Comedy Podcasts: your suggestions please

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.

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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.

"Wi-Fi, Because-Fi"

-Harris

and whoa at that phone message at the end

yeah, that was bizarre

that phone call

Fuck, just listening to the Analyze Phish Hollywood Bowl ep, which I was a fan of the show and was waiting for this ep forever and just gave up on it and unsubscribed. Anyway it turns out that figures into this as well.

yeah, that; the 3rd (?) ep of UtU2TM?; and November's You Made It Weird are kind of a trilogy. Throw the Scharpling ep of APhish in too for colour.

i loved how contemptuous harris was of u2 for most of that episode, and then when he wanted to leave he abruptly announced they were his new favorite band and ducked out in the ensuing surprise.

that U2 earwolf podcast is next on my (long) listening list

A friend had been recommending UTU2TM for a long time, and I only just started listening a couple of weeks ago. It's pretty great.

Also, just listened to this week's CBB. :(

scheduling email reading was so stupid & funny

also coming around on aukerman
he still is creepy looking though

listening to the pete holmes ep

it is such a good conversation but goddamn it bums me out how young he was. plus his whole drug thing, shooting heroin, norcos, oxys just....fuck

goddamn sad

xp Nope, I still hate Aukerman and I probably always will.

but i dont mean like in a condescending tsk tsk way

listening to him & thinking about comedy + addiction

this is a stupid analogy but i keep thinking of cakes that are made to be like godzillas and cityscapes and are decorated amazingly & make you want to eat them but they are made of plywood & arent meant to be eaten. someone who makes you laugh almost by default is achieving a kind of intimacy & yet it's the one thing they cant hold onto & there's this yawning void inside that needs to be fed with something to settle the imbalance

& just, sad decisions & loneliness & accidents & idk it bums me out

Not exactly comedy, I guess, but Henry Rollins has his own podcast now. I just started the first episode and it's him and his female assistant (I guess?) just chatting, not at all what I expected.

Ha, seems perfect.

url?

yeah what is it called

I enjoyed the rapport he had with his assistant in the garbage can video. Will check this out

oh word, here it is

http://henryandheidi.libsyn.com/

Only seem one mention of With Special Guest Lauren Lapkus on here. For me it's been a little hit or miss. I mean, always starts out funny, but sometimes feels like the premise can be hard to sustain. Anyway, this week's got Nick Kroll as the host and is a great ep to jump on.

If anything, the theme song is going on my EOY list.

First episode of Womp It Up was pretty good

second was much better.

ooh didn't realise there was a second, cool I loved the first one.

with Chris Gethard rather than Zouks or Morris or Huskey - introducing new characters/improvisers will keep the spin-off feeling worthwhile, hopefully

I typically do not like Moshe Kasher, but this is kind of funny—

http://www.gofundme.com/paymoshesrent

loled, so great

sic, yeah that one was much better. I love Lennon Parham.

harris wittels' sister has written a piece about his death - it was such a tough read i couldn't finish it but here's the link for anyone who's interested: https://medium.com/@stephaniewittelswachs/the-new-normal-3a563665e15e

Just read that, in fact searched for this thread to post as well.

Very nice piece I thought.

one of the funniest things from the new u talkin u2 2 me is scott and scott having no idea who ta-nehisi coates is or how to pronounce his name

Oh man a spoiler while I'm currently listening to the episode.

Everyone is into "Hollywood Handbook" now, including me.

thread needs just a few more posts to get Harris's dick out of it

Lock thread in that case.

I am also into Hollywood Handbook.

one of the funniest things from the new u talkin u2 2 me is scott and scott having no idea who ta-nehisi coates is or how to pronounce his name

how did he even come up?? (gonna listen tonight, probably.)

One of my favorite comedy podcasts is The Dollop

Dave Anthony (Maron) reads a crazy/bizarre/gross story from history to another comedian Gareth Reynolds, who is hearing the story fir the first time.

Caveat: it can get annoying bcz they are going for comedy over factual correctness & so its not necessarily much on learning or background research etc. Dave has mild dyslexia so his narrating is a bit awkward.

But it can be v v funny. The 10 Cent Beer Night and the BalloonFest episodes are great.

oh man that Ta-Nehisi Coates thing was cringe-inducing. Comedy people are pretty fucking ignorant.

to be fair, Scott did eventually pronounce the name correctly. but yeah.

I haven't heard the ep in question, but come on. It's Tanafhqwhgads Coat-ehs, how hard can it be? He's only the thinkpieciest thinkpiercer.