Fear Factor
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Sep 22, 2026
Frank SantopadreHOST
He appeared as a correspondent on The Daily Show and as the creator and the host of that show's public access segment.
Frank SantopadreHOST
And he was a founding producer on NBC's Fear Factor, as we just discussed, creating and producing challenges involving creepy crawlies and unusual delicacies.
Frank SantopadreHOST
But his most significant contribution to popular culture is his work as the creator and host of MTV's critically acclaimed Oddville and as the much-loved, greatly missed host of New York City's cable access show Beyond Vaudeville, which we love to talk about on this podcast.
Frank SantopadreHOST
which featured interviews with just to name a few.
Tana MongeauHOST
Which I think is- People are gonna think
Imari StewartGUEST
we're like going on Fear Factor.
Tana MongeauHOST
It's honestly kind of giving that.
Tana MongeauHOST
It really is.
Jeffrey DubowHOST
Yeah.
Jose BolanosPANELIST
You should've been on Fear Factor.
Jose BolanosPANELIST
It takes a special kind of person.
BrookeHOST
Um.
Mason GriffinGUEST
I feel old when you have to explain what a program is.
Mason GriffinGUEST
But Fear Factor, remember Fear Factor? I'm not that old.
Mason GriffinGUEST
Yeah, maybe half of the people.
Mason GriffinGUEST
Fear Factor, they used to do crazy things and eat some stuff.
Mason GriffinGUEST
I think it was more like, I think half of them would be more like gross factor.
Mason GriffinGUEST
It's just like, I wouldn't eat it because it's gross.
Mason GriffinGUEST
You know, that sort of, but Fear Factor.
Mason GriffinGUEST
And at the end of it, when they, whoever won, they're like, clearly fear is not a factor for you.
Ken ReidHOST
Yeah.
Ken ReidHOST
Yeah, it was really Fear Factor that I think probably somehow got him a career, because, man, he's a bad
Dan BulgerGUEST
stand-up.
Dan BulgerGUEST
Well, Fear Factor plus the UFC.
Ken ReidHOST
Yeah, I guess.
Ken ReidHOST
The UFC was still pretty not- And then one of
Tom HammondHOST
Monday night at 8, 7 Central on NBC.
Tom HammondHOST
Don't miss a wild new Fear Factor followed by the hot new drama Las Vegas.
Tom HammondHOST
That's Monday night at 8, 7 Central on NBC.
Tom HammondHOST
See the other scorers going by today, college football, Pete Carroll.
GiordanoHOST
He had no acting experience.
GiordanoHOST
All of a sudden, it's just cast on news radio, becomes the host of Fear Factor.
GiordanoHOST
And he said throughout his career, like, I took those jobs so that I could support myself as a stand up comedian.
BenHOST
Crazy, crazy cart before the horse mentality.
Freddy GGUEST
He's not quite a billionaire yet, but he's worth hundreds of millions.
Freddy GGUEST
He obviously gets a lot of money from Spotify also.
Freddy GGUEST
we're seeing the beginnings in the 2000s of him amassing a great fortune and obviously fear factor is a big key and he has to address that he's sick of people only knowing him from fear factor in one of his specials that he does in the mid-2000s
GiordanoHOST
so on it i've heard of before because people that he had had on a show started chilling it after but does
Noah StrackbeinHOST
I'm gonna enjoy it.
Noah StrackbeinHOST
Did you ever watch Fear Factor growing up?
Jacob PunturiHOST
Uh, tried to, not, not a fan of that.
Noah StrackbeinHOST
Nope.
Noah StrackbeinHOST
That's the, I looked at it the same way.
Jacob PunturiHOST
Mm-hmm.
Noah StrackbeinHOST
It's, that's how, it's today's Fear Factor.
Noah StrackbeinHOST
Just a bunch of dumb people doing dumb things for money.
DardarHOST
It was.
DardarHOST
With all the Fear Factor people by the AIs.
DardarHOST
I don't know if we answered those questions for the audience, but certainly I have more comfort level being talking to an AI now than I did before.
DardarHOST
More understanding than I did before.
Jeffrey DubowHOST
[laughs]
Jose BolanosPANELIST
You should've been on Fear Factor.
Jose BolanosPANELIST
It takes a special kind of person.
Brooke FoxHOST
Oh.
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