doesn't really make sense when you look closer at what he says. He doesn't like podcasts. Oh wait, he doesn't like doing his own podcast but doesn't mind being a guest on others podcasts. But now he's doing his own podcast or maybe a couple of them. He's also said he got into comedy so that he wouldn't be burdened by a regular work schedule yet then says he's working a crazy amount now. When it comes down to it, I think he didn't want to play second banana on the show, and he wanted to see how funny and successful he could be on his own. And if that's the reason, no problem with that. But he seems to not be up front with stuff.

[@dogchaser520]

True. Though he kinda said it, and said it on the show so many times. He just needed to come outright and say, it had gotten really bad.

[@tomwilko7841]

stavvy just wanted to be to of the bill for a change, strange he won't just come out and say it but no doubt there' were some crazy dynamics at work on cumtown....i mean 3 gay showbizzy boys all fighting and sweating for attention, couped up week after week after week, wouldn't surprise me if one or two of em caught some real nancy feelings along the road...i mean it was the gayest podcast in history

[@achipperdolphin5612]

I think you hit the nail on its chubby pink head

[@dylanwilliams7868]

Oh he's gonna "cum" out all right

[@gobo3d]

nah it seems like you guys just want more cumtown and also don't like sharing "your" comedians with a larger audience. Dude literally said "do I want to be the cumtown guy?" In this video, said like 1000 times he wanted to focus on standup and spent like the last year or so saying he didn't like doing cumtown, seems pretty upfront to me

[@dajoker-vd9ur]

Stav couldn't handle getting called a fat pig. The epitome of a guy who can dish it but not take it.

[@ihateallthethings2683]

Are you joking or is that a legit theory you have? Because that’s easily the shittiest reason I’ve heard so far 😂

[@Ifraneljadida]

C*m town was really immature. Just a bunch of incels saying they're gay Also I'm gay

[@machriskily8372]

you obviously don't own a doghouse.

[@Ifraneljadida]

@@machriskily8372 I work at a local University studying logic. You are oddly right, I don't own a doghouse.... Also I'm gay

[@joemade7071]

Hell yeah me dude I am gay as well

[@CBW_MT]

I can’t believe you’re gay, what a Retard. (I am also gay)

[@nate_8403]

Gay

[@shpooko]

Cumtown is the funniest pod all time

[@evanalmighty9444]

@@lizards4nerds the dawgs representing

[@atho_s]

Mssp is my favorite podcast but ct was funnier

[@StephenElkinsND]

@@lizards4nerds drop the actual podcast?

[@lizards4nerds]

@@StephenElkinsND lol its called Matt and shanes secret podcast

[@jkol323]

Because of Nick

[@girthbrooks1708]

Man, i love cumtown lol i heard stav quit the show because he had to be dropped from a plane into a building in ukraine

[@laughslapproductions4690]

Funnier than anything the cumin boys have ever said

[@beerkegaard]

Nick Mullen made Stav's career.

[@breakfastenjoyer]

dudes career was stagnant till he started touring and posting content on his YT. Being Nick Mullen’s laugh track paid the bills but you Nick dickriders will say he’s the grand orchestrator for Stavs career when he can barely successfully manage his own. The same audience that got Nick cancelled on a superbowl commercial got Stav famous? get real

[@granthall9764]

idk man i found him on toadphd never heard of nick mullen.

[@jœyBagg]

Nick made both of those idiots careers lol

[@thegreatpiginthesky3904]

Nice Mullen is Jesus. Stav is just fat and gay

[@Murdock_]

@@granthall9764 same, i had no idea who nick mullen was until i was watching one of stav's covid podcasts and saw the tired "nick mullen made you" comments

[@mickthetic]

Comparing goddamn king and the sting to cumtown is an affront to humanity lol

[@jonsteward6608]

He didn’t compare it. He related to it.

[@tylerscott445]

Yeah, King and the Sting was better

[@BigShaneGillis]

I’d take Theo over Stavros 100/10

[@ClintEatswood]

@@BigShaneGillis me too but brendan schlub makes it unbearable. and cumtown was great.

[@tateflorell2751]

@@tylerscott445 r u high?

[@SticksAandstonesBozo]

He’s never once been honest about it.

