Comedian Mike Drucker on the craziest day of his career

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The Craziest Day of My Entire Career is a segment where folks join us to talk about some truly unbelievable stories from the entertainment industry.

This time around, we’re joined by comedian and writer Mike Drucker. He recently wrote the book Good Game, No Rematch: A Life Made of Video Games. It’s part memoir, part exploration of the history of video games – a topic about which Drucker knows and cares deeply.

Mike has had his fair share of crazy days – he’s written for Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, Bill Nye Saves The World, Adam Ruins Everything, and Saturday Night Live. As a standup he’s toured the country and played more venues than he can count.

But for the craziest day of Mike Drucker’s career? It all comes back to video games. It all happened at a paintball game when he was working for a little company called Nintendo.

Good Game, No Rematch by Mike Drucker is out now.

In this episode...

Jesse Thorn

Host

Kevin Ferguson

Senior Producer

Jesus Ambrosio

Producer

Richard Robey

Maximum Fun Producer

Daniel Huecias

Maximum Fun Production Fellow

Daniel Arón Speer

Video Editor

Hannah Moroz

Maximum Fun Production Fellow

Guests

Mike Drucker

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