WTF with Marc Maron (it's a podcast)

listening to it now...SO hope this becomes a regular thing.

interesting aside-info from the diablo cody ep -- am def fascinated by her moving to minneapolis cuz of a dude on a beach boys tape trading list (who she married!) & also abt her older brother

I'm gonna get to her ep later this afternoon.

I really don't want to listen to her. Not on the same day as the Scharpling-Maron ep, anyway. I'm in too good of a mood now

He probably shouldn't have dropped these both on the same day, since the Tom one is so much better.

I think the Tom one actually came out Tuesday, but nobody noticed until the regularly scheduled episode today.

It had Monday's date on it in my feed, but I hadn't checked in on it in a few days.

I started listening to Big Jay Okerman but I didnt' really like him that much.

I was updating my podcasts all week, including last night, and the Tom one didn't show up until this morning, along with the DC one.

Tom one was paywalled for a couple of days, then became free

hm yea thats what i thought too, ill have 2 check back

sharpling really doesnt do anything for me, who knows why
2 guys kvetching abt anxiety/responsibility is kinda brutal
also, he thinks tom waits is 'phony'? gtfo bro

though bill maher was quite good actually. usually think he is super pompous but enjoyed him on this. maybe you guys suffiecently lowered my expectations.

xp Tom Waits is kind of a phony. Just depends on whether you like his character or not.

scharpling is weird. i like him on the best show when he's doing a character, but on this it's kind of uncomfortable to see the seams between person and persona.

I thought the Tom & Marc episode became too whiney and had far too much woe-is-me bullshit. And it wasn't funny either.

w/e ~ phony can = any performer; figure it out, it's a lame dismissal imo

I keep meaning to check this out but then remember it's comedians talking about themselves.

thought the Tom & Marc episode became too whiney and had far too much woe-is-me bullshit.

^OTM

tho i do <3 Tom Waits, i laughed at the impersonation.

I wonder if the Todd Hanson episode (#190) would affect you, Morbs.

though bill maher was quite good actually. usually think he is super pompous but enjoyed him on this. maybe you guys suffiecently lowered my expectations.

I felt the same way. I expected him to be brusque and standoffish, and he was neither. I'm not a big fan of his by any stretch, but even though many comedians can talk about "In the Carson era, it was like this, but now it's like this" I enjoyed hearing his perspective on it.

I like Tom when he's drunkenly complaining about people not liking his bits

tho i do <3 Tom Waits, i laughed at the impersonation.

x2

love when Maron tries to talk about music. Yes, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion (formed 1991) were around for years before the Black Crowes (formed 1989.) Maybe he meant Pussy Galore.

I liked the Offerman/Mulally convo for the most part. Except the *way* Megan Mullally talked, I had to really try hard to listen and not be annoyed at her. That bored, yawny, disengaged way of speaking. I dunno if she was nervous, or that's how she always is but she just came off as bored and/or rude.

can't decide if the guy from dinner and a movie being suicidal is surprising or not.

did not enjoy that one

That bored, yawny, disengaged way of speaking

iirc this is probably why her daytime talk show didn't last very long.

I've heard better interviews with Offerman (Kevin Pollack podcast and Comedy Bang Bang) but it was nice to hear him and Mullaly bouncing off one another.

Yeah Bert Kreisher was unbearable.

Oh my god, yes, his laugh in particular.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCeMiP2zgtM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCeMiP2zgtM

So weird to see him after listening to so many hour of his conversation.

i haven't listened to the podcast in a few weeks (my commute got substantially shortened and i'd rather listen to music these days anyway) but will definitely DVR this:

http://www.avclub.com/articles/marc-marons-wtf-sitcom-gets-picked-up-by-ifc,71104/

fred willard was good, kind of what i expected: seemed really sweet, had a bit of naivite about him but up for anything, a little iffy on gender and race stuff.

Mary Mack plays a pretty mean clarinet on today's episode.

Fred's "glad you're short and white and not big and black" break-in story was a bit eyebrow-raising.

Ugh

http://www.laughspin.com/2012/03/17/ifc-greenlights-marc-maron-show-straight-to-series-exclusive/

Maybe IFC's next show will be UYD.

Have to say, the first few minutes of the Mindy Kaling interview were almost like a parody of WTF: talking block by block about streets in Cambridge, Mass., in order for both of them to put themselves on the right side of well off vs. not-too-well-off.

Just now listening to Molly Shannon's ep. I like her so much more now than I did when she was on SNL.

great interview.

Mary Mack was awesome.

Have to say, the first few minutes of the Mindy Kaling interview were almost like a parody of WTF

Interestingly, this part was filmed for Maron's episode of Morgan Spurlock's A Day in the Life.

Still way behind on these, but I'm always pleasantly surprised when a guest I don't expect to really like much wins me over. The Ralphie May one was a great listen and he seems like a good dude.

Yeah, never was really a Ralphie May fan, but that was a fun hour.

Yeah I loved that interview

He was alright, although him saying he got a 20 minute standing ovation for every gig was grating. Like well done, you are the greatest comic ever.

Having trouble slogging through Michael Cera tbh.

xpost But in the context of a guy who's had to prove that he's funny and treated so poorly by his peer comedians, it makes sense that he would have a chip on his shoulder now. He still feels like he has something to prove, even if he really doesn't anymore. I think it's more of a 'how you like me now' to the people in his head who hate him, you know?