It seems like there's been an explosion in great comedy podcasts(on iTunes or elsewhere) in the last year. Which ones are worth listening to?
My faves so far:
-Nerdist (Chris Hardwick interviews comedians and nerd icons)
-Comedy Death Ray (Scott Aukerman's convos and improv stuff with comedians)
-Doug Loves Movies (Doug Benson's tuesday night game show)
-SklarBro Country (which is better than I expected) (the Sklar Brothers endlessly riff, only with sports as their source of pop culture references)
-the Film Vault (Anderson & Bald Brian from the Loveline/Adam Carolla crew argue about movies and at each other for an hour each week)
Pretty much, all of these(except for the Film Vault) can be found in the Top 10 section of comedy on iTunes.
What are your faves?
― Jaw dropping, thong dropping monster (kingfish), Thursday, 9 September 2010 23:52 (2 years ago) Permalink
people here don't seem to like the sound of young america guy but he's got some good interviews with many comics.
― Philip Nunez, Thursday, 9 September 2010 23:53 (2 years ago) Permalink
bugle
― avinha, Thursday, 9 September 2010 23:56 (2 years ago) Permalink
WTF with Marc Maron
amazing, personal, anguished interviews with all sorts of comedians. the robin williams one is awesome. and the two-part mencia one, about joke-stealing, is epic!
― snrub-n-tug (s1ocki), Thursday, 9 September 2010 23:56 (2 years ago) Permalink
The Best Show on WFMU with Tom Scharpling is available in podcast form and is pretty unfuckwithable as far as these things go. The most recent episode was pretty depressing though, so maybe start with the Best Show Gems podcast if you're uninitiated.
Also, even though there's only been a couple of 'em so far, I have to recommend Paul F. Tompkins' Pod F. Tomcast.
― methanietanner, Friday, 10 September 2010 00:13 (2 years ago) Permalink
dunno if ricky gervais show is admissible but if it is i'd like to admiss it
― k¸ (darraghmac), Friday, 10 September 2010 00:14 (2 years ago) Permalink
Wiretap with Jonathan Goldstein is pretty lovely, if not always laugh out loud stuff.
― ENERGY FOOD (en i see kay), Friday, 10 September 2010 00:18 (2 years ago) Permalink
Love, and am totally obsessed with WTF with Marc Maron. The recent Apatow two-parter is worth a listen.
Bugle is excellent.
Just started on Nerdist today. I didn't like it at first bc I thought it was too chatty but i am not very smart and have poor judgement.
― VegemiteGrrrl, Friday, 10 September 2010 04:33 (2 years ago) Permalink
I like Too Beautiful to Live with Luke Burbank.
― banjoboy, Friday, 10 September 2010 04:51 (2 years ago) Permalink
Thirding Marc Maron's WTF. Great stuff.
Also subscribe to: -Nerdist-Coyle & Sharpe: The Imposters (amazingly surreal street interviews from early 60s SF! Please subscribe to this one)-Never Not Funny-Pod F. Tomcast-Best Show On WFMU
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 10 September 2010 06:34 (2 years ago) Permalink
Nerdist doesn't do it for me. Don't like Hardwick as an interviewer.
― no gut busting joke can change history (polyphonic), Friday, 10 September 2010 06:41 (2 years ago) Permalink
Nerdist could do with editing - Hardwick definitely goes for lols too often, and could trim the failures in favour of more useful interview.
This is what makes WTF so successful - Maron started out trying to do a multi-format show with a monologue, interview that's light & funny, sketches and whatnot, but as it's become apparent that his informal one-on-one style gets actually considered, reflective and profound conversations out of people, he's happily let the format switch to focus on those at length. (And his skill as an interviewer also makes the "funny" ones work too, as where the UCB Live episodes have become more him bantering with a growing stage of folk, rather than four comedians doing a tight ten and getting off.)
― Teddybears.SHTML (sic), Friday, 10 September 2010 09:18 (2 years ago) Permalink
Maron's been one of my favorite stand-ups for close to ten years, so it makes me feel all warm inside that he's finally starting to get some recognition. Yeah, he was on Air America for a while and appeared on Conan's Late Night show about a zillion times, but he's clearly gaining more traction now.
If you haven't heard his album Not Sold Out from 2002, get thee to it. No shit, it might be my favorite comedy album.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 10 September 2010 09:56 (2 years ago) Permalink
i think most bros here would be into Uhh Yeah Dude
its the only podcast i listen to basically.
