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.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 3 May 2012 14:58 (1 year ago) Permalink
Except that he knows shit about music and knows everything about comedy
― President Keyes, Thursday, 3 May 2012 15:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
OTM
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 3 May 2012 15:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
Just listened to Kevin Hart, liked it a lot.
― caro's johnson (Eazy), Thursday, 3 May 2012 15:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
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.
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 3 May 2012 15:07 (1 year ago) Permalink
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.
― President Keyes, Thursday, 3 May 2012 16:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
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.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 3 May 2012 17:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
I like the Wayne Coyne episode so far. They're just talking about planes and stuff but they have a nice rapport.
― polyphonic, Thursday, 3 May 2012 17:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
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.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 3 May 2012 18:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
he knows a bit about one very limited strand of comedy
― ┗|∵|┓ (sic), Thursday, 3 May 2012 22:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
If Maron and Coyne were on a date during that episode, they'd wake up next to each other.
― cue "White Rabbit" (kenan), Thursday, 3 May 2012 22:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
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.
― Reality Check Cashing Services (Elvis Telecom), Thursday, 3 May 2012 23:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
Damn, forgot the Bobcat one too!
― Reality Check Cashing Services (Elvis Telecom), Thursday, 3 May 2012 23:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
Ferguson's up soon, I think. Should be predictable, but pretty good.
― I serve at the pleasure of Dr. Dre and a team of Sorbonne scientists. (R Baez), Thursday, 3 May 2012 23:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
I was thinking mainly of Fallon, Kimmel, Dice Clay, Paul Reiser, Carrot Top.
― President Keyes, Friday, 4 May 2012 09:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
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
― President Keyes, Friday, 4 May 2012 10:06 (1 year ago) Permalink
xp I'm not really a fan of Paul Reiser (though I'm not a non-fan either). I liked his episode.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 4 May 2012 15:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
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.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 4 May 2012 15:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
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..
― johnny crunch, Friday, 4 May 2012 15:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
Sandler doesn't strike me as even the littlest bit introspective, and on the occasions he is he does so on his terms only.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 4 May 2012 15:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
Would love a Sandler interview
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 4 May 2012 15:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'm still holding out hope Chappelle will agree to do an episode (hopefully a two-parter).
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 4 May 2012 15:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
wonder if mark would ask sandler about meeting lorne michaels.
― mizzell, Friday, 4 May 2012 16:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
u_u
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 4 May 2012 16:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
maybe someday he'll get that lorne interview
― 40oz of tears (Jordan), Friday, 4 May 2012 16:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
He'll get the Albert Brooks interview first.
― Vini Reilly Invasion (Elvis Telecom), Friday, 4 May 2012 19:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
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.
― Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Friday, 4 May 2012 20:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'm listening to the Bill Maher ep and... it is fine?
― Thoughts? You must have loads. (a hoy hoy), Friday, 4 May 2012 20:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah i thought the maher one was pretty good.
― mizzell, Friday, 4 May 2012 20:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
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.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 20:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
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.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 20:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
"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
― ┗|∵|┓ (sic), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 01:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
tgkwu = "that guy knows what's up"?
― sockless in moccasins (jaymc), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 16:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
"this" but yeah
― ┗|∵|┓ (sic), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 22:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/7946460/on-incredibly-popular-frustrating-addictive-wtf-marc-maron-podcast
― Mordy, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 14:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
Maron's Twitter exchange with Oswalt yesterday was pretty funny.
― H.P. Hovercraft and the Vini Reilly Invasion (Elvis Telecom), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 16:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
Yeah, I kind of enjoyed that exchange, particularly Oswalt's tweet about Jerry from Parks & Rec.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 16:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
I am interested but hate Twitter and can't figure out how to see both of their posts at the same time.
― booth traums (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 24 May 2012 04:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
twitter is horrible
― Hauntingly Unemployed American (President Keyes), Thursday, 24 May 2012 09:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/22/patton-oswalt-and-marc-maron-tweet-same-flight_n_1536263.html
― Three Word Username, Thursday, 24 May 2012 10:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
Killer Beas is one of my favorite recent interviews. His unguarde attitudes about the south and racism were kind of unexpected. And the ambulance/funeral home stuff was A+
― Hauntingly Unemployed American (President Keyes), Thursday, 24 May 2012 16:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
Unguarded obv
that grantland article is pretty bad, even as a parody of WTF. also ignores that it's a great interview tactic to drop a vulnerable admission about yourself in order to get the interviewee to open up.
― 40oz of tears (Jordan), Thursday, 24 May 2012 17:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
I've been listening to the podcast too long; all I could think when I read it is 'oh man how much is it going to suck when Maron reads all this' because I could just see him underlining the phrases and criticisms and rewriting an angry email 20 times
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 24 May 2012 17:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
Tho the Lorne Michaels obsession thing is pretty indisputable. I think Maron gets too much of a rep as the purity comic, see all of those Oswalt tweets. He's more like the 40 something ex-punk rocker dudes I work with who are kind of wondering where to go now that their youthful integrity codes have been defaced or made irrelevant.
― Hauntingly Unemployed American (President Keyes), Thursday, 24 May 2012 17:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
he's mellowed SO much over the course of the podcast - if anything more should be made of how beneficial the podcast has been for him, more than anyone lol
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 24 May 2012 17:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
Killer Beaz sort of surprised me by getting all Christiany toward the end...not preachy or anything, and I definitely understand why what happened in his life would steer him that direction...but that was an unusual turn on a Maron podcast. I love his whole vibe, though.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 24 May 2012 18:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
I really loved the Danny McBride one - he's just such a likable guy. The stories about fighting the abusive boyfriend of his ex, and his fantasy spec script about The Draven (half-dragon, half-man) - so much funny shit in that one.
― She Got the Shakes, Thursday, 24 May 2012 22:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
Yeah, McBride was really enjoyable. I think Maron's going to want to be his buddy. Shit, I kind of want to.
― booth traums (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 25 May 2012 06:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
Maron does seem to have gotten some real friendships out of the WTF project -- Scharpling for one -- which might be one of his motivators in doing it, and is a sort of deliberate reversal of the first half of his career.
― Three Word Username, Friday, 25 May 2012 06:15 (1 year ago) Permalink