Comedy Podcasts: your suggestions please

yeah that was pretty wow. Liked his reply too.

The Tompkins interview was pretty great! Cringed a little over the fact that Maron couldn't/wouldn't get past the 'you were fat back then' and 'wtf is it with your clothes'...but Maron is Maron, he wouldn't be who he is if he didn't make you facepalm every now and again. Great conversation though. Looking forward to Monday, with the Kinnison guy. Sounds like an eyeopener.

The Tompkins thing was my favorite type of WTF interview, where they get into the real guts of the art of standup. (Also, it was nice to hear Paul talk more about his mom...he'd gone into some of—her death/funeral—on Freak Wharf, but I feel like we got a rounder idea of what his family is actually like today.)

agree, this ep was my fav in a while

Did you see his Comedy Central standup special last year (October/Novemberish)? -- he talked all about his Mom during that one and it was SO good.

But yeah, I love it when they get into the mechanics of how they do crowd work, how they manage their material on stage, the choices they make, even the travelling...good stuff.

i think the sound of young america guy may have changed his atrocious opening theme song due to negative feedback -- can the same thing happen with marc maron's unnecessarily aggro morning DJ cut-up intro?
also the slate podcast has this public-access public-domain sounding intro song that sounds like some allergy medication commercial. ugh!

I like this intro 10000 times more than his original intro.

there was a worse one?!
how did it go?
if you haven't heard the original sound of young america song it went like this:
rrraadio sweeetheart on the air waaaves / it's the sound ovvv youung amerrrica / maxxxximum fun / maximum fuuuuuuuuuuuun / maximum funnn

original one had like an AC/DC-esque bassline, and stupid Matthew that used to be his sidekick did this Drivetime Radio intro "From the basement of the cat ranch..." that seriously felt like it went for 20 minutes. It was HORRRIBLE

I love that he keeps his "Lock the gates!" from Almost Famous in there.

Yeah me too!

maybe I'll record a new theme song and send it to him

you totally should

i think it would need to sound pretty '90s for him to actually use it

The current one was created by a dude named John Montagna:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0IO9EIWJ4w

I actually don't mind the current theme, at least it's short. But it could be better.

ha, i like the kid's toy drums.

what's the deal with the "pow! i just shit my pants!" catchphrase? can't say i'm a big fan of that (although i do love just coffee, and it's roasted two blocks away from me).

I've really come around to WTF lately--been listening through the back files at work this week.

Also been listening to the "Thrilling Adventure Hour" (more like 26 minutes) a sketch comedy thing with various folks--F. Tompkins, Aubrey Plaza, etc.

One thing I have noticed is that listening to all these shows has really spoiled me about any other podcasts. The vast majority of folks on the comedy podcasts are all entertainment professionals, and, as such, actually know how to talk on mic, be funny, actually have a decent mic, etc etc etc

Flitting thru shows in the other categories of itunes and it's like, Jesus Christ, people, do you really need to do the whole thing with just your laptop microphone? none of you did college radio shows or anything previous to this where you had to hear yourself before? You do know you are making this for an audience, right?

^^^this. I feel the same way

That reminds me of this podcast I downloaded once about Chicago architecture and it turned out to pretty much be a guy riding the El and talking about what he saw out the window.

The Nerdist sometimes drives me a little crazy because they're so, ... chatty. Like all 3 of them will go off on some riff for 10 minutes between themselves before they get back to the guest.
I usually pick and choose who the guest is, as to whether I'll listen. and I love Hardwicke, I just..it's a personal thing with me, I kind of just hate listening to unstructured random chattiness. no knock against Nerdist itself though.

I guess my main issue with the Nerdist podcast is that I think all three of those guys are losers and not as funny as they think they are. But they have good guests and good conversations SOMETIMES.

You mean the guys doing a "Nerdist" podcast are kinda dorky and socially awkward?

Nope, I love nerds/dorks.

Sarcasm. I am a huge nerd.

What I meant is that their nerdiness is not why I think they're losers.

Nerdist for me is for more pleasant, or chatty, whereas something like CDR or Greg Fitzsimmons or Sklarbros are much more in the deliberately funny area.

Similarly, Maron's show can waver back & forth from pleasant to funny to compelling.

The recent episode of Best Show where Tom talks about his trip to LA was absolutely slaying me last night.