― gr8080, Friday, 24 September 2010 01:34 (2 years ago) Permalink
comedy death ray radio, especially when the character "Bob Ducca" is on
― harbl madness (latebloomer), Friday, 24 September 2010 01:41 (2 years ago) Permalink
some of the best Uhh Yeah Dude material is str8 dudes looking for str8 dudes on craigslist:
― gr8080, Friday, 24 September 2010 02:47 (2 years ago) Permalink
I listen to
NerdistDoug Loves MoviesNever not FunnyWTFandPod F. Tomcast
which are apparently the same things that everyone else is listening to too! ha.
btw going to see Mr. Tomkins in a couple weeks. V excited.
― master of retardment (ENBB), Friday, 24 September 2010 03:00 (2 years ago) Permalink
oh and Comedy Death Radio
― gr8080, Friday, 24 September 2010 03:01 (2 years ago) Permalink
lol soup kitchen jerk
― master of retardment (ENBB), Friday, 24 September 2010 03:08 (2 years ago) Permalink
Both of those dudes are WSes btw but the one is a little too skinny.
― master of retardment (ENBB), Friday, 24 September 2010 03:09 (2 years ago) Permalink
hairy guy = jon laroquette's son
― gr8080, Friday, 24 September 2010 03:10 (2 years ago) Permalink
hahahahahaha seriously?
― master of retardment (ENBB), Friday, 24 September 2010 03:11 (2 years ago) Permalink
seriously
and he's in a chillwave (kind of) bandhttp://www.myspace.com/joggermusic
― gr8080, Friday, 24 September 2010 03:12 (2 years ago) Permalink
I can sorta see it actually. I have to admit that I'm sorta feeling him although I think he would look better with short hair.
― master of retardment (ENBB), Friday, 24 September 2010 03:14 (2 years ago) Permalink
OK these two are great. Watching from last to first on "Men Looking for Women". Dying right now.
― master of retardment (ENBB), Friday, 24 September 2010 03:19 (2 years ago) Permalink
omg guycunt
― master of retardment (ENBB), Friday, 24 September 2010 03:20 (2 years ago) Permalink
"who's parenting harder?" is a good segment:
― dirk funk (gr8080), Friday, 24 September 2010 03:25 (2 years ago) Permalink
― dirk funk (gr8080), Friday, 24 September 2010 03:45 (2 years ago) Permalink
johnathan's dad drives around town in a white mercedes with the license plate that reads "uyd". he also wore a uyd tshirt when he was on craig furgeson awhile back.
― mayor jingleberries, Monday, 27 September 2010 03:18 (2 years ago) Permalink
awwww that's cute!
― master of retardment (ENBB), Monday, 27 September 2010 03:20 (2 years ago) Permalink
The BugleBest Show Gems
I've tried listening to some the others mentioned (Comedy Death Ray & WTF) but I have a hard time getting into listening to comedians just chatting.
― Drastic times require what? Drastic measures! Who said that? T (President Keyes), Monday, 27 September 2010 13:23 (2 years ago) Permalink
Oh yeah, I like Wiretap too.
― Drastic times require what? Drastic measures! Who said that? T (President Keyes), Monday, 27 September 2010 13:25 (2 years ago) Permalink
just starting with WTF (Patrice O'Neal episode) it's great, thanks s1ocki!
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 28 September 2010 04:46 (2 years ago) Permalink
That Partrice O'Neal ep was pretty O_o
― VegemiteGrrrl, Tuesday, 28 September 2010 04:54 (2 years ago) Permalink
have listened to 15 more mins now and the O_o has begun to flow
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 28 September 2010 21:14 (2 years ago) Permalink
Like, there's honesty, and then there's, um...okay you have to be quiet now.
― VegemiteGrrrl, Tuesday, 28 September 2010 21:18 (2 years ago) Permalink
Recently downloaded a load of Sound of Young America shit to listen to at the gym, and I like it! He's a non-obtrusive interviewer, occasionally offers up a genuinely insightful question (and at the very least you can tell he does his homework before having a guest on), and (most importantly for me) has John Hodgman on the show all the goddamn time. I have a huge sloppy mancrush on John Hodgman, and I am only slightly ashamed to admit this.
― a black white asian pine ghost who is fake (Telephone thing), Tuesday, 28 September 2010 21:34 (2 years ago) Permalink
Jesse Thorn is great!! <3 <3 Love Sound of Young America. Something about his voice and manner reminds me of a laidback Weird Al for some reason. Just seems like an all round lovely guy.
