People seem to be tired of WTF dominating the talk here, so now WTF and Marc Maron have their own dedicated thread.
― That's why they call me (Johnny Fever), Monday, 18 April 2011 21:39 (2 years ago) Permalink
what up what the fuckers, what the fuckanettes, what the fuckanauts
― Mordy, Monday, 18 April 2011 21:45 (2 years ago) Permalink
LOCK THE GATES
― That's why they call me (Johnny Fever), Monday, 18 April 2011 21:46 (2 years ago) Permalink
For serious, today's Bobcat Goldthwait episode was crazy good.
looking forward to it, he was really funny on the live episode he was on
― congratulations (n/a), Monday, 18 April 2011 21:48 (2 years ago) Permalink
The Bobcat one is great because of Bobcat; I'm pretty much over Maron at this point. I figure if I listen to one a month from now on I won't want to strangle him.
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 18 April 2011 21:51 (2 years ago) Permalink
What are some of the better episodes IYO? I tried the Janeane Garafolo one, which was pretty good, but then lost interest after playing the Sara Silverman ep in which she seemed about as bored with Maron as I was.
― i have a tbh (rip van wanko), Monday, 18 April 2011 21:52 (2 years ago) Permalink
Maybe I should revise my policy of choosing podcasts for babe factor.
― i have a tbh (rip van wanko), Monday, 18 April 2011 21:53 (2 years ago) Permalink
i think the louis ck episodes are generally seen as the best ones
― congratulations (n/a), Monday, 18 April 2011 21:53 (2 years ago) Permalink
The Maria Bamford one is my favorite.
― reggaeton for the painfully alone (polyphonic), Monday, 18 April 2011 21:54 (2 years ago) Permalink
^yah otm xxxp. maron was so hung up on the 'bobcat voice' character that it got p annoying
― johnny crunch, Monday, 18 April 2011 21:54 (2 years ago) Permalink
recent good ones: dino stamatopolous, stephen tobolowsky, dave foley, most of the live ones
― adult music person (Jordan), Monday, 18 April 2011 21:56 (2 years ago) Permalink
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 (2 years ago) Permalink
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 (2 years ago) Permalink
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 (2 years ago) Permalink
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 (2 years ago) Permalink
n/a do you mean El Chupacabra saying Double-U Tee Eff?
― popular gay automobile (a hoy hoy), Monday, 18 April 2011 22:04 (2 years ago) Permalink
ha ha maybe? it seems odd that i would be that far off but ???
― congratulations (n/a), Monday, 18 April 2011 22:12 (2 years ago) Permalink
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 (2 years ago) Permalink
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 (2 years ago) Permalink
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 (2 years ago) Permalink
The joke about Michael Jordan's dad and Kurt the only one laughing-- A+
― President Keyes, Monday, 18 April 2011 23:12 (2 years ago) Permalink
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 (2 years ago) Permalink
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 (2 years ago) Permalink
Wasn't Kurt really into SNL, at least as a teenager?
― President Keyes, Monday, 18 April 2011 23:16 (2 years ago) Permalink
My all-time favorite wtfs:
Louis CKPaul ScheerMaria Bamford road tripJaneane GarofaloStephen TobolowskyJoe Mande
― VegemiteGrrl, Monday, 18 April 2011 23:18 (2 years ago) Permalink
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 (2 years ago) Permalink
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 (2 years ago) Permalink
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 (2 years ago) Permalink
otm. also helms doesn't really seem comfortable talking about himself at all.xpost
― congratulations (n/a), Monday, 18 April 2011 23:37 (2 years ago) Permalink
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 (2 years ago) Permalink
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 (2 years ago) Permalink
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 (2 years ago) Permalink
Fast forward
― reggaeton for the painfully alone (polyphonic), Monday, 18 April 2011 23:50 (2 years ago) Permalink
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 (2 years ago) Permalink
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 (2 years ago) Permalink
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 (2 years ago) Permalink
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 (2 years ago) Permalink
Patrice Oneal & Mike DeStefano (RIP) are the 2 best I've heard.
― gr8080, Tuesday, 19 April 2011 06:54 (2 years ago) Permalink
have no idea what greg fleet looks like i just assume hes superhans from peep show
― johnny crunch, Monday, 25 April 2011 12:28 (2 years ago) Permalink
he kinda looks like a middle-aged smackie whinnyingly asking you to lennim twenty bucks
― Unusatralian (sic), Monday, 25 April 2011 12:52 (2 years ago) Permalink
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 (2 years ago) Permalink
live wtf from brooklyn was very funny especially chuck klosterman.
