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
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 (2 years ago) Permalink
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 (2 years ago) Permalink
(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 (2 years ago) Permalink
― 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 (2 years ago) Permalink
phew.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 22:39 (1 week 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 (1 week 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 (1 week 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 (1 week 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 (1 week 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 (6 days ago) 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 (5 days ago) Permalink
tweet beef w/ michael ian black
https://twitter.com/marcmaron/status/336927252237398017
― gr8080, Tuesday, 21 May 2013 20:02 (5 days ago) Permalink
i love those two beefing. golden gloves
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 21 May 2013 20:04 (5 days ago) Permalink
ha ha i've had an ongoing debate with a friend about the MIB ep of WTF, where i side with MIB and think that maron was being a dick and she sides with maron and thinks that MIB was being a dick. that's what happens when two comedians with dick personas get together i guess.
― congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, 21 May 2013 20:12 (5 days ago) Permalink
http://gothamist.com/2013/04/08/michael_ian_black_talked_to_marc_ma.php
― gr8080, Tuesday, 21 May 2013 20:19 (5 days ago) Permalink
i want them to have a tv series like the Odd Couple together. they're great
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 21 May 2013 21:38 (5 days ago) Permalink
awww andy with his ooooo! <3<3
― educate yourself to this reality (sunny successor), Tuesday, 21 May 2013 22:01 (5 days ago) Permalink
^^ otm
― i kant believe it's not buffon (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 22 May 2013 03:59 (4 days ago) Permalink
wow, is that twitter spat 'funny'? 'i got it at the charity shop lol' fucking hell
― the Shearer of simulated snowsex etc. (Dwight Yorke), Wednesday, 22 May 2013 07:11 (4 days ago) Permalink
actually im gonna bail on this thread, comedy podcasts ffs
― ¬╡▫ ▫╞⌠ (sic), Wednesday, 22 May 2013 07:50 (4 days ago) Permalink
im with DY on this one. reminds me of cher's 'no its your designer imposter perfume' zing at amber from clueless. funny for high school but embarrassing for middle aged men. the way these fools get upset at any perceived slight is a huge red flag for paranoid psychopathy imo. and by these fools i mean most comedians
― educate yourself to this reality (sunny successor), Wednesday, 22 May 2013 15:16 (4 days ago) Permalink
if you've even listened to only a handful of WTF episodes, you should know how incredibly insecure of sociopathic comedians are. not really a surprise to see 49 year-old comedians in a pissy twitbeef.
― i kant believe it's not buffon (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 22 May 2013 15:22 (4 days ago) Permalink
of = and, i'm exhausted
― i kant believe it's not buffon (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 22 May 2013 15:23 (4 days ago) Permalink
but it's also a persona they both put on whenever they talk to each other. like this is just kind of, i dunno, sport, for them. maron does the same thing with Josh Malina now and then, it's funny.
i get a kick out of it. idk.
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 22 May 2013 16:44 (4 days ago) Permalink
GUYS i was thinking with all these old-school comedians on WTF lately - can you imagine if marc interviewed jerry lewis?
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 23 May 2013 19:56 (3 days ago) Permalink
I finally finished listening to the Sam Simon one. The part that really offended me was when he referred to Jennifer Tilly as the world's best female poker player.
― polyphonic, Thursday, 23 May 2013 20:11 (3 days ago) Permalink
loool
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 23 May 2013 20:24 (3 days ago) Permalink
I loved loved loved the Brooks, Reiner and Dick Van Dyke interviews. The Shelly Berman one was interesting too, though he seemed like a much tougher interview. I would love more of those old Hollywood guys.
would love him to get into some of the Laugh In cast or Carol Burnett etc.
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 23 May 2013 20:28 (3 days ago) Permalink
BOB NEWHART
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 23 May 2013 20:32 (3 days ago) Permalink
i think he's talked about wanting to interview those guys (jerry lewis, newhart, etc), just needs someone to hook it up
― precious bonsai children of new york (Jordan), Thursday, 23 May 2013 20:38 (3 days ago) Permalink
if he interviews lewis i just want them to be dicks to each other for an hour. probably wouldn't happen though :(
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 23 May 2013 20:39 (3 days ago) Permalink
yeah newhart would be great. and lewis. all of em!
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 23 May 2013 20:50 (3 days ago) Permalink
Carol Burnett and Bob Newhart ftw! I'd probably listen to Jerry Lewis's if it were to happen, but a lot of that guy's shine has worn off for me since I was a kid.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Thursday, 23 May 2013 20:52 (3 days ago) Permalink
oh and Dick Cavett's on my wishlist too. I could listen to him talk all day
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 23 May 2013 20:53 (3 days ago) Permalink
oh i don't like lewis at all. i just know he's a notoriously difficult interview so i think the results would be interesting.
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 23 May 2013 20:54 (3 days ago) Permalink
i know maron doesnt do uk comedy but its a shame he is missing out on a bunch of classic era comedians from over here. python, being an easy, worldly example.
― tell me more (a hoy hoy), Friday, 24 May 2013 07:06 (2 days ago) Permalink
god if only someone could finally get Pythons interviewed
― ¬╡▫ ▫╞⌠ (sic), Friday, 24 May 2013 07:34 (2 days ago) Permalink
ok sure but that is just one name out of like 50 who its a shame maron doesnt know exists
― tell me more (a hoy hoy), Friday, 24 May 2013 07:47 (2 days ago) Permalink
Enh, as good as the Stewart Lee WTF interview was, I don't really want to listen to Maron bluffing his way through interviews with any more UK comedians than he chooses to already. I'd much rather a UK comedian who was as equally incisive and well-connected as Maron started their own podcast to work their way through the history of British comedy. Struggling to think of anyone who might fit the bill, though.
― bizarro gazzara, Friday, 24 May 2013 09:32 (2 days ago) Permalink
Richard Herring is doing an ok job but i dont like the live audience thing
― tell me more (a hoy hoy), Friday, 24 May 2013 09:56 (2 days ago) Permalink
John fuckin' Fogerty on Monday!
― bizarro gazzara, Friday, 24 May 2013 21:44 (2 days ago) Permalink
Maron's a huge CCR-head, so I'm partly expecting this:
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Friday, 24 May 2013 21:56 (2 days ago) Permalink
Psyched for Fogerty!
― Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 25 May 2013 01:45 (Yesterday) Permalink
lol
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Saturday, 25 May 2013 02:34 (Yesterday) Permalink
That's hilarious.
(and "Proud Mary" is similarly mono)
― Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Saturday, 25 May 2013 02:37 (Yesterday) Permalink
Ha was this friends jw? (not Jon Williams)
― i, norbit (jaymc), Saturday, 25 May 2013 03:26 (Yesterday) Permalink
friend
yes
― congratulations (n/a), Saturday, 25 May 2013 14:24 (Yesterday) Permalink