recent good ones: dino stamatopolous, stephen tobolowsky, dave foley, most of the live ones
― adult music person (Jordan), Monday, 18 April 2011 21:56 (thirteen years ago) link
lol @ maron and laura kightlinger deciding to call up lous ck in the middle of the podcast. so awkward (he picked up but was busy and annoyed, of course).
― adult music person (Jordan), Monday, 18 April 2011 21:58 (thirteen years ago) link
i have a dumb question
in the theme song, what is the thing that sounds like "and i'm not guilty here"?
i don't think that's what he's actually saying but it's what i always hear
― congratulations (n/a), Monday, 18 April 2011 21:59 (thirteen years ago) link
Ed Helms playing bango! Mike DiStefano is essential listening. All the old school guys. Stewart Lee, duh, considering he is the greatest of all time. The Apatow ones.
― popular gay automobile (a hoy hoy), Monday, 18 April 2011 22:00 (thirteen years ago) link
I can kind of get why Maron's persona is an obstacle for some people, but I've been a fan of the guy for so long that it's almost impossible to be annoyed by him now (though there are definitely still occasions where I'll be thinking "okay, let's move ahead...").
Some of my favorite guests have been Stephen Tobolowsky, Maria Bamford, Adam McKay, Louis C.K., Judd Apatow, and Patrice O'Neal.
― That's why they call me (Johnny Fever), Monday, 18 April 2011 22:01 (thirteen years ago) link
n/a do you mean El Chupacabra saying Double-U Tee Eff?
― popular gay automobile (a hoy hoy), Monday, 18 April 2011 22:04 (thirteen years ago) link
ha ha maybe? it seems odd that i would be that far off but ???
― congratulations (n/a), Monday, 18 April 2011 22:12 (thirteen years ago) link
Dino stamatopolous one was alltime classic and listening to it got me into Moral Orel which is beyond brilliant. Also Starburns.
― Mordy, Monday, 18 April 2011 22:15 (thirteen years ago) link
the Pardo one was great. funny and a lot of great nuggets about how comics approach their craft.
― Roberto Spiralli, Monday, 18 April 2011 22:26 (thirteen years ago) link
Loved, loved loved Bobcat today. The stuff about his Dad, his crazy biker brother, Kurt...love him. Maron doesnt grate on me anymore, I tend to focus on the guest
― VegemiteGrrl, Monday, 18 April 2011 23:07 (thirteen years ago) link
The joke about Michael Jordan's dad and Kurt the only one laughing-- A+
― President Keyes, Monday, 18 April 2011 23:12 (thirteen years ago) link
Also loved the reason he's called Bobcat (basically as an FU to someone else).
― That's why they call me (Johnny Fever), Monday, 18 April 2011 23:13 (thirteen years ago) link
I loved the story about their idea for the All Apologies video idea, with JFK assassination and the pie, and the tour manager saying they can't be in the same room anymore.
― VegemiteGrrl, Monday, 18 April 2011 23:16 (thirteen years ago) link
Wasn't Kurt really into SNL, at least as a teenager?
― President Keyes, Monday, 18 April 2011 23:16 (thirteen years ago) link
My all-time favorite wtfs:
Louis CKPaul ScheerMaria Bamford road tripJaneane GarofaloStephen TobolowskyJoe Mande
― VegemiteGrrl, Monday, 18 April 2011 23:18 (thirteen years ago) link
Enjoyed Laura Kightlinger confirming what I thought about Todd Barry (funny but he goes to far in dealing with hecklers to the detriment of the rest of his set, or at least he has the 2 times I've seen him in person). Enjoyed the Robin Williams and Carl LaBove episodes a lot, and his subtle skewering of Bobby Slayton was great.
Anyone other than me pay to upgrade the app? Only really worth it to be able to listen to the old episodes.
― Bryan, Monday, 18 April 2011 23:34 (thirteen years ago) link
Ed Helms seems like a sweet dude, but I think because of that, he didn't really gel with Maron, who seems to need his guests to be more darkly confessional to fully engage with them. Also Helms seemed sort of surprised that Maron hadn't seen Cedar Rapids and didn't know what it was about.
