i haven't watched it yet, I'm kind of afraid.
we're going to this on Friday night - I'm guessing it'll be kind of like a longform standup? but I'm not sure. excited!http://events.pe.com/san_francisco_ca/events/show/316817323-wtf-comedian-marc-maron-attempting-normal
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 16:39 (eleven years ago) link
the ep with Dave Foley wasn't bad
― four Marxes plus four Obamas plus four Bin Ladens (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 16:59 (eleven years ago) link
I've never seen the Dick Van Dyke Show before
!!!
I am from the same county and have never seen it either
― charli.xlsx (sic), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 22:13 (eleven years ago) link
country
I guess American sitcoms from the 60s don't have much of an impact in the Australian tv landscape. Unless they do, and you all have just been getting the inferior ones.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 22:14 (eleven years ago) link
limited opportunity for reruns in australia, we did have a lot of American tv shows when I was a kid but it was newer syndicated stuff like the Brady Bunch and Mork and Mindy and stuff like that.
I think older stuff like that wasn't available for worldwide syndication maybe? I am making all of this up so someone can plz correct me
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 22:20 (eleven years ago) link
god knows it would have been better than endless reruns of Keeping Up Appearances and Are You Being Served though ;_;
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 22:21 (eleven years ago) link
DVDS is on endless reruns on my Comcast cable pkg, has been for years now it seems
― four Marxes plus four Obamas plus four Bin Ladens (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 22:22 (eleven years ago) link
the first episode with the ducklings is cute as hell omg
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 22:23 (eleven years ago) link
tbh I don't think it was really in American syndication very much either, I think I first saw it as a kid/teen on a PBS affiliate actually. but even then I was struck by how quick and energetic all the jokes and schtick are, and I tend to hate sitcoms.
― four Marxes plus four Obamas plus four Bin Ladens (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 22:29 (eleven years ago) link
The big three from the post-Honeymooners pre-Brady Bunch era, for me at least, are Dick Van Dyke, I Love Lucy and Andy Griffith. I could watch them all over and over (and have done just that) and still laugh every time.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 22:31 (eleven years ago) link
hm well we did have I Love Lucy, so I didn't miss out completely
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 22:33 (eleven years ago) link
phew.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 22:39 (eleven years ago) link
In the latest Doug Loves Movies podcast, Maron goes off on Kumail Nanjiani like a Detective Columbo of Irritation. Brilliant theater piece actually.
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 23:10 (eleven years ago) link
xpost DVD was the 30 Rock of its time (with Your Show of Shows = SNL)
― mimicking regular benevloent (sic) users' names (President Keyes), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 23:23 (eleven years ago) link
I love all the Maron sniping Sam Seder does on his podcast
― mimicking regular benevloent (sic) users' names (President Keyes), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 23:24 (eleven years ago) link
I watched an episode or two of I Love Lucy when I was a kid and thought it was terrible
This is indeed great, and has an amazing payoff during the Leonard Maltin Game
― charli.xlsx (sic), Thursday, 16 May 2013 00:00 (eleven years ago) link
So is there any reason for me to keep listening to the Sam Simon one? Or does he get all of his racist shit out of the way early with his "fat black people" smoke pot bit? Way to do a nearly complete destruction of me sympathy for you dude.
― i kant believe it's not buffon (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 20 May 2013 19:00 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, that guy came off as a total prick, he even admitted it more or less. the pot smoking thing was jaw dropping.
― Iago Galdston, Tuesday, 21 May 2013 00:00 (eleven years ago) link
tweet beef w/ michael ian black
https://twitter.com/marcmaron/status/336927252237398017
― gr8080, Tuesday, 21 May 2013 20:02 (eleven years ago) link
i love those two beefing. golden gloves
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 21 May 2013 20:04 (eleven years ago) link
ha ha i've had an ongoing debate with a friend about the MIB ep of WTF, where i side with MIB and think that maron was being a dick and she sides with maron and thinks that MIB was being a dick. that's what happens when two comedians with dick personas get together i guess.
― congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, 21 May 2013 20:12 (eleven years ago) link
http://gothamist.com/2013/04/08/michael_ian_black_talked_to_marc_ma.php
― gr8080, Tuesday, 21 May 2013 20:19 (eleven years ago) link
i want them to have a tv series like the Odd Couple together. they're great
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 21 May 2013 21:38 (eleven years ago) link
awww andy with his ooooo! <3<3
― educate yourself to this reality (sunny successor), Tuesday, 21 May 2013 22:01 (eleven years ago) link
^^ otm
― i kant believe it's not buffon (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 22 May 2013 03:59 (eleven years ago) link
wow, is that twitter spat 'funny'? 'i got it at the charity shop lol' fucking hell
― the Shearer of simulated snowsex etc. (Dwight Yorke), Wednesday, 22 May 2013 07:11 (eleven years ago) link
actually im gonna bail on this thread, comedy podcasts ffs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImhN6-9KLTY
― ¬╡▫ ▫╞⌠ (sic), Wednesday, 22 May 2013 07:50 (eleven years ago) link
im with DY on this one. reminds me of cher's 'no its your designer imposter perfume' zing at amber from clueless. funny for high school but embarrassing for middle aged men. the way these fools get upset at any perceived slight is a huge red flag for paranoid psychopathy imo. and by these fools i mean most comedians
― educate yourself to this reality (sunny successor), Wednesday, 22 May 2013 15:16 (eleven years ago) link
if you've even listened to only a handful of WTF episodes, you should know how incredibly insecure of sociopathic comedians are. not really a surprise to see 49 year-old comedians in a pissy twitbeef.
― i kant believe it's not buffon (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 22 May 2013 15:22 (eleven years ago) link
of = and, i'm exhausted
― i kant believe it's not buffon (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 22 May 2013 15:23 (eleven years ago) link
but it's also a persona they both put on whenever they talk to each other. like this is just kind of, i dunno, sport, for them. maron does the same thing with Josh Malina now and then, it's funny.
i get a kick out of it. idk.
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 22 May 2013 16:44 (eleven years ago) link
GUYS i was thinking with all these old-school comedians on WTF lately - can you imagine if marc interviewed jerry lewis?
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 23 May 2013 19:56 (eleven years ago) link
I finally finished listening to the Sam Simon one. The part that really offended me was when he referred to Jennifer Tilly as the world's best female poker player.
― polyphonic, Thursday, 23 May 2013 20:11 (eleven years ago) link
loool
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 23 May 2013 20:24 (eleven years ago) link
I loved loved loved the Brooks, Reiner and Dick Van Dyke interviews. The Shelly Berman one was interesting too, though he seemed like a much tougher interview. I would love more of those old Hollywood guys.
would love him to get into some of the Laugh In cast or Carol Burnett etc.
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 23 May 2013 20:28 (eleven years ago) link
BOB NEWHART
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 23 May 2013 20:32 (eleven years ago) link
i think he's talked about wanting to interview those guys (jerry lewis, newhart, etc), just needs someone to hook it up
― precious bonsai children of new york (Jordan), Thursday, 23 May 2013 20:38 (eleven years ago) link
if he interviews lewis i just want them to be dicks to each other for an hour. probably wouldn't happen though :(
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 23 May 2013 20:39 (eleven years ago) link
yeah newhart would be great. and lewis. all of em!
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 23 May 2013 20:50 (eleven years ago) link
Carol Burnett and Bob Newhart ftw! I'd probably listen to Jerry Lewis's if it were to happen, but a lot of that guy's shine has worn off for me since I was a kid.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Thursday, 23 May 2013 20:52 (eleven years ago) link
oh and Dick Cavett's on my wishlist too. I could listen to him talk all day
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 23 May 2013 20:53 (eleven years ago) link
oh i don't like lewis at all. i just know he's a notoriously difficult interview so i think the results would be interesting.
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 23 May 2013 20:54 (eleven years ago) link
i know maron doesnt do uk comedy but its a shame he is missing out on a bunch of classic era comedians from over here. python, being an easy, worldly example.
― tell me more (a hoy hoy), Friday, 24 May 2013 07:06 (eleven years ago) link
god if only someone could finally get Pythons interviewed
― ¬╡▫ ▫╞⌠ (sic), Friday, 24 May 2013 07:34 (eleven years ago) link
ok sure but that is just one name out of like 50 who its a shame maron doesnt know exists
― tell me more (a hoy hoy), Friday, 24 May 2013 07:47 (eleven years ago) link
Enh, as good as the Stewart Lee WTF interview was, I don't really want to listen to Maron bluffing his way through interviews with any more UK comedians than he chooses to already. I'd much rather a UK comedian who was as equally incisive and well-connected as Maron started their own podcast to work their way through the history of British comedy. Struggling to think of anyone who might fit the bill, though.
― bizarro gazzara, Friday, 24 May 2013 09:32 (eleven years ago) link
Richard Herring is doing an ok job but i dont like the live audience thing
― tell me more (a hoy hoy), Friday, 24 May 2013 09:56 (eleven years ago) link