Comedy Podcasts: your suggestions please

He seemed downright humble compared to other times I've heard him talk.

did he bring punk rock to his work at haagen daaz? that would've been awesome

"I'd like two scoops of bad brainsberry please with um.. millions of dead sprinkles, thanks."

tv party at Haagen Daaz tonight!

did he bring punk rock to his work at haagen daaz? that would've been awesome

iirc that's the job he had when he was homeless, sleeping in his Volkswagen, and taking baths in the sink after closing time.

poor henry!
Millions of Delicious Cookiebits probably more appetizing than the Dead Sprinkledys.

Rollins usu comes across as pompous on interviews bcz he gets very uptight and socially awkward and thinks he URGENTLY HAS TO explain himself to ppl who don't get it; onstage he is very self-deprecating and full of lols at his general attitude and behaviour

(saw him 12 hours ago for the first time in abt five years, he was taking the piss out of the business-like way he answers the phone. "This is Henry!")

(also how he snuck away from Monday Night Football at Shatner's when Rush Limbaugh turned up bcz he couldn't trust himself to be polite and respect Bill's hospitality, and for the rest of the year Shatner would fuck with him: "Henry! I think Rush Limbaugh might be... behind that -- potted plant!")

I thought the WTF was him way dialled-down compared to most interviews, yeah

I just listened to the Rollins one. Made me wish there was a music oriented equivalent to WTF. Is there?

Hard to find an equivalent host that could get the subjects to open up in similar ways. Could dig Maron having more musicians on, but his taste seems too zzzzzrock for this to be a worthwhile avenue.

And Rollins fits WTF because he's been a working standup for 25 years, and hasn't really even been a professional musician for a decade or so at this point.

Maron interviewed Thurston Moore on his post-Morning Sedition show on Air America and it was incredibly awkward. I just don't think his interest in music goes deep enough to know how to talk about it, really. I mean, he jams his love of Iggy Pop into every conversation that turns toward music, but I think that's more because he thinks Iggy is a cool guy and not because he appreciates his musicality or anything.

Kathleen Madigan interview on WTF today is fun. Doesn't really go deep or anything, but she's just fun to listen to.

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http://www.tmz.com/2011/03/10/gallagher-collapses-on-stage-comedian-sledgeomatic-minnesota-hospital/

Gallagher Collapses On Stage

54 minutes ago by TMZ Staff

Comedian Gallagher collapsed onto his back, clutching his chest during his performance tonight in Rochester, MN -- and TMZ has learned he was rushed to a hospital by ambulance.

Multiple witnesses tell TMZ Gallagher was doing his famous sledge-o-matic routine when he fell backwards onto the stage. We're told his eyes were closed and he was shaking.

Doctors -- who happened to be in the audience -- rushed on stage and straightened out Gallagher's arms ... and waited by his side until the ambulance arrived.

Yeah, the Madigan one is really good. I like how they go into the mechanics of life on the road and her talking about life with Lewis Black

I agree with Marc. I would watch a show about Kathleen and Lewis just being together. Doesn't really matter what they're doing.

Doctors -- who happened to be in the audience -- rushed on stage and straightened out Gallagher's arms ... and waited by his side until the ambulance arrived.

I have lost and gained respect for doctors over the course of sentence.

I just listened to the Mike DiStefano one last night (because I'm catching up in order and it just happened to be appropriate timing more than anything) and fucking hell that dude had a life. Absolute essential listening for anyone.

So sad.

(also how he snuck away from Monday Night Football at Shatner's when Rush Limbaugh turned up bcz he couldn't trust himself to be polite and respect Bill's hospitality, and for the rest of the year Shatner would fuck with him: "Henry! I think Rush Limbaugh might be... behind that -- potted plant!")

This makes me really want Shatner on WTF.

Catching up on Nerdist and the Billy West episode is astonishingly great.

Paul Reubens on CDR is great

Catching up on Nerdist and the Billy West episode is astonishingly great.

Yeah, I loved that one.

I'm enjoying the Michael Ian Black and Tom Cavanaugh podcast "Mike & Tom Eat Snacks"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfIRb3CH80U&feature=player_embedded#at=46

I'm distracted entirely by the interviewer. Am I alone in immediately not being able to stand him?