― jaymc, Monday, 18 April 2011 23:36 (thirteen years ago) link
I got to listen to most of the old ones before he created the app, so just use the app for the new eps now
Robin Williams was great, i forgot that one.
― VegemiteGrrl, Monday, 18 April 2011 23:37 (thirteen years ago) link
otm. also helms doesn't really seem comfortable talking about himself at all.xpost
― congratulations (n/a), Monday, 18 April 2011 23:37 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah Ed Helm is a sweetheart
Yeah, that was my Ed Helms takeaway. He's uneasy talking about himself (and at least 10 minutes before the interview was over, I was hoping they'd take a break so he could go outside and get some fresh, non cat-infected air).
― That's why they call me (Johnny Fever), Monday, 18 April 2011 23:41 (thirteen years ago) link
Laura Kightlinger's childhood sitch = whoa! She seems like a bro, though, and I'd kick it with her.
― That's why they call me (Johnny Fever), Monday, 18 April 2011 23:42 (thirteen years ago) link
Just heard Marc Maron on the CBC lately and that spurred me to download a bunch of these and have been enjoying what I've heard though my big complaint is the sheer amount of often-pointless yammer at the beginning of each episode.
The Louis CK ones aren't available in the iTunes feed (they just fell off the bottom I guess) but you can still download them if you search for them in the cached versions using Google search.
― Sean Carruthers, Monday, 18 April 2011 23:49 (thirteen years ago) link
Fast forward
― reggaeton for the painfully alone (polyphonic), Monday, 18 April 2011 23:50 (thirteen years ago) link
Anyone who's just now getting acquainted with Maron needs to hear his Not Sold Out stand-up album from 2002. The ones since then have also been funny, if slightly more self-loathing, but the set that comprises Not Sold Out is masterful.
― That's why they call me (Johnny Fever), Monday, 18 April 2011 23:52 (thirteen years ago) link
Fast forward― reggaeton for the painfully alone (polyphonic)
Yeah, I guess. Might get to that. I find that I'm listening to a lot of these when my hands are incapacitated (cooking or something) so not always an option, and thankfully so far it hasn't been TOO irksome. Though we'll see after I have 20 of them under my belt!
― Sean Carruthers, Tuesday, 19 April 2011 00:19 (thirteen years ago) link
seems like a sweet dude, but I think because of that, he didn't really gel with Maron, who seems to need his guests to be more darkly confessional to fully engage with them.
I was suprised at how well the Stephen Tobolowsky ep went because of this - Maron didn't dig for any of the painful stuff Tobolowsky's talked about, but just let himself get caught up in the guest's storytelling ability and say some "wow"s at his IRL bloozzzz-rock encounters
― Hypermotard: (sic), Tuesday, 19 April 2011 03:15 (thirteen years ago) link
My favorite ep so far was W. Kamau Bell & Dwayne Kennedy talking about race and comedy. I could've listened to a couple more hours of that.
― cum dude (Princess TamTam), Tuesday, 19 April 2011 06:43 (thirteen years ago) link
Patrice Oneal & Mike DeStefano (RIP) are the 2 best I've heard.
― gr8080, Tuesday, 19 April 2011 06:54 (thirteen years ago) link
have no idea what greg fleet looks like i just assume hes superhans from peep show
― johnny crunch, Monday, 25 April 2011 12:28 (thirteen years ago) link
he kinda looks like a middle-aged smackie whinnyingly asking you to lennim twenty bucks
― Unusatralian (sic), Monday, 25 April 2011 12:52 (thirteen years ago) link
The two-parter with Mencia is sort of different from the rest of the podcast but is AMAZING -- Marc Maron, Comedy Detective, and the case of the Ripped-Off Jokes -- the whole thing has the intensity of those scenes in the interrogation room from Homicide: Life On The Street
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Monday, 25 April 2011 13:19 (thirteen years ago) link
live wtf from brooklyn was very funny especially chuck klosterman.