[@TJDJ-2003]

Fr

[@martymcsupafly22]

Stav wouldn’t be shit without Nick

[@brock2thelee]

This feels like your mom trying to explain that her and your dad “wanting different things out of life” was the reason they got divorced.

[@andrewg3196]

Yeah you definitely don't have an unhealthy parasocial relationship with these complete strangers

[@Loe_Jist]

I felt similarly after Opie & Anthony ended. It was like "how can we fix this to get it back to what it was?" It didn't happen and I don't expect Nick and Stav to get back together either. Stav has blown the fuck up. But he clearly didn't/doesn't want to be affiliated with "Cumtown" and part of a show where he's clearly being comedically dwarfed by Nick. Stav only really started to pop when he put in effort and hired a social media team last year to push his stuff online. His special came out on KZbin and it was decent compared to the sea of bad stand-up out there nowadays. For years he was basically tethered to Nick. His laugh is contagious, his energy is fun and relaxed, his look is unique, and he's pretty good at stand-up. I'm just disappointed with how it all ended and how there's obviously some bad blood between Nick and Stav that they refuse to talk about. Plus, I did resent how Stav phoned it in and didn't try to pivot Cumtown into something different so that it didn't need to end. TAFS isn't very funny and it's too low energy. Stav's show seems like every other mediocre LA style comedy podcast out there nowadays because he clearly just wants to be famous even if it isn't unique or authentic. Nick needs a good support player to help steer him. Stav is a good support player but not a convincing show runner.

[@andrewg3196]

@@Loe_Jist I hope you're getting paid to write all that shit that no one will ever read

[@gustawbobowski1333]

@@Loe_Jist Stav's "unique look" is being a personification of diabetes.

[@modelchanger1332]

@@gustawbobowski1333 Stav is so fat he has triabetes

[@larry3847]

Stav peaked with cumtown. It's a shame tens of thousands of dollars per month, a loyal fan base and best pals weren't enough for him.

[@tauruschorus]

Damn this comment made me kinda straight - I mean sad 😞

[@tonyvilla3]

You mean nick peaked with cuntown

[@lesedimakeketa5683]

This is hilarious a year later

[@bear8256]

Stav thinks he’s funnier than he really is! Nick was cumtown and Stav just added the fuel for Nick to go off. Plus nick was right about Stav eating himself to death...

[@automaticshelter130]

yeah... stav apparently left because nick was concerned about his weight. it’s hard to watch people you love hurt themselves.

[@Lord_Pilaf]

Stav is trying to work out more at least

[@Loe_Jist]

Stav is hedonistic. He likes food, fame, pussy, and indulgence.

[@thenoodledrop]

Stavs been saying he’s gonna “get back into working out” since 2018.

[@Lord_Pilaf]

@@thenoodledrop Yeah true lmao

[@fartinlutherkingjr7335]

What sucks is trying to listen to ANY podcast after Cumtown. CT felt raw and fun. Those 3 complimented each other in ways they probably wouldnt like to acknowledge. It’s like the autism puzzle piece finding its spot

[@josejaimes-ramos1546]

Try Pendejo time.

[@STSGuitar16]

I’m sorry, but there is nothing any podcaster can say that will make me feel bad for their workload. When you’re making hundreds of thousands of dollars per year to talk into a mic with your friends for a few hours every week, you’ve got it fcking made and have no room to complain at all. You’re living life on full easy mode.

[@LucDuke69]

Thousand island stare will forever be his greatest work.

[@cogtroper]

The pinnacle of fatness

[@Marfmellow88]

I died at this part. Theo realizing who Stav is and Stav cackling at the highest register was SO freaking funny!!!

[@fuckcensorship69]

fatties laugh is sooooo annoying

[@NogGonnaMakeIt]

This is a Stavros fan. Unreal

[@Marfmellow88]

@@NogGonnaMakeIt A bitter cum town fan, shocker.

[@FowlPlaya]

SO freaking funny!!!

[@rcco4556]

@@NogGonnaMakeIt they're all identical to this

[@tommymurphy6753]

Lets be real, Stavros wasnt exactly the reason anyone listened to the show

[@notstrong5789]

Nah and his "crowd work clips" aren't keeping the bills paid. Here he goes podcasting again.

[@3point1.2]

Stav and nick riffing off each other was the reason I listened. Adam just isn't able to keep nick going like stav did.

