About
Dumb Industries at The Players NYC (L to R: Sapphire Steel, Emmy Martian, Jackey Neyman Jones, Chris Gersbeck, and Matt Reiser). Photo by Jennifer Harmon
Dumb Industries is an independent production company based out of Forest Hills, Queens founded by comedian and producer Chris Gersbeck.
Chris began his career as a stand up comic in 2015 and started producing podcasts with comedian Dave Hill for the Maximum Fun Network beginning in 2018. This included Dave Hill’s Podcasting Incident, So… You’re Canadian with Dave Hill, The Goddamn Dave Hill Show, and later The Dave Hill Goodtime Hour.
He also produced and later became a writer/panelist for the comedy podcast and live show Dave Hill: History Fluffer with Dave Hill, Jim Biederman, Chris Gersbeck and Jodi Lennon in 2019, which included a live performance at San Francisco Sketchfest in February 2020.
In July 2020, Chris started producing monthly livestreams for The Mads from Mystery Science Theater 3000 featuring Trace Beaulieu & Frank Conniff, based on their touring live show The Mads Are Back.
In 2021, Chris co-created The Mary Jo Pehl Show with comedian & writer Mary Jo Pehl, from Mystery Science Theater 3000, Cinematic Titanic and RiffTrax. The monthly Twitch livestream has since gained a cult-like following, with followers often being featured on the show itself and leading the direction each episode takes. The show was first offered exclusively on Twitch, then later also in their membership, The Mary Jo Pehl Show Clubhouse.
Chris also produces online art classes for Jackey Neyman Jones, who played “Debbie” in the legendary B-movie Manos: The Hands of Fate, offered every second and fourth Saturday afternoons of the month directly on the Dumb Industries website.
Dumb Industries has since become a full-service online production company that specializes in producing regular online content for independent artists. They have continued to expand their roster with the addition of Super Dumb Bros., a weekly retro gaming livestream Chris co-hosts with Dumb Industries’ associate producer Matt Reiser, and The Witching Hour, a scripted comedy show created by Reiser based on his stand up act.
Look forward to more continued offerings from Dumb Industries, including Martian Shadows and Movies Are Dumb only at dumb-industries.com!
-
Chris Gersbeck
FOUNDER/CREATIVE DIRECTOR
Chris Gersbeck is a comedian, producer, writer and the founder of Dumb Industries. You may know his face from pretty much everything Dumb produces.
Email Chris at chris@dumb-industries.com
-
Matt Reiser
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER
Matt Reiser is a comedian, producer, writer and Associate Producer of Dumb Industries, and finds most of the bizarre content we watch.
Email Matt at matt@dumb-industries.com
-
Emmy Martian
PRODUCER & MODERATOR
Emmy Martian is a producer, writer, performer and moderator at Dumb Industries. She created Martian Shadows and co-produces Movies Are Dumb.
Email Emmy at emmy@dumb-industries.com
-
Jennifer Harmon
ONLINE STORE MANAGER
Jennifer Harmon is a poet and manages Dumb Industries’ online store, fulfillment of books, and is the best person to reach out to regarding orders.
Email Jen at store@dumb-industries.com
Dumb Industries never uses generative AI art and is proud to employ the following artists for all of our designs:
Jacque Barton
Rebecca Biggs
Carmen Cerra
Jessica Coyle
Colette Flowers
Josh Flowers
Chelsea Kelly
Jackey Neyman Jones
Q
Adam Perocchi/Readful Things
Inga Wohlgemuth
![DUMB TELEVISION 3/23 [TIMES ET]
*MARY JO PEHL: WILD FORCE*
10:00am - Movie Jo Night: Moon of the Wolf
11:27am - The Mads: The Incredible Petrified World
12:29pm - Mary Jo Pehl: Weird Vintage Music Videos
2:08pm - The Mads: A Night of Springtime Shor](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f257383d68fbe07dae9c644/1774275387820-6NY9ZK2WC5ADVS5Q0MUT/image-asset.jpeg)
![DUMB TELEVISION 3/22 [TIMES ET]
*MARY JO PEHL: TIME FORCE*
10:00pm - The Mads: The Giant Gila Monster
11:06pm - Movie Jo Night: Planet of the Apes
12:07am - The Mads: Bride of the Gorilla
1:08am - Movie Jo Night: Gargoyles
2:37am - The Mads: Manos](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f257383d68fbe07dae9c644/1774230591584-SVDUVINUVJFO4SISX7PA/image-asset.jpeg)
![DUMB TELEVISION 3/22 [TIMES ET]
*MARY JO PEHL: LIGHTSPEED RESCUE*
10:00am - The Mads: The Best of A Night of Shorts
11:38am - Movie Jo Night: Night Slaves
1:00pm - Movies Are Dumb: Justice League of America
2:29pm - The Mads: She Shoulda Said No!