― Michael B, Monday, 25 April 2011 13:40 (thirteen years ago) link
Greg Fleet on today! <3
― VegemiteGrrl, Monday, 25 April 2011 14:53 (thirteen years ago) link
Oh no, Andy Dick on Thursday. I may skip that one.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 25 April 2011 16:34 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah that's going to be weird and awkward... I may have to listen in stages
― VegemiteGrrl, Monday, 25 April 2011 16:44 (thirteen years ago) link
I still blame him indirectly for Phil Hartman's death, so unless his hour with Marc is some kind of self-flagellating apology fest, I'm not interested.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 25 April 2011 16:47 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah, and I've heard icky stories of him crashing high school proms and shit...dude is not right
― VegemiteGrrl, Monday, 25 April 2011 16:50 (thirteen years ago) link
remember maron saying andy dick was someone he didnt have time for as he wouldnt take responsibility for his actions (think it was on joe rogans interview)
― Michael B, Monday, 25 April 2011 16:51 (thirteen years ago) link
the great thing about Maron is you have to believe he'll confront Dick about all that stuff. he's not an obsequious kind of guy
― Mordy, Monday, 25 April 2011 17:00 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah that's the thing with Maron's guests -- if I don't know them or dont' like them, Maron's the reason I listen.
Though I have to say there's something about Joe Rogan I really don't like.
― VegemiteGrrl, Monday, 25 April 2011 17:01 (thirteen years ago) link
(lol apropo of nothing)
I haven't listened to the Rogan ep yet, even though it's been downloaded.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 25 April 2011 17:01 (thirteen years ago) link
― Mordy, Monday, April 25, 2011 1:00 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark
OTM. The deeper he went into the Gallagher and Mencia interview, the more I thought, "Any other interviewer would have stopped five questions ago."
― Funky Mustard (People It's Bad) (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 25 April 2011 17:02 (thirteen years ago) link
*interviewS
Apparently Andy Dick is still staggering about the wilds of Portland, as the Bridgetown Comedy Fest organizer announced from the stage last night that no one knew where the hell he was, he had missed his flight, and if anybody sees him, please to DM the organizer on Twitter, etc.
― Crazed Mister Handy (kingfish), Monday, 25 April 2011 17:10 (thirteen years ago) link
What a champ, that guy.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 25 April 2011 17:11 (thirteen years ago) link
Oh Andy.
Maybe it's just me...but the Rogan interview didn't feel real to me. He was open and talked about his life and whatever but his tone, the way he responded to questioning, he just felt very closed off and like he was tolerating Maron and not actually participating fully. Or something. Maybe I just don't like Rogan.
Oh and he would spout these random little lectures about bizarre pseudo-science that made me actually yell at my car stereo at one point AGGH YOU ARE SO FULL OF SHIT and then I had to stop listening for a little while because i'm crazy :)
― VegemiteGrrl, Monday, 25 April 2011 17:13 (thirteen years ago) link
Maybe Marc is secretly working through the entire cast of Newsradio. Can't wait for him to talk to Stephen Root!
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 25 April 2011 17:14 (thirteen years ago) link
the Joe Rogan interview was (another) one that made me think "Marc has some deep, DEEP issues"
― Crazed Mister Handy (kingfish), Monday, 25 April 2011 17:19 (thirteen years ago) link
I think most of us, as we get older, just become more like Chevy Chase
― soref, Tuesday, 26 September 2023 15:49 (eight months ago) link
Well, I'm Chevy Chase, but you're not.