I found it weird in that Nerdist interview with John Oliver that no one mentioned The Bugle until the very end when an audience member asked about it & the Nerdist chumps sounded like they'd never heard of it.

xpost I like the interviewer's schtick there. I watched and enjoyed it.

I like Alex Blagg but I'm tired of his "strat" character.

if he's going to do "clueless media jagoff" he could take it a lot further

Doctors -- who happened to be in the audience -- rushed on stage and straightened out Gallagher's arms ... and waited by his side until the ambulance arrived.

I have lost and gained respect for doctors over the course of sentence.

― There's nothing left alive but a pair of ashy thighs (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, March 11, 2011 4:37 AM (1 week ago)

xpost...so the interviewer was doing a character?

Alex Blagg is alright, but I want the shoes he was wearing for this interview.

Yeah, shoes were p tight

I have been really loving Who Charted.

listened to the Gallagher WTF last night and boy, what a dickhead.

what a creepy, disconnected from human interaction, person (was my reaction)

maron is going to be here this weekend, do i go?

also this week's podcasts seem promising (joe rogan and michael showalter).

You should go. I've seen him twice, once in Sac and once in SF and enjoyed both shows. There's a little bit of crossover with the podcast and his standup, but not much...def worth seeing imo

And if there's any crowdwork, double bonus: he's really good at it.

I'm going Saturday! (you're in Madison I presume)

yup. i'll see if i can convince my gf to go (might be a tough sell).

feelin kind of burned out on WTF. i realize he has this narrative about "i used to be jealous of you, but now that we talk, i realize we're very similar" but like every episode is the same and it's starting to seem forced. also when he has preconceived notions about a guest, he sticks to those notions; he doesn't always listen to what the guests have to say and adjust accordingly. this really stuck out to me in the new joe rogan interview, he gets stuck on this "you were into martial arts, you must view comedy as competition" thing and won't let go of it even after rogan disagrees with the point a few times.

latest ep of comedy death ray w/adam scott and "alan rickman" was dadaist nuttiness in the extreme.

really into comedy death ray these days. the character bob ducca, scott's ex-stepfather, consistently makes me cry from laughing

i recommend the "bob ducca - list of ailments" clip on this page: http://www.earwolf.com/show/comedy-death-ray-radio-scott-aukerman

bob ducca is fantastic

feelin kind of burned out on WTF. i realize he has this narrative about "i used to be jealous of you, but now that we talk, i realize we're very similar" but like every episode is the same and it's starting to seem forced. also when he has preconceived notions about a guest, he sticks to those notions; he doesn't always listen to what the guests have to say and adjust accordingly. this really stuck out to me in the new joe rogan interview, he gets stuck on this "you were into martial arts, you must view comedy as competition" thing and won't let go of it even after rogan disagrees with the point a few times.

was just thinking about this this morning and Maron could be better about getting out of the way of the interviewees HOWEVER, the Bobby Slayton ep was great and the show is great often enough that I'm hanging on

loved the Slayton interview

Not feeling Rogan but I dont like him that much to begin with. I always had a niggling feeling that he hides behind his nice guy thing,,, not based on anything, just me being irrational

Also, Conan + Showalter coming up -- so that's really exciting

i guess this is duuh but maron is so much better with people that he already knows personally. he flounders a lot more with younger comedians.

Like, if 50% of the interviews are duds that's still a really high hit ratio. Bobby Slayton was great -- I enjoyed the Carolla one (even tho Maron didn't really let him do his thing -- sometimes I feel like maybe he's too worried about mediating less-than-PC elements of his guests), Paul Tompkins was enjoyable, Dino was all time classic I felt (and it totally turned me on to Morel Oral and Frankenhole) um that Gallagher interview was only a few months ago. So what if Lewis Black's girlfriend was boring? Something better is always on the horizon!

Maron and PFT are both coming across the planet to Australia next month and only doing one city, boooo

Kathleen Madigan wasn't boring! xp

I enjoyed the Carolla one (even tho Maron didn't really let him do his thing

what? i felt like maron let carolla ramble the whole time?