3](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f257383d68fbe07dae9c644/1774190799395-BGV10QB853MJB3N5EVTH/image-asset.jpeg)
![DUMB TELEVISION 3/21 [TIMES ET]
*MARY JO PEHL: LOST GALAXY*
10:00pm - The Mads: The Brain That Wouldn't Die
11:01pm - Movie Jo Night: The Devil's Daughter
12:29am - The Mads: A Night of Shorts XI
1:33am - Movie Jo Night: The People
2:53am - The Mad](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f257383d68fbe07dae9c644/1774146785645-C4ZF8Z7Z9BA5EDDQ3WF1/image-asset.jpeg)
![DUMB TELEVISION 3/21 [TIMES ET]
*MARY JO PEHL IN SPACE*
12:00pm - Movie Jo Night: Sorority Girl
1:06pm - The Mads: A Night of Shorts XII
2:07pm - Movie Jo Night: Bad Ronald
3:39pm - The Mads: Dimension 5
4:50pm - Movie Jo Night: Planet Earth
6:10pm](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f257383d68fbe07dae9c644/1774109251730-KJF4RV9NDPR9ZDU6W591/image-asset.jpeg)
![DUMB TELEVISION 3/19 [TIMES ET]
*MIGHTY MORPHIN MARY JO PEHL*
10:00pm - Movie Jo Night: Voyagers!
11:01pm - The Mads: The Manster
12:07am - Movie Jo Night: Automan
1:11am - The Mads: Night of the Ghouls
2:21am - Movie Jo Night: The Invasion of Caro](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f257383d68fbe07dae9c644/1773970405911-M07OJZB7X5CTDCHR0YBT/image-asset.jpeg)
Frequently Asked Questions
General
-
Dumb Industries is an independent production company based out of Forest Hills, Queens founded by comedian and producer Chris Gersbeck. We specialize in producing regular online content for both comedians and artists.
-
Dumb Television is our ad-supported 24/7 Twitch channel that offers marathons of Dumb content in addition to all of our livestreams.
We do not archive anything on the Twitch channel, but you can join The Dumb Clubhouse to access all our content on demand as well as Dumb 24/7 ad-free!
-
The best way to keep up on everything we have going on is to join the Dumb newsletter. You'll also regularly receive discounts and opportunities to win free stuff!
Members of The Dumb Clubhouse receive email reminders shortly before we go live so you'll never miss out on anything.
You should also join the Dumb Industries Discord server and The Mads Are Back Facebook Group because they're full of awesome like-minded folks like you!
Lastly, The Dumb Industries Mystery Hour is a weekly livestream hosted by Chris Gersbeck & Matt Reiser every Thursday at 8pm ET that recaps and previews everything happening at Dumb Industries!
-
Yes! If you purchased a ticket to The Mads Are Back via Eventbrite, you can login to your Eventbrite account, hover over your profile in the upper right corner, click on "Tickets" and then "See past orders."
Each event has its own unique online event page that includes directions on how to redeem your free download. Click on "Go to online event page" to access.
Any issues accessing, please email chris@dumb-industries.com.
The Dumb Clubhouse
-
The Dumb Clubhouse is a 24/7 virtual theater from Dumb Industries featuring exclusive livestreams, watch parties, and more.
-
Login to your Dumb account here.