[@FRMOutsideSpace]

​@@3point1.2yea I like nick and stav more than Adam, u don't really think he's that funny

[@Nibtarr]

​@FRMOutsideSpace tf are you talking about? Adam sets Nick up for some of the greatest deliveries, Stav just cackles and says gay things lol

[@FRMOutsideSpace]

@@Nibtarr no, it's 50/50 there's times where Adam just isn't funny at all

[@CalvoutsClips]

That laugh reminds me of the witch my mom puts on her front porch for Halloween

[@juleswoodbury58]

Stavros is gonna be the first guy doing stand up sitting down.

[@thestonecanoe3159]

Stav looks like a person who sweats when they eat.

[@mememachinefixed5317]

Dude looks like he came straight out of a Miami vice episode

[@ondemandslapperandclapper]

@@mememachinefixed5317seen this one twice now, you’re proud of that line ain’t you

[@mememachinefixed5317]

@@ondemandslapperandclapper yeas 😁 gotta raise awareness

[@Daddy_Bear_722]

Homie looks like he's never not sweating

[@tds7078]

The idea of Theo Von listening to Cumtown warms my heart.

[@davesprivatelounge]

0:35 I lost it at that sincere "and I've been looking for him"

[@TylerDaleJr.McCarty]

The cum boys having their own separate shows is a blessing to the masses. There's so much more content to consume and it's all so good. Furthermore, I think everyone should be pleased that I am, in fact, gay.

[@Gr33ntan]

Congratulations friend. Must feel great to come out. I wish for you all the best, keep going where you’re going and I’ll keep living my life as I am as well, which is indeed, a gay man.

[@dogchaser520]

Out of curiosity, which of you fellow gay men have below-average-sized genitalia? Asking for a friend

[@BigShaneGillis]

Shut up Stav

[@Flameb0]

tafs sucks tho

[@ojpimpson3343]

​@@Gr33ntan AND @Tyler McCarty...Congratulations my good friends, it must feel great to come out! You keep living how your living and I'll keep driving down this long road holding hands with a handsome man, because I in fact, am a gay man myself.

[@TerexJ]

He "worked" for roughly two hours a week telling dick jokes with his friends making hundreds of thousands of dollars a year. How do you get burnt out of that? I think he just doesn't want to acknowledge that he made a bad decision.

[@Loe_Jist]

He wants to be famous and more mainstream palatable. Cumtown may be the funniest podcast of all time but it's definitely not appealing to a mainstream audience nowadays. It's everything that woke twitter and the progressive left hates in comedy. Stav wants to be a star and he couldn't do it while on a show based on crude, lowbrow, politically incorrect gay jokes. Plus, he couldn't show off his comedic ability when he was second mic (and basically a laugh track) to the funniest comedian in broadcasting. He'd never be able to keep up with Nick. He also couldn't stand the Cumtown fans by the end. He wanted a broader, sexier, more normal demographic than just 18-35 year old white dudes who like gay sex jokes. No matter what Stav says, remember this: the problem was NEVER the "work" involved. It was the promise of more money and being the star rather than the second mic. He wants fame and pussy. He'll never openly admit it, but it's obvious that he decided to leave Cumtown asap after his special so he could strike while the iron was hot. He claims he doesn't like doing those jokes anymore? That's bullshit. Comedians have done plenty of vulgar, politically incorrect, edgy jokes deep into their careers and made serious bank. Watch his stand-up and crowd work. It's filled with the same style of humor. He just avoids making as many race, trans, women bashing, and yes...even gay jokes. Nothing he claims about why he left Cumtown holds up.

[@bekahviolet]

@@Loe_Jist100% nailed it.

[@laughslapproductions4690]

Living the dream the guy is immensely lucky

[@tonyvilla3]

lol ur delusional he’s more successful than ever

[@swolldobby3940]

Quits cum town because he doesn't want to do podcasts anymore. Immediately starts his own podcast after.

[@Loe_Jist]

Everyone could tell right from the start that "tired of podcasting" wasn't the real reason. It's as if Cobain hadn't killed himself and Grohl wanted to be a star on his own but couldn't do it in Nirvana because he'd always be overshadowed by Cobain's talent. Instead, he starts an okay band called Foo Fighters and does well because most of the competition isn't very good. Grohl does well, but he'll never be what Cobain was. He owes his entire career to him. Grohl never would've been able to shine on his own if Cobain hadn't died and Nirvana had stayed together. Same goes for Stav and Nick.

