ooh I will def listen to Rog, hope he's in a good mood
I haven't listened to the opie episode yet, I will definitely check that hout -- his Henry Winkler convo was one of my favorites, it makes me happy to know that maron is a big Happy Days dork like me
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 29 October 2016 22:56 (seven years ago) link
He was way more mellow than I anticipated.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Monday, 31 October 2016 17:46 (seven years ago) link
haven't listened in over a year, i checked out bc it felt like he started to phone it in w/ interviews and his extremely limited scope of knowledge & interests was really getting on my nerves. any A+++ interviews from the last year i should check out?
― flappy bird, Monday, 31 October 2016 18:47 (seven years ago) link
opie was good. waters and crosby were kind of a double-header of aging rock star self-congratulation.
― a basset hound (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Monday, 31 October 2016 18:51 (seven years ago) link
It's possible that this is not WTF-related, but I'm trying to source this anecdote from an interview I heard a couple years ago and I feel like Maron is the most likely source.
As a youth, the interviewee had wanted to be a radio DJ. His imagined DJ name was "DJ Reason", with the idea that he could use Elvis Costello's Radio Radio in his show bumpers: "They say you better listen to the voice of reason..."
Does that ring a bell for anyone?
― how's life, Tuesday, 15 November 2016 15:41 (seven years ago) link
doesn't ring a bell, sorry man
Lin-Manuel Miranda today <3 <3
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 15 November 2016 19:15 (seven years ago) link
ha ha at LMM saying "You want the musical theatre version of Who Are Your Guys"
― duped and used by my worst Miss U (President Keyes), Tuesday, 15 November 2016 19:31 (seven years ago) link
I love when he does the Marc and Tom Show
― Immediate Follower (NA), Tuesday, 15 November 2016 22:59 (seven years ago) link
Marc is still pretty annoying but I like the friendship between those two guys.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Tuesday, 15 November 2016 23:02 (seven years ago) link
Marc not realising he was being clowned (affectionately) with "equivalent of Who Were Your Guys?"
― sad, hombres (sic), Wednesday, 16 November 2016 00:10 (seven years ago) link
yeah that was pretty lol
also Maron busting out his Herod with Lin was a+
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 16 November 2016 00:14 (seven years ago) link
which if any of these considered to be The Best? heard and loved Robin Williams, Louis CK, Albini and a few others. any tips for other decent ones? your advice is appreciated!
― piscesx, Tuesday, 13 December 2016 00:36 (seven years ago) link
Michael Keaton
― THE SKURJ OF FAKE NEWS. (kingfish), Tuesday, 13 December 2016 00:41 (seven years ago) link
ooh
― piscesx, Tuesday, 13 December 2016 00:57 (seven years ago) link
The Todd Hanson episode gutted me.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 13 December 2016 01:04 (seven years ago) link
Mike DeStefano
― sean gramophone, Tuesday, 13 December 2016 01:13 (seven years ago) link
That was a good one. I think most of my favorites were from around 2010-2011, before he starting getting all the actors and musicians and the show was mostly comics telling drug and booze stories.
― duped and used by my worst Miss U (President Keyes), Tuesday, 13 December 2016 01:25 (seven years ago) link
Michael Keaton definitely one of the best. Highly recommend Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner and Henry Winkler too.
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 13 December 2016 02:35 (seven years ago) link
harris wittels one was really good
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 13 December 2016 02:48 (seven years ago) link
otm
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 13 December 2016 02:49 (seven years ago) link
Yeah the DeStefano one was really remarkable and moving. Highly recommended.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 13 December 2016 02:53 (seven years ago) link
Norm Macdonald one is a favorite. Harris Wittels 3rded.