I lapsed on my Best Show listening, I need to pick it back up again... I do love it.

Just listened to this week's Best Show. Funny how that "Podcastin'" segment comes up the week after his Marc Maron interview. Hmm.

He was on multiple shows when he was in L.A., too.

Just now got around to hearing the Adam McKay episode of WTF (#119) and it was great. A little SNL talk, some Will Ferrell bits, and just a generally hour or so of attractive conversation. Unlike most of the WTF interviews, where it's very one-on-one, that one just kind of seemed like Marc and Adam were sitting around at a bar or something and you had a seat too and could jump in at any time.

Marc Maron podcast, Dave Foley episode, repeating an old-ass Wayne and Schuster joke from the Ed Sullivan Show:

Guy at bar: Gimme a martinez.

Bartender: You mean martini?

Guy: If I wanted two of 'em, I'd have ordered two of 'em.

I laughed about that for 15 minutes. I mean, c'mon, that's great.

Also I guess I'm a sucker for hoary old vaudeville jokes. I feel absolutely no shame.

right there with you, kenan

if you haven't heard the original sound of young america song it went like this:
rrraadio sweeetheart on the air waaaves / it's the sound ovvv youung amerrrica / maxxxximum fun / maximum fuuuuuuuuuuuun / maximum funnn

no, it went

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, cryin'
When that cryin's done
When it's dooooooooone
Maximum fun

Thursday's are for bein' awesome
And dancin' in the sun
In the suuuuuuuuuun
Maximum fun

Gimme Thursday, I don't need no Fridays
Five o'clock cooooomes
It's maximum fun

Radio sweetheart, boy detective
It's the sound of young America
Maximum fuuuuuuuuun

Maximum fuuuuuuuun
Maximum fun

Maximum fuuuuuuuuu-uun
Maximum fun

and was a minute twenty-five

wish i owned some sort of device that can run "apps", 'cause i'd love to hear some of those early wtf episodes

Most of the very earliest WTF episodes aren't really worth tracking down. The show was totally scatterbrained and uncomfortable back then. In fact, despite liking Maron, I stopped listening for a while until I came back to it last summer.

The Nerdist sometimes drives me a little crazy because they're so, ... chatty. Like all 3 of them will go off on some riff for 10 minutes between themselves before they get back to the guest.
I usually pick and choose who the guest is, as to whether I'll listen. and I love Hardwicke, I just..it's a personal thing with me, I kind of just hate listening to unstructured random chattiness. no knock against Nerdist itself though.

― VegemiteGrrl, Friday, February 18, 2011 2:32 PM (2 weeks ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

^this is v otm. at moments it feels like they all are trying too hard to get a quick witticism in and it makes me immediately want to turn it off. contrasted, say, w/ never not funny where they rarely step on each other or at least it doesnt feel as gross & show-offy. plus pardo is just a way superior host to hardwick, at least for my tastes

RIP Mike DeStefano, according to the WTF twitter. :( This is very sad. I assume it was from complications with HIV. His interview with Marc Maron, last December, was one of the best things I heard in 2011: http://wtfpod.libsyn.com/episode-130-mike-de-stefano

oh wow that is terribly sad

OMG. That seriously breaks my heart, and seems surprising. The Marin interview was fantastic, and he seemed like an insightful and kind of amazing guy.

I'll have to check out that podcast. I never really got his shtick when he was on Last Comic Standing last summer. RIP tho, he seemed like a genuine guy.

Last Comic Standing was not a good venue for him. He was more of a storyteller.

RIP

Listend to every Ricky Gervais Show "Guide To..." in a week. Karl is genuinely the most clever person I've ever "met"... it's that he doesn't conform to the regulaire mode of thought that is so painfully unpermissable. I find myself secretly agreeing with everything the dude says, or at least knowing where he's coming from.... love how Ricky & Steve knock you back into reality.

*listened

You should really listen to the old Gervais podcasts if you haven't.

I didn't realize who today's WTF interviewee was until Maron just tweeted "STARBURNS." Okay, I'm on it.

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Where should I start? Have they always had Pilkington or was he just sorta the odd guest every once in a while?

Start with the first season. Pilkington is basically the centerpiece of every episode:

http://www.audible.com/pd?productID=PF_GERV_000200