Comedy Podcasts: your suggestions please

maybe i am a comedy podcast expert idk, i did have an actual aloud and informed-on-both-sides conversation w/ my friend mark about the comedy bang bang year end rankings thus far

Has anyone been listening to the shows on Earwolf's spin-off network Wolfpop? I was already a Get Up on This listener, and I dig the W. Kamau Bell & Kevin Avery show about Denzel Washington--but I haven't listened to any of the other shows. Oh, except for The Canon, which was terrible.

I listen to Maltin on Movies and Off Camera. Off Camera is the better of those two. I like Maltin and Baron Vaughn but their show is overly structured and sort of unnecessarily formal?

Neither are comedy podcasts per se.

UTU2TM? released a new episode after being dual-branded under Wolfpop, so I suppose that counts (although I just checked and it's been un-popped again, so)

Listened to the first couple of five-minute Sly Stallone podcasts, which were terrible, and deleted the rest

The first three I Was There Too-s: PFT in There Will Be Blood was fine, he's largely talked about the experience before though; The Rapping Ringmaster From The Greatest Show In The Galaxy in Aliens was a great happy-working-actor chat; and of course Proops has talked about being in Star Wars: The First Prequel before but it's always hilaire

I listened to the Marin/Louis thing at work today, it's good to hear their friendship on the air

I was There Too is great -- I loved the Untouchables lady-with-baby-carriage!!

caddyshack ep is kinda interesting too

Is this the place where I can talk shit about Jesse Thorn?

"Later, Maximum Fun’s Jesse Thorn drops by to kick off a new segment called “That ’Cism,” where he showcases racially insensitive issues in pop culture."

yes, noted race expert Jesse Thorn

But of course, I don't expect any less from him than to use race/gender/etc. to score cheap points, I called him out on Twitter years ago for sexist comments he made re: M.I.A. during the truffle fries thing and he immediately blocked me

oooh callin' ppl out on Twitter, you justice leaguer.

A lot of JT's stuff is really not for me -- he likes way too much comedy from the last 30 years -- but he's still a good dude, i think.

Finally listened to Gottfried's (Joe Franklin), I guess Aiello and Roger Corman should be next on that one.

the aiello interview is solid gold

kinda lost my appetite for gottfried's podcast after he yukked it up while bob zmuda basically admitted to raping models at the playboy mansion.

yeah aiello is great
eddie munster is gold too

Jesse Thorn called himself out for the exact same reasons you listed at the very start of that column, Murgatroid!

No celebrity/podcast non-celebrity has ever been good at taking criticism on twitter ever, but as far as "ally" stuff goes I think Pop Rocket actually having a panel that aims for representation with Jesse dropping in for a short segment is a better look than, say, a show centred around interviewing poc that's still hosted by three white dudes.

only two interviewers on the Champs iirc

obviously no white guy is ever allowed to address the topic of racism in the Wonderful World of Murgatroid.

if i ever have dinner with Jesse again i will toast him for blocking M too

Jesus Christ, Adomian as Tom Leykis on Lauren Lapkus' podcast. Perfect format for Adomian to go off.

The recent episode of improv4humans was quite something, a complete parody on the movie Whiplash.

Adomian's Zizek on CBB was amazing

http://gawker.com/parks-rec-exec-found-dead-from-apparent-overdose-1686895611

Harris Wittels, the guy who did the Analyze Phish podcast, died at age 30.

Fucking hell, I only just finished listening to that series. Fuck this is so wrong.

I just heard about this. Very upsetting and sad. He was a really funny guy.

Harris's Phone/Foam Corner one of my fav recurring things on CBB, I will miss Harris :(((((

Oh my god, man, how sad. Always looked forward to that guy turning up on CBB, Analyze Phish, Parks & Rec, anywhere. RIP.

shit that is incredibly sad, and he was v funny imo

shd i listen to his november podcast ep w/ pete holmes? keep in mind i truly hate pete holmes

check out his appearance on pete holmes' podcast if you want to hear him talk about his addiction struggles.

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i don't like holmes either but it was a very honest interview

Jesus Christ, he had been getting help too. Rip Harris. You helped put a distinctive voice on a new medium, even if that was only to be openly mocked in turns by Aukerman and Sharpling

so sad

shd i listen to his november podcast ep w/ pete holmes? keep in mind i truly hate pete holmes

yes, absolutely - Holmes reins himself in fairly early once Harris' story gets going.

Scharpling mocked Fish openly on the podcast, not Harris.

Phish, whatever. The dude from Marillion can suck it, too.

This is the most messed up I've been about someone succumbing to the Bad Thing since DFW.

oh man, that's terrible. he was talking on the most recent analyse phish about how he was getting sober. rip harris

the Holmes interview is almost entirely about his recent sobriety and the hilarious / sad journey to it

(RTing myself:) Remember Harris like this, with Chelsea Peretti's hairclip on his dong

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B-RlguDCMAAjZJC.jpg

Maron re-posted his interview with HW and added a coda: "I hope you get one thing out of that: Listen to the tone of someone who still liked drugs before they killed him."

https://mobile.twitter.com/ScottAukerman/status/568624079122472960/photos

the pete holmes ep shd be optioned into a really darkly funny movie

Ah, just finished listening to that. Grim stuff. Wonder who the sci-ti girlfriend was?

http://www.nerdist.com/pepisode/you-made-it-weird-236-harris-wittels-returns/

I mean, not that that fucking matters. sigh.

Started listening to that on my way to work. :/

Wonder who the sci-ti girlfriend was?

Rat Rayne

I mean, not that that fucking matters. sigh.

:/

nice piece about Wittels and podcasts

http://www.npr.org/blogs/monkeysee/2015/02/20/387773881/the-comedy-and-good-conversation-of-harris-wittels

Harris Wittels: Mark C's roommate?

Markelby (Mark C) wrote this on thread Sucking your fingers after eating crisps C/D on board I Love Everything on Apr 20, 2005
I had a friend who would chew up two hula-hoops and then deposit the chewed up gloop inside the O of a third hula-hoop. then she'd eat it.

Yup, I used to do this. I'd also chew up a couple of pringles and use the resulting paste as a sandwich spread between two intact pringles.

https://myspace.com/justforlaughs/video/harris-wittels-new-faces-2008/43466066

(at about 4:25)

o_O

check out his appearance on pete holmes' podcast if you want to hear him talk about his addiction struggles.

― polyphonic, Thursday, February 19, 2015 10:10 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I just listened to this. Very sad. And what's up with this Pete Holmes guy? "Who is Leslie Knope?" Get the fuck outta here.

turns out harris, chelsea peretti, and adam scott did a fourth comedy bang bang appearance that was literally meant to air today. scott aukerman did a really touching intro and mentioned his personal inclination was not to post it, but chelsea and some of harris's other friends encouraged him to go ahead.

http://www.earwolf.com/episode/not-farts-procreation-4/

listened to the pete holmes interview over the weekend. it's brutal and funny and really sad. the cbb episode is going to be a tough listen, i think.

creak. slam. sit.