[@timothylikesbeerandbread]

Crazy to think being “the cumtown guy” was a bad thing in his head. Not like it was netting him 135k a year earning 1200ish an hour or was wildly popular garnering literally millions of listeners 🤦

[@Blashmack]

Nah, always think of the future, Stav knew the gravy train would stop some day and he really doesn't want to be the cum town guy then

[@adambauer3424]

He made WAY more than $135k

[@thenowhereman4299]

It completely worked out for him though. The other day a Greek friend of mine was like "Hey let me show you this hilarious new Greek comedian".

[@Brumsly]

@@thenowhereman4299 Who cares what Greek people have to say, they’re Greek.

[@Secondplanetfromthesun]

Just say you miss your friendship simulator

[@MoxFulder92]

Im sick to death of comedians equating joining the Rogan-sphere with "making it", or "blowing up". I get that artists, and people in general like money, but Cumtown was literally just funny for the sake of it, and that was why we loved it. I know Im waxing poetic about impression-based comedy, and gay song parodies, but there was something genuinely beautiful about it at it's peak.

[@MoxFulder92]

Nick Mullen, and Mike David are the only two free men in comedy, and its not even close. This doesn't even feel like the same medium anymore.

[@buckyhurdle4776]

Its pretty fair to say at this point that Rogan's goon squad isn't funny and they can barely be considered comedians anymore. Does anyone watch Rogan because they think the JRE is genuinely funny? Its just background noise

[@popcorn8743]

@@buckyhurdle4776 was it ever meant to be funny? Joe Rogan is a comedian sure but he generally shuts it down right away when someone tries to do a bit on his show

[@popcorn8743]

Right? I don't listen to comedian episodes anymore unless it's like Louie or Dave Chappelle tier

[@zachmalone428]

Yes, I hate that Stav left Cumtown and some of the best episodes were Nick and Stav as a nice change of pace. I just wish Stav would've strayed from the Rogan sphere. Its just not funny IMO and everyone is just trying to get Stav to become the next piece in that. The fact Bert can sell out stadiums is by far a perfect indication at where comedy is. I'm an idiot and I have no shirt....WOW the next Richard Pryor. I'm genuinely not excited about comedy at this moment. How many times do I have to hear a trans joke and then someone saying that its dumb? They go on and on about all this PC shit and that's all their special is about.

[@DeadGlassEyes]

Their take on Rainman is simply amazing, I've watched that video too many times.

[@chrislebrato2341]

Nick’s take Correction

[@galanopouloc]

The RoboCop Batman take will forever be a classic

[@chip2492]

Funniest podcasters: 1) Nick Mullen 2) Tim Dillon 3) Shane Gillis

[@Scrowlock12]

I would switch 2 and 3. Back in the day Tim Dillion for sure but now I don't know.

[@SkoolNerds]

What about Andrew spade and William mckusker?

[@thegreatpiginthesky3904]

@@Scrowlock12 yeah Tim kind of sucks now. Ego is bigger than his fat belly

[@WKPlugins]

Matt McCusker #1

[@AN-hv1vm]

1) Theo

[@taylorade08]

I love how stav immediately tried to change the subject

[@ODINxMOON]

If Stav is Opie and Nick is Ant than Adam is Patrice by default

[@popcorn8743]

This would make Adam really happy if he. Saw it........we can not allow that to happen

[@hithere4719]

You’re thinking of Cool Adam. Adam is the little bug eating dust on the window sill.

[@nathanmackinnon7405]

a fucked up ladybug that gets stuck in spiderwebs and eaten by korean spiders isn’t comparable to patrice in the slightest

[@sarahhughes4437]

Patrice died from being fat. Doesn't that make Stav Patrice?

[@bear8256]

Adam is Patrice???? Not only r u Not Gay, ur stupid!

[@Kid_Ikaris]

Two bros who left their other bros behind just broing it out. Kind of beautiful. Stavros gets his moment in the sun. Nick proved he and Adam are geniuses even without Stavros. Gringo Poppi deals with suicidal ideation now, but otherwise it really worked out for the best.