― circa1916, Tuesday, 13 December 2016 03:24 (seven years ago) link
was Reiner the one who told the bakery story? also David Spade's surprised me, the whole shotgun under the bed thing.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 13 December 2016 05:34 (seven years ago) link
A lot of the details in Spade's interview had been covered in his appearance on Nerdist a couple weeks prior, but the tone seemed more gritty on WTF.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 13 December 2016 05:44 (seven years ago) link
Bobby Lee one is some harrowing and occasionally funny drug abuse shit
― Neptune Bingo (Michael B), Tuesday, 13 December 2016 13:49 (seven years ago) link
The Gallagher one is great. The guy lacks any self-awareness at all. Its incredible. Also has the great line AWW CMON GALLAGHER as he leaves
― Neptune Bingo (Michael B), Tuesday, 13 December 2016 13:51 (seven years ago) link
The Robin Williams interview was really good too
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 13 December 2016 16:49 (seven years ago) link
robin williams is great, yeah
the stewart lee one is good too and notable in that lee's discussion about having sympathy for audiences who don't quite 'get it' seemed to have a lasting effect on marc
― Rush Limbaugh and Lou Reed doing sex with your parents (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 13 December 2016 16:54 (seven years ago) link
oh! Norm Macdonald
― sean gramophone, Wednesday, 14 December 2016 11:38 (seven years ago) link
Earlier somebody recommended the Robert Kelly episode and that was really great. I knew nothing about him apart from being on Amy Schumer and Louis CK stuff.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Wednesday, 14 December 2016 14:41 (seven years ago) link
listened to the Norm one yesterday, it was pretty good. also listened to the Robin Williams one. it gets real tough at the end when he is joking about suicide.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 14 December 2016 14:46 (seven years ago) link
the two parter with Mencia was like WTF's version of Serial
― duped and used by my worst Miss U (President Keyes), Wednesday, 14 December 2016 14:59 (seven years ago) link
The Gallagher one is great. The guy lacks any self-awareness at all. Its incredible. Also has the great line AWW CMON GALLAGHER as he leaves― Neptune Bingo (Michael B), Tuesday, December 13, 2016 8:51 AM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
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Maron was on I Was There Too this week discussing his Almost Famous appearance and this came up. I hadn't thought about it in years.
― how's life, Wednesday, 14 December 2016 15:01 (seven years ago) link
Yeah I love this show but I don't think it's ever scaled this incredible apex again
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, 14 December 2016 15:08 (seven years ago) link
The Jerry Lewis half-an-interview he posted this week was really good.
― who even are those other cats (Eazy), Wednesday, 14 December 2016 16:45 (seven years ago) link
Fun to hear Maron asking James Hetfield: "How about Styx, eh? Grand Illusion? Supertramp?"
― who even are those other cats (Eazy), Tuesday, 10 January 2017 19:47 (seven years ago) link
them singing riffs back to each other was v lol
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 11 January 2017 06:06 (seven years ago) link
I enjoyed the Springsteen ep once Maron stopped Jerseying it up
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 11 January 2017 06:07 (seven years ago) link
Tull came up in the opening bit, and again during the interview, and it didn't seem like Maron made the Grammys connection either time.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Wednesday, 11 January 2017 06:08 (seven years ago) link
Yeah that was glaring
― duped and used by my worst Miss U (President Keyes), Wednesday, 11 January 2017 11:54 (seven years ago) link
Ryan Adams interview equally as boring as every Ryan Adams album after Heartbreaker.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Friday, 17 February 2017 20:49 (seven years ago) link
Whaaa?
I never really cared for the guy either way, but I dug that interview a lot.
― circa1916, Friday, 17 February 2017 21:14 (seven years ago) link
I'm a sucker for "punk skater kid in a small town" stories though. Thought he a painted a really vivid picture of what his coming up was like and it all felt really human and sincere. Was good.
― circa1916, Friday, 17 February 2017 21:18 (seven years ago) link
It felt like Maron rushed him past that and Whiskeytown into the shitty 15 years of his career or Adams didn't want to talk too much about the Whiskeytown era.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Friday, 17 February 2017 21:39 (seven years ago) link
Whiskeytown seems like it was a mostly shitty situation for him, so maybe he's not into talking about it. I probably wouldn't be.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Friday, 17 February 2017 22:11 (seven years ago) link
htf does anybody listen to this guy.
I've tried to catch individual episodes based on recs and i never get through his fucking intro
Man i do not need to hear how you got to interview Michael Keaton. Play me the fucking interview with Michael Keaton. The less i hear about you the better, the less i hear outtve you the better, btw how did you end up speaking to ppl thru your nose for a living that might be something about you i actually want to hear
― The night before all about day (darraghmac), Sunday, 19 March 2017 23:38 (seven years ago) link
most people skip the intro tbh
― Well bissogled trotters (Michael B), Sunday, 19 March 2017 23:48 (seven years ago) link
the YouTube versions make a point of having the top comment state what time the actual interview starts, yeah i mean no one listens to the stuff before.
― piscesx, Monday, 20 March 2017 01:09 (seven years ago) link
i've been a fan for years, never listen to the intro ever, not since the first like, month
― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 20 March 2017 01:42 (seven years ago) link
Would pay money for darraghmac's WTF-style podcast, retitled HTF.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 20 March 2017 01:47 (seven years ago) link