― VegemiteGrrrl, Tuesday, 28 September 2010 21:44 (2 years ago) Permalink
not a comedy podcast, but Thorn also does http://putthison.com
― markers, Tuesday, 28 September 2010 21:51 (2 years ago) Permalink
well i tried out the mark maron thing and boy does that guy like to hear himself talk. he's obviously doing something right cause so many people dig it but i just don't have the patience to listen to a 20-minute improv ramble before a 40-minute interview. hack down the intro to 5 minutes and the interview to 15 and i'd listen every day. maybe.
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 6 October 2010 21:30 (2 years ago) Permalink
as for me it's really
-bugle
tom scharpling's stuff is obviously fucking transcendent at times, he's a good straight man with some unbelievably awesome collaborators
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 6 October 2010 21:33 (2 years ago) Permalink
Tracer Hand I skip the intro a lot.
The episode of Doug Loves Movies with John Lithgow, Jimmy Pardo, and Paul F Tompkins was terrific.
― funky house skeptic (polyphonic), Wednesday, 6 October 2010 21:36 (2 years ago) Permalink
re: jesse thorn, i thought people didn't like him here? haha maybe the haters have been worn away by the sands of time.i'll cop to not having the patience for scharpling, but i did manage to make it through a half hour of his re-dubbing of Mr. Brooks.
― Philip Nunez, Wednesday, 6 October 2010 21:39 (2 years ago) Permalink
look up the phoner with "mr loophole"
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 6 October 2010 22:38 (2 years ago) Permalink
bugle i liked a lot but then sort of like... didnt have the energy for
― cathy: ACK-er (s1ocki), Wednesday, 6 October 2010 22:59 (2 years ago) Permalink
and i like maron's shtick, his manic self-doubt and depression are kind of works of art in and of themselves
exactly. I would find it annoying or offputting in most ppl, even comedians, but he's really good at finding those, um, notes, that have a universal truth to them. So even when he's bitching about his cats or his parents, there's usually some bait on the hook that takes me along for the ride, where I can say, well I know THAT feeling, or ugh omg I know someone who does that. And it's not that it's always relatable, but I think the fact that it's true is probably what it is. It's just truth. Truth is funny.
― VegemiteGrrrl, Wednesday, 6 October 2010 23:57 (2 years ago) Permalink
i'm surprised there isn't a podcast of bootlegged routines of comedians, which seem like natural podcast material.
― Philip Nunez, Thursday, 7 October 2010 00:05 (2 years ago) Permalink
I like the Adam Carolla show, Doug Loves Movies, Best Show Gems.
Carolla is pretty funny almost every day (although his politics are often lame).
WTF is sometimes good, but Marc Maron is soooo needy and bitter that the podcast sometimes comes off as sort-of pathetic.
Greg Fitzsimmons can be pretty good, but I haven't listened to a whole lot of his stuff, so I'm reserving judgment for now.
Bill Simmons' podcast is funny whenever they don't talk about sports. He did a two-parter on BH90210 a few weeks ago that was awesome.
― schwantz, Thursday, 7 October 2010 00:13 (2 years ago) Permalink
Today's Fogelnest Files mentions a Ned Raggett blog post about Manakin
― Listen to this, dad (President Keyes), Tuesday, 16 October 2012 10:34 (7 months ago) Permalink
i generally avoid pete holmes but i enjoyed his ep w/ zach g
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 1 November 2012 14:57 (6 months ago) Permalink
It was a short, off-hand moment, but I keep giggling every time I think of the Scharpling bit from a few weeks ago, where DMX is about to get mauled by his dogs -> one of them pauses and turns on an iPod with its nose to play "Frankie Teardrop."
― ヽ（´ー｀）┌ (CompuPost), Thursday, 1 November 2012 15:17 (6 months ago) Permalink
has anyone actually listened to "my brother, my brother, and me"? podmass has a huge boner for it.
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 2 November 2012 16:49 (6 months ago) Permalink
it's a bit too skypey
― sug night (sic), Friday, 2 November 2012 21:22 (6 months ago) Permalink
Comedy Bang Bang this last week was killer. I love Adomian's gay supervillain voice, and the MASH jokes were brilliant.
― the max in the high castle (kingfish), Friday, 2 November 2012 21:28 (6 months ago) Permalink
I'll keep repping for the Flop House. Worth your time.