[@jackallenproductions]

See, I would have said outside of Stav getting his moment in the sun, it really worked out for the best.

[@plgfritz]

"The Praxis of Not Having Sex" is one of the greatest podcast episodes of all podcasts.

[@shepherdosterompton]

stav was exhausted from being Nick's personal laugh track

[@sharttank5999]

That hair looks like he's eating the chemo with shake shack.

[@terryhamilton2.0]

Thousand island stare

[@garlandtx10]

It's because Stav couldn't handle being told the truth by people that cared about him and his health.

[@grahamdixon1699]

Nick really was right, he's never gonna lose weight

[@Elriuhilu]

I think of Stavros Halkias as "the other guy from Cumtown, who laughs when Nick Mullen says anything."

[@jocularsolid]

Never gonna forgive stav for breaking up cumtown

[@sillygoose4472]

Cumtown sucked.

[@davidperez5089]

Same goes for Dan and the Bonfire.

[@Kreamstar]

agreed

[@FumblsTheSniper]

I appreciate he wanted to work on his career but I think he knew trying to do both would be unfair to Nick and Adam. They both put a lot of work into TAFS that I doubt Stavros would have had the time or motivation to do.

[@dogchaser520]

Someone had to do it. Those last episodes were absolute garbage

[@Oz.Konnor]

“It’s nice to just be the only one who has to schedule anything”… righto Fatty, Nic did everything for C Town. I’d love a list of things you organised/ schedules besides getting things to eat

[@laughslapproductions4690]

Haha he really is fat

[@BoneBundler]

He did create the breakfast sandwich bit tho 😀

[@Aaron19987]

First comment that will predictably end in “also I’m gay” Also I’m gay

[@pab1381]

Dude I love that podcast. It makes me cry laughing. Especially Nicks Chinese impressions and their jackass bit.

[@mitchellbowman22]

Ever hear nicks jack skellington/nightmare before Christmas bit? He makes himself laugh so hard he is crying. It’s so damn funny

[@pab1381]

@@mitchellbowman22 I’m gonna check that out right now actually lol. Their humor is the best. Aren’t afraid to be ridiculous lol

[@pikachuuprising637]

1:46 I miss that laugh after Nick's jokes .

[@RedPandaMooneyYum]

Fr fr

[@Ajox191]

I'm not sure if anyone has noticed this but Stav has actually gotten bigger since he started training with his brother on his vlog.

[@mykelmellen2378]

Muscle develops under fat, some of that is to be expected when making gains. (Yeah, he probably isn't hitting a caloric deficit though 😂) Hopefully he sticks with it, the worst thing you can do is be obese and not AT LEAST lift weights. Lol

[@greggoat6570]

Yeah Stav is going to work out with Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny and he will be in great shape by the end of 2024, totally, sure, absolutely.

[@Lucas-qo5go]

Nick said the show was stale and they wanted to end it anyway at the end of the year and stav wanted to take a break and Nick said just bounce now. I think stav says it a little less direct as not to disrespect anyone involved.

[@ChipsChallenge95]

He wanted more mainstream attention, and he knew cumtown was too edgy

[@nicheman3612]

Yeah and what? I'm a big cumboi but don't see why so many fans need to get so clingy. If someone who gave me hours and hours of entertainment wants to try a different lane, then good for him. There's still so many hours of Cum Town in the archive that I'll never get tired of. Stav is a good guy and only a malformed, emotionally retarded weirdo would begrudge him doing something fresh if it makes him happy.

[@DS-gc7vg]

Glad to see Stav finally got in shape.

[@Beefytony]

Cumtown is the peak of comedic podcasts, it's phenomenal I miss stav and his thousand island stare. I love TAFS and I'm glad stavybaby is killing it

[@averysahara8852]

Isn’t nick with the thousand island stare?

[@MinorityRespecter88]

TAFS is so fucking boring 😭

[@teehubruum6844]

Stav isn't killing anything but his body

[@thatsnodildo1974]

'Waaa podcasting is so hard' ya bro its so hard getting up late or staying up late and talking about stuff and being funny is sooo hard.

