An Ode to the Comedy Stylings of Mark Rennie

Today I want to take my time and give Mark Rennie his flowers. For those that may not know who Mark Rennie is, he is a comedy writer. He has done stuff for UCB, he was a writer for "Gay of Thrones" and he did stuff for the game show "This Might Get..." among other things.

Where I was introduced to Rennie was through the world of podcasts. I would hear him pop up on random shows and he always made me laugh. Then I became a patreon member of CBB World and Mark Rennie started popping up more and more. Where I became most aware of him was on the podcast, "Eat Pray Dunk". This is the podcast hosted by Bill Walton, played by Dan Lippert. Bill Walton goes on a tour of the world and Mark Rennie plays his companion and assistant. I saw Lippert play Walton live on stage in 2023, so I knew a little about his characterization of Walton. Rennie was a revelation for me. He is so, so funny. The quips and one liners he comes up with make me laugh very hard. I listen to the episodes when I'm running sometimes, and when Rennie is in his bag I have to really slow down because I am cracking up and it messes with my rhythm, in all the right ways. Whenever there's a new episode of "Eat Pray Dunk" I get giddy because I know Rennie is going to appear and he is undoubtedly going to make me laugh. He is so funny that even Lippert cannot control his laughter while they're recording. He will slip into laughter and then slip back into his Bill Walton character still laughing. The two of them have such great chemistry, and while I went to this podcast for Lippert at first, it has become all about Mark Rennie's appearances. I find him to be so goddamn funny on this show.

Today I was listening to the most recent episode of "Doughboys" and Rennie was their guest. This was great for me. As much as I love "Doughboys", the addition of Rennie made me so psyched to hear it. And of course he has been delivering over and over again. Even when they get into talking about Rennie's surgery, Rennie finds a way to make it funny. I couldn’t believe I found myself laughing at his horrible ordeal, but he was the one making the jokes and they were damn good jokes. He has also been at the top of his game with joke add ons and he is making Nick Wiger and Mike Mitchell laugh as much as he makes Dan Lippert laugh. It makes me so happy that he is so consistent and so funny and just about as reliable as it comes to having a guest on a comedy podcast.

Rennie’s appearances do not stop at "Doughboys". He's been on Wiger's other podcast, "Get Played". He does a bunch of movie podcast appearances because he is considered a movie buff. He worked with Lippert prior on "Mandog Podcast". He has been on "The Neighborhood Listen" and he has hosted podcasts of his own, most notably "Two Old Queens". I know him from "Eat Pray Dunk" and "Doughboys". I would love to hear him on "How Did This Get Made", if he hasn't already been on before. And even though I haven't heard his other appearances on multiple shows, I bet he is hilarious in each one of them. I will most likely dive deeper into the podcasts he hosts, but until then I have "Eat Pray Dunk" to hold me over, and this most recent of "Doughboys", which I have about 30 minutes left.

If you enjoy the comedy I write and talk about, do yourself a favor and search out Mark Rennie. He is one of the best in comedy podcasts and he is as reliable as they come. 

Ty is the Pop Culture editor for SeedSing and the other host of the X Millennial Man Podcast.

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