My Brother, My Brother and Me

My Brother, My Brother and Me (often abbreviated as MBMBaM, pronounced ) is a weekly comedy advice podcast distributed by the Maximum Fun network and hosted by brothers Justin, Travis, and Griffin McElroy. Regular episodes of the podcast feature the brothers comedically providing answers to questions either submitted by listeners or found on the Yahoo! Answers service.
The show was independently produced and released by the McElroy brothers from April 2010 until joining the Maximum Fun network of podcasts in January 2011. In 2010, the show was consistently listed among the top 10 comedy podcasts on iTunes. Writing for "The A.V. Club", critics David Anthony and Colin Griffith both counted "MBMBaM" as one of their top 10 podcasts of 2012. A TV series based on the podcast premiered on Seeso in February 2017 and is currently hosted on VRV.
Format.
Each week the McElroy brothers alternate between answering questions that have been directly submitted by listeners and questions that listeners have found on Yahoo! Answers. The second type of question is usually referred to by the brothers as a "Yahoo." Both kinds of questions will usually prompt the hosts into long humorous discussions.
For the first 37 episodes, the show's theme song was "Take a Chance on Me" by ABBA, while "Root to This" by Fear of Pop and later "Play Your Part (Pt. 2)" by Girl Talk were used as closing themes. "(It's a) Departure" by John Roderick & The Long Winters (from the album "Putting the Days to Bed") served as the theme song for "My Brother, My Brother and Me" from the January 17, 2011, episode "The Brain Wife" (the show's first with the Maximum Fun network) to the January 4, 2021, episode "The Naming of 2021." Due to Roderick's conduct surrounding the controversy over the musician's Twitter posting history, the show's official Twitter account announced that "(It's a) Departure" would no longer be used by the podcast as of January 3, 2021. 
From episodes 542 to 551, the show used the theme song from "Rugrats", featuring lyrics sung by Griffin, as a placeholder for both the opening and ending theme. This was replaced in episode 552 with "My Life is Better With You", which was written by Montaigne for the show.
Recurring segments.
Beyond the typical format of humorously answering questions from users and from Yahoo Answers, the brothers host different recurring special segments, which are included randomly in episodes. Most live shows tend to include at least one occurrence of a special segment, such as Munch Squad or Haunted Doll Watch. Segments include:
Special episodes.
Episodes of the show are occasionally performed and recorded in front of live audiences at venues in cities such as Los Angeles, New York City and Huntington; the format remains the same, including recurring segments such as Munch Squad, with the addition of a section where the brothers take questions from the audience. A special episode called "The Adventure Zone" was released on August 18, 2014, shortly after Justin and his wife Sydnee had a baby. It featured the brothers playing a game of "Dungeons & Dragons" with their father, Clint McElroy. "The Adventure Zone" was later spun off into its own podcast on the Maximum Fun network.
Philanthropy.
Over its history, the show has engaged its fans to support charities in their hometown of Huntington, West Virginia. In 2014, the show spawned a campaign among fans called MBMBaM Angels, in which fans of the show would buy requested items from the "Empty Stockings" list published by Huntington's Herald-Dispatch. In 2020, the campaign raised over $23,000. 
In 2020, the brothers sold a sign from their short-lived television show online, raising $3,200 for the local Habitat for Humanity branch.
The brothers also host a live show every year for "Candlenights," a fictional holiday. The show is normally held in-person in Huntington, is also a major fundraiser. Past shows have supported Recovery Point, a local recovery center for those recovering from addiction, and Big Brothers Big Sisters of South Central West Virginia. The 2019 show at the Keith-Albee Theatre in Huntington raised $46,000 for Harmony House, a local organization helping the homeless in Cabell County, West Virginia. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 Candlenights show was moved from in-person to an online on-demand event. While the executive director of Harmony House expected the online show to raise half of the 2019 total, the show raised over $200,000 for the organization. Additionally, Justin McElroy's wife, and mother-in-law directly volunteer with the organization.
Guests.
The show occasionally features guest experts (referred to as "guestsperts") who help the McElroy brothers answer questions. Notable past guests include:
Episode 400 featured a number of celebrity guests, including Miranda, Buffet, Henner, Ethan Suplee, Corey Cott, Steve Kroft, Brenda Vaccaro, and Al Roker. That episode also featured Matt Doyle as part of a running joke about Justin's inability to recognize the actor, which was resurrected when he appeared onstage at the beginning of a live show in Brooklyn in 2019.
TV show.
A television series based on the podcast was ordered for NBC's Seeso video streaming platform. Filming took place for three weeks during September 2016 in the McElroys' hometown of Huntington, West Virginia, with most of the episodes featuring scenes with their father Clint McElroy and mayor Stephen T. Williams. "(It's a) Departure" by John Roderick and the Long Winters was retained as the theme song for the television series. The show ran for six episodes, all of which were released via Seeso on February 23, 2017.
In June 2017, the series was sold to Otter Media for its streaming service VRV, alongside other former Seeso programs including "HarmonQuest".
The metal sign with the show's logo used in the primary set was auctioned off for charity in July 2020.