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.
― President Keyes, Friday, 4 May 2012 09:23 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
Would love a Sandler interview
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 4 May 2012 15:53 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
wonder if mark would ask sandler about meeting lorne michaels.
― mizzell, Friday, 4 May 2012 16:00 (eleven years ago) link
u_u
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 4 May 2012 16:01 (eleven years ago) link
maybe someday he'll get that lorne interview
― 40oz of tears (Jordan), Friday, 4 May 2012 16:02 (eleven years ago) link
He'll get the Albert Brooks interview first.
― Vini Reilly Invasion (Elvis Telecom), Friday, 4 May 2012 19:16 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
yeah i thought the maher one was pretty good.
― mizzell, Friday, 4 May 2012 20:16 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
"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 (eleven years ago) link
tgkwu = "that guy knows what's up"?
― sockless in moccasins (jaymc), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 16:25 (eleven years ago) link
"this" but yeah
― ┗|∵|┓ (sic), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 22:34 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/7946460/on-incredibly-popular-frustrating-addictive-wtf-marc-maron-podcast
― Mordy, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 14:48 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
twitter is horrible
― Hauntingly Unemployed American (President Keyes), Thursday, 24 May 2012 09:43 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
lol @ maron's sympathetic southern drawl during that killer beaz interview
― 40oz of tears (Jordan), Friday, 25 May 2012 14:16 (eleven years ago) link
http://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/photo/2012/0518/grant_g_marc-maron_mb_640.jpg&w=640&h=360
I like the photo atop the Grantland article, because I imagine the interviews looking more like that than upright across a kitchen table.
― Odd Spice (Eazy), Friday, 25 May 2012 15:00 (eleven years ago) link
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.
OTM
― Odd Spice (Eazy), Friday, 25 May 2012 15:01 (eleven years ago) link
i think i'm realizing that some of my problems with maron aren't problems with maron but with people i've known who aspire to have that kind of personality
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 25 May 2012 15:04 (eleven years ago) link
I searched the thread but I found no discussion of the episode with Jillian Lauren? Am I missing something? I usually find this podcast a little too professional bro talk for my taste, but she was amazing! What a smarty. She really knows how to tell a story.
― game of crones (La Lechera), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 13:51 (eleven years ago) link
I remember that one being pretty good. I'm still catching up on this years and listened to the Mary Mack episode the other day. Her voice was cracking me up because I have relatives from far north Wisconsin and my female cousin sounds EXACTLY like her.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 13:55 (eleven years ago) link
Does he always sort of recap what the guest has said so far every 5 min or so, or was he just doing that because her story was so totally ott?
― game of crones (La Lechera), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 14:00 (eleven years ago) link
If the story seems to him particularly "out there" or unusual, he will...I think it's more for him than us, lol
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 14:08 (eleven years ago) link
Anyone listen to Bo Burnham yet? I find that guy's act painfully unfunny, so I was wondering if his interview is worth sitting through.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 14:11 (eleven years ago) link
yeah im not at all familiar w/ his 'comedy' but it's a p good convo
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 14:17 (eleven years ago) link
i actually liked the song at the end too (art is dead) but im prob not gonna be seeking out his act, etc
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 14:18 (eleven years ago) link
most of it was him winning maron over by being so hard on himself
― Hauntingly Unemployed American (President Keyes), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 14:54 (eleven years ago) link
I'm about halfway through it and I'm enjoying the conversation.
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 15:11 (eleven years ago) link
Wow, I don't really follow Chelsea Handler at all, but I was shocked to see that she was only a year older than me. She has the wrecked voice of a 47 year-old that smokes constantly.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 5 June 2012 19:48 (eleven years ago) link