WTF with Marc Maron (it's a podcast)

I thought Neil might be a steel trap, but Marc basically had to kick him out at the end.

Neil interview was great
Louis was boring as usual

Louie or Louis?

nothing too exciting in the neil interview, but it was perfectly listenable, neil seemed generally into it.

I wouldn't even say that the Neil interview sucked, it was just a dynamic that I couldn't deal with as my work day started: Neil trying to remember and elucidate things, Marc leaning on him a bit to move the story forward, etc. Gotta be in the mood for that.

And as a sucker for WTF comedian interviews, I loved the Louie interview. To each their own, I guess.

(Also this was the first time I'd ever listened to anyone interview Neil - previously I'd just read his print interviews.)

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Thought you meant Louis CK
The Louie Andersobn interview was good

Until Marin has the guts to ask CK about abusing women idgaf about hearing them talk

Maron Jesus autocorrect

There's a part of the last Louis interview where Maron is at least covering his ass if any allegations come out -- something like "So you've got an interesting relationship with women, huh?" Similar to what he did in his Fred Armisen interview.

^^Yeah, that was weird - Maron kinda raising his eyebrow, like "hey, you know and I know that people are saying some stuff about you out there, and here's your chance to respond if you're up for that."

I think it's important to believe survivors' allegations of assault or harassment, but until someone has come forward with said claims against Louis CK, this kind of rhetoric seems mostly about posters declaring their own righteousness.

Oh fuck off I just think everything CK does is bored and overrated, and listening to Maron slobber over his gritty bar show is snore city

Acknowledging the existence of actual claims against actual celebrities ain't righteousness.

Really hoping Marc becomes a big Pono-head after Neil leaves one behind for him.

It sounds great through my FIVE THOUSAND DOLLAR TUBE AMPLIFIER guys

The Amber Tozer ep might be the most boring I've listened to.

I enjoyed the Louie Anderson one from a few weeks ago.

James L. Brooks is good so far, but his monologue intro is maybe the most excruciating ever,

John Carpenter/Joe Dante ep was great.

I don't really listen to this anymore, but, for some reason, I recently checked out the one with the very earnest Paul Dano. It was lifeless; Marc so uninterested, Dano so uninteresting.

The Amber Tozer ep might be the most boring I've listened to.

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I kinda liked this one but she is def like average white girl^tm

Tozer ep was like a half hearted attempt at an old school WTF, with lots of Sobriety talk and "you don't remember making out with me?" Maron history

Yeah, the Dano one beats the Tozer one in terms of sheer boringness. Yeesh.

I liked the Tozer episode and her tales about being a craigslist mattress saleswoman

Yeah Tozer one wasn't all that bad imo. Dano's about as compelling as a damp bathroom towel though.

Tozer's just didn't go anywhere - Craigslist mattress story aside, there weren't any good stories or anything revealing and 'failed comic slash memoirist' is only fun if you tell some of those addict stories that were worth writing about.

Haven't been listening to this much but I always like hearing Jeff Goldblum talk, same w/Adam Goldberg. Some of my favorite Jews.

Goldblum ep was charming as hell

STOKED FOR ROSEANNE

Lauren Lapkus is one where I can't tell if he's awkward because he's attracted, hasn't done his homework, or hasn't had enough sleep.

Goldblum one is fun. Eric Andre was interesting too.

Werner Herzog is on Monday!

hasn't done his homework

He gets wrongfooted early by trying to insist that The Characters was a series that she had control over, and then gets disarmed by her genially going along with everything else he tries to neg her over in embarrassment.

Who are Herzog's guys?!

Lauren Lapkus is one where I can't tell if he's awkward because he's attracted, hasn't done his homework, or hasn't had enough sleep.

Yeah, I love Lauren. I haven't finished the interview yet, but there's plenty of awkward old man Mark in there for sure.

He's always a little weird with improv people. It seemed like he was trying to work against his usual feelings.

The Herzog interview was great mostly for his reactions to Maron. "Why are you sounding so doomed? It's a little weird."

Man, Herzog's voice and delivery sounds exactly like my old German philosophy professor.

Don't listen hardly ever but threw a few on the ipod for work trips recently. Garrett Morris was a trip--called out an unnamed certain politician with SNL roots and straight called out Martin Lawrence. Crispin Glover was pretty fascinating. Goldblum was charming. Meh.

What did he say about Franken?

when GM first arrived at SNL he'd written this thing, a sketch essentially, a racial satire thing, which the unnamed writer ripped off and presented as original, which GM then acted in despite of that.

58:40 into the Kristen Wiig interview

Finally, Wiig, so reserved, so private, begins to open up. As she describes her very first experiences at the Groundlings, she is no longer merely answering a question but is soliciting personal experience with enthusiasm. She's in the groove. In fact, she's even talking over Maron's interjections. My ear has edged close to the speaker now and my full attention is off my work and on this interview. And it's compelling stuff: "It was like, my life. I loved it. And you get such a family, away from home. And you get so close to each other because you're all like, scared, and taking risks in front of each other, and writing, and putting things up that you write, for the first time..."

Here, Maron, no longer able to restrain himself, cuts Wiig off, midstream, to ask his next question.

The question is "So how many years did you take classes?"

And the interview immediately sputters.

I fucking hate this loathsome gasbag.

I was listening to that one too, but didn't make it that far. Somewhere between 25-30 minutes in there was a point where he was dragging on and on about her early life, trying to be like "what were you into in junior high - boys? drugs?" and all this other shit and it sounded like she was having a terrible interview. Anyway, somewhere around that point, it felt like someone passed him a piece of paper that said "talk about her movies" because all of a sudden he totally switches gears.

I didn't listen much beyond that though, because I barely even know who she is and I had just thrown it because I couldn't find a better podcast to kill time on my commute that day.

He can be a good interviewer and he can be an absolute asshole.

maron's preface to the newer Chelsea Handler ep is so strange. Seems like she really gets to him.

I can only listen to these when it seems like the guest would have enough interesting stories to tell to drown out Maron.

Our new podcast overlords, though, are kind of showing how good even bad NPR hosts (TERRY GROSS) are at their job - interviewing is hard. You literally can't just sit anyone down with a mic and get a good conversation going.

I like Wiig, but she's dull as hell as an interviewee. Maron didn't exactly kill it there, but it's hardly entirely on him.

LOL at how deeply Handler's little cracks about Maron being a "cat guy" or w/ever chewed through him. Jesus, dude.

http://www.vulture.com/2016/08/marc-maron-netflix-glow.html

Yeah, Wiig was so disappointing, but I guess there's a reason she doesn't do formal interviews (only gag-filled shorties).

found wiig totally lifeless

i like marc a lot more than many of you guys. if you wish he wasn't the one doing the interview, you should probably avoid his interviews.

this week's robert kelly ep is great.

Wiig's charm and healthy perspective compensate a little for her lack of candor imo