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Tuesday, 26 September 2023 15:56 (eight months ago) link
In the future, we'll all be Chevy Chase for 15 minutes
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 26 September 2023 15:57 (eight months ago) link
As Donald Trump has convincingly shown, many people have a secret or not so secret desire to be a toxic asshole.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Tuesday, 26 September 2023 15:59 (eight months ago) link
Given his comments about how he was always the "star of the show" or "the best", I just think he's a huge narcissist that was "fortunate" enough to come up in entertainment in an era where white male behavior like that was tolerated, if not encouraged. As society evolved, no one ever really challenged his toxic behavior, they just quit calling him in for projects and/or cutting him out of them and, like any entitled performer of his era, he refuses to do any self-reflection that might cause him to put 2 and 2 together about why his career stalled out.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 26 September 2023 17:14 (eight months ago) link
Well, I'm Chevy Chase, but you're not.― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Tuesday, September 26, 2023 11:56 AM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Tuesday, September 26, 2023 11:56 AM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
'Cause that's impossible, that's im
― peace, man, Tuesday, 26 September 2023 18:07 (eight months ago) link
I subscribed to Maron+ a couple months ago to get the bonus episodes where Marc and his girlfriend talk about movies sometimes, but leading up to the Chevy episode he and Brendan have set the stage for it in their bonus episodes so well—what happened before and after the tape was rolling—that I kind of don't need to listen to the actual interview (I'm a Chevy Chase hater anyway, so I likely was never going to).
― ⓓⓡ (Johnny Fever), Wednesday, 27 September 2023 03:04 (seven months ago) link
'Cause that's impossible, that's im― peace, man, Tuesday, September 26, 2023 1:07 PM (nine hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
― peace, man, Tuesday, September 26, 2023 1:07 PM (nine hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
thank you for this
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, 27 September 2023 03:41 (seven months ago) link
Haven't listened to this in ages but I'm curious about Laraaji and John Wilson.
― Jordan s/t (Jordan), Sunday, 12 November 2023 18:23 (six months ago) link
Loved the Paul Giamatti episode (#1500). Really showed what the show can be.
― underwater as a compliment (Eazy), Wednesday, 10 January 2024 05:17 (four months ago) link
agree, great vibes from minute one
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 10 January 2024 05:42 (four months ago) link
Marc was pumped about how well it went
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Wednesday, 10 January 2024 05:56 (four months ago) link
Yeah that was a fun listen, Giamatti was so giddy
― jaymc, Wednesday, 10 January 2024 13:35 (four months ago) link
Did you guys listen to Matt B. Davis? Very old-school ep with escalating tension between Marc and guest, you get to hear two guys who can be kind of assholes rubbing their scars against each other, I loved it
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, 10 January 2024 15:36 (four months ago) link
Yeah, I just listened to that one the other day, even though he teased it ahead of time I really didn't expect it to get as tense as it did.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 10 January 2024 15:40 (four months ago) link
yeah it was great oldschool wtfbut i wanted to email marc afterward to tell him: gah Matt is a bully, fuck that guy
― sean gramophone, Wednesday, 10 January 2024 16:06 (four months ago) link
every once in a while i will check in with this podcast based on the guest -- and then will be reminded why i never listen. this dude WON'T SHUT THE FUCK UP. LET YOUR GUEST FINISH HIS SENTENCE. god what a jerk!
― budo jeru, Saturday, 25 May 2024 18:06 (yesterday) link
He did a decent job not stepping on A. Whitney Brown's toes last week.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 25 May 2024 20:36 (yesterday) link
God, if you hated a new episode for that reason, please don't listen to anything before, like, four years ago. xp
― ⓓⓡ (Johnny Fever), Saturday, 25 May 2024 23:50 (yesterday) link
I generally listen to every WTF episode whether I know the guest or not. Sometimes I'll skip if I really don't want to hear a particular guest talk for an hour (Neal Brennan and Tiffany Haddish was a rare week where I skipped both), but I also skip ones where it's been made extremely clear that the interview was an uncomfortable one. That means I'll probably never listen to the Ben Kingsley ep.
― ⓓⓡ (Johnny Fever), Saturday, 25 May 2024 23:53 (yesterday) link
I listened to some of the Kingsley episode just now. Pretty awkward. It seemed like Ben has all of his stories set down word for word and didn’t necessarily dig Maron’s interruptions and attempts to connect.