I finally went back and listened to the CBB (well CDR) with Adomian as Huell Howser. It was so great.
― spittin all over my sweater of fine material (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 3 November 2012 03:31 (6 months ago) Permalink
there are about 10 CDR/CBBs with Huell Howser on, plus a couple from the 2012 tour live episodes
― sug night (sic), Saturday, 3 November 2012 04:20 (6 months ago) Permalink
Oh man. Well, this was the first one I found, think it dated back to the radio days. So much joy ahead of me.
― spittin all over my sweater of fine material (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 3 November 2012 05:13 (6 months ago) Permalink
yeah, just work through every Adomian episode from beginning to now, nearly every character is a hit
second Huell episode might have been the one with Michael Cera and the debut of Harris's Phone (not-yet Foam) Corner
― sug night (sic), Saturday, 3 November 2012 05:26 (6 months ago) Permalink
I can't concieve of ever getting tired of Tompkins as Garry Marshall.
― 45 DOWN: "NYPD Blue" actor ____ Morales (R Baez), Tuesday, 13 November 2012 01:12 (6 months ago) Permalink
Please! Call him Mister Marshall.
― good naber He help get undr control (sic), Tuesday, 13 November 2012 01:30 (6 months ago) Permalink
lol, would not have posted this if I'd heard the ep
― good naber He help get undr control (sic), Monday, 19 November 2012 05:19 (6 months ago) Permalink
Tho it should be said that the only Huell Howser better than Adomian's is Dana Gould's, who is how I first learned of HH years ago
― the max in the high castle (kingfish), Monday, 19 November 2012 05:40 (6 months ago) Permalink
If you can deal with Adam Carolla, seek out the episodes when Dana Gould is on. Gould always does his Howser impression as a commentary to a real HH episode and always always kills.
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 20 November 2012 05:57 (6 months ago) Permalink
Exactly. Dana showing up on Adam's morning drive show a few years back was always a highlight.
― the max in the high castle (kingfish), Tuesday, 20 November 2012 06:19 (6 months ago) Permalink
Nerdist's chat with Maria Bamford was truly bizarre. Bamford talks about her recent stay in a psych ward, but weaves in a bunch of her recent bits about it. Very odd to hear her talking about all this stuff but still using all her voices.
― pun lovin criminal (polyphonic), Monday, 3 December 2012 23:39 (5 months ago) Permalink
comedy bang bang holiday spectacular is amazing, esp the return of paul rust's "new no-no's" and bill cosby bukowski. also there's an earwolf presents that is marissa wompler's long-awaited podcast cohosted by miss listler - haven't listened yet but i'm pumped
― congratulations (n/a), Monday, 17 December 2012 18:03 (5 months ago) Permalink
The Flop House is consistently entertaining with their movie review or two per month. Eliot even gets namedropped by Jon Hodgeman on his Nerdist appearance, where Jon goes on about the surprising fun that bullying a nerd can be.
― "It's the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Drunk!" (kingfish), Monday, 17 December 2012 18:07 (5 months ago) Permalink
Been enjoying the Baby Geniuses podcast with Emily Heller and Lisa Hanawalt. Silly fun times.
― pun lovin criminal (polyphonic), Monday, 17 December 2012 18:22 (5 months ago) Permalink
tried a couple of episodes in sad attempt to make up for not being able to buy Hanawalt's I Want You #1 anywhere, after #2 blew the top of me head clear off, but production values were a bit shoddy and there was no structure
super-psyched to womp up the jamz though!
― ( ͡° ͜ʖ͡°) (sic), Monday, 17 December 2012 23:06 (5 months ago) Permalink
Definitely bad production value and structureless, no argument from me on those points
― pun lovin criminal (polyphonic), Monday, 17 December 2012 23:18 (5 months ago) Permalink
the womptacular has jason mantzoukis as the oft-mentioned "gutterballs"
― President Keyes, Monday, 17 December 2012 23:40 (5 months ago) Permalink
Ha
― "It's the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Drunk!" (kingfish), Tuesday, 18 December 2012 00:11 (5 months ago) Permalink
xp oh man, must listen
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 01:45 (5 months ago) Permalink
also Brian huskey playing stepdad Seth
― congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, 18 December 2012 02:06 (5 months ago) Permalink
I enjoyed this rundown of horrid animated christmas specials(GI Joe, He-Man, Smurfs, etc):
http://www.lasertimepodcast.com/2012/12/17/laser-time-the-worst-christmas-specials-ever-made/
― "It's the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Drunk!" (kingfish), Tuesday, 18 December 2012 05:46 (5 months ago) Permalink
Nerd Poker is a great idea but could use some more time in the woodshed
― los blue jeans, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 23:36 (5 months ago) Permalink
ha didn't they record the first episode over a year ago?
