WTF with Marc Maron (it's a podcast)

please stop the musician interviews

hart intvw was great but maron talking to nonwhite comics always makes me nervous

he did well with hart because he remembered working the same clubs with him. otherwise we'd have had 30 more minutes of "black comedy and white comedy are two different worlds."

this show fuckin sucks but holy shit @ today's

lol'd @ the end re: tony clifton ~ "yeah maybe he can come in for a 15 or 20 min ep"

that was quite the podcast... that bakery story... wow.

also loved the bus prank!

I wasn't familiar with Chelsea Handler before this interview, and can't say I am now. She's like the female Adam Corolla or something?

That's a reasonably accurate comparison.

please stop the musician interviews

― President Keyes, Monday, April 23, 2012 9:33 AM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

He must be 'running out'* of American comics though...

*I mean i'm sure there is a list of a 1000 other names to do but when its comes to both ones he can actually get hold of, ones who actually want to do it and ones he finds interesting enough for an interview.

please stop the musician interviews

"Whaddyou play, a Stratocaster? Yeah...yeah...I've got a Les Paul..."

"Who were your guys? You know, your guys."

He must be 'running out'* of American comics though...

*I mean i'm sure there is a list of a 1000 other names to do but when its comes to both ones he can actually get hold of, ones who actually want to do it and ones he finds interesting enough for an interview.

There are a few dozen comics who have killed it on Comedy Bang Bang or other podcasts, but who are now probably too low level for Maron. He is definitely building toward some "legit" audience-building point, which is understandable--but not why I started listening to this podcast. I'm sure it would be a huge coup for Maron to get an Eddie Murphy interview but I doubt it would be any good. The worst WTFs have always been the ones with the most famous people. There's already a Studio 360 for Wayne Coyne interviews and whatnot.

The worst WTFs have always been the ones with the most famous people.

Chris Rock's was really good, and I really enjoyed the Gary Shandling one too. I'm sure there are others that have slipped my mind.

His musician interviews may get better with time. He was kind of awkward with every guest back in his Air America days, but has since settled into a comfortable rhythm with comics. He'll get there with musicians, I bet.

Except that he knows shit about music and knows everything about comedy

OTM

Just listened to Kevin Hart, liked it a lot.

This Wayne Coyne episode is pretty shit until Wayne turns into the interviewer and they get into ideas of performance and connection with the audience. It isn't great, but Wayne tries to find points of connection that Marc seems to oblivious too approach.

For all the negative stuff I've said here, I still think Maron is a great interviewer. I know it's difficult to put out two hour plus shows a week while you're doing stand-up and a tv show. It's the same with Terry Gross--once you've become so familiar with an interviewers pet topics you end up rolling your eyes when they come up again and again. It's like, dude, we know you venerate Keith Richards and Bukowski-esque junkie bullshit. Either move past it or examine it more interestingly.

This is probably my hang-up though, since I hate all the Iggy/Sid/Johnny Thunders/GG/Bob Stinson/Cobain/Winehouse fuck-up worship that Maron still dabbles in.

People like what they like, so I'm not gonna begrudge Maron his taste. I just wish he had a broader knowledge to fall back on.

I like the Wayne Coyne episode so far. They're just talking about planes and stuff but they have a nice rapport.

Yeah, finally hearing this now. It's a good "just shootin' the shit" episode. Also, one of my least favorite things in the world is listening to people who do drugs talk about doing drugs, but the way Wayne and Marc are talking about it is sorta fascinating.

Except that he knows shit about music and knows everything about comedy

he knows a bit about one very limited strand of comedy

If Maron and Coyne were on a date during that episode, they'd wake up next to each other.

The worst WTFs have always been the ones with the most famous people.

Chris Rock's was really good, and I really enjoyed the Gary Shandling one too. I'm sure there are others that have slipped my mind.

Steven Wright, Fred Willard, Paul Krassner, Judd Apatow, Margaret Cho were all good too.

Damn, forgot the Bobcat one too!

Ferguson's up soon, I think. Should be predictable, but pretty good.

The worst WTFs have always been the ones with the most famous people.

Chris Rock's was really good, and I really enjoyed the Gary Shandling one too. I'm sure there are others that have slipped my mind.

Steven Wright, Fred Willard, Paul Krassner, Judd Apatow, Margaret Cho were all good too.

I was thinking mainly of Fallon, Kimmel, Dice Clay, Paul Reiser, Carrot Top.

adding Bill Maher, Ray Romano

everyone he interviews is "famous" in some way, but there are a few who barely want to step down from their clouds

xp I'm not really a fan of Paul Reiser (though I'm not a non-fan either). I liked his episode.

Carrot Top's episode really wasn't all that bad if you just consider the Carrot Top portion of it and not all the interjections of his dopey yes-man friend/partner.

i think if sandler would ever do it, it could be a really good ep in a # of ways. not that it's likely to happen..

Sandler doesn't strike me as even the littlest bit introspective, and on the occasions he is he does so on his terms only.

Would love a Sandler interview

I'm still holding out hope Chappelle will agree to do an episode (hopefully a two-parter).

wonder if mark would ask sandler about meeting lorne michaels.

u_u

maybe someday he'll get that lorne interview

He'll get the Albert Brooks interview first.

I'm still holding out hope Chappelle will agree to do an episode (hopefully a two-parter).

WTF seems like one of the only things that would appeal to Chappelle at this point. He's sworn off film and tv, and his stand-up dates seem to get ruined by people either filming him with their phones or shouting "I'm Rick James, bitch!" I'd think Dave would love to just talk comedy in a one-on-one setting.

I'm listening to the Bill Maher ep and... it is fine?

yeah i thought the maher one was pretty good.

Rachael Harris's episode was really great. Also, I now want to see her Natural Selection movie, which I'd not even heard of before her interview.

I generally can't stand Maher, I often find him too self-congratulatory and proud of his cleverness, but his WTF ep humanized him a little bit. He only grated on me when he was inflating how he was like Public Enemy #1 with 9/11 comments but, that aside, I liked his interview just fine.

"Who were your guys? You know, your guys."

― ┗|∵|┓ (sic), Friday, 4 May 2012 00:37 (5 days ago)

listened to the Wayne one yesterday and lool, ^ tgkwu

tgkwu = "that guy knows what's up"?

"this" but yeah

http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/7946460/on-incredibly-popular-frustrating-addictive-wtf-marc-maron-podcast

Maron's Twitter exchange with Oswalt yesterday was pretty funny.