One-Punch Man
2015 Series
Bumping Mics with Jeff Ross & Dave Attell
2018
Ended • 1 Season • 3 Episodes
Director: Andrew Jarecki
Overview
When Jeff Ross and Dave Attell take the stage, no one is safe. With the help of special guests, they're packing a lot of laughs into one epic weekend.
Seasons
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 1 season
- Episodes
- 3 episodes
- First aired
- Nov 27, 2018
Reviews
4 min readThe Last Laugh in a Room Full of Jokes
I’ve always thought the best comedy isn’t about the jokes—it’s about the room. The way the air hums when a crowd leans in, the collective exhale after a punchline lands, the unspoken agreement that, for these 45 minutes, we’re all in on the same secret. Bumping Mics with Jeff Ross & Dave Attell understands this better than most. It’s not a show about two comedians telling jokes; it’s a show about two comedians being jokes—loud, unfiltered, and gloriously unapologetic.
The premise is simple: Jeff Ross and Dave Attell, two veterans of the stand-up circuit, take over a comedy club for a weekend and invite a rotating cast of guests to join them on stage. No scripts, no rehearsals, just three microphones, a room full of strangers, and the kind of chemistry that only comes from decades of knowing exactly how to push each other’s buttons. Ross, the self-proclaimed “Roastmaster General,” is all bluster and bravado, a man who seems physically incapable of not leaning into the mic like he’s trying to wrestle it into submission.
Attell, meanwhile, is the wiry, deadpan counterpoint—his delivery so dry it’s a miracle the stage doesn’t crack beneath him. Together, they’re like a pair of old boxers who’ve long since forgotten why they started fighting but can’t resist one more round.
What makes Bumping Mics work isn’t the guest list (though it’s a who’s who of comedy’s heavy hitters—Amy Schumer, Jim Norton, Nikki Glaser) or even the jokes themselves. It’s the way the show captures the alchemy of live performance. There’s a moment in the first episode where Ross and Attell are riffing on the absurdity of modern dating apps, and Attell deadpans, “I don’t even know how to swipe right.
Audience Opinions
Broad evidence
Audience 7.7/10
"A loose, crude-but-affectionate late-night hang where Jeff Ross and Dave Attell's roast chemistry carries the show."
Built as a 30-minute Comedy special for Netflix, it plays like a live trade-off between the two comics rather than a polished sitcom. Fans stick around for the raw live-comedy authenticity and the duo's chemistry, reflected in a 7.7 rating on IMDb from over 1,400 users and a strong audience score on Rotten Tomatoes. The conversation around it carried onto YouTube hangs like Air Bumping with Dave Attell and the Joe Rogan Experience with both comics. latestnetflix.com's take is that the split is tone: crude and mean yet heartwarming for fans of roast humor, too rough if you bounce off insult comedy.
What viewers praise
- Duo chemistry The back-and-forth between Ross and Attell and the raw live feel is what viewers enjoy most.
- Quick comedy format The 30-minute Comedy setup makes it an easy, low-commitment watch.
- Innovative live special feel Framed as an innovative special for Netflix built around their live act.
Common complaints
- Crude mean edge The humor leans crude and mean, which can be a turn-off even when fans find it heartwarming.
Recommended for
Fans of roast-style stand-up Viewers who like loose live double-act comedy
Buzz & Rumors
Public reportsBruce Willis sat next to Jeff Ross's aunt.
That is how Ross described the guest list to UPI. Bumping Mics with Jeff Ross and Dave Attell was booked like a party. Rough list, then they ran into people over the weekend and invited them. Next thing you know, Willis is in the seat beside family 
. Wikipedia and IMDb keep the rest of the table. latestnetflix.com's take is that Michelle Wolf, Amy Schumer, Gilbert Gottfried, Bob Saget, Michael Che, Paul Rudd, Nikki Glaser, Ken Jeong, Hasan Minhaj, Rachel Feinstein, Wil Sylvince, Joe Machi.Three episodes. One weekend. Comedy Cellar, Greenwich Village. Dropped November 27, 2018. TMDB marks the series ended 
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The origin story is smaller than the marquee. Ross told UPI it was a hobby before it was a tour. Late spots, inviting each other up, then they started bumping mics after a good joke. Ross pushed it to Just For Laughs in Montreal. Netflix saw it and, Ross said, wanted a three-part series. Attell called the result a party inside a comedy show inside a documentary . Uproxx got the same beat. Netflix's idea. Different guests every night in Montreal. Leave it all on the table .
Andrew Jarecki directed. The Jinx guy, cutting stand-up. Attell said the real hero is the punchline, that hour specials now tell a long story with a few jokes, while this is a ton of jokes with very little story, and Jarecki's documentary glue holds it . Decider watched Attell on a park bench, then on the subway with handwritten notes, voiceover that it is not a joke until a crowd laughs at it. They bump mics after a hit. Guests include a drunk Paul Rudd. CultureMap later mentioned a harmonica turn from Willis, which is the kind of cameo rumor that only works if you already believe the aunt story .
Ross thanked Netflix for not filtering the smack talk. UPI flags a documentary beat about audiences who want offensive humor that cuts to an Anne Frank joke. "So, yeah, Anne Frank jokes. It's finally not too soon," Ross said . Forbes, as Wikipedia quotes Merrill Barr, found a softer side on two neighborhood jerks. The Daily Free Press went with crude, mean, heartwarming .
Still waiting on Dave.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oypPC6i3O1g
In June 2026 Ross was on Deadline talking Broadway and cancer and Kevin Hart, and the interviewer asked about more Bumping Mics. Ross said he has to be careful because Dave is so grumpy. The night before they had gone up at the Cellar for 20 minutes and Ross was on the floor laughing. "So I want to do it. It's up to Dave. I love doing Bumping Mics with him; it's pure joy" 
. The live show still sells. The Stand in New York had a 2026 date on the books. The Netflix trailer from 2018 still says two best friends, three crazy nights, no one is safe . Three episodes is all the streamer ever cut. The bump is still a hobby with a title sequence.
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