― Michael B, Monday, 25 April 2011 13:40 (2 years ago) Permalink
Greg Fleet on today! <3
― VegemiteGrrl, Monday, 25 April 2011 14:53 (2 years ago) Permalink
Oh no, Andy Dick on Thursday. I may skip that one.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 25 April 2011 16:34 (2 years ago) Permalink
yeah that's going to be weird and awkward... I may have to listen in stages
― VegemiteGrrl, Monday, 25 April 2011 16:44 (2 years ago) Permalink
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 (2 years ago) Permalink
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 (2 years ago) Permalink
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 (2 years ago) Permalink
I thought Nardwaur vs. Maron was actually pretty fun!
― not feeling those lighters (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Saturday, 13 April 2013 16:56 (1 month ago) Permalink
Playing catch-up again and was kinda dreading the Rob Schneider because I think he's pretty unfunny. He had me won over at first, he actually seemed like a decent dude, but then he had to go and keep doing his "hilarious" Chinese accent.
― i kant believe it's not buffon (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 18 April 2013 02:49 (1 month ago) Permalink
ty, will skip
― Devendra Bumhat (sic), Thursday, 18 April 2013 03:34 (1 month ago) Permalink
And, yeah, the Dean Delray one was a lot of fun. It's fun to hear a guy that's spent that much time in the industry still have such an enthusiasm for music.
― i kant believe it's not buffon (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 18 April 2013 03:45 (1 month ago) Permalink
Seconding the Dean Delray one. Affable dude and his stories are great.
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 18 April 2013 04:04 (1 month ago) Permalink
That ep totally reminded me of having a sketchy looking dude pull up next to you at the bar and you give him the side-eye like, "what is this guy's deal". Four hours later your still listening to him reel off story after story.
― i kant believe it's not buffon (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 18 April 2013 04:27 (1 month ago) Permalink
self flag post for "your/you're" abuse
Florentine's ep is pretty heavy towards the end. I really only know the guy from That Metal Show, so this is all a surprise.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 18 April 2013 21:35 (1 month ago) Permalink
lol @ mark in that ep "im just getting into tool"
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 18 April 2013 21:40 (1 month ago) Permalink
ugh i was not into dean delray. on the other hand i'm cool with maron interviewing as many chefs as he wants.
― shit tie (Jordan), Thursday, 18 April 2013 21:43 (1 month ago) Permalink
@marcmaronPeople who fanatically follow a guy who claims to not be a 'follower' are followers. And that guy always has a great act!
@LarryTate7 2h@marcmaron Where is the punch line in that?
@marcmaron 2h@LarryTate7 You're the fucking punchline, stupid.
@marcmaron 2hDidn't mean to get the @RealAlexJones 'followers' all worked up. Let me know when you get it all figured out. You're all so close.
― cougars and sneezers (Eazy), Friday, 19 April 2013 18:20 (1 month ago) Permalink
hmmanyway i listened to today's show preamble about the shutdown steel works and god throwing lightning and again thinking 'THIS FUCKING GUY' and just started dreading what would happen in the UYD interview but the interview was pretty great in the end.
― (from a bottle you dicks) (sunny successor), Monday, 22 April 2013 21:27 (4 weeks ago) Permalink
yeah I like Maron when he's running at that chilled out speed
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 22 April 2013 21:28 (4 weeks ago) Permalink
Playing catch-up again and was kinda dreading the Rob Schneider because I think he's pretty unfunny. He had me won over at first, he actually seemed like a decent dude, but then he had to go and keep doing his "hilarious" Chinese accent
seriously? Jesus Christ
― not feeling those lighters (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Monday, 22 April 2013 21:41 (4 weeks ago) Permalink
James Adomian is "Maron in Space":http://www.ifc.com/shows/maron/maron-in-space
― jaymc, Monday, 22 April 2013 22:04 (4 weeks ago) Permalink
Those Adomian bits are amazing.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 22 April 2013 22:17 (4 weeks ago) Permalink
haha
adomian is great
― we're up all night to get (s1ocki), Thursday, 25 April 2013 03:31 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
ug so not funny
why am i such a laffs-hating crank with scripted US comedy? so weird to me.
― sean gramophone, Thursday, 25 April 2013 04:26 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
maybe if they were wearing dresses?
― (from a bottle you dicks) (sunny successor), Thursday, 25 April 2013 15:34 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
first full ep of MARON:
two point five stars from me, but i tend to hate scripted american comedy
― sean gramophone, Saturday, 27 April 2013 22:00 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
I love scripted american comedy but that seems a little high
― polyphonic, Saturday, 27 April 2013 22:45 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
yeah, not great
― sonderborg, Sunday, 28 April 2013 01:27 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
he needs to NOT do the quiet sad sack thing...Louis CK has that cornered. the more manic side? i guess he can't make it about the real life show...hard to see where he'll go with this.
― Iago Galdston, Sunday, 28 April 2013 01:33 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
didn't kill, but if Mark/Kyle turns out to be the "format" of the show I think that has some promise.
