Good piece.
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 17 May 2014 14:18 (nine years ago) link
some of these would make good sad youtubes
― socki (s1ocki), Saturday, 17 May 2014 14:44 (nine years ago) link
Scott Aukerman in the NYT:
Your show airs right after your fellow comedy-podcaster Marc Maron’s TV show, “Maron.” You two are sort of rivals. He seems to prefer stand-up to improv comedy.Marc actually has a goofy sense of humor, but he doesn’t do that in his own act. His own act is more a personal examination of his own psychosis and born out of a desire to inform the audience about how many 20-year-olds are inclined to sleep with him. In his mind there is a difference between the wacky people and the real comics. I don’t see the distinction all that much.
Marc actually has a goofy sense of humor, but he doesn’t do that in his own act. His own act is more a personal examination of his own psychosis and born out of a desire to inform the audience about how many 20-year-olds are inclined to sleep with him. In his mind there is a difference between the wacky people and the real comics. I don’t see the distinction all that much.
Then, predictably:
http://oi58.tinypic.com/vh3mu9.jpg
― jaymc, Saturday, 17 May 2014 20:07 (nine years ago) link
Haha. Maron got Saucermanned.
― overwhelmed with sweat (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 17 May 2014 20:08 (nine years ago) link
Has anyone interviewed Maron the way he interviews people? Ill-prepared, somewhat disinterested, constantly shifting direction when their attention span wanes?
― overwhelmed with sweat (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 17 May 2014 20:10 (nine years ago) link
someone should interview him and just keep asking questions about Sam Seder
― relentlessly pecking at peace (President Keyes), Saturday, 17 May 2014 20:46 (nine years ago) link
rupaul on Monday! :D
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 18 May 2014 04:23 (nine years ago) link
innaresting!
― the glimmer man (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 18 May 2014 04:48 (nine years ago) link
sick burnerman
― bizarro gazzara, Sunday, 18 May 2014 18:58 (nine years ago) link
Aukerman seems like a prick
― famous instagram God (waterface), Monday, 19 May 2014 13:31 (nine years ago) link
I could listen to RuPaul for forever.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 19 May 2014 16:22 (nine years ago) link
Adam Scott openly questioned him on his "and on a brand new Maron!" schtick he'll do when announcing their IFC shows a few weeks back on their pseudo-U2 show. Can't remember his response, tho
― Stephen King's Threaderstarter (kingfish), Monday, 19 May 2014 16:22 (nine years ago) link
Ru gave Maron the full Ru experience. Loved it.
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 19 May 2014 17:22 (nine years ago) link
Ha I've been wondering about the Aukerman/Maron relationship since they seem like polar opposites in terms of comedic style but have concurrent shows on IFC. The "on a brand new Maron" joke is clearly just about using the language of cheezy sitcom promos for a show that's supposed to be existential and awkward. The NYT zing was pretty mild but made me laugh.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Monday, 19 May 2014 17:40 (nine years ago) link
I would watch Comedy Bang Bang for the guests, but I can't deal with Aukerman (and I'm waaaaay over Reggie Watts).
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 19 May 2014 17:42 (nine years ago) link
i dont think i can handle multiple-hosted podcasts. especially comedians, all talking over each other trying ot get a laugh in.
― socki (s1ocki), Monday, 19 May 2014 18:34 (nine years ago) link
Aukerman is aligned with Tompkins too
Tompkins used to be on Best Show all the time, was buds with Scharpling
now he's a reg on Comedy Bang Bang
Maron is friends with Scharpling
― famous instagram God (waterface), Monday, 19 May 2014 18:39 (nine years ago) link
so Maron vs. Aukerman is actually a proxy war between the Tompkins and Scharpling superpowers
― relentlessly pecking at peace (President Keyes), Monday, 19 May 2014 18:43 (nine years ago) link
yah
― famous instagram God (waterface), Monday, 19 May 2014 18:44 (nine years ago) link
kevin_costner_donald_sutherland.jpg
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Monday, 19 May 2014 18:46 (nine years ago) link
Aukerman and Scharpling are cool; Maron and Tompkins are uncool.
― polyphonic, Monday, 19 May 2014 18:49 (nine years ago) link
Scharpling and Maron and Tompkins are cool
Aukerman is not
― famous instagram God (waterface), Monday, 19 May 2014 18:51 (nine years ago) link
yep
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 19 May 2014 19:30 (nine years ago) link
also pretty sure Tompkins and Scharpling hate each other now
― famous instagram God (waterface), Monday, 19 May 2014 19:33 (nine years ago) link
Aukerman is aggressively uncoolMaron wants desperately to be cool and is notScharpling is coolTompkins is genius who doesn't let notions of cool/uncool bother him
― relentlessly pecking at peace (President Keyes), Monday, 19 May 2014 19:33 (nine years ago) link
xpost yeah, they had a falling out after the tv pilot they worked on together didn't get picked up
― relentlessly pecking at peace (President Keyes), Monday, 19 May 2014 19:34 (nine years ago) link
FTR I think Scharpling is a genius too
― famous instagram God (waterface), Monday, 19 May 2014 19:35 (nine years ago) link
no, but Wurster is
― relentlessly pecking at peace (President Keyes), Monday, 19 May 2014 19:38 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, the real sad part of this topic is that Scharpling and Tompkins aren't on friendly terms anymore, because they were great together.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 19 May 2014 19:38 (nine years ago) link
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Yes. Listening now. Has to be one of Mt favorite of these.
