WTF with Marc Maron (it's a podcast)

are the last couple episodes worth listening to? don't really care about the guests, so i haven't bothered.

basically, no. i think the larry miller one was one of the first i turned off early

yeah, larry miller seemed annoying. the jimmy fallon one was OK

Only made it 20 minutes into the Thune one. Don't know Thune and Marc was being a dick.

guys you should listen to things maybe you can ~~~learn something~~~

I dug the Thune episode. I don't think Maron was being a dick so much as that's just how comedians are around each other, which Thune acknowledged/understood -- he didn't seem put out/upset by Maron's dickishness at all, and Maron copped to it anyway. And the way Maron tackled the "guitar comic" thing was kind of fascinating, especially how the two of them tried to spell out their problems with and/or attraction to that approach.

The Thune episode was one of favorites recently. Listening to Maron grapple with Thune's Christianity was pretty interesting.

uh "my favorites"

Thune was good. Maron is funny with his laser-focus on religion, he's like an alien from outer-space trying to understand a foreign thing. I like it. And cool of Thune to talk about it so openly.

I kinda liked the Larry Miller ep. :/

It got a little uncomfortable when they talked about Thune meeting his wife.

Larry Miller was okay, but when the interviewee has his/her own podcast, I feel like it goes too smoothly.

True. It wasnt revelatory but I do like the way Miller tells stories.

I guess I just have mixed feelings about Miller in general esp after finding out he was a contributing writer for the Weekly Standard.

Well, they say that a conservative is a liberal who's been mugged (though Miller didn't take the usual attitude.)

interview w/Maron on the onion av club today:

http://www.avclub.com/articles/marc-maron,58554/

Today's WTF was pretty hard to listen to.

I've got about six shows to catch up on including today's, so thanks for the (totally conflicting) pointers, folks! :)

It's podcasts like this that keep me from TV entirely.

By hard to listen to I meant raw.

I cried for an hour afterwards...dug up some stuff I hadn't thought about in a long time. Yeah. Really tough going but god he's so likeable, I really do hope that he stays okay. What a fucking story.

The Patton Oswalt one is so layered and fascinating, with the undercurrents of competition, jealousy, success, etc.

DRUDGE SIRENS

Do not listen to the Todd Hanson episode in public, especially at work like I did, or p much anywhere which isn't a dark room, alone, with a box of tissues and a phone that can be used to call a best friend

I somehow managed to be finishing the second half driving down the freeway home from work. WALL OF TEARS ;_;

omg I wept like a baby during that Hanson interview esp when he starts talking about his cats. I was impressed w/Maron's restraint during the interview honestly.

it's funny that he's having guests now who kind of resent going to do the show (or are at least skeptical), but pretty obviously have been put up to it by their agents because the podcast has gotten so popular.

just downloaded my first episode, gallagher.

not a great first choice - go grab i think Maria Bamford is a pretty excellent introduction. Or Louis CK, Patton Oswalt... somewhere where the interviewee and Maron have some history, and they get into it.

it's funny that he's having guests now who kind of resent going to do the show (or are at least skeptical), but pretty obviously have been put up to it by their agents because the podcast has gotten so popular.

Who do you have in mind exactly? It does seem like within the last few months, there are more guests who are openly plugging something.

Richard Lewis and Paul Reiser both seemed like they had no idea what the show was

yup, i was thinking of those two in particular.

Yeah, any time a guest is surprised that Maron "hasn't done his research," it's a tip-off that they don't know how the show works.

Also, I think Reiser mispronounced "Maron."

Gallagher certainly seemed to fit that description too -- it seemed like he had no idea who Maron was

I've only listened to one and it was the Gallagher one. I was expecting some sort of nervous "edgy" confrontational style of interview and it wasn't that at all. Pleasantly surprised.

Haven't listened to any others though.

Gallagher certainly seemed to fit that description too -- it seemed like he had no idea who Maron was

it seemed like he had no idea where he was

btw the live one with jon benjamin was great

maron was pretty good on bill maher -- that is just a weird set up where they slide in a comedian or otherwise less political guest -- like kevin smith did it and was just awful

It's pretty bad when Shandling does it too.

boy gallagher is a shithead

Richard Lewis was hard to listen to for me, but I sort of liked the Reiser ep. He's full of himself for no good reason, but it was a solid conversation. Lewis on the other hand just seemed sad and confrontational. Maron kept having to backtrack and apologize because of how he worded stuff and how Lewis reacted to it.

Loved the Benjamin and Katz reunion.

HOLY FUCK I just today got around to hearing the Todd Hanson one (I'd been stockpiling eps for a roadtrip). Still gutted a few hours later.

Caught up on some older ones I'd not listened to as well: Doug Benson (fun!), Kevin Smith (fun!), Joe Rogan (ponderous), Greg Fitzsimmons (funny but also "eh"), Bobby Lee (o_O), Jimmy Fallon (people had said this one was boring, but I'm a Fallon stan now so I thought it was great if a bit fluffy).

But DAMN, Todd Hanson.

im not a huge demitri martin fan but this is the best ep of wtf in a while imo

I didn't know who D.Martin was before this episode. Is he funny? Seems really boring here.

paul reiser was a bore

i dont find him that funny tbh, but i have a bunch of friends that do. tbf i havent paid attn to him in a while.

idk i liked how thoughtful & candid he was, seemed honest & unpretentious

richard lewis sounded drunk. i mean im sure he wasnt, probably just tired.

richard lewis was crazy!

paul reiser was a bore

This should be etched on his tombstone.

richard lewis was crazy!

Likewise.

Wow, the Todd Hanson. I used to very casually know Todd, and we still have a few friends in common, but not so many that I'd given him much thought in years. But as I was listening to this heartwrenching stuff, a lot of stories came flooding back to me of Todd's past issues and dealings with debilitating depression and the like. Harrowing stuff.

A friend of mine interviewed Richard Lewis last week. He (my friend) was sick and told Lewis as much, and Lewis apparently responded, hey, don't worry about it, I'll handle this. And proceeded to talk and monologue about his life for over an hour, pausing every few minutes to make sure my friend was still there/alive.

Richard Lewis sounds like a pretty standup guy.