― A So-Called Pulitzer price winner (President Keyes), Sunday, 26 May 2024 00:34 (seventeen hours ago) link
The Tiffany Haddish ep was pretty illuminating and the Daniel Stern was interesting too
― X-Prince Protégé (sonnyboy), Sunday, 26 May 2024 01:08 (seventeen hours ago) link
ben kingsley best maron episode of all time
― Saxophone Of Futility (Michael B), Sunday, 26 May 2024 01:36 (sixteen hours ago) link
i absolutely love WTF, have listened for years and years, he's a great host and has the best conversations of any regular podcast interview person, except maybe tyler cowen
however, how to love WTF as i do:
skip 100% of interviews with musiciansskip 100% of interviews with "thinkers"skip 100% of interviews with authorsskip 90% of interviews with directorsskip 50% of interviews with actors (you can tell within 5 min)skip 0% of interviews with other stand-ups
― sean gramophone, Sunday, 26 May 2024 02:09 (sixteen hours ago) link
yes, stand ups are most reliable
― 145 feet up in a Jeffrey Pine (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 26 May 2024 02:47 (fifteen hours ago) link
The Tiffany Haddish ep was pretty illuminatingI tapped out of this v early, did she talk about her comedy paedo video lawsuit or The Int3rnational Alma Mat3r School Of Asc3nsi0n Bless3d Univ3rsity?
― bae (sic), Sunday, 26 May 2024 02:55 (fifteen hours ago) link
totally agree that the standup eps are the best but I like the musician ones, I can't explain why since there's so much of Maron fan-stammering about the albums and then asking the musician "So you met xxxx?" but for some reason I like them anyway
I skip the ones where they talk about politics but it can be unpredictable which ones those are
Tiffany Hadish was just weirdly "People were unfairly mad at me for drunk driving, why are people like that"
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Sunday, 26 May 2024 03:34 (fourteen hours ago) link
skip 0% of interviews with other stand-ups
lol these are always skipped regardless of podcast, comedians are some of the least interesting people on earth
― papal hotwife (milo z), Sunday, 26 May 2024 03:53 (fourteen hours ago) link
with WTF musicians and maybe some oddballs like a chef are the only ones I don't immediately archive
― papal hotwife (milo z), Sunday, 26 May 2024 03:55 (fourteen hours ago) link
every actor interview is a free ~*MasterClass*~
― 145 feet up in a Jeffrey Pine (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 26 May 2024 04:32 (thirteen hours ago) link
I tapped out of this v early, did she talk about . . . The Int3rnational Alma Mat3r School Of Asc3nsi0n Bless3d Univ3rsity?― bae (sic), Saturday, May 25, 2024 9:55 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
What's this?
― JRN, Sunday, 26 May 2024 05:20 (thirteen hours ago) link
I promise I tried googling various combinations of those words, to no avail
sounds like a Scientology thing
― papal hotwife (milo z), Sunday, 26 May 2024 06:14 (twelve hours ago) link
try H3ir Holin3ss or H3ir Princ3ss
― bae (sic), Sunday, 26 May 2024 08:53 (nine hours ago) link
Something about Daniel Kaluuya’s manager
― A So-Called Pulitzer price winner (President Keyes), Sunday, 26 May 2024 11:45 (six hours ago) link
cryptic sic tic
― budo jeru, Sunday, 26 May 2024 13:03 (five hours ago) link
I like Maron but can't deal with the musician interviews. I just feel like he's out of his element or something, even more than when he interviews directors and authors. Which is why I think the interviews with comedians are typically the best episodes
― Paul Ponzi, Sunday, 26 May 2024 13:09 (five hours ago) link
I liked the recent one with Tammy Faye Starlite, who was part of the late 80s / early 90s NYC performance art and alt-comedy scene Maron was also part of. The two had similar interests and frames of reference (Maron didn't have to have done any homework or read a book), so they could relax and engage.
― paisley got boring (Eazy), Sunday, 26 May 2024 14:10 (four hours ago) link
milo z, if the only thing you listen to is musicians than we are not into wtf for the same things! but the reason the comedian ones are good are not necessarily bc they are "interesting" or "uninteresting" people - but (1) because they are good at talking, that is mostly their job; (2) i like listening to shop-talk between peers.
― sean gramophone, Sunday, 26 May 2024 15:27 (three hours ago) link