― resulting paste of mashed cheez poops (silby), Sunday, 28 April 2013 01:38 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
have only seen a trailer of this so far but I am just gonna cautiously think of it as a downpayment on an absorbing confrontation with louis in a few years in which maron interrogates the discrepancies in their success
― daft on the causes of punk (schlump), Sunday, 28 April 2013 01:39 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
crossover ep probs
― resulting paste of mashed cheez poops (silby), Sunday, 28 April 2013 01:42 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
Dennis leary is in this? The guy who stole an entire hour of material from bill hicks? Fuck maron going after mencia and then this shit.
― mimicking regular benevloent (sic) users' names (President Keyes), Sunday, 28 April 2013 02:15 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
Maron mentioned on Howard Stern yesterday that Leary's production company was putting the show together (also noticed that Leary is credited with being an exec production) - guess he has to be on at least one episode.
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 3 May 2013 03:08 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
I finally am listening to the Dick Van Dyke interview...goddamn I love him. How awesome that he got to know Stan Laurel and Buster Keaton! Looked old Stan up in the phone book of all things! So wonderful.
I've never seen the Dick Van Dyke Show before, so I started watching it on youtube. It's really funny, I'm enjoying it.
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 16:19 (6 days ago) Permalink
ifc show is p bad; the kid kyle(?) his lil nephew or w/e is a good actor tho
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 16:26 (6 days ago) Permalink
i haven't watched it yet, I'm kind of afraid.
we're going to this on Friday night - I'm guessing it'll be kind of like a longform standup? but I'm not sure. excited!http://events.pe.com/san_francisco_ca/events/show/316817323-wtf-comedian-marc-maron-attempting-normal
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 16:39 (6 days ago) Permalink
the ep with Dave Foley wasn't bad
― four Marxes plus four Obamas plus four Bin Ladens (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 16:59 (6 days ago) Permalink
I've never seen the Dick Van Dyke Show before
!!!
I am from the same county and have never seen it either
― charli.xlsx (sic), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 22:13 (6 days ago) Permalink
country
I guess American sitcoms from the 60s don't have much of an impact in the Australian tv landscape. Unless they do, and you all have just been getting the inferior ones.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 22:14 (6 days ago) Permalink
limited opportunity for reruns in australia, we did have a lot of American tv shows when I was a kid but it was newer syndicated stuff like the Brady Bunch and Mork and Mindy and stuff like that.
I think older stuff like that wasn't available for worldwide syndication maybe? I am making all of this up so someone can plz correct me
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 22:20 (6 days ago) Permalink
god knows it would have been better than endless reruns of Keeping Up Appearances and Are You Being Served though ;_;
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 22:21 (6 days ago) Permalink
DVDS is on endless reruns on my Comcast cable pkg, has been for years now it seems
― four Marxes plus four Obamas plus four Bin Ladens (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 22:22 (6 days ago) Permalink
the first episode with the ducklings is cute as hell omg
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 22:23 (6 days ago) Permalink
tbh I don't think it was really in American syndication very much either, I think I first saw it as a kid/teen on a PBS affiliate actually. but even then I was struck by how quick and energetic all the jokes and schtick are, and I tend to hate sitcoms.
― four Marxes plus four Obamas plus four Bin Ladens (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 22:29 (6 days ago) Permalink
The big three from the post-Honeymooners pre-Brady Bunch era, for me at least, are Dick Van Dyke, I Love Lucy and Andy Griffith. I could watch them all over and over (and have done just that) and still laugh every time.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 22:31 (6 days ago) Permalink
hm well we did have I Love Lucy, so I didn't miss out completely
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 22:33 (6 days ago) Permalink
phew.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 22:39 (6 days ago) Permalink
In the latest Doug Loves Movies podcast, Maron goes off on Kumail Nanjiani like a Detective Columbo of Irritation. Brilliant theater piece actually.
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 23:10 (6 days ago) Permalink
xpost DVD was the 30 Rock of its time (with Your Show of Shows = SNL)
― mimicking regular benevloent (sic) users' names (President Keyes), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 23:23 (6 days ago) Permalink
I love all the Maron sniping Sam Seder does on his podcast
― mimicking regular benevloent (sic) users' names (President Keyes), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 23:24 (6 days ago) Permalink
I watched an episode or two of I Love Lucy when I was a kid and thought it was terrible
This is indeed great, and has an amazing payoff during the Leonard Maltin Game
― charli.xlsx (sic), Thursday, 16 May 2013 00:00 (5 days ago) Permalink
So is there any reason for me to keep listening to the Sam Simon one? Or does he get all of his racist shit out of the way early with his "fat black people" smoke pot bit? Way to do a nearly complete destruction of me sympathy for you dude.
― i kant believe it's not buffon (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 20 May 2013 19:00 (Yesterday) Permalink
Yeah, that guy came off as a total prick, he even admitted it more or less. the pot smoking thing was jaw dropping.
― Iago Galdston, Tuesday, 21 May 2013 00:00 (17 hours ago) Permalink