― President Keyes, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 00:15 (5 months ago) Permalink
also they've been playing D&D on Harmontown for awhile now
the Harmontown D&D is great
― ( ͡° ͜ʖ͡°) (sic), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 00:22 (5 months ago) Permalink
The latest Hodgman interview on Nerdist is a winner.
― HOLY MOPEDS (R Baez), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 00:37 (5 months ago) Permalink
yes! new cm punk interview is good too
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 04:20 (5 months ago) Permalink
"This is gonna be 'ruff'!" #womptacular
― HOLY MOPEDS (R Baez), Saturday, 22 December 2012 17:01 (5 months ago) Permalink
"how did this get made?" is pretty hit-or-miss but the live episode with julie klausner about "the devil's advocate" is gold
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 7 February 2013 21:29 (3 months ago) Permalink
I love "How Did This Get Made?" My only gripe is that they try so hard to expose plot holes and inconsistencies, but it often turns out that they just weren't paying much attention. It's always like, "I watched this movie on my phone while I was jogging and it made no sense."
― President Keyes, Friday, 8 February 2013 00:32 (3 months ago) Permalink
The first two episodes of Jeff Garlin's podcast were both great.
― pun lovin criminal (polyphonic), Friday, 8 February 2013 01:04 (3 months ago) Permalink
Ok, Paul F. Tompkins and Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett of MST3K doing dueling Don Pardos on Superego 3-14 kinda killed me.
― Uncle Sam is... ...No Daddy! (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 8 February 2013 06:45 (3 months ago) Permalink
omg I haven't heard that yet :D
Moshe Kasher & Neal Brennan's ep with Kumail Nanjiani is really great. See also: Wayans Bros ep, and the Retta ep.
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 8 February 2013 06:52 (3 months ago) Permalink
I'm enjoying "The Reality Show Show", especially where the ludicrousness of the subject matter is such that the hosts break character and can't contain their reactions
― The New Jack Mormons! (kingfish), Friday, 8 February 2013 07:16 (3 months ago) Permalink
comedy bang bang tv show is up on netflix streaming now
― congratulations (n/a), Monday, 11 February 2013 18:28 (3 months ago) Permalink
jake fogelnest read my farrah abraham itunes review at the start of the Fogelnest Files today. so proud.
― gentle german fatherly voice (President Keyes), Thursday, 14 February 2013 23:31 (3 months ago) Permalink
My pal April has started one where she invites people (comedians, so far) over to her place to watch and live-critique episodes of Saved By The Bell. She's gotten verbal commits from both Dave Grohl and Andrew WK to appear on future eps, but those haven't materialized yet.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 26 February 2013 22:08 (2 months ago) Permalink
http://gobayside.tumblr.com/
http://www.amazon.com/Would-Rather-Watch-While-Theaters/dp/B00BCWNXG8/ref=lp_5287371011_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1362270553&sr=1-3
lol this is the funniest thing to me
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 3 March 2013 00:30 (2 months ago) Permalink
it's a real game, not a CBB invention, if that's why you're lolling?
― ( ͡° ͜ʖ͡°) (sic), Sunday, 3 March 2013 00:39 (2 months ago) Permalink
thx sic
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 3 March 2013 00:41 (2 months ago) Permalink
I feel like hip L.A. comedians are always going on about singer-songwriters like Aimee Mann and Fiona Apple and Elvis Costello and Nick Lowe, so it was a nice surprise to hear Zach Galifianakis give a shout-out to The Field on Comedy Bang Bang this week.
― jaymc, Wednesday, 6 March 2013 15:30 (2 months ago) Permalink
What the eff:
http://www.podcastone.com/
apparently one of the founders of Westwood One decided he's going to try to start a podcast network or distribution point or I don't know what. the shows carried on there tend to run the gamut, you could say.
http://www.podcastone.com/f/podcast
Adam Carolla to Harry Shearer to On The Media and RadioLab and Ron Paul and Laura Ingraham to the Skeptics Guide to the Universe to Dennis Miller
― Hockey Drunk (kingfish), Wednesday, 1 May 2013 08:43 (3 weeks ago) Permalink