If you're already logged in, you can hover over "Clubhouse" and click "Home" to enter The Dumb Clubhouse.
-
We’ve retired some payment plans due to rising bandwidth costs. However, you are grandfathered into whatever payment plan you originally signed up for.
Please keep in mind, if you cancel your existing plan, only our current pricing plans will be available should you decide to rejoin.
-
Yes, we do! The Dumb Clubhouse launched in September 2025 and is an all-inclusive membership to access Dumb Industries live and on demand, completely ad-free, starting at just $7.50/month. You can learn more about it here.
-
Yes! As of March 2026 we now offer annual payment options on all of our membership plans, which includes TWO FREE MONTHS.
The Dumb Store
-
If you never received your order, please email store@dumb-industries.com. Merch and books ship separately, so you may receive your order in multiple packages.
-
We do! Dumb Store Gift Cards can be used towards anything in The Dumb Store.
Please keep in mind, Dumb Store Gift Cards cannot be used towards any recurring memberships, audiobooks or for downloads at Dumb Video.
-
Merchandise orders are fulfilled by our supplier Printful and typically take between 5-10 days, but often show up even sooner.
Book orders with personalized autographs can take up to 2 weeks to ship because the authors themselves fulfill those orders. If you need a book sooner or by a certain date, please email chris@dumb-industries.com so we can attempt to accommodate.
-
There are no refunds on digital orders or personalized book orders.
Because our merchandise is printed “on demand” by our supplier Printful, we cannot refund items due to buyer’s remorse.
If an item is defective, damaged, or you received the wrong order, please email chris@dumb-industries.com.
-
We do! There's literally always something on sale at Dumb Industries. You can check This Week's Dumb Deals to see what kind of discounts we currently have available.
For heavy shoppers, we highly recommend joining The Dumb Clubhouse+ so you can get 25% off anything in The Dumb Store and 30% off all downloads at Dumb Video!
Downloads
-
Dumb Video is our online digital video store where you can purchase downloads from our video catalog.
PLEASE NOTE: As of June 2025, we have migrated our VOD catalog from Vimeo to Gumroad to enhance your shopping experience.
If you previously purchased downloads via Vimeo, you can still access all of your purchases by logging into your Vimeo library here.
Can't access a past download? Email chris@dumb-industries.com and we will sort it out ASAP.
-
PLEASE NOTE: As of June 2025, we have migrated our VOD catalog from Vimeo to Gumroad to enhance your shopping experience.
You can still access all of your Vimeo purchases by logging into your Vimeo library here.
You can access any purchases made via Gumroad by logging into you Gumroad library here. This includes both videos and audiobooks.
Purchases made via Gumroad are linked to whatever email your made your purchase with.
-
At the moment, no. Sorry! We'd love to offer DVD's and Blu-rays or our content, but we are a very small operation and don't have the space or manpower to handle fulfillment.
-
Short answer: no.
Long answer: Gumroad is a third-party video-on-demand provider and we don't have a way to link those purchases to your Dumb Industries account.
Purchases made via Gumroad are linked to whatever email your made your purchase with. You can access your Gumroad library at any time by clicking here.
-
You can access any audiobook purchases made via Gumroad by logging into you Gumroad library here.
If you purchased an audiobook prior to June 2025, you can access your purchase by logging into your Dumb Industries account here.
Purchases made via Gumroad are linked to whatever email your made your purchase with. Creating a Gumroad account is optional, but if you decide to create one all your Gumroad purchases will be synced to your account
Gumroad is a third-party provider and we don't have a way to link those purchases to your Dumb Industries account.
Questions? Email chris@dumb-industries.com.
-
Yes! There is literally ALWAYS something on sale at Dumb Video. Check out deals page to see what's on sale this week.
Members of The Dumb Clubhouse+ also get 30% off EVERY download purchase, at all times. Sign up today and get your first 30 days free.
-
Yes! At checkout, mark the purchase as a gift. You can then enter someone else’s email address so they receive all the pertinent info on how to download. Easy peasy!
Still have questions? Email chris@dumb-industries.com.