― how's life, Thursday, 22 May 2014 21:03 (nine years ago) link
Aasif Mandvi is a person I like, but I could not get into this interview at all for some reason.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 22 May 2014 21:23 (nine years ago) link
maron seemed disinterested or something. but yeah the conversation was a bit boring
― the glimmer man (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 22 May 2014 21:28 (nine years ago) link
i suspect maron has pretty severe ADD and probably cant medicate it due to being sober? i also feel like his getting off track is sometimes an effort to steer the conversation towards drug stories because that where is the most lively and focused and connected with his guest.
These are just poorly informed assumptions, of course.
Wow that Stephen Malkmus is a chatty one, no?
― get up in this twerk cypher (sunny successor), Thursday, 22 May 2014 21:37 (nine years ago) link
Well yeah, where regular people will bond over shared experiences relating to pop culture or personal history or other benign topics, Maron has very little interest in things like that and will dig for darkness or dependency or turmoil because I think that's the only outlet where he feels like what he has to say if of any worth.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 22 May 2014 21:42 (nine years ago) link
really liked rupaul's unapologetic pro-acid stance.great reveal after the first half of Ru asserting "I have no ego! I have no fear! I am open to the universe!" and then "Oh by the way I did five hits of acid a day for a decade."
― brio, Thursday, 22 May 2014 22:36 (nine years ago) link
I think Mike Birbiglia is great.
― banjoboy, Friday, 23 May 2014 01:50 (nine years ago) link
rupaul's "do you have another shirt?" was loool
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 23 May 2014 02:23 (nine years ago) link
^ YES
― a lake full of ancient spices (los blue jeans), Friday, 23 May 2014 23:23 (nine years ago) link
"it's new! it's from the show! do i need a new shirt"
*silence*
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 23 May 2014 23:30 (nine years ago) link
that interview was a good listen but i'm kinda bummed out to learn rupaul is such a stereotypical delusional hippie
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Friday, 23 May 2014 23:44 (nine years ago) link
Yeah Ru is made of selfhelp koolaid.
It was offputting for me when I first encountered it. I dunno that I'd stand for THAT much bullshit in anyone else. But as an avid drag race fan now I give him a pass because he genuinely helps sooo many queens find their way on the show with that exact koolaid. It's nutty as hell but it seems to work? idk
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 24 May 2014 00:54 (nine years ago) link
but it's funny how almost everything he says is this kooky collage of metaphors
the matrix!the projector! the wizard!
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 24 May 2014 00:55 (nine years ago) link
this part of the interview caught me off guard
http://www.transadvocate.com/faggot-ru-paul-trannys-need-to-get-stronger_n_13725.htm?utm_content=bufferd4683
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Saturday, 24 May 2014 00:57 (nine years ago) link
Yeah he got really vehement really quickly...I wasn't expecting that level of a reaction from Ru on a popular podcast like Maron's, even though I had a pretty good idea of where he stood already.
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 24 May 2014 01:10 (nine years ago) link
The Steve Brill interview in the 500 episode is really something - much more like the early episode.You hear about all the shit that's gone down between them, and the 'old' marc and you're thinking yeah wow he's changed a lot AND THEN you hear all the stuff that has gone down just within the last few years and it's like omg he still is kind of this walking nightmare of insecurity still
the stuff about the Mighty Ducks scene that got cut; 'You scared some of the ducks' was priceless
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 27 May 2014 20:56 (nine years ago) link
the fact that Brill is even talking to him still is kind of a miracle
Hollywood's such a weird place
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 27 May 2014 20:57 (nine years ago) link
His tv show seems like it should be better than it is but it just hedges its bets too much.
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 27 May 2014 20:59 (nine years ago) link
I haven't watched since the first couple of episodes of the first season
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 27 May 2014 21:01 (nine years ago) link
It hasnt really gotten any better. He has good people on the show but the stuff thats supposed to be farcical just doesnt go far enough.
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 27 May 2014 21:06 (nine years ago) link
yeah it just felt like I didn't really need more Maron - the podcast is enough and he's already way too much as it is, lol
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 27 May 2014 21:08 (nine years ago) link