Dwarf Zombies, The 999 Challenge & The Kick That Saved A Life | Heightened Babble Ep 45

Brad Williams and JB Ball open Episode 45 hyping Jay-Z's Super Bowl halftime show and guessing surprise guests, before covering National Vanilla Cupcake Day, Sesame Street Day, and Area Code Day (cue a Ludacris tangent). The real highlight is Tracy Morgan's birthday, sparking Tracy legend stories and a love letter to superfans like Spike Lee, Jack Nicholson, and the viral "Front Row Amy." After tour and Patreon shoutouts, First Class Mail kicks off with listeners pushing for more inclusive zombie-movie representation.

Brad revisits his worst wedding stand-up set, only for JB to top it with a disastrous gig at a nudist resort. Listener wedding stories follow — a mistimed fart, "HELP ME" groom shoes, and a hula-dancing groom stealing his own wedding — plus the "999 Challenge" and a run of brutal one-star reviews, capped by someone's one-star review of the moon.

Two Tall Tales starts with this year's funniest college basketball names, honoring Brad's late father's love of odd sports names. The headline story: a Giants fan laughed so hard at a botched field goal that it triggered a seizure, leading doctors to find and remove a brain tumor.

The hosts riff on classic NFL blunders before swapping rescue stories of their own — JB saving a drowning kid, Brad pulling a girlfriend off a pool ledge, and a neighbor fending off a dog with a sword — before wrapping with calls for weird family names and more "saved a life" stories. Chapter Markers00:00 – Cold open: Sesame Street Day & moon review tease02:25 – Welcome back & episode intro02:54 – Jay-Z Super Bowl halftime show talk06:23 – Vanilla Cupcake Day, Sesame Street Day & Area Code Day09:48 – Tracy Morgan's birthday & MSG legend12:20 – NBA/MLB superfans & Front Row Amy16:08 – Tour dates & social media plugs19:48 – Patreon shoutouts & executive producers21:18 – First Class Mail begins: dwarf zombies follow-up24:15 – Brad's worst wedding stand-up gig26:51 – JB's nudist resort disaster set29:48 – Listener story: the mystery fart30:47 – Listener story: wedding shoe prank32:42 – Listener story: bartender & hula groom38:40 – The 999 Challenge40:12 – One-star reviews: Sistine Chapel & Cowboys46:58 – One-star review of the moon47:55 – Two Tall Tales intro & birth announcement52:33 – Funniest college basketball names58:56 – Birth announcement fallout1:00:46 – Weirdest family names1:04:18 – Producer Isaac's pastor story1:05:29 – The missed kick that saved a life1:17:12 – Pool-rescue stories1:19:51 – Sword-vs-dog hero story1:20:08 – Episode recap1:23:41 – Closing plugs & outroHeightened Babble is what happens when two stand-up comedians who couldn’t be built more differently take on the world one ridiculous conversation at a time.

From comedy and culture to debates, disagreements, and pure nonsense, Brad Willams and JB Ball elevate the art of running their mouths. If you want a comedy podcast that’s unpredictable, unfiltered, and undeniably entertaining, welcome to Heightened BabbleFollow us on social media!Instagram: YouTube: @BradWilliamsComedy Brad's Instagram: Instagram: #comedy #comedian #comedians #funny #podcastclips