[@robertdowneypeenis6139]

His cheeks get flushed when he's asked why it ended

[@Pass____over]

Stav’s most useful skill, the only thing that warranted him a place on cum town, was his ability to give nick riff fuel. I think he really does understand the spiritual essence of nick’s style of comedy and combined with a personal rapport he’s able to get good content out of nick and often enhance it. You don’t get much closer to living in someone’s shadow than that. $300k a year is a lot but I can understand how unfulfilling and boring that could be for him. His stand up sucks though and I don’t think he’s proven himself to really be a good comic in ways nick has. Time will tell. As he drifts farther from the CumVerse and seeps deeper into the normie world of KZbinShorts-baiting crowdwork, he’ll eventually reach a point where he’s so far removed from cum town and so entrenched in this normieverse that he’ll become susceptible to cancellation because his old fan base, who wouldn’t care about his crudeness, has been entirely displaced and supplanted by new kids.

[@azadice3534]

He is a decent comedian, especially compared to the riff raff scum around now. That said you are right that he really did play of Nick really well and that dynamic created cum town. Still I have great faith in our hero ,cool Adam, the show is great...... podcast is dog shit

[@thepoltergeizzt]

you on the spectrum by any chance?

[@Pass____over]

@@thepoltergeizzt No retard

[@JavierHernandez-fq4hu]

I fucking hate you now lmao. How are you gonna put the word *cumverse* into my vocabulary!?

[@ethaneldredge3994]

Lmao you think he's not a good stand up? Is that why his clips are doing so well and the new pod? Nick Mullen can be funny but he barely puts anything out and he's such a bitter asshole

[@dustymiller7120]

We will only learn one side of the truth in 15 years when Adam writes a memoir

[@arturobandini4078]

Called "La Femme Du Temps De Quois"

[@YourPalHDee]

"A Bug's Life 2"

[@grapesoftime]

Stav really just looked straight into his eyes and said "bro you worked with Brendan Schaub, don't give me shit"

[@B_Don99]

Crazy to think this dude left $23,000 a month on the table when all he had to do was laugh at Nick Mullen for 2 hours a week.

[@Notjay95]

Stavy to cumtown was the Ben Avery to Tim dillon. Neither show can exist without them. Their uncontrolled laughter was the fuel for nick and Tim’s rants.

[@zeebart7523]

Great comparison!

[@ericclaptonsrobotpilot7276]

Except Lemon Party is actually funny. Stav has yet to make me laugh since he left.

[@Notjay95]

@@ericclaptonsrobotpilot7276 yeah Ben is legit funny. I’m only mad at stav for making me have to listen to that idiot Adam more

[@ericclaptonsrobotpilot7276]

@@Notjay95 Tim has just stopped trying. That’s what happens to artists when they scare their muse away.

[@Max-bf8uf]

Lemon party is just as funny as Tim dillions podcasts ever were. I think I actually prefer lemon party

[@Thaustralia]

Bro how is the world trying to act like cumtown never existed and how is stav going to act like his career would even exist without that show

[@nicheman3612]

You can't have it both ways: you guys can't say he's completely sold out to normies (i.e. a completely different audience) and then say he owes all his success implicitly to you as an audience member of cum town. Don't be lame. Be happy if Stav is happy. There's still hours and hours of Cumtown that I will never get tired of.

[@artaxAF]

Stav owes his entire career to Nick Mullen, and he completely turned his (very large) back on him so he could sell out in Hollywood, and now refuses to associate with him in public. Stav is not a good person.

[@tonyvilla3]

Stav will be more successful than nick and to me that’s hilarious

[@artaxAF]

@@tonyvilla3 define "successful"

[@tonyvilla3]

@@artaxAF why

[@tonyvilla3]

@P0wFish his stand up is better than nicks but that’s just opinion and you have zero idea what happened behind the scenes and stop pretending you do

[@artaxAF]

@@tonyvilla3 that's what I thought

[@stackmanification]

"and I've been looking for him," is a rather sweet sentiment

[@cicolasnage5684]

I swear stavros, how can a dude in his 30s in 2024 look like a dude in his late 40s in 1987?!

[@promark5317]

Norm Macdonald Live and Cumtown are two of the best podcasts of all time.

[@ObscureBalls]

Both shows are in my Top 2.

[@whoishamilton]

Still got that thousand island stare

[@privatebandana]

Cumtown is legendary and will forever stay the best comedy podcast ever.